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The VGHF Library Will Bring Video Game History Right To Your Fingertips

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Will hopefully launch "sometime next year".In a new video on its YouTube channel, The Video Game History Foundation has revealed an exciting first look at its upcoming library tools that will eventually be made available to researchers, academics, and vide …
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High-quality 3D scans of all the different Oreo designs from the 2023 Super Mario Oreo…

Supper Mario Broth about 5 months ago

High-quality 3D scans of all the different Oreo designs from the 2023 Super Mario Oreo cross-promotion (please zoom in to view).Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Small Findings | Source: archive.org user “MrTalida” …
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Feature: How Many Of These "Lost" Zelda Games Have You Played?

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more...If you've followed my work over the years you'll know I'm a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, including all the non-canonical material, even things like Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon – to the …
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Feature: The Legend Of The "Lost" Zelda Games

Time Extension about 5 months ago

Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more...If you've followed my work over the years you'll know I'm a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, including all the non-canonical material, even things like Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon – to the …
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acorn atom and acorn system series • AtomMC V4: works but autoboot never does

Stardot about 5 months ago

After chasing bug after bug, I decided to completely replace all the sockets in my Atom with machined sockets. This restored it to perfection. I have the AtomMC V4 installed along with the noise killer. I have never been able to get the MC to autoboot no …

ZX Spectrum, ZX81, SAM Coupé, TSConf, QL, Next • ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

This is a little something I made to have a fun break from my more long-term archival projects. From the description: This collection contains games from 5 different Top 100 ZX Spectrum games lists. Overall it features 274 games altogether (full list belo …

archive submissions • Fuzzbuzz by "unknown author" (flaxcottage archive)

Stardot about 5 months ago

Fuzzbuzz (don't know how to deeplink to flaxcottage.com) is a package containing three educational games, that's currently marked as "unknown author".I want to point out that the first game, "fuzzbuzz", is actually Boxes by Rob Pickering (published by MAP …

the complete BBC games archive • Forest by Scetlander (1990)

Stardot about 5 months ago

This is a long shot, but I was looking for a game that I played when I was ~8 years old. It was a Forest ecology management simulation and I suspect that it was the BBC Micro game "Forest" by Scetlander that was released in 1990. However, searches for the …

Official Addon Boards • mt32-pi not Booting on Model 3 A+ board; Shows "Power Failure Type B" Blink Pattern [Solved]

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

This was originally going to be a request for help, but in the effort of collecting information for my issue, I was able to find a solution.ProblemI got a misterfpga.co.uk mt32-pi hat, a Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ board, and a Geekworm enclosure. I prepared …
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Archive 5540 Cartridge Tape Drive

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have an Archive 5540 Cartridge Tape Drive up for offers Microsoft KB Archive/114178 The Archive 5540 and 5580 drives listed on the Hardware Compatibility List under QIC-40/QIC-80 Floppy Tape are older models. Both use the QIC 40 Windows NT tape driver …
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Archive 2060L Cartridge Tape Drive

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have an Archive 2060L Cartridge Tape Drive up for offers. QIC-02 60MB Tapes …

greaseweazle floppy format for kaypro 2x?

VCFed about 6 months ago

i'm having trouble getting some floppies written for my 2x and i can't figure out if my image is bad, if i am using the wrong drive, or something else. i have an IBM 4869 that i believe to be 360kb, and a greaseweazle on the latest firmware. the blank disk …
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Dreamcast Graveyard: Websites We Miss from the Post-Sega Era

The Dreamcast Junkyard about 6 months ago

While logging into Phantasy Star Online the other night, with my GD-ROM screeching away under the immense pressure of having to load a lobby with three other players, it struck me that my character is now 18 years old. That’s a bloody long lifespan …

archive requests • MIA Model B Computing Tape 11 Side 2

Stardot about 6 months ago

Hi all,Does anyone have a copy of this tape?We have side 1, but side 2 has a few titles on it that may be missing from our archive.They are:Light BikesVadpastPoker DiceandFruit Machine.Light Bikes is by Andrew Pusey as there is a PCW version of this game …

8-bit acorn hardware • Connecting 2 RGB monitors to a single BBC

Stardot about 6 months ago

We have inherited an excellent scrolling "marquee" type program from a former teacher who wrote it himself to display school admin type messages. It's a very impressive piece of programming and I have suggested that he submits it to the Flaxcottage educat …

Sun (Suntac?) 286E motherboard manual

VCFed about 6 months ago

FWIW, I found this old copy of a copy of a fax in an old desktop, which contains a Sun (no, not that Sun) 286E motherboard. So I scanned it and thought I'd archive it here. The motherboard that was found still works. …
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Ex-Sega Artist Releases A Bunch Of Unseen Concept Art From Various Sonic Projects

Time Extension about 6 months ago

Including Sonic Adventure and Sonic Jam.As everybody is busy elsewhere celebrating 25 years since the release of the Sega Dreamcast in Japan, Satoshi Okano, a former Sega of Japan artist, has started publishing a ton of incredible, previously unseen concep …

Looking for DECUS LISP for RSX by Chris Meyers

VCFed about 6 months ago

I'm looking for a copy of this LISP for RSX. This is important. If anyone has a copy we should make an effort to get this into a public archive. 110433 LISP for RSX-11 and Micro/RSX Version: October 1986 Submitted by: Maximilian Hadersbeck, Ludwigs …

32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • How to run RISC iX for yourself!

Stardot about 6 months ago

To commemorate the opening of the RISC iX forum, it feels like a good topic to start with (and perhaps to make sticky?) would be a mention of the cloned RISC iX hard disc image, which allows for people to run RISC iX on other machines and emulators! (Thou …

archive requests • Fast Access Volume 3 - Any Issues After Number 2

Stardot about 6 months ago

Does anyone know if there were any issues of Fast Access magazine after Volume 3 Number 2?https://www.everygamegoin... ... 014/80486/There are six issues in the first volume, and six issues in the second volume. Then it looks as if two issues f …

How do you install Pro Tools on OS9?

Mac OS9 Lives about 6 months ago

Hey there. I have a G4 Mac running 9.2. I recently found this old archive of Macintosh OS9 sound applications. It has tons and tons of software. Every version of Pro Tools for OS9 is included.The only thing is, it doesn't explain how to install any of …

Phillips 8833/05G

VCFed about 6 months ago

Got a failed monitor to check The flyback is totally toast, not a single coil seems to have continuity which seems really odd. Checked the HO transistor and it checks as fine, I wonder if its being turned on continuously ? Any ideas ? https:// …

frainresearch.org gone?

VCFed about 6 months ago

i was trying to find some info on some qbus hardware earlier today and noticed that frainresearch.org is gone, both on :80 and :8080. i am also unable to get to either of the internet archive crawls, both fail to 301. does anyone happen to have a local cop …
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Ex-Sony Creative Director Is Selling The BAFTA He Won For MediEvil 2

Time Extension about 6 months ago

"To help keep the wolves at bay".Jay Gunn, co-creator of the MediEvil series, has announced on social media that he is looking to sell the BAFTA award he won for MediEvil 2.Gunn – real name Jason Wilson – was on stage to collect the coveted "Game of th …

archive requests • Game Core (BBC Soft/BBC Publications)

Stardot about 6 months ago

Randomly browsing Facebook today I noticed someone asking if there was an .ssd of this game available. I have searched the usual places and, strangely enough, I can't find it. It's not in the FlaxCottage archive either. I have it myself somewhere on a she …