In the post xmas sales rush here in Australia, one deal that got my attention was from Jaycar, who was offering the Retro Arcade Game console for $50 on clearance! Since it is normally $250, I thought it worth picking one up and quickly checking it out!
Welcome to my first blog post of 2025. I hope you and your family had a great Xmas and new year period and got some much needed rest and relaxation.
I had planned that also, but it didn't quite turn out the way I had hoped...but it started out well enough, with a planned train trip just after Xmas 2024 to Melbourne on the Overland train to see family.
AmigaOS 4 News – December 2024 Happy New Year everyone! First, I’d like to thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog and checking out this month’s AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup. Today it is December 30th and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. It’s been a year filled with activity on all Amiga platforms, including the AmigaOS 4 […]
A surprisingly simple repair to a microscopic, but essential problem with an Amiga 1200's floppy drive.
This drive didn't work reliably, and at some point failed completely, not detecting disk media anymore. Only with a little bit of extra pushing on the disk, it would click and start reading, but immediately stop when released. A more thorough inspection was required.
Hi everyone, During the last week or so, quite a few uploads of interesting software has reached OS4Depot. Amongst these are two game ports from Daniel Jedlicka a.k.a Trixie and George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero. If you enjoy a session of Mahjong, I think you will be right at home with Shisen-Seki and Lopan. Shisen-Seki is […]
Hi everyone, Back in the summer, I put in an order for the then upcoming A600GS from AmigaKit. Sadly, I have not been very active since then. Various circumstances also put a stop to blogging. Recently, I’ve had more time and energy to look into this little machine. Thought I’d do a quick write-up about […]
For the German Amiga user in the 1980s and 90s, few computer periodicals could top the Amiga Magazin, published by the company Markt & Technik. The mag was so big in its day that it ran for an impressive twenty-two years before it ceased publication in 2009. Sadly, I don’t speak or read German myself, so the only issue of the magazine I’ve ever owned is the complimentary copy I got when I bought my Amiga 500.
I am finally finished with work for the year, and so this weekend I am finally able to finish some 2024 blog posts I had been working on, but never had time until now to complete!
So for regular readers, you will get a bunch of posts all at once! Hope it makes up for being a bit too quiet this year because of my workload..
There is an interesting yearly tradition in the country town of Strathlbyn, a short drive from Adelaide. It is called the Great Duck Race. I haven't never seen it before now, despite living in Adelaide since 1994!
At the beginning of this year I bought the new Atari 2600+ console, looking forward to using my homebrew and old Atari 2600 carts in it.
Sadly I was disappointed, as per my blog post here - a lot of titles didn't work at all.
Fast forward to December 2024, and they have now released the Atari 7800+ console. Does it work any better? Let's find out!
Reverse engineered 1997 game “Carmageddon” compiled for AmigaOS 68k.
