Category: Retro News
It appears that the much followed “Celebration” Apple I computer has finally been sold for a cool $815,000 US dollars. I guess it didn’t hit their stated value of $1M, but it’s still a heck of a lot of dough. I actually watched the bids hit $1.2M, but apparently there was a bid pulled at the last minute. I’d now…
Episode 62 of the Open Apple podcast has been released: This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Mark Pilgrim, one of the most active software preservationists in the Apple II community. Mark has been spending his free time working on Passport, an automated cracking tool. It automatically detects and defeats copy protection schemes on Apple II disks, producing copyable…
The AVS from retroUSB is one of the most compatible and accurate NES clones on the market. Powered by an FPGA chip allowing the device to very closely mimic the hardware on an actual Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. The system is compatible with original NES controllers and runs original NES cartridges. More details and video review below. Video: 720p wide screen HDMI output,…
Fast paced, top down, arcade shoot’em’up action! This new project -code named ‘AlarCity’- is currently under early development and it’s gonna be PixelGlass Games first commercial release! The game is targeting primarily unexpanded AGA Amigas (A1200, CD32) while a version for PC and MAC is also planned as well. Project name: AlarCity Label: Pixelglass Project status: Under early development Release status: Planned…
We thought we would gather a list of the last few releases of Amstrad CPC Hombrew games on the scene. There are some fantastic games here not to be missed! Click the links to read about them and in most cases there will be a download in the thread, Enjoy :) Golden Tail (youtube) Heroes Rescue! The Return of Traxtor (youtube)…
It’s Christmas 1982. You just got your very first home video game system and the most powerful one on the market, the ColecoVision. After plugging it and enjoying it for a while you begin to wonder: who is Coleco? Where is it located? Whose vision came to fruition to offer me this console? For the very first time, discover the…
August updates over at The New Dimension are as follows: Dark Force Dissected, SEUCK School, SIDScope, 24BIT Frequency Counter, Zub the Box by Roberto Ricioppo, Let’s Invade Preview by TND Games, Jimbas the Warrior, World of Numbers, Abyss Global, Super Road Seven 06, Sub13, Arcadians 071, finally Cloco the Robot, Mission Ras 2, Shomys 06, ZB Rinco and Commander 02. Website: http://tnd64.unikat.sk
Chicken Lips Radio Episode #008: Amiga 2000HD, Commodore PET 4032, KansasFest Retr0Brite / Javier, WiFi – Commodore 128, CommVex v12 2016, MicroDrive 1541 Emulator- Jim Drew, Habitat, Generation Amiga Pro, Vampire 500, Debugging Tool, Commodore VIC-20: A Visual History Book Kickstarter – Giacomo Veroni, ARMiga , C64C Cases in retro colours, SX-64 JiffyDOS Kernal, Tynemouth Software: Commodore PET Diagnostics 6502 Replacement….















