I’ve found this link today on Reddit. It is not something you’ve never seen, but it is a well-built single-page photo gallery showing the history of Sinclair computers. For me, the highlights are the ZX82 concepts, and the ZX Spectrum Bluetooth keyboard. If you like, tell us what is your favourite on the comments below. Link: Sinclair Gallery
At this point in the podcast run, we are still in the late 1970’s time frame, and the OSI (Ohio Scientific Challenger) machines fall into that time frame for their release. No vintage computer historical journey would be complete without including these very important machines. As usual, Randy will cover the history, technical specs, peripherals, Web sites, books, emulation and…
Nic from “The Future was 8-bit” is getting ready to release the new batch of Commodore 64 laptops, the C64p. Don’t fool yourself, these machines are not made using Linux and some emulation, but they are actually a C64DTV hardware well assembled on a netbook shell. All of the internals of the donor netbook get scrapped. The original chargers have…
Mike Maginnis, the curator of the Apple II Scans website () has made available all of the issues of the Apple /// related Open Apple Gazette online. The Open Apple Gazette was the newsletter produced by the San Francisco based Apple ///’rs, an Apple /// centric users group. You can download all nine of the issues of the Open Apple…
Matra Corp decided to produce an small batch of some of their games on cartridge: Sex Bomb Bunny, Moskow 2024, Ark-A-Noah, Don’t Cock It Up! plus a new product (Sex Bomb Bunny in Japanese language), with an excellent packaging and colorful cartridge cases. The Matranet site isn’t update with the new games, but you can contact Matra directly and place…
The #msxdev Compo is a MSX software competition in which all sorts of MSX software is allowed. Maybe you prefer utilities over games, or would like to make a kick-ass MSX2+ game? Maybe you want to enter a competition, but haven’t yet because it was limited to MSX1 games? Perhaps you want to use hardware expansions like FM-PAC or Graphics9000?…
Although fighting in the fourth-generation of video game consoles against its 16-bit rivals, the 8-bit CPU of the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 packed plenty of punches. While it may not have had the same processing power as the Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive, it sure could pull off plenty of visual trickery to stay afloat – something an all…
The original Mario Bros that hit the Atari 2600 was less than stellar, to be honest. It was a serviceable version but it was lacking in many ways due to the capabilities of the hardware. Homebrew fans are working on fixing this, near, travesty, with a new and better Mario Bros for the Atari 2600. Right now, it is in…
Latest releases over at CSDb are as follows: CIAdiag, 2×2 Hires, One Hour Koala II, Happy Birthday!, Bad Church, At Night, X’14 Party Report, Laxity Intro #60 (QR – tilted), Moonspire Preview +2, Moonspire Preview, The One Hour Koala, Taylortest, Booze Design Logo “Once Upon a Time”, Kanga +3D, Streetrunner, My Scary Intro v2, X-Force +35D [crazy hack], Choo Choo…
Todays updates over at Games that weren’t 64 are as follows: Black Knight 2 Evasion 3D Roam Samurai Warrior V1 Scooby Doo Here and there with the Mr Men Venom Blazer Paranoid Future Shock Charlie Chaplin Source: http://www.gamesthatwerent.com
