Scott Hanselman hosts the HanselMinutes Podcast, and on the show #498 released today, he talks to Matthew Cannon about the musical revolution that happened the eighties and early 90s in video game soundtracks. Matthew worked at Ocean Software and composed music for games like Navy Seals, Batman: The Movie, Elf, and many more. Matthew worked on C64, Amiga, SNES, Megadrive,…
UPDATE: Unfortunately Apple2Scans removed the downloads “The volumes of Micro on the Apple have been removed following a request from the copyright holder” Apple II Scans has made available the scans of the three volumes of Micro on the Apple, consisting more than 600 pages of Apple II programming articles that were first published in the pages of Micro Magazine. “…contributions by…
Teenage sons are already a headache, but if they run away to hunt for treasure, that’s where many a mum might be a bit out of her element. Not Dorothy, however! With a magical compass in hand, Dorothy tracks down her son’s whereabouts to a deserted island. There’ll be no more missed dinners or cursed treasures in THIS household! In…
Few days ago we posted the news about another Commodore 65 that is on sale on German eBay. The auction has ended and the rare machine was sold for €22.827,00 (around USD25,000). The winner bid was only 50 bucks more than the second. That might leave a bitter taste for the guy that lost. Source: Nightfall Crew
On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…
The first finished game in the Axria series; Retro World boasts four Gameboy inspired worlds of star throwing, wall climbing, enemy fire action! Journey to the Hidden Fortress in search of Scarfire, but beware his demonic creatures along your journey! With many hidden areas to find and a great challenge ahead, Axria Retro World will keep you on your toes…
Retro Computers, the company behind the ZX Spectrum VEGA just announced its Christmas special promotion. For the twelve weeks leading up to Christmas and the New Year, Retro Computers will be placing eleven golden tickets at random into boxes of the ZX Spectrum Vega. If you’re lucky enough to find one, then not only will you receive your ‘normal’ black…
‘Claus’ user on CSDb has released today the game ‘Time of Silence’, a top view graphic adventure game for the Commodore 64. The game is superb, with a refreshing top view perspective. You walk the hero around, and you can interact with people and objects using the menu that shows up when you hit the joystick fire button close to…
The latest episode of Sprite Castle is available since October 14th and talks about ‘Shamus’. “In this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shooter, you’ll face more spiral drones, robo-droids, and snap jumpers than you can shake an ion-shiv at in your quest to defeat the Shadow in this week’s game, 1983’s SHAMUS by Synapse Software. If you would like to play along, you can…
Call A.P.P.L.E is an Apple II-centric magazine that started to be published in 1978 and run until 1990, then it came back to life from 2000 to 2010. Today the Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange user group has announced that the magazine is back again with Volume 25. The first 40-page issue is available to A.P.P.L.E. members with a number of…
