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Retro Apogee Games

I am super stoked about my retro gaming system project. I discovered that RetroPie includes support for retro PC games via integrated DosBox. To take it for a trial run, I loaded an old (1993) game from Apogee Software called Cosmo’s Cosmic Adventure. After some fiddling around to get the install right and the screen […]

Testament to IT Waste

While trying to clean up some office wiring I grabbed a new spare 4-port Gigabit hub and discovered that it was missing its dongle power brick. That’s not the first time I’ve received an electronic device missing its power supply and figured I might be able to find one as it needs 5v and 0.6A. […]

Next gen game engine and editor

For those of us who have coded away for decades using rudimentary text editors, take a look at this video series that demonstrates creation of a 2D side scrolling game using the latest/greatest Unreal engine. This stuff is only a VR helmet and gloves away from the William Gibson/Minority Report type of computing. Enjoy… https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Videos/Player?series=PLZlv_N0_O1gauJh60307mE_67jqK42twB