Ultima IV Remastered is a fan project with over 40 bug fixes and enhancements upon the original 1985 game by Lord British. Notable features include: trainer menu (optional cheat codes); gender-neutral character creation; faster dungeon exploration with a single-character mode; skull artifact supported in combat; Mockingboard support on Apple IIgs and //c models. The latest […]
Kelvin Sherlock has released a new release of the Ample MAME Interface version 0.236. The previously released version was having a problem with a missing file that was due to a build time problem. The issue has since been corrected and Ample 0.236-1 released. You can download Ample 0.236-1 and the source code for the […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is a huge new release mainly focused at support for the revision 2 Applesauce hardware, but with lots of new stuff for owners of current hardware. The new hardware adds support for working with drives using the standard 34-pin interface (most PC drives). The A2R format used by Applesauce has also been updated to […]
Gerard Putter has released a minor update to the Virtual II Emulator for Mac OS X. Virtual II version 10.4.1 deals with the dark mode issue that arose in 10.4 and was subsequently disabled in the release. This has been corrected and turned back on. To download the latest version of the virtual II Emulator, […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
Tom Charlesworth has released a new version of the Applewin Apple II Emulator for Windows. Applewin Version 1.30.5 includes a host of new features and bug fixes including: [Change #972] Add SNES MAX card (in slots 3, 4 or 5) to support up to 2 SNES (or 12-button) controllers. [Change #946] Add 4Play card (in slots 3, […]
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 […]
To the thieves who stole jewelry from my Bradner home on September 16–two questions: 1. How much did your fence give you for 52 priceless years of memories? Enough for a couple of fixes each of your favourite narcotic? 2. Why didn’t you also take the flowers in the living room? You could have made […]
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 […]
A new version of the Ample Interface for MAME has been released. With the release of MAME 0.236 two days ago, Kelvin Sherlock has updated his Apple centric Ample Interface to 0.236. The Ample MAME Interface gives users an easy to use configuration panel and selector for the Apple based emulators in MAME. Ample includes […]
The latest version of Kent Dickey’s KEGS Apple IIgs Emulator is now available for download. KEGS Version 1.13 includes better support for Joysticks on the Macintosh computer. KEGS version 1.13 is available for download along with all sources and executables for Mac OS X, Linux and Unix/X11 at:http://kegs.sourceforge.net
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
The FORTH 2020 group is holding a Zoom based Chat with Chuck Moore, the inventor of the Forth language. You can also chat with other great computer and FORTH language geniuses around the world in the Zoom meeting. This is one meeting you won’t want to miss!https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=170644201881192&id=100123365599943
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 […]
