04.Feb.2025
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Demoparty: Pågadata 2025 (1-3 August 2025)
The Pågadata 2025 demoscene party will take place from 1 to 3 August 2025 in Teckomatorp in southern Sweden. Entry is free, but donations are welcome. Participants can stay overnight on site.
The event is open to newcomers and veterans of the demo scene, and is not limited to any particular platform. In addition to competitions for C64 and Wild Competitions, there will also be competitions for the Amiga: AMOS demo, demo, music and graphics. An Amiga 500 with 512 KB and Kickstart 1.3 and an Amiga 1200 with 68060 processor and AmigaOS 3.1.4 will be used as computers for the competitions.
Further information, including the registration list and the option to register, can be found on the official website. (nba)
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04.Feb.2025
bitplan (ANF)
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Managing system variables: GoVars 2.0
GoVars, developed by Krzysztof Donat (bitplan), is an easy-to-use editor for Amiga environment variables, which is now available in version 2.0. This tool offers a user-friendly interface for managing those system variables in AmigaOS 3.x.
The most important new feature in this version is a dynamic search filter that allows users to quickly find variables by name or value, making workflows more efficient.
GoVars is available free of charge (freeware) and can be downloaded from the developer's website bitplan or from Aminet. (nba)
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03.Feb.2025
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Review: Checkmate Retro Monitor
The Kickstarter campaign initiated by Stephen Jones to fund his Checkmate 19" IPS Retro Monitor was successfully completed at the end of 2022 (amiga-news.de reported). The Lyonsden Blog has now published a review in which, among other things, various connection variants were tested. (dr)
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03.Feb.2025
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Children's game: New demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter"
New name, new level: the children's game originally called "The Young Icefighter" (amiga-news.de reported) has now been renamed "The Young SALZGITTER Icefighter", as the ice hockey club "Salzgitter Icefighters" has given permission to use the logo and name of their youth department for the game. In addition, a new level, Chicken World, was created and a new demo version released. (dr)
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03.Feb.2025
MiDWaN
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.3 and Amiberry 7.0.2
Amiberry and Amiberry-Lite are Amiga emulators.
While Amiberry is based on the current WinUAE version and is recommended for all platforms that are faster than RPI4 - including all macOS and x86_64 platforms - Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is recommended for slower hardware (up to RPI4), or if JIT for ARM is to be used (Which version should I pick?).
Amiberry now has been updated to version 7.0.2 and Amiberry-lite to version 5.8.3, both of which offer bug fixes and improvements. (dr)
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02.Feb.2025
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Aminet uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to Aminet:
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 6.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
Amiga_500_Guide_V2.0.pdf docs/help 4.6M GEN Amiga 500 beginners gui...
The_Bible.zip docs/misc 10M GEN The Bible (Polish)
lide-update.lha driver/med 74K OS3 Open source IDE driver ...
AbsoluteZero.lha game/jump 1.3M OS3 AGA puzzle platformer g...
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 7.9M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
DesignWorks.lha gfx/edit 387K OS3 Structured drawing and ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip mus/edit 13M ARO Tracker/Synth hybrid Pr...
sidid.lha mus/misc 59K VAR HVSC playroutine identi...
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02.Feb.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
gluae.lha emu/uti 15kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
sdl3.lha lib/mis 9Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 3
videovortex.lha vid/pla 5Mb 4.1 A frontend for YT to search/view...
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
protrekkr.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 13Mb Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
protrekkr.x86_64-aros-v11... aud/tra 19Mb Advanced Tracker Program
demoeffects.x86_64-aros-v... dem/mis 4Mb Many Demo Effects
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
sidid-1.09.lha Audio/Misc HVSC playroutine identi...
boost-1.87.0.lha Development/Library Boost 1.87.0 for MorphOS
AmiArcadia_33.90.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Defblade_1.0.lha Games/Platform Port of DefBlade by Pap...
AmiSpeedTest_0.8.lha Network/Test Network speed test utility
PerCIMan_0.7.6.lha Office/Organizer A program to manage con...
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02.Feb.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 01.02.2025
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 01.02.2025:
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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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:
- Super Twintris (8mix)
- Flashback - Ending theme
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
Mastodon (ANF)
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Music: Crowdfunding of the FastLoaders album "Amiga Rocks Harder"
FastLoaders (Facebook) is a C64 and Amiga remix metal band from Bergen, Norway. As a sequel to their 2020 album, "Amiga Rocks", more than thirty soundtracks of classic Amiga games will be recorded as hard rock versions for "Amiga Rocks Harder". Money is now being collected for this at the title link. (snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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Event: AUGS meeting 2025 in Zurich (Switzerland)
On the weekend of March 15/16, 2025, the next meeting of the Amiga Users Group Switzerland will take place for participants with hardware as well as visitors. Venue is the Hottingen Community Center, which is ten minutes by tram from Zurich main station. (snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: VideoVortex - GUI for searching and watching YouTube videos
Video Vortex is a graphical user interface for YT.rexx for searching and viewing YouTube videos. YT.rexx is a script that provides direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs. VideoVortex, on the other hand, saves the user the cumbersome and tedious task of editing various configuration files and offers a clear and easy-to-use user interface that was written with Hollywood and the MUIRoyale plugin.
With the help of the full version of the media player "Emotion" (amiga-news.de reported) the videos can be played directly. Thomas 'TearsOfMe' Kölsch uses the alternative YouTube frontend Invidious for the search. The author has already gained experience in dealing with Hollywood in his previous projects such as AmigaTText or A Little Remember Game.
Even if some users have already installed YT.rexx on their computer, it is recommended to download it (again) when starting VideoVortex for the first time. Emotion should also have already been started once so that an "APPDIR:" entry can be found. (dr)
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02.Feb.2025
tukinem
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Sokoban conversion in Ultimate Blitz Basic 2: Soko-Ban
Based on a game originally available for MS-DOS with 53 levels, Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch had published a Sokoban prototype in October 2022, which he had written from scratch in Ultimate Blitz Basic 2 (amiga-news.de reported). He has now updated it (video) as follows:
- we can at any time during the game switch the color scheme between the original color palette from the PC version of CGA, and the 32-color version
- the game code has been refined so that the game runs on the weakest Amiga 1000 (with additional fast RAM)
- all animations from the original have been faithfully ripped
- we have the possibility to create a tournament for 2-4 players with the possibility to save the game
- we have a board editor for levels 51-99
- we have atmospheric music playing in the background by E!ghtBM
(dr)
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01.Feb.2025
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Video: Booting from Amiga floppy disk with the A600GS
In October, Amigakit released an update for its Linux-based Amiga emulator A600GS that enables the loading of real Amiga disks via DrawBridge. In a video, an A600GS user now demonstrates this exact function: His emulated Amiga 1200 boots from floppy disk directly into the game Roguecraft. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
2Bit Combo
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Run'n Gun: new playable demo for "Operation Steel Rain"
"Operation Steel Rain" is a Run'n Gun for AGA computers, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine. Inspired by mecha-style games such as "Assault Suits Valken" (SNES) or "Ranger-X" (Megadrive), the game brings a platform shooter feeling to the Amiga screen. The updated demo version offers the following new features, among others:
- a new enemy capable of walking and firing
- jetpack now has a limited duration/overheats, requiring the player to land to recharge (or dissipate the heat)
- Shield Mechs cause damage and push the player, it needs a better implementation
(cg)
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01.Feb.2025
Games That Weren't
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Cult of Speed
"Amiga Games That Weren't" now features information about "Cult of Speed", a bloody motorcycle race that should be set in the Warhammer universe. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printmagazin: issue 146 of Amiga Future can be read online
The German and English issue 146 (September/October 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: "Monthly Roundup" for January 2025
The blog 'Gaming on AmigaOS 4' has again published a monthly summary of all events and releases around AmigaOS 4. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
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Individual Computers: known customers can preorder ACA1240/1260
Press release: In recent years, the start of production and sales of the ACA1240/1260 had to be postponed again and again. Last week the time had finally come and we opened pre-orders. Not all of the card's features have been fully developed yet, which is why all models are currently being offered at a reduced price of EUR 59.50 (incl. VAT). As soon as these features are available, they can be retrofitted free of charge with a simple flash update.
The ACA1240/1260 is available with different processor versions at speeds of up to 100 MHz and always comes with 256 MB RAM. A sophisticated cooling system with temperature-controlled fan ensures a stable processor temperature even when overclocked. All technical details were already published in our support forum at the end of October.
Since there have always been market participants in the Amiga sector who have only bought rare hardware with the intention of making a profit (so-called "scalpers" who offer the goods at inflated prices after selling them out), we will only sell the AC1240/1260 to known customers in the first few months. To view and order the ACA1240/1260 in our store, please create a user account and send us an e-mail so that we can activate your account. We hope that this way the small number of 68060-Rev.6 processors can be distributed fairly in the Amiga community and also customers who cannot afford the purchase price immediately have the chance to buy one of these coveted pieces. If you have previously purchased your iComp hardware from dealers, please let us know the Waranty IDs of the products - we will also use these to unlock you. (cg)
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31.Jan.2025
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Image editor: PyDPainter 2.1.0 for Windows
The image editor PyDPainter (new video) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2.1.0, among others, implements animbrushes:
- Faster animated GIF loading
- Preserve palette when converting to fewer colors
- Implement animbrushes
- Load/Save IFF ANIM (ANBR) and GIF brushes
- Grab Frames - grab animbrush from frames in an animation
- Grab Grid - grab animbrush from a sprite sheet on a single screen
- New Brush Grid requestor:
- Number of cells and offset in X and Y
- Flex grid in X and Y for non-uniform sprite sheets
- Align brushes in X and Y for flex grid
- Visual representation with draggable grid
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- Settings:
- forward/backward/ping-pong/random
- set duration (skip or duplicate animbrush frames)
- set current frame
- Add shift-F11 to not grab mouse
- Improve Fill Type requestor:
- Gradient fill direction was rendered backwards
- Added new fill direction gadget
- Ghost controls that don't make sense
- Improve grid:
- Add number spinners
- Add "From Brush" button to Grid requestor to get grid size from the brush
- Shift-G sets grid offset to cursor
- Added ExclBrush pref so a brush grabbed while in grid mode is one less pixel in both X and Y directions
- Added window shade gadget to draggable requestors: Stencil, Palette, and Brush Grid
- Bug fixes:
- fix stencil events falling through requestor
- Fix recovery mode crashing sometimes
- Fix stencil clipping for pictures larger than the screen
- Fix stencil brush pick-up to be like Deluxe Paint III
- Avoid lock-up on flood fill
- fix [ and ] keys for AZERTY and add keyboard F12 debug
(dr)
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31.Jan.2025
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Sound editor: ProTrekkr 2.8.1 for AROS and MorphOS (update)
ProTrekkr is a tracker program that combines a software synthesizer with a traditional sample tracker. It can mainly be used to create electronic music (such as psytrance, trance, goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) for small intros, demos or games. Version 2.8.1 has now been released for AROS (and other systems). Changes:
- Channels LFO carriers are now properly reseted at playing start.
- Channels LFO data can now be sent to the channel filter cutoff, volume and panning.
- Added a channel LFO frequency scaler.
- Added these effects:
- 43: Set channel LFO frequency.
- 44: Set channel LFO frequency scale ratio.
- 45: Set channel LFO amount to send to the channel filter cutoff.
- 46: Set channel LFO amount to send to the channel volume.
- 47: Set channel LFO amount to send to the channel panning.
- Fixed a very old NoiseTrekker bug where LFO values sent to the channels filter were lost because they were too big and clamped.
- Fixed a nasty regression that occurred in 64 bit compiled versions.
Direct AROS download: ptk_v2.8.1_aros_x86.zip (13 MB)
Update: (02.02.2025, 18:46, dr)
Meanwhile 'BeWord' has ported it to MorphOS. (dr)
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29.Jan.2025
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Video: PiStorm68K - Dual 68000 CPU & PiStorm with Physical Switch Demo (update)
The PiStorm68k can accommodate any Raspberry Pi of the generations 3 and 4, and contains an integrated WLAN module and a real-time clock as well as a DIP64 slot to accommodate a 68000 processor. Using a simple switch, it is possible to switch between the emulated and the real CPU.
Ranko Rodic has now published a second video on his project at the title link, which will be made available open source. It shows the aforementioned switching between the two processor types. He has currently ordered the production of 100 PCBs of version 1.2 of the PiStorm68k.
Update: (08:08, 02.02.25, snx)
In the original version of this news item, it was erroneously stated that "any" Raspberry Pi could be used. However, only 64-bit models below generation 5 can be used, whose GPIO lines are controlled via an external chip for the first time, which enables a higher throughput but causes higher latencies. (snx)
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29.Jan.2025
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Do it yourself: Retro joystick USB adapter DualJoy
DualJoy is a firmware for the Rapsberry Pi Pico that turns it into a USB adapter for two D-Sub 9 joysticks, as they are used with the Amiga. (snx)
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29.Jan.2025
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Restoration report: The first perfect computer - Amiga 1000
At the title link, Celso Martinho describes in a longer report with many photos how he restored and upgraded a second-hand Amiga 1000. (snx)
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29.Jan.2025
Facebook
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Announcement: New issue of German print magazine Amiga Joker in October 2025
After the revivals of 2017 and 2019, another special issue of the German print magazine "Amiga Joker" is going to be published in October. They are still looking for letters to the editor, picture contributions for the gallery and a few articles. Interested parties can contact them by e-mail at joker@spieleschreiber.de. (snx)
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28.Jan.2025
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Jump'n'Run: Absolute Zero 1.1.1
In "Absolute Zero", a jump'n'run game created with RedPill, the player has to collect batteries for "climate reactors" in a frozen world (Video).
Version 1.1.1 has just been released. Since the initial version 1.0 in summer 2023, new particles have been added, performance has been improved, a loading image has been added and versions for 68000 and 68020 processors have been made available.
The game can be downloaded for a voluntary fee. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
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Action game: "Operation Steel Rain" playable demo has been released
"Operation Steel Rain" is a new run'n'gun action game in development for AGA Amigas. Inspired by mecha-style games like "Assault Suits Valken" (SNES) or "Ranger-X" (Megadrive), the game brings platform shooter action to the Amiga screen.
The project, created with the Scorpion Engine, is still in its early stages of development, but the recently released demo already allows players to run, jump, fly and even destroy some enemies with a mech. The demo shows the first approaches to the planned gameplay mechanics, even though it is currently still quite simple, but still promising.
The demo version of ‘Operation Steel Rain’ is currently available for AGA Amigas as an ADF file and for the A500 Mini as an LhA archive. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
Games That Weren't
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Darkland
"Darkland" was an advanced action role-playing game developed by New Deal Productions in the early 1990s. The game was intended for the Amiga, but never reached commercial release.
Thanks to the website "Games That Weren't", which specialises in unreleased games, new insights into the development of "Darkland" are now available. The website recently discovered extensive material, including screenshots, concept art and detailed information on the planned game mechanics. The project was heavily inspired by titles like "Shadow of the Beast" and promised a mix of combat, puzzles and exploration. According to "Games That Weren't", it is unclear whether a version of Darkland was released for the Atari ST.
Although the game was never released for the Amiga, the newly discovered materials provide a fascinating insight into what might have been. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
BitFellas
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Demoparty: Lovebyte 2025 (15-16 February)
On the weekend of 15-16 February 2025, the virtual demoparty "Lovebyte" will take place on Discord and Twitch - an event dedicated entirely to so-called sizecoding, i.e. programming with as few bytes as possible. Under this year's motto "Blind Date", all competition entries will be presented anonymously so that the works can be experienced independently of their creators.
The event includes exciting intro competitions in size categories from 32 bytes to 1024 bytes, as well as other competitions such as Tiny Executable Graphics, Bytebeat Music and Wild Showcase. In addition, seminars, a Bytejam, DJ sets and intro shows are offered. The party is open to all interested people and for all platforms, including Amiga. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 166 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
The latest issue 166 contains numerous game reviews for other retro systems as well as a review of the Polish Amiga game "Cyber Kick". (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
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Video: Interview with "Ports of Call" developer Rolf-Dieter Klein
Rolf-Dieter Klein set new benchmarks for manager simulations with "Ports of Call", developed by him and Martin Ulrich and released in 1987 under the Aegis label. In the YouTube video interview with Magisthans Spielekiste, Klein provides insights into the development of this ship management game, the challenges faced during development and the compromises made during the creation process.
Of particular interest are the concept art images, which have not been shown before and are being exclusively presented in the video. The video also offers a glimpse of possible new versions of the game.
The interview is held in German, but subtitled in English, making it accessible to an international audience. (nba)
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