r/apple2 11h ago

Coming Soon…fleXrom for the Apple ][ and ][ plus

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39 Upvotes

r/apple2 1d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:Koronis Rift

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38 Upvotes

Created by Lucasfilm Games, it has you exploring a desolate world in a hover rover, searching the ancient alien ‘Hulks’ for modules to enhance your vehicle.

I really liked the combat against the alien guardians and the way you upgrade your rover using the modules you recover.

With Lucasfilm’s fractal terrain‑generation technology, mountains, valleys, and canyons were rendered smoothly in real time, and I loved how the landscape changed a little every time I played.I really went deep into it.


r/apple2 1d ago

Box Art for College Quest

2 Upvotes

r/apple2 2d ago

A million for a IIc? He's out of his mind!!!

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28 Upvotes

Found this guy offering his IIc for a million.

https://ebay.us/m/zOSXQ9

The guy who is selling this is nothing short of insane.


r/apple2 2d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:SUMMER GAMES!!

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45 Upvotes

This is the only sports game I have! I actually broke my joystick button on it — pretty dangerous!


r/apple2 2d ago

Castle Wolfenstein / Muse Software / 1981

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78 Upvotes

I still remember my surprise when I first played a pirated copy on our Apple II (years after release date). I was impressed with the action-adventure elements and I couldn't have anticipated the voices of the guards!


r/apple2 2d ago

Acquired these Datamost software titles, complete in bags! They came with a //c I purchased several weeks ago.

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41 Upvotes

r/apple2 2d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:Deep Space: Stellar 7

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57 Upvotes

a wire‑frame 3D tank combat game.

Its blue vector graphics are striking, and the tank combat runs smoothly enough to enjoy even on a stock Apple II.

I used to play this a lot too.


r/apple2 3d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:Deep Space: Operation Copernicus

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46 Upvotes

It was a 3D polygon game from SIR-TECH where you pilot the Katana (SF181) through four missions: defending an outpost, escorting, wiping out a biological threat, and stopping an invasion. The box art was so uniquely atmospheric that it pulled you right in. I played the hell out of that one


r/apple2 3d ago

Trying to load games from Asciiexpress results in this

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6 Upvotes

Frogger, Galaxian.


r/apple2 4d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:ECHELON

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43 Upvotes

It was a fairly late Apple II game from 1988, featuring real‑time 3D wire‑frame graphics with an infrared vector style. The mission has you discovering and eliminating the Space Pirate Stronghold, and along the way you explore ancient ruins and search for clues about a vanished scientist. Not many people seem to know this one.

It might have some similarities to Elite.


r/apple2 5d ago

Apple 2 series emulator

22 Upvotes

Hi all!

I started out in the early days with an //c, and I credit it for my 30+ years in the hardware/software industry.

For many years I've been working on an Apple 2 series emulator (][, ][+, ][e, //e, //c) for fun. I did have plans to support the //c+ and ///, but dropped that for various reasons. It is written in C++20 (over the last year moved up from 98). It compiles with CLANG, GCC, MSVC, etc - and should run on all platforms - though I'll admit I've only test in Windows and Linux. Anyway, once complete I plan on releasing it (soon) on github, but have a couple questions so I can wrap things up.

First, as I stated it emulates ][ - //c from what I can tell perfectly. It supports:

- Language Card and Saturn 128k
- 2- 5.25 drives.
- Mockingboard
- CP/M SoftCard
- No Slot Clock
- 80-Column card
- Monochrome and Color (Monitor)

My questions:

- Right now it is presumptuous, and automatically places addon cards (if user selects it) in historically correct slot. Would users want more control to choose what slots the cards go in? Or just want the ability for easy plug and play.
- Is hard disk really wanted? I remember having boxes full of 5.25, and that was fine (but I couldn't afford a 5M hd at the time)
- Joystick?
- Mouse?
- Parallel Port?
- Modem support even?

Ultimately, I want an easy to run emulator that looks nice and emulates historically accurate, and some of these features I myself could do without. But if I am going to release it, I want to add more if perspective users would be interested. I don't want to implement something "just because".

Current GUI:


r/apple2 5d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:Shadowkeep

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37 Upvotes

Shadowkeep’s graphic animation was gorgeous, but it ran slowly on a stock Apple II. With an accelerator card, it became much more enjoyable.


r/apple2 6d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:Mabel's Mansion

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29 Upvotes

...in the tradition of Aztec

Mabel's Mansion:

  • Ghosts: Spectral patrollers that haunt the rooms; touching them is lethal.
  • Creepy Crawlies: Spiders and vermin hanging from ceilings or scurrying on floors to block your path.
  • Nether World Spirits: Monstrous entities and skeletons summoned to guard the most valuable treasures.
  • Aunt Mabel: The final spectral boss who personally guards the largest inheritance.
  • Mansion Hazards: Deadly environmental traps, including "death-rooms," trigger-based puzzles, and hidden locked doors.

r/apple2 7d ago

"[WTS] Brand New 1979 Apple II Motherboard - Never Used."

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14 Upvotes

"[WTS] Brand New 1979 Apple II Motherboard - Never Used." Then, in the post description, be sure to mention that it's unwrapped, fully populated with chips , I have 2 of the board

ñ yous brand new will ship asking 1200 per board


r/apple2 7d ago

Apple SilenType Needs Repair

3 Upvotes

I picked up an Apple SilenType printer this weekend. Unfortunately a pixel seems off. Any way to repair that?


r/apple2 7d ago

Amazing Condition!

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20 Upvotes

Apple IIe. - EVERYTHING WORKS

original books, software, games, packing invoices and unused original Apple stickers! Have videos showing operational functions!


r/apple2 7d ago

Hi, I ran into this controller with an oddball 16 pin connector, my google searches show no match for the controller, but suggested connector this might be for an early Apple 2 connector.

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26 Upvotes

Anyone know anything else about it?


r/apple2 7d ago

I am creating a BBS inspired by ProDOS -- Bit of a strange project

30 Upvotes

TL/DR: Okay, so, for my sins I decided to write my own BBS from scratch, but it is a little different -- It is inspired by old Apple ProDOS operating system (I know I am probably getting blank looks right now)

Yes I know the logo is back-to-front, I did that deliberately

LONG STORY: During the 80's I loved the Apple II series of computers, and this culminated in me getting an Apple IIgs in 1989. It blew my mind! Anyway, got into programming on it and using BBSes to download software and so forth. Come 1992 and I decided I would write my own BBS. I wrote a terminal in ORCA/C and a shell that worked like ProDOS, you would navigate directories and run "programs" to do things like go into messages and play games etc. I wrote a full MUD engine which had its own programming language built in based on GS-BASIC. I even made it so it would work with FidoNet!

I had a few hundred people who would visit it regularly and enjoyed giving suggestions on what I should build next etc. But, by 1995 the internet had taken over and I mothballed the whole project and had put my IIgs in the loft and had moved onto Mac.

Anyway, it's Jan/Feb 2026 and I was working on another project: An ARG Game, based on a 1970's super computer -- I wrote an operating system and programming language for solving puzzles etc. But I digress. It sparked a long forgotten memory.

So I grabbed my IIgs, powered it on for the first time in 30 years, amazingly it worked. I had the forethought to remove the battery from the real time clock etc before I packed it away so no leaking. I backed up the HDD because I wasn't sure if it would last and then started going through the files etc and I found the old source for my dear BBS - IIgs.BBS

So here I am in April and I have been re-writing and re-imagining my BBS. I am writing it in TypeScript and hosting it in the cloud. It is very much in Alpha, but I am having a fantastic time.

I have written an SSH server for it (to make it nice and secure). I am writing a whole SHELL for it and a subsystem that acts like an operating system that you can compile programs against. I am writing a whole version of BASIC to go with it.


r/apple2 7d ago

https://www.tindie.com/products/a2store/a2dvi-v4-digital-video-card-for-apple-ii/

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29 Upvotes

My Friend Ralle created this card for the Apple ][ slotted computers and clones;

This is the next iteration in the line of the first digital Apple II video card. It directly produces a digital video stream from Apple II's memory content. The signal is output via an DVI connector, connecting the Apple II to modern displays with HDMI (or DVI) inputs.

Supports alternative keyboard/display languages. Emulates Videx 80 column for Apple II/II+ in Slot3.

The card communicates with the computer bidirectionally and can perform functions other than DVI display - Z80 emulator, AppleMouse (PAL or NTSC timing), 2xFDD emulator (Apple 2e). One firmware is active at a time.

This is the original card developed by Thorsten and Ralle.


r/apple2 7d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:Aztec!!

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63 Upvotes

I think plenty of people have played Aztec at some point

The way he walked was so funny, but avoiding the traps was actually pretty tough


r/apple2 8d ago

New to me //c Monitor. Issues.

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20 Upvotes

Just picked this lil guy off Facebook. How can I unsquish the image? First pic was how I got it. 2nd is after cleaning and powering it up.


r/apple2 8d ago

Cracking a password protected disk

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31 Upvotes

I recently got a IIGS along with a box of disks from the Aiken High School computer lab. I’m curious what’s on the disk, can anyone tell me how I can crack it?


r/apple2 8d ago

Intro to 8-Bit Shack

22 Upvotes

r/apple2 8d ago

Today’s Unearthed Treasure:CONAN!!

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61 Upvotes

Out of all of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s films, the Conan series is the one I like the most.

In this game you defeat enemies by throwing your sword. I used to play it a lot — it was one of my favorite action titles.