Category: Retro Computing History
We all know how eBay sellers love to put the word “RARE” on their retro products. It is inevitable to no pay attention to them, but in most cases they are not rare at all. This time, though, thanks to tomse from Retro Commodore, a really rare C64 accessory was spotted: a Triton QD 3″ Disk Drive for Commodore 64 in…
That is an interesting move made by the Amiga Future people. The issue 93 (Dec/2011) is sold out and because of that, you can read the magazine in full, for free. Although it is an old issue, people that were always on the fence and never bought any issue, it is a great opportunity to see how the magazine is made…
PRO (C) ATARI Magazine – Issue 9 is a printed magazine all about Atari 8-bit computers. The new issue 9 will ship next week and it is already accepting orders. Some of the content of this month issue: ZEPPELIN Review THE MIGHTY JILL OFF Review CURSE OF THE LOST MINER: UNDERGROUND MADNESS CHALLENGE Review Link: pro(c) Atari
Coleco Chameleon seemed to be destined for success, at least based only on its appearance at Toy Fair. Well, the cartridge-based retro console is no more. First there were accusations of the use of a false prototype. Users from Atariage were able to spot, from inside a translucent case, a Hicap50B CCTV DVR capture card pretending to be the console…
Ok, it is not like you are going to use video reviews as a tool to decide what retro computer you should buy. It is all based on nostalgia and curiosity. However, video reviews are a good way to know better about a retro computer that maybe you never had access or even didn’t know it existed at all. The Atari 400…
Early release of another tech veteran video interview we have conducted: Hans Ippisch! Hans Ippisch is a game industry veteran who is unique for his broad view of the video game industry due to his broad field of employment in his life. He started out 1986 as a coder for the well-known computer game developing studio “Rainbow Arts”. He also…
The 8-Bit Guy YouTube channel has published about a month ago, which I was watching this morning where he talks about Apple and Steve Job’s biggest mistakes. This first video of the series compares the Apple IIGS and the Macintosh, two computers that came to market at around the same time. It is interesting to see how the Apple IIGS…
It’s a Pixel THING – Ep.#82 features Psygnosis, the Liverpool-based publisher that was created by some of the people that came from the defunct Imagine Software. On this episode, Pedro Loureiro tells the story about the studio and its legacy, going over the games published by them, including the first one, Brataccus and more. [youtube FCpXjibguLc nolink]
Directly from Amiga CD32 Alternate Covers, Jay has released The Ultimate Amiga Dizzy Collection. This release contains all 11 Dizzy related games that were released on the Amiga; Fast Food Spellbound Dizzy Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Fantastic Dizzy Fantasy World Dizzy Magicland Dizzy Prince Of The Yolkfolk Treasure Island Dizzy Bubble Dizzy Dizzy Panic Kwiksnax But that is not all, as…
VChar64 is a character editor for the Commodore 64 that has been actively developed by Ricardo Quesada from the Retro.Moe blog. The software is available for both Windows and Mac OSX. Changes: [NEW] Koala Import: supports importing subregions. Useful when 256 chars are not enough to import the whole bitmap [NEW] Added unknown font. Ripped from here [NEW] VICE snapshot…
