Category: BBC Micro

PunyInform Adventure, Release 5

Release 5 fixes multiple bugs, and brings the game closer to the original. There are now five dwarves, as in the original, and you can’t just teleport out of tight spots. Of course, the game still rocks on 8-bit hardware.

Ample MAME Interface for Mac OS Updated

Ample MAME Interface for Mac OS Updated

The Ample graphical interface for the MAME emulation platform has been updated. Ample is as the author, Kelvin Sherlock puts it, “A slightly more user-friendly front-end for using MAME as an emulator.” This update includes Includes the MAME 0.279 compatibility. Also this version now requires MacOS 10.14 or later. Ample now includes emulation for the Apple 1, II and III…

Chess10 (BBC Micro)

 by Alci    Chess10 by Alci Platform: BBC Micro Model B or later models Language: BBC Basic Category: Extrem-256 or Schau, both are valid cases. Basic 10 Liner Contest  Download, here Source:  https://bunsen.itch.io/chess10-bbc-micro-by-alci

VCF East Exhibitor Registration Opens

VCF East Exhibitor Registration Opens

VCF East 2025 Exhibitor Registration is open: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSedyn…/viewform… The show will be April 4-6 in Wall, NJ @ InfoAge Science and History Museums Check the web page for updates over the next few weeks https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-east/

350p Adventure – a new port of an old game

Screenshot of Adventure on C64

Adventure is often considered to be the very first text adventure. It was written in 1975-76 by Will Crowther. Don Woods found it at his university, asked Will Crowter for the source code, expanded it greatly, and released his own version, which we now know as 350p Adventure. Adventure was sometimes called Colossal Cave Adventure. Sometimes it was just called…

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor, A Gothic Horror Adventure for all Major Home Vintage Computers Finally Released!

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor is an award-winning interactive horror from Stefan Vogt, the acclaimed author of Hibernated and The Curse of Rabenstein. Take on the role of novelist Thomas King and his wife Cora as they move into a remote Scottish manor house, just days before Christmas 1986. Seeking inspiration for his next book, Thomas begins to explore the…

The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor Coming Soon for all Major Home Vintage Computers

Stefan Vogt aka @8bit_era on Twitter recently announced a new horror text adventure is coming to various vintage home computers. Bookmark his itch page here, we’ll keep you updated with more News. My brand new #Infocom style Horror #adventure "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor" is due to be released soon for all major home computers of the #80s. Here are…

Repton 3 Redux Special Edition, BBC Micro

Repton 3, released 5 November 1986, was developed by Matthew Atkinson at Superior’s invitation since Tim Tyler was not interested in programming it—although he did design some of the levels for the new game. While the first two games had only taken a month each to program, Repton 3 took eight months. It reverts to the form of a series…

Polymer Picker, BBC Micro

Your local coastline has become polluted with discarded plastic, which is harming the aquatic wildlife. Dive in and collect the rubbish, before the fish consume it and die. Each level contains eight items to collect. You then proceed to the next level. The fish are initially harmless, but later levels require you to avoid the fish if you can, or…

Scene World Podcast Episode #157 – Robert Neal’s RetroRGB

RetroRGB is THE portal to learn all about how to get the picture the best way out of such retro consoles to your modern TVs! Robert Neal is the master behind behind this portal which is the go-to address for console info of all kind as well, thanks to its extensive Wiki which is a whole database, YouTube videos, podcast…