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Adapter: SmallyMouse2 and "USB mouse module" support USB mice (22. Aug. 2020)
Simon Inns' SmallyMouse2 uses a microcontroller to convert signals of common USB mice into a format which computers from the 1980s and early 1990s can "process". Additional to the Amiga also the Atari ST, Acorn Archimedes and BBC Micro are supported. All...

Full version for download: Super Ski 1+2 (17. Aug. 2020)
The full versions of the sports games SuperSki and Super Ski II can be downloaded from the website of the Amiga Future. ADF and IPF disk images as well as a WHDLoad version are available. ...

Board for using a Meanwell RT50-B in power supply housing of the Amiga 600 (16. Aug. 2020)
Under the title link Dave Poo has published a board created with KiCAD, which makes it possible to put a power supply housing of the Meanwell-RT50-B into an Amiga 600. Using the board for the power supply housing of the Amiga 1200 is considered ...

AmigaOS 4: Claws-Mail 3.9.2 Release 2 for AmiCygnix (16. Aug. 2020)
For his Unix environment AmiCygnix for AmigaOS 4, Edgar Schwan has released an update of the GTK+-based e-Mail program "Claws-Mail" (screenshot). Changes: The program was linked with GTK+ 2.24.32. As a result, drag and drop now works among ot...

Aminet uploads until 15.08.2020 (16. Aug. 2020)
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 15.08.2020: NetFS-revised.lha comm/net 493K MOS Remote filesys and AREXX betw... NoMoreDiv0_Debug.lha dev/debug 5K 68k Division by Zero Debugger Python_One_Liner.zip dev/s...

AmigaOS4: Chat software Pidgin 2.13.0 for AmiCygnix (15. Aug. 2020)
Edgar Schwan has updated the port of the universal chat software Pidgin to his X11 environment AmiCygnix. Version 2.13.0 (screenshot) provides the following changes: New protocols for Discord, Facebook, Skype and Twitter. The program was linked with...

Preview video: A platform game with a footballer (13. Aug. 2020)
Third_Knight / Czorny currently is working on a different kind of platform game: The player has to kick several bonus items or switcher with a football and then shoot it in a hole. A preview video shows the latest status of the engine. The game which has ...

Tiny Bobble - a complete new "Bubble Bobble" (beta) (13. Aug. 2020)
Tiny Bobble (video) is being written by the developers of Tiny Invaders and Tiny Galaga and is supposed to become a "complete new Bubble Bobble arcade port for Amiga 500" instead of porting the Atari ST version to the Amiga done for the existing comm...

Aminet uploads until 08.08.2020 (09. Aug. 2020)
The following packages have been added to Aminet until 08.08.2020: Amix531.lha comm/amiex 998K 68k AmiExpress BBS system redevel... Yip_cover.lha demo/intro 140K 68k Yip cover intro (Revision 2020) encore_morphilia.lha ...

Announcement: Tiny Bobble - a better 'Bubble Bobble' port (08. Aug. 2020)
Tiny Bobble is done by the people who released Tiny Invaders und Tiny Galaga and is an attempt to create a port of the Arcade classic Bubble Bobble that is optimized for the Amiga 500 - instead of just porting the existing Atari ST version, as F...

Spray paint cans in the colors of classic computer models (07. Aug. 2020)
retrohax.net is selling spray paint cans matching the coloring of various classic computer models. So far, the colors "C64C", "Amiga 500" and "Atari ST/XE" are available, more options are said to follow. In a Blog post, the supplier of these cans explains...

Elektronic music: Creating Jungle/Hardcore tracks using a A1200 (video) (06. Aug. 2020)
British producer and label owner Pete Cannon started his career in the electronic music business by creating tracks using Octamed 4 on an Amiga 1200. In a detailed demonstration for the Youtube channel "Sound on Sound", he shows how to use his A...

Mount disk images on Workbench: GoADF! 3.0 (04. Aug. 2020)
The Shareware (7 Euro) utility "GoADF!" mounts floppy disk images on Workbench. Changes in version 3.0: from now GoADF can be localized with the locale.library, included catalogs: italian (by Samir Hawamdeh) spanish (by Ignacio Gully) fr...

Amiga emulator for Mac OS: vAmiga 0.9.10 (03. Aug. 2020)
Dirk Hoffmann's 'vAmiga' is a new, "user friendly" (quoting the developer) Amiga emulator that emulates a A500, A1000 or A2000 computer. Changes since our last news item: Added support for .zip and .gz files. The VERTB interrupt fired one cycle too ...

Jump'n Run: Smarty And The Nasty Gluttons (01. Aug. 2020)
'Smarty And The nasty Gluttons' (Video) is a Jump'n Run that was intended for a commercial release in the early nineties but never finished due to the collapsing market. With help from members of the active Amiga scene, the original coder has now revamped...

Selfmade project: 8-Bit sampler 'Open Amiga Sampler' (30. Jul. 2020)
Sampling like in the year 1988: Under this motto Brendan Ratliff has published a detailed manual for making a parallel-port sampler for Amiga computers on Github. His 'Open Amiga Sampler' digitises in 8 Bit (mono), has a typical maximum sampling rate of a...

Desktop Publishing: RNO Publisher for all Amiga systems (30. Jul. 2020)
'RNO Publisher' created with Hollywood is a simple DTP application: The user creates one-page or multi-page documents and there can place text boxes, pictures and other graphic objects as well as links - the result then is exported to a PDF file. An ...

Arcade classic: Super Wormy - The Worm-Like Snake 1.1 (29. Jul. 2020)
Unlike many other games, the levels in "Super Wormy" (video) are bigger than the screen. Therefore the screen is scrolled and the player is informed about his position by a little radar. A level editor also is included. Changes in version 1.1: Now...

AmigaOS 4: X11 environment AmiCygnix 1.6 (29. Jul. 2020)
Edgar Schwan's AmiCygnix is an Unix environment for AmigaOS 4. It is not an emulation but all programs has been compiled for AmigaOS 4 (screenshot). AmiCygnix provides a directory and data structure similar to an Unix installation. Additional to othe...

Cloanto opposing registration of US trademark 'Amico' (27. Jul. 2020)
As documented in the database of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Cloanto is opposing the registration of the trademark 'Amico' by Intellivision Entertainment LLC. since February. The US branch of the Italian software developer registered the 'Amiga' m...