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18.Dec.2024
Amigaworld.net (Forum)

AmigaKit: Apparently modified A1200 mainboard planned
At the title link, AmigaKit shows photos of selected areas of a mainboard that is very similar to that of the Amiga 1200, but shows changes in detail:

USB ports where the external floppy disk drive used to be connected
moved connectors for the internal floppy disk drive and its power supply, possibly to make room for a new external floppy disk drive connector
Connections for the hard disk and fan power supply where the parallel port used to be located
Changes to the keyboard connector area, possibly to replace the original keyboard controller
CompactFlash connector instead of the PCMCIA connector

(snx)

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18.Dec.2024
Mastodon (ANF) Christmas game: Santas Present Drop 4
Following three previous parts, Rob Smith continues his AMOS-programmed christmas games series with "Santas Present Drop 4". This time four leading elves of Santa's toy factory have been kidnapped and have to be rescued. (snx)

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17.Dec.2024 A festive arcade game: Santatron 2024
John Girvin recently attracted attention with the AmiGameJam winner ‘Rogue Declan’. Now he is adding something sweet to the festive season: he is publishing the cute Amiga game "Santatron 2024", which is also part of the coverdisk of the latest "Amiga Addict" magazine.

In this festive arcade shooter, the player takes on the role of Santatron, who must save Christmas from the commercial terror. Santatron shoots his way through his Christmas cave, taking out toys and gingerbread men taken over by the AI, freeing his loyal Christmas elves and collecting power-ups and presents. With varied level design, an atmospheric soundtrack and a pretty 2D retro charm, Santatron 2024 brings nostalgic Christmas spirit to the Amiga.

The game runs on classic Amiga systems (OCS) with at least Kickstart 1.3, 512 MB Chip RAM and 512 MB other RAM, and can also be played on more modern systems with AGA, even in emulation.

Santatron 2024 is available as a free download, but voluntary donations are gladly accepted. The executable ADF and a matching disk label are offered for download. (nba)

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13.Dec.2024
EntwicklerX

AmigaOS 4: Space shooter "Super Star Blast"
Press release: Super Star Blast has been available on PC and consoles for a while now. We are pleased to finally be able to release a version for AmigaOS 4 as well.

Super Star Blast is a space shooter with challenging levels of increasing difficulty. All enemies must be shot down in order to complete a level and move on to the next. A scanner around the player shows approximately where the enemies are located. The player's ship can fly forwards to attack and backwards to fight enemies while retreating. Once a level has been successfully mastered, equipment can then be purchased to improve the ship, as well as additional shields and firepower or more ships.

Features:

Massive challenging levels of increasing difficulty
Enemies with unique flying and fire characteristics
Upgrade center (agility, fire power, shield, ships)
Single player campaign
Simple and clean 3D space graphics
Quality and performance Settings
Warp3D Nova / OpenGLES Support (required!)

AmigaOS 4.1 F.E and a Warp3D Nova/OpenGLES compatible graphics card are required.

Notes: Due to the many different configurations, it is difficult to cover all problems. Just write us an e-mail and we will try to fix the bugs. Please try to use the various quality and performance settings to adapt the game to your hardware. The "FPS" setting shows you the current frame rate. You can also activate your own screen mode in the ToolTypes. If the setting is set in brackets, the Workbench resolution is used.

The game is available on AmiStore and on itch.io for about 19 euros and on Alinea for 19.95 euros. (dr)

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