Category: Retro Computing History
Last year, one of the biggest news around retro gaming was the discovery of the “Nintendo PlayStation”, which was a prototype of a partnership between Nintendo and Sony (duh!) to give SNES capabilities to use cartridges and also CD for games. RetroCollect reports that there is a file named SDBR_v0.95.sfc that seems to be legit, but they are still investigating…
The Last Ninja was one of the most successful games released on the Commodore 64, and no one won’t agree with that statement. If there is someone, that person is simply wrong! One of the many highlights of the game is its music, and now it might be possible to listen to the soundtrack as rock/metal covers. It all depends on…
Fresh from the press, this article from Sergey’s Blog shows you how to build a ZX Spectrum Clone, including a 3D-printed case. It is a very technical article, so if you are into electronics, it is right up your alley! He bought a Harlequin board on eBay, put the components together and get a working ZX Spectrum for cheap-ish. He…
There! I confess! I envy people that know how to create SID tunes. Besides the lack of musical inclination, I see tracking software one of the most daunting things to learn in the C64 scene. There are many great tools that try to make it easier for the musicians out there. One that is available to run on modern Windows machines…
Retro Emulator Vision and Game (REV’n’GE) issue 49 in both Italian and English editions. The contents of the February issue: Altered Destiny Alternate Reality: The City Astro Pinball CDTV Genlock Dem Doctor Doom’s Revenge Genesis: Beyond the Revelation Rescue of Lorri in Lorrinitron Rescue on Fractalus! Retribution Rick Dangerous The magazine is available as free download following the link below….
Directly from Korea surfaces a brand-new Apple II emulator for Windows, the Apple in PC (AIPC). Features include: Emulates Apple //e enhanced computer Mockingboard and/or PHASOR card support Mouse Interface card support Disk II card with disk image (DSI, DO, PO, NIB images supported) Mass storage “SD Disk][ HDD” (HDV, 2MG images supported) Joystick with NumPad or PC Joystick Various…
Imagine Flappy Birds for the C64… Now, imagine it better than Flappy Birds, with better graphics, better music and even better gameplay. That is Spaceman Splorf: Planet of Doom! The game has been released today on CSDb showing how good a simple game can be on our favorite 35-year-old platform. Developed by Andreas Gustafsson, with music and graphics by Vanja Utne, the…
There is a new device for Amiga 500/500+/2000, called A500Flash, that allows you to load another Kickstart image by running additional software on the same Amiga computer and subsequent switching between available ROM. There are two different models, A500Flash 5k and 1M – The first one features 512Kb of built-in flash memory and the second one, as you can guess,…
Retrocomputaria blog brought to my attention this incredible complete site about CP/M software, Humongous CP/M Software Archives. With this name, you can guess they carry a large collection of software for the CP/M operating system, once dominant OS before the MS-DOS era. They also have software for the TRS-80, CP/M or not. The site is not really new, but since it…
Amiga Future #119 is planned to be available in March, but you can check what they are baking for you. Previews: Playfield, Spice Obsession Mod for Dune 2, Amiga Racer. Reviews: Elves Dreamland, Shokaku, Beam, Zerosphere, Kikugi, Luettje Bookholler, Simplemail, OS4 Depot, Redit, AISS, MorphOS Software Development Kit 3.10, DosBox pn AmigaOS 4, XBench, Portable AmiKit MK2, C64 Forever 2016, KMTech…
