Tag: apple II
From David SchmenkThat time of year again for yet another New Year fireworks demo loop. Written in PLEAIDES FORTH, feel free to edit the code and make it do something new. Self running boot disk here: https://github.com/dschmenk/PLASMA/blob/master/images/apple/PLFORTH.po
The Ample emulator interface for MAME on MAC OS has been updated. Ample version 0.283 is the 75th release of the interface and brings it in line with MAME version 0.283. Some of the current features of the Ample emulator interface include: Kelvin Sherlock, the curator of the project has made the latest version of the App available along with all source code on the Ample GitHub Page at: https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
The famed hacker A2_4am has announced the release of the latest version of his Wizardry Replay front end for playing Wizardry Games. Version 2.0 includes a number of updates including all of the Wizimore games as well as fixes allowing the games to run smoothly on the Apple IIgs. Some of the features of this latest release include: According to the GitHub page, this will run on any Apple II series computer with at least 64K of memory and a…
The latest version of the Apple II Desktop graphical user interface for the Apple II series computers is now available for download. Version 1.5 includes well over 100 new changes and updates over version 1.4 and now comes in 10 languages. You can download the latest version of the Apple II Desktop from the project’s GitHub page at:https://github.com/a2stuff/a2d
Rebecca Heineman, a brilliant and accomplished programmer and video game creator, passed away today after an unexpected battle with cancer. She shared her battle on Bluesky, where she highlighted some of her many achievements, “First video game champion (1980 Atari 2600 Space Invaders National Champion). Created Bard’s Tale III: The Thief Of Fate & Dragon Wars.” I’d like to share a few memories of the fun and joy she brought into my world, which is rather difficult on the day…
Note from Brian Wiser: This interview was first posted August 2, 2015, and is being reposted in honor of Rebecca Heineman who passed away November 17, 2025, and Jennell Jaquays who passed away January 10, 2024. I had the pleasure of meeting both Rebecca and Jennell a year before this interview and spending several hours with them. Their artistic, creative and technical talents always impressed me, along with their naturally caring and expressive way. Rebecca and Jennell will be deeply…
From Randall Frank Announcing the general release of DIAFLW, an ‘adventure’ game for the Apple II. This is a game we wrote in 1986 and had been talking with SoftDisk magazine about publishing. College intervened and it sat on 5.25 media until 2024 when I found the original source code. It was refactored to cross-build on Windows/Linux and all the source code pushed to github (more details can be found there). Anyway, one can download the latest .2mg build image…
The Clock Signal Emulator (CLK), a multi-platform emulator for Mac OS by Tom Harte has been updated. This update is primarily focused on the BBC Micro emulation and includes the following changes: CLK is a clock accurate emulator that supports a number retro computing platforms including the following: the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles,…
The latest version of the Tom Charsworth managed Applewin Emulator for Windows has been updated. This is fairly extensive update with the following changes being made to the system: Applewin has been one of the longest actively developed Apple II emulators and supports the Apple II through Apple IIe platforms. The is no support in this emulator for the Apple IIc, IIc+, IIGS or the Laser 128 series. The latest version of the emulator can be downloaded from the GitHub…
8-Bit Shack is pleased to announce: The Kickstarter for our brand new game “Skull Island” has launched!Check it out: https://www.8bitshack.net/skull_island A true open world “role playing game” set in a completely self-contained world with fantastic game play with over 90 individual hand drawn screens and 48 hand drawn Islands complete with fantasy characters and interlinked back stories. We have incorporated true point and click control, for a more modern feel, with the authentic immersive experience you associate with an 8 bit…
I’ve reached a point where I feel confident to release – Mastodon, Wozamp, Quicktake, and assorted utilities all get DHGR support in this release! https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/releases/tag/v24.0.1This release also contain the multiple-weeks effort that lead to halving the JPEG decoding time for QT200 photos, and a bit more little things.
Philip Lord has introduced a version of Pac-Man in AppleSoft BASIC. The game is a text based version of the popular arcade game. While this may excite many Apple II fans, this game at the moment is only for emulators as it is absolutely too slow to run on a normal Apple II at 1 MHZ. However, the game does run and plays actually quite well for the Apple II fan running either Applewin or Virtual II. Notes from the…
From Nicholas Bernhard, @nantucketlit@mastodon.social For any #AppleII fans out there, I’ve been working on my very first game. It’s called Catching Snowflakes. https://codeberg.org/nantucketlit/snowflakes You play as Billy Bigfeet, and the goal is to catch as many falling snowflakes as you can. The game is playable using an Apple II emulator. I’m using a #freesoftware license.
The Ample graphical interface for the MAME emulation platform has been updated. Ample is as the author, Kelvin Sherlock puts it, “A slightly more user-friendly front-end for using MAME as an emulator.” This update includes Includes the MAME 0.279 compatibility. Also this version now requires MacOS 10.14 or later. Ample now includes emulation for the Apple 1, II and III series computers as well as a number of clones. It also includes Retro Macintosh, Acorn, Atari ST, Commodore, Oric and…
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
Seattle, Washington – July 20, 2025 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published new, expanded, color 2nd Edition of “The Apple’s Apprentice” by Roger Wagner. The 140 page book was first published July 18, 2018 and is a collection of the three computer magazines Roger published in 1984. In a world of computer magazines where the target audience leans toward the adult side of life, comes The Apple’s Apprentice – the first computer magazine produced for beginners and kids of…
Seattle, Washington – July 20, 2025 — Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published a new, expanded, color 2nd Edition of “Nibble Viewpoints: Business Insights From The Computing Revolution.” The book was first published June 26, 2016 with Mike Harvey’s enthusiasm. This new color edition adds 45 pieces of Mike’s art, over 80 magazine covers, plus an interview with Mike, a historic presentation, and stories of friendship and production details by producer Brian Wiser. It also includes over 60…
Seattle, Washington – July 20, 2025 – Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange (A.P.P.L.E.) has published Nibble Disassembly Lines: Volume 2 – a compendium of all of the Apple II ProDOS “Disassembly Lines” articles that appeared in Mike Harvey’s Nibble magazine between 1984 and 1990. Written by Sandy Mossberg, a medical doctor, avid reader, science fiction fan, bird watcher, photographer and especially a self-taught programmer who had one of the longest-running columns in Nibble. If you are an Assembly Language programmer who…
Henry Lowe has announced the release of the version 1.9 update to his Card Cat card identification software for the Apple II series computers. This latest version of the software includes the following changes and updates: You can download the latest version of the Card Cat program from the Henry’s website for the program at: https://henrylowe.net/card-cat/
From Jawaid Bazyar, I’m very pleased to announce the release of GSSquared v0.4.0. GSSquared is a complete Apple II systems emulator. Version 0.4.0 offers significant enhancements (see below). Ready-to-run Binaries for MacOS (Apple Silicon and Intel “fat” binary); Windows 64; and Linux Ubuntu 22.04 provided at the github release page: https://github.com/jawaidbazyar2/gssquared major updates to the current release:
