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• Virus (longplay) for the ZX81
  Came also out for: Game description: During and after a Christmas party at Macrobiology Industries Limited horrible thing happens in the laboratory’s containment fridge as large quantities of swine-flu vaccine gets mixed with cucumber sandwiches and the boss’ viagra supply. At the year’s first day of work the company’s … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Need help linking Windows C to FTDI static libraries
  This should be a simple problem to solve, and this problem may be related to using the wrong compiler (a very old Clang 3.3). FTDI provides device drivers for things like RS232 interfaces. FTDI drivers typically come with Windows, Linux and Mac. When writing a program to use the FTDI … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Retro Re-release Roundup, week of February 20, 2025
  Another bout of bad luck for KOFXIII… Read More From: Retronauts
• The Addams Family (Amiga) in 1:03:46 WR Speedrun
  The Addams Family (1992 Ocean) Played on a real Amiga 1000 with Rejuvenator and Parciero II. NTSC version … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Defender II
  Defenda Unlike many of you, my first experience with Defender wasn’t in the arcades but on my ZX Spectrum. That little machine wasn’t exactly a powerhouse, but it was versatile and capable of handling this arcade shooter. I could be wrong, but I’m sure it was Defenda by Interstella … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Recreating the Pac-Man maze in 1993
  Many years ago, I played with drawing a 3-D maze under OS-9 on my Radio Shack CoCo 3. That demo is on the NitrOS-9 “Ease of Use” release under the name “semaze“. It lets you wander around a simple line maze: There … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• MARCHintosh 2025 Approaches!
  Well, time certainly flies whether you’re having fun or not, and here we are in February 2025, only a week or so from MARCHintosh 2025. While now coordinated by the MARCHintosh organisers, GlobalTalk, which launched at the end of February 2024, has continued on with a life of its own, … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Tapper – Apple ][ (1984)
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• Viper for the ZX81
  Came also out for: Game description: A fixed-screen shooter where you have to shoot a block (which is the viper) before it can destroy your turret. … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Old C dog, new C tricks: i won’t use i
  When I learned BASIC, manuals always showed the FOR/NEXT loop using the variable “I”: FOR I=1 TO 100:NEXT I “I” had no idea why this was, back then, but since then I have been told there was some history with some programming language that had certain letters reserved for certain … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Ask THE BRENT – Chat’s BURNING Questions Answered in this ONE TIME SPECIAL EVENT!
  Welcome to the long awaited, ONE TIME BONUS SPECIAL – It’s Ask THE BRENT! Enjoy THE BRENT’s on the fly answers to the chat’s BURNING questions, including THE BRENT’s views on film, Valentines Day, zombies, and SPRAY RUBBER! It’s all here in live and living color as we ASK THE … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Running Microsoft’s first product on the Altair 8800, from paper tape
  We run Bill Gates’ first product: MITS BASIC for the Altair 8800. It is as hard core as it is genius. You really had to be a visionary to perceive that this was going to be the future of computing. Bill Gates’ interview at the Computer History Museum: https://youtu.be/CZEW2P4DBl0 Stuff … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• MOS 906114-01 (PLA)
  Programmable Logic Array (PLA) für Commodore C64 und SX64. MOS/CSG 906114-01, 82S100 PLA, Fairchild 93459 oder Philips PLS100 (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• MOS 7709
  Multiplexer (74LS258) unter anderem für Commodore C64, C16 und Plus/4. MOS/CSG 7709 (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• ANTIC Interview 453 – Giann Velasquez, Atariteca
  ANTIC Interview 453 – Giann Velasquez, Atariteca Hello, and welcome to this interview-only episode of ANTIC, The Atari 8-bit computer podcast.  I’m Randy Kindig, your host for this episode. Giann Velasquez is the owner and curator of the popular, Spanish-language, Atari 8-bit news site, Atariteca.  Giann is a consummate Atari … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Venture (longplay) for the ZX81
  Came also out for: Game description: A miscellaneous game with various minigames. The goal is to get a lot of money and eventually have a total of £2000 to win the game. The player starts with £1000 and will lose the half of the money they have whenever they … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Color BASIC and octal
  Color BASIC had one type of number you could use: integers. These are the normal numbers we use every day like 1, 50392 or 42. A=42PRINT “A IS”;A When Extended Color BASIC was added, the CoCo now had three types of numeric types you could use: integer, hexadecimal and octal. … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Out Run
  Oh no, yuppie racing!! A few years ago, I had the pleasure of beta-testing an enhanced version of Out Run for Peter Jørgensen. Happy times, and I really miss those days! If you’re wondering who he is, he’s the guy behind YMT Player, Manic Miner, and a new version … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Looking to read/convert Apple IIGS 3.5” disks
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• RMC Episode 699: MAC Museum
  James, John, and Matthew discuss eBay finds: Macintosh Quadra 700, Microsoft MacEnhancer, and custom painted red Macintosh 512k. Matthew tells us the story of Matthew’s Apple Computer Museum, and news includes a look back at the Macintosh release 41 years ago. Join our Facebook page, follow us on Twitter, … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Sub-Etha graphical adventures?
  Around 93-94, I created a text adventure that featured black and white digitized pictures from the 1992 Atlanta CoCoFest. It was more of a “simulation” than a game — and even called itself a simulation on the splash screen. But, while browsing through the source code, I found there were … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Vapours on Venus for the ZX81
  Came also out for: Game description: An avoid’em game where a robot probe has been sent to Venus. Unfortunately, there are deadly gases (yes, even for a robot probe) and the player has to make the robot probe avoid the gases for as long as possible. Is a type-in … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Retronauts Episode 671: Golden Axe, Second Swing
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• Mes Temple of Apshai & Temple of Apshai Trilogy (FR)
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• Phantasie – Day 2
  Commence The Adventure! I have begun my adventure in the northwestern part of Gelnor; a lovely woodland area surrounded by natural wildlife and LOTS OF MONSTERS. The first thing to do is have a butchers at the incredibly detailed manual. However, I’m not a big reader and ended up … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Nouveauté Macintosh : Space Quest (FIRST RELEASE)
  1986 – FIRST RELEASE … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• 400 – The CoCo Nation Show – 400!!!!!!
  This week we celebrate 400 episodes, and news with El Curtis Boyle. —-more—- The CoCo Nation Show (TCN) – a weekly live and interactive discussion about the Color Computers, Dragons, MC-10, clones, and cousins! Website: https://thecoconation.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@The_CoCo_Nation Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thecoconationshow FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theco… Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheCoCoNation Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecoconati… PodBean: https://thecoconation.podbean.com/ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast… iHeart Radio: https://iheart.com/podcast/105011302/ MeWe: https://mewe.com/join/thecoconation Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qx9Nx7… TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_coco_nation Email: mailto:show@TheCoCoNation.com Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=83010467 … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• 5,25″ Diskette File 50
  New Old Stock Diskettenbox für 100 Stück 5,25″-Disketten anti-statisch Farbe: grau/transparent Item No. CT-5050B (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Tabor Drivette TC500
  New Old Stock Tabor Drivette ist ein 3,25-Zoll-Diskettenlaufwerk für eines der seltensten Diskettenformate. Typ: Tabor TC500 Blendenfarbe: Schwarz Zustand: neu Hinweis: Die abgebildete Diskette gehört nicht zum Lieferumfang (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• 5,25″ Diskette File 100
  New Old Stock Diskettenbox für 100 Stück 5,25″-Disketten anti-statisch Farbe: grau/transparent Item No. CT-5102B (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup

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