Category: Apple II

GSSquared Emulator version 0.7.0 Released

GSSquared Emulator version 0.7.0 Released

From Jawaid bazyar:I’m pleased to announce the release of GSSquared 0.7.0. GSSquared is an Apple II series computer emulator. Supported platforms are: Apple ][ Apple ][ Plus Apple //e Apple //e Enhanced Apple //e Enhanced with 65816 CPU and Super Hires Video Apple IIgs ROM 01 Pre-built binaries available for: MacOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) Windows 10+ Linux AppImage (Should…

BASIC 10Liner Contest 2026

 Edición 2026 del afamado Concurso  Un año más, fiel a la cita, y ya van unas cuantas ediciones, regresa uno de los Concursos más consolidados y con solera, en el desarrollo de videojuegos para 8 bits: Basic 10Liner Contest. Los requisitos son simples, juego desarrollado en Basic y en un máximo de 10 líneas. ¿Fácil, verdad? Más información, aquí Fuente:https://www.homeputerium.de/

15th Annual BASIC 10-Liner Programming Contest Begins

15th Annual BASIC 10-Liner Programming Contest Begins

Gunnar Kanold has announced the 2026 rendition of the Homeputerium Annual BASIC 10-Liner Programming Contest. Running through the 22nd of March with the winners announced on the 3rd of April 2026. The contest is open to users of all 8-Bit platforms. This year’s rules and categories are as follows: 15th Edition of BASIC 10 Liner Contest Legal systems: All 8-bit…

Ample 0.285 Released – Now Features RetroNET

Ample 0.285 Released – Now Features RetroNET

Kelvin Sherlock has released the latest version of the Ample MAME emulation interface for Mac OS. Several experimental items have been added in this version and changes include the following: Include MAME 0.285 Added a search filter for the ROM window Added experimental A2retroNET support. A2retroNET is a Super Serial Card that also supports 8 prodos/smartport disk images.It’s probably the easiest and simplest…

Froggo for the Apple II Updated

Froggo for the Apple II Updated

Paul Wasson has announced an update for his Apple II game, Froggo. According to the announcement: “Thanks everybody for all the support for Froggo. I’ve been blown away with all the nice feedback. Seems like people like my silly game. I made a new release to address some of the issues raised. See the webpage for the complete release notes,…

New Apple II Game – Escape from Dracenstein

New Apple II Game – Escape from Dracenstein

Jeremy Reichmänner has produced a fun little throwback to the 1980’s with his release of the Apple II text adventure game, Escape from Daracenstein. Filled with all of the fun bits of American Society of those days, anyone who loves thing from that era will enjoy this game. The game was written entirely in Applesoft BASIC and through a release…

Introducing BurgerDisk, a daisy-chainable Smartport hard drive

Introducing BurgerDisk, a daisy-chainable Smartport hard drive

BurgerDisk is a Smartport hard drive for the Apple II. Its main unique feature is that it is daisy-chainable. As all Smartport SD-based hard drives, it’s more adapted to the non-slotted Apple II, like the //c and IIgs. It is more suited for people who want to be able to use a hard disk drive in conjunction with floppy drives,…

New Apple II Game – Froggo

New Apple II Game – Froggo

Paul Wasson has announced the immediate availability of his new Apple II game, Froggo. According to the press release: Announcing FROGGO a new fast retro action game for the Apple //e. Available today for download! See https://www.lasermego.com/a2sw/froggo for download link and more information. Features Uses double buffered hires graphics 25* unique levels of increasing difficulty Large, zany completion images after each level…

Virtual II Bug Fix Released – 13.1.1

Virtual II Bug Fix Released – 13.1.1

For those Mac OS users who have downloaded the latest version of the Virtual II Emulator, you will need to download the latest update to it. The Virtual II version 13.1.1 release addresses an issue, introduced in version 13.1, that caused some Apple II programs to fail. This latest version is available from the Virtual II Emulator website at:https://virtualii.com/

Ample MAME Interface for MacOS Updated – 0.284

Ample MAME Interface for MacOS Updated – 0.284

The Ample MAME interface for MacOS has been updated. Ample Version 0.284 brings the interface into line with the current release of the MAME Emulator. Also included in this version of Ample is the ability to match the MAME ability to select one of the options for the Apple II/II+ keyboard.  If you use one of the alternate keyboards for you…