Extremely hot and out now! Cinemaware is back! AJ and Joerg talk to Matt Falcus and Sven Vößing from Cinemaware, who have taken their classic games to entirely new levels. Aheh… get it? Games? Levels? Cinemaware: http://www.cinemaware.com Rocket Ranger Reloaded: http://rocketrangerreloaded.com Wings! Remastered Edition: http://www.cinemawarewings.com Sven’s Retro Hunter: http://retro-hunter.de Matt’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matt_Falcus John Draper’s Health Issues/fundraising: http://www.webcrunchers.com/back-to-hospital-again/ Joerg: http://nafcom.eu AJ:…
The November issue of Reset Magazine is avalaible for download following the link below. Reset Magazine is a free, non-profit fanzine dedicated to the Commodore 64 computer. Our target audience is the casual Commodore 64 user and retro computer enthusiast. Reset is distributed on the internet as a free PDF. Source: Reset Website Download: Reset #5 PDF
Well, it is not really retro/vintage since all the project is modern, but the Micromite Companion gives you all the feeling of a Retro computer. “It’s a kit computer that is programmed in BASIC, capable of sprites, tiles, and SIDlike audio with 54K of programming space. The MMC also capable of communicating with serial, I2C, SPI, 1-wire, and other modern…
[youtube PyV8jaih4SA nolink] Ben continues to create an Apple 1 Replica. In the previous episode, he built the core of the Apple 1 – a 6502 computer with a CPU, ROM, RAM, and a few address decoders. Today Ben works to get some input/output going with an updated interface using a Propeller micro-controller. He can test the new interface by…
I just wanted to share a couple of cool videos that I found (nostalgia) — the Commodore 64 Training Tape (VHS) with the late Jim Butterfield (1936-2007), released on 1982. [youtube chwQnTQyGY0 nolink] There was a certain level of showmanship in the past. Commodore even introduced the Amiga three years later at the Lincoln Center accompanied with classical music and lasers. [youtube hWiOVa1R4m0…
Arcades are great… and also big – it is not like you can have them all around the house. I know you gonna say: “No need! I have emulators!”, and you are right. But playing arcades using a PC keyboard is just “not right” (or plain heresy for some), so how about building your very own cheap arcade machine ?…
[youtube PmqAFRNZoz8 nolink] The next edition of the Vintage Computer Festival East will happen on April 17th to 19th in Wall, New Jersey, US. The Vintage Computer Festival East is a hands-on, family-friendly celebration of computer history. It offers a book sale, classes, consignment sale, exhibit hall, food, lectures, museum tours, prizes, vendors, workshops, and more. Dozens of exhibits, classes,…
Aaron White has sent over his latest Retro Asylum Music Disk, celebrating Christmas in true chip tune style! Yeah you may say hmm it’s not Christmas yet is it? Well there’s a few weeks left but what’s wrong with being prepared eh :) Volume 4 contains ten awesome Christmas chip-tune remixes for your enjoyment! (Once disk has loaded up, use…
Jan Jones republished her QL Superbasic language as a Kindle e-book, an it is available at Amazon for only £5.14. Published 30 years after the original, this edition has been retyped and reformatted by Jan Jones for today’s technology. Not only does it contain an extremely detailed description of the QL SuperBASIC commands, and an explanation of the structure of…
What Is It? Replacement C64 motherboard for breadbins and early 64Cs Uses standard Micro ATX case and power supplies Fully socketed and for quick and easy testing and repair Uses donor MOS chips from breadbin/early 64c boards Prototype Board Features Follows Rev. B3 Assy # 250466 board schematic Micro ATX form factor board Uses any ATX v2.x power supply All…
