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Hi! I'm a game collector with a focus on stuff by Sierra / On-Line Systems. I'm mostly looking for their early (pre-King's Quest) titles now, and thought I'd put out some feelers here for the ones I'm missing. I'm looking to buy, and I also have a lot of interesting stuff to offer in trade - if you have anything let me know and hopefully we can help each other out! Check out the photo for the releases I'm after, and below is a full list: Folder/baggie games - Apple II: -Hi-res Cribbage -Thrilogy of Games -Trapshoot -Skeetshoot -Gobbler (loose disk only) -Softporn Adventure (white folder release) -Cranston Manor (white folder release) Boxed games - Any Platform: -Dragon's Keep (orange box) -Troll's Tale (orange box) -Bop-a-Bet (blue box) -Flip-n-Match (VIC-20) -Sammy Lightfoot -Aquatron -Apple Cider Spider -Creepy Corridors -Pest Patrol -Sabotage (boxed version) -Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (boxed version) -Dark Crystal (boxed version) -Mission Asteroid (boxed version) -Ultima II (small black box version) -Ultima - Escape from Mount Drash (VIC-20) Newsletters: -The On-Line Letter #1 -Sierra Newsletter Vol 1 No. 1 (black and white) -Sierra Newsletter Vol 1 No. 2 (black and white) -Sierra Newsletter Vol 1 No. 3 (black and white)
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Hey Guys, For a new retro blast from the desperately late 80's early 90's The Lower Planes BBS is back in business.(Read play) at tlp.zapto.org Either telnet or ssh login as bbs with the password bbs, and it will forward you to the first available node, of which there are 5. If cli is no good to you, you can also get there by http just have a look about and head to the login page. This thing actually runs on x86 hardware, when I first fired it up, I didn't have the cash to buy a second IIgs to turn into a BBS, so I got a 286 with a massive 40Mb HD. Best peripheral for your Apple II We have Online Games, Message Areas with QWK support and 600year Warez dude. And its the only SuperBBS in the world. I have pong what've you got to trade for it? ftp is also available.... Have a better one, Aunty
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The 6502 Workshop team is thrilled to announce that 8-bit RPG 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! Game Trailer https://youtu.be/zeMIDv7xYr0 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. Collector's edition includes: *Game box with full color art *Printed manual (cover painting by Denis Loubet) *Cloth map *Coin of the Realm *More! Available to order now!.thumb.jpg.09001f40ab2ec2a303464408f3594d41.jpg)
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Spent the past 6 months doing a proper deep dive on Nolan's Androbot company, which interfaced with Atari and Apple II computers at the time. There hasn't been a proper telling of the company and exactly what it made, so I hope this can provide a deeper discussion into this company's cool robots. If there's any additional info you can share that I might've missed, feel free to!
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As with the previous two games for the CoCo I once created a piece of software for a computer not TI or Atari, the Apple II. It was the Mille Borne I created for the other PCs and did just a straight conversion. @micahcowan took and spruced it up real purty like for the Apple II so I pulled my original version I did going to eventually put up his version. Well, a long time later I finally getting round to posting his version. Here it is. Enjoy. MilleBornes_v1.5.dsk
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MAME 0.250 November has passed us by, and it’s time for MAME 0.250, with a distinct Konami flavour! On the arcade side, the third and fourth player positions are supported in NBA Play By Play, and lots of regional variants have been added for games running on Hornet hardware. We’ve also added support for a Konami hand-held LCD game, a Tiger LCD game based on a popular Konami franchise, and a prototype of an unreleased Game.com title in the same series. In addition to the Castlevania-themed LCD game, we’ve added licensed Tiger LCD games featuring Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, Superman and Gargoyles characters, although the latter two are different skins for the same game. MSX computer emulation has had a major overhaul, with more supported systems and peripherals, including lots of cartridge port floppy drives. As a bonus, the Fujitsu FM Towns family gained support for more controllers, including the Marty Pad and the twin-stick Libble Rabble joypad. Hard disk issues affecting the FM Towns family were also tracked down and fixed. Atari 8-bit computer cartridge emulation has been modernised, and a few more unlicensed Game Boy cartridges are supported (you can now play some very famous unauthorised translations in MAME). The Quantel DPB-7000 is looking much better, with lots of progress on video output and peripheral support. Namco’s Alpine Surfer is now playable in MAME, and several graphical glitches that had plagued System 22 emulation have been banished. Support for Italian versions of Quizard has been added, and German versions of Quizard 3 and Quizard 4 Rainbow are now working, as well as a Czech version of Quizard 4 Rainbow. A missing line scroll effect in Seta’s Caliber 50 is now emulated, and some flickering graphics in Atari’s Return of the Jedi have been fixed. Other improvements include lots of fixes for invalid memory accesses, function keys for the Franklin Ace (Apple II clone) computers, proper DIP switch labels for Nintendo Vs. Mahjong, and much, much more. You can read about all the changes this month in the whatsnew.txt, and you can download the source code and 64-bit Windows binary packages from the download page. Read the rest of the entry
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So, anyone remember that old Apple II game, Space Rogue? Ever wanted to play around with it's internals a bit? (Maybe even cheat?) Grab your favorite hex editor and a copy of the .dsk files from Asimov, and here's the data you need! (PS: Feel free to spread this around, as far as I know of, no one else has ever done this for the Apple II version before.) Space Rogue Save Game Editing Guide.txt
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I use a Commodore monitor with an Apple computer? Perish the thought!
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Hello there! I recently watched on YouTube a video from RetroManCave (Neil), titled "Inside the BBC Micro - Trash to Treasure (Part 2)" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQCgzIWZo0o) At 0:03:35, Neil explains that the BBC Micro's 6502 runs at 2 MHz, which makes it pretty fast, compared to other computers from the same period, for instance the Apple II that ran at 1 MHz (1.9 MHz in turbo mode). Of course, I regret that Neil didn't mention Atari's 1.79 (1.77) MHz at that point. Later at 0:08:00, Neil mentions the Rugg/Feldman benchmarks for BASIC, in which Atari BASIC (and the OS FPP) does not help to make the computer shine. To me, it's not really fair to compare the computers with merely their CPU speed (*) and Rugg/Feldman benchmarks for BASIC figures: - The Atari runs MUCH FASTER with other BASIC, such as Turbo BASIC XL, to name just one - The Atari 8-bit architecture, with dedicated additional chips, allows the CPU to focus on the main tasks, whilst the other chips deal with video, sound, P/M, etc. In lots of other computers from the same period, the CPU deals with everything, so a higher clock rate is not enough to make it faster! My question is: How to compare - with justice - the 800XL with the C64, the Apple IIe, the BBC Micro, etc in terms of performance? Any suggestion of bench marking method? (*) Same 6502 CPU for instance; We all know that a 6502 & a Z80 at 2 MHz are NOT equally powerful -
[ebay]392633618390[/ebay] https://www.ebay.ca/itm/392633618390 Original Apple II with raised power key for sale. Saved from a dump run during a purge of old tech at my office. Once used in music production with the Alpha Syntauri Synthesizer and Mountain Computer Music System software. This computer has been partially tested with multiple games written to disk and is in working order. Sold as is. Will be packaged perfectly! Photos of packaging can be sent prior to shipping at buyers request. Shipping costs will be calculated at time of sale. Ships to Canada + USA. Comes with: Apple II with 48k on board RAM - working Disk II - working Rare Disk II card with toggle to switch between 13k and 16k PROM Macromem 32k Language Card - working Alpha Syntauri card and cable for connecting to Music Synthesizer - not tested Paired Mountain Computer Cards with stereo audio out and light pen - audio playback working, light pen sometimes working Single original apple paddle - working Extra bulb for raised power key -
Saw an Apple IIe on Facebook Marketplace, and was mildly surprised. Vintage computers don't show up locally all that often, so I kept tabs on it. It started at $300, then rapidly went down to $70 over a few days. Christmas I decided to pick it up. It was advertised as non-tested but made noises like it worked. Figured even a broken Apple IIe for $70 wasn't a bad deal (especially since I wouldn't have to pay shipping) so I snagged it Christmas day. Turns out my haul was: Apple IIe 128K with 80 column card, super serial card. (works fine) DuoDisk (working fine) Apple Monitor II (monochrome green, working fine) Image Writer II (missing a piece on the back, haven't had a chance to test it.) I borrowed some Apple floppies from a friend to test the unit, and so far as I can tell it all works fine. Used the outstanding Apple Disk Server to create a ProDOS floppy with utilities via the cassette port, and even the disk drives are fine (CopyIIPlus says they should read 200ms, both are within 1ms of that.) The real score is that a friend's kids have been staying with us a few nights a week while they handle some issues at home. One of them is a typical preteen boy video gamer, and he showed some interest in "that old computer." Powered it on, showed him BASIC, and had him writing his own programs by the end of the night. Despite being brought up on Minecraft and Call of Duty, that monochrome green screen was still addicting as hell because *he* was writing the programs that ran on it. I've already ordered a sealed box of floppies, serial cable, and serial<->usb adapter. My next plan is setup A2CLOUD and/or ADTPro so I can get it online and start grabbing more software. There's some BBS's (yes, as in dial-up, except they all use telnet now) I visit, so it'd be nice to try and get onto those with the Apple IIe. Of course there's games to play (I'm a huge Wizardry nut, and have been fiending to play it on the original hardware.) Reproduction Mockingboards aren't unreasonably priced, so I'll have to get one of those before moving onto Ultima. Also want to get the IIe enhanced kit, and an "official" color monitor. I'm using a small Trinitron when I need color, but I honestly prefer how sharp things are on the monochrome green screen. I'll keep everbody posted.
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Still clearing out unused items from my collection.... Please PM if you have any questions. I would have to charge additional shipping outside the continental US. ======================================================================== /|\ All Atari manuals (qty 34) $42 shipped ======================================================================== I'm happy to sell individually, but I'll need you pick up the postage in that case. One last thing, I'd take $42 ***OBO*** shipped for all the manuals (34 total: 4-Lynx, 9-2600, and 21-7800 manuals) ======================================================================== /|\ Atari Lynx manuals (qty 4) $10 plus shipping ======================================================================== They're all in good shape. I bought them all new. ======================================================================== /|\ Atari 2600 manuals (qty 9) $14 plus shipping ======================================================================== These are in good shape. I bought them all new. ======================================================================== /|\ Atari 7800 manuals (qty 21) $30 plus shipping ======================================================================== These are in good shape. I bought them all new. ======================================================================== Apple II shoe box of discs--mostly games $32 plus shipping ======================================================================== I got these years ago. They came with an Apple IIe that I bought back in the day. They are backups and not originals. There are a lot of floppies here. And many have multiple games on them. I can't test them, so I don't know how well they still work. I'm offering these "as is". ======================================================================== /|\ Atari Lynx in need of screen help $58 shipped ***SOLD*** ======================================================================== Age is showing on the screen of this Lynx. Basically, this is a great candidate for a modern screen upgrade. There is lots of vertical banding--which sucks. But everything else works great on this Lynx--which is nice. This is from my person collection, like all the items here. Is this your first Lynx? I'll throw in a loose game cart so that you can test the unit as soon as it arrives.
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Hello all! I'm releasing another piece of Apple II software. Buzzbox Tracker Buzzbox Tracker is a very simple tracker software for the Apple II. It lets you create sound effects/music which can then be easily used in games or other pieces of work. Some features: Note engine able to replicate (most) standard piano notes, at 7 volume levels Sequencer, so able to place 32 patterns together in 128 combinations Easy "keyboard piano" interface for making music Fully ProDOS compliant, so works with self-booting disks or ProFile disks with subdirectories, etc. Fairly self explanatory text GUI. "Raw mode" so you can create sound effects for games. Conversion utility so you can convert the song files (.BBT) into ca65 assembler source. Buzzbox on Gitlab Download disk images here: Buzzbox v1 (ProDOS self-booting 5.25 floppy and ProFiler image) There's still a fair amount of bugs in this release but I want to go ahead and get it out there so people can play with it. I have just one example song at the moment, but if you create anything neat I would love to hear it and I am willing to include it into future versions as more demo songs!
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Hello all! I thought I would post a project I've been working on. It's a small animated thing that pays homage to Hideaki Anno's anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion. I was a bit chuffed to learn that they dropped the Frank Sinatra song from the end credits, so I decided to make my own rendition on the Apple II. ? Requires: Apple II Plus or higher, 64KB of RAM (as it runs under ProDOS only). Real hardware tested on: Apple //e (64kB early, with 6502), Apple //e Enhanced (128KB w/ 65c02). It should work on the rest, though I'd love to hear your experiences! Location to download (including source code): Evangelion A.2 You can watch what it does in this video recording (made with AppleWin): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4U1Gg--7JU
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Wanting to use the "greatest HD image ever" recently posted here, I found that I need to run ProDos to use HD images with a CFFA3000. No Problem, I thought, I'll add this Microsoft 16K "language card", however ProDos still complains that it wants 64K. Is this the wrong way to upgrade an A2+?
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Recently we’ve had requests from users for both an API (an interface for controlling our microM8 Apple II emulator externally) and a GUI (a graphical user-interface native to the host operating system). The lack of a native GUI has always been an issue for users: microM8 is designed using a cross-platform OpenGL framework called GLFW, but GLFW offers little in the way of UI controls. Also, an API would allow people to automate emulation functions, for example to test .WOZ-format disks created with Applesauce. We realised that we could kill two birds with one stone – we could build a GUI “frontend” application, and then have it control microM8. For efficiency, we used a cross-platform GUI development kit called Lazarus, which is based on FreePascal. Now the GUI is not perfect: because the GUI and microM8 are two separate applications, there can be the occasional issue keeping them synchronised, especially if you swap between multiple applications. But if you’re using microM8+GUI alone or on its own screen then they seem to generally behave themselves. Also, while the Lazarus framework is very cool, it’s not perfect either. But we felt we had got it to a point where it would be usable for most users, and give those who are less comfortable using microM8 ‘s keyboard-based interface another option. And the GUI serves as a great example of what you can do with the API! The code for the GUI is open source, and can be browsed on Github. You can download it for Windows, macOS or Linux at https://github.com/paleotronic/microm8-gui/releases Cheers!
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I hung out with Al Lowe (Leisure Suit Larry, Freddy Pharkas, King's Quest, Police Quest, etc) the other day and it turns out he may have some of the only original copies of game source code for a lot of the those classic games. Now that he's in his 70s, he's selling a lot of his collection on Ebay and gave me a preview of what's to come. A starting bid of $100 for the original Leisure Suit Larry source?>! Hell yes!! LOL https://www.ebay.com/usr/al_lowe -
SoftDisk 1987 Rare No.68 - NEW - $10 Looks like it's brand new. The stickers haven't even been applied on the disks. Some slight yellowing of the plastic cover (see picture). Great overall shape. Copy II Plus 7.4 Disk for Apple II Plus, Apple IIe, IIC, IIGS plus an older disk - $10 Great overall shape. I have no Apple II to test them. Plus Media Mail shipping from 80138. Thank you!
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A short text adventure, not too serious. It uses an advanced version of the one key system that was in Valley Of Treasures, with containers you can open,close and put things in. It's pretty good for 10k of basic. There's a few interesting "puzzles" in this one. an_unusual_dream.zip
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Sold. I've totally lost interest in the Apple II recently, and as part of selling off my AII collection I'm getting rid of my CFFA3000. I purchased this in 2015 as part of the 4th run, and I'm also including the manual on CD. This card was very rarely used and works great! For the most part I'm looking to get my money back so I'm letting this go for $175 which includes shipping. Also because of the high demand for this little guy, please denote the time at which you sent your PM. Thanks!
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Check out our latest mini story using the Nox Archaist engine to demo the newest features in the game: In the last episode the wizard Ojithar warned us that the nearby ruins contain a great evil. Of course that's where we are headed, there's bound to be treasure! Some new game play elements to look for in this video: *Combat Scenarios *Spellcasting Special Effects *New Tile Graphic Animations *NPCs Outside of Towns Check out our blog: http://www.noxarchaist.com Follow us on Twitter @6502workshop
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...there was "Softporn Adventure" for the Apple II computer. The company was On-line Systems. They eventually changed their name... -
So I recently found a lot on craigslist. I've been looking for an apple II to add to my collection and this lot had that and more. After coming to an agreement on price I met with the woman to pick up everything. When I did I was blown away by how much was actually in the lot. She explained to me that she used to work at Apple and, without giving her name and actual title, I will say that she was high up in the education division at apple. She also had a big hand in the EWorld network that apple tried to get off the ground to compete with AOL. So I'm not quite sure if I've got something really good in this lot. Here is just a small list of some of the things in the lot: Apple II+ with monitor and disk drive (all work fine) Apple II GS complete setup with 3.5" and 5.25" disk drives (boots up but have not tested the drives Mac SE setup in an official apple Mac carrying bag (boots up) Hundreds of boxed software titles from games to Office programs to educational tiles. tons of sealed titles Lots of sealed titles labeled DEMO, NOT FOR RESALE, and EVALUATION COPY ONLY (games, educational titles, and office software - inlucded a sealed "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?" labled as a Review Copy) Apple promotional items like pins, bumper stickers, water bottles, mugs still sealed in the packaging Apple computer club shirts Apple eworld shirts Apple Employee convention lanyards Apple Employee Christmas cards and gifts Mission Impossible/Apple cross promotional posters (huge posters) Disks sealed in envelope withe "REVIEW ONLY" stickers on it (Apple system update disks for employees I believe) There were a lot of items labeled as DEMO and such because companies would send her software for her to review for Apple to give the Ok. Much of the copies here are not opened and still sealed. What's really cool to me is that I grew up using an apple II and IIGS at school. Because of her position, the computers she gave me were the ones she personally used to for work. So to think that the computers I just got had a hand in the development and review of the software I used as a kid is just really great. I paid $200 for everything. I'm just not sure if all the demo sealed items (also some not sealed) are anything special or if they are common enough. And I don't know much about the promotional items, whether they are particularly collectible or not. I will upload pictures as well bit by bit. (my computer is giving me issues with this)
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Nox Archaist is a new role playing game in development by 6502 Workshop exclusively for the Apple II platform and emulators, with floppy and hard disk support. We are excited to announce the first in a series of mini stories using the Nox Archaist engine to demo the newest features in the game. The Nox Archaist story line is still under development. Any names or characters used in these mini stories are not intended to depict real or imagined NPCs, events, or bovines in the actual game. Any similarities are coincidental. ----Nox Archaist S1E1: Shattered Sword---- In this episode our hero travels to town and faces an epic struggle to get his sword repaired after breaking it over an ogre's head. http://www.6502workshop.com/2016/11/nox-archaist-s1e1-shattered-sword.html New game play elements to look for in this video include: *Conversation with NPCs *NPCs moving between locations on the map based on their daily schedule *New interactive tiles ----About Nox Archaist---- Nox Archaist, by 6502 Workshop, is a 2D tile based fantasy RPG with a classic Apple II look and feel. Our mission is to develop a modern evolution of the Apple II RPG genre, while exploring how gameplay might have advanced in tile-based RPGs if large scale development had continued on the Apple II platform after the 1980s. http://www.noxarchaist.com
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I was perusing the Youtube today and I noticed there's a Dual YM Stereo Board for the Spectrum computers. How on earth did the Spectrum scene beat the ST scene to such an accomplishment? And considering how well the Tweety Board sold back in the day, how come no major commercial vendor offered a Dual YM expansion sound board for the ST? In hindsight, it seems like a no-brainer. And even in the modern Apple II enthusiast scene, they now have Mockingboard clone boards, some of which can support 4 YM/AY sound chips. They're even adapting MODs created for the ST to run on their boards. So, anyone enterprising up to creating a Dual YM Stereo Board for our STs?
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