Entertaining Old Educational Game -The Oregon Trail
Even decades later, this computer game is popular among young players. The reason behind the game’s popularity is its three essential aspects.
Nox Archaist – 2020 CRPG for the Apple II – Unboxing!
Here’s a quick unboxing of the collector’s edition of Nox Archaist by 6502 Workshop for the Apple II. It’s a brand new 8-bit CRPG for the end of 2020: First startup. I look forward to playing it!
TSR published three Apple II computer games in 1982 and here are some shots of two of them
For a kid who grew up in the late 1970s and into the 1980s, TSR was the name in mass market pen and paper role-playing games. They actually published three Apple II computer games in 1982: Dungeon!, which was based on the board game; Theseus and the Minotaur, which was...
Review: KABOOM! (2015, Ninjaforce Entertainment) – Apple IIGS
NOTE: A version of this review originally appeared in Issue 2, Volume 20 (2015), of Juiced.GS, a quarterly print magazine for Apple II users. If you’ve been around videogames and computers long enough, hearing the name “Kaboom” associated with a game probably conjures thoughts of Activision’s classic bomb catching game,...
Review: The Oregon Trail Handheld (Basic Fun, 2018)
As one of the most popular educational computer games of all-time – heck, one of the most popular computer games of all-time – it’s not surprising that The Oregon Trail has popped up again as memes, tchotkes, and hip card games. But a full-featured, stand-alone, mass market handheld game? In...
The Apple II and the Mockingboard – promise unfulfilled
As I continue to optimize what remains of my collection, I’ve been focusing a bit lately on my Apple IIe Platinum (after a few hours with a nice multi-cart on my Atari 1200XL). Previously I “fixed” the keyboard, and now I have both a single and dual Mockingboard configuration working (and,...
Firmware update for 8Bitdo AP40 Apple II Retro Receiver and Bluetooth Controller
As I continue to optimize what remains of my collection, I’ve been coming across items that inevitably need firmware or other updates. One such device is 8Bitdo’s AP40 retro receiver, which is a Bluetooth dongle for Apple II computers that can work with a cosmetically matching 8Bitdo controller or other types...
Fixing repeating key presses on an Apple IIe Platinum
At the same time I did extensive keyboard surgery on my Atari 1200XL, I also took the opportunity to try and debounce some of the keys on my Apple IIe Platinum’s keyboard. Fortunately, that was a far simpler process. Initially, I noticed that the D key would sometimes create additional characters...
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