Category: Scene News
Radio Shack has sold the TRS-80 Model I expansion in order to give the computer extended memory and floppy drives. Matthew Reed from TRS-80.org has published an article showing us that Radio Shack’s was not the only option to expand the Model I. You can learn more about it reading this interesting article. Link: TRS-80.org
If you are using Windows, OSX or any Linux graphical interface you are using the product of a groundbreaking project from the early 70’s, the Xerox Alto. The Alto was the first computer designed around a graphical user interface and introduced Ethernet and the laser printer[1] to the world. This article published on Ken Shirriff’s blog talks about the Alto and its impact…
A new episode of Sprite Castle has been released. The featured game is the rogue-like Sword of Fargoal by Epyx. Sword of Fargoal was created by author and programmer Jeff McCord and based on his original dungeon adventure, Gammaquest II, which was programmed in BASIC for the Commodore PETcomputer and written in 1979-1981 while he was still in high school…
The printed magazine Pro(c) Atari issue 10 is available now. There are 500 copies in English and 500 in German. This issue featuring a very cool add-on: ANTIC PICROSS II – a game especially coded for the MagazineAlso you can read about the following: you will also read about: TIME FOR A QUICKIE (Match Racer, Melt-Down, Crix) PRO(C) BLOG featuring…
Dan Wood from kookytech.net has published a video reviewing the Vampire 2 for the Amiga 600. The Vampire 2 is an incredibly fast FPGA accelerator for the Commodore Amiga 600, pushing it to speeds and power far beyond what was previously possible. But how good is it, and what can it do? You will find out watching the vldeo below: [youtube…
Philip Oliver has confirmed that he an his brother Andrew Oliver will be part of#CPCRetroDev 2016 jury. Philip and Andrew, known as The Oliver Twins, will evaluate presented games with respect to 4 main aspects: Fun&Engagement, Technical Quality, Graphics&Artistic Quality, and Music&Sound Effects. Their evaluation will be part of the general score that will decide on the best games in…
Commodore Free 93 is out. The free digital magazine for Commodore line of computers brings news, articles and reviews for the Amiga, C64, Plus/4 and VIC-20. This issue contents: Mastering tapes Part 1: General considerations By Pixel JAM IT Commodore 64 Game review Growing Pains Part Tres – The Envelope Addressor” (TEA) v1 and v4.2” by Lenard R. Roach Commodore…
CBM prg Studio has been released, with lots of new feature, including: Relocate assembly code Assembler logical operators Multiple sprite layering. To read more and download the software for free, following the link below. Link: Ajordison.co.uk
The Strong Museum of Play em Rochester, Nova York has now among its collection, the workspace of Ralph Baer, the video-game pioneer who created the Magnavox Odyssey in 1972. Raph passed away in 2014, and the Strong Museum decided to pay an homage to him, creating an installation that displays Ralph’s workspace. “The Strong is pleased to display the workspace from Ralph’s…
This article was first published on 80 Micro magazine, issue August 1987 and reproduced here with the “blessing” of its author, Ron White. The article was revised and illustrated to offer an interesting perspective on how Tandy went from that point in time until today. The story was chosen as the best feature among all the CPM publications that year. Ron White…
