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New Kirby Game Release Date, Rumours, & Speculations

Retro Dodo about 11 months ago

Get ready to breathe in a whole new world of possibilities (and every other thing in your path at the same time) as we check out everything we know about a new Kirby game coming your way! After the success of Kirby and the Forgotten Land, we’re a …

Quad G5's

VCFed about 11 months ago

Oh yeah lets finally play this game! :D Honestly did not expect it since they are desirable now among some crowds but two quad 2.5 machines crossed my path for $25 as-is in varying conditions. It's been a while since I touched a G5 so getting back into thi …
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32-bit acorn hardware • A3000 poor image quality

Stardot about 11 months ago

The image quality out of A3000s seems to be always poor compared to other machines. I'd like to know why, or how it could be improved. Even replacing ALL components in the video output path and reference current to VIDC with brand new parts still gets a …
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That’s all folks! Vintage is The New Old will shutdown this month

Vintage is The New Old about 11 months ago

UPDATE: I wrote this last night before getting a nasty email from one of the writer’s contest participants, but after receiving such awful and heartbreaking message, I can see I am making the right decision. I’ve considered this for a while, b …
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2023 Vintage is The New Old Writer’s Contest Winners Announced

Vintage is The New Old about 11 months ago

The first edition of ViTNO Writer’s contest ended on June 30. We got to a verdict after some discussions with our judges, Randy Kindig (Floppy Days Podcast) and Kitty (@CommodoreBlog). All four entries were for the non-technical category and were abo …

General Old Hardware • Turbo jumper does not work on A-One HT286

Vogons about 11 months ago

I have A-One HT286 and looks like it doesn't react to Turbo switch. Only way i can de-turbo this board is Alt-Ctrl-"+".Even thought Turbo jumper present it looks like there is no path on a board connected to one. Also there is no voltage on ether of it's …

Release Announcements • 7z.batch - Command line utility for 7-Zip

Vogons about 11 months ago

Downloads: link for download in video descriptionshttps://youtu.b... does 7z.batch work?This batch created program uses the 7-Zip program to perform compression, decompression and archive management operations. The script features a menu inte …
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Help & Support • AdvSkel65/128k Plus4 port: wrong verb executed

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

Hi! I've been trying to update AdvSkel65 and am having two issues: 1. the stubs for the two Apple2enh ports aren't loading the stubs properly, and 2. the 128k Plus4 version is executing the code for the wrong verb. I tried to ask over at the applefritte …
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Review: Andro Dunos II

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 11 months ago

Ok, let's get this clear from the off. Any developer that has the gumption to produce a shoot-em-up for the Dreamcast has their work cut out. The console was blessed with such a phenomenal array of shmups, from the seminal Ikaruga (2002) to the idiosyncrat …

General Old Hardware • Hercules 3D Prophet II MX components?

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hi,I have a card as stated in the topic. The board does not recognize it. Seems like it's missing a few components:- C129, a four path SMD cap?- C843, C328, C123 and C356 SMD capsAlso, the chip had and aftermarket cooler installed with double-sided tape . …
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Top 30 Best Sega Master System Games of All Time

Infinity Retro about 11 months ago

Today the topic of discussion is the best Sega Master System games. This system was Sega’s first home console released outside of Japan. Unfortunately it had very little fanfare. The Nintendo Entertainment System was the talk of the town. Odds are if …
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Inside Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction With Ronald Pieket

Old School Gamer Magazine about 11 months ago

Destroy It All, One Card at a Time Powered by the same type of sandbox gameplay made popular by Grand Theft Auto 3 and a story that creatively borrowed from national and world headlines, Lucas Arts and Pandemic Studios’ Mercenaries: Playground of Des …
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32-bit acorn hardware • A4 renovation in progress - advice wanted

Stardot about 11 months ago

I'm in the process of renovating my first A4 laptop. It seems to suffer the occasional freezes that others commonly report but it is otherwise fine. I've removed the CMOS battery, installed a Wizzo EPROM and will be putting in a CF card reader in. It's th …
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Clube MSX has two new cartridge releases for the MSX!

Vintage is The New Old about 11 months ago

Clube MSX is starting this Monday (07/03) the pre-sale of My Sacred Place and The 4 Masters of Melody Ex in cartridge for MSX. Each game comes with a box, manual and gifts and can now be purchased in the Clube MSX virtual store for R$ 179.00 (promotional …
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Help & Support • C64 runs Dead Test, but not Diagnostics

Lemon64 about 11 months ago

I have a C64 (board 250425) that boots to a black screen. I can run the Dead Test on it without issues being reported. But the diagnostics will not run. This is also the C64 that was blowing fuses because of a bad power switch (which has since been replac …

cc65/ProDOSi: Error #64 loading stub in Apple2Enh program

Apple Fritter about 11 months ago

AttachmentSize advskel.zip20.23 KB Hi!  I'm currently working on debugging my AdvSkel65 program.  Right now, there are two bad bugs with it: 1. most 128k ports seem to execute the wrong verb, and 2. the Apple2enh ports are having problems loadin …

Arcade Cores • Mappy does not sync video

MISTerFPGA about 11 months ago

Hi all, I have a working setup that runs other games fine, but MAPPY does not sync at all. I am using a Component video cable, here is my mister.ini:[MiSTer]key_menu... ; set to 1 to make the MENU key map to RGUI in Minimig (e.g. for Right Ami …
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2023 ViTNO Writer’s Contest – Entry #4 – “When My Father Took Me to Night Class”

Vintage is The New Old about 11 months ago

Author: Anthony Albert Date: June 30th, 2023 Category: Non-technic... My Father Took Me to Night Class In the summer of 1982, my father signed up for a night course at the local high school.  He wanted to learn about computers and maybe use …
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2023 ViTNO Writer’s Contest – Entry #3 – “Only a Game”

Vintage is The New Old about 11 months ago

Author: Tyson Rek Date: June 30th, 2023 Category: Non-technic... A GAME Gather around my fellow Nineties Brothers and get ready to turn back the Way-Clocks as we board the express train of yesterday moving backwards at full steam through the …
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REV'n'GE! #147

EAB about 11 months ago

https://sites.google.com/... this issue i forgot to choose an Amiga game, so i briefly reviewed Project: Quest in "Recent Games", a 2022 game for Amiga 1200/CD32. Amiga again in "Repechage Section" with T …

Philips LMSI CM121 and CM201

VCFed about 11 months ago

Hi everyone, first post here on the VCF forums. My background is in hardware electronics, and I have a particular interest in Philips' radial arm CD players (where the laser pivots like a HDD read head, rather than the linear path used in all modern CD pl …
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Arcade Raid! Nashville Barn Haul

The Arcade Blogger about 11 months ago

Finding larger stashes of classic arcade cabinets is becoming an increasingly rare event these days. Outside of individual cabinets listed on eBay, Craigslist and Marketplace, arcade “raids” of the type written about on this blog seem to be a …
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Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Vampire Hunters’

Old School Gamer Magazine about 12 months ago

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Tiago Zaidan (CEO and Lead Producer, Gamecraft Studios) about their new game, Vampire Hunters. About Vampire Hunters: Inspired by the indie hit Vampire Survivors, Vampire Hunters has players stack weapons until y …

Sound • Error loading SB16 Emu (MSDOS mode in W98SE)

Vogons about 12 months ago

Hello,i get some trouble trying to load SB16 emulation booting in MS-MODE from Windows 98SE (please read at bottom for technical details), basically, during boot, i get:"error: Could not allocate code/patch RAM below 4 Mbyte boundary. Try loading SBEINIT. …

MVS MV4 consolization

Museum of the Game about 12 months ago

Figured I would document this for kicks and giggles. Bought an operators pile of stuff and found a handful of MVS carts. Wanted to test them before selling to try and get a better price. Went down the path of buying a 1 slot and consolizing, but then found …