Ken, Em & Quinn reunite to discuss KansasFest & INIT HELLO, ImageWriter printers, Steve Jobs movies, web-based Apple II emulation, and games we regret buying.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Intro (00:00 – 11:45)

• Retro Computing Roundtable podcast
• Open Apple #81: Remembering Tony Diaz
• Pictures of people scanning QR codes
• a2.click URL shortener

II News (11:46 – 1:02:43)

• KansasFest 2025 goes virtual
• Laine Nooney at INIT HELLO
• The Apple II Age: How the Computer Became Personal
• Steve Jobs movies
• Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs
• Chronologically Gaming
• MobyGames
• Glider
• Apple2TS
• Apple II RPG Development Tools (KansasFest 2024 presentation by Megan Lemmert)
• Ivan Drucker’s emulator reviews for Juiced.GS
• Plangman on Steam, Itch.io & IndieSider
• Building an Apple II Newsroom (via Hackaday)
• Rock-a-Fire Explosion LP released for Record Store Day

Apple Pickings (1:02:44 – 1:19:28)

• Lot of 30 vintage copied game floppy disks
• Retro Game Club
• Blondihacks

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