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Sierra founders, Ken and Roberta Williams, have remade Colossal Cave Adventure as “as a fully immersive, 3D and VR experience”

Sierra On-Line founders Ken and Roberta Williams’ have launched Colossal Cave, a 3D interpretation of the original text adventure for modern platforms. “The original Colossal Cave Adventure was truly unlike anything anyone had seen before, and we hope to make a similar mark on the next generation,” says Roberta Williams, Founder and Lead Designer, Cygnus Sierra founders, Ken and Roberta Williams, have remade Colossal Cave Adventure as “as a fully immersive, 3D and VR experience”

Celebrate going online, old-skool style, with this embroidered tee

It is easy to forget that we weren’t always on the internet. You had to decide to go on there. Then you had to listen to the ‘going on the internet theme tune’, which went like this: Hum / Beep-boop-beep-boop-boop-beep-beep-boop. / beedoop-squrrl / squrrllll-mmmmmm / eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ooooooooooooo, berdang-berdang / ksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksksKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKSKS Well if that scenario makes you Celebrate going online, old-skool style, with this embroidered tee

Time to play DopeWars again. 560+ Palm OS apps now playable on Internet Archive

Late last year, Internet Archivist Jason Scott uploaded a database of Palm OS apps to the Internet Archive. The 560+ titles includes Palm OS faves such as DopeWars and various other shareware and commercial releases. The Internet Archive is using Cloudpilot, a web-based Palm emulator written by Christian Speckner, which we covered last August. The Time to play DopeWars again. 560+ Palm OS apps now playable on Internet Archive

LegacyGC is a new controller for Game Cube and compatible Wii’s

Retro-Bit have introduced a new Game Cube compatible controller, called the LegacyGC. The controller is also compatible with the original Wii’s (RVL-001) The Legacy arrives to bring a classic feel to your Nintendo Gamecube® and Wii®. This updated version of our controller has a familiar button layout, comfortable DPad, and the addition of Turbo functionality. LegacyGC is a new controller for Game Cube and compatible Wii’s

Videopac Website to remain online

A website dedicated to the Philips Videopac (or Magnavox Odyssey 2 depending on where you’re from) is to remain online. The website videopac.nl was due to go offline in April 2023, but owner, Robbert Jansen, has had a change of heart. In the newly updated forums, he told visitors “The more I thought about quitting Videopac Website to remain online

Retro Virtual Machine emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000

Retro Virtual Machine, which previously emulated the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, has added support for a bunch of Z80 systems: MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000. The updated emulator has also added support for the Amstrad CPC Plus and the GX-4000 console as well as ZX Spectrum clones such as the ZX Pentagon, the Retro Virtual Machine emulator adds support for MSX, Colecovision, Master System and SG-1000