Games and entertainment software for the Apple II. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate newly found floppy disk images and programs.
Floppy disk images of games from the ASIMOV archive, a user-submitted collection of Apple II software. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate newly found floppy...
This collection consists of thousands of floppy disks primarily for the Apple II and III series of computers, from the collection of the Rhode Island Apple Group (RIAG). RIAG is an Apple Users Group from Providence, RI that was formed in the 1970s for the support of the Apple II. From the site: The Rhode Island Apple Group (RIAG) is the Ocean State's premier support organization for users of ALL Apple and Apple OS computers - Apple II, Apple III, Lisa, Macintosh, and all clones using Apple...
Topics: Apple II, Floppies, Emulation, Rhode Island, RIAG
A collection of historical software for Apple II computers from the 1980s and early 1990s. Each item was originally copy protected (i.e. the original floppy disk could not be copied to another floppy disk), but the copy protection has been removed and documented. Most items also include a "work disk" comprising the intermediate files created during the deprotection. To send feedback, ask questions, or get notified of new releases, follow @a2_4am on Twitter.
Applications, utilities and general purpose software for the Apple II. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate newly found floppy disk images and programs.
Apple II Game Compilations - collections of games or programs on a single floppy disk with a menu to allow selection between them. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to...
Educational software for the Apple II. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate newly found floppy disk images and programs.
A collection of floppy disk images from The Glitch's personal collection, dating to the early 1990s.
Demos for the Apple II, including graphics and sound demonstrations as well as truncated versions of commercial software. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate...
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"This collection represents the culmination of a 3 and a half year effort to help preserve some of the history of early computing. When I heard that Mike Harvey was unable to locate the Nibble Programs library I thought, 'someone should organize an effort to type the programs in and make them available.' Then Sam Stoddard submitted a set of 24 disk images containing 265 of the major Nibble programs and I found 20 old Nibble disks on eBay. I realized, with half of the Nibble library already...
Topics: Apple II, Nibble Magazine, Floppy Disks, Programs, Magazine, Floppies, Apple II
Floppy disk images of Apple II Magazines, monthly or occasional issues that would come in disk form with programs and articles. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to...
Apple II Operating System boot floppies. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate newly found floppy disk images and programs.
Floppy disk images from the Rhode Island Apple Group. The Internet Archive Software Library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs. Using the JSMESS emulator, users can "boot up" an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. More titles are added frequently, and users are encouraged to donate newly found floppy disk images and programs.
Odell Lake is a simulation game in which you take the role of a fish in Odell Lake, Oregon. You meet various forms of animal and plant life, including other types of fish. Each time you meet another animal or a plant, you must decide what to do. Your decisions determine whether or not you survive! There are two ways to play Odell Lake: - Go Exploring - Play for Points When you go exploring: - You choose the fish you want to play; - You are told the names of the plants and animals you meet; -...
Topics: Educational, Science
A version of Pac-Man for the Apple II by Atarisoft. Offers joystick and keyboard control, and up to 5 players playing against each other. Unusual use of the color palette limitations (the fruits are huge!) and unusually smooth graphics. The program appears to have be a prototype or hack of the Atarisoft version of Pac-Man, which was released in 1983. Text within the code indicates that there is a cheat mode allowing skipping through 21 levels, as well as playing one of the three cartoons. To...
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Arkanoid (1987)(Taito)
★★★
( 1 reviews )
IT’S GORILLA WARFARE! THE THRILL OF THE ARCADE GAME You can feel an exciting tingle up and down your spine when you play DONKEY KONG at home, just like at an arcade. Your joystick guides Mario, the fearless carpenter, up the girders and elevators as he attempts to rescue his sweetheart from the clutches of Donkey Kong. All the thrills of the arcade game in a home computer version for one or two players.
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
This is it. The game everybody's been waiting for, Gauntlet, the most successful arcade game of all time has come home. And it brings with it all the characters, dungeons, traps, treasures, and excitement you loved in the arcades.
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Welcome to the world of Munchers, Troggles, and numbers. Your job is to help your Muncher eat the right numbers or match problems without getting caught by a Troggle! You may play five different games: 1. Multiples - In this game, you direct the Muncher to eat numbers that are multiples of a displayed value. 2. Factors - In this game, you direct the Muncher to eat numbers that may be evenly divided into a displayed value. 3. Primes - In this game, you direct the Muncher to eat prime numbers. A...
Topics: Educational, Basic Math
Word Munchers is a game which helps you learn vowel sounds. In this game, your job is to move your Word Muncher and have it eat the right words. The right words are those which have the same vowel sound as the word at the top of the game screen. Be careful! You can lose a Muncher if it eats the wrong word or if it gets caught by a Troggle.
Topics: Educational, Language Arts
BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception is a turn-based adventure/role-playing video game game released in 1988 by Westwood Studios and based on the BattleTech franchise. It was one of the first commercial ports of the licence, and featured some of the franchise's worlds, institutions, political figures, and weapons, particularly the three-story tall Battlemechs. (Wikipedia) The 31st century is a desperate time. Five Successor States are hopelessly locked in a mortal struggle for power. In...
Topics: Apple II games, Role playing games
Impossible Mission is a video game for several home computers. The original version for the Commodore 64 was programmed by Dennis Caswell and published by Epyx in 1984. The game features a variety of gameplay mechanics, from platform, adventure and action games and boasted novel features for the time, such as digitized speech. Impossible Mission, which casts the player in the role of a secret agent infiltrating an enemy stronghold, is widely considered one of the best games for several...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
King Quest (1983)(Sierra)[Save].nib
Defender (1983)(Atari)
( 1 reviews )
Make Garfield go on a diet by guessing the word he has in mind.
Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It is a platform game that features two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich. The object is to progress through levels by defeating groups of enemy knights riding buzzards. John Newcomer led the development team, which included Bill Pfutzenreuter, Jan Hendricks, Python Anghelo, Tim Murphy, and John Kotlarik. Newcomer aimed to create a flying...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
"Compu-Read" is a 1982 educational program distributed by Edu-Ware Services, Inc. The on-disk main menu says "Ver. 3.4 25 Jan 82".
Topics: apple2, 4am, crack
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a platforming video game originally released for the Atari 2600 video game console in 1984. It is the sequel to the popular Pitfall!. Both games were designed and written by David Crane and published by Activision. The star of the games is Pitfall Harry, an 8-bit jungle explorer. The game's plot was later remade loosely into Super Pitfall. The original Pitfall! has Harry exploring a jungle, collecting treasures, and avoiding danger in the forms of crocodiles,...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Now counting and number recognition are as easy as 1, 2, 3! Colorful groups of bug, moving objects- trucks and ducks, birds and bears, and lots more- reinforce numbers and counting skills. Each time a number of the keyboard is pressed, a new set of objects is displayed on the screen with the corresponding numeral. You can use the space bar to learn to count up and down. When the space bar is pressed, the next number and objects appear on the screen. The many possible picture combinations work...
Topics: Educational, Basic Math
Speedway Math provides you with a set of three programs to practice the quick recall of math facts. Tune-up Time - Practice basic math facts of your own choosing. You select the operation, problem types, and number of problems. The lesson is not timed. Practice Laps - Select the operation and do as many practice laps (10 problems) as you like. After each lap, you are given your score, time, and speed. The Big Race - After plenty of practice, you are finally ready for the big race. How long does...
Topics: Educational, Basic Math
Now kids can practice basic math skills and help the Stickybear family out of some sticky jams at the same time. It's simple - for every set of addition and subtraction problems youngsters get right, Stickybear gets a step closer to getting out of a jam. Get enough problems right and Stickybear gets out of one jam... but into another... And kids practice skills at a pace that's just right for them... because Stickybear Math, the computer automatically advances when the child is ready to try...
Topics: Educational, Basic Math
Hard Hat Mack is a 1983 Apple II game developed by Michael Abbot and Matthew Alexander. It was the first game published by Electronic Arts. It was later ported to the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Coleco Adam and as a PC booter. Hard Hat Mack was similar to Nintendo's remarkably successful Donkey Kong game of 1981, with more gameplay variety and faster action. The player guides a construction worker through a series of goals, making use of open paths, springboards, conveyor belts, and...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Designed for journalists, The Newsroom was an early piece of WYSIWYG desktop publishing software with the flexibility to create stylish, sophisticated layouts.
The Print Shop, originally released in 1984 by Brøderbund, is one of the most popular Apple II titles of all time: a desktop publishing program that provides libraries of clip art and templates to allow users to create their own signs, cards, banners and letterheads.
There you were, minding your own business, when Clyde (the bully) comes and steals all your hard-earned high-jumping trophies! To make matters worse, he hid them. And what's even worse than that... he hid them in the old deserted Pirate's Hideout! It's said that the pirates set all kinds of traps to protect the treasures hidden there... So, Dave, now you gotta go get your trophies back... or you just ain't the high-jumping champ we thought you were.
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
A fun way to reinforce letter and word recognition so necessary for good reading skills! Even the youngest learners can master their ABC's right down to XYZ. A press of the letter A on the keyboard brings a bright airplane weaving across the screen. Press B and a bee buzzing around Stickybear will appear... all the way down to Z for zipped!
Topics: Educational, Early Learning
To play Gauntlet you will also need side A of the disk.
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Welcome to the world of Munchers, Troggles, and fractions. Your job is to help your Muncher eat the right fractions or expressions without getting caught by a Troggle! You may play four different games: 1. Fraction Types - Help the Munchers choose the right type of fractions to eat for lunch. 2. Equivalent Fractions - Help the Munchers eat all the fractions equivalent to a given fraction. 3. Comparing Fractions - Help the Munchers decide whether a fraction is less than or greater than one half....
Topics: Educational, Basic Math
"Spy Hunter" is a 1983 arcade game distributed by Bally Midway.
Topics: apple2, 4am, crack
Your war was never over. And now you're going back. The parachute drops you into the middle of enemy territory. Your mission: Prove the existence of American POW's in Vietnam - Don't engage the enemy - Leave it to the government to get them out. But who could leave Americans in that hell hole? Not you, John Rambo. Aided only by a beautiful woman, an AK-47 machine gun, a knife and a bow, you face the nightmare of Vietnam all over again. But this time you must win - or die! Put yourself to the...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
This program disk includes four games: Choplifter! (1982, Brøderbund Software) - Choplifter! is a 1982 Apple II game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Brøderbund. It was ported to other home computers and, in 1985, Sega released a coin-operated arcade game remake, which in turn received several home ports of its own. While many arcade games have been ported to home computers and consumer consoles, Choplifter was one of the few games to take the reverse route: first appearing on a home...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Karate Champ (1985)(Data East)[cr Digital Gang]
Circus Math is a drill and practice package that presents whole number addition problems. The programs are sequenced according to difficulty. Clown Maker - Drills on whole number addition with two digit addends. The problems do not involve regrouping. (20 problems) Clown Car - Drills on whole number addition with two digit addends. The problems may involve up to three addends and do not involve regrouping. (20 problems) High Wire - Drills on whole number addition with 2-4 digit addends. The...
Topics: Educational, Basic Math, Problem Solving
Chivalry (1983)(Optimum Resource)
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( 1 reviews )
Take the Oath and re-live the adventures of Mikey, Brand, Chunk, Mouth, Data, Andy, and Stef, the intrepid Goonies! Intricate, Rube Goldberg style mazes provide the challenge in eight exciting screens inspired by scenes from the Steven Speilberg movie. Deadly bats, demonic flying skulls, and poisonous slime are just a few of the perils to avoid while figuring out how to coordinate the movements of the characters to solve the puzzles and outwit their adversaries. Each screen features two of the...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Choplifter! is a 1982 Apple II game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Brøderbund. It was ported to other home computers and, in 1985, Sega released a coin-operated arcade game remake, which in turn received several home ports of its own. While many arcade games have been ported to home computers and consumer consoles, Choplifter was one of the few games to take the reverse route: first appearing on a home system and being ported to the arcade. In Choplifter, the player assumes the role...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Mr. Do! (1985)(Datasoft)[cr Black Bag]
This disk contains a bunch of ancient BASIC programs for the 1975 Altair Computer -- the first easily affordable Personal Computer. In March 2002, Michael O'Malley adapted them for the Apple II, debugged them, tidied them up, and improved the screen I/O for Apple II emulators.
Bank Street Writer (1984)(Broderbund)[cr Blade] Bank Street Writer is a word processor developed for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, IBM, Macintosh and MSX platforms in the early 1980s. Developed by people at the Bank Street College of Education in New York City, it was quite popular in the education market over the next several years as it was initially designed for use in schools. In the early 1980s United States, many schools started introducing computers into the classroom and Bank...
Topics: bank street writer, word processor
Mission Impossible was later renamed to Secret Mission. This is adventure #3 in Scott Adam's text adventure series. Mission Impossible has you stopping terrorists from blowing up a nuclear reactor.
Topics: Apple II games, Adventure games
Typing instruction game that dares to be fun. Zap the enemy by typing correctly or the word zaps you. Eighteen progressive lessons graduated from home-letter recognition to 9-letter words, numbers and BASIC programming words. Create your own lesson for specific needs.
Topics: Educational, Typing
IT’S GORILLA WARFARE! THE THRILL OF THE ARCADE GAME You can feel an exciting tingle up and down your spine when you play DONKEY KONG at home, just like at an arcade. Your joystick guides Mario, the fearless carpenter, up the girders and elevators as he attempts to rescue his sweetheart from the clutches of Donkey Kong. All the thrills of the arcade game in a home computer version for one or two players.
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Commando (1987)(Data East)[cr Digital Gang]
Garfield Double Dares is a word game with two kinds of gameplay. In the first one, Garfield gives you a word, and you have to find other words that rhyme with it. In the second one, Garfield gives you letters, and you have to make as many words as possbile with them.
Designed for journalists, The Newsroom was an early piece of WYSIWYG desktop publishing software with the flexibility to create stylish, sophisticated layouts.
This is the character disk for BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception. The game disk is available here.
Topics: Apple II games, Role playing games
Lode Runner (1983)(Broderbund)[m mod-keyset Nut Cracker][a]
First-Letter Fun is a set of four programs that give practice in matching the initial sounds of words with the letters that make those sounds. With the exception of the letters Q and X, all the letters of the alphabet are presented for practice. In the case of words beginning with vowels, only the short vowel sounds are used.
Topics: Educational, Early Learning
"Donkey Kong" is a 1983 arcade game programmed by Michael Cranford and distributed by Atari.
Topics: apple2, 4am, crack
Jumpman is a platform game written by Randy Glover and released by Epyx in 1983. Originally developed for the Atari 400/800, versions were also released for the Commodore 64, Apple II, IBM PC, and ColecoVision. The object of the game is to defuse all bombs in a platform-filled screen. Jumpman defuses a bomb by touching it. According to the story, these are placed on Jupiter by terrorists. Jumpman can climb up and down ladders, and of course jump, and there are two kinds of rope each allowing a...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
"Pac-Man" is a 1984 arcade game. There were several games released with the same or similar names; this is the one distributed by Datasoft, Inc.
Topics: apple2, 4am, crack
Andromeda Conquest (1982)(Avalon Hill)
This program disk includes three games: Crime Wave (1983, Scott Schram/Penguin Software) - You control a police car on patrol in a metropolitan area. Once a robbery occurs the perpetrators car will change to the color red. You must then catch them and bring them to the police station for booking. Unfortunately, other traffic on the road may get in your way. Crystal Castles (1983, Atari/Atarisoft) - Bentley Bear is trapped in CRYSTAL CASTLES, home of Berthilda the Witch and her evil cronies. To...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
VisiCalc was the first spreadsheet computer program, originally released for the Apple II. It is often considered the application that turned the microcomputer from a hobby for computer enthusiasts into a serious business tool, and is considered the Apple II's killer app. VisiCalc sold over 700,000 copies in six years, and as many as 1 million copies over its history. When Lotus 1-2-3 was launched in 1983, taking full advantage of the expanded memory and screen of the PC, VisiCalc sales...
★
( 1 reviews )
Dinosaur Discovery is an educational game in which students explore, solve puzzles in reading, math, geography, and science, and attempt to uncover the mystery of a professor who was trying to hatch dinosaurs on an isolated island.
Anti-Gravity is a quick paced game which requires careful planning as well as good coordination. The goal is to reach certain locations on the playing screen in a certain amount of time while avioding aliens in your path. Levels.... The game has 3 levels each are divided into a number of screens with level 1,2,3 having 5,10,15 screens. Before each screen you are told what level, what screen number, and how many men. Characters.... You are given 4 white men to start with and an additional man...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
Arithmetic Critters is a collection of four programs designed to give kindergarten and first-grade children individual practice on early mathematics skills. Each program presents exercises that can be solved using counting skills. The exercises are presented in a way intended to reinforce the concepts behind the skills. In Animal Addition, students practice adding two groups of up to nine identical animals. In Fowl Play, students practice subtracting up to nine birds from a group of up to...
Topics: Educational, Basic Math
Alien (1982)(Avalon Hill) & Bilestoad, The (19xx)(-) & Voyage Of The Valkyrie (1980)(Leo Christopherson)[b]
Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is a video game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Apple II and Atari 800 in 1983 and was later ported to other platforms, such as the Commodore 64 and DOS (as a booter). Pinball Construction Set created a new genre of video games—the "builder" or "construction set" class of games. With PCS, users can construct their own virtual pinball machine, by dropping controls onto a table. Controls included bumpers,...
Topics: Apple II games, Simulation games
Design to complement The Print Shop, The Print Shop Companion featured additional graphics, a new graphics editor, a border editor, a font editor, "Tile Magic" (similar to The Print Shop's kaleidoscope feature), Creature Maker, and a weekly and monthly calendar generator.
Batman: The Caped Crusader is an action adventure game developed by Special FX Software (Jonathan Smith, Zach Townsend, Charles Davies, and Keith Tinman) and published by Ocean Software for the 8-bit home computers such as the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 and by Data East for other platforms such as the Apple II, Commodore Amiga and PC in 1988. It was an arcade adventure, using comic book style panels to show the action. In this game, Batman is faced with two of his most well-known adversaries,...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
MECC Keyboarding Master is a package in the Keyboarding series. This series, along with four others, is part of MECC's Computing and Information collection. This collection introduces students to the concepts and skills necessary to live in the Information Age.
Topics: Educational, Typing
Mathematics Vol I - Graphing, Logic, and Equations These eight programs focus computer power on central concepts in secondary mathematics, including coordinate geometry, algebra, and logic. SLOPE, POLYGRAPH, and POLAR, all versatile graphing utilities, enable students to explore concepts such as slope, intercepts, roots or equations, symmetry, concavity, and translations in both rectangular and polar coordinates. ALGEBRA provides guided practice in solving linear equations. BAGELS is a number...
Topics: Educational, Algebra
This program disk includes ten games: Burgertime (1983, Data East/Mattel Electronics) - Welcome to the BURGERTIME kitchen! It is a maze of vicious hot dogs, marauding pickles, and devilish eggs. These nasties combine in an all-out culinary effort to sandwich your chef and quickly end his career in fast food. Tasty prizes appear for your chef - ice cream, French fries, and coffee. His super secret burger ingredient is pepper which will stop cold any approaching nasty. Burnout (S. Baker) - Single...
Topics: Apple II games, Action games
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