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14.Nov.2019 CDXL player: AGABlaster 0.9.65 alpha
AGABlaster is a player for an adapted version of Commodore's video file format CDXL: Among others now a colour depth of up to 24 Bit is supported, frameskipping or frames with variable colour depth. Additionally the video file includes all necessary (timing) informationen for playing a stream.

AGABlaster was written in assembler and on (fast) AGA computers it can play video streams with a solution of 320x256 with 24 frames per second and 8-Bit stereo sound. Currently graphic or sound cards are not supported but the player also can be used on OCS machines although it was primarily written for the AGA chipset. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Nov.2019 C64 remake: RiverRaid Reloaded
RiverRaid Reloaded (video) is a remake of the 8-Bit classic River Raid. The executable of the full game only is 128 KB and should run on all Amigas.

Download: RiverRaidReloaded_1.1.adf (880 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Nov.2019 Shoot'em Up in 8-Bit style: Sardonic
'Sardonic' (video) is a shooter in 8-Bit style which is supposed to be a hommage to classics like 'Space Invaders' or 'Galaga'. Versions for AGA and OCS (requiring 1 MB Chip-RAM) Amigas are available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Nov.2019 Open source implementation of "Amiga Explorer" protocol
"FTS4" ("File Transfer Serial 4") is an implementation of the Amiga Explorer protocol which currently only supports serial connections. FTS requires at least AmigaOS 1.3, AmigaOS 2.0 is recommended. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Nov.2019 Linux connection for Amiga Explorer: fuse-aexplorer and lxamiga.pl
fuse-aexplorer is a file system driver for Linux which can mount drives shared by Cloanto's Amiga network software Amiga Explorer under Linux. The author warns that his "software is highly experimental" and you use it "fully AT YOUR OWN RISK". He also explained that "the Amiga Explorer protocol really isn't meant to be used as a network file system". Therefore diverse hacks had to be used.

A something more simple approach lxamiga.pl uses: From a console window simple commands can be sent to an Amiga on which Amiga Explorer runs: Making a directory, transfering a file or writing an ADF image to a disk. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Nov.2019

AmigaOS 4: Arena shooter 'Blastaway'
Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua's 'Blastaway' (video) is an arena shooter with 50 levels in five different worlds. The game principle is inspired by Wizard of Wor, the graphics by The Chaos Engine.

Blastaway is available for free - but the author asks for a donation which can be paid right before the download. The game requires AmigaOS 4.1 or Windows, a 500-MHz processor and 24 MB RAM. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Nov.2019
Indie Retro News Game announcements: Preview videos onf 'Metro Siege' and 'Formula Fun'
Metro Siege (video) is a horizontally scrolling beat'em up for up to two players which requires 512 KB chip and Fast RAM. According to the developers "it will feature foreground and background parallax, over 60 colours on screen, multi button and joypad support, 2 player co-op and sophisticated combat with dozens of moves even the karate kid would be impressed by!".

According to the developer the fun racer 'Formula Fun' (videos: 1, 2) developed with AMOS is inspired by classic games like 'Indy Heat', 'Super Sprint' and Super Off-Road. The videos have been already recorded in February and show an early prototype of the game. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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