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Hackaday launches retrocomputing contest

Ken Gagne — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:03:04 +0000

Hardware hacking site Hackaday has launched a retrocomputing contest, with prizes including $150 gift cards from Digikey.

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GEnieLamp archives restored

Ken Gagne — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:18 +0000

All 216 issues of historical Apple II newsletters GEnieLamp A2, GEnieLamp A2Pro, and The Lamp! are again available online.

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Wizardry 3.2 now available

Eric Labelle — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:00:15 +0000

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Wizardry v3.0

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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord v3.2, a fan update to the classic Apple II CRPG, features new fonts and fixes.

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Steve Jobs lot up for auction

Ken Gagne — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:34:37 +0000

Steve Jobs & the Computer Revolution: The Apple 50th Anniversary Auction, Part Two is running through August 20, 2026, including many rare Apple computers.

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Dagen Brock releases Pitfall GS

Ken Gagne — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:25:00 +0000

Why did it have to be snakes?

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Activision's seminal 1982 Atari 2600 platform game, Pitfall!, is now available for the Apple IIGS.

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Cloud service ezyZip adds support for Apple II archives

Ken Gagne — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:52:21 +0000

ezyZip, a free cloud utility for decompressing files, has added support for ShrinkIt and other Apple II archive formats.

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Tass Times in Tone Town source code recovered

Ken Gagne — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:32:42 +0000

KansasFest has recovered, archived, and shared the source code to Rebecca Heineman's classic Apple IIGS adventure game.

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Brutal Deluxe releases The City of Alzan

Ken Gagne — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:34:42 +0000

City of Alzan

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French programming group Brutal Deluxe has ported the ZX81 text adventure demo The City of Alzan to the Apple II computer.

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Juiced.GS Volume 31, Issue 2 now available

Ken Gagne — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Juiced.GS Volume 31, Issue 2 (June 2026)

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The June 2026 issue of Apple II magazine Juiced.GS has shipped, with INIT HELLO coverage, an interview with Ken Franklin, and much more!

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INIT HELLO 2026 session videos now available

Ken Gagne — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 01:34:15 +0000

Videos of all eight presentations as well as the opening and closing remarks from Apple II conference INIT HELLO 2026 are now available on YouTube.

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