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31.Oct.2016
amigaworld.net (Webseite)


Hardware-Audio-Player: Prisma Megamix Music Card available
The "Prisma Megamix Music Card", which was originally advertised using the slightly misleading term 'sound card', is now available at Amigakit. Thanks to a built-in hardware decoder, the card plays various music formats (e.g. MP2, MP3, WMA, OGG) without putting stress on the Amiga's CPU.. It has both a Zorro and a Clockport interface. A properly isolated version that can be used in the original Amiga 1200 desktop case is said to be "coming soon".

Features:
  • Clockport and Zorro II interfaces (if operated in Zorro II slot, clockport can be used for compatible add-on cards)
  • Compatible with Amiga A1200 T, A2000, A3000, A4000, A4000T
  • Based on VS1063 chip
  • Playback of wide range of formats: MP2, MP3, WMA, OGG, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, FLAC, ALAC, IMA ADPCM, G.711 u-law, G.711 a-law, G.722, and WAV PCM formats
  • Pass through port for Paula mixing. Paula mixing is automatically activated by hardware, no software interaction needed
  • CDDA header
  • MHI support for use with MHI compatible software such as AmigaAmp
  • can be expanded by optional digital module S/PDIF
You can get further information in wiki.amiga.org/prisma. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Oct.2016
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Emulator: Preview to WinUAE 3.4.0
As usual the developers of the well-known Amiga emulator WinUAE present a short preview to the changes of the next version. The main focus of version 3.4.0 is the emulation of further hardware extensions as well as the improvement of already emulated extensions. WinUAE 3.4.0 is supposed to be released in December.

New emulated expansion hardware:
  • Graphics adapters:
    • ColorBurst
    • Harlequin
    • OpalVision
  • Accelerator boards:
    • Blizzard 1230 MK II and III.
    • IVS Vector 68030
  • HD controllers:
    • Blizzard 1230 MK II and III SCSI Kit.
    • Buddha.
    • Expansion Systems Dataflyer Plus.
    • FileCard 2000/OSSI 500
    • SCRAM 500/2000
  • Network adapters:
    • AmigaNet.
    • Ariadne.
    • Ariadne II.
    • LAN Rover/EB920.
    • NE2000 compatible PCMCIA.
    • NE2000 compatible ISA (x86 bridgeboard compatible).
    • X-Surf and X-Surf 100 (Partial)
New features:
  • RAM/RTG RAM handling updated, all size combinations are now supported.
  • Autoconfig board GUI list with custom sorting support.
  • RAM Z2/Z3 board full autoconfig data customization support.
  • Up to 4 Z2 and Z3 RAM boards can be enabled simultaneously.
  • Multiple display and sound boards can be now enabled simultaneously.
  • Genlock realtime custom image, video file or capture stream overlay.
  • Genlock mode screenshot/video alpha channel support.
  • Accelerator board 68000 fallback mode supported.
  • Game Ports panel custom mapping autofire support.
  • Network access on screen led.
  • Single step (emulate one frame + pause) input event
Updates:
  • Reduced input latency.
  • Reduced WASAPI sound mode latency.
  • WinPCap network mode now uses generated local MAC address, no more MAC conflicts between Windows and emulated Amiga.
  • If some RAM board is not JIT Direct capable, only board's access mode changes to JIT Indirect. Global JIT Direct option is not switched off.
  • Most RAM size/position related JIT Direct restrictions are gone.
  • Environment variables in file paths (%VAR%) are now always expanded.
  • Implemented AGA only bitplane DMA overrun emulation (Moon Child).
  • Host path 260 character limit removed (Windows 10 v1607+ only)
Bug fixes:
  • Shortcuts with Shift key work again.
  • Custom Game Port remapping does not disappear mysteriously.
  • Mounting file with size less than 512 bytes as a harddrive work again.
  • CDTV statefiles fixed.
  • On the fly directory/archive mounting only worked once under OS4.x.
  • Worms DC and ACSYS (possibly others) graphics glitch fixed.
  • Bad sprite collision optimization fixed (Jumpman Junior).
  • Stop PPC emulation first, before freeing any emulation resources to prevent random crashes at exit.
  • FPS.Adj config file handling fixed.
  • ATAPI CD emulation odd data size fix (HDToolbox hang)
  • default.uae with unplugged device: set to none, not layout A
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Oct.2016
Foxman (ANF)


Dune II: "Spice Obsession"-Mod 0.6
"Spice Obsession" is a mod of the realtime strategy classic Dune II. In version 0.6 a new level was added to the campaign. Five of nine planned levels have been finished with it. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Oct.2016



Aminet-Uploads until 29.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the Aminet until October 29th, 2016:
DateLibDevBas.lha        dev/basic  42K   68k Using DateLib from Hisoft Basic
berm.zip                 dev/debug  1K    68k switch DSack/BERR on A4000
rngstreams.lha           dev/gcc    244K  68k uniform random number generator
guigfxlib_nofpu.lha      dev/misc   24K   68k application layer for pixel g...
Amiga_C_MUI_Examples.lha dev/mui    627K      Amiga C MUI Examples
MCE.lha                  game/edit  1.6M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  1.9M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
SCACOM_Aktuell_01.pdf    mags/germa 1.1M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_02.pdf    mags/germa 1.5M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_03.pdf    mags/germa 2.7M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_04.pdf    mags/germa 3.4M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_05.pdf    mags/germa 3.8M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_06.pdf    mags/germa 7.9M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_07.pdf    mags/germa 3.9M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_08.pdf    mags/germa 6.4M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_09.pdf    mags/germa 7.8M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_10.pdf    mags/germa 2.1M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_11.pdf    mags/germa 2.3M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_12.pdf    mags/germa 3.7M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_13.pdf    mags/germa 2.2M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_14.pdf    mags/germa 4.9M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_15.pdf    mags/germa 6.0M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_16.pdf    mags/germa 2.3M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_17.pdf    mags/germa 3.6M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_18_19.pdf mags/germa 3.9M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_20_21.pdf mags/germa 4.3M      German magazine for CBM fans ...
SCACOM_Aktuell_22.pdf    mags/germa 13M       German magazine for CBM fans ...
English_SCACOM_1.pdf     mags/misc  1.9M      A magazine for Commodore fans...
English_SCACOM_2.pdf     mags/misc  1.0M      A magazine for Commodore fans...
English_SCACOM_3.pdf     mags/misc  3.4M      A magazine for Commodore fans...
English_SCACOM_4.pdf     mags/misc  3.2M      A magazine for Commodore fans...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.1M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia_OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.4M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.4M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
Just_House.lha           mods/xm    712K      New mod by Pseudaxos
RNOInfoScreen.lha        mus/play   7.9M  WOS Music player front-end and in...
WWorth_fincats.lha       text/dtp   27K       Wordworth 3SE,4SE & 7 Fin...
EvenMoreSP.lha           text/show  4K        EvenMore v0.90 spanish catalog
Chelp.lha                util/batch 120K      Online help for MorphOS shell...
SysInfo40_noFPU.lha      util/moni  1K    68k No FPU version of SysInfo 4.0
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Oct.2016



OS4Depot-Uploads until 29.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the OS4Depot until October 29th, 2016:
evolve.lha               dev/gui 2Mb   4.1 Rapid GUI Development
qcodeedit.lha            dev/uti 10Mb  4.1 A text editor with syntax highli...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 4Mb   4.1 An arabic console device
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 4Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha                  gam/uti 2Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
comicami_free.lha        gra/vie 212kb 4.1 A comic book viewer
qt-minimal.lha           lib/mis 70Mb  4.1 Multiplatform Gui Toolkit (Minimal)
searchln.lha             uti/scr 8kb   4.0 A search command alternative
juffed.lha               uti/tex 3Mb   4.1 Advanced text editor for Qt4
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Oct.2016



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 29.10.2016
The following packages have been added to the AROS-Archives until October 29th, 2016:
formido.i386-aros.zip        gam/act 9Mb   Topdown bug shooter.
zeldansq.i386-aros.zip       gam/adv 17Mb  Fan made SDL game in Zelda style...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Oct.2016



WHDLoad: New installers until 29.10.2016
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until October 29th, 2016: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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30.Oct.2016
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
  • Battle Squadron - Game Over (Christmas Edit)
  • Shadow of the Beast - The Well
  • Turrican II - The Desert Rocks
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2016
(ANF)


Training version of RESHOOT shows level of complexity of the game
Richard Löwenstein's (e.g. 'Amiga Joker') shoot'em up RESHOOT can be purchased on CD for some months. A few days ago the scene group Flashtro released a "training version", which provides a training mode as well as an autofire function requested by many users.

The archive released by Flashtro only contains the modified executable file. The original game data were required in order to play the game - therefore Löwenstein did not raise objections regarding the distribution - on one condition: The training mode had to be removed (it spoils the fun) which Flashtro met.

At first glance this condition seems to be strange - but a video, also published by Flashtro, which shows a "longplay" of RESHOOT with atraining mode enabled, might explain that: The game, which is sold for 36 Euro, only has one single level which can be completed in less than 10 minutes. Afterwards the level restarts with an increased difficulty ("insane"). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2016



New Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.4.3 (alpha)
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which shall enable the development of games of different genres - published videos show versions of Pacman and Pang. RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS. The "player" requires 1MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.

Currently there is only a closed Facebook group but no proper homepage, but the authors can be also contacted via email. The latest alpha version can be downloaded via Google Drive. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Oct.2016



Action adventure: "Boxed-Edition" of Enemy 2 can be purchased
A while ago a boxed edition of Enemy 2 was announced which has been produced by now. The Enemy 2-Team is announcing the immediate release with a promotional poster:


The title will go on sale at the 'Amiga meeting', which is taking place in Bad Bramstedt (Germany) this weekend. Starting next week, regular orders via e-mail will be accepted, further details will be provided soon. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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