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Donut Dodo takes Classic Arcade Tropes into the 21st Century!

December 2, 2022 hellfire64

A little distraction this time – as I sit down and take a look at the just released Nintendo Switch port of pixel games’ Donut Dodo, a game which channels early 80’s Arcade game vibes to present what a long lost arcade game may look like today. Check out Donut …

Reversing bits in C

December 2, 2022 Sub-Etha Software

In my day job, we have a device that needs data sent to it with the bits reversed. For example, if we were sending an 8-bit value of 128, that bit pattern is 10000000. The device expects the high bit first so we’d send it 00000001. In one system, we …

Brutish Mine (ブルーティシュマイン) for PC

December 2, 2022 Highretrogamelord89

Came also out for: Game description: The year is 2058. The destruction of the environment by human beings has caused several space distortions, which led to the appearance of monster-like creatures on the Earth. These creatures, also called “demons”, may look like humans, but possess extraordinary powers. The main …

Floppy Days 120 – ZX Spectrum Part 5 – Tech Specs with Chris Smith

December 2, 2022 FloppyDays

Welcome to Floppy Days #120 for November, 2022. And I’m your host, Randy Kindig. I hope everyone is well. We are currently covering the very productive year for home computers of 1982. This episode is the continuation of a multi-episode arc that covers the Spectrum through all the usual topics. …

APDA Apple II software library now available

December 2, 2022 Vintage Is the New Old

Back when Apple Computer Inc. still supported the Apple II platform, the company released troves of utilities for end users and programmers alike — from the System 4.0.2 and System 6.0.1 operating systems, to SCSI card and Video Overlay Card utilities, to MPW tools and GS-Bug. These programs enabled users …

Wii Hidden Gems marathon – 47 GAMES! 6 Episodes!

December 2, 2022 Metal Jesus

Nintendo Wii Hidden Gems marathon! This is all 6 episodes Patreon: http://www.Patreon.com/MetalJesusRocks Twitter: http://twitter.com/MetalJesusRocks Facebook: http://facebook.com/MetalJesusRocks Web: http://www.MetalJesusRocks.com DISCORD CHAT: https://discord.gg/yAaAawV T-shirts: https://metal-jesus-rocks.creator-spring.com Games shown: Lost in Shadow Dead Space Extraction Muramasha the Demon Blade Kororinpa Marble Mania Red Steel 2 MX vs ATV Untamed Ghost Squad De Blob Sin …

Transcoding is flying along!

December 2, 2022 Retro Ports

Progress has been relatively quick through the ground-based objects; it has mostly been a case of filling out a few more simple instruction sequences for handlers that were half-finished. Most of the lower-level routines used in the handlers have already been transcoded and tested. The first flying enemy has appeared; …

RAD Expansion Unit – C64/C128

December 2, 2022 Commodore News Page

The RAD Expansion Unit is a cartridge for the C64/C128 with a Raspberry Pi. The RAD can emulate a RAM Expansion Units such as the CBM 1700/1750/1764, CLD Super 1750 Clone, CMD 1750/1750XL and GeoRAM/NeoRAM. There is also a menu for REU-images, GeoRAM-images, NUVIE’s and PRG’s. …

PETLifter – CBM/PET

December 2, 2022 Commodore News Page

PETLifter is a new game for the Commodore CBM/PET computer, developed by jimbo. The game is based on the Apple II game Choplifter and can be played on the CBM 3032, 4032 and 8032 computer. …

AROS One x86 – v1.9

December 2, 2022 Commodore News Page

A new version of AROS One x86 is now available. New or updated in this version: English & Italian manual, Icon set, DiskInfo, Dopus4, Wanderer. Auto Mount, Backdrop & Theme, CLS, libglfw.i386-aros, libglew.i386-aros, Amitube, PerciMan, Vim, PintorWeb, BeeBase, uCommander, Murks IDE, WebpTools, UHCTools, HWP AVCodec, TextMio, AnimWebConverter, PortablE, RNOEffects, RNOTunes, …