Category Archives: Apple

iWoz: The “Steve” I Always Liked Was Wozniak

Posted on October 14, 2011 by 8bit_admin

With all the hoopla about the passing of world’s greatest technology dictator and reality distortion master last week (okay, and the greatest tech visionary of the last 20 years, but’s who’s counting?), it appeared that, once again, Steve Woziank got … Continue reading →

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The Flash CS5.5 Air Package to iOS Kicks ass!

Posted on October 2, 2011 by 8bitjeff

I had avoided upgrading the Flash CS5.5 for a few months because the job I had  didn’t really need it and I had been exploring Corona and Cocos-2d for iOS development. Then, just last week, I was asked what it … Continue reading →

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Get 100 Atari Classics for the iPhone / iPad for $14.99 USD

Posted on April 7, 2011 by 8bitjeff

The incredibly generous Atari’s Greatest Hits for iOS was released yesterday to the iTunes store. You can have 100 Atari classics for $14.99 or you can purchase various game packs such as the Asteroids pack, Warlords pack, or one of … Continue reading →

Posted in App Store Revolution, Apple, Atari Nerd | 6 Comments

One Last Flash On The iPhone Update…

Posted on September 14, 2010 by 8bitsteve

An Apple rep called Jeff today to confirm Jeff’s business’s license and his participation in the iPhone developer program. Jeff asked him flat-out if they were “accepting Flash made apps” for the iPhone, and the rep told him “absolutely, yes”. … Continue reading →

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10 Good Things For Game Developers About Flash Being Allowed On The iPhone.

Posted on September 10, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Adobe has restarted  working on their iPhone packager for Flash…again for CS5.  This pretty much confirms that Flash->iPhone conversions are allowed.    One wonders, why Apple made the change.  Was it because they could not single out Flash and allow … Continue reading →

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Update: Flash Exported Apps Being Approved In The iTunes Store

Posted on September 9, 2010 by 8bit_admin

Word has come through that Flash exported apps using the CS5  iPhone packager are now being approved by Apple for the iTunes store.  Many of the apps have been waiting in the queue for months. This is good news for … Continue reading →

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Apple Appears To Have Relaxed Their Rules On The Flash iPhone Packager

Posted on September 9, 2010 by 8bit_admin

It appears that Apple has relaxed their rules on iPhone apps developed with Flash.  You still can’t run the apps in Mobile Safari, but it looks like apps made with the CS5  iPhone packager are now OK. The Wall Street … Continue reading →

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The perfect Apple BlueTooth Mouse Replacement?

Posted on April 4, 2009 by 8bit_admin

I don’t know about perfect, but the Targus Blue Tooth laptop mouse was only $34.99 at Best Buy and the scroll wheel actually works. Outside the Apple community there is little knowledge of a dirty little secret that they would … Continue reading →

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Three iPhone Game Video Previews

Posted on February 4, 2009 by 8bit_admin

You know, to be honest, we never planned to review iPhone games on this site. However, someone asked us first, we decided “OK, why not?”, and since then we have been inundated with requests to review iPhone games. At first, … Continue reading →

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Play Retro DOS Games Easily on your Mac (or PC, but not as easily)

Posted on January 26, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Play Retro DOS Games Easily on your Mac (or PC, but not as easily) The ultra cool DOSBox software has been available for the Mac (as well as Windows and Linux platforms for a while now), but I always had … Continue reading →

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iPhone Game Reviews: Rainbow Ninja

Posted on January 20, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Rainbow Ninja is a tough game to review, since it is not really much of a game at all. It’s more of test of the ability to read words and see colors. It is very similar to one of the … Continue reading →

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iPhone Game Reviews: Aqua Jigsaw and Jigsaw Wild From 99Games.in

Posted on January 20, 2009 by 8bit_admin

Jigsaw puzzles have been a staple of web-based Flash games for many years. The combination of hi-res images and and the mouse/web interface made a nice platform for easy to play and easy to digest small jigsaw based games. The … Continue reading →

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iPhone Game Reviews: Fleck And Pseudemys From SurvivorSoft

Posted on January 6, 2009 by 8bit_admin

iPhone Game Reviews: Fleck And Pseudemys From SurvivorSoft Note: We have recently opened up the Apple/Mac/iPhone/iPod section of 8bitrocket.com. In this section we will be exploring both playing games and making games for these platforms.   Fleck Fleck arrives like … Continue reading →

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No Flash On iPhone? Is Apple Becoming Microsoft?

Posted on November 18, 2008 by 8bit_admin

Just when I thought I was going the right way by ditching windows for the Max OSX, a story like this appears on wired today: Why Apple Won’t Allow Adobe Flash on iPhone “Allowing Flash ‘ which is a development … Continue reading →

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iMac Gaming: Playing Fallout 3 With A Boot Camp Partition.

Posted on November 15, 2008 by 8bit_admin

iMac Gaming: Playing Fallout 3 With A Boot Camp Partition. Note: iMac gaming is a blog about playing games on a 24″, 2GB dual core iMac running at just about 3 ghz with an NVidia 8800 GS graphics chip. When … Continue reading →

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