Retro Tech & Café

18/05/2026

Part 1 of my exclusive interview with Trevor Dickinson is now live.
We talk history, community, hardware, vision, and the future of the Amiga.
Only up to Question 10… the rest is on its way.

About seven months ago, at one of the most memorable events in the recent history of the Amiga -the Amiga 40th in Mönchengladbach, Germany- I listened to one of the most iconic and energetic presen…

01/05/2026

What happens when a next‑generation 8‑bit graphics chip meets modern engineering?
In this feature, we explore the VIC‑IV in depth, the RRB magic behind Roguecraft DX, and the insights shared in my exclusive interviews with the developers of MegaSPUTM and MegaAGI — the interpreters bringing SCUMM and AGI classics back to life on the MEGA65 with unprecedented fidelity

The MEGA65 was born as an homage to the Commodore 65, but it quickly stopped being an archaeological curiosity and became a retro‑modern computer with ambitions of its own. At the center of that hy…

29/04/2026

27/04/2026

A new retro gem from Argentina: Simon’s C64 Core brings the Commodore 64 back to life — right in your browser. One click, and you’re in 1982 again.

There are times when the bursts of information don’t let us read carefully all the things happening in the retro world, especially when the news comes from Argentina. Not long ago I was talking wit…

26/04/2026

Hoy en Retro Tech & Café te cuento la historia de un proyecto argentino que revive a la Commodore 64… directamente desde la web. Sin descargas, sin emuladores, sin complicaciones. Solo un clic, y volvés a 1982.

Hay veces que las ráfagas de información no nos dejan leer con detenimiento todas las cosas que pasan en el mundo retro, sobre todo si las noticias provienen de Argentina. Hace poco dialogaba con S…

26/04/2026

A new story from Discord: how the NatAmi, a greyhound named Maggie, and a family of engineers shaped the Apollo A6000.
A personal look at the most human side of modern Amiga history.

Discord is one of the refuges in the retro‑technology scene. Among other things, of course. It’s also the preferred environment for technical teams, far from the context of social networks and thei…

13/04/2026

Step back into the golden age of Sierra adventures, now reborn on the MEGA65. I sat down with Keith Henrickson (aka AwesomeDolphin), the creator of MegaAGI, to talk passion, engineering, and the mission of keeping digital history alive.
Full interview inside.

Exclusive interview with the creator of MegaAGI for the MEGA65: “keeping history alive is a kind of mission for me.” The MEGA65 community is small and vibrant. It is also extremely active and talen…

03/04/2026

Nuevo artículo en Retro Tech & Café: un análisis introductorio del Apollo A6000, el sistema 68k moderno creado por el Apollo Team, con CPU 68080, SuperAGA, Maggie y una filosofía que retoma lo que Commodore dejó inconcluso.
Si te interesa la arquitectura Amiga, este texto es para vos.

¿Qué es lo que hace que un Amiga sea un Amiga y no otra plataforma? Y sobre todo… ¿qué es lo que hace al Amiga ser algo tan especial y extraordinario? Si nos hiciéramos esta misma pregunta ha…

02/04/2026

New article at Retro Tech & Café: an in‑depth look at the Apollo A6000, the modern 68k system built by the Apollo Team, featuring the 68080 CPU, SuperAGA, Maggie, and a philosophy that picks up exactly where Commodore left off.
If you care about Amiga architecture, this one’s for you.

What is it that makes an Amiga an Amiga and not just another platform? And above all… what is it that makes the Amiga something so special and extraordinary? If we had asked ourselves this same que…