Software

You can now download the newly-released System.II environment for the Apple II here on a2central.com. Read the announcement of its freeware release here.

The Lost Classics Project has obtained a freeware release for System.II, the desktop-style environment for 8-bit Apple II systems. A2Central.com will have this software available for download soon.

A2Central.com is pleased to announce that effective immediately, we’re able to ship Apple II system software disks for US $2.00 per disk. In addition, we have created the A2Central.com Telecom Starter Kit disks, which are bootable disks, specially designed for particular Apple II models, with Modem Mgr telecom software and useful utilities such as ShrinkIt. […]

Jeff Fink, author of the 8-bit role-playing game Silvern Castle, has released several new freeware titles: Compare is an Applesoft file compare utility; Nuclear is a nuclear power plant game; Space Command is a space combat game; Monster is a Monster & Mazes fantasy role-playing game; Wheel is a “Wheel of Fortune” type of game, and “Sword” is a sword fantasy RPG. These will be available for download soon.

Kelvin Sherlock has created a new GSoft BASIC sample program, Bubbles, which demonstrates briefly some graphics techniques. You can download it here at a2central.com.

Shareware Solutions II announced today that Spectrum is now available for purchase through their online store. In addition, upgrades to the new Spectrum 2.4 may be purchased for a small fee (with proof of purchase). The full version of Spectrum is $35 and may be purchased on either 3.5? disk or CD-ROM; prices for upgrades […]

Jeff Fink has announced the upcoming release of Silvern Castle 5.2. The new version’s tome viewer returns to the search screen after exiting Dogpaw instead of going back to the extras menu. Also, the requirement to ask for registration instructions is gone (Jeff is getting frustrated by the lack of feedback on the game?if you […]

We’ve now added DiskCopy versions of Apple’s System 6.0.1 for the Apple IIGS and of the Apple II 8-bit system disk to our Apple software download area. These are available compressed using either StuffIt or Zip. Other software will become available in these formats soon.

Howard Katz of the Lost Classics Project has informed A2Central.com that Brian Greenstone of Pangea Software (now a developer of popular Macintosh games) has released its Apple II commercial game Xenocide as freeware, as well as its entire shareware product line, including games such as Senseless Violence, Grackle, Copy Killers, Cosmocade, and Orbizone. We’ll have […]

Kim Howe, author of the in-progress Arachnid web browser, has released his first Apple IIGS game, Shipwrecked! . It’s an adventure game written in HyperCard IIGS, so you’ll need a copy of HyperCard to play it. You can download the HyperCard IIGS disks from A2Central.com.