UPDATE: I wrote this last night before getting a nasty email from one of the writer’s contest participants, but after receiving such awful and heartbreaking message, I can see I am making the right decision. I’ve considered this for a while, but it is time to move on. After nine years of blogging and publishing news, Vintage is the New Old will cease to exist. I am still uncertain if I will keep it online as ready-only until the end of my contract with the hosting provider or if I will shut it down soon, but what is certain is that ViTNO is done. Over the years, many people came to help and m ..read more

The first edition of ViTNO Writer’s contest ended on June 30. We got to a verdict after some discussions with our judges, Randy Kindig (Floppy Days Podcast) and Kitty (@CommodoreBlog). All four entries were for the non-technical category and were about something that left a good memory for the writers, which was very nice since, depending on your past experience with retro games or retro computers, you can relate to the stories told by the contestants. With no further ado, here is the result: The first place goes to “Pirating Amiga Stuff in the 90’s”, by “Supercruiser”, a past the probably we ..read more

Clube MSX is starting this Monday (07/03) the pre-sale of My Sacred Place and The 4 Masters of Melody Ex in cartridge for MSX. Each game comes with a box, manual and gifts and can now be purchased in the Clube MSX virtual store for R$ 179.00 (promotional price for each game) plus shipping costs (international orders must be made by emailing contato@clubemsx. com. br). The start of shipments to buyers in the pre-sale period is scheduled for 07/31. The 4 Masters of Melody The 4 Masters of Melody is a puzzle game for MSX released by Clube MSX magazine in 2018. The classic Simon inspired the gam ..read more

Author: Falbert Forester Date: June 30th, 2023 Category: Non-technical   When My Father Took Me to Night Class In the summer of 1982, my father signed up for a night course at the local high school.  He wanted to learn about computers and maybe use one to help the family business out – specifically, with accounting software.  This is because my grandfather ran the family farm the old fashioned way – he “just remembered” most of the bills due and bills owed, and would hand-write bills out to collect or checks to pay his debts. We lived in a small town with one major industr ..read more

Author: Tyson Rek Date: June 30th, 2023 Category: Non-technical ONLY A GAME Gather around my fellow Nineties Brothers and get ready to turn back the Way-Clocks as we board the express train of yesterday moving backwards at full steam through the green warp zone time tunnels all the way back to The Good Years. Back to the days before the internet when life was more simpler more whole some and stretched onwards like endless summers. Back to the days when young inquisitive minds seeked top shelves encyclopedias, back when Adidas snap pants and K9 collar wallet chains were all the rage at t ..read more

Author: Supercruiser Date: June 14th, 2023 Category: Non-technical   So to put things into context and the memories all tend to get a little blurred the further things go on, but this is how I recollect the below. I come from a small town in the regional area of South Australia, and my first dial up experience was with a Tandy Colour Computer 2 when a mate lent me an acoustic coupler, and I managed to get it to dial out from my Coco, at first I didn’t actually believe it worked as the text began to crawl across the screen at unadulterated 300 baud, but it worked and it further cement ..read more

Atari fans are in luck, as Andrea Cucchetto (Italy) has managed to convert the popular Commodore 64 game “Space Taxi” for Atari 8-bit computers, with lovely graphics, challenging gameplay and even digitized voices. Cucchetto, known for his contributions to the Atari scene with titles such as “Circo Bianco” (1987), “Hypnotic Land” (1992) and “Conquest of the Crown” (1994), decided to resume his passion in 2013. After releasing the disc version of “White Circus”, he set himself an even bigger challenge: converting “Space Taxi” for Atari. “Space Taxi” was originally created by John Kutcher in 19 ..read more

You always hear about ASCII, ANSI and PETSCII. So why not a special compo for Amstrad ASCII? It’s really time, isn’t it? Join this fun event! Create your own AMSCII art and enjoy the limits of retro computing. This event is held online only. Submission of entries: 27. May – 15. June 2023 (17:59 CEST) Submit your entry here For editing, use Playscii with the Amstrad ASCII Exporter or the new AMSCII converter from lvllvl or anything else The artworks will (most likely) be presented and released during:  16. June 2023&nbs ..read more

We’re back with a new episode of our podcast and this time we welcome Francisco Gonzáles from Grundislav Games. They are known for indie adventure games like Lamplight City, Shardlight or A Golden Wake + Ben Jordan. Currently Francisco is working on his new game ‘Rosewater’ and we’re happy to get some insights. Enjoy! Interview starts at 13:05 minutes! Listen / watch: https://scene.world/gg   Share Tweet Share ..read more

Author: Francis Blais Date: April 28th, 2023 Category: Non-technical Growing up in Quebec, Canada, as a 90’s kid hooked on 8-bit video games, had its share of unique moments. For starters, I’m old enough to have lived the video store experience. Not the clean and abundant Blockbuster or Vidéotron experience; the small town, back-of-the-convenience-store one, with two small shelves of VHS tapes and game cartridges stacked next to the beer fridge. Most store owners in my area were proficient sellers of snacks and cigarettes, but were neither gamers nor film geeks. Nevertheless, in one such sto ..read more