[youtube Fq-uRYi4IRA nolink] Hewson are launching a retro soundtrack album on 8th May – 11 incredible tracks from 10 classic Hewson games, remade by legendary artists like Ben Daglish, Steve Turner, Jeroen Tel and Matt Gray. Hints & Tips for Videogame Pioneers is available to pre-order now with two instant tracks and 40% discount on iTunes via www.hewsonconsultants.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hewsonconsultants
[youtube e0SKePMwepU nolink] Magot is a fast paced single screen platform/shooter and consists of 7 worlds composed of 7 to 17 levels (not counting bonus and the secret levels), each with a different setting and a final boss to fight. There is an ingame shop in which the player can buy new spells and power ups and some rooms of…
[youtube e0SKePMwepU nolink] Magot is a fast paced single screen platform/shooter and consists of 7 worlds composed of 7 to 17 levels (not counting bonus and the secret levels), each with a different setting and a final boss to fight. There is an ingame shop in which the player can buy new spells and power ups and some rooms of…
The UK’s favourite Arcade, Indie & Retro video gaming expo comes to the Winter Gardens, Margate from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd August 2015. Fans of gaming are in for a real treat! PLAY is brought to you by the organisers of Play Expo and video gaming suppliers to GEEK, so will be jam packed with hundreds of games, consoles, arcades,…
BBC has published a 5-episode podcast to discuss the computer languages that had (or still have) great impact in the computer industry – Codes that Changed the World. Each one of the first four episodes cover the languages FORTRAN, COBOL, BASIC, and Java, with a fifth episode discussing how so many different languages are able to coexist. As excepted we…
VCF East is now part of the history that it tries to tell. The last event took place last weekend, and it seems whoever was able to attend had a blast! If you, like myself, couldn’t be there, you can have a glimpse of the event visiting the link below, containing some nice photos of the event. Link: VCF East…
This month on Open Apple, Mike Maginnis and Quinn Dunki sit down with Paul Lutus, author of Apple II software such as AppleWriter and GraFORTH. They talk about the impacts of software development on society, the value of the individual in the process, and the trials of coding software in the woods. Link: Open-Apple
Retro Computing Roundtable Episode 98 is out. One of the things we like to do with old computers is program them. With modern computers, running editors and emulators, we can do some things a lot easier than we could when dealing directly with the classic machines. Do you have any favorite tools and tips for doing this sort of thing?…
[youtube o-zzW-2mWQI nolink] Technobytes shows us a teaser video of their new accelerator card for the Apple II. For now, the card is not available for purchase, and it is still being tested. Source: Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook Group
Review by Stuart Johns – http://www.myacornelectron.com(the Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator for the Amiga 500) Anybody who knows me knows that my comfort zone when it comes to vintage computing is the Acorn Electron – I have always had one and have tried to keep up with the changes and the new hardware and software that comes along (even in 2015!)…
