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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…
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…
This is actually pretty cool, like finding Moses’ Commandments drafts. Jason Scott kindly announced on Apple II Enthusiasts that he put up on Flickr several images of in-progress artwork during the development of Karateka. The images were found in Mechner’s floppies while Jason was digitalizing them. Most of the images shows almost the final artwork we see in the game, but…
David Schroeder himself has announced on Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group that his third article has been published on Gamasutra blogs. Although we failed to announce the first two articles…”better late than never”, right? In 1981, David Schroeder taught himself 6502 assembly language and wrote several best-selling home computer games, including CRISIS MOUNTAINand DINO EGGS. On his third article, entitled “What…
ClassicIDE is being around for a while, helping Apple II users to get an affordable modern media for the Apple II. Tecnobyte has announced the production of a new batch of the card, costing USD$70 + shipment. If your Apple II feel lonely with access only to a cassette tape or disk drive, maybe the ClassicIDE is your solution. Good…
30 years ago, in 1982, before Jordan Mechner found world wide acclaim from his now famous ‘Prince of Persia’ series of games, Jordan developed a little known game called ‘Karateka’ on an Apple 2, while he was still at Yale University. He was just 17. (At 17 I couldn’t even tie my shoelaces, let alone write a videogame!) Back then…
Lawless Legends is a fantasy role playing game set in the wild west that is being developed by a team targeting both Apple II and Commodore 64 for some time now. Recently it was released a new gameplay video showing on an Apple II. [youtube 9E_F_DHqx5c nolink] The game source code is available on Github, and the developers are always…
Oliver Guinart has announced a new Visual Studio language reference for the Merlin32 Assembler. He presented on his twitter feed a screenshot (above) of the prototype of a Visual Studio language service for Merlin32. The implementation will be similar to the CC65 integration he demonstrated at the last Apple II event in France. Merlin32 by Brutal Deluxe Software is a…
Blake Patterson from Byte Cellar had recently his collection featured on PC Magazine website, and today he wrote a new article on his weblog (even calling it weblog is vintage, right?). The article is mostly about his story with computers, and his experience at school, etc… If you are around 40 years old you can probably related a lot to…
We are always pleased to see some of the major news outlets talking about retro-computers. This time, PC Magazine website has published today a slideshow displaying 7 great Vintage Computer Collections, some of them from people we know well from the “retro scene”, like Byte Cellar, Nightfall Crew, etc… If you are thirsty for more, you can visit some of…
