Tag: Apple IIgs
From Brutal Deluxe Software: Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair for the Apple IIgs is released today. This is our third gift for the 30th anniversary of Brutal Deluxe Software. You, Dirk the Daring, are on a quest to rescue the Fair Princess Daphne who has been kidnapped and is being held captive by Singe the Evil dragon. Get it at https://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/products/apple2gs/dragonslair/
Oliver Schmidt has released the initial version of his Apple II Based audio streaming app, A2Stream. Version 1.0 of the the Apple II disk image allows the Apple II to receive an .a2stream file from any HTTP server, playing it on the Apple II’s built in speaker. A2Stream requires that the Apple II be either an Enhanced Apple IIe or an Apple IIgs. Users will also need to have an Uthernet II card installed in any slot of the Apple…
From Jermy Rand: “I have updated the Listener beta builds. Both the iOS/macOS and the GS side software have had updates. For information about how to join the beta, links to the GS software and some video demos of the app, check out this page: https://www.rand-emonium.com/listenergs/ Among the fixes: The NDA now actively closes the connection when its window is closed The iOS app now notices if the NDA closes the connection The NDA will try to send its window to…
Brutal Deluxe Software has announced the release of the sequel to the game Passengers in the Wind. This second rendition, Passengers in the Wind II, is an Apple IIgs release of the never before released game originally by Infogrames. According to the release information on the Brutal Deluxe Software website, Passengers in the wind II puts you in control as “You are both the director and the actors of fate: you organize the progression of the adventure as a master,…
Brendan Belina has released his most recent collection of Apple IIgs Hypercard Stacks. Script-Central Special Edition 2021 is a collection of Hypercard stacks . Script-Central SE 2021 Stacks This year’s release of Script-Central includes the following stacks: HyperTuneMaker Haiku Stack Xmas.Display.21 Itsy Bitsy Spider TuneBuilder (an updated version of Apple’s stack) Birthday Warp Speed IIGS File Cabinet GS PinDrop Apple 1987 HyperCard Supplement MenuMaster Stack Report A total of over 14mb of Hypercard GS stacks are on the disk as…
The Apple related MAME emulator frontend for Mac OS, Ample, has been updated. Ample version 0.241 matches the latest release of the MAME Emulator and includes all Apple related retro computer systems in a single, easy to use and configure interface. The Ample frontend is the creation of Kelvin Sherlock and is generally updated with each release of MAME. According to notes about the latest version of the interface program, “Bookmarks and Recent Disk Images were switched over to use…
A new documentary movie about the game Lemmings is now available on Youtube. It has been a full 30 years since the game Lemmings was introduced to the world and now the movie titled, “Lemmings: Can You Dig It?” takes us back. “Lemmings: Can You Dig It?” is a full two-hour documentary about the true story of the origins of Lemmings and what went into the game. Featuring commentary and memories from a slew of people including: Adrian Powell (original…
For those of you who are fans of the New York Times owned game, Wordle, you can now use your Apple IIgs to play the game. Wordle GS v.0.4 follows the true constraints of the game but now allows users to share game codes to allow shared play of a set of words. Wordle GS is coded by Dan Malec using Xcode on the Mac with the following Apple II GS libraries and utilities: Apple2GSBuildPipeline build system by Jeremy Rand Golden…
MountIt for the Apple IIgs has been updated. MountIt Version 1.5 was released by Brutal Deluxe Software and according to their website: Mount your disk image files files directly under GS/OS, just like another volume. MountIt 1.5 is a new Permanent Init File devoted to handling different disk image files (.DSK, .PO and .2MG) of any size (from 32KB to the maximum RAM available), only ProDOS based. Up to sixteen volumes can be added to the system. MountIt mounts volumes…
From Kent Dickey, curator of the KEGS Apple IIgs Emulator has announced an update for Mac OS and Linux. KEGS v1.16 has been released with the following changes: – Better cursor focus tracking, less likely to have an invisible cursor when KEGS is no longer the active window.– F5 now toggles the status display at the bottom on/off. This state can be saved in config.kegs.– Added Dynapro image support–mount a host directory as a…
itty-bitty-vtty is a vt100 emulator for the Apple IIgs developed by Kelvin Sherlock which provides an operating system free, accurate vt100 emulation. itty-bitty-vtty uses the modem port at 9600 baud and the standard 8-N-1 transfer settings, which is also the MAME Emulator defaults for those who wish to use it in coordination with the MAME Emulator. itty-bitty-vtty is based on the vt100 standards set forth in the vt100 online User Guide. According to the Github page for the itty-bitty-vtty vt 100…
For those of us who grew up with arcade games in the 1970’s, there were a few games which stuck out. Night Driver would be one such game. There have been many versions over the years, but now thanks to Apple hobbyist Ian Schmidt, the game has come to the Apple IIgs! Complete with artwork from the Fatdog Projects, creators of the monthly Apple IIgs art disks, the game comes with three track modes: Novice, Expert and Pro. Ian has…
Bobbi Manners has released the latest update to her emai//er suite for the Apple //e and Apple IIgs computers. The latest release, version 2.1.13 addresses the following issues in the program: * Both SMTP65.SYSTEM and NNTP65UP.SYSTEM parsed the first 20 lines of the message looking for headers, and failed to stop at the first blank line, as they should. The consequence of this was when forwarding an email, the headers of the message being forwarded were parsed when they should be ignored. Fix is…
Kent Dickey has announced the latest version of the Kent’s Emulated GS (KEGS) Apple II gs emulator. KEGS version 1.14 is primarily a minor bug fix with fixes for Pulse Audio and serial DCD signals as well as providing support for the M1 Silicon Macs. He has also added preliminary support for DynaPro. Changes in KEGS v1.14 since v1.13 (11/14/21) Better support for disk images inside .zip files. Linux sound fixes to make PULSE_AUDIO work a little better. Better handle…
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 program at:https://github.com/ksherlock/ample
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…
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…
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 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…
