Breakout on Cassette: When Apple II Games Came Screeching Out of a Tape Player
Some early computer artifacts feel almost impossible to explain today. The original Apple II cassette of Breakout, written in Integer BASIC by Steve Wozniak, is one of them. Yes, distributed on cassette. Not a floppy disk, a cartridge, or a download. A cassette. The...
The Weird, Wonderful Magic of the Speak & Spell
Some toys are fun. Some toys accidentally predict the future. The Texas Instruments Speak & Spell did both. To a kid in early middle school back in the late 70s / early 80s, it felt less like a spelling toy and more like a tiny robot computer from another planet....
Atari 2600 Adventure: That Old Cartridge Still Meant Something
I pulled something off the shelf the other day that I haven’t looked at in a while. It’s an old cartridge from the Atari 2600. The game: Adventure. You don’t need to be into games to follow this; it’s more about the connection than anything else. I was about ten when...
Gaming on the Original iPhone 2G: Three Tiny Games
To me, there is something deeply satisfying about powering on an iPhone 2G in 2026 and finding that it still works.I keep my original iPhone on a display shelf, still connected to power, keeping the battery charged. It actually still has its original battery,...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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