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09.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Preview videos: Jump'n Run 'Minkey', Darts game 'Game Shot!'
'Minkey' is a classic jump'n run for Amigas equipped with at least 1 MB RAM. According to the author the engine has been "90% finished". So far 11 levels can be played. A new video hows the first level of World 2.

'Game Shot!' (video) is eine Darts game for the Amiga, dedicated to the late father of the author. It is written by the Scourge of the Underkind developer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Jump'n Run: Pitfall II - Lost Caverns
'Pitfall II: Lost Caverns' is a port of the classic jump'n run game of the same name to the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine. The current version still is alpha According to the author "it still needs a lot of polish, but it is a fully working and completable port of the C64 release. Unfortunately, this first release won't run smoothly on an A500 - but it should be OK on an A1200 (future updates should be a lot more optimal)." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Arcade Shoot'em-Up: 'Gradius' port Tinyus Beta 0.1
After Tiny Invaders, Tiny Galaga and Tiny Bobble, the demo group of Abyss is working on its fourth aracade port within one year: 'Tinyus' (video) is a faithful port of the arcade shoot'em up Gradius released in 1985:

The current beta version already runs on an A500 equipped with 1 MB RAM, but an A1200 is recommended. In a discussion the developer explanined more details of the game and the Amiga port.

Download: aYs_Tinyus_Beta0.1.adf (880 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.Feb.2021



Aminet uploads until 06.02.2021
The following files have been added until 06.02.2021 to Aminet:
WH_RANDOM.sh.txt         dev/gcc    4K        Random Number Generator scrip...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.0M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.3M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.5M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
trx2x.i386-aros.lha      misc/emu   363K  x86 ZX Spectrum floppy image conv...
Dungeon2021.lha          mods/misc  1.9M      Dungeon 2021 4ch Lv4 NR by HK...
Deark.lha                util/arc   3.5M  MOS Extract data from various fil...
lunzip-1.12.i386-aros... util/arc   179K  x86 Decompressor for the lzip format
lzd-1.2.i386-aros.lha    util/arc   146K  x86 Educational decompressor for ...
nomarch-1.4.i386-aros... util/arc   104K  x86 extract old .arc and .ark arc...
nspark.i386-aros.lha     util/arc   1.0M  x86 New Spark and Squash unarchivers
unlzx-2.16.i386-aros.lha util/arc   66K   x86 Unpack .lzx files
AmiTimeKeeper.lha        util/cdity 251K  68k Keep your time right
rtf-riddle.i386-aros.lha util/conv  164K  x86 Rich Text Format to HTML5 con...
HuntnGather.lha          util/dir   203K  68k File indexing and search util...
WHDLoadMenu.lha          util/misc  482K  68k A WHDLoad frontend
ScreenTime.lha           util/time  52K   68k Screen clock, configurable wi...
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07.Feb.2021



OS4Depot uploads until 06.02.2021
The following files have been added until 06.02.2021 to OS4Depot:
sysvipc.lha              dev/lib 2Mb   4.0 SystemV IPC implemementation for...
thewidow.lha             gam/adv 18Mb  4.0 Point and click adventure horror
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
zitaftpserver.lha        net/ser 11Mb  4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
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07.Feb.2021



AROS Archives uploads until 06.02.2021
The following files have been added until 06.02.2021 to AROS Archives:
hivelyreplayer.i386-aros.lha aud/pla 95kb  Replayer from HivelyTracker (AHI)
trx2x.i386-aros.lha          emu/uti 363kb ZX Spectrum floppy image converter
dd2.i386-aros.zip            gam/act 615kb topdown vertical scroller
thewidow.lha                 gam/adv 18Mb  Point and click terror and paran...
doom2.zip                    gam/fps 6Mb   From Internet Archive Preservation
textmio.tgz                  off/wor 1Mb   Text to Pdf Editor
gzrt.i386-aros.lha           uti/arc 91kb  Recover data from a corrupted gz...
lunzip-1.12.i386-aros.lha    uti/arc 179kb decompressor for the lzip format
lzd-1.2.i386-aros.lha        uti/arc 146kb Educational decompressor for the...
lzip-1.22.i386-aros.lha      uti/arc 323kb Lossless data (de)compressor lik...
nomarch-1.4.i386-aros.lha    uti/arc 104kb extract old .arc and .ark archives
nspark-1.7.8b2.i386-aros.lha uti/arc 1Mb   New Spark and Squash unarchivers
ppcrack.i386-aros.lha        uti/arc 102kb unpacks and decrypts all PowerPa...
unlzx-2.16.i386-aros.lha     uti/arc 66kb  Unpack .lzx files
rman-3.3.i386-aros.lha       uti/tex 221kb Converting man pages to many for...
rtf-riddle.i386-aros.lha     uti/tex 164kb Rich Text Format to HTML5 converter
led-20200202.tar.gz          uti/tex 14kb  A simple line-oriented text editor.
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07.Feb.2021



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.02.2021
The following files have been added until 06.02.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
MilkyTracker_1.03.lha     Audio/Tracker             An XM/MOD tracker by th...
AntiryadGX_4.9_install.7z Development/Engine 2D-3D  Antiryad Gx is an unifi...
Iris_0.107beta.lha        Email                     New email client suppor...
Deark_1.5.7.lha           Files/Archive             Extracting data from va...
Flare_1.08.lha            Games/Adventure           A simple game engine bu...
TheWidow_1.10.lha         Games/Adventure           The Widow the point and...
Zelda_NSQ.lha             Games/Adventure           Zelda's clone. (English...
MCE_12.4.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
Celeste.lha               Games/Platform            Celeste classic port fr...
HydraCastleLabyrinth.lha  Games/Platform            A platform game, -metro...
PekkaKana2_1.3.5.lha      Games/Platform            Pekka Kana 2, a platfor...
PrBoom-plus_2.5.1.7.lha   Games/Shoot 3D            PrBoom+ is a version of...
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07.Feb.2021



WHDLoad: New installers until 06.02.2021
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 06.02.2021:
  • 2021-02-06 updated: New Zealand Story (Taito/Ocean) merged fixes from older release, renamed highscore file (Info)
  • 2021-02-06 fixed: Cedric (Neo/Alcatraz) crash on game over fixed (Info)
  • 2021-02-06 fixed: Burning Rubber (Ocean) wrong protection check patch for AGA vesion fixed (Info)
  • 2021-02-01 improved: Syndicate (Bullfrog) reduced chipmem requirements (Info)
  • 2021-01-31 improved: Syndicate (Bullfrog) better support for floppy versions, quitkey for 68000, CD32 version doesn't need 68020 anymore (Info)
  • 2021-01-31 fixed: Wiz: Quest for the Magic Lantern (Mutation Software) better compatibiliy with non official CD32 joypad, CUSTOM4=1 to disable Up direction by pressing 2nd button (Info, Image)
  • 2021-01-31 improved: Populous (Bullfrog) delay added to see the title screen on fast amiga, install script updated (Info)
  • 2021-01-31 fixed: Leisure Suit Larry 2 (Sierra) protection/intro skip fixed (Info)
  • 2021-01-31 fixed: Golden Axe (Virgin) DMA wait patched in sound replay routine, CUSTOM2=1 to remove blitter wait fix (Info)
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06.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Turbo Sprint - First port of the classic as time-limited beta version
'Turbo Sprint' (video) is supposed to become a faithful port of the Atari classic Super Sprint. Improved sound as well as support of the CD32 are announced. Now a first time-limited beta version has been released with the following features:
  • Occasionally the game will completely crash (this is due to the Tornado sprite).
  • Cars will not adhere to boundaries when spinning.
  • Chopper colours some times go Grey
  • Car is not respawned at the correct Y line
  • The controller setup code is not completed
  • If you exit the game from the menu, Workbench is likely to crash
  • In order to run on stock Amiga's you may need to disable external drives to get as much chip memory as possible.
  • Only levels 1 through 8 are active
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05.Feb.2021
Vintage is the New Old


Programming contest: BASIC 10Liner Contest
Homeputerium is the name of the home computer laboratory of the Eider-Treene school in Friedrichstadt. Using donated computers like Commodore 64, Atari-400, Schneider CPC-464 or Amiga 500 there pupils can make themselves familiar with them and create some sound or colorful lines by writing little BASIC programs.

The organizers wrote: "The BASIC 10Liner Contest started 2011 as a party fun at the NOMAM meeting in Northern Germany. NOMAM means 'Not only marvelous Atari machinery' and is an annual meeting from classic computer enthusiasts. The visitors of the meeting decided to hold a little contest: Write a program in 10 lines of BASIC on Atari Computers! We had loads of fun with programming the whole weekend. 2013 we decided to repeat the contest. This time only games were allowed. In 2014 we opened the 10Liner contest also for programmers who did not visit to the meeting. Owners of other 8 bit computer requested to open the contest for their machines. We met the wish and opened it for all 8 bit computers."

This year the contest celebrate 10th anniversary. And also Amigas as 16 bit computers can partiticipate: In the category "Wild" those contributions can be sent in. You can get some inspiration from contributions of the previous years. Additional to many little games, two programs for the Amiga were also written: In 2018 Matteo Trevisan wrote an "Amiga BASIC Login" (fourth post) and in 2019 an "Amiga 500 Chatbot", listet as first post.

Deadline for submissions: Saturday, March 27, 2021, 6 p.m. CET. Award ceremony: Saturday, April 10, 2021 at NOMAM. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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03.Feb.2021



New preview video: Shoot'em Up 'Inviyya'
The development of the shoot'em up game 'Inviyya' (we reported on it) inspired by the classic R-Type has been almost completed: A new preview video shows the latest level of development - according to the developer the final tests have been started. The game will be published on poly.play. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.Feb.2021
English Amiga Board (Website)


Self-made project: Real-time clock for A500 and A1000
Marcel Jähne's "A1k SimpleClock" is a real-time clock for the A500 and A1000 which is put on the socket of the 68000 processor. All required documents can be found on Gitlab under a free license. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Video: Amiga port of 'Metal Gear' (MSX) in progress
On Youtube a video shows the Amiga port of the MSX game Metal Gear which is the first part of a action adventure game. According to the author, the "gameplay code is 90% complete". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Playable Demo: Nameless single screen platform game
For a so far nameless single screen platform game (video) created with the Scorpion Engine now a demo version was released providing three playable levels. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Jan.2021
MorphZone (forum)


MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 0.107
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.

Changes in version 0.107 include configurable additional toolbar functions, 'Move to Spam' message functionality, support for setting and displaying message importance, and an optional requester before single-replying to a message that has multiple recipients.

Besides, the privacy policy has been updated, stating for each kind of functionality that only the necessary data are transmitted. For feedback to the author, the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (snx)

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31.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (website)


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:
  • Enigma Gun (3'rd time lucky Remix)
  • Elysium (LDA 1337 Remake)
  • Shadow of the Beast III - Game Over
  • Shadow of the Beast II - Opening
  • Toi-Tei
  • Agony - Owls journey
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31.Jan.2021
Juan Carlos Martin (Mail)


Point'n Click adventure: "The Widow" updated (update)
Already on 21. January Juan Carlos 'Templario' Herran Martin announced an update of his point' click adventure 'The Widow' on his Morgue Soft website. But only from today the new version 1.10 is available. Additional to German and Italian catalogs and new sounds, some bugs were fixed and minor changes done, among others "the Bath Girl doesn't showed naked when you take some object from her".

To amiga-news.de, Juan Carlos confirmed his intention of closing the "chapter Amiga" and thus also his website by March 12. In contrary to the past practice, he is going to upload his most important programs to the different Amiga archives like Aminet, OS4Depot or AROS archive.

Update: (02.02.2021, 05:40, dr)

As a reader pointed out, the website of Morgue Soft already has been closed. Juan Carlos explained, that he has to disable his website due to limited memory for website traffic provided by the web hoster. Instead of paying he decided to close the website as signal of solidarity for almost all shops in Spain are closed. He pointede out that except the erotic games all software will be archived on OS4Depot und MorphOS. He also has indicated that in one way or another he might continue his developer activities. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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31.Jan.2021



Aminet uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to Aminet:
MUIbase-4.3.lha          biz/dbase  6.1M  MOS Programmable relational datab...
sqlite-3.34.0-amiga.lha  biz/dbase  19M   MOS SQL database engine
planethively.i386-aro... demo/sound 463K  x86 A musicdisk about HivelyTrack...
COP.lha                  dev/debug  165K  68k Low Level Debugger
MuForce.lha              dev/debug  293K  68k V40 Enforcer, detects illegal...
libvstring.i386-aros.lha dev/lib    80K   x86 dynamic string allocation/gen...
REV35GB.lha              disk/misc  1K        Iomega REV 35GB mountlist
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.0M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.3M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.5M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Albireo.ACEpansion.lha   misc/emu   41K   MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
hivelyreplay.i386-aro... mus/play   95K   x86 Replayer from HivelyTracker (...
led-20200202.tar.gz      text/edit  14K       A simple line-oriented text e...
gzrt.i386-aros.lha       util/arc   91K   x86 Recover data from a corrupted...
MuRedox.lha              util/boot  118K  68k MuLib based math speedup for ...
wordcount.i386-aros.lha  util/cli   58K   x86 Count lines, words, and chars
ppcrack.i386-aros.lha    util/crypt 102K  x86 unpack / decrypt all PowerPac...
HuntnGather.lha          util/dir   202K  68k File indexing and search util...
BoardsLib.lha            util/libs  76K   68k provides detailed info about ...
DisLib.lha               util/libs  19K   68k A library based MC68K disasse...
MMULib.lha               util/libs  724K  68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
AmigaMapPing.lha         util/misc  73K   68k Shows your Amiga on live.amig...
DevInfosItaCat.lha       util/misc  46K       Italian catalog for DevInfos ...
DevInfosNGItaCat.lha     util/misc  47K       Italian catalog for DevInfosN...
WHDLoadMenu.lha          util/misc  479K  68k A WHDLoad frontend
SysinfoBoards.lha        util/moni  14K   68k More Boardinfos for Sysinfo
lzip-1.22.i386-aros.lha  util/pack  323K  x86 Data (de)compressor like gzip...
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31.Jan.2021



OS4Depot uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to OS4Depot:
notification_sounds.lha  aud/mis 5Mb   4.0 Sound samples for Notification
ahidrv-filesave.lha      dri/aud 97kb  4.1 Amiga OS4 antive AHI FILESAVE dr...
minigl.lha               dri/gra 7Mb   4.0 OpenGL subset 3D API
shadthecat.lha           gam/mis 10Mb  4.1 An with Hollywood programmed jum...
mce.lha                  gam/uti 3Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
utf8_library.lha         lib/mis 189kb 4.1 Encode/Decode or manipulate UTF8...
devinfos_ita.lha         uti/mis 46kb  4.0 Italian catalog for DevInfos v17.22
devinfosng_ita.lha       uti/mis 47kb  4.0 Italian catalog for DevInfosNG 1...
binmerge.lha             uti/scr 120kb 4.1 Tool to merge multiple bin/cue t...
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31.Jan.2021



AROS Archives uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to AROS Archives:
absolutedolle2.i386-aros.lha dem/mus 2Mb   A music disc by Void
capacitor.i386-aros.lha      dem/mus 2Mb   Promo Intro for Capacitor Party ...
planethively.i386-aros.lha   dem/mus 463kb A musicdisk about HivelyTracker ...
wordcount.i386-aros.lha      uti/she 58kb  Count lines, words, and chars
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31.Jan.2021



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Iris_0.104beta.lha        Email                     New email client suppor...
Albireo_1.3.lha           Emulation/ACEpansion      Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
MCE_12.31.lha             Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
MUIbase_4.3.lha           Office/Database           Programmable relational...
SQLite_3.34.0.lha         Office/Database           SQL database engine
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31.Jan.2021



WHDLoad: New installers until 30.01.2021
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 30.01.2021:
  • 2021-01-29 improved: Test Drive (Accolade) reduced memory requirements (Info)
  • 2021-01-25 fixed: Bubba'n'Stix (Core Design) fixed title screen not showing (Info)
  • 2021-01-25 improved: Space Quest 3 (Sierra) made MT32 working in german version, made 68000 compatible (Info)
  • 2021-01-25 improved: Master Axe (Epic) trainer added, access fault fixed, made 68000 compatible (Info)
  • 2021-01-25 improved: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) added alternate way to enter umlauts, fixed access fault (Info)
  • 2021-01-25 fixed: Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) fixed random crash on some configurations (Info)
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30.Jan.2021



Raspberry Pi as m68000 replacement: PiStorm
Claude Schwarz' 'PiStorm' connects a Raspberry Pi to a CPU socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 using an adapter for emulating a fast m68k processor. In contrary to the Buffee project a Linux-based solution is used instead of running the 68k emulator directly on the hardware.

On his Twitter channel Schwarz has published some videos showing the latest level of development: FastRAM obviously still has not been implemented. Hardware documentations and source codes are available on Github but not under a free license: A commercial application requires the accordance of the developer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Jan.2021
a1k.org (Webseite)


Accelerator board project 'Buffee': ARM processor emulates 68040/400 Mhz
The open source accelerator board project "Buffee" started by Renee Cousins and Tim Wacker consists of an adapter board which is connected to the processor socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 and has a SoC of type Octavo OSD335x-SM inclusive 512 or 1024 MB RAM.

The ARM-CPU of the Octavo module emulates a 68k processor using a special JIT emulator called Pseudo JIT which supposedly can achieve the speed of a 68040 clocked with 400 Mhz. Additional to the firmware, the hardware design freely available. According to the developers in their blog, the production of prototypes gets closer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


MorphOS: Screenbar plugin 'VideoMemoryGauge', updates of other plugins
The Screenbar plugin 'VideoMemoryGauge' shows the free video RAM. By double clicking the plugin, the program GraphicBoards is started. Additionally all other Screenbar plugins have been updated:
  • CPUGauge 1.7
  • CPUGraph 1.1
  • DateTime 1.4
  • MemoryGauge 1.6
  • MouseEyes 1.3
  • MouseCoords 1.3
  • Kerbe 1.2
  • PixelPicker 1.3
  • TopTasks 1.5
  • Uptime 1.4
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28.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Tanker simulation: Full versions of 'Campaign' and 'Campaign II' as download
The full versions of the tank simulations 'Campaign' and 'Campaign II' released in 1992 and 1994 can be downloaded from the Amiga Future website. Additional to ADF and IPF disk images, also WHDLoad installers are available. The pdf document described as "Manual" actually only is a one page "addendum" to the manual. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jan.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Arcade classic: Second beta version of Amiga Space Invaders
"Space Invaders" (video) written in Blitz Basic is supposed to be quite an authentic port of the arcade classic with the same name released in 1978. The new beta version provides minor improvements and an "Easter-Egg" of the original. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Print magazine: Issue 127 of Amiga Future online available
The English issue 127 (Juli/August 2017) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Jan.2021



E-Mail client: YAM supports AmiSSL 4.7 / moved to GitHub
About seven years ago we reported about an update of the e-Mail program YAM last time. At the beginning of the year 2019 by updating AmiSSL to version 4.3 it was possible again to check e-mails from diverse providers. For that you have to switch to the developer version of YAM which has been monthly updated by Nightly Builds. After a month you had to install the new version since each version was limited for a period of one month. Apart from that, the changelog always stayed the same: "This is only a rebuild of YAM with no functionaly changes but updated expiration date."

By releasing the last Nightly Build, this limitation has been removed. And if you try to access the YAM homepage yam.ch you are forwarded to the GitHub site.

Apart from that YAM can use the latest version 4.7 of AmiSSL. Since version 4.4 the encryption software for network and internet communication is maintained by a team of the IBrowse developer Oliver Roberts and ensures that even at the Amiga encrypted Internet connection can be established. Mainly 68k Amigas generally benefit from optimized versions for 68020-40 and 68060 processors, but 68060 processors in particular (amiga-news.de reported).

We could not figure out how intensively YAM is being developed. For example it is not clear if the target set in 2016 to implement a IMAP download is continued to pursue. The source code of YAM is available on GitHub so everybode who is able and interested in developing further YAM can help. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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English Amiga Board (Webseite)


Product announcement: A500 replacement board 'MiSS FGPA'
8bits4ever already is offering some FPGA solutions for retro fans. Soon also a FPGA-based replacement boards for A500 cases will be available. This 'MiSS FPGA' fit inside a Commodore A500 case and uses the original A500 keyboard as input device.

The board is equipped with the same FPGA like the MiST therefore MiSS FPGA is compatible to all MiST cores. Two traditional joystick ports are available which obviously are both set as port 1 - probably for the simultaneous usage of mouse and joystick.

The features of the board:
  • Altera EP3C25E144C8N FPGA
  • 32MB SDRAM
  • Four USB port (supports USB keyboards, mice and gamepads. Also USB hubs to add more that one device per port)
  • Internal 8-pin connector for A500 keyboard
  • Two DB9 classic joystick connector (assigned to port 1)
  • VGA/RGB output
  • RCA stereo audio output
  • Micro SD card slot (push-push style)
  • Internal MicroUSB programming port
  • MiniUSB power connector. 1000mA recomended!
  • On/Off mechanical switch
  • Custom 3D printed PCB holders for A500 case
Miss FPGA soll ab Ende Februar, Anfang März verfügbar sein und 150 Euro kosten. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 118 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") compares the ports of classic games on different systems available back then. Besides the Italian version of the magazine there is also an English one.

Among others the latest issue includes Amiga articles about Maniac Mansion and Project Battlefield.

Downloads:
English
Italian (cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.Jan.2021
Scene World Podcast (ANF)


Podcast: Scene World Episode 106 - Retro music on floppy disks
The musician 'Remute' does not olny release his productions on vinyl or as download but also on Amiga and C64 floppy disks. 'Scene World' talks to him about why he chose this medium, and the unique challenges associated with releasing music on such unusual platforms (interview begins at 22:40). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Preview videos: Jump'n Run 'Minkey', Super-Sprint clone 'Turbo Sprint'
'Minkey' (video) is a classic jump'n run for Amigas equipped with at least 1 MB RAM. The author describes the engine as "90% finished". So far 11 levels can be played. And he has added: "There are also more colorful levels ready with nice copper'ed backgrounds, I will post them soon." The game is supposed to be released this year.

'Turbo Sprint' (video) becomes a original port of the Atari classic Super Sprint. Improved sound as well as a port for the CD32 has been announced. The author hopes to provide the best homecomputer port of Super Sprint. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Database: MUIBase 4.3 and SQLite 3.34.0
Steffen Gutmann has released an update of his programmable relational database MUIBase for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS (and Windows and Linux). For SQLite is used as engine he has also updated his port of this SQL database.

Changes in MUIBase 4.3:
  • Projects are now saved in the SQLite3 format. Existing projects are converted automatically when loading a project.
  • Labels for database objects have their own font settings in the structure editor
  • Improved performance (loading of records, select-from-queries with a condition on a reference record)
  • Changes can be logged to an external file, and applied to a backup copy of a project.
  • Several bug fixes
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Jan.2021



Tetris clone: Crazy Columns (demo) 0.93
Jochen Hoffer has released a new demo version of his port of the Sega classic 'Columns'. German as well as English versions are available now and the update fixes a few minor bugs. The developer tells us that the last thing holding back the release of the full version is the completion of the sound effects. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jan.2021
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: e-mail client Iris 0.104
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.

With this latest release you can now add e-mail archives of other programs. Several bugs have been also fixed. For feedback to the author, the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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24.Jan.2021
Aminet


Console replacement: ViNCEd 3.98
"ViNCEd" written by Thomas Richter is a replacement for the console program CON:. You can run the Shell in it but also other programs.

The full screen console handler has many additional features. For example "the whole window content is kept in memory, so you may use the cursor keys to move upwards on the screen and may re-execute commands you typed some time ago by pressing the return key". Furthermore yYou can cut, copy and paste text to and from the clipboard, as with the standard handler."

By adding parameters, many programs support the debugging mode. If you use the ordinary Shell for it you can only read and copy this text which fits in the current window. Using ViNCEd you can read and copy the whole debug output by selecting the text with the helpof the cursor keys or the scroll bars.

According to Thomas Richter, "the first version of ViNCEd appeared years ago (even before 1990). In lack of a better name, I called it VeryNewCon - as opposed to the NEWCON: developed by Commodore for the 1.3 Workbench which was the latest clue at this time. VeryNewCon was short VNC: - but since this name is really boring, I decided to fill in some vowels - and add an "Ed". Well, it's an editor which runs, apparently, a shell in it."

Changes in version 3.98: "If ViNCEd became active before ENV: and LOCALE: were setup, the localization wasn't updated for new windows even after ENV: became mounted. ViNCEd now also pulls all new system preferences once it becomes aware that the preferences system becomes active. Also, a new swedish locale is included."

ViNCEd requires OS 2.0 or higher. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to Aminet:
RedEthItaCat.lha         comm/net   45K       Italian catalog for RedEth 1.5
amostools.i386-aros.lha  dev/amos   198K  x86 Tools to work with AMOS programs
xamos-mos.lha            dev/amos   2.6M  MOS Reimplementation of AMOS BASIC
xamos-os4.lha            dev/amos   3.6M  OS4 Reimplementation of AMOS BASIC
MemLog.lha               dev/debug  4K    68k trace unmatched allocs to fin...
OsGrind.lha              dev/debug  28K   68k Configurable Os argument checker
dsp3210.lha              driver/oth 42K   68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
spod.lha                 game/actio 294K  68k Spaceship vs Asteroids Game (...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.0M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.3M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.5M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
freeprince.i386-aros.lha game/jump  464K  x86 Prince of Persia engine (SDL)
jetpac.i386-aros.lha     game/jump  1.6M  x86 A port of SDL game 'Jetpac Th...
xlife-8.lha              game/misc  246K  68k Cellular Automaton Laboratory
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  6.3M  OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
DOSBox_Jit.lha           misc/emu   1.8M  MOS MS Dos emulator with JIT
Wilderness2021.lha       mods/8voic 149K      Wilderness 2021 5ch Lv2 by HK...
PalaceGardens2021.lha    mods/misc  123K      Palace Gardens 2021 4ch by HK...
AmigaKlangSamples.lha    mods/smpl  651K      Samples & Instruments for Ami...
RaspMIDI.lha             mus/midi   11K   68k Raspberry MT-32 and SoundFont...
alac.i386-aros.lha       mus/misc   6.5M  x86 Apple Lossless Audio Codec de...
earmark.lha              text/edit  1.0M  OS4 Edit and view Markdown documents
testdms.i386-aros.lha    util/arc   166K  x86 Test DMS archives
asplit.i386-aros.lha     util/cli   68K   x86 Split binary
Asplit_OS4.lha           util/cli   66K   OS4 Split binary
dirtree.i386-aros.lha    util/cli   59K   x86 Shell command displaying dire...
DiskUsageMOS.lha         util/cli   11K   MOS DiskUsage estimates file spac...
WordCount.lha            util/cli   4K    68k Count lines, words, and chars
HuntnGather.lha          util/dir   200K  68k File indexing and search util...
DevInfosNG.lha           util/misc  1.2M  OS4 All about the aos4.1 hardware
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  602K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  715K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  762K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
idle2_3.lha              util/moni  17K   68k A (working) A68K cpu monitor
cranker.lha              util/pack  350K  68k Amiga executable and data cru...
ViNCEd.lha               util/shell 832K  68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to OS4Depot:
libwprintf.lha           dev/lib 31kb  4.0 Wide char printf functions
minigl.lha               dri/gra 7Mb   4.0 OpenGL subset 3D API
pekkakana2.lha           gam/pla 9Mb   4.1 Save your chicken friends from a...
ppmtovtx.zip             gra/con 21kb  4.0 PPM to Videotex (Teletext/Viewdata)
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 6Mb   4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
pythonssl.lha            lib/mis 102kb 4.1 AmiSSL 4 based Python SSL Module
redeht_ita.lha           net/sam 45kb  4.0 Italian catalog for RedEth
devinfosng.lha           uti/mis 1Mb   4.1 Nearly all about the aos4.1 hard...
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 762kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
asplit.lha               uti/she 66kb  4.0 Split binary
earmark.lha              uti/tex 1Mb   4.1 Edit and view Markdown documents
amiupdate_dan.lha        uti/wor 20kb  4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
aiostreams.lha           vid/mis 251kb 4.1 Stream video from major online p...
thumbnailmaker.lha       vid/mis 5kb   4.1 Arexx script for ArtEffect, gene...
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AROS Archives uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to AROS Archives:
alac.i386-aros.lha           aud/mis 6Mb   Apple Lossless Audio Codec decoder
modexplorer_aros.zip         aud/pla 2Mb   Streaming mod file from Internet...
libvstring.i386-aros.lha     dev/lib 80kb  simplifies dynamic string alloca...
amostools.i386-aros.lha      dev/uti 198kb Tools to work with AMOS programs
famousamigauses.lha          doc/mis 26kb  A guide about famous Amiga uses!
jetpac.i386-aros.lha         gam/act 2Mb   Remake ZX Spectrum classic game
thewidow-aros.lha            gam/adv 17Mb  point and click terror adventure
freeprince.i386-aros.lha     gam/pla 464kb Prince of Persia engine
gnp.i386-aros.zip            gam/pla 25Mb  Unusual platform game with anchor
retrofunk_icons_more_draw... gra/ico 58kb  more drawer icons retrofunk style
retrofunk_icons_program.tgz  gra/ico 72kb  extra icon program in retrofunk ...
testdms.i386-aros.lha        uti/arc 166kb Test DMS archives
asplit.i386-aros.lha         uti/she 68kb  Split binary
dirtree.i386-aros.lha        uti/she 59kb  Shell command displaying directo...
diskusage.i386-aros.lha      uti/she 59kb  estimates file space usage
timeit.i386-aros.lha         uti/she 58kb  Shell command for timing other c...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.01.2021
The following files have been added until 23.01.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
ModExplorer_3.22.zip      Audio/Players             A module player by J?rg.
XAMOS_0.29a.lha           Development/AMOS          A cross-platform AMOS B...
DOSBox_0.74r4Jit.lha      Emulation                 A DOS-emulator that use...
MCE_12.3.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
JFDuke3D.lha              Games/Shoot 3D            JFDuke3D is 3D Realms' ...
JFShadowWarrior.lha       Games/Shoot 3D            JFShadowWarrior is 3D R...
Rise_of_the_Triad_rott... Games/Shoot 3D            MorphOS Port of "rottex...
ReportPlus_8.01.lha       Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
RapaEditScreenshot_0.1... Screenshots               Screenshot of a program...
CPUGraph_1.1.lha          System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display CPU Graph in sc...
CPUGauge_1.7.lha          System/Ambient/Screenbar  CPU load as gauge in sc...
TopTasks_1.5.lha          System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display Top Tasks in sc...
PixelPicker_1.3.lha       System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display ARGB value of a...
VideoMemoryGauge_1.0.lha  System/Ambient/Screenbar  Displays video memory u...
Uptime_1.4.lha            System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display Uptime in scree...
Notch_1.2.lha             System/Ambient/Screenbar  Gives you a popular Not...
MemoryGauge_1.6.lha       System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display memory usage as...
DateTime_1.4.lha          System/Ambient/Screenbar  A screenbar clock and c...
MouseEyes_1.3.lha         System/Ambient/Screenbar  Displays Mouse Eyes in ...
MouseCoords_1.3.lha       System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display Mouse coordinat...
DiskUsage_40.8.lha        System/Shell              DiskUsage estimates fil...
Scanners_Update.lha       System/Update             Scanner drivers update ...
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24.Jan.2021



WHDLoad: New installers until 23.01.2021
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 installer has been added until 23.01.2021:
  • 2021-01-19 improved: Space Quest 3 (Sierra) added better way to enter umlauts, dynamically chose MT32 support, selectable keyboard layout (Info)
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23.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


CDXL play: AGABlaster 0.9.82
AGABlaster plays Commodore's CDXL videos. In version 0.9.82 support for standard 12-bit AGA6-8 and HAM8 videos (used in several games in the late 90s) was added. Additionally optimized versions for all 68k processors inclusive Vampire are available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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23.Jan.2021
Aminet


Spaceship vs Asteroids Game: SPOD
After more than 20 years Marten Wobst has reactivated his Amiga 500. In celebration of the day he has written a little game called SPOD (Space Pilot of Death).


The game principle ist very simple: you're supposed to avoid all asteroids approaching the spaceship. Otherwise your shield gets lower and finally the spaceship crashes. By releasing this game, Marten was also going to reactivate his knowlegde on programming. The game is written in assembler and runs on any Amiga 500. It can be played with a joystick but also with the cursor keys (contrary to the Readme, the space key is not needed). The longer your spaceship survices the more points you get which maybe results in an entry in the highscore.

Marten has described his game "more of a fast Joystick test" than a complete game:
"I was going to write something simple within a reasonable period of time and I wanted to check if I can make it on an Amiga 500 without accelerator boards. In restrospect I am really surprised what an ordinary Amiga 500 can technically perform. I have not perfectly programmed my game, much more is possible."

Currently he is playing around with assembler programming, implementing some issues more perfect. But it is hobby and should be fun. We really enjoyed the game and therefore keep our fingers crossed that Marten will also go on enjoying his hobby. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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22.Jan.2021



Videos of virtual meeting of "Amiga Ireland"
This year the annual meeting of "Amiga Ireland" has been virtually organized. On YouTube you now can watch the videos which were shown on the meeting last Saturday. Among others the results of the Creative Competition, tutorials on Lightwave and BlitzBasic and interviews with Trevor Dickinson and David Pleasance. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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22.Jan.2021
amiga ireland 2021 online youtube channel (ANF)


Prototype: New 2-Stick controller for Amiga or C64 introduced
"Abstraction Games" has developed a new joypad for C64 and Amiga which has four fire buttons but also two sticks - working on the joystick port without having to change something on the computer. In the past dual-stick-controllers often were used in slot machines but so far has been not available for Commodore home computers.

Two games have been also introduced which the developers have adapted to the new joysticks: Chaos Engine and Commando (C64). Probably the games will be commercially distributed, maybe as Kickstarter campaign. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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22.Jan.2021
Amiga Documents (Twitter)


Lawsuit: Hyperion und Cloanto allegedly close to a settlement again
A year ago, Hyperion and Cloanto asked the judge presiding their lawsuit to extend a deadline because they were allegedly close to finalizing a settlement. A few days later, the negotiations were aborted.

In another motion dated January 20th, both Parties address the judge again, asking for another extension. They announce that settlement discussions had been resumed in October 2020 and that "on Thursday of last week, the Parties reached the terms of settlement on the main agreement".

The motion goes on to explain that "the only tasks that need to be completed are for the Parties to attend to seven ancillary documents, including an assignment and novation agreement, mutual releases, stipulations of dismissal, and documents related to a proceeding in Belgium." (cg)

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21.Jan.2021



Book announcement:'From Vultures to Vampires' splitted into two parts
Last summer the second book of the former Commodore-UK manager David Pleasance, written together with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON), was successfully financed by a Kickstarter campaign. According to Pleasance in two updates (1, 2), they "seriously underestimated the amount of enthralling material our research has uncovered, added to which as Trevor and I reached out to many of the people who feature in these stories, to our surprise (and sheer delight) many have responded and added even more intriguing content than we could have ever wished for."

And he continued: "In order for us to deliver that, we have no option but to split the book into Volume 1 and Volume 2." Volume 1 is supposed to be published in the second quarter of 2021. All those who participated in the Kickstarter campaign last year, will get volume 2 for 50% off (the printed edition for 17,50 Pound Sterling, about 20 Euro plus shipping, the pdf edition for 8,50 Euro). If you wish to take advantage of this offer all you need to do is to send an email to David Pleasance. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Jan.2021



MicroTouch driver: Full version of GPTouch available
The Amiga Future offers the full version of 'GPTouch' for free download. GPTouch is a driver for touch screens produced by MicroTouch in 1991. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Driver update for Wicher cards
A new driver disk for the expansion cards Wicher 500i rev.2c/Ex, Wicher 508i (Ex), Wicher 608, Wicher CDTV and Wicher 1211 developed by 7-bit has been releaed. The sdcard.device as well as the Ethernet drivers enc28j60_w16.device and enc28j60_w32.device has been updated. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Apollo core: Release 5 for Vampire 4
The Apollo core is a FPGA reimplementation of the m68k series of Motorola providing a new graphic resolution called SAGA. The core is used in the Vampire accelerator boards. Apollo Release 5 provides the following changes:
  • Copper compatibility fixed. This fixes a high number of games which before were displayed not perfectly.
  • CPU speed up. We are working on /testing CPU improvements which will give you about 10 MIPS speedup.
  • H.D.M.I Monitor compatibility improvement
  • More Screenmodes. We will add more Screenmodes to the monitor drivers allowing you to e.g. access 800x600, 1024x768
  • Deluxe Galaga works now on APOLLOS
  • Improved PIP feature.
  • Smoother truecolor Video Playback for the Workbench
  • "Magic" PAL/NTSC Hotkey switching your Amiga video out to PAL/NTSC50/NTSC.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Jan.2021



Turn-based space strategy: Imperium Terranum 2.802a
The source code of the turn-based space strategy game Imperium Terranum 2 has been available on Aminet for many years. For some time now the little documented Pascal source code 'Fook42' is converting into standard conforming Cn - aiming at later improving the game, e.g. adding support for graphic cards.

The version which was now uploaded to Github was not changed regarding the game play but features free screenmodes for the main screen (640x512) and the planet view (320x256) to choose. The selection is saved in the pictogram of the game. The update has to be copied over the full version of 'Imperium Terranum' since on Github only the main program is available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jan.2021
amigaworld (Webseite)


Online competition: Results of 'Commodore Creative Competition 2021'
The results of the "Commodore Creative Competition" this year for the first time virtually organized by the Amiga Users Ireland are now available. All contributions of the categories "Mod/AHX", "Pixel Art" and "Raytracing" can be downloaded. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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18.Jan.2021



Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 2
For publishing the first issue of the British "Amiga Addict", 500 pre-orders were required. The magazine was delivered in December. Now the second issue can be ordered which will be delievered from 29. January.

Among others the latest issue contains an interview with Mike Dailly and Steve Hammond (DMA Design) about diverse DMA classics, a 5-page CD32 and CDTV console section as well as a tribute to the Amiga developer Dave Needle who died five years ago.

Amiga Addict is supposed to be published monthly and is available as single issue or as subscription, either printed or as pdf. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Jan.2021



Modplayer: AmiModRadio 0.99991
AmiModRadio is "a program to automatically download, extract, and play modules from Aminet." Other websites like Haxor.fi, Modland and Modules.pl are supported as well. A rating function is also included. In the latest version a console bug was fixed. Besides: "Fixed/improved the code dealing with the players and updated the HTTP User-agent to make all HTTP sources work." If you want to report bugs then please use the official bugtracker. Any ideas for improving the program are welcome!

As the author Tygre told ue, his homepage is completely maintained using an Amiga 1200 being in his office at work. Due to COVID currently he cannot easily reset the Amiga if it has freezed so it may happen that the website is temporarily not available for quite some time. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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17.Jan.2021



Aminet uploads until 16.01.2021
The following files have been added until 16.01.2021 to Aminet:
jansson_library.lha      dev/c      215K  OS4 native lib for manipulating J...
NoMoreDiv0_Debug.lha     dev/debug  20K   68k Division by Zero Debugger
FamousAmigaUses.lha      docs/lists 26K       A guide about famous Amiga uses!
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  6.3M  OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
amath.lha                misc/math  1.4M  68k Simple command line calculator
Wasteland2021.lha        mods/8voic 93K       Wasteland 2021 5ch Lv1 Ninja ...
AmiModRadio.lha          mus/play   2.7M  68k Play modules from Internet so...
ami-markdown.lha         text/edit  1.2M  OS4 Edit and view Markdown documents
amostools.lha            util/arc   147K  MOS Tools to work with AMOS programs
aiostreams.lha           util/batch 251K  MOS Stream video from major onlin...
CopyMemAIO.lha           util/boot  51K   68k For all CPU's 68000-68080 & U...
detect_vampire.lha       util/boot  1K    68k Detects Vampire expansion card
NoMoreDiv0.lha           util/boot  13K   68k No more Division by Zero
AmiTimeKeeper.lha        util/cdity 247K  68k Keep your time right
diskusage.i386-aros.lha  util/cli   59K   x86 DiskUage estimates file space...
DiskUsage.lha            util/cli   6K    68k DiskUsage estimates file spac...
md.lha                   util/cli   4K    68k Enhanced version of DIR command
HuntnGather.lha          util/dir   196K  68k File indexing and search util...
ViNCEd.lha               util/shell 773K  68k the final CON: with ^Z & TAB ...
BelarusMOS.lha           util/sys   1K        Free Belarus country for MorphOS
timeit.i386-aros.lha     util/time  58K   x86 Shell command for timing othe...
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OS4Depot uploads until 16.01.2021
The following files have been added until 16.01.2021 to OS4Depot:
jansson_library.lha      dev/lib 215kb 4.0 A native library for manipulatin...
libpsem.lha              dev/lib 83kb  4.0 POSIX semaphore implementation
mce.lha                  gam/uti 3Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
earmark.lha              uti/tex 948kb 4.1 Edit and view Markdown documents
a1222-mcu-watcher.lha    uti/wor 2Mb   4.1 Workbench Tool To Show A1222 MCU...
x5000-mcu-watcher.lha    uti/wor 2Mb   4.0 Workbench Tool To Show X5000 MCU...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.01.2021
The following files have been added until 16.01.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
AMOStools.lha             Development/AMOS          Tools to work with AMOS...
AmiArcadia_26.83.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
OpenBor_7142.lha          Emulation                 OpenBOR is the ultimate...
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.1.lha  Emulation                 FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
Rise_of_the_Triad_rott... Games/Shoot 3D            MorphOS Port of "rottex...
ShadowWarrior.lha         Games/Shoot 3D            JFShadowWarrior is 3D R...
AIOstreams_1.7.lha        Network/Streaming         Stream online video fro...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 16.01.2021
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 16.01.2021:
  • 2021-01-13 improved: Neuromancer (Interplay) reduced memory requirements (Info)
  • 2021-01-13 improved: Bubba'n'Stix (Core Design) added joypad controls, uses less memory, added levelskip and skip intro (Info)
  • 2021-01-12 fixed: The Kristal / Kristal, The (Addictive) some patches were missing in the latest slave (Info)
  • 2021-01-12 fixed: Putty Squad (System 3) panel gfx bug fixed, better compatibility with CD32 pads (Info, Image)
  • 2021-01-12 improved: Prawo Krwi (Techland Soft) stack moved to expmem, fixed SMC, fixed keyboard handling, fixed copperlist (Info)
  • 2021-01-10 improved: Master Axe (Epic) removed AGA-only restriction, fixed music, added quit key on 68000 machines (Info)
  • 2021-01-10 improved: Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) added joypad controls, trainer added, new imager and icons (Info)
  • 2021-01-10 improved: Advanced Ski Simulator (Code Masters) reduced memory requirements (Info)
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