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[youtube LM1moJfGYJk nolink] When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, ’80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Sandler), now a home theatre installer, to lead a team…
Stories of Apple website has published an interesting article telling the story of Mr. Macintosh, a stylized little man with an overcoat and hat that was etched on some early Macintosh motherboards and also appeared on some rare merchandising items. The idea was eventually abandoned but Mr. Macintosh lived on, at least for a while, both in hardware and in…
Ivan Drucker has announced this morning that the software suite for the Apple II running on Raspberry PI has been updated. The main change is full support for the new Raspberry PI 2 Model B. A2SERVER is a file server and network boot host for Apple IIgs and IIe computers. (It also works with classic Macs and modern computers, allowing…
[youtube _2YqmbaKqv0#t=32 nolink] What is Holobunnies?Holobunnies is a side-scrolling adventure game that happens across every corner of the universe. You play as one of the Holobunnies, Danielle the witch, Leenox the hunter, Roméo the bard, Mephisto the ninja and Avril the catcher which are hologram brothers and sisters, living together aboard their very own starship. Explore planets, fight with vile…
And you thought you’ve seen everything, eh? Usually not even considered collectable unless it’s storing a precious content inside, the media, cumbersome and space-eater, is always relegated to the least desirable vintage item to have in your collection. Well, now they have a retirement home to rely on! We’ve just learned about the Museum Of Obsolete Media, a place where…
[youtube w_sYQ8X6qhM#t=20 nolink] A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it’s up to you to save them. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping…things. With your monster subjects in hand you’ll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water to pass over the sea, and…
The Micro BitA major BBC project, developed in pioneering partnership with over 25 organisations, will give a personal coding device free to every child in year 7 across the country – 1 million devices in total. Still in development and nicknamed the Micro Bit, it aims to give children an exciting and engaging introduction to coding, help them realise their…
Brendan Robert has been busy, working hard on a new version of his Java Apple Computer Emulator. During the weekend he posted some teaser screenshots on the Facebook Apple II Enthusiasts group. There, he says that the new JavaFX version is almost beta-ready. The emulator didn’t receive any update for a while, and the changes/improvements are more than welcome –…
Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman, a prolific computer game programmer, designer, and industry veteran, will be delivering a keynote at KansasFest. “Heineman learned programming at age 16 and gained fame in 1980 as the first National Space Invaders Champion with a score of 165,200. Her career soon blossomed with credits in over 250 games including classics such as Tass Times in…
The TransWarp GS is one of the best and most expandable of the accelerator cards. With its expandable cache and upgradable clock, this card is definitely a must have for every Apple IIgs user. A2Central has broken the news showing the first pictures of the cloned TranswarpGS board in testing. Within a week or so, prototypes will be shipped out…
