Before John Romero became an epic game developer and all around awesome guy, he was a kid.  “A very smart kid,” as Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo puts it.  He was also a gamer who loved what he played and wasn’t afraid to let developers know it.  In this letter from 1985, published yesterday by Kotaku, a young Romero […]
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Second Life on the Apple II
Joshua Bell, an employee of Linden Lab, creators of the virtual world Second Life, has posted to YouTube a demonstration of a program he’s written that streams video from a Windows machine to an Apple IIc. The specific program he’s streaming is Second Life, which appears on the Apple II monitor shortly after its original […]
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Tom Bombem game available for Apple IIe
Vince Weaver’s space shooter Tom Bombem for the Apple IIe is the culmination of his 25 year dream to write a playable game. It features joystick/paddle support, hi-score, scrolling background and an ending cut-scene.