Category: Retro Computing History
Stefan Egger (Computer Collection Vienna) has purchased an Amiga 3400, a computer that later became the Amiga 4000. It’s a functional unit and there are some differences from the later series production. Some missing parts (upper housing part, HDD holder bracket for the floppy drive, Joyport sheet etc.) are soon to complete the unit. The bracket for the floppy drive is not identical to…
It’s Christmas 1982. You just got your very first home video game system and the most powerful one on the market, the ColecoVision. After plugging it and enjoying it for a while you begin to wonder: who is Coleco? Where is it located? Whose vision came to fruition to offer me this console? For the very first time, discover the…
On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro’s with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro’s are: Terminal Cracking News – Somewhere in Time, ROL – Secure golden keyboot, Flashtro – Great Giana Sisters SE, Scoopex – Great Giana Sisters SE, Bronx –…
Chicken Lips Radio Episode #008: Amiga 2000HD, Commodore PET 4032, KansasFest Retr0Brite / Javier, WiFi – Commodore 128, CommVex v12 2016, MicroDrive 1541 Emulator- Jim Drew, Habitat, Generation Amiga Pro, Vampire 500, Debugging Tool, Commodore VIC-20: A Visual History Book Kickstarter – Giacomo Veroni, ARMiga , C64C Cases in retro colours, SX-64 JiffyDOS Kernal, Tynemouth Software: Commodore PET Diagnostics 6502 Replacement….
RVG Website (Retro Video Gamer) has interviewed Steve Hammond. Steve Hammond started his career as one of the founding members at DMA Design. You all remember Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto right? ;) Read the Interview: http://www.retrovideogamer.co.uk
Quote from Atarimania Facebook Page; ‘Atarimania ST presents another unreleased game rescued and preserved. It was originally to be released in 1991 but lost it. Thanks to the original author Emiliano Gusmini of Magnetica Development for letting us to preserve this lost piece of unreleased Atari ST gaming history!’ Facebook Page: Atarimania Website: atarimania.com
A reflection on a new machine in my life; the Commodore VIC-20. All Commodore machines have always held an elusive, golden glow for me. Back in the 80’s I had an Acorn Electron from 1983 onwards, and still have that little beauty now. As Acornified as I was, and still am, I hankered after a C64. Then, towards the late…
The Retro Hour is a professional Podcast ran by Dan Wood & Ravi Abbott. Both being you-tubers and strong in the area of UK gaming culture they decided to create a Podcast with high audio quality and production. The Retro Hour aims to help the world understand the UK and European gaming industry and its roots whilst avoiding the cliché of…
If you ever thought about trying your hands on coding Amiga demos, now you have a chance to get a jump start into it. ‘Dissident’ has released a guide about programming demos in assembler for Amiga. The guide is the result of his 25 years of experience coding for the Amiga with tips and tricks based on his own findings,…
We are already used to the ‘Flashback’ consoles featuring Atari, Intellivision and Colecovision. Some of these are already launching its 6th edition. Out of blue, Nintendo has just announced that they also decided to join the retro gaming nostalgia club, launching the NES Classic Edition, a palm-sized NES console packaged with an HDMI cable, an AC adapter and one NES…
