| Pages | Type | Headline | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | My Home Page | Collection Perfection | Ken Gagne | A trip to Pittsburgh's arcades with Martin Doherty is a reminder of the distinction between preserving everything and curating a collection. |
| 3-8 | Reel ][ Reel | Em Maginnis | A review of the 1999 film Pirates of Silicon Valley, starring Noah Wylie and Anthony Michael Hall, on the occasion of the movie's 25th anniversary. | |
| 9-12 | Review | A New Level of Wizardry | Eric Labelle | A review of Wizardry, the classic Apple II 8-bit RPG, remade with modern graphics, sound, and user interface by Atari's Digital Eclipse, the Unreal Engine, and the Eclipse Engine. |
| 13 | Review | It's Full of Stars | James Peyton | A review of 8-bit game Shuriken (aka Xshuriken), a Cross-Lib game for the Apple II from Fabrizio Caruso. |
| 14-15 | Event Coverage | An Equation for Graduation | Chris Torrence | Coverage of Steve Wozniak's commencement speech to the graduating class of the University of Colorado, Boulder, on May 9, 2024. |
| 16-17 | Cover ][ Cover | From Softdisk to Deathmatch | Kay Savetz | A review of the book DOOM Guy, a memoir by John Romero, Softdisk alumnus and co-creator of Wolfenstein 3-D and DOOM. |
| 17 | Advertisement | Digital Dinos | ||
| 17 | Advertisement | A2Central.com | ||
| 18-19 | DumplinGS | Lost Voices Recovered | Ken Gagne | Kay Savetz hosts successful GoFundMe to digitize The Famous Computer Café radio reels; French Touch gives demoscene presentation at Revision demoparty; FTA re-releases ActiveGS emulator for iOS; Bobby Nijssen of 8bitflux releases The Poor Man's Keyboard; The Strong National Museum of Play inducts Ultima into its Video Game Hall of Fame; 4am releases Million Perfect Tile; Doug Sharp to release reboot of ChipWits; and artist Cameron Davis passes away. |
| 19 | From the Assembly Line | A Gray-Scale World | Chris Torrence | Words of wisdom from Steve Wozniak in his memoir iWoz remind Chris that the Apple II community should not divide itself over minor differences. |
| 20 | Advertisement | KansasFest |
My Home Page
“Paring Down“
Em Maginnis’s 2011 reflections on what a visit to Funspot and Pinball Wizard means for their Apple II collection.
Reel ][ Reel
Martyn Burke interview
The director of Pirates of Silicon Valley chats with Cult of Mac.
Anti-Vietnam War Protests
An entry in the UC Berkeley Social Activism Recording Project.
Review: Wizardry
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
A full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs, powered by the original source code.
PLATO
Information about the University of Illinois’s PLATO system that inspired Wizardry.
Wizardry fan page
Snafaru’s news about, and patches for, Wizardry for the Apple II.
Review: Shuriken
Shuriken
One of seven Cross-Lib games for the Apple II by Fabrizio Caruso.
Call-A.P.P.L.E.
An article by Cross-Lib developer Fabrizio Caruso about how his tool enables game development for hundreds of systems.
Event Coverage
2024 CU Boulder Commencement
Featuring guest speaker and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
Cover ][ Cover
DOOM Guy
A memoir by John Romero, Softdisk alumnus and co-creator of Wolfenstein 3-D and DOOM.
DumplinGS
The Famous Computer Cafe
Kay Savetz’s GoFundMe to recover and digitize recordings of interviews with computer industry luminaries, aired in the 1980s on a California radio station.
Revision
French Touch’s presentation on the history and nature of the Apple II demoscene.
ActiveGS
An Apple IIGS emulator for iOS from the Free Tools Association (FTA).
8bitflux
Manufacturer of The Poor Man’s Keyboard by Bobby Nijssen.
The Video Game Hall of Fame
Hosted at theInternational Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, and featuring 2024 inductee Ultima by Richard Garriott for the Apple II.
Million Perfect Tiles
An 8-bit puzzle game by 4am.
ChipWits
A 2024 reboot of a classic Apple II edutainment title by Doug Sharp.
Cameron Davis
News of the passing of Australian game developer, webcomic artist, and Juiced.GS contributor Cameron Davis, who passed away on May 17, 2024, at the age of 49.
