02.Sep.2022
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.13
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.9, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). 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.
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02.Sep.2022
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Accelerator board: Buffee developers test TF1200
In her latest blog entry, Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the turbo card project "Buffee" (amiga-news.de reported), reports that due to the existence of a TF1200 by Stephen Leary they are able to test Buffee on the Amiga 1200 as well. Already 2021 she had announced in a tweet that the TerribleFire turbo card supports the Buffee project.
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02.Sep.2022
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AmigaOS 4: C runtime library clib2 v1.0.0 beta 7
Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmate has created a fork of the official clib2 library, included in adtools. This library is exclusively for AmigaOS 4 to make it easy to maintain and to be able to add all the missing clib2 functions that are hard to add on 68k Amigas. The goal is to make it POSIX compliant and also fix any C++ problems that exist with newer compilers (amiga-news.de reported).
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02.Sep.2022
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.3
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
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02.Sep.2022
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
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02.Sep.2022
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Demo scene: "Nano Gems" offers selection of the best intros
The "Nano Gems" page, a subpage of the demo platform Demozoo, gives a curated selection of the best small intros from the demo scene. It aims to give a quick overview of what kind of small intros exist in different size categories and platforms. The intros are sorted by date and alphabet, which in no way reflects a ranking. The productions in this list are curated and suggested by members of the "Sizecoding Discord". Additional productions may be suggested.
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01.Sep.2022
Reddit
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Newspaper: Guardian article with Amiga 500 picture
In the Guardian article "Why Japan’s war on disks could prove to be another flop" published today, a picture of an Amiga 500 opens the report about Japan’s Minister of Digital Affairs, Taro Kono, who after abolishing the fax now wants to banish the floppy disk as well - but meets resistance from bureaucrats in the process.
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01.Sep.2022
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Emulator: QEMU 7.1.0 released
QEMU is an open source computer emulator and virtualizer. QEMU is able to emulate a complete computer in software without the need of hardware virtualization. So it is possible to emulate Amiga operating systems like AROS, AmigaOS or MorphOS on QEMU. This support is provided by QEMU developer Zoltan Balaton, who gives lots of tips and info on a dedicated webseite (see also our Excursion of Amiga operating systems on non-native hardware).
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01.Sep.2022
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THEA500 Mini: Pandory500 firmware V2
"Pandory500" is a "cross-loading" firmware for the THEA500 mini that allows many other emulators and programs to run (YouTube video). It is installed in the form of a WHDLOAD package and exploits a hidden feature of the Amiberry emulator to run native code. It runs completely from the USB stick and is 100% removable.
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01.Sep.2022
Puni / AmigaOldskooler (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary of month August
The blog Gaming on AmigaOS 4 has published an illustrated summary of the developments and releases from the areas of hardware and software for AmigaOS 4 in the month of August.
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01.Sep.2022
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Self-made project: Parallel port to SPI adapter
The goal of this project initiated by Niklas Ekström is to develop a cheap and easy to build SPI adapter that can be connected to the parallel port of an Amiga. In addition, the performance of the adapter should be as fast as possible.
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31.Aug.2022
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Programming language: Amiga Blitz Basic 2 Visual Studio Code Ext. 0.7.0
Just a week ago we first reported about Youen Chéné's fork of the Visual Studio Code Extension of 'MickGyver', which provides support for Amiga Blitz Basic 2 (and Amiblitz). In the article the developer indicated to us that a merge of both extensions was the goal. This was put into action today with the release of version 0.7.0, integrating Chéné's fork into the 'MickGyver' extension.
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31.Aug.2022
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.5.5
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). Yesterday version 1.5.5 was released. Changes:
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31.Aug.2022
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware 1.0.7
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators. ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). The firmware needed for this has been updated several times in the last days.
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30.Aug.2022
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Platformer: Update for "Bomb Jack Beer Edition" available
"Bomb Jack Beer Edition" was the first game written by Graeme 'McGeezer' Cowie in 2017/2018 and is a remake of Bomb Jack, developed by Tehkan in 1984. As the author writes, in addition to the original version, which is still available, there is also one whose audio is closer to the style of the arcade. In the process, the "Jarre MF2" arrangement has also been removed. Likewise, some changes have also been made to the gameplay, such as the speed at which Jack moves, which is now closer to the arcade game (YouTube video).
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30.Aug.2022
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Email client Iris 1.4
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.4 of his email program Iris for MorphOS. Among the innovations are the updated WebKit base and the time-shifted sending of emails.
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30.Aug.2022
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 4.0
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 4.0 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. This is now based on WebKitGTK 2.36.3 and also cURL and other libraries have been updated. Furthermore, the HLS stream quality can now additionally be accessed from the media menu.
Download: wayfarer.lha (26 MB)
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[News message: 30. Aug. 2022, 12:36] [Comments: 0]
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30.Aug.2022
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Video: Installation of an Amiga 500 in a Checkmate 1500 Plus
In his latest video Jan Beta introduces the "Checkmate 1500 Plus" case and shows how to install an Amiga 500 in it.
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29.Aug.2022
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Farming simulation: New beta version of Farmiga available
The Polish developer 'Tukinem' is writing a farming simulation in AMOS, called 'Farmiga' (amiga-news.de reported). Yesterday a new beta version (28.08.2022) was released. Changes:
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29.Aug.2022
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Video: How FloppyBridge works
In his latest video Robert Smith explains how his project FloppyBridge (amiga-news.de reported) works exactly, by which the emulators WinUAE and Amiberry can work with real floppy disks.
You can support the developer, for example, on his Patreon page.
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29.Aug.2022
Tim Lenke (ANF)
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USB stick/keychains in Amiga-1200 and A500 look
Tim Lenke offers USB sticks in retro design on lavago.de, which can also be used as keychains. Currently available is, among others, a "Mini Amiga 500", at the Amiga 37 (October 15 and 16, Mönchengladbach) an A1200 version will then celebrate its premiere, which will also be available in the web store after the event.
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28.Aug.2022
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 137 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. The latest issue among others is about the Amiga game Elfmania and the multimedia CDTV software "Hutchinson Encyclopedia".
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28.Aug.2022
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AmigaOS 4.1: SDL 2.24.0 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki provides the first release candidate 1 for version 2.24.0 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1, which should make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is used by numerous open source games.
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28.Aug.2022
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Apollo-Core: Pre-Release 2.16 for Vampire accelerator boards 600 V2 and 500 V2
The Apollo core is an FPGA reimplementation of Motorola's m68k series. This update brings version 2 of the Vampire accelerator boards closer to version 4. Changes:
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28.Aug.2022
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Aminet uploads until 27.08.2022
The following files have been added until 27.08.2022 to Aminet:
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28.Aug.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.08.2022
The following files have been added until 27.08.2022 to OS4Depot:
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28.Aug.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.08.2022
The following files have been added until 27.08.2022 to AROS Archives:
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28.Aug.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.08.2022
The following files have been added until 27.08.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
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28.Aug.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 27.08.2022
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 27.08.2022:
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28.Aug.2022
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Programming assistance: "AB_Template" offers templates for AmiBlitz 3
Sami Vehmaa wants to get more people to develop games for the Amiga platform and for this purpose offers templates for the RTG variant of AmiBlitz 3 on itch.io with "AB_Template" (YouTube video of version 0.23).
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[News message: 28. Aug. 2022, 07:14] [Comments: 0]
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28.Aug.2022
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Accelerator board: More information on replacement project of Buffee developers
In her latest blog entry, Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the turbo card project "Buffee" (amiga-news.de reported) addresses the topic of chip shortage and presents the currently pushed "clone projects" in a detailed article (amiga-news.de reported).
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27.Aug.2022
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.5.4
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 11.2 with the bundled WinUAE" (YouTube video). Yesterday version 1.5.4 was released. Changes:
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27.Aug.2022
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Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Last episode of Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince has explained with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. The last Episode 16 is now available.
The resulting game "Mr Poo's Journey" is available on itch.io for a self-determined price. The game runs on a standard Amiga 500.
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[News message: 27. Aug. 2022, 08:46] [Comments: 0]
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27.Aug.2022
Michael Rupp (Mail)
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Book: Volume 3 of "From Vultures to Vampires" announced (update)
In a video message the former Commodore UK manager David Pleasance announced that the book "From Vultures to Vampires" (amiga-news.de reported), which was originally divided into two volumes, will be extended by a third volume.
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