Black Friday — the day after United States’ Thanksgiving, which is the fourth Thursday of November — is traditionally a day for retailers to offer significant sales… and Apple II vendors are no different! Here’s a roundup of all the retrocomputing sales we’ve found so far.

Juiced.GS

Gamebits, the publisher of Juiced.GS, has discounted many of their back issues, books, and software:

These sales run through Sunday, December 8.

Joe’s Computer Museum

Discount code HOLIDAY2024 will get you 10% off anything and everything in Joe Strosnider’s store through Friday, December 13.

Retro6502

Michael Mendelsohn is offering 10% off everything in his store, including the GABE Bluetooth gaming device, with discount code BF2024. This sale ends Monday, December 23!

MacEffects

Hardware designer MacEffects is selling their stealth Apple IIe to IIGS conversion kit for $195 (45%) off. The sale is limited to the first ten orders from Black Friday through Cyber Monday (December 2).

Nox Archaist

6502 Workshop has discounted everything to do with their 8-bit role-playing game Nox Archaist for Mac and Windows on Steam and GOG through Saturday, November 30:

  • The base game: $4.99 (75% off)
  • Lord of Storms expansion: $1.99 (75% off)
  • The base game with Lord of Storms expansion: $5.93 (79% off)
  • Nox Archaist Book of Hints ebook: $2.49 (75% off)
  • The Making of Nox Archaist ebook: $2.49 (75% off)
  • The base game, expansion, and both ebooks: $10.17 (79% off)
  • Soundtrack: $1.24 (75% off)

The expansion and both ebooks are also 80% off directly from 6502 Workshop with discount code BLACKFRIDAY_2024. Valid Black Friday only!

Digital Eclipse

Atari subsidiary Digital Eclipse has also discounted their Windows games on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch through Monday, December 2:

  • The Making of Karateka: $11.99 (40% off)
  • Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord: $24.49 (30% off)

Wade Clarke

Wade Clarke, developer of the Apple II interactive fiction game Leadlight, is offering a 50% discount on the Mac/Windows version of the game on itch.io, as well as a 35% discount on the soundtrack on Bandcamp. Both sales end December 2.

Call-A.P.P.L.E.

Get 30% off all print books from user group Call-A.P.P.L.E. with discount code HOLIDAY30. Valid through Monday, December 2.

John Romero

John Romero, the Softdisk alumnus whose Apple II credits include as Dangerous Dave, Major Mayhem, Zappa Roidz, and Sub Stalker, is offering 20% off his entire physical inventory with discount code 20OFF. Of interest of Apple II users are the Windows and Mac ports of Dangerous Dave, as well as Romero’s memoir, DOOM Guy, available in hardcover and paperback, as reviewed in Juiced.GS. Valid through Sunday, December 8.

Do you know of other sales that may be of interest to Apple II users? Please contact us, and we’ll be happy to amend this post!

Editor & publisher of Juiced.GS, the Apple II community's longest-running print publication dedicated to the Apple II; co-host of the Star Trek podcast Transporter Lock; digital nomad at Roadbits.