In prior blog posts I discussed two related topics, Neverwinter Nights and Resurrecting Modems. While I had been planning on revisiting the modem article with an actual solution that would allow the modem to connect to another modem or server remotely, I hesitated because I was consumed with doubt that I would be able to get the software side up and running. As far as Neverwinter Nights went, I assumed what I wrote was pretty much all that could be written. Just over six months later I would happily be proven very, very wrong. Let me talk about recent developments which allow both subjects to have new life today.
In 2023 Palladium Books successfully funded a Kickstarter for a new, Redux Edition of its Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness role playing game (which I previously covered). Recently I acquired the two books which they released late last year. With books in hand now I can do a full review of them in this blog post.
Mice on 8-bit home computers platforms were not ubiquitous. Almost every popular computer had a mouse option at some point, typically after Apple showed the world how a mouse could be useful as an input device. Because they were not wildly popular, original mice can be expensive. Let's explore some ways to save.
8bitdo seems to put out a new product about once a week. They are a retro-focused company and like to design their products around nostalgic design cues. Nintendo is a favorite even for things other than game controllers. 8bitdo has sold things other than gamepads for several years now, and for a keyboard and mouse it is time for me to take a representative sample for a spin. Do these devices deserve a place on your desktop? Did they make the cut on mine? Let's find out today.
When IBM released the Personal Computer back in 1981, it gave the buyer two choices for the video output. The buyer could buy a monochrome card and a special high resolution green screen monitor to go with it, or a color card and connect it to a color monitor. The buyer could even run both cards in the same system. If someone was on a tight budget, they could use a monochrome monitor with a color card, in this blog article we will explore what the results of that would be.
Over in China there is an expatriate who goes by the handle of Taki Udon. This American began his public video gaming presence modding Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance systems. Over time he partnered with a local company, Retro Remake, to produce modding products and affordable add-ons for the MiSTer FPGA system. Now he has released a consolized MiSTer called the SuperStation One. Specifically the console his company has modeled is the Sony PS One, the slimmed down revision of the PlayStation released late in its lifecycle. The SSOne has the potential to act as a fully consolized FPGA PlayStation. Having finally received mine, I will review it here.
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