Yatzy is a new game for the C64 released on CSDb. The object of the game is to obtain the highest score from throwing 5 dice in 13 rounds.In each round, you roll the dice and then score the roll in one of 13 categories and you must score once in each category. The game is very well done with nice…
After six months, theThe Old School Emulation Center (TOSEC) team has released a new package, including lots of Commodore contents. Here is the release message: “This release is all about Commodore C64, with many contributions by Duncan Twain and SG-1 Charpy. In addition, we also have some ISO updates thanks to tomse. All folders and contents should be self-explanatory. All…
The ANTIC podcast folks have released their 30th anniversary edition of the The Atari 8-bit Podcast. Kevin Savetz visits a game exhibit at the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, the crew runs down a list of other Atari-related podcasts, and we find out how they keep track of all the people they need to nag to release new material!…
Subreddit RetroBattlestations is promoting another BASIC Month. This time around, the idea is to run the BASIC program Terraspin, a Turtle graphics type program created for the contest. The contestants will have to type in the program on any retro computer that runs BASIC and post take a picture of it running. The rules state very clearly that screen only or emulators are…
Ninjaforce has released a new version of Kaboom! The version 1.03 brings support for Rev. B of Alex Lukacz’ 4-play joystick card and fix a bug with the setup of the 4-player mode. Kaboom! was released in April and it is a Bomber Man-style of game for the Apple IIGS. You can download the game for free following the link…
Mist is an FPGA Amiga hardware emulator made by Lotharek. It is probably the middle ground between software emulation and the actual Amiga. Many of us, retro computer enthusiasts will probably frawn and say “it is not like the real machine” but it certainly offers great advantages, like the possibility to emulate the Atari ST as well. To help you understand how…
Near mythical tales have been told of the 1983 burial of 700,000 Atari games and products in a New Mexico landfill. Joseph Lewandowski is the man who separated fact from myth to track down, locate, and excavate these games. AJ and Joerg talk to him about the process behind that, and the many interwoven stories that make this such an…
Via A2Central.com: Javier Rivera has opened a store to offer fashion-conscious Apple II enthusiasts an array of Apple II-themed t-shirts (and coffee mugs). Check them out at the Apple II FAQ Store”. They even have one with the //c LCD display. Also, I’ve recently discovered RabbitEngineering’s Etsy shop, where they sell tons of 3-D printed retro system figurines. Each one…
The Computer History Museum blog has a lengthy article by Hansen Hsu entitled “The Neverending Quest for ‘Firsts’” in which he discusses what it really means to be the “first” computer. “What ‘first’ means depends on precise definitions of fuzzy concepts.”– Computer History Museum Board Chair Len Shustek It’s a great article that also delves into history’s habit of failing…
John Linville has just announced that the episode 13 of CoCo Crew podcast is now available, featuring an interview with Wes Kussmaul (the founder of Delphi). Ther is also the usual news, feedback, discussion, technical, and games segments. Link: CoCoCrew.org
