Category: Retro Computing History
mariuszw on AtariAge forum has ported over Ocean’s ‘The Great Escape‘ to the 8bit Atari!The Great Escape was originally released back in the 80’s on the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and also DOS. The perspective is an isometric view, much like Batman and Head over Heels on the ZX Spectrum. ScenarioThe player controls an unnamed prisoner of war…
Jeroen Tel launched his long awaited Crowdfunding Campaign on INDIEGOGO called:“Jeroen Tel – Tel Me More” – A Commodore 64 remake album featuring at least 12 of his most memorable C64 game music soundtracks. Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/tel-me-more/x/11178183 You are invited wholeheartedly to join him on this 8-bit music journey!Your support will be more than appreciated! ♥ Please spread the word and…
Charlotte’s Dream is a classic point and click adventure game from the golden era of adventure games, remade for PC. The game is to be distributed through Steam, and is intended for Windows/Mac/Linux. Charlotte’s Dream is about a young girl named Charlotte, who barely escapes with her life after a tragic car accident. Haunted by guilt over the death of…
Jimmy Maher wrote a blog about the evolution of Epyx games. In this story Jimmy tells about the American home computer industry in the eighties. He talks about the Epyx games Summer Games, Winter Olympics, Summer Games II and California Games. Website: http://www.filfre.net/2015/06/the-evolution-of-the-epyx-games/News Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
[youtube WqntkEOugYY nolink] The video above shows an amazing Apple IIc mod, battery-powered and with a built-in colour monitor. Charles Mangin, the guy behind the amazing machine will be showing it off at KansasFest. Source: A2Central
Here is another interesting Kickstarter campaign. On this one, Jeffrey Wittenhagen proposes to write a comprehensive Nintendo Collector’s Book and also a physical NES RPG indie game with professional NES-themed artwork. “The Complete NES” is a project that is a combination campaign having multiple different aspects to it. There is a thorough NES Collector’s Guide covering the entire licensed US…
The National Museum of Computing in UK is trying to get help to maintain its collection of BBC Micro, first launched in 1981. Most of the collection is used on an interactive exhibit, and the need for maintenance also includes peripherals like CRT monitors. The museum, which is located on the Bletchley Park estate, has about 80 BBC Micro computers,…
Antic, the podcast about the Atari 8-bit computers has a new episode! Some of the highlights are: Nw atari archive sites. Randy tells us all about BASIC XL Kevin delves into the sordid history of DorsETT Educational Systems Bill Kendrick fills us in on a panoply of stuff, including a brain transplant for your 8-bit. (*) After the release of…
Prodatron released a beta version of SymbOS v3.0 – his operating system for the Amstrad CPC and the MSX. The main new feature of this release is the support for the DenYoNet network card on the MSX, and a driver for localhost. There is not network support for the Amstrad, though. The author seems pretty excited with this new release…
C64Intros has updated its intro database and added 50 new intros. The new groups are: Chaos Industries, Cyclotron [CTN], Dexion + New Life + Zargon, Advanced Dynax SidRiders [ADSR], Empire Software, Euratom, FCG (DE), Kraekers, Organisation for Software Swapping [OFSS], Sense Designs, Sphinxs, Vector, The Web Incorporated, Wicked+Burp and Zzap. Click the link below to check out more! Website: http://intros.c64.org
