Category: Retro News
The Retrogaming Party happened last January 13 and 14 in Portugal. Result of a partnership between Retromania website and ISPGaya, the event was divided in two days to serve two different publics. One day was dedicated to the ISPGaya students, who had the opportunity to get in contact with the most important and iconic machines from the 80s and 90s. The second…
You may of noticed a slight decline in regular Retro Gaming News updates over the last week, this is due to the dreaded flu. Thankfully I am recovering albeit slowly and the daily posting of News will continue as normal soon. For now though, I will do a quick highlights post, some interesting stuff I have found on the mighty internets…
The latest Chicken Lips Radio Podcast is from December, we expect Podcast #011 to arrive soon. In the meantime why not check out episode #010, definitely worth a listen ;) Acquisitions, Interests and Projects TNMOC/Bletchley Park Todd’s TNMOC/Bletchley Park Pictures! Earl’s New Maker Toys Bil Herd’s HerdWare CPLD ARMIGA!!! CP/M Infocom games for C128 C64 Banner Program Written via CBM…
The Retrogaming Times is a Retro Computer Magazine (English language) for all retro computer fans. In this edition; -Prepare to Qualify -Upcoming Events -More C64! – Sylvester Stallone (Rambo: First Blood Part II, Cobra, Rambo III) -Retrogaming Feels – Final Fantasy -Coin-OP Game Room Coming to San Francisco -The Controller Chronicles – Intellivision Controller -A Pirate’s Life For Me –…
You know you are getting older when the emulator that let you play older games is already 20 years old. Yes, MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) has turned 20, and it is better than ever! During this 20 years, MAME made possible for everyone to revive (old people) or experience for the first time (youngsters) thousands of amazing coin-op machines…
Introduction Back in the 80’s, the Brazilian government restricted the importation of microcomputers to help the local industry to develop. That was a great opportunity for those companies to create clones of the most important computers of the time: Sinclair ZX-81, TRS-80, Apple and later on, IBM PC. One of the biggest microcomputer manufacturers at the time was Prologica Computadores. The…
Victor Trucco, one of the masterminds behind the Spectrum Next posted today on Next Facebook group a big update about the machine development, including detailed specifications, capabilities and more. Below, the full announcement written by Victor: “Big update to bring the many things that have changed on the Next since the original announcement. We’ve reviewed here all the features that…
A new stable version has been released. Changes in FS-UAE 2.8.3: Fix decoding on non-ascii %-escaped file names on directory HDs. Fixed caps lock. Imported updated translations from crowdin.com. Changes in FS-UAE Launcher 2.8.3: Show error message when version started is too old (cannot read databases). Fixed save state dir when starting with UUID parameter. CDTV games (from database) did…
If you are not following the ZX Spectrum Next Facebook group you will love to know that the ZX Spectrum Next development is reaching important milestones. The developers have received another prototype of the machine which shows a PCB that will be probably very close to the one offered as the final product. It features several interfaces that will make any…
The FloppyDays podcast is already well-known to dig deep into the history of many computers from the late 70s and early 80s. Episodes from the past already covered the TRS-80, the TI-88, HP-85 and many others. FloppyDays always bring the experts in the subject to participate as co-hosts or to give interviews, which enriches the content making the podcast a must…
