Commodore

Psytronik @ Revival 2013

July 9, 2013 Psytronik Software

Greetings Retro Chums! The first Retro event that I attended this year was the rather marvellous REVIVAL 2013, a two day Retrothon organised by my good chum Chris ‘Boyo’ Wilkins and Craig Turner from Turnarcades Custom Arcade Machines.  I had previously attended the ‘Retro Ball’ that was also organised by …

2600 Game by Game
Atari consoles

Episode 19 – Championship Soccer & Backgammon by Atari

July 7, 2013 2600 Game by Game

This week’s episode features 2 more Atari games, Championship Soccer and Backgammon. Also I get another visit from Mrs. Ferguson the Librarian! Next week I’ll be looking at 20th Century Fox and their games Beany Bopper and Worm War 1. Upcoming games include  3D Tic Tac Toe and Stellar Track …

Retro Computing Roundtable
Computers

RCR Episode 54: Special Guest: Syd Bolton

Panelists: David Greelish (hosting) and Syd Bolton from The Personal Computer Museum Topics: Douglas Engelbart, Early Developer of the Computer Mouse, Dead at 88 Commodore VIC-20 prepares for first-ever tweet WarGames IMSAI machine for sale (again) The WarGames IMSAI 12 Badass American Inventions That Changed History …

Dagen Brock
Apple II

Apple IIgs Programming Crash Course now available on GitHub

July 29, 2013 Dagen Brock

The code and presentation notes from my session at KansasFest 2013 are now available on GitHub. It’s intended as a more modern introduction to programming the Apple IIgs, being mindful of the differences from its predecessors. Click here to download the latest version of the materials from my github repository. …

2600 Game by Game
Games

Episode 22 – Star Voyager & Atlantis by Imagic

July 28, 2013 2600 Game by Game

This week it’s back to some fun games with Imagic’s Star Voyager and Atlantis! I also talk a little about the Amiga prototype Power Arcade carts, and the company Xante. Also we have two audio submissions, keep those coming in, they’re great! Next week I’ll be talking about US Games’ Space

Steve Wozniak
Apple II

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to hold keynote at London Apps World – Tech News – Digital Spy

July 24, 2013 Steve Wozniak

http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/a500928/apple-co-founder-steve-wozniak-to-hold-keynote-at-london-apps-world.html

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Electronic Arts co-founder Trip Hawkins will hold keynote talks at this year’s Apps World event in London. Wozniak, who started up the technology giant with Steve Jobs in 1976, will field audience questions and discuss his experiences in