Category: Retro News

Visit to the Miami Pinball Museum

The Arcade Blogger has the best arcade coverage and articles out there; I give you that! And with no surprise, they have published another great one for our enjoyment. This time, Tony came all the way from England to visit the new Miami Pinball Museum and posted an extensive story about it, with plenty of pictures that will make the…

Virtual ][ 8.0 – The Apple II emulator for Mac gets major update

A new version of Virtual II emulator has been released. The new version 8.0 brings many new features and improvements. The big changes are behind the scenes, resulting in a 64-bit application that is compatible with the most recent MacOS APIs changes. This, at the end, ensures the longevity of Virtual ][ running on this and the next versions of…

Galencia – The “Galaga” that the Commodore 64 always deserved

Galencia is a new game created by Jason Aldred. At a glance, you could think it is merely a re-skinned Galaga but there is more to it, and we going to take a look here. Galaga is an icon in the video game realm, just next to Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. I remember playing the game on arcades but, although I love…

Kilobyte Magazine 3/2017 Released!

Kilobyte Magazine is a hobbyist magazine dedicated to 8-bit computing today. This edition contains the following articles: The Art of Floppy Disk Sleeves 50 Years of Logo How a Commodore 64 can produce VR images Book Review: Making Games for the Atari 2600 How to make scrolling possible on the Interton VC4000. Programming the Signetics 2650A One Jump’n’Run rule them…

Boings World #89 Amiga Podcast (German)

A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. Click the link below to listen to the following articles: Amiga News, Ernie & Locke Part 14, Alex Engelhardt Interview and more! Listen: BoingsWorldEpisode089.mp3 Website: http://boingsworld.de

Amiga Ireland Podcast Episode 10.2 – Christmas Special Out Now!

amigausers.ie is the home of the Amiga Ireland Podcast. Episode 10.2 ‘Christmas Special’ is now available to listen and download. Download: xmas-podcast-final.mp3 Website: amigausers.ie

Apple Lisa Operating System source code to be released in 2018

Would you buy new a computer for US$ 24,000 nowadays? Unless you are loaded, the answer is probably “no”. That is what happened with the Apple Lisa when it was released in 1983 for US$ 10,000. Although it had very cool technology with its Graphic User Interface and the use of a mouse to interact with the computer, only about…

Vintage is the New Old Featured in Top Popular Blogs you should Follow in 2018!

It was only a few days ago we was very proud to be entered into the Top 75 Retro Gaming Blogs! Yesterday we received another email from tierragamer.com that we have also made to the ‘Top Popular Blogs you should follow in 2018’. Currently we are at number 11 from a list of 92, which we thought was pretty good…

Sam’s Journey Available to Purchase this Evening at 22:00 CET!

Waiting for Sam’s Journey? We have news for you! On December 24th at 22:00 (CET) sharp, we will replace the (currently empty) “Sams_Journey.zip“ download file with the real game. You can find the download link in the order confirmation you have received when you ordered, or you can log in to the Protovision shop, view the order history, go to…

Amiga Ireland Meetup/Amiga Ireland Podcast Episode 10.1 Out Now!

amigausers.ie is the home of the Amiga Ireland Podcast. Episode 10.1 ‘Art State Digital interview’ is now available to listen and download. As well as their awesome Amiga Podcast they will be hosting next years ‘Amiga Ireland Meetup‘ on the 19th and the 20th of January. The venue of choice is the Prince of Wales Hotel in Athlone. Check out…