Internet Archive: Have You Played Atari Today?

I love the Internet Archive and all the tools they provide us to view/download their digital collection, but sometimes I found the interface a bit overwhelming if you want to browse about such a broad subject and are not looking for something specific. Coming to your help, the Internet Archive invited the podcaster and Atari historian, Kevin Savetz to write…

The Legend of Zelda, Trial of Courage, A Brand New Adventure for your NES!

The Legend of Zelda, Trial of Courage is an exciting new Zelda experience for the classic NES system. This brand new rom hack was created by The3Dude and took many months of hard work, editing and revising before an official release on June 1st 2019. Below is a list of things you can expect to see in this hack. Brand…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 84: Sim City

Hard hats on and lets takes a strong step to the future with our very own AMIGAramaVille metropolis, for this week’s city building show.

Tandy Assembly Coming Sep. 27-29, 2019 in Springfield, OH

The response to Tandy Assembly has been fabulous and we’re ecstatic that we’re able to continue to offer this annual show to the vintage computer community and Radio Shack fans everywhere! Tandy Assembly 2019 (the third iteration!) will take place on September 27th, 28th & 29th, 2019 in Springfield, Ohio. We are very excited to announce that we are adding a day this…

Turbocharge – Commodore 64 Retro Rewind Review

There’s nothing quite like feeling of the wind rushing through your hair as you hurtle through exotic locations in a supercar. The thrills, the speed, the adrenalin. Unfortunately for most of us, the only car based surge in wind and excitement we get to experience is when last nights curry kicks in and the race to crack the window begins….

Scene World Podcast Episode #66 – Valerio Cannone

Valerio Cannone is a hardware developer known for repairing vintage arcade machines in his spare time. Valerio shares some of his knowledge with Joerg, and gives us some insight into his history, what drives him, and why keeping vintage arcade machines functional is important in the 21st century. (Interview begins at 8:40)

Preview: ViTNO chats to Paul Nicholls about miniMIKE, a new game for the C64

The number of new games in development for the venerable Commodore 64 never ceases to amaze, and Paul Nicholls, otherwise known as Syntax Error Software, is entering the fray. Ostensibly a flick-screen collect ’em up, miniMIKE combines free-running, wall-climbing action, mixed with platforming elements. Despite being being relatively limited at this stage, we were impressed with the (very) early preview…

Merman reviews Hey Listen! book for Scene World Magazine

Our very own Andrew Fisher, the gaming prof looks at the book “Hey Listen!” so enjoy this review guys! :) https://scene.world/heylisten

Apple 1 auctions suffering from ‘Lunar Landing waning effect’

A few days ago, Christie’s Auction house sold another Apple 1 for whopping $470,000 and when I read about it my first reaction was “yet another one…moving on”. That thought made me wonder why I would think like that. The Apple 1s are no less rare than they were a few years ago when the first ones had surfaced, and…

The ultimate guide for Computer RPG Games available for free

I confess I was unaware of this project until I saw the news on Call A.P.P.L.E. Thanks to them, ViTNO can share the good news. The CRPG Book Project is a collaborative, non-profit effort to create a free, easily available ebook on the history of Computer Role-Playing Games. The project started in 2014 and finally, late last year was finished….