Category: Programming

Dungeon Stalker – a new Atari 7800 Game

Dungeon Stalker, a new game for the Atari 7800 developed by “AtariMaximus”, has reached its “Release Candidate” state. That means all development work is done and if there is no big bugs, the game will be released soon. Your character is a fearless female archer stuck in a dungeon with no exits. Her only option is to fight and try…

ReSeT #20 – Amstrad Demoparty Results

Early June we announced about ReSeT #20, which is a yearly Amstrad demo party, organized by Eliot / Benediction. The party is over and the results are in! Combined Demo/IntroSlideshow Paint ASCII CPC Intro ASCII 1K  GraphicsBat-Moule by Beb & HicksCondense loves Pulpo Corrosivo by CeDBora-Bora by SiccaReSeT XX by CeDMammouth by Barjack & GrimLines Up Forms Fill Yeah!! (Amstrad…

Truly-portable Apple IIc Ready for KansasFest! Teasing Video

[youtube WqntkEOugYY nolink] The video above shows an amazing Apple IIc mod, battery-powered and with a built-in colour monitor. Charles Mangin, the guy behind the amazing machine will be showing it off at KansasFest. Source: A2Central

Computer museum seeks BBC Micro fixers

The National Museum of Computing in UK is trying to get help to maintain its collection of BBC Micro, first launched in 1981. Most of the collection is used on an interactive exhibit, and the need for maintenance also includes peripherals like CRT monitors. The museum, which is located on the Bletchley Park estate, has about 80 BBC Micro computers,…

Antic – The Atari 8-bit Podcast – Episode #23

Antic, the podcast about the Atari 8-bit computers has a new episode! Some of the highlights are: Nw atari archive sites. Randy tells us all about BASIC XL Kevin delves into the sordid history of DorsETT Educational Systems Bill Kendrick fills us in on a panoply of stuff, including a brain transplant for your 8-bit. (*) After the release of…

SymbOS v3.0 Beta – Operating System for MSX, Amstrad CPC

Prodatron released a beta version of SymbOS v3.0 – his operating system for the Amstrad CPC and the MSX. The main new feature of this release is the support for the DenYoNet network card on the MSX, and a driver for localhost. There is not network support for the Amstrad, though. The author seems pretty excited with this new release…

Drop III Inches Episode 11 – Apple III Podcast

On this new episode of Drop III Inches, they talk about small advances in booting a /// from a flash drive, the Cursor /// joystick and the history of The Keyboard Company, and a visit to the Stanford archives of Apple materials to get the real scoop on EMI/RFI emissions and the timeline of the /// plus. After that, another…

New Open Source Online Multiplayer 'Bomberman'

Richard “Photonstorm” Davey let us know today about this new impressive ‘Bomberman’ clone – ‘Bomb Boy Online’. The game is written in Javascript by Phaser forum user druphoria, using Davey’s game engine Phaser. The game can be played directly on your browser, and it contains a lobby where you can host/join games. Up to 8 games can be in session…

'openMSX' emulator ditches Sourceforge in favour of GitHub

As some core openMSX developers felt uncomfortable at SourceForge.net because of the story where SF repacked GIMP to include ads, the development team decided to move from SF to Github, at https://github.com/openMSX/. Also the project has a new official address http://openmsx.org. The change really only affects developers that like to either contribute to the project, or simply check the source…

'X-Force' for C64 gets Full Commercial Release Today in Disk and Tape

The awesome shoot’em up X-Force, released back in November 2014 by The New Dimension will be finally be on sale today in disk and tape, published by Psytronik. The disk/tape includes a version of the game with awesome soundtracks by FeekZoid along with a special version with trance soundtracks by Richard Bayliss. It also includes a special bonus: the “Crazy…