Category: Software
This years Apple II Software Enthusiasts (A2SE) text based programming contest is producing a myriad of great new games for the Apple II computer. Raphael Rezende has submitted another entry worth mentioning in the pages of Call-A.P.P.L.E.. His new game Escape pits you against a monster in a dungeon in which, “ You found in a mine, a precious stone, and when you were returning toward entrance, there was an earthquake, that released a monster which was keeping the treasure!…
Yesterday, we highlighted one of the entries for the Apple II Software Enthusiasts (A2SE) programming contest, TXTRIS by Mario Patino. Today’s entry into the fray comes to us from Eric Sperano. His entry, Spetris! or as he calls it, “Yet Another Tetris Clone”, is a multi-themed version of the traditional game of Tetris. Originally created by Eric as a 6809 game in a learning experience moment on the Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer 3 or COCO3 as it is known,…
Over the past 30 years, there is one game which has appeared time and time again in many forms on almost every platform known to man. That game is TETRIS. Hours in the arcades led us all to seeing the blocks in our sleep due to the fact that we were still trying to get the entire 4 lines completed over and over again in the game. Thankfully, there is another fix for this re-iteration syndrome that we face. …
Last week, we highlighted Brendan Bellina’s Script-Central 2020 Special Edition which featured a slew of hypercard stacks and scripts. Included as part of that package was a game inspired by the EAMON series, The Dungeons of Fangborne Keep. Fangborne is an RPG which was developed completely in Hypercard and includes a number of features normally reserved for the bigger game development houses. Originally abandoned in 1995, the game was revisited by Bellina in October 2020 and a completion of the…
The Apple II Desktop project has released another alpha update to the program. Alpha 26 includes a lot of changes to the Desktop package and the Desk Accessories. Localization for English, French Italian and Spanish has also been expanded in the program. Some of the other changes in the program include: DeskTop Fix bad rendering when unknown file types are present. Allow Esc to close OK-only dialogs. Fix scrollbar calcs when repopulating window. Erase before redrawing header when opening via…
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the immediate availability of the Tarot Version 1.0 English Release for the Apple II gs computer. Originally written in 1990 by Francois Uhrich with cards drawn by Jean-Francois Sauvage, Tarot was only available in French until today. Featuring absolutely brilliant hand drawn art work on the cards and real world sound effects, this game is not only entertaining but fun to play. Now, with the full blessing of Francois Uhrich, the English version of the…
for those of us who lived through the 1990’s and the computing world, the Flying Toasters screensaver was a common sight on many a computer screen during off hours or when people were not at their desks. The idea of a toaster flying across the screen to clear it, keeping the screen in good condition and preventing burn in was one that was not farfetched when one stopped to actually think about it. While initially on Macintosh and Windows computers,…
TenFourFox, the Internet browser for G3, G4 and G5 processors has been updated. The TenFourFox Browser requires users to be using 10.4.11 on the G3 and G4 CPUs and 10.5.8 on the G5. TenFourFox is available in at least a dozen languages and is a free download. The browser does not support Flash or Java and does not run on Intel based Macintoshes. The latest release of TenFourFox, Feature Parity Release 30 SPR2 is a security and parity update release…
Francois Vander Linden has performed what he is specifying as one of the last updates for a while to his 6502 Spreadsheet Assembler or SpASM. His latest release, version 1.2.1 includes a host of new features including: now supports commented code lines added ADI/DCI added SDI added INV/FLS/BLK added “HEX bytes,n” support added “HEX one_byte,” support moved Example in another workbook that will get updates only if needed The Spreadsheet Assembler functions in both Microsoft Excel as well as Libre…
Zane Kaminski has updated the configuration tool GWRAM, the utility program that is used to configure the RAM size of the Garretts Workshop produced “RAM2E II” and “RAM2GS II” Apple IIe and IIgs RAM cards. Version 1.2 of the GWRAM utility program includes a fix for an issue with the compatibility of the RAM2GS and some accelerator cards on the Apple II gs computer. You can download the latest version of GWRAM on the Garretts Workshop Github page at:https://github.com/garrettsworkshop/GWRAM.SYSTEM/releases/
Neu][ower is a port of the MS-DOS game Neut Tower, specifically for the Apple II series computer with 64kb of RAM. Running under ProDOS, the game puts you in the position of “Escaping” an office tower after an earthquake. “You are Jaye, a young programmer who has written Neut, a program made to explore the building’s labyrinthine security systems. Jaye and Neut must work together to find their way out, and help those in need that they meet along the…
The Lawless legends team has released a three disk demo version of the game, looking to get feedback on the game play and any bugs in the program. A nine-year project which was introduced at Kansasfest 2014 by Martin Haye, Lawless Legends is a full fledged Graphical RPG for the Apple II series computers as well as for the Commodore 64 and other platforms. Lawless Legends includes both two dimensional as well as three dimensional elements in the game depending…
For those of us who grew up in the 1970’s and 1980’s, there was a game that really took a lot of our quarters during the original arcade days. Centipede was a high speed game in which one had to kill all the bugs that came at them with bad intentions. The Centipede in particular was a nasty one that came down the screen at full speed sparing nothing to do away with the player. Now that feeling of the…
The SpASM 6502 Spreadsheet Assembler has been updated. SpASM version 1.2.0 includes a new Linker as part of the Assembler and also includes Error Checking. According the the A2SE posting by Francois Vander Linden , SpASM’s author, “ You can now use the worksheets as code modules. All the assemblies are then automatically linked, ready to be copied/pasted into your favorite emulator.Sample code that displays Mario on screen, callable from Applesoft is included.” SpASM 1.20 will work in either Microsoft…
Earlier this month, I went looking for the old Mac minix page. I wound up finding a Github page for it as well as a lot of broken links including the link for Brad Pliner’s Mac Minix page which was a major goto page for the Minix Operating system However, thanks to Brad, the news of the page’s demise is fake news and the actual link on the Github page is incorrect. The correct link for Brad Pliner’s Mac Minix…
Raphael Rezende has released a third game as part of the Apple II Software Enthusiasts 2021 Programming Contest # 1. His new game is Laser Base, is a fast paced game in which: “You control a cannon (arrow keys=up and down) (space=fire) and must eliminate as much as you can, the enemy ships. But beware, every time you fire, your fuel decreases, and if you get! The game ends when: -> your 20 shots run out -> you miss 8…
The latest version of the Total Replay game hard disk image is now available. For those who have been following the project on Archive.org or on Github, Build 2209 marks the official release of the Version 4 of the Total Replay 32mb hard disk image. Total Replay Version 4 will run on any Apple II with 64k of memory although some games on the disk image require 128K. To download the latest version of the game, go to the official…
Ben Zotto, recently featured in the news for his disk recovery, now has one upped himself with a new Apple II DSK to WOZ 2.0 format disk image converter. dsk2woz2 is a program that not only converts the dsk format Apple II disk images to WOZ 2.0 format disks but also makes the resulting WOZ format disk images writable. Written in c, the program compiles in the standard C compiler under Mac and then runs from the command line. This…
Have you been searching for that obscure Apple II, Commodore 64, Atari 800 or IBM PC floppy for your favorite game or application. Well, IANIOD, the curator of the Joystick Jockey’s website has you covered. With hundreds of floppy disks from the golden era of the 8-bit computer, Joystick Jockeys not only offers you the games on the original floppy disks but also, they are available for a reasonable price not normally seen in some of the eBay auctions. Check…
Francois Vander Linden has updated his SpASM 6502 Spreadsheet Assembler to version 1.1.2. Included updates from versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 of the SpASM 6502 Assembler include: fixed more bytes count for some opcodes rewrote the byte count detection in order to avoid possible circular references column D is now colored as comments, it’s meant to be used as full-line comments fixed instructions because columns were shifted with latest release added syntax highlighting for SUBs deleted Excel external link SpASM 6502…
