Category: Software

Daniel Henderson has released a new Apple II Lo-Res demo just in time for Halloween 2021. The demo is a low resolution graphical rendition of Michael Jackson’s Thriller and utilizes Bothe Double Lo-Res via Daniel’s Greasy Graphics as well as Mockingboard sound with Mockingboard conversion using Tom Porters’ Midi2Mock.. You can download the disk image from Marc Golembeck’s website at:http://www.golombeck.eu/index.php?id=53&L=1

Peter Hirschberg has updated his port of the Pacman game for the Apple IIGS. GS.Pacman version 1.5 is a full fledged port of the original Pacman and includes a number of features found in the original arcade version. This release addresses a game freeze issue which cropped up in version 1.2 Included in the update for 1.5 is the following changes and fixes: can quit game from start screen can start game from joystick button fix for eyes being edible…

Marc A. Golembeck has released the first version of his automatic hardware detection software, Identify II. The program, available in a 5.25 inch floppy disk image for the Apple II series computers will run on both emulated and actual hardware systems and identify all cards and memory in the particular machine as well as the machine specs. Some of the additional features of the program include: Machine detection CPU detection RAM detection (supports: RamWorks and Saturn memory expansion boards as…

The latest version of GS.Pacman has been released. Version 1.2 of GS.Pacman includes several game fixes as well as a new cheat mode with the 8 key on the keyboard. Peter Hirschberg has been quite busy with the updates but the game is coming along nicely. The changelog for version 1.2 shows the following changes: Ghosts now go to “Fright” mode when in the monster pen Ghost point value now resets after eating a power pellet (Hopefully) fixed numpad support…

The latest alpha release of the Apple II Desktop has been released. Apple II Desktop 1.2 Alpha 37 Contains a number of fixes for the desktop and features a new Desk Accessory, Electric Duet Player. The Apple II desktop is now available in five languages and comes on a single 3.5 inch floppy disk image or on two 5.25 inch floppy disk images in your chosen language. Some of the changes and fixes included are as follows: DeskTop Ensure copies…

A newer version of the Apple IIgs Pacman port by Peter Hirschberg is now available. GS.Pacman Version 1.1 has a change in the way that the Maze for the game is being allocated. Peter originally put the Maze buffer in high memory, however, this is no longer the case. GS.Pacman requires that you have more than 1mb of RAM installed in your Apple IIgs. Controls for the game are as follows: W/A/S/D – Player movement Numpad – Player movement (untested) 1 – Start game…

Daniel Gordon has released the latest rendition of his RPG game, Realm for the Apple II. Realm Version 1.4.0 includes the addition of weapons proficiencies by class, a foe status display, arrow selection, performance improvements, better input handlers and display formatting, and additional magic items and weapons. Realm works under both DOS 3.3 as well as ProDOS on the Apple II series computer and comes on four floppy disk images or on a single 3.5 inch floppy disk image. The…

A couple of weeks back, I ran across a nifty little project that played right into my college years and the programs that made me crazy about the Apple II series computers. Ultima IV Remastered! Of course, I am sure there were some things at the time that drove people crazy about the game but for this RPG player, it was just part of the novelty of running such a huge scale program on a machine that had a total…

Over the past several weeks, Peter Hirschberg has been working on a port of Pacman for the Apple IIGS. We are happy to say, it appears that he has been successful and this latest release runs nicely. Controls for the game are through the NumPad or through the Joystick. The Joystick can be enabled using the “J” key and disabled using the “K” key. The “1” key starts the game. You can also use the “9” key to advance to…

Ewen Wannop has released an updated version of the Webber Internet Browser for the Apple IIGS. Webber version 1.1 includes the following updates:  many bug fixes to improve stability, to both Webber and the HTML Tool added some new features to the HTML Tool as well now optionally supports the receiving and sending of Cookies.  A simple editor, lets you can view and delete Cookies you may not wish to keep.  The Webber browser requires that Marinetti be installed on…

From the europlus zone blog: [A]lthough it’s not far away, I’m very happy to announce the date for the next WOzFest: WOzFest RC 21/10 will be held on Saturday 2 October 2021, starting at midday Sydney time (UTC+10:00). And, to top off the year, I can also announce that WOzFest 22 will be held on Saturday 30 October 2021, starting at midday Sydney time (UTC+11:00). Why two WOzFests in one month? Well the name for ’21 should give the clue – I’m entering RetroChallenge 21/10, and it seemed a good way to…

From Olivier Goguel: For Apple 2GS die-hard fans, Nucleus is finally available as a PRODOS 8 system application to be able to be run from a HDD : joie dans les chaumières! It was quite challenging to dive into 65C18 code after all those years… to struggle against a 30-year-younger-me that had the funny idea to protect his code against this kind of hack! LDA $03f4EOR #$a5CMP $03f3 // Check that RESET has not been alteredInfiniteLoop1:BEQ InfiniteLoop1 REP #$30LDA $e10048CMP #$6b18…

Joshua Bell has released the latest rendition of his ProDOS Drivers disk. The ProDOS Drivers version 1.3 includes a host of drivers for various cards in the Apple II series computers. Some of the drivers included in this version are: Real-time Clock drivers No-Slot Clock Cricket! Applied Engineering DClock RAM Disk drivers RAMWorks Driver by Glen E. Bredon Quit dispatcher/selector (BYE routines) 40-column Selector (from ProDOS) 80-column menu-driven Selector (from ProDOS 1.9 and 2.x) Bird’s Better Bye (a 40-column menu-driven selector)…

The A2D project has released Apple II Desktop 1.2 Alpha 35. The latest version includes a slew of changes to the desktop as well as the launcher, selector and also updates and fixes to the Desk Accessories. Some of the changes include: DeskTop Fix list views showing as empty (regression in alpha34). Use more consistent alerts for all DeskTop warnings/errors. #207 Correctly restore all 14 devices in ProDOS DEVLST table on exit. #549 Make selection when opening items more consistent. #415, #544 Volume icons…

From Bobbi Manners on the CSA2 group on Usenet: I am pleased to announce the release of Emai//er v2.1.8. This is a bugfix release which fixes a little issue in the quoted-printable decoder.  Emai//er is an email and Usenet news suite for the Apple //e or IIgs with Uthernet-II ethernet card.  Download v2.1.8 here: https://github.com/bobbimanners/emailler (Naturally, I am posting this using Emai//er v2.1.8 on my //e.)  All the best, Bobbi 

Most of us who grew up in the age of the early video games and especially the Atari 2600 console likely played Adventure as one of the first games on the console. The game used rather simplistic graphics but was a challenge until one figured out the patterns of the game. Now, Peter Hirschberg has given Apple IIgs users something to cheer for. GS.Adventure. This game contains all of the elements of the original Atari 2600 version but is 100%…

Denis Molony has released the latest version of his Java based application, Apple II Diskbrowser. This application allows users to view the files on a myriad of standard Apple II disk types as well as combination hybrid disks containing both DOS and PASCAL as well as DOS and CPM. Diskbrowser version 1.60 adds CPM BASIC support and fixes a bug related to the date function in ProDOS. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Diskbrowser from the…

From the CSA2 group and Andy McFadden: This was a relative minor release. I bumped the minor version because of the compatibility break. Changes since v4.0.5:  * Added save and restore of main window placement (issue #41). * Added workaround for ProDOS sparse file issue (issues #15 and #49). * Updated to modern build tools (breaks WinXP support).  This version runs on Windows 7 and later. See http://a2ciderpress.com/ for downloads for the latest version as well as older versions that run on WinXP/Vista and…

Stefan Weasels has released an update to his Manic Miner re-work. Manic Miner was originally written for the ZX-81 in 1983 by Matthew Smith, this version maintains all of the original spirit of the ZX version and makes a very playable Apple II version. According to the author: The 1.1 Release was meant to be what’s in this release but I bungled it, so now a 1.1A release; The render loop has been unrolled and therefor the game does not…

For those of you who have been following Daniel Gordon’s Realm release, there is a new version of Realm: Rays of Nightmare available for both DOS 3.3 and ProDOS. According to the release notes accompanying the release, “This release provides automatic combat resolution, some new potions, and support for the ProDOS RAM disk. It adds interface improvements, balancing, and a little different Iron Tower magic. The RAM disk works on emulators, but testing on real hardware is still pending.” In…