01.Nov.2021
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4.1: DvPlayer V54.7 released
Already for the AmiWest 2021 a new version of the video and audio playback program DvPlayer distributed by A-EON Technology should be available. As of today, version 54.7 is indeed available:
According to the description, the new version supports the new hardware video acceleration standard introduced with Enhancer Software V2. (dr)
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31.Oct.2021
Artur Gadawski (Mail)
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Product announcement: 7-bit accelerator board 'Wicher 520EC' for Amiga 500/500+
After announcing the Wicher 1220 turbo card for the A1200, Artur Gadawski of the retro hardware company 7-bit now takes aim at the A500/500+ with the Wicher 520EC turbo card:
Wicher 520EC turbo card has been designed for installation inside Amiga A500/A500+ computer. It supports 68EC020 CPU, up to 11 MB of Fast RAM and IDE 2,5” hard drives. CPU clock speed can be set up to 33 MHz.
Specification
- AmigaA500/A500+ compatibility
- CPU support: MC68EC020 (recycled processor)
- supported CPU clock speeds: 25, 33 MHz
- guaranteed to run at 25 MHz
- RAM memory: 16MB SDRAM (AmigaOS uses 11MB)
- Amiga A600-compatible IDE controller (required Kickstart >= 2.05 (37.350))
- MapRom, BootRom function
- SPI controller, RTC
- Kickstart: recommended Kickstart 3.1 or up
SPI BusBoard
- MINI ENC28J60 Ethernet module
- microSD card slot
Driver
- SD Card
- DS1306 RTC
- ENC28J60 Ethernet
According to Artur Gadawski the first boards will be available at the first retailers in early November.
(dr)
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31.Oct.2021
IBrowse-Website
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 4.11 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 4.11 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL provides the latest root-certificates as well as some bug fixes. Detailed changelog:
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle provided by https://curl.se/docs/caextract.html dated 26.10.2021
- Legacy entropy generation is now faster on OS3 machines, with the removal of delays caused by using the vblank timer, which typically causes AmiSSL to initialise 2 seconds faster
- Fixed legacy entropy generation to correctly use an entropy factor of 4, as originally intended, which was broken since AmiSSL 4.3
- Entropy generation now uses SHA-256 instead of SHA-1
- Tweaked OS4 memory allocations to not be locked
- Fixed issues when redirecting OpenSSL tool output to a file
- Added Ctrl-C break detection to the OpenSSL tool
- OS4 binaries now stripped further with --strip-unneeded-rel-relocs
(dr)
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31.Oct.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #111 - Report from AmiWest
In episode 111 of his videocast 10MARC, Douglas Compton is talking about his visit of this year's AmiWest in Sacramento. (snx)
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31.Oct.2021
Twitter
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Music: Rave album 'Breaking Even'
Yesterday gwEm has released the album 'Breaking Even' featuring "authentic 1992 style breakbeat hardcore rave, produced 100% on a Commodore Amiga 600". The eight tracks are available in different formats, e.g. as MP3 and FLAC. for a price which you choose. (dr)
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31.Oct.2021
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Aminet uploads until 30.10.2021
The following files have been added until 30.10.2021 to Aminet:
asm3210.lha dev/asm 154K Cross assembler for DSP3210 c...
evo.lha dev/e 603K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
HWP_RapaGUI.lha dev/hwood 7.2M MOS Cross-platform GUI toolkit fo...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 2.2M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
Maestix.lha driver/aud 96K 68k MaestroPro driver + AHI driver
SonnetLibrary.lha driver/oth 412K 68k Driver for G3/G4 PCI cards
jfsw.lha game/shoot 1.7M 68k Shadow Warrior Amiga Port
nblood.lha game/shoot 1.0M 68k Blood Amiga Port
darkest-hour.lha game/text 44K MOS Old-fashioned text adventure ...
impiccatogame.lha game/wb 262K 68k Impiccato game
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 51K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
mandel_dsp.lha gfx/fract 23K 68k Mandelbrot generator for DSP3...
MysticView.lha gfx/show 311K 68k RTG datatype picture viewer
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.2M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
bas2tap.i386-aros.lha misc/emu 111K x86 Sinclair BASIC file to TAP co...
shorttunes.lha mods/pro 37K Protracker modules by Omen
sweet_reggae.lha mods/pro 97K Protracker module by Omen
Venomen.lha mods/pro 95K Protracker module by Omen
MMV8_Complete.lha mus/edit 1.7M 68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
siddump.i386-aros.lha mus/misc 106K x86 C64 music debug output utility
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 280K 68k Updated HippoPlayer, a module...
MMV8_Player.lha mus/play 33K 68k MusicMaker V8 Player
z802tzx.i386-aros.lha util/conv 183K x86 TZX Tape
HuntnGather.lha util/dir 171K 68k File indexing and search util...
PicDTBench.lha util/dtype 26K MOS Benchmark picture.datatype im...
WarpPSDdt.lha util/dtype 71K WOS Adobe Photoshop® datatype V45.7
AmiSSL-4.11.lha util/libs 5.7M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
fpu512.lha util/moni 16K 68k FPU 'benchmark' for fast systems
AnalogClock.lha util/time 38K 68k Analog transparent clock for ...
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31.Oct.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.10.2021
The following files have been added until 30.10.2021 to OS4Depot:
libcurl.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 The multiprotocol file transfer ...
curl.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Command line URL file transfer
mediavault.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Discover online radio stations a...
hbecard.lha uti/mis 4Mb 4.0 This little happy birthday elect...
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31.Oct.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.10.2021
The following files have been added until 30.10.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Multimediatags.lha Audio/Misc Dump meta data from sou...
HWP_RapaGUI_2.1.lha Development/Hollywood/... A cross-platform GUI to...
HappyBirthday_eCard_1.... Misc Little happy birthday e...
PicDTBench_1.2.lha System/Benchmark Benchmark picture.datat...
WarpPSDdt_45.7.lha System/Datatypes Adobe Photoshop? dataty...
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31.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 file has been added:
- Hired Guns (Awesome Megablast)
(snx)
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31.Oct.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Trademark protection: Cloanto withdraws opposition against Intellivision's Amico
After being forced by third party to defend the Amiga trademarks against Intellivision's "Amico" game console, Cloanto now filed a motion to withdraw their opposition at USPTO with prejudice, meaning that the opposition is replaced by a separate agreement between the parties, which prevails (PDF file).
On Twitter Amiga Corporation commented: "Amiga and Amico both mean friend. To stop any speculation: we had a productive exchange about coexistence, and concerns were resolved. Amiga wishes Intellivision all the best for its entertainment project." (snx)
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31.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 127 (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 the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time.
Download pages:
Italian (Schlüssel: DrdBPIPM8WFERqI5_4EmunyBTL4LjwTmvKi1-PHVvIM)
English (Schlüssel: OyoO3QZtiOz4GzRYsb-gu3vjCTmZSm8oxE_pYjcniAg) (snx)
[News message: 31. Oct. 2021, 07:11] [Comments: 0]
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31.Oct.2021
Carlos Peris (Mail)
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.2
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.8, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM.
Regarding the major jump from the previous version 0.8.13 to the latest 0.9.1, we have asked the author for some additional information which he kindly provided:
"Version 0.9 is a big step forward in the game creator progress, not just for the number of features that have been added but because it makes game development easier than before which is why Redpill exists in the first place. For each level you can define the music to play, the transition effects, the background to use and a lot more things. Before you had to use some triggers to set up these values per level as they were set up only for the project. Adding and browsing objects and tiles is much easier with the shortcuts added in the screens, editing levels if faster now (YouTube video).
The performance has also improved as has the compatibility with 68000 cpus (older versions required a 68020). The audio engine now uses PHX library which means that you have music and sounds at the same time without using a 3 channels mod.The sprite layer support is much better now, supporting 16 colors layer (instead of 4 color) and setting it up in the background or the foreground of the screen (YouTube video). When running in AGA, games use 24bit color precission and gradients even if the game is ECS. There are many other fixes and improvements thanks to the feedback from users.
These are two YouTube example tutorials showing how to do some type of games, and how fast is to get results:
Currently some games are in developemnt:
A lot of effort has been put into this rekease, I hope the Amigans enjoy it".
Update: (04.11.21, 20:40, dr)
Meanwhile version 0.9.2 is available on Aminet which mainly fixes bugs. (dr)
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30.Oct.2021
George Sokianos (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.5.0
MediaVault is an open source application for AmigaOS 4 which can be used to discover online radio stations and, since Version 1.4.0, also to listen to podcasts. An external player like AmigaAmp and the jansson.library v2.12.1 are required. About the latest version 1.5.0 the author George Sokianos has written:
"I just released a new version of MediaVault for everyone to play with this weekend. With this version, a couple of new features arrived and a few fixes as well. With MediaVault v1.5.0 you will be able to mark online radio stations and podcasts as your favourite ones and have them listed in a separate list. This way you will be able to find and start listening to them much faster, without the need to search all the time for them.
To do that, above the play button, there is now a small yellow star with a plus sign, which you can use to add the radio station or podcast to the favourite list. This then changes to a star with a red minus sign, so to remove it from the favourite list. To enable those buttons you have first to find in the lists the one you want, select it and then the buttons will be enabled.
While we are on that, there is also one more button available, whenever you select a podcast episode, which can be found beside the little star, above the play button. By clicking on that when an episode is selected, the episode is added at the "Listen Later" list, under the Podcast section at the left sidebar. This way you can mark episodes you would like to listen to when you have more time.
If you already use the previous version, please use the self-update process, which you can find in the application menu. This can be used to update to the latest available version automatically, and before you do that, the whole changelog is shown.
I would like to thank all of my supporters for helping me develop MediaVault, adding new features and making it better and better." (dr)
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30.Oct.2021
Polnisches Amiga Forum
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AmigaOS 4: Comparison of video players (Polish)
In a detailed article - Polish original bzw. automatic translation - the author 'MUFA' has reviewed the different video players available for AmigaOS 4: Tested with an AmigaOne X1000 equipped with a Radeon HD R9 270 graphics card and an AmigaOne X5000 equipped with a Radeon RX 560 graphics card. Test candidates has been on the one hand the free MPlayer and FFPlay as well as the two commercial players DvPlayer and Emotion. He also has include in his consideration the support of the Unified Video Decoder (UVD).
Verdict: As of now, he recommends Emotion for overall performance. He awards second place to MPlayer for the best player without UVD support as well as its exemplary stability and free availability. Only in third place he sees DvPlayer, whereby he points out that with Hans De Ruiter a proven expert is entrusted with the further development and he therefore expects a lot from future versions. (dr)
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29.Oct.2021
Commodore 64 Forum
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Text adventure: "Darkest Hour" released
Darkest Hour is an old-fashioned text adventure game, available for several platforms and also for AmigaOS 3.
Die Story: "Halloween is almost here, but something is happening that's much scarier than the annual haunted house at the fire hall. There are rumors of a vampire - a real one - attacking people at night. Of course most people think it's just silly; who wouldn't? But people are going missing, and others swear they've seen it. It's up to you to track down this vampire, stop it if possible. The question is, will you even survive the night?" (dr)
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29.Oct.2021
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 18 of assembler coding course
'Prince', the founder of the former demo group 'Phaze101', currently streams on Twitch the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" (amiga-news.de reported) in English and after some time uploads the videos of it to YouTube. Yesterday episode 18 was published, continuing running through chapter 7 of the book teaching about sprites and tables. (dr)
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28.Oct.2021
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French print magazine: "Boing" Nr. 2 available
Following the successful first issue of the French-language print magazine "Boing," Boing Attitude (known for the file manager Dir Me Up and the quiz game Word Me Up XXL, among others) has announced the release of the second issue.
The magazine is dedicated to Amiga in all its diversity (AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS and Aros) and offers in the second issue among other things an exclusive interview with Romain Canonge, one of the co-founders of Amiga Dream magazine and a test of the game Athanor 2 including the interview with its author Eric Safar. Also included are tests of the games Wrong Way Driver, Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons and the multimedia application Mediavault. (dr)
[News message: 28. Oct. 2021, 09:44] [Comments: 0]
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28.Oct.2021
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USB-Adapter: Firmware update v.012 for Ryś MKII
The Ryś MKII adapter can be used together with USB HID devices like mouses, joysticks and pads to connect them as input devices for Amiga computers. The latest firmware update includes support for new mouse models. RysWheel driver has been given option to turn off the wheel driver operation (Stop option).
Added support for models:
- Logitech M-BT83
- Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse
- LogiLink ID0010
- Acer SM-9023
- Logitech RX 250
- Logitech RX 300
- A-EON MX 1000-4
Downloads:
RysMKII_v0.12_beta.hex (Firmware, 123 KB)
RysWheel_Installer_v0.12.lha (AmigaOS Software, 72 KB) (dr)
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27.Oct.2021
reddit
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Amiga disks on PC: DrawBridge 2.7
Robert Smith has updated his project 'DrawBridge' (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge)for read Amiga disks using a common PC disk drive. According to the author, additional to improved diagnostics, improved reading/writing, extra features and new UI version 2.7 mainly offers HD floppy disk support. All this work has fed back into WinUAE meaning that WinUAE (and soon Amiberry) will also support real HD disks in real-time.
As he stated, "the official WinUAE will support this in v4.9 when it’s released via a plug-in (FloppyBridge) from my site. That plug-in gives you a few more options to increase speed."
Besides, it is possible to be placed on a waiting list: Smith sells his little board for USB Slimline disk drives for 25 British Pound plus shipping. The boards are fully compatible to Arduino Software (IDE) which enables future firmware updates.
All documents of Smith's project are available on GitHub under a free license. (dr)
[News message: 27. Oct. 2021, 07:26] [Comments: 0]
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26.Oct.2021
AMIGAworld (Twitter)
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GitHub project: Amiga 4000 accelerator board 'Z3660'
On GitHub the developer 'shanshe' has started a project for the Amiga 4000 accelerator board 'Z3660' which is based on John "Chucky" Hertell's A3660 board as well as the Z-turn Board. In contrast to the A3660 (currently) only 060 CPU are supported. If Z-turn FPGA is not used, then you get a simple A3660. The only difference is that all A3660 PLDs are replaced by a XC95144XL-TQ144 CPLD. If you use a Z-turn FPGA, then you can add 128 MB of CPU RAM (more RAM, RTG, AHI, USB, SCSI are planned in the future). (dr)
[News message: 26. Oct. 2021, 07:24] [Comments: 0]
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25.Oct.2021
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MorphOS: QR-Code generator 'QRCodeLab'
MorphOS developer Frank Mariak has released a MUI tool called 'QRCodeLab' which can be used to easily create QR codes and afterwards copying them to the Clipboard or saving them as pictures. We have tested the tool using our Amiga-News website: Working!
As the author wrote, "currently, it only supported encoding to UTF8 and non of the other compressed formats like numeric and/or alphanumeric are supported to reduce the code size. It dynamically adjusts the QRCode version based on the length of string."
If you have any suggestions or ideas for improvement, please feel free to contact the author via mail. (dr)
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25.Oct.2021
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: RapaGUI 2.1 released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 2.1. This release contains several minor bug fixes and one major bug fix for the Amiga compatible platforms. Because of a major bug in the Amiga versions of RapaGUI 2.0, everybody should upgrade to RapaGUI 2.1. RapaGUI 2.1 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. (dr)
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25.Oct.2021
Twitter
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Reprint: 'Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium'
In 2014, the book 'Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium' was successfully financed by a Kickstarter campaign. In a reprint available from 22. November "over the course of some 420 pages, 'Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium' showcases more than 140 of the biggest titles, bringing them vividly to life with a double-page screen grab or loading page. Each is accompanied by quotes and commentary from renowned Amiga artists, developers and publishers, including R.J. Mical, David Braben, Sid Meier, Ron Gilbert, Julian Eggebrecht, Tobias Richter, Dave Gibbons and many more. In this latest reprint of Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium, we’ve added a handful of new game reviews, as well as including a spread for Dune. Contributor entries now include their role in the game or profession, in line with more recent visual compendiums." (dr)
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24.Oct.2021
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Aminet uploads until 23.10.2021
The following files have been added until 23.10.2021 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha comm/net 80K 68k Gemini protocol browser
FTPMount1.4_Fixed.lha comm/tcp 246K 68k Fixed Installer for FTPMount 1.4
AGAInside.lha demo/aga 26K 68k AGA Inside - legendary russia...
aqb-0.7.3.lha dev/basic 250K 68k A BASIC Compiler+IDE for Amig...
AMICUBE_NTSC.adf game/think 880K 68k Rubik's Cube for classic Amiga
gipoker.lha game/wb 314K 68k Poker game
puzzleballs.lha game/wb 203K 68k PuzzleBalls game
skyballs.lha game/wb 198K 68k SkyBalls game
tressette.lha game/wb 334K 68k Tressette a Perdere card game
xiffview.tgz misc/unix 39K IFF ILBM picture viewer for L...
siddump.lha mus/misc 73K MOS C64 music debug output utility
MMV8_2_PCM.lha mus/play 9K 68k MusicMaker V8 to PCM converter
HuntnGather.lha util/dir 202K 68k File indexing and search util...
WarpJPEGdt.lha util/dtype 331K WOS JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.16
WarpPNGdt.lha util/dtype 160K WOS PNG image datatype V45.24
multimediatags.lha util/misc 11K MOS Dump meta data from sound fil...
TestProgram.zip util/misc 137K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
lvl.pointers.lha util/mouse 12K mouse pointer presets for RTG...
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24.Oct.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.10.2021
The following files have been added until 23.10.2021 to OS4Depot:
hp_deskjet_cmyk.lha dev/exa 65kb 4.0 HP PCL printer driver example so...
libopenssl.lha dev/lib 8Mb 4.0 The open source toolkit for SSL/TLS
mediavault.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Discover online radio stations a...
mediavault_script.lha net/mis 12kb 4.0 Choose player or download stream...
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24.Oct.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.10.2021
The following files have been added until 23.10.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Multimediatags.lha Audio/Misc Dump meta data from sou...
SIDDump_1.08.lha Audio/Misc C64 music debug output ...
Void-Feedback_11.lha Demoscene Music Disk for MorphOS
OpenTTD_1.12.0.lha Games/Strategy A clone of Transport Ty...
Pixy_1.0_alpharelease_... Graphics/Draw The next generation pix...
QRCodeLab_0.8.lha Misc A simple MUI tool to cr...
WarpJPEGdt_45.16.lha System/Datatypes JFIF-JPEG datatype
WarpPNGdt_45.24.lha System/Datatypes PNG image datatype V45.22
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24.Oct.2021
Twitter (ANF)
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Amigaworld.de: Do-it-yourself Amiga 600/1200 CF-IDE adapter
At the title link Amigaworld.de published an - in revision D now also buffered - do-it-yourself CompactFlash to IDE adapter for the Amiga 600/1200 including an HD-LED fix and a second port for another drive. (snx)
[News message: 24. Oct. 2021, 08:28] [Comments: 0]
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23.Oct.2021
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Tech-Demo: Update for 'Street Fighter 2' game with Scorpion Engine
'Street Fighter 2' is the attempt to recreate the well-known beat'm up on the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine in a better way. The author is not going to develop a full game but hopes to inspire other developers. The update for the playable demo version includes the following changes:
- Added (fake) character selection, (cursor moves and has some sounds)
- Improved palette for HUD, VS screen and win screen
- Added Ken walking towards Ryu if he's too far away (buggy)
- Added small knockback when Ken gets hit
- Added P1 score with correct font and KO sfx
(dr)
[News message: 23. Oct. 2021, 10:19] [Comments: 0]
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23.Oct.2021
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Countdown: C64 & Amiga game music remade as epic film scores
Running until Sunday, 24. October 00:39 CEST, a Kickstarter campaign tries to finance the C64 & Amiga game music album 'Epic Action Vol1' (amiga-news.de reported). So far 13.000 Euro from the required 23.000 Euro were payed. On our request a member of Prismatic Realms told that a failure of the financing also definitely mean the end for the project. But in any case the group will continue to develop retro games. (dr)
[News message: 23. Oct. 2021, 08:14] [Comments: 0]
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23.Oct.2021
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AmigaGuide to HTML converter: GuideML 3.16 for AmigaOS 3/4
GuideML is an AmigaGuide to HTML converter which can convert most AmigaGuides and since v3.1 also has a GUI. After 13 years the author Chris Young has updated the tool, which originally was started by Richard Körber. Additional to some bug fixes, now the tool uses the locale.library v38+ which should remove accents from characters for better compatibility. And version 3.16 introduces basic support for the '@{img' command of AmigaOS 3.2.
The command line version now requires OS2.1 (but no longer tested by the author) while the GUI version at least requires AmigaOS 3.2. The archive includes also a version for Amiga OS4 (screenshots).
In our little test the conversion worked fine with different AmigaGuide files. But the tool does not create a protocol file so you do not know what maybe went wrong. A 'main.html' file always is created as well as seperate html files and for the other chapters.
The program is open source, the source code available on GitHub. (dr)
[News message: 23. Oct. 2021, 07:40] [Comments: 0]
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21.Oct.2021
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Music editor: MusicMaker V8 Version 3.12 (update)
Thomas Winischhofer's 'MusicMaker V8' ('MMV8') is a sample-based music editor which the author started back in 1986 as hobby project. As the author wrote, "much later it published in France and the German speaking parts of Europe by Data Becker (V1.76) and by Wolf Software (V2.358, Germany only)."
This version 3 dates back to late 1992 and was never published as a commercial product.
In the readme it is explained, that MMV8 uses "macros" which - unlike "patterns" in trackers - apply to a single channel only. Those "macros" are then put in a playing order, which is called a track. As MMV8 provides up to eight audio channels, up to eight tracks can be set up.
As Thomas Winischhofer told us some time ago, he "doesn't really want to do anything more on the MM except occasionally fix bugs that stand out." That would not be worth reporting. However, this has turned into a few updates in recent times, each of which has been published on Aminet. As the developer writes, he has small windows of time at the moment, which, unlike the DSP drivers - his
other Amiga project of the recent past) he can use sitting at the emulator to fix bugs and improve the source code from 1986 and the following years. But he definitely doesn't want to take away the character and charm of the 80s from the program.
In the latest versions the author mainly worked on the GUI and fixed several minor bugs.
Who of our readers had or has used the music editor?
Update: (07:43, 24.10.21, dr)
Meanwhile version 3.12 is available. Now "m" now shows instrument paths and minor inconvenience in the install script were fixed. (dr)
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21.Oct.2021
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 17 of assembler coding course
'Prince', the founder of the former demo group 'Phaze101', currently streams on Twitch the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" (amiga-news.de reported) in English and after some time uploads the videos of it to YouTube. Yesterday episode 17 was published, continuing running through chapter 7 of the book which is about "Sprites / Joysticks / Tables / Bit Manipulation". (dr)
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20.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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OpenSwitcher: Do-it-yourself floppy disk drive switcher
OpenSwitcher is a do-it-yourself floppy disk drive switcher for the Amiga, tested with an Amiga 500+ and 2.x as well as 3.x Kickstart ROMs. Seperately, there is also a variant for the Amiga 600 and 1200.
Aim of the project is a solution built of easily available and easily programmable parts that is easily to install as well. (snx)
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20.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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New downloads at amigaland.de
At amigaland.de Mirko Engelhardt offers software that had been commercial before with the permission of the respective copyright owners. Latest additions include the soccer manager simulation Bundesliga Manager as well as the adventures Jonathan and Die Kathedrale by Software 2000 as well as the economic simulations Mag!!! and ranTrainer by Greenwood Entertainment Software. (snx)
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20.Oct.2021
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: Developers and presentations at Amiga-Meeting Nord 2021 (Germany)
From November 5 to 7, 2021, the next Amiga-Meeting will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Everyone actively taking part with his own computer will receive keyfiles for Amiga Forever and C64 Forever sponsored by Mike Battilana of Cloanto. Besides 'Matze' also Entwickler-X, Arne/HavanaClub and Kai/Forgottenhero will be there and probably also Frank Mariak of the MorphOS developer team may join.
More details can be found in our german news-item or at the title link. (snx)
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20.Oct.2021
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BASIC-Compiler: AQB 0.7.3
With his compiler AQB, which is oriented to Microsoft's AmigaBASIC or QuickBASIC, but not intended as a clone, the developer Guenter Bartsch has the intention to create a modern, clean, AmigaOS-compatible and future-proof BASIC, which is tailored to modern Amiga application development.
In version 0.7.3, besides bug fixes in the compiler, various functions and modules were added. (dr)
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20.Oct.2021
Janne Peräaho (Mail)
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Review: Amiga python port of puzzle game 'Oil Worker'
In mid-July, developer Janne Peräaho had begun a series of Python conversions with the game Space Invaders. He now continued this series with the game OilWorker originally published by Wil Alvarez in 2008 as implementation for AmigaOS 4.1. Thereby he optimized the loading of the game data, created the possibility to reset the highscore and added a small manual.
The aim of the game is to lay an oil pipeline from the delivery point to the tank. The pieces to be used for this purpose must be placed next to each other in the playing field in a meaningful way, whereby a minimum number must be reached. In a preview at the upper right edge you can see the next four pieces to be processed for the pipeline. If one just doesn't fit the line you've started (the pieces can't be rotated), it can be placed anywhere on the board or built over an existing one (for a $50 deduction). The game features simple, but nice background music and also single SFX.
In our small test, 'Oil Worker' ran very smoothly and without problems on an AmigaOne X5000. Using emulated AmigaOS 4.1 (WinUAE on an Intel 2.20 GHz laptop), the game also worked, but only 1-2 FPS were achieved, which meant that setting the parts was still reasonably smooth. However, the time it took for the oil from the ground to reach the upper well and then flow through the pipe was disproportionately long, making the whole thing impossible to play sensibly.
The game is definitely recommended for all those who want to strain their grey cells a bit with a small game in between. However, it should be tested whether the game runs just as smoothly on weaker native hardware (X1000, Sam boards) or whether it can be used sensibly with a faster emulation (current PC). (dr)
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19.Oct.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 153 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 153 (November/December 2021) have been published online now at the title link. Its content includes an interview with Guido Henkel as well as reviews of Cybersphere and AmigaOS 3.2.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)
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18.Oct.2021
zooperdan
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Puzzle: Wheel of fortune game 'YAWoFFA'
Developer 'zooperdan' today released his BlitzBasic-written implementation of the Wheel of Fortune game called 'YAWoFFA' (Yet Another Wheel of Fortune For Amiga). The principle should be familiar: Spin the wheel of fortune, choose a letter and try to solve the word or combination of words you are looking for. The game can be played alone or with four players.
YAWoFFA requires Kickstart 2.x and 1MB chip ram. In the current version 0.4 the game supports only English terms and offers the four categories 'Amiga Games', 'Movies', 'Famous people' and 'Miscellaneous'. In future versions a computer opponent and more categories are planned. The game is available for free, a small donation is of course welcome.
Since we have accompanied the development of the game for some time and were in exchange with the developer, we asked whether a German-language variant would also be possible. The author kindly took care of it, but so far failed in the implementation of the 'umlauts' in BlitzBasic. He is happy about suggestions in this regard, but points out that the idea of reading the text file (with the words) with the correct code does not work in BlitzBasic. (dr)
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18.Oct.2021
George Sokianos
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AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.4.3 (update)
MediaVault is an open source application for AmigaOS 4 which can be used to discover online radio stations and, since Version 1.4.0, also to listen to podcasts. An external player like AmigaAmp and the jansson.library v2.12.1 are required. By releasing the new version 1.4.2, the author George Sokianos has adapted his program to the changed api so searching for radio stations is working again.
Update: (12:43, 21.10.21, dr)
Meanwhile version 1.4.3 is available which fixes some bugs and was compiled with openssl to 1.1.1l. (dr)
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17.Oct.2021
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Aminet uploads until 16.10.2021
The following files have been added until 16.10.2021 to Aminet:
asm-kurs5.lha dev/asm 1.0M Assembly course, German
SonnetLibrary.lha driver/oth 412K 68k Driver for G3/G4 PCI cards
F1GP2021Carset.lha game/data 19K 2021 Carset for F1GP
nblood.lha game/shoot 1.0M 68k Blood Amiga Port
aiostreams.lha util/batch 263K Stream video from major onlin...
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17.Oct.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 16.10.2021
The following files have been added until 16.10.2021 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
nmtm.lzx gam/adv 18Mb 4.0 Point and click adventure game
scummvm.lha gam/adv 96Mb 4.1 2D Point-and-Click adventure int...
scummvm-src.zip gam/adv 158Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
oilworker.lha gam/puz 7Mb 4.1 An addictive and challenging arc...
mediavault.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Discover online radio stations
zitaftpserver.lha net/ser 11Mb 4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
textedit.gz off/wor 12Mb 4.1 Preview of upcomming Qt6 release
scummvm-tools.lha uti/fil 3Mb 4.1 A collection of various tools fo...
scummvm-tools-src.zip uti/fil 2Mb 4.1 ScummVM Tools Source
aiostreams.lha vid/mis 263kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.10.2021
The following files have been added until 16.10.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Iris_0.128.lha Email New email client suppor...
NMTM_12.10.21.lha Games/Adventure A game concept demo of ...
ScummVM_2.5.0.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
Umoria_5.7.15.lha Games/Role Robert A. Koeneke's cla...
Julius_1.7.0.lha Games/Strategy An open source re-imple...
Pixy_1.0_alpharelease_... Graphics/Draw The next generation pix...
qrcodelab_0.8.lha Misc qrcodelab_0.8.lha
Wayfarer_2.8.lha Network/Web Wayfarer is the latest ...
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17.Oct.2021
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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AmiWest: PDF file of Emu68 speech by Michal Schulz
Michal Schulz has published the slides of his speech at AmiWest 2021 about his JIT emulator for ARM, Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported), at the title link. (snx)
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17.Oct.2021
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AmiWest: Announcements of A-EON/Amigakit
Matthew Leaman (Amigakit, A-EON), Trevor Dickinson (A-EON), and Steven Solie (ExecSG) are not attending AmiWest in person, but will be talking about A-EON and Amigakit's projects and products in a live-streamed video conference. Most of the points addressed can be seen in the screenshots of the respective presentation below, but we have briefly summarized some additional points addressed:
- New versions of Enhancer and DvPlayer are available now (see screenshots)
- Matthew Leaman talks about Enhancer Release V54 - the in-house OS project, which he consistently calls a "distribution": It is installed on its own partition without changing the AmigaOS 4 partition - many users had wished for this. The user could then choose during the boot process whether to start Enhancer Release V54 or AmigaOS 4.
- Hans de Ruiter is working on "NovaBridge", a Warp3D driver that does not access the hardware but Warp 3D Nova. This makes it possible to run old Warp3D titles - WipeOut 2097 is shown - on modern graphics cards for which no W3D driver exists.
- Dickinson shows screenshots of AmigaOS 4.1 on the latest revision of the A1222plus motherboard and describes the current state of work. He does not want to give an estimate when the motherboards might be available.
- Dickinson wanted to present a "video demo" of the long announced LibreOffice port, but due to a "hardware mishap" of the responsible developer the video did not materialize.
- Andy Broad is working on an OS4 port of ImageFX
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16.Oct.2021
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AmigaOS 4: Preview to Qt 6.2.0
In 2011, Alfkil Wennermark released a first native port of the C++ class library Qt 4.7 for AmigaOS 4.
At the end of August on amigans.net, the author reported that he is about to port Qt6. Now he has uploaded a first preview of a text editor to OS4Depot ceated with QT 6.2.0. Following the instructions of the author, we get the following impressions:
The text can be smoothly marked and formatted using the corresponding icons. The tool runs without any problems or crashes. On amigans.net the author also has introduced other applications like a clock or a calculator. He also has confirmed that at one point he will also port the Qt WebEngine. Further details he will provide in a future Twitch stream.
If you want to support the author you can do it using his PayPal address. (dr)
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16.Oct.2021
Achim Kern (Mail)
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Game announcement: 'Balloons' for all Amiga systems
Achim Kern is not only continuously working on his 'SmartHome' project for automating one's own four walls (amiga-news.de reported), but also uses the multimedia-oriented programming language Hollywood used for this purpose to develop games such as Mars Tank Attack.
In his latest game project, 'Balloons', those balloons have to be shot at a fair, with the difficulty increasing from level to level: with more balloons, shorter time and a limited number of shots. Likewise, in higher levels, certain sequences are given, such as three blue, two red, four green balloons. This sounds simple, but the player has to remember this order...If you have further ideas for levels, please contact Achim Kern. The screenshots kindly provided by the author should give a first impression. The game will be available for free for all platforms supported by Hollywood Player and is planned for the end of the year.
(dr)
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16.Oct.2021
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Commercial action game: Turbo Tomato 1.10
At the end of July, Bitmap Soft released the commercial action game , in which you have to try to remove mutated vegetables from the playground using bombs. Now an update to version 1.10 has been released introducing the different difficulty levels 'SOFT' and 'SPICY'. The other changes:
- Other improvements
- Add "No Friendly Fire" trainer
- Allow dead players to rejoin a 2P game (counts as using continue)
- Show default and most recent level codes on select level screen
- Limit damage taken from enemies exploding very close to the player
- Debounce fire button on Continue screen
- Allow more time to read text on introduction screens
- Rebalance BONUS! letter probabilities to be more evenly spread
- Fixes
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- Fix data corruption when certain enemies die by friendly fire
- Fix some enemies not exploding and dropping items when they should
- Fix player energy bar not updating after large hits
- Fix flashing of PUSH BUTTON message on Continue screen
- Fix "Max Strength" trainer not activating when selected
- Fix "Black Lagoon" creature movement getting stuck
- Fix map glitch allowing entering a wall in "Waste Dump Sinister"
- Fix spread and rendering glitches with Waste Drum radiation
- Fix cosmetic glitches with decal tiles on some levels
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15.Oct.2021
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 0.128
Today MorphOS team member Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek released an update for his e-mail client Iris. Changes in version 0.128 include OpenSSL 3 and removal of duplicate addresses when replying to all.
For feedback to the author the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (snx)
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15.Oct.2021
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 16 of assembler coding course
'Prince', the founder of the former demo group 'Phaze101', currently streams on Twitch the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" (amiga-news.de reported) in English and after some time uploads the videos of it to YouTube. Yesterday episode 16 was published, dediacated to chapter 7 of the book and is about "Sprites / Joysticks / Tables / Bit Manipulation". (dr)
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14.Oct.2021
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 2.8
Today, version 2.8 of Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's web browser Wayfarer has been released, consisting of several small optimisations.
Required are MorphOS 3.15 and 1 GB of RAM. A CPU with at least 1.5 GHz is recommended. For feedback to the author, besides the integrated crash report tool and e-mails to wayfarer at wayfarer.icu also the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (snx)
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12.Oct.2021
ANF
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ComputerBase: 32-bit console Amiga CD³² & 16-bit CD player Philips CD-i (german)
At the title link, german tech magazine ComputerBase compares Commodore's Amiga CD³² as Europe's first 32-bit game console with the CD-i, the 16-bit multimedia system that was introduced by Philips in 1991 and co-developed with Sony.
The actual competing product, however, the Amiga CDTV, that had been introduced by Commodore also in 1991, is not mentioned at all. (snx)
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11.Oct.2021
ppa.ppl
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MorphOS: Adventure interpreter ScummVM 2.5.0
Press release: Twenty years ago today, on Tue Oct 9 16:30:12 2001, Ludvig Strigeus pushed the initial revision of the ScummVM code, which was version 0.0.1 of the project. Time flew quickly and, fast-forward to the present day, we are proudly releasing ScummVM 2.5.0 "Twenty years ago today…"
The list of changes is tremendous.
First of all, this is the first release that supports 2.5D games (almost 3D), thanks to the merger with ResidualVM. With this release we announce support for Grim Fandango, The Longest Journey and Myst 3: Exile. This is why we jumped straight to 2.5 in our versioning. Please note that only desktop platforms currently support these games and other platforms may or may not gain the support later depending on their capabilities.
In addition to these 3 games and engines, we officially support 10 more new engines and subengines that add compatibility with the following games:
- Little Big Adventure
- Red Comrades 1: Save the Galaxy
- Red Comrades 2: For the Great Justice
- Transylvania
- Crimson Crown
- OO-Topos
- Glulx interactive fiction games
- Private Eye
- AGS Games versions 2.5+
- Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy
- The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time
- Crusader: No Remorse
- L-ZONE
- Spaceship Warlock
We love localized game releases and multiple platform versions, thus with this release, we enhanced the support for Lure of the Temptress Konami release, Blue Force Spanish, Ringworld Spanish, Amazon: Guardians of Eden Spanish, Mystery House French, Russian translations of Sierra AGI games, Elvira 1 Japanese PC-98, Bargon Attack Russian, Woodruff Russian, Eye of the Beholder Japanese Sega-CD, Legend of Kyrandia Hebrew, Legend of Kyrandia 2 Hebrew, Legend of Kyrandia 3 Simplified Chinese, Inherit the Earth PC-98 Japanese, Gabriel Knight 1 Macintosh, Xeen Russian to name but a few. Notably, Macintosh b/w versions of Loom and Indy 3 are now also supported.
Besides the new games and game versions, ScummVM 2.5.0 brings many notable improvements and new features. We have completed a major rework of the GUI: We now support Unicode characters everywhere. The GUI also adapts to high resolutions used in HiDPI screens. The Nintendo DS port has been significantly rewritten. We added GOG and Steam achievements to a large number of Wintermute games and enabled KeyMapper in more games. Thanks to the work of one of our GSoC students, we have now added an option for text-to-speech to the games Sfinx, Soltys and The Griffon Legend.
You may find all of this goodness available to a number of platforms on our download page or let the autoupdater kick in on Macintosh and Windows.
We wish you great adventuring, happy puzzle-solving and exciting journeys to RPG worlds, and hope to see you around in the coming years.
And by the way, GOG.com is running a special promo tied to the release and our anniversary, where you can buy many ScummVM-supported games at a discount.
(dr)
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11.Oct.2021
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga 1.1 beta 4
At the End of May the developer Dirk Hoffmann released version 1.0 of his Amiga emulator for MacOS. He continued the development by releasing the first beta version for version 1.1. Now he has released beta version 4 providing the following changes:
- The Blitter interrupt was triggered one DMA cycle too early (High Density by Darkness, #466)
- Fixed an IPL polling issue in the CLR command (High Density by Darkness, #466)
- The emulator does no longer crash when mouse controls are accessed from keyboard window (#550)
- Merged in Rom database extensions made by @chris70c
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11.Oct.2021
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Alinea Computer: OmniPort - Multi port adapter for Amiga 1200
Press release: We are pleased to announce the release of the OmniPort multi port adapter for the Amiga 1200.
The OmniPort is a multi-port adapter that neatly routes various hardware interfaces on the Amiga 1200 desktop case to the outside via the expansion port. The interfaces are 2x USB, 1 x HDMI and 1x MicroSD. In order to be able to use the respective interfaces with the OmniPort, the corresponding hardware must already be installed in the Amiga 1200.
The hardware can be purchased now for 24.95 Euro in the online shop. (dr)
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10.Oct.2021
Artur Gadawski (Mail)
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USB-Adapter: Firmware update for Ryś MKII
The Ryś MKII adapter can be used together with USB HID devices like mouses, joysticks and pads to connect them as input devices for Amiga computers. The latest firmware update includes a new version of the USB stack support for wheel and the 4th and 5th mouse buttons.
Downloads:
RysMKII_v0.11_beta.hex (Firmware, 27 KB)
RysWheel_Installer_v0.11b.lha (AmigaOS Software, 72 KB) (dr)
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10.Oct.2021
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Aminet uploads until 09.10.2021
The following files have been added until 09.10.2021 to Aminet:
sedna2.lha demo/aga 1.5M 68k 'Sedna2' by Venom
speedmachine.lha demo/aga 521K 68k Speedmachine
broken_eyes.lha demo/intro 51K 68k Broken Eyes
Void-FB11-Morph.zip demo/sound 7.1M MOS Music Disk for MorphOS
exomizer.lha dev/cross 820K MOS A cruncher for 6502/Z80/6809 ...
evo.lha dev/e 602K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
Umoria.lha game/role 764K MOS Robert A. Koeneke's classic r...
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 726K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
MMV8_Complete.lha mus/edit 1.7M 68k MusicMaker V8 Version 3.0 (Co...
Alltests.zip util/misc 283K 68k Automated Amiga Test Program
TestProgram.zip util/misc 131K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
usbdevs.lha util/rexx 622K Vendor and product of USB/PCI...
tabexec.lha util/wb 9K 68k Tabexec - a dmenu like launcher
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10.Oct.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 09.10.2021
The following files have been added until 09.10.2021 to OS4Depot:
mediavault.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Discover online radio stations
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10.Oct.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.10.2021
The following files have been added until 09.10.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Void-Feedback_11.zip Demoscene Music Disk for MorphOS
Exomizer_3.1.1.lha Development/Cross A cruncher for 6502/Z80...
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10.Oct.2021
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- LowBudget Song Remix
- Hightop (Hiphop Remix)
- Just Another
- Lisbon Fever
- The Martini Effect (Very poor little demo remix)
- Falcon
- A320 Airbus
- Fighter Bomber
- Time Machine - 2021 Dance Remix
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
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10.Oct.2021
Amigasystem (ANF)
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AROS distribution: AROS One 1.6 (x86)
"AROS One", an AROS distribution based on ABI v0, is now available in version 1.6 for x86 computers (video, resolution of 720p recommended). It can be downloaded at the title link either as a DVD ISO file or as a USB flash image.
Updates:
- Applications:
- Abkviewer v0.06
- LoView v2.91
- AYA v06
- ComicOn v1.2
- Pintor Web v3.10
- Videntium Picta v2.45
- Horloge SDL
- SnapIT v1.5
- GrafX2 v2.5.1960
- Omanko v1.10
- Paste Quick v0.41
- InstallerLG v1.0.0beta2
- FontTester v1.10
- DiskImageGUI v52.34
- DosDrivers IPC0 and IPC1
- AutoActivate v1.11
- ZapperNG v1.2
- WBxCLI v0.6
- KGBArchGUI v02
- V.A.M.P. v2.30
- NTFS3G 53.4
- EXFAT v53.3
- ViewLHA v07
- Arlan v0.1
- UnRAR v6.02
- FrameBuild v.05
- PaperBox v1.1
- YAM v0.46
- Simplemail v4.6
- MCC_BetterString-11.36
- MCC_NList-0.128
- MCC_TextEditor-15.56
- MCC_TheBar-26.22
- Operating System:
- New Zune Themes White, Gray colors
- 18 New Wanderer Themes (Backdrops, Skins Windows and Pointers)
- 4 OWB Themes
- Wanderer Icons (File Directory "Detail")
- New Disk Image Device Icons
- Theme for FrameBuild v.05
- New Zune Arc Icons images
- New Def_Icon for Workbench
- New Def_Icon for Simplemail
- Update config Dopus4
- Games:
- Koules
- Soliton
- Tressette
- Amifish
- Demos:
- Acidwarp
- Jylam
- BoingDemo
- Hogwagen
(snx)
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10.Oct.2021
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Floppy disk images reading and writing on PC or Mac: Greaseweazle 0.31
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported).
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. Now released version 0.31 increases USB buffer size from 16 to 64 KB. Greaseweazle is available at various dealers. (snx)
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Greg Donner
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Graphics card ZZ9000: New firmware 1.9.1
Lukas F. Hartmann's ZZ9000 is a graphics card with additional features and ports (network, USB, SD cards), which can be preordered in different versions (amiga-news.de reported).
Yesterday the new firmware version 1.9.1 was released. It requires the new RTG driver 1.9 (can be downloaded under the title link) and includes the following changes:
- Fixes issues from 1.9:
- PAL/NTSC/Interlace switching was sometimes unreliable, leading to garbage states if loading monitor driver after loading Workbench
- Video formatter writes (esp. for sprites) could be interrupted with other video formatter writes by vblank/split interrupt, leading to undefined states and garbage or doubled screen when switching modes (esp. with RTG/native mode switching)
- ZZ9000Installer had a bug that would not rename the correct driver for Zorro 2 systems (A500/A2000)
- Improvements vs 1.8:
- zzusb.device now in ZZ9000 ROM (Remove Devs:ZZ9000USBStorage.device!)
- Automatic discovery and boot from USB stick partitions (currently OFS/FFS only)
- "Turbo" method of setting up drawing registers now the default (helps with CyberStorm MK1, for example)
- 2 different palettes supported for 8-bit P96 split screen (requires P96 3.1.4+)
- Support for new Multi Monitor feature of P96 by setting DISPLAYCHAIN ToolType of ZZ9000 to NO (requires P96 3.1.2+)
- Horizontal Panning support in RTG modes
- Ethernet negotiation doesn't block boot anymore
- Native Capture: Fix rare Column Swap Bug
- Native Capture: Optional "Non Standard Sync" modes that are closer to the original refresh rate, enabled by setting ENV:ZZ9000-NS-VSYNC. Needs a tolerant display
- Native Capture: Moved all switching (incl. NTSC/PAL) code to vblank interrupt, fixing some RTG/native switching bugs
- INT6/INT2 Interrupts reworked in ZZ9000Net.device to support interrupt sharing with other cards and ZZ9000AX.
- New Screen Modes: 2560x1440@30Hz, 1600x1200, 720x480
- Fixes compatibility with some displays vs 1.8
- Known Problems:
- 256 MB AutoConfig Memory enabled only after first reset
- Autoboot and AutoConfig Memory features can lead to problems with some special Amiga setups. Use alternative firmware versions to disable these. With Autoboot disabled, you can use zzusb.device from Extras drawer in the installer archive.
- USB storage can be crashy with CS MK1 accelerator
(dr)
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Lionheart Remake 1.10: Java port of Lionheart
Byron 3D Games Studio has released a Lionheart Java Remakeof Lionheart for its LionEngine (amiga-news.de berichtete). Source codes are available on GitHub for the LionEngine as well as for the game port.
Version 1.10 includes the following changes:
- Added
- Game launcher configuration
- Gamepad support (PC & Android)
- New stages (Swamp, Spidercave, Ancient Town, Lava, Secret, Airship, Dragonfly, Tower)
- Full editor with stage entities properties and checkpoints edition
- Original 50Hz support added with fullscreen
- Cheats menu added
- Click and touch support to menu
- Android virtual keyboard diagonal support
- Multi language support (shipped with English, French, German, Spanish)
- Sword level on hud
- Changed
- Intro and Extro reviewed with perfect original timing
- Font converted to bitmap to be rendered same on any platform
- Backdrop non flicker mode with more color
- Loading time improved
- Map tile file size reduced
- Sfx converted to mono with no loss
- Fixed
- Widescreen support
- Life lost even with cheats enabled
- No credits on last life lost when bitten
- Intro and Credits English texts
- Intro not working without music
- Bird behavior on collide
- Player camera limit lock
- Swamp stage5 Bee invalid patrol proximity
- Spider ground fall
- Liana and Grip soar hurt invalid jump
- Sfx not correctly cached
- Music on Windows 32bits
- AncientTown level rip 7 and 8 black color
(dr)
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