Category: Retro Computing History
Lavadeira blog announced directly from the MSX mother land that a new physical store will open soon in Akihabara. The store will offer retro computers, retro games, arcade games, and fan made items. The biggest news mainly for those that can afford to visit the store is a stock of brand-new-never-opened MSX computers Pioneer PX-V60. They go for about USD$180 – a…
Let’s be honest here, neither Recreated ZX Spectrum and ZX Spectrum Vega are a real recreation of the iconic and beloved Sinclair ZX Spectrum, but that doesn’t take away the value of these two modern hardwares: bringing back to a broader audience the experience to play all the great ZX Spectrum games. Recreated ZX Spectrum is a Spectrum-alike keyboard that…
In this (English language) podcast the following items: Chris Huelsbeck: Super Turrican 2, Chris Wilkins interview, Top 10 games from The C64 In Pixels, Gaming Trivia, Karma 64: Wizball and the Amiga Minute (Individual Computers: New Commodore motherboards). Website: http://www.retrogamingroundup.com
GTW (Games that Weren’t) is always one of our favourite C64 websites, with pristine work recovering information about games that never got released, and making all the effort to make them see the light of the day. Sometimes, long years of research pay out. They just recently announced that ‘Daffy Duck – And The Great Paint Caper’ is now available…
This month on Open Apple, Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman is the guest, and they talk about her experiences on Kansasfest and lots of other Apple II stuff. Other than the interview, tons of other subjects that will interest the Apple II enthusiast, like a D-Clock clone and a RamWorks III clone. Link: Open Apple
Amigos – the podcast about everything Amiga just released episode 5 and it is all about pinball games! On this episode, first of a three-part show, they talk about First Person Pinball, Pinball Dreams. You can find all links related to the show on their website show notes. Link: Amigos Podcast
Did you always want to see how is a Apple IIc inside? EEVblog Youtube channel has published today a video showing a Apple IIC teardown. [youtube JsUM-ZcBFE0 nolink] The compact Apple II, released in 1994 is very compact, considering it features a 5 1/4″ floppy, lots of interfaces and the keyboard, all in one unit. David L. Jones actually starts…
The Computer History Museum has published an article reviewing and wrapping up all the activities for the 30th Anniversary of the Amiga. Written by Adam P. Spring, the article tells a bit of the history of the Amiga, talks about the Viva Amiga documentary, which had its first showing at the Computer History Museum on July 25th-26th. For those who…
TechRadar website has published an article/slideshow of different Amiga prototypes: the D-44 with its wood-made keyboard, Amiga Lorraine and the Ranger, which was intended to be the Amiga 1000 successor. The photos were taken during the ‘Amiga 30th anniversary’ party in California, and the collection belongs to Amiga hardware developer Dale Luck. Link: TechRadar
Rebecca Heineman has published the video she recorded during her Twitch streaming, where she talks about Burgerlib, a library that she’s been using for ages to develop games for Apple IIGS, Apple IIe and several other platforms. The video is about 1-hour long. During the first 20 minutes she talks about the history behind Burgerlib, its versions and its state…
