Category: Software
Paul Wasson has announced the availability of his entry for the A2SE programming contest. Where’s Askey is a tile based TEXT character adventure that takes you through the kingdom, to find your dog. If you have been looking for a game for every age, this is the one for you. A completely G-Rated game that takes you on the journey of finding Askey. The game is not only complete with the typical maps you would find in a tile based…
The 6502 Spreadsheet ASseMbler has been updated to v1.1.0.In this version: the ability to use ORG anywhere in your code so you can start a new code section in another address support for #label, #<label and #>label with HEX opcode so you can reference addresses, MSB and LSB (of course this was already possible with real 6502 instructions like LDA, STA, etc.) display of the cycle count for each line of code a few bugfixes You can Download 6502 SpASM…
Raphael Rezende has released a new game for the Apple II computer as part of the latest A2SE programming contest. The game, Hell in the Tower, pits you as the fire brigade, attempting to catch the people jumping from the top of the burning building. Each game consists of 12 jumpers and you must do your best to catch all 12. The game uses the left and right arrow keys to control the catcher and from this players perspective, is…
Vince Weaver has given us a bit more of his “Talbot Fantasy 7” game, which is as he says, “a sort of RPG” for the Apple II series computer as well as under the Linux operating system. If you haven’t checked it out already, this one is a bit of a fun watch. Be forewarned, this is not the glossy Playstation 5 kind of videos you might be used to in this day and age. It is pure, Retro goodness…
Apple released another update to the latest version of Mac OS Big Sur. The MacOS version 11.2 update includes the following: macOS Big Sur 11.2 Update 11.2 — Restart Required macOS Big Sur 11.2 improves Bluetooth reliability and fixes the following issues: External displays may show a black screen when connected to a Mac mini (M1, 2020) using an HDMI to DVI converter Edits to Apple ProRAW photos in the Photos app may not save iCloud Drive could turn off…
Francois Vander Linden has posted a proof of concept for his Excel Spreadsheet Assembler. As it is still in very rough form, Franco obviously has some hopes for it saying, ” I think it might be useful for some rapid 6502 test routines with an emulator for example.” Some of the features included in the assembler are: all the 6502 instructions plus a couple of pseudo-instructions – all addressing modes global and local labels EQUs to declare constants use of…
A.P.P.L.E. Member Tom Porter and Daniel Henderson have announced the latest version of their Oubliette graphical adventure game. Oubliette 2021 is the second game in the Oubliette series games and is a fully keyboard controlled tile based adventure that runs on any Apple II series computer with 128kb of RAM onboard. The game play is very much like the original Oubliette game, where you become the adventurer, running through the maze, hitting switches which opens seemly random doors, all…
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the release of the latest version of the 1990’s Brainstorm Software package, Hierarchic. Version 1.6.2, which was apparently finished in 1994 and never released according to the posting on their website, has been updated to Merlin32 and is now available from the Brutal Deluxe Software website: https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/hierarchic/
Thanks to the efforts of Antoine Vignau and John Morris, the Merlin 32 App is now available as a 64-bit app for both the x86 based and the M1 based Mac computers. The Merlin 32 App is available as a free download from the Brutal Deluxe software website at:http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/crossdevtools/merlin/
The Apple II Desktop project has announced the release of the latest pre-alpha of the new Apple II Desktop project. The Apple II Desktop or MouseDesk as it is also know is a graphical interface for the Apple II series computers. The Apple II Desktop Project. is led by Joshua Bell, a programmer know for his online interpreter sites and the project is, as he is fond of re-iterating, “not 100% ready for public consumption”. However, the project has come…
A bit of Apple II history from the royalty of the Apple II Realm, our friends love in France reared it’s head today with the posting of “Music Land for the Apple II by Warriors of Destiny and Thieves of Destiny.” The video of Musical Land is one of the demos which shows sound capabilities of the Apple II series computers. Musical Land for #AppleII by Warriors of Destiny and Thieves of Destiny (1990) 🔊 pic.twitter.com/Og2wBpHBqA — Apple II French…
Atsushi Ushiroda has released an update for the Apple II Flex OS for The Mill 1.1 card. The update includes a fix to the ASMB command in which there apparently was an error in the SOURCE BUFFER address of the command. He has also included the Santa Barbara Tiny BASIC to the disk and has released a movie of the BASIC in action: The Mill cards as well as 68K cards are available from Nanja.info on their Facebook page at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/nanja.info/
Raphael Rezende has released a new game for the Apple II. Brickbat as he has so named the program is a text based Brick Out or as he says, “Arcanoid” type game in which the user attempt to eliminate all of the “Bricks” using a paddle at the bottom of the screen. This 50 line or so program takes up just seven sectors on a DOS 3.3 floppy disk and not only is very playable but actually is just as…
Anthony Beaucamp, author of the multi-platform 8-Bit Slicks online racing game, has announced a preview version which will run on the Apple II Plus, IIe, and IIc with 64 or 128K. According to his posting, “As well as support for 64K and 128K (single vs double hires), the game runs faster, has 2 new maps, and tons of small improvements. Apple II Enthusiasts Group Posting by Anthony Beaucamp The preview version of the new 8bit-Slicks for Apple //+, //e, //c…
Paul Pratt has announced the the PCalc app, A popular scientific calculator is now available to run on the Mini vMac emulator. The app can now be downloaded from the Gryphel Project website, home of the Mini vMac application. To download the App, go to the PCalc page on the Gryphel Project site at:https://www.gryphel.com/c/sw/math/pcalc/index.html
Denis Molony has once again updated his Apple II Diskbrowser program. Diskbrowser 1.53.0 includes addition options for AppleSoft and the way in which it is displayed. For more information about Diskbrowser, check out the Apple II Diskbrowser GitHub page at:https://github.com/dmolony/DiskBrowser/
The Joshua Bell led Apple II Desktop project has released a new alpha version of the remake. Apple II Desktop 1.2 Alpha 23 includes a host of changes and fixes along with their bug numbers as reported in the A2Desktop project bug list: DeskTop Correct some problems with menus/windows after a failing to restore a window on launch (e.g. if disk is no longer present). #338, #339 Tweak list view column sizes. #321 Correct selection direction of left/right arrow keys in Format/Erase dialog. #328…
Diskbrowser version 1.51 has been released. The Apple II Diskbrowser is an Apple II disk image viewer created by Denis Molony, which runs on Mac OS X, Windows X, as well as Linux. It allows users to view the contents of varying types of Apple II series disk images including the John Morris created .WOZ format as well as .HDV hard disk images. Apple II Diskbrowser version 1.51 includes a host of bug fixes as well as additional Applesoft BASIC…
Long live WebberWebber is a powerful new web browser for the IIgs, that lets you surf the web and download files. Webber requires Marinetti to be installed. Webber is the successor to the now discontinued SIS. It uses the same interface as SIS, but there the similarity ends. Unlike SIS, Webber is a stand-alone application, compatible with System 6.0.1 through 6.0.4, and can download any web page that is accessible from an http:// connection. It does not handle https:// secure…
The 6502 Workshop team is thrilled to announce that Nox Archaist has been released! Journey with us back in time to the 1980s an experience an adventure inspired by classics like Ultima and Bard’s Tale. Lord British himself has traveled to Vali, the world of Nox Archaist, to help thee on thy quest! We would love to put a collector’s edition box in your hands, featuring cover art by Denis Loubet, or set you up with the Digital Edition. Order…
