Sean Callahan has ported Ketchapp’s iOS game Ballz to the Apple II using VSCode and Retro Programmer’s Workshop (RPW).
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Crossrunner IIGS emulator now available for Windows
Ian Brumby has released v1.0 of the Windows version of Crossrunner, his cycle-accurate Apple IIGS emulator.
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Lost game The World of Erimar discovered
Tony Bound’s role-playing game, The World of Erimar, developed in 1993 using HyperStudio, has been rediscovered by Brian Picchi.
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deater’s Apple II Christmas demo 2023
Vince Weaver has released his annual self-running Christmas demo for the Apple II computer.
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John Romero & John Carmack reunion livestream
Apple II software developers John Romero & John Carmack of DOOM, Wolf3D & Softdisk fame will reunite on a Twitch stream on 10 Dec 2023.
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Stunt Car Racer ported to the Apple II
Patai Gergely has ported MicroProse’s 1989 racing game Stunt Car Racer from the Commodore 64 to the Apple II.
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Atari acquires Digital Eclipse
Digital Eclipse, which recently released both the interactive documentary The Making of Karateka and a modern remake of Wizardry, has agreed to be acquired by Atari.
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MII Apple II emulator now available
Michel Pollet has released MII, an open-source Apple IIe emulator written in C for Linux