VIRTUAL APPLE ][: BROWSER EMBEDDED GAME DESIGN LESSONS


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1.15.2009

Brandon Boyer

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Via Darren Gladstone’s latest PC World column, a good way to wile away the weekend with Virtual Apple ][, a browser-embedded Apple II and IIgs emulator last mentioned on the Mother Boing in 2004, but now cross-browser/platform compatible in its 4.0 iteration (though IIgs emulation still requires Windows).

As Gladstone points out, the 1250+ images in stock means you can take a trip through some of gaming’s earliest landmarks that took us where we are today, from Fallout progenitor Wasteland to Beyond Castle Wolfenstein to Ultima and Wizardry to–… ah, who are we kidding, let’s just label this one the Official Play-Oregon Trail-In-Your-Browser Site.

Classic Apple II Games That Inspired Today’s Greats [PC World]

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