Category: Computers
Yatzy is a new game for the C64 released on CSDb. The object of the game is to obtain the highest score from throwing 5 dice in 13 rounds.In each round, you roll the dice and then score the roll in one of 13 categories and you must score once in each category. The game is very well done with nice…
After six months, theThe Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) team has released a new package, including lots of Commodore contents. Here is the release message: “This release is all about Commodore C64, with many contributions by Duncan Twain and SG-1 Charpy. In addition, we also have some ISO updates thanks to tomse. All folders and contents should be self-explanatory. All…
Subreddit RetroBattlestations is promoting another BASIC Month. This time around, the idea is to run the BASIC program Terraspin, a Turtle graphics type program created for the contest. The contestants will have to type in the program on any retro computer that runs BASIC and post take a picture of it running. The rules state very clearly that screen only or emulators are…
Mist is an FPGA Amiga hardware emulator made by Lotharek. It is probably the middle ground between software emulation and the actual Amiga. Many of us, retro computer enthusiasts will probably frawn and say “it is not like the real machine” but it certainly offers great advantages, like the possibility to emulate the Atari ST as well. To help you understand how…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
The Reset magazine crew has released the issue #9, with one of the best covers so far, in my opinion! The 83+ pages issue is all about Hewson Consultants. Uncle K’s editorial starts, “It’s with pleasure that we dedicate this issue to one of the finest software houses from the classic 8-bit era, Hewson Consultants. Founded in 1980 by microcomputer enthusiast Andrew…
A while back we announced that the organizers of MSXdev’15 had decided to declare the contest null for a very upset reason: the lack of commitment of the judges to actually analyze and rate the games. Today, however, the same organizer have come public to take the harsh decision back and at the same time to announce the winners of the contest, using…
A1200.NET is already the sweetheart of all Amiga 1200 owners, with its recently successful kickstart campaign for the new A1200 casing. If you are one of the happy backers you might be thinking “my A1200 will have a brand new shiny case, but these old keycaps are awful…” Well, accordingly to Phillipe Lang, you will be able to get brand…
That is interesting! With the retro gaming community growing fast, imagine if all the big publishers decide to open the vaults and start selling old games!? That is what MSX Resource Center announced today, telling us that David F. Gisbert (Tromax) and José A. (Konamito) have launched a petition at change.org, requesting Konami to re-release physical MSX games from their extensive…
Radio Shack has sold the TRS-80 Model I expansion in order to give the computer extended memory and floppy drives. Matthew Reed from TRS-80.org has published an article showing us that Radio Shack’s was not the only option to expand the Model I. You can learn more about it reading this interesting article. Link: TRS-80.org
