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`23.Apr.2024`	Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.38 RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). 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. All changes of updated version 0.9.38: Trigonometry functions are now intertal and mathtrans library is no longer needed. Mathtrans library is no longer copied when building games, diskfont is only copied if topaz is not used. Added a condition trigger CPU is to check the processor of the machine where the game is running. When building a game targeting A500 assign ENV: to RAM: is not executed. Optimization of math functions. Fix for tileset not being saved. Fix in basic_platformer project that made impossible completing the second stage. Fix for Default screen width being overwritten by the level one. Fix for Tiled Move action trigger when moving in diagonal. Small fixes. (nba) [News message: 23. Apr. 2024, 11:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`23.Apr.2024`	Shoot'em Up: Game.X 1.2 Franck 'hitchhikr' Charlet has released version 1.2 of his port of the shoot'em up Game.X (YouTube video, amiga-news.de reported). It uses a newer and faster engine and saves the highscore in the game directory if the NVRAM is not available. The game requires an AGA Amiga and was originally released by Kugenuma Soft in 1990. (dr) [News message: 23. Apr. 2024, 06:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Apr.2024`	Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.3.0 for Windows NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2.3.0: The "Remove unknown modules" options did previously remove modules if a player could not be found or the module could not be loaded. This has been changed, so it will only be removed if a player cannot be found. Added a new Level Meter visualizer. This one shows the current level for the left and right speakers in dB. If a module is packed, it will now be shown in a separate line in Module Information Window together with which packers that are used. Updated SharpCompress to version 0.36.0. Updated mpg123 to version 1.32.6. Updated libsidplayfp to version 2.7.0. Added support to player the David Whittaker module Q-Ball. Renamed the AHX player to HivelyTracker + added support for HivelyTracker modules. Added these new module formats: SoundTracker 2.6, IceTracker, ProTracker IFF, SC68, Digital Mugician, Digital Mugician 2, SidMon 1.0, SidMon 2.0 and AMOS Music Bank. An installation package can be found on Microsoft Store. (dr) [News message: 22. Apr. 2024, 18:05] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`22.Apr.2024`	Image and PDF converter: Image2PDF 2.6 for all Amiga systems Bernd Assenmacher's Image2PDF is a tool for converting images to PDF and vice versa. Images can also be scaled or saved in a different format (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 2.6: updated guide file On MorphOS and AROS the guide file is now copied to the installation drawer On MorphOS the "Path" command in s:user-startup is now deactivated If wanted active, one needs to uncomment it manually, save it and then reboot the computer added possibility to scale images with all chosen formats added possibility to compress PDF docs when Ghostscript is installed the orientation of PDF docs can now be changed (not with ImageSize format) a print margin can be set now using commandline will now adapt the orientation automatically (not with ImageSize format) compiled single versions for the supported platforms removed applet from archive added a print function to print PDF documents (dr) [News message: 22. Apr. 2024, 16:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.0 and 6.3.0 (preview) Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400. New versions have now been released: version 5.7.0 is recommended for RPI4 and version 6.3.0 (preview) for x86_64 or faster ARM boards. Both versions offer numerous new features, bug fixes and improvements. (dr) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 16:56] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	Aminet uploads until 20.04.2024 The following files have been added until 20.04.2024 to Aminet: peak_filter.lha dev/amos 2K 2nd order osc filter formator_1.0.lha dev/hwood 14K MOS A hollywood plugin REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.6M 68k Game Creator with AGA support TankX.lha game/2play 1.4M 68k 1-7 player tank combat (updat... StefADV2.lha game/text 67K 68k 2nd little italian text adven... BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 63K 68k Create your own backdrop patt... AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul... AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands mame-v037b2-68k.lha misc/emu 2.1M 68k Multiple Arcade Machine Emula... CoronerLab2.zip mods/crash 54K Hard hitting, evil tech mod. ... Intuition.zip mods/crash 55K Short, Slow, Grungy, Melodic.... MurderWarpath.zip mods/crash 61K Aggressive Tribal Rock. 8 bit xm MurderWarpath2.zip mods/crash 61K Aggressive Tribal Rock. 8 bit xm LN3Water24.lha mods/misc 790K 16bit 4ch LN3 Water Temple 24... sysvars.lha util/boot 16K 68k Put system information in env... AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 910K AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT jl.lha util/misc 40K 68k JOST Launcher for kickstart 1.3 VATestprogram.zip util/misc 32M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram isomount.lha util/rexx 26K Mount ipf,img,iso,adf... on d... (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	OS4Depot uploads until 20.04.2024 The following files have been added until 20.04.2024 to OS4Depot: wildmidi.lha aud/pla 32Mb 4.1 A simple software midi player liba52.lha dev/lib 764kb 4.1 low-level interface to decode AC... libharfbuzz.lha dev/lib 7Mb 4.1 HarfBuzz text shaping engine libpng.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 Lib for handling PNG files libsdl2_ttf.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2 libcurl.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.1 The multiprotocol file transfer ... libopenssl.lha dev/lib 15Mb 4.1 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS libz.lha dev/lib 255kb 4.1 libZ / zlib / z library (.a/.so) amidisas.tar.bz2 dev/uti 23kb 4.0 Amiga ELF PPC Disassembler amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator bermudasyndrome.lha gam/act 3Mb 4.1 Bermuda Syndrome doomrpg.lha gam/boa 3Mb 4.1 Turn-based role-playing game bas... amigagpt.lha net/cha 910kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT curl.lha net/mis 734kb 4.1 Command line URL file transfer (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	AROS Archives uploads until 20.04.2024 The following files have been added until 20.04.2024 to AROS Archives: origami.i386-aros.zip dem/int 1Mb Origami Intro by Faemiyah Demogroup thefulcrum.i386-aros.zip dem/sce 9Mb Demo from Matrix libdumb.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 985kb DUMB library (+src) dosbox-kens.lha gra/ico 5kb unofficial kens icons for dosbox mbx-kens-unofficial.lha gra/ico 8kb unofficial kens icons for mbx games (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.04.2024 The following files have been added until 20.04.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: Protrekkr_2.6.7.lha Audio/Tracker A hybrid of modern day ... (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	WHDLoad: New installers until 20.04.2024 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 20.04.2024: 2024-04-14 improved: Turrican 3 (Factor 5/Rainbow Arts) custom options displayed in splash screen, CD32 buttons supported (Info) 2024-04-14 improved: Inviyya (Tigerskunk) supports another CD32 version (Info, Image) (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	AmigaRemix: Further files added AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Stardust Memories (Cosmic Carnage) Desert Rocks 2024 Edition Live Performance (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`21.Apr.2024`	THEA500 Mini: Pandory500 firmware V3 The alternative firmware "Pandory500" for THEA500 Mini, which is "sideloaded" and enables the use of emulators for other systems (amiga-news.de reported), is now available in version 3. In addition to updates to included emulators, the new features include optimization in terms of speed and file size as well as, for example, remote access to the THEA500 Mini via SSH and SFTP. (snx) [News message: 21. Apr. 2024, 09:06] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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