Although Brazil has a ever growing gaming community playing the latest PS4 and XBox ONE titles, due to its large population with (much) lower income, a local company called TecToy still sells thousands of Sega Master System consoles, after 30 years it was first released! Atlas Obscura website has published an interesting article telling how Sega beats Nintendo using such…
The light cycle battles featured in Tron are probably the most iconic sequences of the movie, and it spawn hundreds of games with the same gameplay. I remember to play it on my TRS-80 Model I in a monochrome TV, and even with those chunky graphics it was a blast!. The Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis) fans have now an…
The Amiga 30th Anniversary at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California happened last weekend (on July 25th and 26th), and if you, like many of us, couldn’t be present, the Amiga.org user ‘eliyahu’ has posted links of some photos and videos of the event, gathered from different sources. You can get all the links following the forum post…
Our leading games reviewer Robert Joy has sent over his latest retro review. This time we fly back in time to 1987, and reminisce the good times, playing the classic air combat fighter ‘After Burner’. Where did all the years go? :) You can read the review over on our reviews page, enjoy! Vitno Reviews Page: http://www.vitno.org/reviews/
The U17 PLAnkton is a replacement for the original PLA in the Commodore 64. This PLA replacement is developed by e5frog and is based on a Xilinx XC9536XL. The U17 PLAnkton is compatible with all C64 computers and it only uses 20 mA of current instead of 100 mA of the original PLA. Website: http://commodore64.se/forum/
AuSPuFF² has developed an Amiga RGB to YPrPb component converter. The circuit is based on the “Narmi” design, but this design uses different operational amplifier and both +5 VDC and -5VDC power supplies. The circuit board is designed with SMD components to fit inside a SUB-D connector. Forum64 Thread: http://www.forum64.de[via]
перезапуск is developing an adapter that makes it possible to use a SID 8580 with a motherboard for a SID 6581. To make this possible the adapter has a 12 to 9 VDC conversion, modifications for the filter capacitors, AD-convertor (POT) and audio output. Forum64 Thread: http://www.forum64.de[via]
Zzarko developed a program that can detect and repair errors on a d64 diskette image. The program is written in the programming language Python, and can be used on many computer systems. Download: PyD64Fix-1.0.tar.gzWebsite: CSDb
k3ys developed an mini 32K RAM expansion that hides in the Commodore VIC20 cartridge port. The RAM expansion is based on the design from Adam Bergström. You can select how much RAM is active, enable or disable the cartridge and make the RAM read-only. Website: Vic-20 Denial [via]
Graham Axten developed the game RockMaze in 1996, but only released it now with the help of Dr. Science. The game is inspired by the games Boulderdash and Repton. In the game you must collect all of the diamonds to finish the level. The game has 16 levels and a level editor. Download: RockMaze +3P &E [A4].d64Website: CSDb
