Microsoft has completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, including the complete library of Infocom’s text adventure games.
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Ivan Drucker’s website restored
Ivan Drucker has restored his website, which includes Apple II utilities NuInput, Slammer!, A2CLOUD & A2SERVER.
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Ultima ebook Through the Moongate free through Sep 19
Andrea Contano has made his Amazon kindle ebook about UItima, Origin Systems, and Richard Garriott available for free for a limited time.
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Wizardry gets modern remake using Apple II code
Digital Eclipse has released a Steam Early Access version of Wizardry, using the Unreal 3D graphics engine with the original Apple II code.
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DiskMaker 8 now open source
Mark Percival’s DiskMaker 8 creates disks from images on Apple II computers with the 65C02 (or greater) CPU.
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The Forgotten Pyramid text adventure hits Kickstarter
Chris Schneider has launched a Kickstarter for The Forgotten Pyramid, a text adventure releasing for 19 platforms, including the Apple II.
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Karateka documentary releases August 29
Digital Eclipse’s interactive documentary about Jordan Mechner’s Apple II games will release for all major platforms on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
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What Is the Apple IIGS? Launcher
Alex Lee & Ninjaforce’s Jesse Blue announced at KansasFest 2023 the immediate availability of a launcher for 200+ Apple IIGS games.