Category: Programming
A new version of WinApe, the Amstrad CPC emulator for Windows containing bug fixes and improvements. Here is the complete changelist for the new version: Correct Z80 Flags emulation for IN and OUT and all derivatives. Added support for CRTC Type 1 register 6 border blanking when set to zero. Changed breakpoint conditions to use 32 bit values rather than 16 bit values….
Juha-Pekka Jokela has created this game for the Global Game Jam that happened last weekend (Jan 29-31). It is a simple action game for Commodore 64 where you take a role of a priest, trying to survive in a haunted house by performing rituals to stop haunting. To play, move priest around with the joystick. Whenever there’s ghost around you, find…
Quinn Dunki while not recording Open Apple podcast, keeps herself busy tinkering with the Apple IIc. She has published on her blog, Blondihacks, an extensive and super-geeky article to show how she was able to add an accelerator control for the Apple IIc plus, a machine that was able to run on both 4Mhz and the Apple II standard 1.023Mhz….
Commodore 64 has so many active demoscene groups active and releasing many demos throughout the year that is hard to keep up. Apple II enthusiasts, on the other hand, haven’t been so lucky.t least in terms of quantity. At least in terms of quantity! If we focus on quality, however, Apple II community has plenty to celebrate thanks to French…
Amiga Point of View (APoV) is a magazine published by the English Amiga Board forum. The last issue #4 was released in 2010. Almost 6 years have passed and it was announced that material for the issue 5 is required and an invitation was sent to all Amiga enthusiasts. “Now that blackcornflake has returned to the EAB, following his spiritual kung…
Archon – The Light and the Dark was ported to your browser, where you can play the game alone or using the new online multiplayer feature. The game looks exactly like the Commodore version, and it also plays the same. If you don’t lnow or remember the game, C64-Wiki has a good description: Archon – The Light and the Dark looks like…
Tynemouth Software has been developing an expansion cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20, adding RAM and ROM expansion selectable by dipswitches. There is a new update from the previous prototype, expanding it by adding 4 pins to each of the chips. The RAM is upgraded from a 62256 (32Kx8) to a 621024 (128Kx8), and the ROM from 27C512 (64Kx8) to 27C040…
Hosted by the Glenside Color Computer Club, CoCoFEST! is an annual festival centered around the Radio Shack Color Computer and other 6809-based hardware and operating systems, bringing together retro computing enthusiasts from around the globe. The organizers want to make clear that other 8-bit computers and operating systems are also welcome! The event will happen on April 23 and 24,…
The AtariAge forum user ‘mgr_inz_rafal’ has released a new game for the Atari 8-bit computers called ‘Priest John McPuke’, an adventure game which according to the developer, delivers a vast world, a multitude of different locations, a throng of items to use and an interesting story. The game was released last Christmas in Polish, and now the English version made its…
Retro Commodore has published a high-resolution scan of the Amiga User Interface Style Guide. “The purpose of this book is to describe how the user interface of a standard Amiga application should look and operate. It is intended to be read by current Amiga developers as well as developers who are considering writing and/or designing application software for the Amiga.” It…
