A free Archive of Retro Computing exhibition is happening at Kingston University right now.| The lost outpost
Walking egg-dude Dizzy is back, and he’s the cover star of the latest edition of Amiga Addict! Issue 39 also features a review of his latest game, Fast Food 2. Amiga Addict is by far my favourite magazine still in print, and one day I hope to have the chance The post Dizzy is back in Amiga Addict #39! first appeared on Gaming Retro.| Gaming Retro
What I Do and Don't Miss About MacOS| rldane.space
FMV games have had a bad rap over the years, but they seem to be finding a new audience, as the technology finally catches up with their ambition.| Gaming Retro - Retro gaming news, mini consoles, and merchandise
Matthew Garrett's Amiga CDTV/Doom hack re-awakens my dormant desire to mess about with Amigas. I outline the state of play and possible plans for future mods, including the PiStorm and Denise mini-ITX mainboard.| jmtd.net
This is a smart upgrade of the original Project X, and the playable demo is available free on Steam -- and it's Steam Deck compatible, too!| Gaming Retro - Retro gaming news, mini consoles, and merchandise
Det tok noen år, for å si det slik.| Spillhistorie.no
Ever wanted to emulate other systems on an Amiga? Never thought it was possible? Well, an Amiga RetroArch build is in development!| Gaming Retro - Retro gaming news, mini consoles, and merchandise
…or did I NOT pimp it at all?! Intro If you read my blog a bit longer, then you might remember that some time ago, I’ve started Pimp my Ami series. So far, only one such post was written -> Pimp my Ami #1 – Fluo <- you will find the general idea behind it, […] The post Pimp my Ami #2 – Vanilla A500 for BooM Party appeared first on retrohax.net.| retrohax.net
…or, how to replace your whole game room with one gadget :> Intro Right at the beginning, when the MiSTer FPGA project was released, I bought all the needed components to build my own MiSTer setup. I had to wait in a long queue before I had a while to finally build it. However, it […] The post Using old iPad screens with MiSTer and retro machines appeared first on retrohax.net.| retrohax.net
Here we are with another mouSTer adapter update! This one is huge for us.First things first. I had a major break from blog posting due to...| retrohax.net
Greetings! If you are reading this, it means you were selected by TODD (the Temporal Observation Directorate Division) for a temporal excursion. Since you're a member of the Computing Sciences History Reading Room, you will no doubt want to brush up on how to procure computing resources in your assigned …| R.L. Dane
Last week I created a new set of logo and font graphics for my old Sega Genesis project. These were much larger than the original graphics I used, so I ran it through the LZ4 compression algorithm to get the size down to a more comfortable level. Now we need to get those graphics on […]| Bumbershoot Software
In my previous blog post, I have explained that AmigaOS is a flexible operating system supporting many kinds of filesystems through custom DOS drivers. For example, in the 90s, I frequently used the CrossDOS driver to get access to PC floppy disks.| Sander van der Burg's blog
In my previous two blog posts, I have shown that my Amiga 4000 has the ability to run multiple operating systems -- in addition to AmigaOS, it can also run Linux and NetBSD, albeit with some challenges.| Sander van der Burg's blog
In my last blog post, I have shown how I have been using Linux on my Amiga 4000. Running Linux on an Amiga has always been a fascinating use case to me -- I have developed strong interests in both areas from a very young age.| Sander van der Burg's blog
In a recent blog post, I have described how I have been using my Amiga 4000 in 2024, including how to install the 3.1 and 3.9 AmigaOS versions from scratch and showing a few interesting use cases.| Sander van der Burg's blog
Some time ago, I have written a couple of blog posts about using my old Commodore computers that I grew up with: the Commodore 64, 128, and Amiga 500 in modern times.| Sander van der Burg's blog
Due to the high number of new COVID-19 infections in my home country last summer, I had to "improvise" yet another summer holiday. As a result, I finally found the time to tinker with my old computers again after a very long time of inactivity.| Sander van der Burg's blog
I have restored the boxed Amiga 1000 main unit and the mice that came with it. Now is the turn of the keyboard. About the keyboard The Amiga 1000 keyboard came from a time before the standard layout we know today was fully formalised. The cursor keys are closer to the main character keys, and […] Source| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
I was recently sent an Amiga 4000 motherboard repair. It should have been quite straightforward, but as we will see, not everything went to plan. The Motherboard The motherboard has had minor battery repairs in the past, and was working. One interesting thing I’ve not seen before is someone patched in an OKI RTC chip […] Source| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
I recently received a boxed Amiga 1000 which was in excellent condition, but required a little work. It came with two original Amiga 1000 mice and the keyboard, all of which needed work.| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
I have a local friend who is a private collector of vintage computers and consoles, and he has an incredible collection. He visited me recently to drop off a few awesome things. One of which is a ZX…| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
I have fond memories of Raven Software’s debut game, Black Crypt. Nothing specific really, just positive thoughts of underwater segments and burning hot areas. Strong enough to make me excite…| Kimimi The Game-Eating She-Monster
This is a little preview of issue 6 of APoV (Amiga Point of View) - a UK print magazine for the Commodore Amiga.| Lyonsden Blog
I’ve had a few people send me things in to repair lately. Amongst these was an Amiga 4000 motherboard, RAM and CPU card with lots of minor issues. Here is how I diagnosed and fixed them.| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
Finally got my hands on an A600GS from Amigakit so thought I'd share my first impressions after setting it up and playing a few games on it.| Lyonsden Blog
It was spring break, 1988. I turned on my Amiga 500, the pigeons cooed outside, and summer filled the air. Across the street, my friend had an Atari and a magazine full of BASIC listings. We typed code all afternoon. Nothing has changed, but everything has changed. I’m loading memories.| Petros Amoiridis
Last week, I poked around in the C language at both the implementation of a simple linked-list structure and a method for allocating memory for that list without any special language or OS support.…| Bumbershoot Software
Lately, I’ve been very busy, but haven’t had many interesting things to blog about happen. That will change soon, but today I thought I would cover a repair that came in for an A3640 CPU card.| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
I saw this update to the "Blog Questions Challenge" format on jnv's blog, and without reading* it first (in order to not taint my own answers — I will definitely go back and read his), I thought I'd write down some of my own thoughts, for fun. *I used curl …| R.L. Dane
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!| Steve Wetherill
Part 3 of the Eldritch The Cat story. Parts 1 & 2 are here and here.| Steve Wetherill
Part 2 of the Eldritch The Cat story. Part 1 is here, part 3 is here.| Steve Wetherill
Manic Miner to Command & Conquer with Steve Wetherill - The Retro Hour EP322| Steve Wetherill
This is a little sneak preview and review of APoV (Amiga Point of View) - a brand new print magazine for the Commodore Amiga.| Lyonsden Blog
Taking a look at the brand new 19" Checkmate Retro Monitor from the recent Kickstarter campaign run by Steve Jones.| Lyonsden Blog
This week we’ll finish the little Amiga 500 shooting gallery game we’ve been writing. The last step, as it was in its Atari parallels, is to expand the animation and simulation systems …| Bumbershoot Software
Background In the halcyon days of 16-bit microcomputers, there was a computer graphics technique used by many demos and some games known as Palette Rotation, Palette Shifting, Palette Animation, or Color Cycling. Computers weren't fast enough to change the entire contents of screen memory in graphics mode (even relatively low …| R.L. Dane
Here's my little review of the physical boxed edition of Roguecraft for the Commodore Amiga by Badgerpunch Games.| Lyonsden Blog
von Beat Suter Der Video Game Publisher Black Legend wurde 1992 in der Schweiz von Richard M. Holmes gegründet. Holmes lebte in Uster, war hier aufgewachsen und hatte gerade die KZO Wetzikon abgeschlossen. Der 20jährige Jungunternehmer wollte Spiele für Amiga Computer produzieren und auf den Markt bringen. Er sah sich in der Schweiz nach Mitstreitern … Continue reading Richard M. Holmes und die Hochpreisinsel Schweiz| Confoederatio Ludens
Dr. Dangerous - Scorpion Engine developed Commodore Amiga game by HooGames2017 gets a new WIP build!| www.indieretronews.com
Last time, we wrote a program that boasted it was displaying 64 colors at once, but which actually was only displaying four—two, if we don’t count backgrounds. Today we’ll boost that co…| Bumbershoot Software
It’s time I went back and finished my tour of the Amiga 500. In my previous adventures, I learned to operate it as an end user and to write and build software for it with a convenient cross-p…| Bumbershoot Software
In my previous blog post, I showed how to make a new, high-spec power supply for Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200 computers. Now I want to do some testing and there are a few improvements that can be made. L…| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
A lot of people use Meanwell power supplies as the replacements for the poor quality ones that came with the Amiga. Typically, the 50W variants such as the RPT-60B are used because it fits nicely i…| LinuxJedi's /dev/null
Wico Boss joystick hax - retrohax.net Some time ago, I received a box from my friend which contained 10 Wico Boss Joysticks.| retrohax.net
Just a few days before Christmas Day, 1989, I excitedly carried home one of the greatest Christmas gifts I have ever received. I vaguely remember going with my stepdad to the university computer store (The "MicroCentre," it was called; no relation to the large, currently-extant computer store chain) to pick …| R.L. Dane
Now it's finally time for a test run. Will the Sidecar work?| shred.zone
In the second part, the Sidecar is repaired and reassembled.| shred.zone
Over the recent holiday, I spent some time upgrading, working on projects with, and generally polishing off a few of the vintage systems in my collection and, as such, ended up having some pretty great retro fun with them. Not … Continue reading →| Byte Cellar
I was lucky and got hand on a Commodore A1060 "Sidecar". This first part is about the teardown of the Sidecar, and the damage assessment.| shred.zone
I’ve been working on alternative firmware for the Amiga tank mouse conversion that can be found on PCBWay. The mouse is using a Microchip PIC18F26K22 MCU and an Avago ADNS9800 optical sensor. The firmware monitors the ADNS9800 sensor and translates the X/Y movement deltas into V/VQ and H/HQ quadrature pulses for the Amiga I may … Continue reading "Amiga tank mouse laser conversion – Alternative firmware"| OppoverBakke
November marked the 40th anniversary of Turbo Pascal, the first Integrated Development Environment (or IDE), which allowed a user to quickly and easily write a program in the Pascal programming language and see it compiled and linked — all in … Continue reading →| Byte Cellar
It was in the late summer of 1985 when I first heard of the Amiga. I learned about the forthcoming system in an issue of Personal Computing magazine that featured the Amiga on its cover and contained an in-depth dive … Continue reading →| Byte Cellar
Clockwiser takes a simple concept — moving puzzle blocks around in a circle — and sends it in an unexpected, hypnotic direction.| The Obscuritory
The title sequence for ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun! on the Commodore Amiga. ‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun! is a side-scrolling platformer based on the classic 1980s BBC sitcom ̵…| caffeinated pixels
The intro sequence to Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf on the Amiga. Desert Strike is an isometric helicopter shoot ’em up developed and published by EA. It was originally developed for the …| caffeinated pixels
In my sporadic “Do you remember…” series, I whack on some rose-tinted specs and wax lyrical about specific aspects of the classic and not-so-classic games of yesteryear. Today, it’s the intro…| caffeinated pixels
In the first part I successfully repaired an Amiga CD32 that got broken due to leaking capacitors and a botched restauration attempt. In this part I replace the laser pickup and calibrate the CD drive.| shred.zone
I found this CD32 for a fair price, and bought it. The optical condition of the case is quite okay. It has some visible scratchmarks. The previous owner tried to fix them, but made it even worse. At that time, I wasn't aware yet that this would be the main theme of the whole restauration.| shred.zone
The AmigaOS offers a debug console as a simple way for debugging. Log data can be written via the linkable Debug.lib, which is also used by all kind of tools like MuForce, Mungwall, or PatchWork. AmigaOS provides a simple internal debugger called ROMWack (which has been replaced by the even simpler SAD in later versions). But also DiagROM is writing diagnostics data via the serial port, which comes in handy when a RAM chip or something in the video area is broken.| shred.zone
When I found this Amiga 1200, I felt pity for it. The case and keyboard was very yellowed, but what was even worse was the screwed up attempt to fit a Gotek drive into the case. The previous owner obviously tried to open the floppy disk area with some kind of cutter pincers, essentially ruining the case.| shred.zone
In the previous part, I refurbished the keyboard of the Amiga 1000. It was in a bad state, and truly deserved to get its own part. Now I will replace the floppy drive with a Centuriontech GOEX on pills floppy simulator, and then put everything back together.| shred.zone
While I was restauring an Amiga 1200, I noticed that on that machine, the right and middle mouse buttons did not react on both ports. Checking it further, it turned out that it was working with an original Amiga mouse, but failed with my YAMI mouse interface. The mouse interface could not be the cause though, as it is actually working reliably for decades on all kind of Amigas, including an Amiga 1200.| shred.zone
The Amiga 1000 is the jewel of every Amiga collection. I had the lucky chance to get one. Let's refurbish it!| shred.zone
The Maestro Professional was a fully digital Amiga sound card. Let's have a look how it worked.| shred.zone
