12.Dec.2024
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Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 2000, part 3
Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutching recently bought an Amiga 2000 for 350 pounds and is now documenting his attempts to repair the considerably upgraded computer (amiga-news.de reported). The third part is to get the hard disc up and running. (cg)
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12.Dec.2024
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Top-down shooter: Revenge Of The Grinch
"Revenge Of The Grinch" (video) is a shooter with simultaneous mouse and joystick control. The game developed by "Electric Black Sheep" (e.g. Star Dust Wars, Project Quest) runs on any Amiga with 1 megabyte of RAM, an A1200 is recommended. (cg)
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12.Dec.2024
spillhistorie.no (E-Mail)
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Interview: Rob Anderson ("Moonstone")
The blog "Spillhistory" spoke to programmer Rob Anderson, the developer of the 1991 action adventure Moonstone. (cg)
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11.Dec.2024
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Development tool: Amiga GCC updated
Stefan 'bebbo' Franke's GNU-C compiler compilation for the Amiga was updated two days ago. The "lilzöö" version mainly fixes problems and integrates the Poseidon USB SDK. (snx)
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11.Dec.2024
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Winterland level for Mega Lo Mania
Back in November last year Dom Cresswell created a Winterland level for the game Mega Lo Mania by using "AI" for the graphics and a level editor he had started in 2008 and not completed until 2023. The new level can be downloaded at the title link. (snx)
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11.Dec.2024
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Video series: The Amiga 1000 as a Workstation, part 9
Yesterday Thomas Cherryhomes published the ninth part of his video series on the Workstation suitability of the Amiga 1000 at that time. In it, he compares how an IBM PC/AT would have been used for scientific and engineering purposes by writing a heatmap program with the IBM C compiler. (snx)
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11.Dec.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Video: The Best Amiga Christmas Games
If you want to get into the Christmas spirit with Amiga nostalgia, you will find an almost half-hour video at the title link with scenes from the fifteen best Christmas-related games according to the creator. (snx)
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10.Dec.2024
Tino Mania
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Print magazine: Amiga Germany, issue 13
"Amiga Germany" has its origins in a Facebook group of the same name. The magazine, which is in A5 format, focuses on the game and demo scene on the Amiga. The thirteenth edition, which is around 60 pages long, can now be ordered for Euro 4.22 (plus shipping) and should be delivered before the end of this year.
The new edition includes the following topics, among others:
- Review of X-Out and facts and news about X-Out Resurfaced, including an interview with the developers
- Report: Germany – no land of video games?
- Reviews: puzzle and logic games, Lost Patrol, Payback, B.C. Kid, Dr. Dangerous and many more
- Box art story: Agony
- Christmas goodies
- free surprise trading card
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10.Dec.2024
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Announcement: Amiga 40th Anniversary Event in Silicon Valley
A major event will be held in Silicon Valley in July 2025 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Amiga. Organised by the team behind the Amiga30th event, the event invites Amiga fans from around the world to celebrate the history and legacy of the Amiga. The event will include exhibits, a banquet and a presentation of rare artefacts from the collection of Amiga legend Dale Luck. Interested parties can sign up for a newsletter to receive updates. (nba)
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10.Dec.2024
Timo Paul (ANF)
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 15 of "WhatIFF?", new forum and merchandise
‘WhatIFF?’ is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format.The topics of the fifteenth issue include reviews of hardware (e.g. A600GS, RastPort PCMCIA and Electroware PSU) and software (e.g. IBrowse 3a and RogueCraft), tutorials (e.g. Basic Basic and setting up AmigaOS 3.2) and interviews (e.g. Grzegorz Kraszewsk (Untangle) and Krzysztof Donat (GoVD)). The new edition is expected to be available free of charge from Friday on the WhatIFF? website and on the Aminet.
The WhatIFF? makers are also offering a range of merchandise including t-shirts and stickers, which can be purchased from the website.
An English-language discussion forum has been set up for authors to exchange ideas, and is now also accessible to readers, to promote the exchange of ideas on topics in general and about WhatIFF? (nba)
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10.Dec.2024
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Reverse Engineering: Carmageddon for 68k-Amigas
A reverse engineering project brings the PC classic Carmageddon to the Classic Amiga. Thanks to Arcziii, who has already presented reverse engineerings of Red Alert and Wipeout, the martial racing game has been made executable on classic Amiga hardware. The adaptation is based on the original engine, has been engineered for the 68k architecture and requires the original Carmageddon game data, which can be obtained from the original game disc or from the gaming platform GOG (Good Old Games).
Carmageddon has been developed by Stainless Games and published by Interplay in 1997. The high-octane, controversial driving game, known for its uncompromising action and destruction, originally appeared for MS-DOS, Windows and Macintosh, and was later released for other platforms. (nba)
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10.Dec.2024
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI-Firmware 2024.12.09
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 2024.12.09 is a hotfix for ZuluSCSI V1.1/V1.2 only, which fixes a regression during firmware initialisation. (dr)
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09.Dec.2024
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Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 2000 (parts 1 and 2)
Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutching had recently purchased an Amiga 2000 for £350 which was in an unknown condition but contained many upgrades. The aim of his restoration is to get the motherboard working in the first part and to continue working on it in the second part. (dr)
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09.Dec.2024
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Internet radio: TuneFinder 1.3a (update)
Marcin Spoczynski's TuneFinder enables users to search internet radio stations with various filter options. Results are displayed in a list with detailed station information, and the app includes options to save selections as either a complete PLS playlist for playing them via AmigaAMP directly from within Tunefinder or as individual station files (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.3 provides the following changes:
- Users can now select a program (AmigaAMP) to launch together with TuneFinder
- Added favorites management system
- Added iconification support
- Added list content preservation during iconification
- Added window position persistence
- Added functionality to save last used country and codec on exit
- Added French translation (Eric 'Tarinz' LUCZYSZYN)
- Bug fixes and UI improvements
Update: (10.12.2024, 06:04, dr)
Version 1.3a is now available, which adds Iconify AmigaAMP on start to automatically minimize AmigaAMP.
Download: TuneFinder.lha (79 KB) (dr)
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09.Dec.2024
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AROS: Sound editor ProTrekkr 2.7.5
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 2.7.5 has now been released for AROS (and other systems). Changes:
- Sample editor tries to keep loop information intact whenever possible.
- Synth distortion can now have positive or negative values.
- Synth ENV 1 & 2 can be directed to drive synth distortion.
- Synth LVO 1 & 2 can be directed to drive synth distortion as well.
- Removed broken instruments and presets from distribution.
- Fixed a couple of bugs here and there.
- Added replay routine support for AROS.
- Added global stereo VU meters view for each channel.
Download: ptk_v2.7.5_aros_x86.zip (12 MB) (dr)
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08.Dec.2024
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Aminet uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to Aminet:
eTIN.lha biz/misc 1K German eTIN and Leitweg-ID en...
DiskCopier.lha disk/bakup 13K 68k Simple 2024 floppy disk copier
anaiis.lha driver/oth 250K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.24
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 271K 68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ...
g17demo_68k_and_wos.lha game/demo 355M 68k Demo version of Gorky 17
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 35M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 9.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 10M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
DevilsTorture.lha mods/misc 1.3M 16bit 4ch Amiga Doom Metal by...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip mus/edit 12M x86 Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
IMP_GI.lha pix/gicon 6K GlowIcon for IMP
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08.Dec.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 10Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mgba.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.1 GB/GBC/GBA Emulator
roguefootballcardgame... gam/car 6Mb 4.0 Card game by AmiGameJam
jfduke3d.lha gam/fps 119Mb 4.1 JonoF's Duke Nukem 3D Port
prboom-plus.lha gam/fps 15Mb 4.1 An improvement on id Software�...
processactionreply.lha gam/uti 615kb 4.0 fun hack, works like action repl...
iff-converter.lha gra/con 1Mb 4.0 Convert images into raw format.
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 35Mb 4.1 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
litexl.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
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08.Dec.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to AROS Archives:
protrekkr.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 12Mb Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
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08.Dec.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 07.12.2024
The following files have been added until 07.12.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_33.70.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
PacMan-SDL_1.0.lha Games/Action Port of PacMan-SDL
NetPuzzleArena_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of NetPuzzleArena ...
SacrificioPagano_3.00.lha Misc A special app to people...
Iris_1.45.lha MorphOS-update Iris, the MorphOS email...
Lite-XL_2.1.6r1.lha Text/Edit Lite XL is a lightweigh...
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08.Dec.2024
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WHDLoad: Version 19.1 and new installers until 07.12.2024
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.
Version 19.1, which has been released meanwhile, can check for code now that possibly triggers a hardware bug caused by accessing custom.copjmp1/2 while blitter is active.
The following installers have been added until 07.12.2024:
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08.Dec.2024
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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:
- Xenophobe [feat. Necropolo] (Encore64 V2)
- Echoing Genos Edition
- Saman Kar Tanesii
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08.Dec.2024
discord (ANF)
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AMOS game with source code: Sybil - Halloween Defender
The game "Sybil: Halloween Defender" (video) is inspired by the classic game Defender. Here you control Sybil, a friendly witch who lives on the edge of the forest and is viewed with suspicion by the inhabitants of the nearby village. But every year on Halloween, when the barrier between the earthly and spirit worlds is at its thinnest and evil creatures emerge from the underworld, Sybil flies out on her enchanted broom with her spell book to keep them at bay.
The game is free and the available source code is intended as a learning aid for budding AMOS Basic Pro programmers to help them write more Amiga games.
Download: Sybil.adf (880 Kb) (snx)
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08.Dec.2024
memo via discord (ANF)
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Event: Video announcing Amiga40 (German)
As announced via a German video at the title link, the "Amiga40" event will take place from October 17 to 19, 2025, again at the "Kunstwerk" in Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). While the program is still being worked out, it is at least certain that the previous limit of a maximum of 850 visitors can be increased this time, so that around 1000 participants are envisaged. (snx)
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08.Dec.2024
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Self-built disk archiver based on Raspberry Pi
The website "Tom's Hardware" reports at the title link about a project by Graham Tinkers. He was faced with the task of archiving his 800 Amiga disks and built a disk archiver from a Raspberry Pi 3B, an old disk duplicator, a camera and Greazeweasel, which saves them as an ADF file to a USB device with an accompanying photo of the disk (video). (snx)
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08.Dec.2024
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Workbench 1.3: A list of enhancing software
Following his AmigaNOS tutorial, Hungarian software engineer 'neongod' has published a list of software at the title link to enhance Workbench 1.3. (snx)
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08.Dec.2024
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Diskmag: Versus #10 (update)
Issue 10 of Versus, the diskmag of the demoscene groups Nukleus and Void, which contains the Amiga demoscene charts, has been published at the title link.
Update: (10.12.2024, 22:04, dr)
In the meantime, a version for AmigaOS 4 is also available on OS4Depot. (snx)
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07.Dec.2024
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Commercial action RPG: Dungeonette - The New Adventure (AGA/CD32) available
Adrian Cummings' action RPG "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" (video) is now available. A boxed edition - a DVD case containing a CD32-compatible CD, printed manual, USB stick with ADF files and two disk labels - is being sold on ebay UK for just under 36 euros plus postage, while the purely digital edition is available from etsy.com for 18.80 euros.
Dungeonette - The New Adventure runs on any AGA-Amiga, compatibility with THEA500 Mini, A600GS and WinUAE has also been ensured by the developer. On faster systems there may be occasional speed problems, for these cases the Dungeonette WHDLoad patch is recommended. (cg)
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07.Dec.2024
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Coding workshop: A500 programming at hardware level - A Sprite Rendering Engine
The eighth part of Michael Martin's course on hardware-level A500 programming is about sprites again: "A Sprite Rendering Engine" explains the interaction of the sprites created in the last episode with other elements of the graphics hardware. (cg)
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07.Dec.2024
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Web tool: Worms DC Asset Editor
Alexander Groupe's Worms DC Asset Editor is a web-based replacement for the "WormPrefs" tool from Worms: Director's Cut. The tool was inspired by the announced update for Worms DC, which will soon celebrate it's 30th birthday.
The Asset Editor can now do everything that the original WormPrefs could do, including:
- Import of existing Worms DC assets
- Export of WRM16 (custom level), MNT (mountains) and DIY (landscape) files
- Import of level/mountain/landscape images as IFFs
- Interactive palette adjustments
- Previews of everything
For his editor, the author first had to reverse engineer and document all custom file formats used in Worms. Talking to amiga-news.de, Grupe spoke of a "reverse engineering odyssey" in which his low-level assembler experience was very useful. Three bytes are still "unsolved", otherwise all questions about the file format have been answered - including problems such as "is this the height, only shifted 6 bits to the left?" and "this must be a BLTSIZE specification?".
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07.Dec.2024
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Text adventure: Morning Panic
Written in Amiga-E, "Morning Panic" is the first text adventure by Moya 'Cammy' Jackie. Described by the author as a " small and simple text adventure", the title requires at least Kickstart 2.0. (cg)
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07.Dec.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.2 LTS for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.2, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. This release has been given "LTS" status ("Long Term Support") by the Linux team and will be provided with updates until at least the end of 2026. Compared to the previous version, two minor bugs have been fixed:
- drm/radeon: Fix spurious unplug event on radeon HDMI
- KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix kmv -> kvm typo
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06.Dec.2024
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Text editor: Lite XL 2.1.6r1 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
George 'walkero' Sokianos has updated his port of the SDL-based text editor Lite XL. The update makes the changes from the official Lite XL 2.1.6 release available to Amiga users, and the OS4 implementation is now based on SDL 2.30.9.. (cg)
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06.Dec.2024
hyperion-entertainment.com (ANF)
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Gorky 17: WarpOS support, minor update of AmigaOS 3 version, new demo
Steffen Häuser has now also ported the RPG/strategy mix "Gorky 17" to WarpOS after AmigaOS 3. There is also a small update for the 68k edition: the wrong language file may have been installed during the installation process, this error has been fixed.
Registered existing customers can download the archive with the combined 68k/WarpOS version in the download area, for all others there is now an updated demo version that also supports the PowerPC. (cg)
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06.Dec.2024
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.38
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS or via this link.
Version 0.38 includes a lot of changes regarding e.g. palette, menu or AmigaGuide. (dr)
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06.Dec.2024
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AmigaOS 4: MilkyTracker 1.05 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has again cross-compiled the source code of MilkyTracker for AmigaOS 4 with GCC 11.3.0 and linked it with the last stable version of SDL 2.30.9..
Download: MilkyTracker-SDL2.lha (2,1 MB) (dr)
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05.Dec.2024
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 1.45 (update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.44 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. New features of this version include faster downloading and displaying of e-mails, replying to and canceling of calendar entries, and the option of always sending e-mails as a blind copy to a preset address.
Update: (06.12.2024, 22:04, dr)
Version 1.45 is now available to fix a memtrash that could occur under certain conditions.
Download: iris.lha (27 MB) (snx)
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04.Dec.2024
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware 2024.12.03
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 2024.12.03 introduces support for Ultra-SCSI (Fast-20) on RP2040/RP2350-based platforms, currently still in beta. You can find more details on this and the other changes at the title link. (snx)
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04.Dec.2024
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AROS: Sound editor ProTrekkr 2.7.3 (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 2.7.1 has now been released for AROS.
New features, besides bug fixes, are OpenGL support, the ability to draw samples and saving parts of samples as waveform files.
Update: (06.12.2024, 22:04, dr)
Version 2.7.3 is now available, which fixes a cause of a crash. In addition, a more straightforward individual tracks zooming mechanism has been implemented. (snx)
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04.Dec.2024
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Programming competition: Voting opened for AmiGameJam 2024
Aim of AmiGameJam 2024 was to program a successor to an existing Amiga game. After the closing date, the winner can now be voted for until Christmas. To take part, you have to be registered on the website and can then submit your rating after clicking on the individual games. (snx)
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04.Dec.2024
heckmeck-Blog (ANF)
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Programming competition: Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge 2024
For the fourth time, the Logiker website is holding a Vintage Computing Christmas Challenge. Participation in this programming competition is open until Christmas Day, and prizes include issues of PDF magazines and a book. (snx)
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04.Dec.2024
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for November 2024
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 in his "Old School Game Blog" at the title link. (snx)
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03.Dec.2024
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Developer log: Writing an own dialogue scripting language
Developer Dan Salvato has presented the creation of his own dialogue scripting language for his under-development game "Magicore Anomala" in a detailed blog post (amiga-news.de reported). In "Writing My Own Dialogue Scripting Language", Salvato describes the motivation and development process behind the creation of a custom language for implementing dialogues in video games. He discusses technical challenges and describes the components script, parser, bytecode and renderer. With specific script examples, he explains how his solution makes it possible to efficiently implement complex dialogue structures. (nba)
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03.Dec.2024
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AmiGameJam candidate: Last Battle 2
Successors to Amiga games are to be created as part of the AmiGameJam 2024 contest. Under the title link, 'msmalik681' has published his interpretation of a successor to the Sega classic "Last Battle", which has also been ported to the Amiga: "Last Battle 2" is a classic beat'em up in the arcade style of the 80s.
According to the developer, the fight game should run on all Amigas with OCS and 1 MB of Chip RAM and make use of both joystick buttons. Currently, the first level of "Last Battle 2" (YouTube video) can be played. (nba)
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03.Dec.2024
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PDF magazine: Ami Tech-Gazette, Issue 11
"Ami Tech-Gazette" by Eric Schwartz and Michael Barclay is a 12-page retro newsletter with an Amiga focus. The current issue includes another episode of the "Graphics Workshop", reviews of Datastorm and Gigawatt, and a throwback to the US print magazine "COMPUTE!". (nba)
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02.Dec.2024
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AROS: Review of November 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of November at the title link. (dr)
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02.Dec.2024
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Video: Installation of an Indivision AGA MK3 in the CD32
In part 1 of a two-part series, the YouTube channel "Amiga Retro" shows how an Indivision AGA MK3 is installed in a CD32. (dr)
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02.Dec.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Review of MediaVault
MediaVault is a program for AmigaOS 4 for streaming radio stations and playing podcasts, which was written by George 'walkereo' Sokianos and last updated at the end of 2021 (amiga-news.de reported). Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci takes a closer look at the application and its mediavault script, which can be used to save parts of streams and entire podcasts in a file on the hard drive. (dr)
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02.Dec.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.43
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 (YouTube video) 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.
Detailed changes of version 0.9.43:
- Game setup page now has a basic and advanced page. In advanced page the level
loading strategy can be decided.
- For final games now all levels files are stored in a single file, this will
speed up loading levels.
- In the Game Setup advanced page you can choose to store all levels in memory,
load each one or have them all in memory.
- Improvements in palette handling when slicing new spritesheets.
- Added aid when setting a jump for an object.
- Added a Condition trigger to check M8 mod tracker commands.
- Added action trigger Angle from 8Dir to calculate angle from delta x and
delta y movement.
- Better editor representation of UI Bars.
- Small optimization for objects with map collisions.
- Instantiate helper in triggers screen now shows all instantiates instead of
just one.
- Fix in Map Speed for new projects as it was initially 0.
- Change in collision boxes display to try to avoid them leave the screen
dirty.
- Change in requesters to avoid an issue when saving after working in a project
for a long time.
- Fix for shape exporting when using font sheets.
- Fix for copper gradients being erased at runtime under some configurations.
- Melter font is now being loaded and used in the editor anymore.
(dr)
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01.Dec.2024
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Aminet uploads until 30.11.2024
The following files have been added until 30.11.2024 to Aminet:
TuneFinder.lha comm/misc 70K 68k Search and play online radio ...
AmiSpeedTest.lha comm/net 77K 68k Network speed test utility
curl-8.11.2.lha comm/tcp 3.1M 68k File and data transfer tool a...
TWIR-Dave.zip demo/aga 7.0M 68k animated demo with sound. AGA...
png2cMOS.lha dev/c 67K MOS convert png images to ANSI-C ...
zlib-1.3.1.lha dev/lib 75K 68k Data compression library
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.9M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
x68k2amiga.zip dev/misc 30K 68k Convert X68000 exec/data file...
DiskCopier11a.lha disk/bakup 59K 68k Simple floppy disk copier
uaemidi.lha driver/oth 14K 68k UAE MIDI driver for CAMD (wit...
AmiRobbo2_DEMO.adf game/demo 880K Ami Robbo 2 playable demo
HalloweenX_Demo.lha game/demo 661K 68k HalloweenX AGA Game, Demo
MCE.lha game/edit 4.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
level2silhouette.adf game/jump 880K 68k Level 2 of AGA Game Silhouett...
silhouette-threat-AGA... game/jump 880K 68k Level 1 of AGA Game Silhouett...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 35M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
sysvars.lha util/boot 24K 68k Put system information in env...
Trinity.lha util/misc 33K 68k Trinity Tools
UHCBatch.lha util/misc 40K 68k UHCTools ReAction GUI w. source
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.5M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
AIBB_ManticoreV4.lha util/moni 1K 68k AIBB Module: A600 - Apollo Ma...
CPU-A.lha util/moni 472K 68k System Information Tool
Anno.lha util/time 367K 68k Reminder and calendar utility
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.11.2024
The following files have been added until 30.11.2024 to OS4Depot:
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
iff-converter.lha gra/con 1Mb 4.0 Convert images into raw format.
gif2abk.lha gra/mis 4Mb 4.0 converting GIF animations to AMO...
mediavault_script.lha net/mis 17kb 4.0 Choose player or download stream...
sacrificopagano.lha uti/mis 6Mb 4.0 Magic Tool
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.11.2024
The following files have been added until 30.11.2024 to AROS Archives:
ft2clone166.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 4Mb FastTracker II Clone is a music ...
dosbox_manual_many_lang.zip doc/man 114kb Dosbox Manual Many language
sacrificiopagano.lha uti/mis 5Mb Magic Tool
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.11.2024
The following files have been added until 30.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
MilkyTracker_1.05.00.lha Audio/Tracker An XM/MOD tracker by th...
png2c_1.0.lha Development/C Convert png images to A...
AmiArcadia_33.60.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
SDDapple_0.14.lha Emulation An Apple ][+ and //e em...
PacMan-SDL_1.0.lha Games/Action Port of PacMan-SDL
MCE_15.23.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Woof_15.0.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
EgoBoo_2.22.lha Games/Shoot3D An old quick port of Eg...
fheroes2_1.1.4.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Rob-O-Tronic_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Rob-O-Tronic by...
UHCTools_1.8.lha Misc A collection of program...
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01.Dec.2024
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WHD-Load: New installers until 30.11.2024
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 30.11.2024:
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01.Dec.2024
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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:
- Supremacy (Encore64 V2)
- Rainbow Islands Christmas
- Ethereal Void part 1 (nightwolf 2024 remix)
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01.Dec.2024
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Amiga Advent Calendar
The Australian Moya 'Cammy' Jackie has started another Christmas campaign and presents an Amiga Advent Calendar at the title link. Behind each door is a game, mod, demo, artwork or piece of software contributed by the Amiga community. Further contributions to fill the calendar are welcome. (snx)
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01.Dec.2024
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Game: Star Dust Wars - Director's Cut
As reported, the Electric Black Sheep team have reworked their game "Star Dust Wars". This "Director's Cut" has been published yesterday at the title link. (snx)
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01.Dec.2024
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Programming the Amiga 500: Spritework
Michael Martin's latest entry on his experimental programming projects on the Amiga 500 is dedicated to sprites, including a look at the continuity compared to the Atari. (snx)
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30.Nov.2024
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Dungeon crawler: Halloween X 1.10 (AGA)
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler Halloween X (video) can be purchased for 5 USD at itch.io. The developer has released several updates since the initial release:
- 1.10: Demo had a text bug !
- 1.10: A general speed improvement !
- 1.09: Vampire autodetect removed, looks like different cores makes autodetect useless ;)
- 1.09: If music is not playing, hold L-SHIFT down and click game icon and hold it until menu is loaded.
- 1.09: key V in menu also prints v1.09 Tracker <> MTplayer
- 1.08: I have added kid/men difficulty mode , so men has added difficulty to prior version
- 1.08: I have also made it run on Vampire, this is un-official.. I don't guarantee it to work, tested with core 10400
Halloween X requires a fast AGA Amiga, a free demo version is available. (cg)
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30.Nov.2024
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 10.5 (Update)
Thomas 'Thor' Richter's universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI" supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. The current version 10.4 contains the following changes:
- The algorithm for finding an address space window for the A1200 mediators has been changed. It no longer looks behind the last memory segment, but
uses the largest hole from the 24bit limit up.
- The installer script has been updated. It now checks whether the archive is corrupt, and also backs up the PCI-Configuration file if it existed.
- PCIInit no longer checks whether the version of openpci is larger or equal than its own version. Version 3 of openpci is now sufficient since that version introduced the MMU initialization API.
Update: (01.12.2024, 16:00, cg)
Richter released version 10.5 today:
- When tearing down the library due to an Expunge,
the code trashed memory due to an incorrectly
loaded memory.
- When scanning for devices, the scan no longer
stops after the first device of a multi-function
device that claims not be of multi-function type.
(cg)
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Amiga 500 keyboard as a USB device: Leonardo 1.2
"Amiga 500 Keyboard - Arduino Leonardo" is a further development of Amiga500-Keyboard, it transforms an Amiga 500 keyboard into a USB input device with the help of an Arduino Leonardo. Compared to its predecessor, it offers some new functions such as the recording of macros. The new version 1.2 also offers support for multimedia keys. (cg)
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30.Nov.2024
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AmiGameJam: Numerous new games introduced
The deadline for this year's edition of the AmiGameJam programming competition, which has the motto "The Sequel That Never Was", is just a few hours away: Participants are to develop a sequel to a classic Amiga game. A number of new titles have been presented in the last two days, and we are currently aware of a total of 15 games intended for the jam:
Tale of Evil
(video) is the successor to Tower of Evil, which was also released this year. An ECS Amiga with one megabyte of RAM is required; additional graphics and music are integrated into the game when installed on a hard disk.
The vertically scrolling shooter Insanity Fight 2 (video) is described by the author as a "quick'n dirty prototype": development only started this month. Currently one level including the final boss has been implemented, the target platform is an Amiga with a 68000 (recommended: 68010) processor and one megabyte of RAM.
Peter Mackay's turn-based strategy game North And South Wars (video) is based on the US Civil War, but uses game mechanics inspired by Nintendo's Advance Wars. At least an A500 is required, the game is controlled entirely with the mouse.
Rintivoorh (video) is also still in the prototype stage, the only existing level does not yet have a final boss. The Hawkeye successor supports a second fire button and runs on any Amiga with at least one megabyte of RAM.
The puzzle game Master of Minefields (video) offers 10 different game modes and 350 levels. Originally developed for the CD32, the title currently runs on any PAL-AGA Amiga. Adaptations for NTSC and ECS/OCS computers are planned.
Unlike its predecessor, the arena shooter Extreme Violence 2 (video) supports four participants instead of just two. The programmer describes the development status as "fully playable but missing some polish, optimisation, and bug fixing.". The title, written in C, runs on any Amiga with one megabyte of RAM; if only 512 KB of chip RAM is available, the playing fields are slightly reduced in size. After several preview videos, the game is now also available for download.
The top-down racer Riviera '79 (video) is inspired by Sega's arcade classic Monaco GP. Two fire buttons are supported, the racer should run on any Amiga with 512 KB RAM, one megabyte is required when starting from the Workbench.
Previously known titles
The following competitors have already been presented in previous reports:
(cg)
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29.Nov.2024
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Asteroids-style dogfights: Hyper Wings 1.5
Christian Geldmann's “Hyper Wings” (Video) is a shooter developed in Assembler, in which two human or computer-controlled combatants fight each other with a control system borrowed from Asteroids. Version 1.5 fixes some bugs and also features the following changes:
- new ingame music
- new background graphics + a second background image when playing best of 5 mode. More gfx will follow in the next releases.
- new sprite gfx: different space ships can be chosen. More will follow.
- weapons: Enemy missiles can now be destroyed with own missiles.
- 2 disks: the game uses two disks now. This allows loading of data in the game. The additional 880k allows the usage of several background gfx, mod tunes and sprite gfx. The game supports using df0 or df1 for the 2nd disk.
Direct download link: hyperwings_v1.5.zip (539 KB) (cg)
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29.Nov.2024
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CLI command: sysvars V0.15.1
sysvars is a small CLI tool that creates several environment variables holding valuable system information (e.g. CPU and FPU, the chipset or Kickstart version). These variables can be used, for example, in the startup-sequence to enable/disable certain patches, assigns etc.
Version 0.15.1 again fixes errors in Vampire V2 detection.
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29.Nov.2024
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AmiGameJam candidate: Anguish
Successors to Amiga games are to be created as part of the AmiGameJam 2024 contest. 'lionagony', who previously worked on Silhouette Threat, has released his idea of a sequel to Agony for AGA Amigas.
The first level of "Anguish" (YouTube video) can currently be played. (dr)
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29.Nov.2024
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Video tutorial: Using the AMOS command "SCREEN OFFSET"
In another video in his tutorial series on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows another way to scroll a screen vertically by using the SCREEN OFFSET command. (dr)
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28.Nov.2024
OSnews (ANF)
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Linux PPC removes support for CHRP (e.g. Pegasos)
The maintainers of the PowerPC port of the Linux kernel are planning to remove support for CHRP ("Common Hardware Reference Platform") systems. The Pegasos/Pegasos 2 systems from bplan are among those affected. However, this change will have no effect on the PowerPC computers from Eyetech, ACube and A-EON: here the community has always been responsible for kernel adaptations. (cg)
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28.Nov.2024
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Preview videos: Beat'em up "Last Battle 2" , Shoot'em Up "Galactic Plague"
Two developers provide a first insight into the status of their projects developed with the Scorpion Engine by publishing videos showing some gameplay:
Last Battle 2 is to be a beat'em up which sees itself as an unofficial successor to the Sega classic "Last Battle", which was also ported to the Amiga.
Galactic Plague is a vertically scrolling shooter that the designer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before deciding to use a more modern platform due to its limitations and instability. (cg)
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28.Nov.2024
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Interview: The story of Twintris
The blog “Spillhistory” spoke to programmer Svein Berge about his Tetris clone Twintris, which was first published by Digital Marketing in 1990 and then distributed on various magazine disks in 1991. (cg)
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28.Nov.2024
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry V7.0.0-RC1
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems such as the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which comes with some newly developed features such as a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch and is used, for example, in the AmiKit workbench distribution for the Raspberry Pi 4/400. A modified version of Amiberry is also the basis for the THEA500 Mini.
The current release candidate ("RC") of version 7.0.0 is not recommended for weaker systems, for which an update of "Amiberry-Lite" will be provided shortly. The changes in detail:
- Amiberry is now delivered as a package, instead of just an archive with binaries. This also means that you don't have to manually install the dependencies, before you can run it (the package will take care of that for you automatically). For Debian or Ubuntu based systems there's a .DEB package, for Fedora there's RPM and for macOS users, there are DMG images that can be used. You can now install Amiberry by downloading the archive, extracting it, and doing something like sudo apt install ./amiberry-XYZ.deb (for DEB). Upgrading to a newer version becomes as simple as installing it on top again. Uninstalling it is simple as well (sudo apt remove amiberry) and it will clean up the dependencies after it. Check the main README for instructions per platform.
- The directory structure handling has changed. Amiberry will not install itself into standard locations, placing shared libraries where they are expected in the system, and will use the user's HOME folder to create an Amiberry directory, if it doesn't exist. That will contain the user-configurable stuff, like directories for Floppy images, Harddrives, Configurations etc. Meanwhile, internal directories are placed elsewhere, to reduce clutter. Check the Wiki for more details: https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/wiki/Amiberry-directories
- The MacOS binaries are finally signed with an Apple-recognized developer certificate, and they are notarized. This means you no longer have to manually bypass the system's security, to allow it to run. You can just drag and drop it to your Applications and start it up like any other downloaded App. You'll only get a warning that this was downloaded from the Internet, as expected.
Hi-DPI support has been added, so if you're running this on Linux with scaling enabled, or macOS Retina displays, things should look better now.Integer scaling has been added and improved. Check the wiki for more details on this as well.Serial port support has been fixed, as it was broken for some versions now.GUI Themes have been implemented, so you can now customize the color scheme.The whole list of Expansions from WinUAE have been implemented, including PPC, PCI, DSP, custom graphics cards, network cards, SCSI controllers, etc. The Expansion panel was refactored significantly, but the functionality is trying to match the same one from WinUAE, to make things easier between the two emulators.
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Windows: py-guide-viewer displays AmigaGuide documents
py-guide-viewer is an extended AmigaGuide viewer written in Python. The program is compiled for Windows, it also offers some features that the Amiga originals do not offer: Images, sounds and pieces of music - in modern file formats - can be embedded in the text file using UUencode and displayed or played within the guide pages. The py-guide-viewer also supports emojis, the text-based original symbols are replaced by small graphics. (cg)
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27.Nov.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Ambermoon: How fingerprinting identified a press leak
On the occasion of the widest possible release of the Ambermoon source code last year, its lead programmer Jurie Horneman also wrote a text about how he managed to identify through fingerprinting a fairly well-known journalist who had passed on the game in 1993 - and forgot to publish this article.
Now he has made up for this at the title link. When he confronted the journalist at the time by a phone call, he would have been very apologetic. His new intern must have leaked it and so on. In any case, Jurie Horneman writes in his final sentence, the game received a good rating. (snx)
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27.Nov.2024
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AmiGameJam candidate: Battle Squadron 2
Successors to Amiga games are to be created as part of the AmiGameJam 2024 contest. The 'Bitwise Brains' team have published their idea of a sequel to Battle Squadron at the title link. (snx)
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27.Nov.2024
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Videos: Quick clips from Amiga Alive on everyday questions
With his "Quick clips", 'Amiga Alive' has started a video series on YouTube, whose short films are dedicated to everyday problems when working on the Amiga - for example, how to get AmigaAMP 3 running on AmigaOS 3.0 or how to translate an AMOS program to C. (snx)
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27.Nov.2024
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Music album with old OctaMED Soundstudio tracks released on Spotify
Timo Kloss, the developer of Ermentrud and Horny, among others, used an emulator to go through his old OctaMED Soundstudio projects, slightly reworked the best ones, exported them in higher quality and put them together as a new album.
The result is now available on Spotify and other providers under the name “1997_99”. According to him, the musical style moves freely between medieval and techno. (snx)
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Event: Announcement of date for Classic Computing 2025 (Germany)
Next year Classic Computing event will take place again in September, from 11th to 14th of that month. After Baden-Württemberg, it will then be held in Bavaria, in the Freiheitshalle Hof.
The annual "Classic Computing" is organized by the "Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V." and is one of the largest retrocomputer events in Germany. (snx)
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26.Nov.2024
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 34
Issue 34 of the English-language magazine Amiga Addict is now available from the publisher addict.media and in British newsstands. In the cover story, the editorial team is looking for a suitable Christmas present and sheds light on current FPGA systems, including the Minimig and MISTer models.
This issue also contains reviews of the new games Holy Warrior, Sky Shapers and The Lost Pixel and the classic games Arcade Pool and Nick Faldo's Golf, an interview with Bitmap Brothers artist Dan Malone, a festive CD32 corner with AmigaJay's Christmas Crackers collection, Christmas HAM with Digi-Paint, a screenshot quiz and much more.
Amiga Addict is published every six weeks and is available as a single issue or by subscription, in either printed or PDF format. (nba)
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 22
The new issue 22 (November 2024) of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga" comes in a new design, the cover was illustrated by Simon Phipps (Rick Dangerous, Wolfchild, among others). The magazine is available in print or digital editions. The main topic of the issue is video games.
- Video-Games: 2 Tiny Cowboys, Absolute 0, Crysis, GoGoGo, Hammurabi, Phoenix 500, Pumpkin, Shadowmage, Squarez, Tale of Evil, The Lost Pixels, The Tower of Evil, Tiny Pixel.
- Previews: Worms TDC 1.5, Deathrace.
- Tech: Amiga and WLAN, BeeBase.
- Report: Passione Amiga Day 2024
- Exclusive interviews: Simon Phipps and Andy Davidson.
- And also: Game- and Tech-News, Demoscene, readers' letters and much more
Passione Amiga 22 can be ordered from the publisher's webshop as a single issue or by subscription as of November 8, 2024. A Kindle version can be purchased from Amazon. (nba)
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26.Nov.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE! 164 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE! ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in both the Italian original and an English translation (right-hand side). The current issue 163 also contains three reviews of Amiga titles: the beat'em'up "Beastlord", the Arkanoid-clone "Crystal Dragon" and the platform-game "The Lost Pixel". (nba)
[News message: 26. Nov. 2024, 10:50] [Comments: 0]
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25.Nov.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.11.2024
The following files have been added until 23.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.30.9_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
MCE_15.22.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenMoHAA_0.80.0-alpha... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
Atomiks_1.0.4.1.lha Games/Think Port of Atomiks
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[News message: 25. Nov. 2024, 19:49] [Comments: 0]
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25.Nov.2024
itch.io
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Puzzle game: Connect available for free
Frank from the LogicalByte team writes: "Hello everyone, it's been over 2 years since we released Connect (amiga-news.de reported). During this time, we have received a lot of praise, which has made us very happy. The gaming community has also sent us suggestions for improvements, which we have implemented as long as they fit into the concept and the game technically allowed it. As expected, the box version sold well and sales of the digital version were also satisfactory. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support!
Nevertheless, it is time to take the next step and we have decided to offer this game for free. With this we would like to offer the other players of this world the opportunity to spend great hours with this game on the Amiga. Remaining copies of the box version are still available at Alinea Computer." (dr)
[News message: 25. Nov. 2024, 09:32] [Comments: 0]
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25.Nov.2024
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SCALA-MM game conversion: The Angel of Death
After Adventure 2 Remake and Beyond a Steel Sky, 'Quantum Code Monk', formerly 'grindercowboy', has released a third game project for Scala MM, which he has now submitted for the AmiGameJam 2024 instead of Beyond a Steel Sky: The Angel of Death is based on Police Quest: In Pursuit Of The Death Angel, a game published by Sierra in 1987, but with different roles. As Jessie Bains, you try to take control of the drug trade in the town of Lytton.
The game is still in development: sound and music are missing and the graphics are only placeholder graphics. The story is also only 20 to 30% complete. AmigaOS 3.x and the Scala-MM-Player are required. (dr)
[News message: 25. Nov. 2024, 06:53] [Comments: 0]
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25.Nov.2024
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel
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Turn-based strategy: November-2024-Update for "Settle the World"
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegel writes about his November update: "A new version of my Amiga game "Settle the World" is available.
The "Quality of Life and Pathfinding Update - November 2024" contains mostly bug fixes and a completely revised pathfinding.
n the last few months I've changed my real-life job, otherwise I would have lost my job. This job is very demanding and I can no longer manage to work four or more hours a day on "Settle the World". Development will definitely continue, but at a slower pace than last year. As always, you can download the latest version of the game free of charge from my project page. You can find a more detailed description of the changes in the corresponding developer diary for the update.
I would be very pleased to receive feedback and constructive criticism." (dr)
[News message: 25. Nov. 2024, 06:30] [Comments: 0]
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24.Nov.2024
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Aminet uploads until 23.11.2024
The following files have been added until 23.11.2024 to Aminet:
AmiSpeedTest.lha comm/net 77K 68k Network speed test utility
xdump.lha dev/misc 538K 68k Four AmigaDOS binary file ana...
DiskCopier10a.lha disk/bakup 60K 68k A 2024 floppy disk copier
adfblitzer.lha disk/misc 33K 68k handle ADF files - English an...
MCE.lha game/edit 4.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 2.5.1 (...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 9.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 10M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
IMP_GI.lha pix/icon 4K GlowIcon for IMP
NAFCYI1991S3-B02.zip text/bfont 1.0M NAFCYI Fall 1991 (BMP Fonts)
Trinity.lha util/misc 33K 68k Trinity Tools
UHCTools.lha util/misc 53K ALL UHC Tools installer
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[News message: 24. Nov. 2024, 08:58] [Comments: 1 - 24. Nov. 2024, 09:12]
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24.Nov.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.11.2024
The following files have been added until 23.11.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 10Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mgba.lha emu/gam 4Mb 4.1 GB/GBC/GBA Emulator
iff-converter.lha gra/con 1Mb 4.0 Convert images into raw format.
uhctools.lha uti/mis 53kb 4.0 UHC Tools installer
(snx)
[News message: 24. Nov. 2024, 08:58] [Comments: 0]
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24.Nov.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 23.11.2024
The following files have been added until 23.11.2024 to AROS Archives:
uhctools.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 53kb A collection of programs and scr...
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[News message: 24. Nov. 2024, 08:58] [Comments: 0]
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24.Nov.2024
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WHD-Load: New installers until 23.11.2024
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 23.11.2024:
- 2024-11-20 improved: Predator 2 (Konami) second version supported, game bugs fixed, frame rate limiter, trainers, 68000 quit key (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Wonderdog (Core Design) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Oscar (Flair Software) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-20 fixed: Neuromancer (Interplay) SMC fix wasn't correct (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Moktar / Titus the Fox (Titus) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Mega-Typhoon (Bernhardt Braun/Nordlicht Edv.) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Liquid Kids (Ocean) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Jim Power (Loriciel) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-20 improved: The Immortal (Electronic Arts) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info, Image)
- 2024-11-20 improved: Cedric (Neo/Alcatraz) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-11-18 improved: Zyconix (Accolade) fixed problems on 68040 (Info)
- 2024-11-17 fixed: Neuromancer (Interplay) crash in self modifying code patch fixed (Info)
(snx)
[News message: 24. Nov. 2024, 08:58] [Comments: 0]
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24.Nov.2024
GitHub
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Do it yourself: Amiga adapter RiskyKVM for keyboard-video-mouse switches
RiskyKVM is intended as an Amiga adapter for keyboard-video-mouse switches, but can also be used as a USB to DB9 and Amiga keyboard interface. (snx)
[News message: 24. Nov. 2024, 08:57] [Comments: 1 - 24. Nov. 2024, 22:27]
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24.Nov.2024
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ADF-Blitzer 3.10
Andreas Gouder's program ADF-Blitzer for creating and writing back ADF images has been released in version 3.10. Besides smaller additions, it does now also support German language besides English. Further localizations are not intended.
Download: adfblitzer.lha (33 KB) (snx)
[News message: 24. Nov. 2024, 08:57] [Comments: 0]
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23.Nov.2024
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 10.3
Thomas 'Thor' Richter's universal PCI driver system “OpenPCI” supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. The current version 10.3 eliminates problems when working with PCI bridges:
- Bridge configuration was refactored again. Bridge
and parent device are now passed already into the
constructor of a PCI device, and not only when it
is added.
- Fixed a trashed register in the Mediator board
scan.
- The Mediator scan did not pass the parent device
correctly into the device creator, thus giving
devices behind bridges wrong bus IDs.
- For some strange reason, the Mediator does not
seem to decode the address bits for selecting a
device behind a PCI bridge correctly; it seems
to ignore them. Therefore, the Mediator currently
supports only a single device behind a bridge.
- Some bridges take apparently several milliseconds
to accept a configuration. Now the library inserts
a 50ms delay after having installed the target
busses after setting up a PCI bridge.
- The time delay function was broken and passed in
the wrong command to the timer.device.
(cg)
[News message: 23. Nov. 2024, 00:22] [Comments: 0]
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22.Nov.2024
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Operating system-compliant Pac-Man conversion: 5th-7th part of the video series
Thomas Cherryhomes is working on a conversion of the game Pac-Man that only uses operating system calls. Episodes five to seven
are entitled "recreating a WSG sound", "the pac-man sprite" and "the clyde BOB".
(cg)
[News message: 22. Nov. 2024, 22:07] [Comments: 0]
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22.Nov.2024
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast episode #202 - Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5
In the 202nd edition of the "Scene World" podcast, the team welcomes Marius Gosch, one of the founders of the Broken Sword 2.5 project, which also runs on AmigaOS thanks to ScummVM. The interview, in which Gosch talks about his work as a writer and puzzle designer on this fan-made sequel to Broken Sword 2, starts at timestamp 1:43:08 of the podcast. (cg)
[News message: 22. Nov. 2024, 22:03] [Comments: 0]
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22.Nov.2024
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Tetris clone: "Tetra Zone"
Around eight years ago, Wei-ju Wu published a seven-part series (plus additional episodes) on Amiga hardware programming in C on his YouTube channel. Now he is in the process of writing a Tetris clone called "Tetra Zone" for the AmiGameJam 2024, which implements techniques from this tutorial series (YouTube video).
His game extends the original with three preview stones, a hold function, a "ghost stone" and support for "wall kicks". Another goal was to achieve a stable frame rate of 50/60 fps on a 5-bitplane screen. He has now released a first pre-release version (without sound). (dr)
[News message: 22. Nov. 2024, 18:27] [Comments: 0]
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22.Nov.2024
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Developer log: Shattering the Magicore 8-color limit
In a recent blog entry on his game "Magicore Anomala" (amiga-news.de reported), which is currently in development, developer Dan Salvato explains why the background in the game uses eight colours or less - and how it is still possible to use Copper to change the colour palette to create an even more colourful image while displaying different areas of the background. (dr)
[News message: 22. Nov. 2024, 17:59] [Comments: 0]
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