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06.Apr.2022
Erik Hogan (Mail) Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.2, video series
The "Scorpion Engine" by Erik 'earok' Hogan is supposed to allow the development of games. The engine itself is closed source, but all included demos and demo games are open source. The editor itself runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, for level creation the editor Tiled is used. For sounds, music and animations Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.

Today version 2022.2 was released, which among other things adds the ability to create custom masks and provides improved string support and save and load functions.

In addition, the developer is working on a video series with Michael Parent from BitBeamCannon (e.g. DaemonClaw, Metro Siege). The game studio is currently developing a new game for the A500 with the help of Scorpion Enginee, using features such as parallax and translucency in four-bit plane mode. The collaborative video series about this game is not intended to be a tutorial for creating a game from scratch, but rather a documentation of the steps involved in creating this game, providing tips and tricks for Scorpion beginners and veterans alike. Michael Parent has released the first video, which shows the process of setting up a new project and implementing layer parallax. The second and third videos will follow in the next few days. (dr)

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06.Apr.2022
Artur Jarosik (Patreon) Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer V0.98
Artur Jarosik is known for various game ports like the platformer Hydra Castle Labyrinth or the action adventure Heart of Darkness, besides his SDL implementation of the browser NetSurf. Now he is porting the first part of the real-time strategy series Command & Conquer to the Amiga and named it "Vanilla Conquer". more ... (dr)

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06.Apr.2022
deadwood (Mail)

Porting Amiga applications to Linux: AxRuntime 41.2
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz's "AxRuntime" is a runtime environment for Linux which emulates the AmigaOS-API and therefore enables porting Amiga applications on Linux and developing applications which can be compiled for AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS as well as Linux. Examples videos show the AROS desktop Wanderer (MP4) and gmPlayer (MP4) under Linux.

Now the developer has released version 41.2, which provides, among other things, the following changes:

AROS-Shell, an AmigaDOS-compatible Shell, is now available for you as a native Linux program. You can write DOS scripts and use shell commands to interact with Linux filesystem.
AxRuntime becomes a bridge between AROS x86_64 and Linux by allowing running native AROS programs as standalone Linux programs. In this function AxRuntime is similar to Wine. Wine allows running Windows programs on Linux, AxRuntime allows running AROS programs on Linux.

This release comes with 4 applications: AROS-Shell, MPlayer, WookieChat and Final Writer 7 (demo). Additionally AROS x86_64 applications like MUIbase can also be used. (dr)

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05.Apr.2022
pikewerfer (forum) MorphOS: Free fonts package (also for AmigaOS)
Monotype employee 'pikewerfer', with permission from his superiors, has put together a free font pack that can be "bought" for 0 Euros under the title link. The "MorphOS Value Pack" contains ten different types, including their variants (italic, bold, etc.) there are 27 fonts.

The license of these OpenType fonts also includes AmigaOS, as far as their use is technically possible there. The creator would be pleased about feedback. (snx)

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05.Apr.2022

Introduction video: Checkmate displays 1089s and 1087s
Following his two Kickstarter campaigns to fund the Checkmate A1500 Plus- and Checkmate 1500 Mini cases, Stephen Jones is now planning a third campaign to fund monitors for retro computers.

In a video, he introduces his project showing prototypes. Key data:

Size: default is 19", if second stretch goal is reached then there will be a 17"
Ratio 5:4 (1280x1024 panel)
Ports:

Input: HDMI, VGA, composite video, interlace component input, AV1 and AV2
Output: speaker, composite (streaming)
Front panel: Front USB only if you add a front panel and wire them up, default will be a blank user panel waiting for customisation

3D printed prototypes, later injection molded version (reason for Kickstarter campaign)
side speakers
Using the Gbscontrol firmware for the 'GBS-8200' video converter as optional add on, not standard.

(dr)

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04.Apr.2022
McGeezer Preview video: Kung Fu action 'Devil's Temple'
Devil's Temple features 10 stages of intense arcade kung fu action based on the classic Irem games Kung Fu Master and Vigilante. Over 300 frames of animation were packed into the game and every cycle of performance was used on the Amiga A500. The game will adapt to upgrades, so additional chip ram will result in better music, AGA will provide additional colors and a greater variety of enemies in the game.

Today a new preview video for the game was released which is in development. It can already be pre-ordered as a boxed edition. A demo version of the first stage is also available on itch.io. (dr)

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04.Apr.2022

MorphOS: Symmetrix Blanker V1.0
Yesterday the #amigazeux team has released the Symmetrix screenblanker for MorphOS. It draws shapes like circles, stars and ribbons across symmetry-axes all over the screen producing (most times) multicoloured art. MorphOS 2.0 or higher and TinyGL required.

Download: Symmetrix.lha (71 kB) (dr)

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04.Apr.2022
Prince (Mail) Video tutorial: Episode 29 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube. Now episode 29 was published. (dr)

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04.Apr.2022

AmiGameJam 2022: The winners
Last night, during a live show at AmigaBill, the winners of this year's AmiGameJam contest were chosen:

1. 1st place: the amiga port of Konami's vertically scrolling shooter Knightmare written by 'Hoffman' and Toni Gálvez.
2nd place: Jean-François Fabre's Pacman clone MsPacman 500.
3rd place: 'Dante's' conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name, Green Beret.

Congratulations! (dr)

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03.Apr.2022
(ANF) Pre-order: New Amiga mechanical USB keyboard
Simulant Systems Ltd is a computer hardware, software and online IT support service provider based in York, United Kingdom. Today it was announced that production of Amiga USB mechanical keyboards will be started.

Amiga Corporation's first officially licensed mechanical USB PC keyboard features Brown Cherry MX keyswitches, Amiga-style sublimation printed keycap characters, green LED status indicators and injection-molded case. With limited availability, the keyboard can be pre-ordered for around 120 Euros plus 38 Euros for the corresponding international keycaps. (dr)

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03.Apr.2022 Video: All about MiSTer FPGA
The YouTube channel 'My Life in Gaming' has published a video that goes into detail about the MiSTer FPGA board: what is needed, how to set it up, which consoles, computers, handhelds or arcade cores are supported. Supposedly worth watching even for long-time users. (dr)

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03.Apr.2022
OSnews Overview: The world of non-C operating systems
As an online portal, The Register provides news and analysis from the world of technology companies. In a recent article, the authors explore the question of what current commercial operating systems exist that were written before C was invented or that do not use the C programming language at any level or layer.

They explain that the Basic Combined Programming Language (BCPL), a compiled, system-oriented programming language developed by Martin Richards in 1966 and first implemented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the spring of 1967 (cf. Wikipedia entry) , was by no means just an insignificant transitional step, since it was used in two famous operating systems: so also in the TRIPOS operating system, which was later used as the original basis of AmigaOS.

Furthermore, an overview of programming languages and OSes based on them is given, for example Lisp with the OS Mezzano, Interim or ChrysaLisp. (dr)

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03.Apr.2022 Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.1
A week ago, version 3.9.0 of the programming language AmiBlitz was released. Now version 3.9.1 fixes some bugs: more ... (dr)

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03.Apr.2022
Patrick Nevian (Mail)

Chris Hülsbeck songs: Album "Piano Collection II" released
Patrick Nevian is a hobby programmer responsible for games like Ambermoon Arcade or the 'Tales of Gorluth' series. He first combined his hobby and his profession as a music producer and pianist in 2008, when he interpreted songs from various Amiga games on the piano and released them as a free album.
The musician Chris Hülsbeck, well-known for his soundtracks for the Amiga games Apidya, Turrican or Rainbows, among others, became aware of this and released the album 'The Piano Collection' with the pianist in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Following a survey conducted in 2020 as to which Huelsbeck titles should be included on another album, Patrick Nevian has now released Chris Huelsbeck The Piano Collection - Volume II: The Players Choice, which can be ordered as a CD for €29.00 free shipping. Title List:

Apidya: War at Meadow's Edge
The Great Giana Sisters: Ingame music
X-Out: Main theme
Z-Out: Main theme
Jim Power: Main theme
Gem'Z: Credits
The Apprentice: Main theme
Turrican: Victory
Turrican II: Freedom
Grand Monster Slam: Main theme
Tunnel B1: opening music
Rock N Roll: Music from level 1
Turrican I bis III: Medley of main themes
Turrican II: The Wall
Turrican III: Medley from level 1 and 2
Madness: Main theme
The Adventures of Quik & Silva: Ingame medley
Two bonus tracks

(dr)

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03.Apr.2022 Aminet uploads until 02.04.2022
The following files have been added until 02.04.2022 to Aminet:
more ... (snx)

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03.Apr.2022 OS4Depot uploads until 02.04.2022
The following files have been added until 02.04.2022 to OS4Depot:
more ... (snx)

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03.Apr.2022 AROS Archives uploads until 02.04.2022
The following files have been added until 02.04.2022 to AROS Archives:
more ... (snx)

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03.Apr.2022 MorphOS-Storage uploads until 02.04.2022
The following files have been added until 02.04.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
more ... (snx)

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03.Apr.2022 WHDLoad: New installers until 02.04.2022
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 02.04.2022: more ... (snx)

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02.Apr.2022
Twitter Graphics card ZZ9000: New firmware version 1.10
Lukas F. Hartmann's ZZ9000 is a graphics card with additional features and ports (network, USB, SD cards), which can be preordered in different versions (amiga-news.de reported).

more ... (dr)

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02.Apr.2022
Discord Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.0
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. more ... (dr)

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01.Apr.2022

MorphOS: Screenbar-Plugin MouseEyes 1.4
The #amigazeux team has updated the screenbar plugin 'MouseEyes', that displays eyes in the screen title looking at and following the mouse pointer, to version 1.4 for MorphOS. Changes:

The pupils of the eyes are now only shown on the active screen. On all other screens running an instance of Mouseeyes, the pupils are hidden. This also has the side effect that one can easily spot the active screen based on existing pupils in case of a multi-monitor setup.
Now comes with a real Installer script courtesy of InstallerGen by Rob Cranley.

(dr)

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31.Mar.2022
Amiga Future (website) Do it yourself: A500KB - a mechanical keyboard for the Amiga 500
Henryk Richter's project A500KB is a mechanical keyboard for the Amiga 500 which can be mounted with either the original keys of the Amiga 2000/3000/4000, the A1200.net replicas or keys from Mitsumi, Cherry and KailH, respectively.

For Power, Drive and Caps-Lock LEDs he uses RGB LEDs, with their colour being configurable by an AmigaOS programm. (snx)

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31.Mar.2022
Amiga Future (website) Do it yourself: MicroSD interface for the Parallel Port
Based on the design concept by Niklas Ekström, 'RetroNynjah' has published his "Retroninja Amiga Parallel SD" project at the title link. It allows to use microSD cards via the Amiga's Parallel Port. Since the latter does not include a power source, this has to be supplied using a USB connector. (snx)

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31.Mar.2022
Amiga Future (website) Emulator: vAmigaWeb 2.0 Beta 1 Update 3
The Amiga emulator vAmigaWeb is based on vAmiga for Mac OS and runs in the web-browser and as a Progressive Web App (PWA) on mobile devices, respectively (amiga-news.de reported).

Despite the rather small update suggested by its version number, its current release now also supports Amiga harddrive files (.hdf), which also works when they are compressed in a ZIP file. Besides this, bugs in ActionButtons have been fixed. (snx)

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31.Mar.2022 Chip-Ram expansion for Amiga 500, 2000, Commodore CDTV: RAMesses
Developer Andrew Hutchings reports on his website LinuxJedi about his latest development 'RAMesses': this board upgrades an Amiga 500, 2000 or the Commodore CDTV to 2MB chip RAM without soldering or cutting the motherboard. It is based on the board developed by Matt Harlum, which converts an 8375 Agnus to work in a normal Amiga 500, adding 2MB of chip RAM. However, this required craftsmanship and soldering experience.

So Hutchings decided to design a board that solved this problem. The RAMesses board uses a PLCC connector that plugs into the Amiga's Agnus socket, and an 8375 Agnus that plugs into the bottom of the board. Additionally, there is an adapter that fits under the Gary chip and provides some additional signals. The Gary chip overwrites all motherboard and expansion RAM, so it is easy to install regardless of the motherboard and configuration. This means that no modifications need to be made to the Amiga's motherboard.

Additionally, there is a jumper on the top of the RAMesses board. As the developer writes, some games state that they need 1 MB, but actually mean 512 KB chip and 512 KB Slow RAM. This jumper reconfigures the board to provide Slow RAM. From 2MB Chip RAM this will change to 1MB Chip and 512KB Slow RAM.

It should be noted that the board requires an 8375 2MB Agnus chip. In the first batches there was still the possibility to get the RAMesses together with an 8375, but this is now unlikely. Thus, the chip has to be purchased separately. Likewise, he recommends a PLCC extractor tool for removing the Amiga's Agnus before installing this board, specifically Piergiacomi's PLCC-84 extractor tool .

RAMesses is available in his new 'Retro Supplies' store for about 90 Euros. (dr)

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31.Mar.2022
Twitter Shoot'em up: Sixth demo version of Jackal
NeesoGames has released the sixth demo version (YouTube video) of its game Jackal, created with the Scorpion Engine. Changes: more ... (dr)

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31.Mar.2022
Arne Urbaniak (E-Mail)

Amiga disks on PC: Copy program G-Copy 0.1
After the release of A-Copy, a program similar to X-Copy for reading and writing ADF disk images under Windows using the ADF drive hardware, Arne Urbaniak has now written 'G-Copy', a corresponding application for the Greaseweazle.

This is currently available in version 0.1 and is intended for testing. Unlike A-Copy, which was written using Microsoft's free and open source software platform '.NET', G-Copy, as the author writes to us, was completely new and written in Python. Basically, the two applications are to be merged as time permits, though there would be many more Arduino-based controllers, all with their own configurations and command parameters. In addition, there would be many requests for implementation of other systems and formats (Atari, Apple, TI99).

Features of version 0.1:

Doscopy: ADF file -> disk and Disk -> ADF file
Nibblecopy: SCP file -> disk and disk -> SCP file (incl. copy protection)
DMS2Disk: HD-DMS file -> disk
DMS2ADF: HD-DMS file -> HD-ADF file
IPF2Disk: HD-IPF file -> disk
Delete, format, QFormat

Tasks still to be done:

Bamcopy
Copy start-end from the hard disk to the correct place of the file
Copying the correct part of the file to the floppy disk
Writing to several destinations
better troubleshooting

Download: gcopy.zip (30 MB) (dr)

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