Some of my earliest memories of games that I played on computers involved a simple business simulation called Lemonade or Lemonade Stand. The object is to sell lemonade and make a profit. The first computer I ever used, PDP 11/70…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Games and TV
Have you ever sat down t watch TV and can’t find any thing you want to see right now? Sometimes I have that happen with the computer. Tonight, I wanted to play a game on my Apple //c. I’m more…
II in a Mac
Listening to the second episode of Open Apple, they mention an emulator for the Apple II that I had never heard of, II in a Mac. This morning I downloaded a copy and moved it over to my Mac SE. …
Podcasts
I spent some time, listening to the first two podcasts of Open Apple, while moving the links for podcasts to their own pages. During the second episode they mention several emulators including one I had never heard of called “II in…
RetroMacCast
After last nights post, I looked further on twitter for other podcast that might be of interest to the retro apple community. RetroMacCast is done my James and John who both started out using Apple II’s before they moved on…
Apple Time Warp Podcast
I saw a reference to a new podcast about the Apple II called Apple Time Warp Podcast on A2Central last week and tonight I took the time to watch and listen to their pilot episode. John Romero and Craig Johnston talk…
Prince of Persia
I’ve seen the movie and decided to try the game. I found a copy of it on Asimov and downloaded it to my Apple //c. I got the 800K .2mg version since I have a 3 1/2 inch drive figuring…
Forbidden Castle
I’ve been lost on Forbidden Castle, playing that is. What little time I’ve had for the Apple II was spent playing the opening of Forbidden Castle and trying to get around the Ogre.
Old Games, More Asteroids Etc.
I tried playing Asteroid in AppleWin and the screen was blurry, so I tried several different settings until I found one that worked for me, Monochrome (White). Although I like Asteroid, eye hand coordination is not my strongest suit, so…
Old Games, Asteroid
Along the lines of last nights post I was looking at some more Apple II games. It took only a short time to find one that was interesting. I found a copy of Asteroid on Apple2Online tonight. It is much…
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