Category: Apple II
From Henry Lowe: Card Cat Version 1.91 in now available at https://henrylowe.net/card-cat/ This update adds additional cards and preliminary support for detection of a No-Slot-Clock (NSC) on a card or under system ROM. Thanks to the Apple II community members who have helped add new cards and assisted with testing.
For those of you who are 6502 fans, this project will be right up your alley. Many of us attend the vintage computer festivals and related events around the country each year and with Frank Eggen’s little project, we can now attend in style. According to his introduction of the project on Facebook: I am excited to announce the release…
Fredrik Ramsberg has announced the immediate release of the latest version of the PunyInform library for retro adventure programming. PunyInform is a library written in Inform 6 which allows authors to create text adventure games / interactive fiction using the Z-machine virtual machine, to be played on 8-bit computers as well as newer platforms. It provides a parser, implementations of…
The Clock Signal Emulator (CLK) for Mac OS has been updated. The CLK emulator is a clock signal accurate emulator created and curated by Tom Harte that emulates over 30 different retro computing platforms includes a number of updated features including: substantially improves fast loading of tapes on the Commodore Plus 4; improves the internal naming of options that became…
From Jawaid Bazyar:I am pleased to announce the availability of GSSquared v0.6.0. GSSquared is a complete emulator for the Apple II series of computers. It is written in C++ and runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS. This release is something of a maintenance release. There are some interesting user-visible additions, and there has been significant work done under the hood,…
The Ample emulator interface for MAME on MAC OS has been updated. Ample version 0.283 is the 75th release of the interface and brings it in line with MAME version 0.283. Some of the current features of the Ample emulator interface include: Emulation for most Apple II series and Apple II Compatible machines Emulation for Retro Macintosh platforms Emulation for…
The famed hacker A2_4am has announced the release of the latest version of his Wizardry Replay front end for playing Wizardry Games. Version 2.0 includes a number of updates including all of the Wizimore games as well as fixes allowing the games to run smoothly on the Apple IIgs. Some of the features of this latest release include: 12 different…
The latest version of the Apple II Desktop graphical user interface for the Apple II series computers is now available for download. Version 1.5 includes well over 100 new changes and updates over version 1.4 and now comes in 10 languages. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Desktop from the project’s GitHub page at:https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d
Microsoft has announce that the Zork Trilogy will be Open Source from now one. According to the posting on their website: Today, we’re preserving a cornerstone of gaming history that is near and dear to our hearts. Together, Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the…
AUTHOR’S NOTE by Brian Wiser: This interview was first posted August 2, 2015, and is being reposted in honor of Rebecca Heineman who passed away November 17, 2025, and Jennell Jaquays who passed away January 10, 2024. I had the pleasure of meeting both Rebecca and Jennell a year before this interview and spending several hours with them. Their artistic,…
