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Re: Apple II GS Software
Is there any way to contact the author of the Game Boy Emulator for the
IIgs? I would pay a few bucks for the emulator, even if it is not fully
functional. I'd like to see my GS do something new and different
Supertimer wrote:
> whocares@whocares.com (whocares@whocares.com) wrote:
>
> >Slick <Slick_RCBD@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Nathan, why do you greet newcommers to this newsgroup with flames?
> >
> >Why, to indoctrinate the newcomer into "Correct Think", ie nathan's
> >way of thinking! Mustn't let newcomers realize Apple //s are old,
> >with most software available for free downloads.
>
> While I most certainly do not agree with Nathan's flamefests, I think
> that I can speek for myself, Slick, maybe even Steve Metzer and
> LJSILICON when I say that there is no reason to think there is no
> new software (and hardware) developments even if the Apple II is old.
> There are degrees of old and the Apple IIGS just happens to sit on
> that tantalizing boundary between the modern and the classic. The
> IIGS sound chip, for example, although not state of the art in 1998,
> was LIGHT YEARS ahead of anything on ANY computer in 1986.
> Even today, it can do everything it always could. Just look at the
> following of "classic" Mirage and ESQ-1 enthusiasts on the web.
> ...many musicians still enjoy pounding the keys on these synths
> (same sound chip as IIGS) to this day! The sound is definitely up
> beyond the range of a Nintendo unit...
>
> Although some site may have Lode Runner for free, I prefer to look
> FORWARD to the release of the GameBoy emulator for the IIGS
> and Bomberman for the IIGS...
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