iam8bit and the Video Game History Foundation will release Xcavator 2025, an NES game from Chris Oberth, creator of Ardy the Aardvark.
Games
What Is the Apple IIGS? Launcher adds a dozen games
Alex Lee has added a dozen games & demos to What Is the Apple IIGS? Launcher, a suite of disk images.
The death screens of Conan
Conan: Hall of Volta, a 1984 Apple II game from Datasoft, has revealed all 28 of its death scenes, courtesy Michael Pohoreski.
Plangman released on Steam
Ehren von Lehe’s Apple II-inspired Hangman platformer game has made the jump from itch.io to Steam.
Limited Run Games’ The Making of Karateka physical edition
Limited Run Games is releasing a physical edition of Digital Eclipse’s The Making of Karateka, complete with Apple II floppy drive packaging.
Wizardry wins a Grammy
Composer Winifred Phillips recently won a Grammy Award for the soundtrack for Digital Eclipse’s remake of the Apple II RPG Wizardry.
Choplifter: The Complete History
Slope’s Game Room recenty published an original 26-minute documentary on the history of Dan Gorlin’s Choplifter game franchise, which started on the Apple lII.
Apple IIGS Tetris in Tetris Forever
Tetris Forever is a new documentary and game compilation from Atari subsidiary Digital Eclipse that includes the Apple IIGS version of the classic puzzle game.

