#retrocomputingUnmoderated tag#retrocomputingHotdarth-azrael in # retrogaming • 1 mo. ago • 2 min readMountain King (Commodore 64)Mountain King is a game that was released by CBS Electronics in 1983. The basic goal is to descend into a diamond mine, retrieve a crown...darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 2 mo. ago • 2 min readDragonfire (Imagic)Dragonfire was originally released by Imagic for the Atari 2600 in 1982. It's one of Imagic's better games and while it is relatively...darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 2 mo. ago • 2 min readDigital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #9 (part 8)A summary for those that haven't been keeping up with this series: I found a number of 5.25" disks at a thrift store several years ago. I...darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 2 mo. ago • 1 min readVersaWriter (Apple II)VersaWriter is a drawing tool that was released for the Apple II and other computers sometime in 1983. It consists of software and a tablet...darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 2 mo. ago • 2 min readInternational Soccer (Commodore 64)In the early days of a new hardware platform, 1st part software support is often critical. The Commodore 64 was no different. For a time,...darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 2 mo. ago • 12 min readDigital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #9 (part 7)Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #9 (part 7) A summary for those that haven't been keeping up with this series: I found a number of 5.25" disks at a thrift store several years ago. I finally got around to acquiring a 5.25" disk drive and extracting the contents a while back. Since then I have been posting the contents…darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 2 mo. ago • 2 min readThe KoalaPadBack in the 8-bit days there seemed to be a neverending supply of peripheral attachments you could get for your computer. After a disk...darth-azrael in # retrocomputing • 2 mo. ago • 2 min readSupra Corporation (Amiga)For a number of years, Commodore's Amiga line of computers enjoyed wide third party support. In this ad from the December/January 1991 issue of Amiga Plus, Supra is advertising several Amiga compatible products. The first item is an external floppy drive. The Amiga 500 had one 3.5" disk drive built-in but a second drive was quite useful…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 3 mo. ago • 3 min readBubble Bobble (Commodore 64)Bubble Bobble was a platform game that was released in arcades by Taito in 1986. You play the role of one of two brothers. It seems that Baron Von Blubba has kidnapped both brothers' girlfriends and turned the brothers into Dragons. In order to get back to normal and rescue your girlfriend, you must complete 100 levels. Each level has various…darth-azrael in # retrogaming • 3 mo. ago • 1 min readMagicSoft (1984)As far as I'm concerned, the Wizardry and Ultima series still represent some of the best Role-Playing Games ever made. The nice thing about computer based RPGs was that you could expand and modify them to some extent, even if that was not officially supported. You could do it the hard way with something like a disk sector editor or you could use…
