Category: Acorn News
Imagine Google Streets inside a museum. This is exactly what this virtual tour is at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle, WA. Made by Tosolini Productions, the virtual tour really takes you to any place inside the museum. You can walk, look around, check the computers, etc. The only thing better than this would be to visit the museum in…
We all know that it is almost certain that video-game adaptations for the big screen will be terrible (Pixel?). Also last year, in a wave of incredibility, it was announced that a live-action ‘epic sci-fi movie’ based on Tetris was being developed, but this time we are talking about another movie, more in the lines of Social Network. The film…
We that lived the times where we would fistfight our friends in defence of our favourite computer brand/model, know how fierce and endless these ruses can last. How about settle it in a friendly trump card game? If you wonder how, I can tell you that it is going to be possible really soon. There is an already-funded campaign running…
Stuart Johns over at myAcornElectron is running a competition to win signed artwork, drawn by Ben Hughes in September ’86 and also the mapping grids designed by Geoff Livesey in ’87. The wonderful ‘Adventures‘ column in Electron User ran from 1986 to 1990, taking over from ‘Merlin’s Cave‘. Pendragon, aka Nic Outterside, has kindly donated this fantastic artwork from 1986…
News Updates from Vintage is the New Old. Two new game reviews have been added to our reviews page today. First up is Karateka by CheekyCrissy and the second is Cybertron Mission on the Acorn Electron by Stuart Johns. You can check out these latest reviews on our Reviews Page, as well as many other ones by Robert Joy and…
[youtube rushX-wtDig nolink] The Centre for Computer History in Cambridge – UK has announced that the next Retro Gaming Night is happening on June 26th, from 7pm to Midnight. Besides the obvious retro-gaming-jam, the event also allow you to bring that extra retro game or hardware to swap or sell during the event. The space is limited and you can…
[youtube 8biJKMm3NEk nolink] This is just a reminder for those who will be able to attend. The 10th edition of the Vintage Computer Festival will be next weekend, April 17-19 in Wall, New Jersey. The sessions for this Friday will include everything from chiptunes to retr0bright to emulating vintage computers on FPGAs, and Saturday and Sunday will feature an incredible…
Stuart Johns has sent in a new Acorn Electron game review. For Stuart’s second review on Vitno, he has chosen the game ‘Starship Command’ by Acornsoft. Like all our reviews you can find it on our Reviews Section of the site. Many thanks Stuart ;) Source: Starship Command by AcornsoftStuart’s Website: http://www.myacornelectron.com
We would like to welcome Stuart Johns, a new reviewer to the Vitno team!Stuart will be reviewing all things Acorn electron which is his passion. His first review on AMX Art by ACP/PRES is now up on Vitno in the Reviews Section. Many thanks Stuart, a superb first review! Source: AMX Art ReviewStuart’s Website: http://www.myacornelectron.com
We have added good games for the Acorn Atom, Electron and BBC Micro. You can check them out using the menu on the right side. If you need an emulator, check the Emulator link above! Link: Acorn Area
