Category: ViTNO Writing Contest

2023 Vintage is The New Old Writer’s Contest Winners Announced

The first edition of ViTNO Writer’s contest ended on June 30. We got to a verdict after some discussions with our judges, Randy Kindig (Floppy Days Podcast) and Kitty (@CommodoreBlog). All four entries were for the non-technical category and were about something that left a good memory for the writers, which was very nice since, depending on your past experience…

2023 ViTNO Writer’s Contest – Entry #4 – “When My Father Took Me to Night Class”

Author: Anthony Albert Date: June 30th, 2023 Category: Non-technical   When My Father Took Me to Night Class In the summer of 1982, my father signed up for a night course at the local high school.  He wanted to learn about computers and maybe use one to help the family business out – specifically, with accounting software.  This is because my…

2023 ViTNO Writer’s Contest – Entry #3 – “Only a Game”

Author: Tyson Rek Date: June 30th, 2023 Category: Non-technical ONLY A GAME Gather around my fellow Nineties Brothers and get ready to turn back the Way-Clocks as we board the express train of yesterday moving backwards at full steam through the green warp zone time tunnels all the way back to The Good Years. Back to the days before the internet…

2023 ViTNO Writer’s Contest – Entry #2 – “Pirating Amiga Stuff in the 90’s”

Author: Supercruiser Date: June 14th, 2023 Category: Non-technical   So to put things into context and the memories all tend to get a little blurred the further things go on, but this is how I recollect the below. I come from a small town in the regional area of South Australia, and my first dial up experience was with a…

2023 ViTNO Writer’s Contest – Entry #1 – “BLUE BOMBING : THE FIRST MOMENT I WISHED WOULD NEVER END”

Author: Francis Blais Date: April 28th, 2023 Category: Non-technical Growing up in Quebec, Canada, as a 90’s kid hooked on 8-bit video games, had its share of unique moments. For starters, I’m old enough to have lived the video store experience. Not the clean and abundant Blockbuster or Vidéotron experience; the small town, back-of-the-convenience-store one, with two small shelves of…

Announcing the 2023 Writing Contest “Vintage is the New Old” – The contest for the rest of us!

Are you a retro computing and gaming enthusiast? Are you always amazed how some people can create AAA games for old platforms while others can understand electronics and put modern hardware accessories on the market, giving new life to our old machines? Do you feel left out when you see game programming, graphics, demos, or hardware contests happening all the…