Category: Retro Computing History
This episode of Inverse ATASCII, the podcast that talks about Atari 8-bit productivity tools, features Typo Attack, originally released in 1982 by APX. It was programmed by David Buehler, a seventeen year old high school junior. This productivity tool is relevant for winning one of the APX Star Award, giving the author a prize of $25,000 in cash. Link: Inverse…
A book that celebrates the beauty of the ZX Spectrum. Full of pixel art, iconic box art and contributions from industry legends. Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium will focus on the visual side of the computer; from in-game pixel art to game maps to box artwork, the book will be crammed full of beautiful high-resolution, full-colour imagery. The ZX…
RetroWiki is a Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this edition the following articles: News, ZX Spectrum Vega, Samarux, Spectrum+, Amiga: It Came From the Desert, Arcades, Galaga 88 and SEGA Master System. Download: RetroWiki_Magazine_11.pdfWebsite: http://www.retrowiki.es
The guys over at C64.com have added an interview with Ivan Davies. Ivan is a game designer. His first computer was a Commodore VIC-20. Later he started to make graphics for games. The games he worked on are: Red Heat, Cabal, Midnight Resistance and Hudson Hawk. Website: http://www.c64.com
Issue 33 of the Italian PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) is available in Italian and English. Game reviews from REV’n’GE compare releases of classic games between different platforms. Download: SendSpace, MegaREV’n’GE: Facebook Page
Coming this August 3rd through August 9th is the Apple II Festival France 2015, at Maska to Castera-Verduzan in Gers. Join your fellow European Apple II enthusiasts for a week of retrocomputing, gaming, hacking and fellowship. Apple II Festival France 2015 is being produced by Silicium and the Facebook group Groupe Apple II France. Link: Event Website Source: A2Central
Jim Salmons sent a message on Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group that has got us all very excited. The Softalk Apple Collection at the Internet Archive has already 42 of the 48 issues of Softalk up for you enjoyment. He and his wife were behind the effort to bring the originals to Internet Archive headquarters and get them scanned and…
Ausretrogamer Website has published an article to bring you up to speed on the 15 electronic games finalists to be inducted into The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame. The inductees will be formally recognised in a ceremony at The Strong museum in downtown Rochester, New York, on June 4. As you can guess by the picture above, Pong…
In 2000, the developer Nabil Gonem published the low Budget Game Ali Baba. In 2001, Amiga Arena received permission to offer Ali Baba as a full version for download. Unfortunately, the developers had already been sold and he was no longer in possession ofhis own game. Amiga-Arena could not find the full version of the game because the game wasnever…
Issue 32 of the Italian PDF-magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) is available in Italian and English. Game reviews from REV’n’GE compare releases of classic games between different platforms. (We know the picture shows #31, it’s the correct cover though) Download: EnglishDownload: ItalianREV’n’GE: Facebook Page
