Category: Computers
The second issue of the Brazilian quarterly print magazine Clube MSX is already available for pre-order! The magazine can be purchased at the Clube MSX website for R$ 19,90 (USD 4.90) plus shipping. International orders are being accepted via PayPal. Among other articles, the new issue will bring reviews of the games Children of the Night (2018) and Ghost (2017),…
Kim Justice is one of the retro scene’s most popular YouTube broadcasters, with videos covering nearly every aspect of the video game industry. This month, Kim joins AJ and Joerg to talk about her history in the gaming scene, YouTube popularity, and her process for creating engaging content. scene.world/kimjustice
Assembler of Spanish coding team ASM has finally finished work on a conversion of Ghosts’n Goblins for the MSX Turbo R. Released in 1990 as successor to the MSX 2+, the machine packed in a custom 16-bit RISC CPU (R800) alongside the standard Zilog Z80, as well as 256 Kb of RAM – it would be the most powerful machine…
Although the game is still for sale as physical cartridge over MSX Cartridge Shop, Imanok has made the game available as a free download. The side-scroller platform featuring Tina as the hero was released last year and received a great reception. “Tina wakes up thinking it’s going to be another peaceful day in the island, but suddenly she starts feeling worried….
It is a cloudy Sunday morning here in Ottawa, and that alone sets one’s mood pretty low. Luckily, I’ve opened my emails and saw the Spectrum Next Kickstarter Update #36 in my mailbox. Suddenly, the pale skies don’t look that dull anymore! As usual, Henrique’s update is long, full or pictures and information so I will try to summarize here….
The dedication and love that persists for the Commodore Amiga seems to know no bounds, and the number of projects dedicated to keeping the memory of the machine alive is seemingly never-ending! Thanks to a heads-up from our community, we were made aware of a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Checkmate A1500 (2018 edition), a modular Amiga desktop computer case….
The “amiga-place-to-be” English Amiga Board (EAB) has announced a new game development competition, and it is offering more than €500 in prizes! The competition will run from September 1st, 2018 and the deadline is on February 28th, 2019 at 23:59 UTC, so the contestants will have six months to come up with the next great Amiga game. The entries have to be brand…
Electronics hobbyists and Commodore fans looking to breathe life into a defunct A1200 might be interested in ‘Re-Amiga‘, a new printed circuit board design created by John “Chucky” Hertell. John reached out to the Amiga community on Facebook to ask for suggestions as to what his next project should be; when someone replied that they had an empty A1200 PCB,…
If you are an Apple ][ fan, or even if you think Atari or Commodore are better, you probably know about Kansasfest, a multiday encounter that happens every year in Kansas City, Missouri. The length of the conference is at the same time a blessing for those who are able to attend and a curse for those who cannot afford…
March/2019: Check also https://www.vitno.org/retroshop-rolling-out-mister-fpga-special-bundle/ RetroShop, a well known retro-hardware provider, has announced on its page on Facebook the immediate availability of MiSTer, a re-implementation of the original classic computer hardware in FPGA. MiSTer is a port of the MiST project to a larger FPGA and faster ARM. MiSTer provides modern video output through HDMI (VGA and analog audio are still available…
