Category: Apple II
A new version of Virtual II emulator has been released. The new version 8.0 brings many new features and improvements. The big changes are behind the scenes, resulting in a 64-bit application that is compatible with the most recent MacOS APIs changes. This, at the end, ensures the longevity of Virtual ][ running on this and the next versions of…
Would you buy new a computer for US$ 24,000 nowadays? Unless you are loaded, the answer is probably “no”. That is what happened with the Apple Lisa when it was released in 1983 for US$ 10,000. Although it had very cool technology with its Graphic User Interface and the use of a mouse to interact with the computer, only about…
A lot of people out there that celebrates Christmas like to have their own traditions that are repeated religiously every year. Blake Patterson from Byte Cellar has also jumped on the tradition rituals bandwagon and once more published a post showing off retro Christmas demos. The 2017 demo collection consists of 16 demos across 13 platforms, including the CoCo, ZX…
For all of us that have overlapping interest in game design and retro gaming, the GDC 2018 will hold an interesting presentation: Classic Game Postmortem: ‘The Bard’s Tale I and II’. Michael Cranford, the designer of the iconic RPG series first launched in 1985 will be the speaker. This session will explore the conception and development of Interplay’s ‘The Bard’s Tale…
In Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio would get into people’s dreams to steal their secrets and, at some point during the movie, they would go into the dream’s dream in order to unlock more secrets. Although not as fantastic as the movie, the Internet Archive has made available (via Computer Applications, Inc) an Apple II emulator that is running in a browser-based Mac emulator….
There is still time to join Richard Garriott and Rebecca Heineman in playing Nox Archaist and get your hands on all the awesome feelies! http://kickstarter.noxarchaist.com “I greatly look forward to exploring this realm!” –Lord British, Creator of Ultima “I can’t wait to play this game on my Apple IIgs!” –Rebecca Heineman, Creator of Bards Tale III Click here to back…
The Schoolsky Apple-1 computer was sold at auction by Charitybuzz on September 26th for US$401,000. I’ve found today an interesting blog post showing the steps to get the computer delivered to its new owner. The blog shows The blog also has links to videos with the seller, David Larsen, talking about his Apple 1 and also the steps to get it shipped….
The world was struck with two sad news at the end of 2016 when Carry Fisher passed away and just one day after, her mother, Debbie Reynolds. Yesterday, 9 months after their death, it was announced that an estate auction will be held containing many items that help to tell the history of Hollywood. However, one item from Reynolds’ collection…
Mike Westerfield, the founder of The Byte Works, has announced on the Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group that the source code for ORCA/C and ORCAlib has been released and available on Github. Mike first developer an assembler for the Apple II called ORCA/M, initially published by Heyden Software. Later on, after starting The Byte Works, ORCA/M was followed by many…
6502 Workshop is developing Nox Archaist, a new tile-based, 8-bit, sword-and-sorcery role-playing game modeled after the iconic RPGs of the 1980s. The game is targeted to be delivered in December 2018 and can be played on a real Apple II or on PC and Mac via emulators. Nox Archaist is an Ultima-inspired, 8-bit, tile-based, role-playing game, developed on the old-school…
