11.Dec.2023
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Video: Test of the transfer of the RGB signal from the Amiga to the PiStorm
When using a PiStorm or PiStorm32-lite as an accelerator card, for example in the A1200, the RTG emulation has so far been provided via the HDMI port and the RGB data supplied by the Denise chip at the RGB port. In this video, PiStorm developer Claude Schwarz now shows for the first time how the RGB signal is transferred to the PiStorm's camera port in order to then output all graphics data via a single HDMI port.
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11.Dec.2023
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Text adventure: The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor 1.1
About ten days ago, Stefan Vogt released another text adventure with graphics: "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor" (amiga-news.de reported). This update fixes an issue with the game's Amiga and Atari ST interpreters.
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11.Dec.2023
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Dock: QDock V2.12
Since our last news item, Sami Vehmaa has updated his start bar "QDock" to version 2.12 (YouTube-Video), which includes a lot of bug fixes and improvements. Among others, transparent now works on 24 and 32 bit screen modes.
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10.Dec.2023
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Weather data: AmiWeatherForecast V1.5
AmiWeatherForecasts displays current weather information in a small window in the menu bar. It was written in the C programming language under Amiga OS 3.2 and uses data from OpenWeather (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 1.5:
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10.Dec.2023
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Tetris clone: Atris for Apollo systems
Sami Vehmaa has released a version of his Tetris clone Atris (YouTube-Video) which is adapted to Apollo accelerator boards.
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10.Dec.2023
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Hollywood plugins: APNG 1.3 and Plananarama 2.2 released
Press release: This is to announce that bug-fix updates for the APNG and Plananarama plugins for Hollywood have just been released. The APNG plugin for Hollywood adds support for loading and saving PNG animations and Plananarama is a plugin that enables Hollywood to run on non-RTG screens on classic Amigas. Both updates are now available for free download.
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10.Dec.2023
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Aminet uploads until 09.12.2023
The following files have been added until 09.12.2023 to Aminet:
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10.Dec.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 09.12.2023
The following files have been added until 09.12.2023 to OS4Depot:
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10.Dec.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 09.12.2023
The following files have been added until 09.12.2023 to AROS Archives:
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10.Dec.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.12.2023
The following files have been added until 09.12.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
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10.Dec.2023
Look Behind You (ANF)
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Book: AmigaOS 3.2 – Das Handbuch (German)
As reported, publisher Look Behind You is working on an AmigaOS 3.2 book, printed in German. It will be available on February 20, 2024 and has 512 pages. Details can be found in our german news-item.
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10.Dec.2023
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Crowdfunding: "The Commodore Amiga 500 Story"
At the title link, Nicola and Anthony Caulfield are collecting money to finance a documentary film about the Amiga 500, lasting more than two hours, which will initially only be made available to its backers in April.
The campaign runs until thursday afternoon, and with 555 supporters so far, more than four times the required amount has already been raised.
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10.Dec.2023
marinbala / Hacker News (ANF)
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Demoscene: The Commodore Amiga and its Undying Adoration by Anarchist Creatives
In his article at the title link, Marin Balabanov explains why he thinks the Amiga enjoys such popularity in the demo scene.
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10.Dec.2023
WhatIFF? (ANF)
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 12 of "WhatIFF?"
In its 12th issue, "WhatIFF?" - a magazine in AmigaGuide format - offers the following content:
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09.Dec.2023
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz
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AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch / Hardware list
AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has released the new version 20201110-1 of AROS ABIv0 for 32-bit systems. He writes about it:
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09.Dec.2023
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Platform game: NinjFeratu 1.0
After the demo version made available last year (amiga-news.de reported), Amiten Games has now released the full version of the platformer NinjFeratu (YouTube video). An Amiga with 1MB Chip-Ram and 512 KB Fast-RAM is required. The game currently costs 9.90 Euros.
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09.Dec.2023
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Platform game: Capitan Trueno 1.2
"El Capitán Trueno" is a video game for 8-bit systems that was released in 1989 and is based on the comics of the same name that were published between 1956 and 1968. The Amiga port of the game was created using the RedPill game construction kit and requires at least a 68020 processor and 2 MB RAM (YouTube video). Version 1.2 mainly improves the jumping of the captain, so that you no longer have the feeling of flying across the screen.
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09.Dec.2023
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Game development: Color Palette Mixer 1.21 for Aseprite
"Prismatic Realms" has not only written a script for Aseprite that converts created graphics into an IFF/ILBM file (amiga-news.de reported), but also a second one under the title link that limits the colour selection to 4096. The current version 1.21 is a small bug fix to properly initialize the colour sliders to the current selected colour when the dialog opens.
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08.Dec.2023
commodore.news (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: Ami Tech-Gazette, issue 6
"Ami Tech-Gazette" by Eric Schwartz and Michael Barclay is a 16 page retro newsletter dominated by Amiga topics. The current issue contains another episode of the "Graphics Workshop", reviews of various recent ports of older Arcade games to the Amiga and a look at at Antic's former north American print magazine "Amiga Plus".
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07.Dec.2023
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X-Mas game: Turbo Santa 2023 Competition
In December 2021, Nivrig Games released the arcade action game "Turbo Santa" (our review of the game) and organised a high score competition one year later. This year, you can once again compete with others and win prizes: the best high scores in Endless and Normal mode submitted between 1 and 24 December 2023 can choose one of the following prizes:
- Rogue Declan - Collector's Edition box (Amiga or CD32)
- Rogue Declan - Budget Edition box (Amiga or CD32)
- Amiga Addict T-Shirt (Amiga Addict Magazine)
- Amiga Christmas Decorations, Amiga Warranty Labels, and a Mouse Mat (Retro32)
The remaining prizes will then again be offered to a random selection of players who have finished 2nd-10th until all prizes have been claimed.
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07.Dec.2023
Nivrig Games
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Rogue-like game: Physical edition of Rogue Declan can be ore-ordered
In co-operation with poly.play, Nivrig Games will also distribute its Rogue-like game "Rogue Declan" (amiga-news.de reported) in a boxed version, for which pre-orders can now be placed.
There are two editions, a Deluxe Collector's Edition and a Budget Edition, both of which are available as disc or CD32 versions. Both editions include physical media and a printed manual. The Collector's Editions include extras such as posters, stickers, keychains and digital bonus materials.
The boxes are in production and the expected shipping date for pre-orders is currently February 2024.
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07.Dec.2023
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40th anniversary of Turbo Pascal: An Amiga version was also planned
In an article on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the integrated development environment "Turbo Pascal", the author Blake Patterson found out that the Borland company had also announced an Amiga version, which never became reality.
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07.Dec.2023
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Website lists Christmas games: "Amiga Christmas Tree" update
To give Amiga users the opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit, 'Cammy' has set up its own website, which lists all Amiga games related to Christmas (amiga-news.de reported). So far, "Santa's Present Drop", "Santa's Present Drop 2" and "Santa Claus Christmas Season" have been added. She encourages Amiga users to report any missing games.
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07.Dec.2023
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Event: Kickstart 02, 29 to 30 June 2024 in Nottingham (UK)
After the premiere this year (amiga-news.de reported), there will be another event for Amiga fans in the UK next year: Kickstart 02 will take place in Nottingham from 29 to 30 June 2024.
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07.Dec.2023
BitFellas
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Intro competition: Nominations for the "Nano Awards 2024"
The "Nano Awards 2024" intro competition will honour the best demo productions of 2023 at Lovebyte 2024 on 9 February 2024. The Amiga productions from the "Oldschool" category:
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07.Dec.2023
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Preview video: Shadow Dancer, demo version available
Mohammed Malik is about to implement one of his favourite games on the Amiga with the Scorpion Engine: Sega's Shadow Dancer (amiga-news.de reported). He has now published another preview video as well as a demo version.
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06.Dec.2023
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Video: Another Robin Hood port preview by Apollo team
The Apollo team is working on a port of the game "Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood" (amiga-news.de reported). A video of the current beta version has been published at the title link.
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06.Dec.2023
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for November
For the month of November 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link.
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06.Dec.2023
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Dungeon Crawler: "The Cthulhu Project" (DevLog)
About three weeks ago, we introduced Maurice Doerr's dungeon crawler "The Cthulhu Project" and reported on the first part of his DevLog series. In this episode, he explains parts of his AMOS PRO code in general and loops in particular.
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05.Dec.2023
MorphZone
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.0
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 7.0 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. As the author writes, this is the seventh time Wayfarer has been upgraded to the latest stable WebKitGTK. At the same time, this release also marks the fourth anniversary of the project.
Version 7.0 has been the most challenging update so far: "Several new endian issues have crept into WebKit, with one of them causing an immediate crash when running JavaScript on big endian CPUs. The removal of some of the WinCairo port has also made it more difficult to maintain the MorphOS port. Many of the code paths that the MorphOS port is using aren't being used by the officially supported ports, which requires additional testing and bug fixing." Furthermore, support for the clipboard and the editor for saved passwords have been improved.
The developer appreciates every donation that supports the project.
Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB)
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05.Dec.2023
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Video series: Turning an Amiga 600 into a Classic Gaming Console
In a three-part series, two episodes have been published so far ((part 1, part 2), Wolfgang Kierdorf shows on his YouTube channel "RETRO is the new black" how he transforms an Amiga 600 into a retro game console for 4 players. As he told us, this project actually came about by chance, as he didn't want to have a bare Amiga 600 board lying around. All the components used are linked in the second video.
A third part of the video series will be published next week, in which HDMI will be added. In the meantime, there is also a version for the Amiga 500 (same case, only wider and deeper), as some users had asked for it, and the MiSTer/Raspberry Pi. The whole thing was designed in TinkerCad.
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05.Dec.2023
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Game development: IFF/ILBM exporter v1.2 for Aseprite
Recently We introduced a script written by Prismatic Realms for the image editor Aseprite that converts graphics into an IFF/ILBM file. Version 1.2 has now been released with the following changes:
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