Category: Retro News
The fine folks over at the Open Apple podcast have just posted episode #64. This episode features a special interview (courtesy of Ken Gagne and Juiced.GS) with John Brooks about his recently-released, completely unexpected, and totally awesome ProDOS 2.4.1. Also, Mike trims down his A2 collection, and classic computing magazines get remembered. Link: open-apple.net Subscribe: iTunes Link: ProDOS 2.4
Over on Hackaday, Elliot Williams details a very cool Easter Egg hidden in the ESP32: a BASIC interpreter. Apparently this is build in to the processor and not part of the on-board flash ROM either. Pull GPIO 12 high, reset the cpu and PRINT “HELLO WORLD” to your heart’s content! The interpreter claims to be derived from TinyBasic, so don’t…
We’re (actually more than) half way through October, so it’s time for a “Half-Time” report on the progress of this month’s Retrochallenge undertakers. It seems pretty clear that certain individuals are leading the pack, producing lots of code, graphics and even some hardware. Others of us (*cough*Me*cough*) are… well… not. In any case, lots of great reads there. A super-fast…
Episode 10 of the TRS-80 “Trash Talk” podcast is out. Trash talkers Peter B and Randy talk about VCF Midwest 2016. Pete C interviews programmer Lance Micklus. Also discussed: New kits for the MISE and M3SE Model I Double Density Adapter TRS-Box on the Model II and 16 Link: trs80trashtalk.com Subscribe: iTunes
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Some interesting ones this time round including Hyper Street Kart which is a hack of Super Mario Kart. All the 8 drivers sprites have been replaced with fighters from Street Fighter II, plus new and modified tracks. Donkey Kong Country Competitive Edition, a new game hack that includes…
Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the first official Workbench 3.1 and Kickstart 3.1 updates in over twenty years for Classic Amiga systems. The new versions, which have have been re-built from the original source code, include a number of enhancements and bug fixes and are fully compatible with both real Amiga hardware and Classic Amiga emulation software. Each update can…
Kotaku UK has published a short article showing some pictures of one of Nintendo’s storage rooms, featuring mint Famicom and other jewels that a lot of collectors would give a kidney to have! The article shows other pictures that will make you wish to have the key of that locker! Link: Kotaku
Yeah this is a weird one, Russian Roulette NES Style.. Will you be the next Christopher Walken? Let’s hope not eh! The rule of the game is simple: pull the trigger… and pray. One revolver, six chambers, one bullet. See who comes out alive. Try a higher difficulty for a more risky challenge. Square off against another player or play…
Mysterious Dimensions is a cute little ‘collect’em up’ platformer for the ZX Spectrum 128. Those of you that know me will know I am mostly a Commodore fangirl, but I do occasionally turn to the darkside and play other formats, and this game certainly didn’t disappoint. Beautiful colours, Graphics are basic, almost child like but this adds a certain charm…
A war between the Serpents in on! Chase your enemies with your aggressive snake, corner them in your maze. Kill them one by one or let them kill each other before you strike and win in the game where only the swift will survive! Snafu’64 is a classic snake trap game where you must direct your snake so that it…
