Brendan Robert has released the latest Java Apple Computer Emulator (JACE) build. Here are the changes: ] Fixed nasty bug that caused crashes when joystick buttons (alt-keys) were pressed. Airheart is 100% playable again! ] RamWorks support is now available for up to 8 megabytes of memory. In addition to the RamFactor support it is […]
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Brutal Deluxe Software releases Window Capture
*Paris, Nov. 19, 2012* Brutal Deluxe Software releases WindowCapture. It is a utility focused on screen capture. It has been designed to help in Graphic Resources catching (backgrounds, sprites, animations, palettes…) from games running under emulators. Unlike Windows native Screenshot functionality (PrintScreen key), WindowCapture captures only the content of a window (not the whole screen) […]
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Eamon #255 announced
An announcement has been made over at the Eamon Adventurer’s Guild Online blog regarding Eamon Adventure #255: Tenement of the Damned: I’m very happy to announce that Eamon #255 “Tenement of the Damned” has been completed. Ă‚ Frank Black was able to recover the entirety of the French program and I, in turn, translated it into […]
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Brutal Deluxe is fEDD up!
October 1st, 2012 – Antoine Vignau and Olivier Zardini, founders of Brutal Deluxe Software, are proud to introduce their newest software to the Apple II community. “I’m fEDD up” is Brutal Deluxe’s second answer to nowadays preservation of 5.25″ diskettes on the Apple II. Its main features are: Essential Data Duplicator compatible If Utilico Microware’s […]
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Eamon Deluxe 5.0 released
Frank Black today released Eamon Deluxe 5.0: Eamon Deluxe is an enhanced and expanded variation of the classic Eamon gaming system. With the release of version 5.0, Eamon Deluxe features cross-platform portability and an alternate accessibility mode for disabled or vision impaired users. The Eamon Deluxe adventure library includes a growing selection of original adventures […]
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PLASMA – Proto Language Assembler for Apple
David Schmenk today introduced PLASMA. Ă‚ According to David’s write-up, “PLASMA is a combination of virtual machine and assembler/compiler matched closely to the 6502 architecture.Ă‚ It is an attempt to satisfy a few challenges surrounding code size, efficient execution, small runtime and fast just-in-time compilation.Ă‚ By architecting a unique bytecode that maps nearly one-to-one to the […]
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David Schmidt releases KEGS emulator derivative GSport 0.2
To quote David: “If you haven’t seen GSport before, it is a derivative of Kent Dickey’s KEGS Apple IIgs emulator.Ă‚ Virtual printer support from Chris Mason (now with plain text output!) and Uthernet emulation from Glenn Jones are the big-ticket improvements over that code base, along with other contributions gathered up from several other KEGS […]
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Kim Howe reclassifies his IIGS programs
Kim Howe, author of several popular Apple IIGS applications, wrote in to let us know that all of his titles have been reclassified as freeware. From his email to a2central.com: “Just wanted to advise anyone who was interested that my programs have now all be reclassified to freeware. The new versions with updated status and […]
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JACE emulator gets Passport MIDI Adapter support
Brendan Robert continues to improve JACE, the Java Apple Computer Emulator. Ă‚ Today, he added Passport MIDI Adapter support and fixed a minor bug. Ă‚ Per Brendan’s comp.sys.apple2 post: “I just confirmed that JACE can output music from Ultima V very very very very beautifully.Ă‚ Note that if you use linux you might be better off […]
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Apple Game Server/Apple DIsk Server get mobile versions
Egan Ford has added mobile versions to Ă‚ the Apple Game Server and Apple Disk Server websites. Ă‚ These updates make it possible for you to use your iPhone or iPad to stream the extensive catalog of titles directly to your Apple II. Ă‚ Egan states in his comp.sys.apple2 post that he has only tested on the iPhone, […]