Category: Computers

The 2024 rendition of the FAPPLE2 Fest was held yesterday with 11 people showing up for the annual event in Kawasaki, Japan. The FAPPLE2 Fest is the annual get together of the Japanese Apple II hobbyists, originating from the 1980’s and is held each year at the home of one of the members, Atsushi Ushiroda. This years event included 11…

The Applesauce Floppy Disk Controller client software has been updated. Release notes from Applesauce FDC creator, John Morris stated: Client Release 1.88.5 – https://evolutioninteractive.com/applesauce/Applesauce_1885.zip Fix to CP/M support for disks that need a masked extent number for record count calculations. Improved disk layout when loading IBM-sectored disks that contain a lot of sectors on each track. macOS 14.2 and higher was incompatible…

by AdrianPilko  This is partly a nod to the famous ZX Spectrum game, Manic Miner, but is very different!  It has quite big “sprites” for the enemies and the player Download, here Source: https://adrianpilko.itch.io/zx81-jump

 by Fransouls Primera incursión de Fransouls en el engine MPAGD Su opera prima para el ZX Spectrum, Cursed Castle, fue el primer juego desarrollado con el ZX GAME MAKER de Raúl Torralba. Ahora, Fran, da un paso más y se adentra en uno de los engines más utilizados, MPAGD, mostrando un giro total a su softografía.  Un tanque, en una…

by osterberg   No Caddie Included – Golf simulator Finally you can crank-swing your way thru some fantastic golf-courses on the Playdate. The perfect on-the-go golf “simulator”. Features 2 full 18 holes courses Copper Lodge and Dusty DunesSwing with crank or buttonsA bag of 8 clubsAdjustable power and spinMultiplayer Pass-and-play Demo-version Feel free to try the game with the demo-version….

 by Minionsoft A remake of the classic BBC Micro game, Swoop, by David Elliot for MicroPower back in 1982.  It’s a variation of the old Galaxian style game with a few tweaks Download, here Source: https://minionsoft.itch.io/swoop

 by oldsnapper39 Curious puzzle game for ZX Spectrum This is a 1 or 2 player memory game Try to match up 2 squares from 25, so remember what you saw and where Download, here Source: https://oldsnapper39.itch.io/matchboxes

 Version incompleta del 88 Bushido Warrior era un clon de Gauntlet del 88, encontrado recientemente y rescatado por Orko Ready El disco es una beta con un mapeado extenso y totalmente jugable. No obstante, al ser una versión inacabada tiene fallos de jugabilidad Fuente:https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2024/04/bushido-warrior/#

Big Mess O Wires (BMOW) has announced the availability of the Mac Sync-inator, a sync signal converter dongle for the Apple IIgs and Macintosh. According to the website, “The Mac Sync-inator supports all classic Macintosh computers and video cards with a standard DB-15 monitor connector, and is also compatible with the Apple IIgs (a 15 kHz monitor is also needed for the…

 Todos los títulos de Buba Marcianito disponibles para descarga   Que Bubu es un gran admirador de los arcades clásicos, es sabido por toda la escena del Spectrum. Además, sabemos que sus conversiones son fieles al máximo al original, y si no, baste con probar el fantástico Tetris que nada tiene que envidiar a la máquina primigenia. A partir de…