Category: Apple News
We very rarely cover (if ever) mobile games as we focus mainly on classic games from back in the day. However we was recently contacted by Marcin Nowak about a new (old) game for iOS. The game is titled “Jet Set Pac” and is a tribute to the classic game “Jet Pac” (1983) for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro and…
The 10Liners is a contest that programmers can show off their skills creating a game using the BASIC language using only ten lines of code. Any BASIC dialect is accepted, as long as it is a line-based BASIC. The contest webpage summarizes very well the idea behind the event: The BASIC 10Liners competition is like a time journey into the…
This article, write by Matt Gallagher, tell us his work in bringing to the latest MacOS (Sierra) code he wrote back in the late 90’s for the OS 8. Despite the practical objective of the article, which is very interesting by itself, Matt enriches the article with a very interesting summary of some of the tools used to build Mac applications for…
One of my favorite past times if the browse computer magazines from the 80’s and early 90’s not only looking not only at the articles but also at the adverts just to see what was being offered at the time, and at the end, having a glimpse of the computer history. I was happy to see that Retrocomputaria, a Brazilian retro computer site,…
Virtual ][, an Apple II emulator for the MacOS platform that it is been around for more than a decade has released a new version 7.5.4. Changes included in this new version: A new option allows forwarding all Command-key combinations to the virtual machine as “Open Apple” key combinations, instead of being handled by the emulator. Fixed an issue that could…
Drop III Inches is a podcast all about the Apple III. The loyal listeners were waiting for almost 6 months, but now the wait is over. The podcast website announces: We’re back, with an episode that was three months in the making. Mike and Paul talk (in November 2016) about the state of things in our Apple /// worlds, and then speak at…
Way back in 2014 an Apple II game called Genius “Into the Toy Warehouses” was released by Daniele Liverani. Hokuto Force then released Daniele’s c64 port preview version in early December 2016 and to follow a trainer version on December 28th. You play as “Genius” and your mission is to free all the toys that have been locked away. To free the toys you have…
We are in a golden age of retro printed magazines, with excellent examples dedicated to different retro computers and one great multi-platform. Just before Christmas, I had in my mailbox Freeze 64 and 8-Bit Magazine. We mentioned these publications before, but I decided to talk a bit more about both to, hopefully, help those who are on the fence about buying them. Freeze…
Open Apple podcast has released a special episode produced by Mike Whalen about the 2016 Kansasfest. Back in July, Mike attended Kansasfest equipped with his audio production gear. While enjoying the Applepaloosa that happens every year, he captured a series of interviews and biographies. The production is superb in quality and content, giving a vivid image of what is Kansasfest, why people spend…
Open Apple podcast is now available for download to entertain you during your commute! This month’s episode brings a lenght interview with Alex Lee, the creator and maintainer of the “to-go” Apple IIgs website – What Is The Apple IIgs? “Alex walks through the history of IIgs emulators, and all the ways that the IIgs Finder was actually better than the Mac….
