Category: Retro Computing History
We are always pleased to see some of the major news outlets talking about retro-computers. This time, PC Magazine website has published today a slideshow displaying 7 great Vintage Computer Collections, some of them from people we know well from the “retro scene”, like Byte Cellar, Nightfall Crew, etc… If you are thirsty for more, you can visit some of…
The new episode of Antic, the Atari 8-bit podcast is out, with good content for all Atari fans out there. Among other subjects, the hosts discuss the Altirra BASIC, some thoughts about Kansasfest, and some interesting Atari updates at Internet Archive. To listen to the podcast, follow the link below. Link: Antic
Atari ST Gamer Magazine Issue 2 has finally been completed. This second and final collectors issue of has some great interviews, facts, and Atari ST game reviews. for your enjoyment plus allot more. The magazine is published in digital form with 78 pages and it costs £3.99 (US$6.90). This edition contains clickable hyperlinks so you can quickly jump from the…
If you are into dressing up your Raspberry PI with the latest and greatest retro computer case, it is now available through ETSY a very well-done Apple IIgs Raspberry PI, specifically built for the Raspberry PI 2 and the Model-B Plus. Each case has been painted the original platinum color and measures 113x95x38mm. A deluxe version of the case is…
Chris Huelsbeck has made a Kickstarter campaign last year to release an album featuring his greatest hits , performed by Patrick Nevian as wonderful piano renditions. If you weren’t able to acquire the album, now you have a chance to listen to R-Type main theme, or The Great Giana Sisters directly on your computer for free, via Spotify. I didn’t…
Funstock has announced today that the ZX Spectrum VEGA will be available on August 24th, and it also has released the list of the 1,000 pre-installed games. One thousand games will keep the users busy for a long time, but how about quality? Well, you can check yourself the list following the link below, but we can tell you upfront…
Back in 1991, the high school student Ben Kayfetz made a video for a school project. Since he worked at Commodore Canada in the service and support departments, he filmed a visit to Commodore Canadian Headquarters. Although the video hasn’t the best image quality (VHS school project, right?), it is actually well edited, and a nice piece of history about…
The new upcoming ‘Commodore’ Smartphone got a lot of attention (good and bad) in the past few months, but it looks like they don’t own the rights to use the Commodore brand after all. They were actually trying to register a new trademark using the same name. The actual owner of all Commodore-related brands is the company C= Holdings B.V.,…
Retro Collect reported today this incredible sale that just ended. Someone who probably took a lot of effort to collect all +3000 games ever made for the PS1 released in Japan decided to sell his collection. The highest bid was a little less than US$ 25,000 (or a more impressive 3,000,000 Ien). The collection has probably very rare and expensive…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is probably the book with most references to 80’s pop culture, and most of them video-game related. It is already old news that he scored big when he sold the rights for a movie based on the book. It is also known that Steven Spielberg is the director (not too shabby eh?). What we…
