ZX Spectrum Next – Fully assembled unit’s footage

Early this morning, the Internet was taken by storm (!!!) when the first photo of an assembled ZX Spectrum showed up. Then I said in the Facebook thread that I would only believe it there was a hand typing on that machine, and sure enough, Mike Cadwallader not only posted an update but made it a video, not a photo!…

Stella – The ubiquitous Atari 2600 emulator gets a major update

If you just arrived from Mars where you lived for the past 40 years, Stella is a multi-platform Atari 2600 emulator available for Windows, Linux and MacOS. As an open source project, the emulator can be also ported to many other platforms. The new version 6.0 brings dozens of fixes and new features, mostly targeting the use of new underlying…

2019 BASIC 10-Liner Contest in On!

Already a tradition in the Retro Computer Enthusiast’s community, the 2019 edition of the 10-Liner Contest has started and will run through March 30th (6PM CET). Sponsored by Homeputerium, the contest challenge all BASIC programmers to come up with something amazing using only 10 lines of code. Since its establishiment eight years ago, the contest has received 312 10-Liners! The…

RGCD Amiga Showcase – Tiger Claw & Power Glove

RGCD Publishing has extended its support for the new generation of games for vintage computer systems with its recent launch of Tiger Claw and Power Glove Reloaded for the Commodore Amiga. RGCD excitedly announced, late in 2018, that they once again have collaborated with developer Lazycow to release ports of Tiger Claw and Power Glove (originally for the Commodore 64)…

ZX Spectrum Next Keyboard is ready for testing

This is a quickie! Last Friday, Henrique Olifiers posted a quick update in the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter page showing us a glorious picture of the ZX Spectrum Next keyboard! We’re now waiting for it to arrive so we can proceed testing the fit with the case and move ahead towards full production and shipping! Today, we saw another message…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 66: Super Cars

AMIGArama may have finally found the Amiga’s version of Super Mario Kart! Missiles and power ups ahoy in this weeks racer. But can it hold up against the competition? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-66-super-cars/

It is never too late! Wordperfect for Apple IIgs gets a new update supporting Y2K!

As many software created last century, Wordperfect for Apple IIgs wasn’t year 2K compliant. If you were one of the last Apple IIgs regular users by the end of the 20th century, you couldn’t use the text editor date features properly. Following the mantra that is never too late, Brutal Deluxe’s Antoine Vignau managed to fix the archaic word processor,…

Retro Revisited: Retrograde

Grab your plasma gun and earn some space-bucks in this 1989 C64 exclusive by Apex Computer Productions!

Atari800MacX 5.0.1 – MacOS Mojave’s Dark mode and new images

After the long waited version 5.0, we didn’t have to wait too long for the Atari800MacX 5.0.1 version. This versions brings small but important changes: Added support for macOS Mojave Dark Mode – including new Media Status Panel images. Added Inverse Key to Function Key Window. Bugs Fixed: Fix spelling errors in Preferences panel. Patched keyboard issues caused by libSDL…

AMIGArama Podcast Episode 65: Civilization

AMIGArama tries to turn the tables on histories greatest Civilization’s but can he emerge victorious in the age of these legends? https://amigarama.com/episodes/amigarama-podcast-episode-65-civilization/