| Pages | Type | Headline | Author | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | My Home Page | In the Driver's Seat | Ken Gagne | Bicycling and retrocomputing have more in common than you think. |
| 3 | TidinGS | Get off my lawn! | Ivan Drucker | Apple's new MacPro continues the move away from expandable Apple products. |
| 4-5,19 | Review | Portable Punches & Puzzles | Paul Hagstrom | Karateka Classic and Lode Runner Classic bring Apple II games to iOS with the original graphics and updated interfaces. |
| 6-7 | Behind the Scenes | Delayed Liftoff | Antoine Vignau | Nearly 30 years after it was developed, Zephyr finally sees publication. Here's how it went down. |
| 8-12 | MusinGS | An Academic View | Ken Gagne | An interview with Megan Gonzalez and Emily Kempf, conference services coordinators for Rockhurst University, host of KansasFest. |
| 12-14 | Review | Classic Keyboards: Back In Style | David Schmidt | A review of Option8's RetroConnector keyboard shield, by Charles Mangin. |
| 15 | Meet the Staff | David Schmidt | David Schmidt | David Schmidt |
| 16-17 | II's Company | It's in the Game | Steven Weyhrich | A look at the founding and popular early releases of Electronic Arts (EA). (Part 1/2) |
| 18-19 | DumplinGS | Second Chances | Ken Gagne | KansasFest, Oz KFest, and VCF Southwest this summer; CFFA3000's third run; Apple-1 sales & books; Dave Finnigan's e-book; Jobs movie trailer. |
| 19 | Random Numbers | Why? | Eric Shepherd | When people ask Sheppy why he still uses an Apple II, this is the answer he gives. |
| 20 | Advertisement | KansasFest |
Review: iOS games
Karateka Classic
Jordan Mechner’s original martial arts adventure.
Lode Runner Classic
Doug E. Smith’s original action-puzzle game.
Behind the Scenes
Zéphyr
The 1987 8-bit action game, released by Brutal Deluxe in 2013.
Jean-Louis Le Breton
CEO of Froggy Software, original intended publisher of Zéphyr.
Richard Soberka
Programmer of Pleins Gaz and Zéphyr.
MusinGS
Rockhurst University
Host of KansasFest since 2005.
Review: RetroConnector
Option8
Developer and retailer of the RetroConnector keyboard shield.
Meet the Staff
ADTPro
Software by David Schmidt to create, transfer, and convert disk images between an Apple II and a modern machine.
apple3.org
Schmidt’s repository of all things Apple III.
A2Central.com
Regular news updates from the Apple II world.
Vintage Computer Forums
Discussions about 8-bit Apple computers and clones.
Applefritter
Discussion of Apple II and /// computers and clones.
MacRumors
Discussions by and for Apple collectors.
68k Macintosh Liberation army
Apple I, ][, /// & Lisa discussions.
II’s Company
The Dot Eaters
Videogame history 101.
MobyGames
An index of all games published by Electronic Arts.
We See Farther
A history of Electronic Arts, by Jeffrey Fleming.
Dumplings
KansasFest
Annual Apple II convention in Kansas City, Missouri.
Oz KFest
A July 2013 convention held in Brisbane, Australia.
Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 3.0
A general retrocomputing convention held this August in Arlington, Texas.
CFFA3000
Rich Dreher’s USB & SD input device, now entering its third run.
The First Apple
Robert J. Luther’s Kickstarter-funded book about the Apple-1 computer.
The New Apple II User’s Guide
David Finnigan’s monstrous compendium about the Apple II.
Jobs
A film based on the live of Steve Jobs, hitting theaters on August 16.
