20.Nov.2023
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Image Gallery: Update of the "Amiga Graphics Archive"
The latest update of the "Amiga Graphics Archive" adds a series of images from the 1988 air racing game Gee Bee Air Rally, whose graphics were created by Mike Nowak.
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20.Nov.2023
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CLI command: sysvars V0.11
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC), Kickstart version and revision, version and revision of bsdsocket.library as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.
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19.Nov.2023
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Web browser: IBrowse 3.0
Press release: IBrowse 3 has arrived. It's finally time to move on from IBrowse 2, which has been developed for over 20 years! IBrowse 3 makes available the previously unreleased features that were originally being worked on alongside IBrowse 2.4 (on a completely separate development branch), whilst retaining everything from IBrowse 2.5.9 and all the new developments since its release. The IBrowse 2 and 3 development branches are now fully merged, which was a complex and time-consuming task, due to considerable divergence. The process was completed methodically and carefully, in order to not compromise stability or lose any functionality. Development can now move forward without being restricted to the limitations of the IBrowse 2 framework, allowing for more substantial changes.
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19.Nov.2023
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools : FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.3 for Windows
Just the other day, in an article about setting up a Greaseweazle V4, we mentioned the graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools. Now 'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.3. Changes:
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19.Nov.2023
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.6.4
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
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19.Nov.2023
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Weather data: AmiWeatherForecast V1.3
AmiWeatherForecasts is a weather forecasting application that provides the latest weather information for any location. 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 1.3:
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19.Nov.2023
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.29
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.98, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial. Changes of version 0.9.29:
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19.Nov.2023
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Hollywood plugin: Plananarama 2.1 released
Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, is proud to announce that version 2.1 of Plananarama has just been released. Plananarama is the magic plugin which allows Hollywood scripts to be run on classic Amiga hardware without any graphics board. Once Plananarama is installed, all Hollywood scripts will 'automagically' run on palette screens as well! All resolutions are supported - from 8-bit LowRes to 1-bit productivity SuperHighRes Interlace. Version 2.1 is a minor update which a new feature which makes it easier to create applications that run on both, RTG and planar screens. Plananarama 2.1 is available for free download from the official Hollywood portal.
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19.Nov.2023
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Aminet uploads until 18.11.2023
The following files have been added until 18.11.2023 to Aminet:
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19.Nov.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.11.2023
The following files have been added until 18.11.2023 to OS4Depot:
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19.Nov.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 18.11.2023
The following files have been added until 18.11.2023 to AROS Archives:
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19.Nov.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.11.2023
The following files have been added until 18.11.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
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19.Nov.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.11.2023
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 18.11.2023:
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17.Nov.2023
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Platform game: Demo version of Abbey(s) of the Dead
The developer 'UltraNarwhal' has published a demo version of his extended port of "Abbey(s) of the Dead", which is currently under development (amiga-news.de reported) and which he is realising with the Scorpion Engine. The full version is due to be released at the end of November.
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16.Nov.2023
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Video tutorial: Playing sound in AMOS
In another instalment of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' takes a look at the PLAY command in AMOS to see what it does and how it can be manipulated. A small sample programme is available on his website.
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16.Nov.2023
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Frogger clone: Frogger500 v1.21
The update to version 1.21 of the Frogger clone "Frogger500" now offers a WHDLoad version of the game and some bug fixes.
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16.Nov.2023
Nelson Santos (Mail)
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Game development: IFF/ILBM exporter for Aseprite
Aseprite is an image editor that is primarily intended for drawing and animating pixel graphics for games. However, as already mentioned in our article about the dungeon crawler "The CTHUHLU Project", it is not possible to export graphics in IFF/ILBM format. To solve this problem, Prismatic Realms has now released a script to convert graphics into an IFF/ILBM file. This makes the use of additional programmes or online conversion tools unnecessary.
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16.Nov.2023
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m68k assembly: "Amiga Assembly" plugin V1.8.6 for Visual Studio Code (update)
"Amiga Assembly" is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. Version 1.8.5 fixes bugs. On GitHub, a detailed documentation is available.
Update: (20.11.2023, 06:44, dr)
An update to version 1.8.6 fixes more bugs.
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15.Nov.2023
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Interview with Laurent Zorawski (Amedia Computer/AAA Technology)
David Brunet has conducted an interview with Laurent Zorawski for Obligement. As Amedia Computer, the dealer is part of the AAA Technology group, which distributes the AmigaOne X5000 and the A1222, that is expected for the end of the year, whereby Amedia Computer contributes the AmigaOS 4.1 license from Hyperion, which A-EON Technology no longer has.
Besides the french original of the interview, there is also an english translation.
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15.Nov.2023
Mastodon
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Developer conference "Handmade Seattle": Lecture on the Amiga demo "Eon"
"Handmade Cities" is the largest indie conference for system programmers, which will be held both on-site and online in Boston in summer and in Seattle in autumn. Among the talks at the event, which starts today at 18:00 CET, is a presentation by Andreas Fredriksson, who will talk from 20:00 CET about the development of the A500 demo Eon and what you can take away from it and use as a programmer in everyday life. The demo took first place at the 2019 Revision.
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15.Nov.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga software have been added to Amiga Future's download area: Disk Salv 3, Moonbases, Supaplex, Tritus and Zodes.
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15.Nov.2023
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Reverse Engineering: Task Force
In terms of games (software), reverse engineering is the process of analysing the code and content of the game to understand how it works (amiga-news.de reported). In this case, the website Tetracorp has analysed Task Force, a Freeware game released 1994 by Mark Sheeky.
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14.Nov.2023
Simon Neumann (E-Mail)
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Alinea Computer: New products and firmware updates
Press release: Alinea Computer presents three new products:
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14.Nov.2023
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.3.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and now for the first time with a native version AmigaOS 4.1. The other changes:
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14.Nov.2023
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle V4.1
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" reads the magnetic layers of the disks independently of the used disk format and saves as much information as possible in a so called "Flux Level Image" in the Supercard-Format (SCP) which enables reading and writing copy-protected disks. Greaseweazle consists of a mikro controller board that costs only a few euros which is connected to a disks drive and then via USB to the PC. V4.1 is the very latest version, updating the V4 design with new features:
- Larger form factor with stronger mounting holes
- Modern USB-C connector
- Input protections (ESD, over-current)
- USB power isolation, allows Greaseweazle to be powered by external PSU along with drive(s)
The new version is already available in his eBay shop and should also be listed in other stores in the next few days.
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14.Nov.2023
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Tool: AssetBundleManager V0.3
Asset bundles are content such as textures, scripts or scenes that are saved separately from a main game or application and loaded when required. This minimises the number of resources to be loaded at startup. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has written "AssetBundleManager", a tool for managing asset bundles that are used with the Scorpion Engine.
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13.Nov.2023
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Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.1.0 for Windows
NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2.1.0:
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13.Nov.2023
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Video: Zorro network adapter for the Amiga
In its latest video, the YouTube channel Casual Retro Gamer (CRG) describes how the Zorro LAN IDE network card designed by Matthias Heinrichs is assembled and installed in an Amiga to make it Internet-enabled.
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13.Nov.2023
Retronavigator.com
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Preview video: Platform game "Robot Jet Action"
Almost two years ago, Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik released the platformer "Robot Jet Action" for the C64. Now he has started porting the game to the Amiga and has presented an initial concept study. The author describes the current status as follows:
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13.Nov.2023
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Blog: Restoration of three Amiga CDTV
In his latest blog entry, Retrohax.net has described the restoration of three Amiga CDTV.
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