Notices by 4am ❧ (a2_4am@mastodon.social)

I am going to become the Joker
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Total Replay v5.2 is out. It features 502 Apple II games (200 new since v4), all playable from a single bootable 32MB hard disk image.

https://archive.org/details/TotalReplay

Code & changelog: https://github.com/a2-4am/4cade/releases/tag/v5.2

Thanks to @a2_qkumba, @txgx42, @helix_nrg, @Roughana, Frank M, Kris Kennaway, @ladyailuros, and everyone else who contributed to this project in the past five years.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

"The Cave of Time" (©1985 Bantam Publishing) has a custom copy protection that displays this screen on boot when it detects an unauthorized copy.

That, in itself, is objectively hilarious. But even better, this screen is from a completely different game from a different publisher ("Crime and Punishment, ©1984 Imagic), potentially making it a copyright violation on its own.

Rules for thee but not for me.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Fantastic Animals (unpreserved, cracked by Passport, SS$PROT protection, background reading: <https://archive.org/download/MultiPloy4amCrack/MultiPloy%20%284am%20crack%29.txt>)

https://archive.org/details/FantasticAnimals4amCrack

Thanks to @txgx42 for the disk!

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Echelon.woz

https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Echelon

Thanks to @txgx42 for the disk!

#wozaday #AppleII #retrocomputing

Annals of awesomeness in interface design: Ultima III has an "A–M" menu for commands that start with those letters

#VintageMac #retrocomputing

I once joked with my therapist that this beagle only had two speeds, 100 and 0, and he said, "oh, just like you," and not a DAY goes by

#DogsOfMastodon

Editor: You get those drawings of the lizard for our adventure game?
Illustrator: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Nothing but respect for MY Xmas playlist

Mono Number 5 source release: https://github.com/a2-4am/fonts/tree/main/Mono%20Number%205

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Curious Fred source release: https://github.com/a2-4am/fonts/tree/main/Curious%20Fred

#AppleII #retrocomputing

Therapist: anarchist minivan isn't real, it can't hurt you.

Anarchist minivan:

I regret to inform you that I am extremely back on my bullshit.

#AppleII #retrocomputing

I hope this beagle (and his bears) finds you well.

#DogsOfMastodon