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`21.Oct.2025` Kymon Zonias (ANF)	Crowdfunding: SDL2 or even SDL3 for AmigaOS/68K & WarpOS (update) At the title link, Kymon 'z!Erec' Zonias is soliciting donations for a port of the SDL2 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library for AmigaOS/68k and WarpOS - the minimum goal for this has already been almost reached at the time of publication of this news item. If funding exceeds that amount, extras such as SDL3 and additional libraries (SDL2_mixer, SDL2_image, SDL2_net, MiniGL integration) may also be possible. Steffen 'MagicSN' Häuser has agreed to carry out the work. The reason for this is that many open source games now require SDL2 - however, only SDL 1.2 is currently available for AmigaOS/68k and WarpOS. If crowdfunding is successful, the developer also wants to look into porting Stratagus immediately afterwards. Update (October 21, 2025, 8:42 p.m., nba): The crowdfunding goal has already been reached, and the development of SDL2 for AmigaOS 3.x is now financially secure. According to organizer Kymon Zonias, porting has already begun. The goal has been increased to 1200 Euro and currently stands at 1600 Euro. For every additional 100 Euro raised, an additional SDL2 library will be added: mixer, gfx, sound, image. (snx) [News message: 21. Oct. 2025, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Oct.2025`	Feasibility study: AMOS game GhostLight In his latest video, matching the season, Robert Smith explains how he wrote the AMOS game GhostLight, which is also available with source code. In the game, you move through a maze in which you find matches to light your way. If your match goes out, the ghosts return, which you have to avoid. The challenge of this feasibility study was - in addition to the algorithms for generating the maze and controlling the ghosts - to make only a moving part of the maze visible and to create a brightness gradient in the peripheral area. (snx) [News message: 21. Oct. 2025, 08:30] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Oct.2025`	Video: The new mechanical keyboards from A1200.net At the title link, Jan Beta presents the prototype of the new mechanical keyboards from A1200.net. The nearly 25-minute video shows the assembly of the keycaps and the subsequent test in an Amiga 1200. (snx) [News message: 21. Oct. 2025, 08:29] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`18.Oct.2025`	AmigaOS 4: Sil3132 SATA2 driver from ACube Press release: Bassano del Grappa, Italy - October 18, 2025. ACube Systems is proud to announce, as a special gift to the community on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the launch of the Amiga and during the Amiga40 Germany event in Mönchengladbach from October 17–19, 2025, the release of the AmigaOS4 driver for the SiI3132 SATA2 controller. With the latest U-Boot update already adding support for the SiI3132 controller, this new driver - developed in collaboration with Alfredo Amendolagine - enables AmigaOS 4 to fully utilize the Silicon Image 3132 controller, featuring two SATA2 ports on a high-performance PCIe bus. It delivers top speeds and broad compatibility with modern SATA devices, including HDDs, SSDs, and CD/DVD drives. Most importantly, this driver will be offered completely free of charge - an exclusive gift from ACube Systems to the entire Amiga community in celebration of this milestone. You can download the driver from the "Latest files" section on our homepage or directly clicking on this link. Enjoy Amiga40! We certainly will! (cg) [News message: 18. Oct. 2025, 22:17] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`16.Oct.2025` Pink Parrot Studio (Mail)	Arkanoid clone: CALLBACK - The Legend Of The Power "CALLBACK" (Video) is a minimalistically illustrated Arkanoid clone with 25 levels, 5 end bosses and a soundtrack with 20 different music tracks. An Amiga 1200 with 2 megabytes of Fast RAM is required; the game runs at 50 FPS on this configuration. A demo version can be downloaded for free, and the full version is available for 15 € at itch.io. A limited physical edition with floppy disks in a jewel case will be available at "Amiga 40" this coming weekend. (cg) [News message: 16. Oct. 2025, 23:51] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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