Category: Retro Computing History
Roy Shildt is back with some more insights about Twin Galaxies – especially regarding Missile Command scores and the people behind them… Hear some stories, conclusions, theories .. this second part of the interview shows some guts! Interview starts at 10:53. https://scene.world/mrawesome2
Fresh from our vaults:A historic interview with Gary Penn, a video games industry veteran and former games reviewer for Zzap!64. Fun fact: The first Grand Theft Auto game would have been ended up cancelled without his efforts as a creative director at DMA Design (later Rockstar Games).Enjoy!Link: https://scene.world/garypenn
For the world outside of the retro game bubble, it’s just some strange variant of playing with food, but for the retro lovers, this is a publishing powerhouse known for Pier Solar, the biggest Mega Drive game release back in 2010 and a well-praised RPG which was even ported to many current-gen consoles later on.After many years of hype and…
Roy “Mr. Awesome” Shildt is one of the worlds’ premier gamers, specifically for his Missile Command scores. More recently, he (and Twin Galaxies) have become the subject of controversies regarding said scores, and Roy’s battle to maintain his supremacy. AJ and Joerg talk to him about his history, the intricacies of playing Missile Command, and hit on some of the…
Demoscene – The Art of Coding is an initiative to enlist the demoscene as the first digital culture on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. AJ and Joerg (er, Derision and Nafcom) talk to Dedux, Flopine, Kudrix, and Unjello about why this is important and how we can all help move the initiative forward. (interview begins at 10:00) http://scene.world/artofcoding
I have to start this post by confessing that I’ve never played a Castlevania game to the end, and to make it worst, I haven’t played one at all until recently. Since its debut in the Famicom Disk System in 1986, Castlevania has spawned more than 40 titles across many different platforms. The many games and confusing naming make it…
I like to think Vintage is the New Old foments the retro computing community integration, and more than once, we have been promoting different websites and projects around the internet. It is with pleasure that I see one of the most traditional ones getting even better! Lemon Amiga website has been around for many years, and it is one of…
Just before heading to bed last night, I checked my Twitter feed when I see a Call A.P.P.L.E tweet mentioning that Steve Wozniak’s hand-drawn and handwritten schematics and programming instructions for a prototype of the Apple II home computer was sold for $500,000. Following the link I see that the last bid was indeed $504,218. However, the auction information stated…
I know many people don’t read as much anymore in this current digital age and the Short Attention Span problem the Internet brought us is likely one of the main culprits (get off my lawn, you hooligans!). However, we all love video games. If they are retro-games even more, maybe you would be interested in this bundle. StoryBundle, a Humble-bundle…
Blake Patterson has posted on his excellent blog “The Byte Cellar,” an excellent article where he talks about his 35 years as an amiga user. As he says initially, it is a “meandering and reminiscent” type of post, which I’d say is one of the best types of reading when we feel walking down memory lane for an extra dose…
