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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

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…

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…

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…

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

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 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…

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 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…

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