Tag: Antoine Vignau

Following in the footsteps of Hexapucchu, The Secret of Anubis is presented as an adventure game inspired by the mechanics of Choose Your Own Adventure books. The cold had frozen Paris… and my business,when… a letter. It was waiting for me on the desk, lying there like the ultimate reminder that miracles still exist.Thick paper, the scent of aged leather, a golden seal pressed into wax: for once, it wasn’t a bill! The crest – I knew it. I had…

Hexapucchu, the Lost City of Patchucca, offers an interactive adventure with simple and accessible mechanics, inspired by the famous choose-your-own-adventure books. The game is based on a succession of screens, each representing a location that you will explore throughout your journey. On the left side, you will discover an illustration of the place you are in. On the right, a short description provides the context of the scene and important elements to observe or remember. Finally, at the bottom of…

The Vera Cruz Affair is coming to your Apple IIgs in English and French. This first game by Gilles Blancon was published by Infogrames in 1985 and was a hit on the Amstrad CPC and many other machines of the time. Discover and download @ https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/affaireveracruz/ Who killed Vera Cruz? And why?

The Sydney Affair is coming to your Apple IIgs in English and French versions. This game by Gilles Blancon was published by Infogrames in 1986. Discover and download it @ https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/affairesydney/ Can you find the culprit of Mr. Sydney’s murder?

This is Boulderdash 2025. It supports the 4play joypad and the keyboard, you can define your own keys.New key shortcuts: It runs under ProDOS and it even saves your best scores. Enjoy!Antoine & OlivierBrutal Deluxe Software

Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe software has announce that the Apple II cassette archive project has reached a total of 727 cassettes for the Apple II computer having been identified and archived. Started in 2011, the project has a stated goal of identifying and archiving all cassette based software for the Apple II computer. This project has progressed mostly in drips and drabs over the years but the current number is unbelievable. According to Antoine’s post announcing this milestone: In…

Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the immediate availability of the latest version of BenchmarkeD for the Apple IIGS computer. BenchmarkeD is a benchmark utility for the Apple IIgs. It allows you to calculate an average throughput in reading and writing files and sequential disk blocks of your ProDOS volumes. BenchmarkeD version 1.1 does a condensed version of the benchmarks which will appear in a single page. BenchmarkeD uses standard GS/OS routines to perform its tests. You can download the ZIP…

Brutal Deluxe Software has announced a fix for the Adventure game “Mystery of Kikekankoi”, in which one command within the game would not work. According to the post by the developer of the Apple II version, Antoine Vignau: One could not CUT ADHESIVE on the boat of “The Mystery of Kikekankoi”. Now, one can UNGLUE TAPE and get the key. A maintenance release of the English version of the game is now available @ https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2/kikekankoi/ Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software…

Brutal Deluxe software has announced the release of PicViewer version 1.07 for the Apple IIGS. This version of Pic Viewer includes a major bug fix in the program. PicViewer was one of the first extensions written by Brutal Deluxe software for the Apple IIGS System 6 FinderExtras. PicViewer will handle picture viewing up to 3200 colors. For more information about this release or to download the latest version of PicViewer and the Source Code, check out the Brutal Deluxe Software…

The Apple II Cassette project, run by Brutal Deluxe Software, has added four new cassettes to its growing collection. Now reaching a total of nearly 700 cassettes, the project aims to gather all of the cassette based software items from the early days of the Apple II computing world. The new items include the following items: You can download the latest additions to the collection as well as many others at the Apple II Cassette Project webpage at: https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/

Brutal deluxe Software has announce the release of MountIt version 1,6 for the Apple II GS. MountIt allows users of the Apple II to mount disk image files directly under GS/OS, just like another volume. MountIt 1.6 is a new Permanent Init File devoted to handling different disk image files (.DSK, .PO and .2MG) of any size (from 32KB to the maximum RAM available), only ProDOS based. Up to sixteen volumes can be added to the system. MountIt mounts volumes as…

What is Encounter Adventure? The original game was published in 1983 by Severn Software. It was released for the Oric computer, and then for the Spectrum one. We heard of it recently on the Facebook group Ordinosaures when the HD version made by Mickaël Pointier was announced. The only differences between the original game and our version are the addition of the word “SCORE” to know how the game goes, and of the word “INVENTORY” to list what you are currently…

Brutal Deluxe Software in coordination with Daniel Henderson has announced CD IIe – A CD-Audio player for the 8-bit Apple IIs. The program requires a SCSI High-Speed DMA card to be installed in the Apple II and a SCSI-2 type CD-ROM drive such as the Apple CD300. You can download the latest version of the player on a standard 5.25 inch floppy disk image from the Brutal Deluxe Software website at:https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2/cdiie/ Source code for the player is also available on…

There are Fifty ( yes 50 ! ) new archived Apple II cassettes, kindly on loan to the Apple II Cassette Collection from Ian B. This includes programs, textbooks, and photos, all of which are now available @ https://brutaldeluxe.fr/projects/cassettes/.

The wonderful DreamGrafix paint program by Jason Andersen has been updated.  The DreamWorld portion of the package is now at version 1.02+ and according to the Facebook posting by Brutal Deluxe’s Antoine Vignau, it now loads LZ4 256/3200 color picture files. You can get the package file from https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/thirdparties/ or from https://github.com/dwsJason/Apple-IIgs-Binaries The Manual for DreamGrafix is available for download in PDF format at:https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/documentation/applications/misc/DreamGrafix-Manual.pdf

From Antoine Vignau: Watch the six double-sided eduware laserdiscs for the Apple IIgs @ https://www.youtube.com/playlist… This ScienceVision series was directed by Professor George Dawson in 1992, and was published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

From Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software: rSounder goes v3.1 – A small but useful update to the great sound toolbox published in 1995 by Paul Benson.I wanted all sounds to be page aligned when saved, now they are (and Paul’s copyright suffix is also removed, shhh) => https://github.com/antoinevignau/source/tree/main/rsounder rsounder31.jpg

La Belle Zohra, the 1992 Atari ST software product by François Coulon cultivates a discourse on the implicit, notably through an absence of anthropomorphic representation, and is revealed 32 years later on Apple IIgs @ https://brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/labellezohra/

According to Antoine Vignau of Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the immediate release of a maintenance release of our NinjaTrackerPlus Finder extension player. https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/ntp/

In a nostalgic nod to the golden era of French gaming, Laurent Benes’ classic adventure “Le mystère de Kikekankoi,” originally published by Loriciels in 1983-85 for the Oric and Amstrad CPC computers, has found a new home on the Apple II. The port, skillfully crafted by renowned retro Apple programmers Antoine Vignau & Olivier Zardini, brings another French mystery adventure to the Apple II world. Driven on by a passion to exponentially expand the library of captivating French games on…