Category: News
John W. Linville, from the CoCo Crew podcast, has published an article showing his design of an adapter that allows you to use SEGA Genesis (or Megadrive) with the CoCo3. Also, he mention that a dual-joypad version of this adapter was produced and built by his podcasting partner Neil Blanchard. You can watch a quick demo in the video below…
Fuse, a free and open source Speccy emulator for Windows, Linux and OSX, just got updated to version 1.2. Here is the announcement: “After a long gestation, and on behalf of the Fuse team I’d like to announce that a new version of Fuse, the 1.2.0 release of Free Unix Spectrum Emulator has been released at the SourceForge project: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-emulator/…
8Bitdo has released a bluetooth adapter that allows you to use modern controllers with the NES console, finally letting you ditch the cables. The adapter can be used with Wii remotes, PS4 controllers and, as expected, 8Bitdo NES bluetooth controller. The adapter costs $19.99, which is a pretty good value for what it offers. You can obtain more information following the…
If you are into electronics and have an MSX computer asking for new accessories, now you can build many of the hardware projects designed by the Russian Bear Service Crew. The RBSC has released the sources for several of their MSX hardware projects. This includes the schematics, board design files, Gerber files for board manufacturing, parts lists, BIOS images and…
CSDb user Slajerek has released a new tool called C64 Debugger. It is a C64 and 1541 Drive code and memory debugger that works in real time. The tool runs emulated in a C64, but to make your life easier it is distributed embedded as a standalone executable using the C64SC engine. Link: CSDb
Another beta version of Space Chase, a fast 2-player shooter for the CBM II series of computers, has been released. The fast-paced shooter makes a good use of the (lack of) graphic capabilities of the, once business oriented, Commodore machine. Space Chase can be played by one or two players. In one player mode, the computer takes over player 2. For…
The Spectrum Next is, in my opinion, causing more buzz around the retro-computing community than the VEGA and as consequence, people want to know more details about the project. The website Flickering Myth has published an interview with Henrique Olifiers, who is part of the team bringing the ZX Spectrum Next to us. Probably the most interesting piece of information the…
Almost one year ago, we posted about the Xenon 2: Megablast port for the Atari Jaguar. Time enough to almost forget about it, but we didn’t! You will be pleased to know that the game is now available for you to order, directly from the developer Cyrano Jones. We are talking about a boxed cartridge The Bitmap Brothers classic game port…
New podcast!Darren Melbourne, creator of the C64 DTV, is trying to bring the C64 back with The 64, a reimagining of the Commodore 64 in both console and handheld form. Listen to us talk to him about this new project, and how his history has led to what he’s doing now! http://sceneworld.org/blog/2016/05/28/podcast-episode-22-the-64-with-darren-melbourne/
Eric Schlaepfer has created and built a huge 6502 microprocessor, The Monster 6502 using discrete components. The oversized “chip” measures 12×15 inches and show through LEDs how the iconic 6502 works to process all the data you see in your Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari and many other microcomputers and game consoles we love. It took a little more than…
