When released, the Sega Genesis, or Mega Drive as it’s known in Japan and Europe had state of the art graphics. But like it’s 8-bit predecessors, games developed for the Genesis relied on ... Read More
Operating within certain utilities in Workbench can have the feeling of moving a soccer ball across a postage stamp – let’s be honest, 320 x 200 isn’t the most productive environment. And in... Read More
There’s a lot of lore surrounding the early days of Amiga Inc. under the lead of Jay Miner. The detailed and engaging documentary “From Bedrooms to Billions – The Amiga Years”... Read More
Back in a time, long before the Oculus Rift, engineers and artists saw a world of deeper human – machine interaction. The Amiga was at the forefront of this vision, both in the video game arcade... Read More
The habit of reflecting back at where our technology has come from, is emerging as category of hobby in it’s own right. Or perhaps we retro enthusiasts are the ultimate hipsters. But either way you ... Read More
A friend and fellow Apple fan (I’m not all Commodore!) alerted me to a massive Macintosh fire sale that was happening last weekend. The event was epic, the seller had amassed 100’s of mach... Read More
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Counting Virtual Sheep is a blog dedicated to the capture of digital retro.
These are the tools and entertainment we used at the dawn of the digital revolution.