Gamebits, the publisher of Apple II magazine Juiced.GS, announces its partnership with software developer Kelvin Sherlock to distribute his newest product. Golden Gate is a compatibility layer that allows modern computers to run ORCA and GNO/ME shell programs as if they were native. With Golden Gate, programmers can engage in cross-platform development of Apple IIgs applications in an IDE such as Xcode, or any other Windows, macOS, or Linux text editor.

"I’m excited to work with Juiced.GS to bring modern development amenities to the Apple II," said Sherlock. "Gamebits demonstrated its commitment to supporting Apple II programmers when it made The Byte Works’ Opus products available. Carrying Golden Gate in the same store was a natural fit."

"Juiced.GS has been covering Apple II software development for over two decades," said Ken Gagne, the magazine’s editor and publisher. "It’s an honor for us to share the tools for developing the next generation of software. I look forward to featuring Golden Gate-developed tools in future issues of Juiced.GS!"

Golden Gate is available immediately for $10 and includes macOS and Windows installers, documentation, source code, and future updates. Read Sherlock’s behind-the-scenes look at the development of Golden Gate in the June 2017 issue of Juiced.GS.

Kelvin Sherlock is the creator of many games and utilities for multiple operating systems, including GShisen, Silver Platter, and PNG Floyd for the Apple IIgs; Shrink-Fit X and ProFUSE for Mac OS X; and iShisen for iOS. Learn more about Golden Gate at Sherlock’s website.

Juiced.GS is the longest-running and last remaining print publication dedicated to the Apple II. Subscriptions are available at $19 for United States customers, $24 for readers in Canada and Mexico, and $27 for international customers. Receive news and updates about Juiced.GS by signing up for our email list or following us on Facebook or Google+.

Shrink-Fit X, Kelvin Sherlock’s utility for opening and extracting NuFX (ShrinkIt) files on OS X, has been updated to version 1.1.  This new release adds support for AppleSingle and Binary II archives.  Get it now in the Mac App Store.

Kelvin Sherlock, the IIGS programmer responsible for GShisen and many other popular applications, has released Shrink-Fit X for Mac OS X.  According to the App Store description:  “Shrink-Fit X is a utility for opening and extracting NuFX (ShrinkIt) files on OS X.”

Shrink-Fit X, which requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later, is available now as a free download from the Mac App Store.  Check it out here.

This month in Open Apple, our intrepid co-hosts chat with Kelvin Sherlock, prolific Apple II programmer of GShisen, Silver Platter, ProFUSE, and more. Ken builds the suspense before revealing the identity of KansasFest 2012’s keynote speaker before we look at the latest Kickstarter fundraising projects that appeal to Apple II users. We ask ourselves, “Why are Apple II users different?” when sharing knowledge, products, and magazines. On eBay, we’re looking at soundtracks, CP/M cards, compression software, and defunct user group newsletters, before engaging in a smackdown of BASIC programming languages. Finally, we enjoy classic Apple II games on iOS and challenge Kelvin to explain why we can’t port Portal to the 6502.

Kelvin Sherlock, prolific programmer of iShisen, Silver Platter, and PNG Floyd, is now developing ProFUSE, a command line tool for Macintosh OS X that mounts ProDOS-formatted disk images as volumes on the Mac desktop. These volumes are read-only, allowing files from the disk images to be opened and read in any Mac program, or copied or burned to Mac-writable volumes.

ProFUSE, an offshoot of the Google Code program MacFUSE, is an open-source project that can be downloaded from http://code.google.com/p/profuse/. It has been tested on both Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard); the source code can also be compiled to run on Linux.

If you’ve ever played GShisen, the incredibly addictive puzzle game for the Apple IIGS, then you’ll be happy to know you can now take it on the road. Kelvin Sherlock, the game’s programmer, has created a version for the Apple iPhone mobile device. iShisen is now available from the iPhone App Store for the low, low price of $0.99.

And for those of you with neither an iPhone or an Apple IIGS, you can always play FlaShisen in your Web browser.