The unknown variable called time
If there is one thing today that we have got in great quantities in retrocomputing, it is resources to draw on. The Internet offers us countless opportunities to retrieve documentation, books, magazines, guides and manuals for our beloved computers. It’s so easy to find both digital and traditional material.
Tag: c64
RetroMagazine World #10 – Eng – October 2021
The deception of Moore’s law
But then, after so many years spent in buying increasingly powerful machines, we suddenly stopped our race and started another one… backwards! We are now buying older and older machines, even more primitive and consequently slower ones…
RetroMagazine World #09 – Eng – July/August 2021
The problem of the fourth player at poker
What is a chess player’s worst nightmare? It’s obvious, isn’t it? Not having anyone to play against. And that of three friends around the green poker table? Also simple. The fourth player is missing to start a nice evening with chips, cards and the inevitable glass of whiskey.
RetroMagazine World #08 – Eng – June 2021
Més que un Magazine
“Més que un club”(more than a club) is the slogan proudly displayed by Barcelona FC in the stands of its football stadium.
With equal pride we can say that RetroMagazine World is more than just a magazine reserved for a group of enthusiasts.
RetroMagazine World n° 30 – Giugno 2021
“Més que un club” è lo slogan orgogliosamente esibito dal Barcellona FC sulle gradinate del suo stadio di calcio. Con altrettanto orgoglio possiamo affermare che RetroMagazine World è più che un semplice magazine riservato a un gruppo di appassionati.
RetroMagazine World #07 – Eng – May 2021
“Seeing” retrogames through their sounds – Everyone tells me that I always try to “see” the beauty of things and I turn the difficulties I encounter into my strengths. And now I’m here, 40 years old, playing, having become blind, with my head full of 8-bit memories.
RetroMagazine World n° 29 – Aprile 2021
Mi dicono tutti che cerco sempre di “vedere” il bello delle cose, che trasformo le difficoltà che incontro nei miei punti di forza. Ed ora mi trovo qui, a 40 anni suonati, dopo essere diventato non vedente, con la testa piena di ricordi ad 8 bit.
Pubblicità a 8 bit, i computer di una volta
Per un autentico momento di nostalgia abbiamo raccolto una carrellata di video di vecchi spot disponibili in rete, perché è da qui che tutto è nato, buona visione!
Press Play Again n° 2 – Feb 2021 – ITA/ENG
Tetris (C64) – Loom and The Secret of Monkey Island (PC) – La culotte de Zelda (Amstrad CPC) – Atomic Chuckie Egg (Atom) – Metamorphisis (ZX Spectrum)