02.Apr.2025
Vinnny (ANF)
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Operating system: AmigaOS 3.2.3
Press release: Brussels – April 2, 2025. Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is proud to provide the third free update for AmigaOS 3.2. This update includes two years’ worth of fixes and enhancements to AmigaOS 3.2.2 since the previous update.
Some of the highlights in Update 3:
- ReAction classes have received numerous updates
- TextEditor now allows users to define a custom menu with macros
- 12 KB of Chip RAM is no longer reserved
- A new Kickstart 3.2.3 ROM
- At least 50 other fixes, including updates to DiskDoctor and HDToolbox
Registered users can download Update 3 for AmigaOS 3.2 here.
Thank you for your continuing support of AmigaOS. (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
Mark 'Pnutttz' Nuttall (ANF)
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Crowd funding: Card game Amiga Trumps Powerplay
The financing of an Amiga "top trumps" game was initiated on Kickstarter and has already been achieved. "Amiga Trumps Powrplay" comprises thirty characters from Amiga games and will go into production at the end of April once the campaign is complete. The card game can be used independently or as an expansion for its predecessor "Amiga Trumps". (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
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Event: ZZAP! Live 2025 in Kenilworth (England)
On May 17/18, the third "ZZAP! Live" event for all Commodore and Amiga systems will take place for the first time over two days at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England), organized by Fusion Retro Books, the Arcade Club, Retro Games Ltd, the South West Amiga Group and the Retro Computer Museum. (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary of March 2025
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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02.Apr.2025
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AROS: Month in review March 2025
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz summarizes the news for AROS/x86 users in the last month at the title link. (snx)
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01.Apr.2025
Ján Zahurancík, Philipp Lonke (ANF)
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20 years of AmiKit: The AmiKit Museum is now open
This year, the popular AmiKit celebrates its 20th birthday. The first coverage of the project appeared on amiga-news.de on 14 July 2005 ("Emulation: First Preview of the AmiKit Complete System"). The AmiKit Museum has now been set up as a thank you to Amikit's loyal fans. All Windows installers for the Workbench distribution - from AmiKit 1 to 11 - can be downloaded and tested free of charge, all fully functional. It's an interesting resource for all computer archaeologists, enthusiasts and collectors. (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky
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Linux: Kernel 6.14.0 for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.14.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The X1000/X5000-specific changes are:
- Linux 6.14 Released With Working NTSYNC Driver, AMD Ryzen AI Accelerator Support -- phoronix.com
- Linux 6.14 Sees Last Minute Fix For A Two Year Old Regression Causing A 30% Performance Drop -- phoronix.com
- Changes according to the Linux Kernel 6.14.0-final log
- X1000: ABIv2 kernels (CONFIG_PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2)
- DRM fixes (including Radeon fix):
- Networking fixes
- MMC host fixes
- Linux Git log
(nba)
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01.Apr.2025
violet
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Swedish demoscene recognised as UNESCO cultural heritage
The demoscene has been acknowledged as an intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. This underlines the cultural significance of this digital art form, which has existed since the 1980s and includes an active community in Sweden with numerous demoparties and internationally recognised groups such as The Silents, Phenomena, Triad or Fairlight.
This decision follows similar ones in other countries: in Finland, the demoscene was recognised as national intangible cultural heritage in 2020, and in Germany, it was included in the federal directory of intangible cultural heritage in 2021 (amiga-news.de reported). This means that the demoscene is also part of UNESCO's world cultural heritage.
The Swedish "Institutet för språk och folkminnen" - a governmental organisation for the preservation of language and cultural heritage, comparable to a Ministry of Culture in other countries - announced the listing. (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
Dennis "Psyria" Lohr (ANF)
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Music: New music album by Chris Hülsbeck released on Bandcamp
On 28 March 2025, Chris Hülsbeck released his latest music album compilation entitled "Desert-Love-Mirage" on Bandcamp. He writes on Bandcamp and X: "This album is my latest work (not related to video games), in which I created music in all kinds of styles that I felt inspired to do at the time. This was all made possible by my Patreon supporters, and I invite everyone to join my project at www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck, where you can find detailed background stories for each piece of music and more." Dennis "Psyria" Lohr comments: "Sound, composition, sound and style. If it were a picture, you would probably say: 'Yes, a real Hülsbeck!'." (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
John Brett
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GUI for Greaseweazle tools: ADFDiskBox 2.2
ADFDiskBox is an application with a graphical user interface that serves as a comfortable frontend for the Greaseweazle V4 tools (reported). Developed in C#, the tool is aimed primarily at users who regularly work with Amiga-DOS disks. ADFDiskBox simplifies Amiga-DOS batch read and write operations (for ADF, 82-track ADF, SCP:Amiga-DOS and RawSCP). Devices and drives can be selected to easen the simultaneous use of multiple Greaseweazle devices.
In the newly released version 2.2, developer John Brett has added the "Options" form to make the main GUI clearer.
ADFDiskBox runs on Windows 10/11 (32-bit and 64-bit) and requires the.NET Framework 4.8. In addition to the executable program, the source code is also available for free download. (nba)
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31.Mar.2025
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Video: The 75 worst Amiga games
In his latest video, Kim Justice presents what he considers to be the 75 worst Amiga games. The game Top Banana from the developer "Hex" from 1992 has made it to first place. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Point'n Click adventure: NEONnoir v1.2
The point'n click adventure game "NEONnoir" (video) was developed with AmiBlitz for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. As a down-and-out private detective, the player has to track down a drug-addicted daughter from a good family (amiga-news.de reported).
Originally, the developers had planned to release the game in a boxed version, but this could not be realised. However, the German and Italian translations that have already been completed, as well as a manual, will now at least benefit users of the digital version. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 40.2
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), Thomas 'Thor' Richter has released version 40.2, the first stable version of his universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI", which supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. On request, the author kindly explained the background and idea behind the project in our German-language news item. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.7 for Linux and macOS
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for Linux and macOS based on the current WinUAE version. The new Version 7.0.7 mainly fixes bugs. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.49
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written now in Amiblitz 3.10.0, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill 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.
In the new version 0.9.49, among other things, the option to cycle colors in the palette has been added (video). All changes:
- Action trigger Color Cycle to cycle colors in the palette.
- Added example for color cycle, ex_colorcycling.
- Action trigger Set Text Image to set the image to be used in the dialog.
- Added help for particle editor.
- Maximum number of song modules increased from 16 to 24.
- Optimization for lateral scrolling games.
- Particles are now cleaned when switching levels in runtime.
- Now compiled with AmiBlitz 3.10.0.
- Fix when exporting images in multilaguage games.
- Fix for show tile collisions in level editor.
- Fix for pick frame when spritesheet is not the first one.
- Fixes in frame editor, pick frame and copy and paste frame.
- Fixes in dialog engine.
- Fixes in the thumbnail system.
- Fix for selecting game objects above 78.
- Updated documentation.
(dr)
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30.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to Aminet:
CestinoGlobale.lha dev/blitz 53K OS3 Italian global trashcan...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
openpci68k.lha driver/oth 177K OS3 PCI driver for all brid...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 9.1M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 66K OS3 Create your own backdro...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.9M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
pOS-w64.zip misc/emu 24M VAR WinUAE-Launcher USB
pOS_w64.jpg pix/misc 834K GEN WinUAE-Launcher Screens...
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 1.7M OS4 A PDF generator
DOpusRxTrash.lha util/dopus 29K GEN Global trashcan for DOp...
filesysbox.lha util/libs 97K MOS A FUSE compatible file ...
filesysbox.m68k-amigaos.lha util/libs 99K OS3 A FUSE compatible file ...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 2.2M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.7M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
vbrCheck.zip util/misc 1K OS3 Check if Vectorbase is ...
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30.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 2Mb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
compression.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
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30.Mar.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
opentyrian.x86_64-aros-v1... gam/act 4Mb open-source port of the DOS game...
hydracastle.x86_64-aros-v... gam/pla 56Mb metroidvania-style action platfo...
reminiscence.x86_64-aros-... gam/pla 1Mb Flashback engine reimplementation
xrick.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/pla 2Mb a clone of Rick Dangerous
blips.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 1Mb a sokoban style puzzle
sokobangp2x.x86_64-aros-v... gam/puz 7Mb a Sokoban engine
filesysbox.i386-aros.lha lib/mis 54kb A FUSE compatible file system layer
(snx)
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30.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_34.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Doom3_1.5.5pre.lha Games/Shoot3D Doom3 ProjectUAC
OpenMoHAA_0.81.1-beta2... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.81.1 for Mo...
fheroes2_1.1.7.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Minesweeper_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Minesweeper (SDL3)
Tensy_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Tensy game (SDL3)
AmigaGPT_2.3.0.lha Misc App for chatting to Cha...
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30.Mar.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.3.1
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.3.1 has now been released with the following changes:
- Fix broken error requester in MorphOS
- Fix incorrect language name for english-british for OS4
- Running the "Version" command on the AmigaGPT executable will now report the version and build date
- The installer in MorphOS will now properly ask where you want to install the readme
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2 MB) (nba)
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29.Mar.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 147 of Amiga Future available online
The English and German issue 147 (November/December 2020) of the print magazine ‘Amiga Future’ can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg)
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29.Mar.2025
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Individual Computers: ACA1260Tool 0.99
"ACA1260Tool" is used to configure the ACA1240/1260 turbo cards from Individual Computers; it can be started both from the Workbench and from the shell. Version 0.99, which has now been released, contains the following changes:
- added VERBOSE option
- MAPROM/ROMFILE fixes
- added ROMFILE option
- fixed flashing in normal (non debrick) mode
- when flashing, prompt to update the FPGA core first, when the core is too old
- support new IDE speeder (read and write) with core >= 6.3.2025
- IDE speeder "overdrive" option
(cg)
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28.Mar.2025
deadwood
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AROS/x86: Update of the ABI v0 version
Press release: This version 20250313 integrates last three years of AROS development and brings 32-bit kernel to the same level as upcoming 64-bit AROS release. New kernel brings improved support for newer, ACPI-enabled hardware, complemented by improvements to disk and network drivers as well as updates to core system libraries and more than 60 bug fixes across AROS programs and libraries.
Additional work has been put in stabilizing drivers for virtual environment (VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU) so that you can try AROS first in virtualization before deciding on purchasing a dedicated hardware.
A list of the complete changes can be found on GitHub.
If you are already using previous version 20220318-1 (amiga-news.de reported), you can upgrade your installation using this upgrade package (direct download).
A list of recommended hardware is also available.
Enjoy! (dr)
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28.Mar.2025
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.9
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 14.2 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.7.9:
- NEW: update gcc to 14.2.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 17.0.50.20250202-git
- FIX: disassembly: fix error message when hovering over the cycle counts of an illegal instruction
- NEW: Makefile: support dependency tracking for GNU-assembler sources (.s)
(dr)
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27.Mar.2025
Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci
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Developer diary: Generic RPG Engine - Dev Log #1
Fabio ‘Allanon’ Falcucci wants to develop an RPG engine with Hollywood in order to create his first RPG. In the first entry of his planned developer diary, he presents the current status as well as his programming techniques and tools used. (cg)
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27.Mar.2025
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FPGA based Amiga clone: AmiCube, Board-Layout Version 1.1
Ranko Rodic presents the current status of his FPGA-based Amiga clone AmiCube F1200 in a video. The changes made are explained using a rendering of version 1.1 of the board layout:
- MOSFETs back for level shifting - They're making a triumphant return to handle voltage like champs!
- Floppy disk module routed like a dream - Everything's neatly tucked into this slick little area - pure engineering art!
- Tiny 402 components (pick-and-place approved!) - These micro-sized parts are a bold move, and my trusty machine's got it covered.
- LEDs still shining bright for cell/motor/ready signals - Keeping the visuals popping so you know what's active at a glance!
- FPGA now gets direct ready signals - sky's the limit in Verilog! - More control, more possibilities - coding just got a whole lot more fun!
- Polarity sorted, inverters added - active low LEDs light up when they should! - No more guessing games; these lights mean business now!
- Detect signals for floppy connections = instant LED action! - Plug in a floppy, and bam - LEDs light up to confirm it's go time!
- Cleaner routing, no more wiggles - just straight-line perfection! - The board's looking sharper than ever with optimized paths.
- Jumper for 3V/5V switching + better heat dissipation with extra mass - Flexibility and cool vibes - literally thanks to some thermal tweaks!
- FPGA status LEDs to show when the Amiga core is up & running! - Watch the magic happen as the board boots and the Amiga core kicks in!
- Decoupling done right this time - followed Spartan-6 datasheets to the letter! - No shortcuts here; it's all by the book for max stability!
- SRAM (6MB) + SDRAM (64MB) in the works for that sweet retro Amiga RAM vibes! - SRAM keeps it authentic, while SDRAM adds mega power - best of both worlds!
- AGA core porting is progressing—looking good so far! - The Amiga dream is coming alive, and I’m pumped about where this is headed!
(cg)
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27.Mar.2025
Edwin van den Oosterkamp (Mail)
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Paperback: Classic AmigaOS Programming - The Network
After Classic AmigaOS Programming - An introduction and Bare Metal Amiga Programming, Edwin Van Den Oosterkamp presents his third paperback on Amiga programming called Classic AmigaOS Programming: The Network. It is about adding network and Internet functionality to Amiga programs and is aimed at people who have some experience with writing software for the Amiga, but have no experience with IP networking. Like its predecessors, the title is self-published via Amazon, a digital edition is not available. (cg)
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27.Mar.2025
Sami Vehmaa
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 2
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler 'Bolminok's Kingdom 2' requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for free at itch.io and continues the story of its predecessor. (cg)
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27.Mar.2025
Franck Charlet
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Module packer: ptvpack 1.2 (Windows/AmigaOS)
PtvPack is a packer for Noise-/Pro- and Fasttracker modules ("mods"), which is aimed at Vampire-based systems: Up to twelve channels with up to five octaves are supported. The packer is available as a command line tool for Windows and AmigaOS and there is also a playback routine provided as m68k assembler sourcecode.
(cg)
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26.Mar.2025
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Emulator: Mame106Minimix 1.2b (update)
The Multi Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) emulates numerous arcade machines. After conversions for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 as well as various, mostly older 68k ports, there has been another project for AmigaOS 3.1 since last year with Mame106Minimix, which however requires a very fast computer (68060 processor with 64 MB or actually designed for PiStorm extensions).
The port of MAME version 0.106, which dates back to 2006, is now available in version 1.2 and offers various optimizations, bug fixes and improvements, such as an optional “NewLowLevel” patch, which is required for some Amiga 2000 configurations.
Update: (28.03.2025, 06:10, dr)
Version 1.2b is now available. (snx)
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26.Mar.2025
Amigasystem (ANF)
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Video: AROS One 68k 2.0 Tutorial
The AROS One distribution is currently available for x86 computers. A 68k version will also be available shortly. The video at the title link should give you a foretaste, the graphical appearance corresponds to that of the x86 version. (snx)
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26.Mar.2025
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Game announcement: Krogharr to be released end of April
There is now more information about Michael 'Tigerskunk' Borrmann's platform game Krogharr. When it is released at the end of April, the game will run on an Amiga 500 with 1 MB of RAM and will contain the following features:
- Five-level parallax/line scrolling
- 60 to 70 colors on the screen at the same time
- Arcade-style 50 FPS action
- Every single level has carefully hand-pixelated enemies and backgrounds
- Music and multichannel SFX
- Over one hundred animation frames for enemies and bosses
- Large bosses
- The whole game fits on one floppy disk
In addition to purchasing the download version, it will also be possible to pre-order a boxed edition with a diskette or as a CD³² version from Poly.Play.xyz. (snx)
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25.Mar.2025
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 168 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
The latest issue 168 contains an MSXdev24 special as well as reviews of four Amiga games: Apocalypse, Super Raid IV, Maths Adventure and Helm. (nba)
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25.Mar.2025
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Puzzle game: Level-Editor for Pjusk
An official level editor has now been released for the recently published game Pjusk (amiga-news.de reported, video). The game, in which players have to find their way through a maze strategically, has thus gained a new creative component.
Developer Zoopendan hopes to "see lots of brilliant levels made by the community". Exciting: anyone who submits a level that makes it onto the planned expansion disc will be named in the game.
So now it's up to the community – create levels and become part of the game! (nba)
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25.Mar.2025
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Seq 3.0: MIDI sequencer for AmigaOS 4 has been updated
The new version 3.0 of the MIDI sequencer Seq by Tuomas Hokka is now available for AmigaOS 4. This simple tool allows you to create and edit MIDI sequences and is aimed at musicians who want to use their Amiga as a compositional tool. The current update includes numerous improvements, including to the user interface and MIDI output.
All changes to version 3.0 summarised:
- FIXED one major bug in saving project: Too many bytes were written so it was filled with zero bytes and that will break reading one integer value in the project file. This will be fixed automatically in loading project. User will be prompted to choose to save the project immediately after.
- Fixed bugs
- New song (long) mode to One time track, added One time banks
- Increased number of song steps to 96, project files version increased to 9
- Added more settings to alt/double note
- Alt notes displayed in steps better
- Some font sizes increased
- Added new tooltype to set large font
- Refactored some parts of the source code for better maintainability and to avoid bugs
Seq is offered as freeware and can be downloaded from OS4Depot. (nba)
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25.Mar.2025
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Worth a read: String Interpolation in AmigaDOS
In the latest blog post on Datagubbe.se, entitled "BRA and KET: String Interpolation in AmigaDOS", Swedish tech nerd and software developer Carl Svensson takes a look at an often-overlooked detail of AmigaDOS: using the rarely documented terms BRA and KET, the article shows how to easily embed variables in strings. (nba)
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25.Mar.2025
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A1200NG: New blog and release date
The British developer and distributor AmigaKit has set up a new blog for the announced ARM-based motherboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported) to provide information about the product.
The motherboard was originally scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2025, but the shop now lists April as the release date. The regular price for the board with a 64 GB MicroSD card is the equivalent of around 192 euros.
It is noticeable that the motherboard is referred to as "The A1200 NG" instead of the original announced "A1200NG" in various places on the blog and on the homepage. However, the project has nothing in common with the retro computer THE A1200 announced by Retro Games Ltd. and recently postponed due to legal uncertainties. (nba)
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24.Mar.2025
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Checkmate 19" IPS monitor : Pre-order from German dealer
The German mail order company DragonBox has been offering Checkmate products since 2022 (amiga-news.de reported). As of today, you can also pre-order the Checkmate 19" IPS Retro Monitor, which was successfully financed via Kickstarter at the end of 2022, as a "Scalar Pack" for 939 Euros.
Monitors and accessories are expected to be delivered in mid-May 2025. Only the Scalar Packs or the Mister/DE10 and Raspberry Pi installation kits (pods) can be pre-ordered as part of the first batch. The Starter Packs for 709 Euros will only be available with the second batch, which will be produced as soon as the first batch is sold out.
The Scalar Pack consists of the Starter Pack and the Scalar Pod. The Checkmate 19" IPS monitor offers a modular slot system that provides space for three different extensions, called pods. A standard pod is included, which offers A/V and HDMI inputs. The Scalar Pod offers additional inputs such as EGA, SCART, Component and RF. (dr)
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24.Mar.2025
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Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of the new demo version:
- Difficulty options (easy / normal / hard) - some enemies only appear in normal or hard modes, attack patterns can vary and various other gameplay elements are affected
- Continues (the amount you get depends on the difficulty you choose)
- New bosses for both levels
- New or tweaked enemy attack patterns
- New animations for some enemies
- Updated sound effects
- Level two extended and remixed
- Difficulty has been balanced
- Rex now becomes briefly invulnerable after taking a hit
- Increased base speed for Rex
- Reworked smart bomb function
- Smart bombs available from the start (different number according to the difficulty selected)
- Improvements to the shield power up
- Energy bars for bosses
- Four fantastic new music tracks
- Updated title screen with options including controls and credits
- New story screens between levels, plus other presentation screens
- Some general nips and tucks to improve performance
(dr)
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24.Mar.2025
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HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.16.12.2
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).
A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
- New Writer : Mame MFI files.
- FLTK updated to v1.4.2
- CI : Fix Windows XP x86 support
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24.Mar.2025
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SCSI for Raspberry Pi: SCSI2Pi 5.1
Version 5.1 of the SCSI2Pi emulation software has been released. SCSI2Pi is an alternative to the well-known PiSCSI software for the PiSCSI/RaSCSI board, which brings SCSI technology to the Raspberry Pi. According to developer Uwe Seimet, the software offers optimised device emulation, higher transfer rates and numerous new functions, including tools for the SCSI initiator mode (amiga-news.de reported).
Changes in version 5.1:
- The INQUIRY product data (vendor, product, revision) for the device type SCSG (e.g. SCSI-to-USB bridge) are configurable, just like they are for other types. The configured data replace the actual data reported by the USB device.
- The sector cache has been optimized.
- s2pdump in case of errors supports retries when saving/restoring hard drive images.
The software can be downloaded from the SCSI2Pi-website. (dr)
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23.Mar.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.3.0
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately. Changes of the new version:
- New installer for easy and customisable installation
- Localisation support for 22 languages
- Removed close gadgets from API Key and Chat System requester windows
- Chat system requester text entry field is now multiline and supports clipboard
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2,2MB) (dr)
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23.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 22.03.2025
THe following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to Aminet:
Butterfly2.lha dev/c 5.2M MOS Music and drawing in C ...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
Mega-ATcad.lha gfx/edit 1.6M OS3 2D-CAD-Program
Fractel24.lha gfx/misc 1.2M OS3 Fractel24 generates ima...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
logikus-simulator.zip misc/emu 82K OS3 LOGIKUS-Simulator incl....
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 127K OS3 ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pen...
KarateKidTheme.lha mods/8voic 2.6M GEN 16bit 14ch Karate Kid A...
MultiCX_148.lha util/cdity 16K OS3 MultiCX Commodity v1.48...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.6M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
Pi_Demos.zip util/shell 94K GEN Calculate PI in pure AM...
GoVD.lha util/wb 30K OS3 Virtual Desktops for Wo...
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23.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.03.2025
THe following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
lfi-png2amiga.lha gra/ico 230kb 4.1 convert PNG icons to Amiga icon ...
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23.Mar.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.03.2025
The following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
minislug.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/act 8Mb a metal slug game
minislug.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/act 8Mb a metal slug game
hocoslamfy.x86_64-aros-v1... gam/mis 3Mb SDL Flappy Bird clone.
openjazz.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/pla 751kb open-source version of the class...
biniax2.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 4Mb Simple and child friendly logica...
gnurobbo.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 3Mb open source reimplementation of ...
tinytris.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 3Mb a clone of the classic game Tetris
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23.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.03.2025
The following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_3.2.8.lha Development/Library Simple Directmedia Laye...
butterfly2.lha Development/SDL2 Music and drawing in C ...
AmiArcadia_34.1.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
BreakHack_4.1.2.lha Games/Role A casual coffee-break r...
SpaceDrifterDX_1.0.lha Games/Shoot2D SpaceDrifterDX port
Blips_2.0.lha Games/Think Port of Blips (SDL3)
Easy2Install_1.0.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
Markdown-Viewer_1.1.lha Network/Web Allow to view markdown ...
AmigaTText_1.5.lha Network/Web Shows GER Teletext Site...
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23.Mar.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.03.2025
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 22.03.2025:
- 2025-03-21 improved: Black Dawn II (Andrew Campbell) support Ross fixed version (Info)
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23.Mar.2025
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Turrican 3 Payment Day Title Music
- Deep Core (Remastered)
- OutRun Passing Breeze Live Performance
- Shadow of the Beast, Aarbron's Revenge (Vandahlia Special Remix)
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23.Mar.2025
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Game: Battleship
After almost thirty years, Turkish Amiga.org member 'hggurak' has improved his game "Battleship" and translated it into English. It has been written in AMOS in 1996 on his Amiga 500. (snx)
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22.Mar.2025
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Monochrome arcade game: Go! Tony Go!
In "Go! Tony Go!" (video) from Monochrome Productions, the aim is to avoid obstacles and collect bonus items by jumping or ducking. Like Tony Montezuma's Gold from the same development team, the game is designed entirely in black and white. (cg)
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22.Mar.2025
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MorphOS: BreakHack 4.1.2
BreakHack is a SDL-based Roguelike. The MorphOS port was done by 'BeWorld' and is the first game to use the updated implementation of the SDL libraries from the same author. (cg)
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21.Mar.2025
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.2.4 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.2.4 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for Greaseweazle Tools v1.22 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes since our last news item about version 5.2.1:
- Device/COM: Refresh button "?"
- Multiple connected "devices/COM" (e.g. COM3 and COM4 available): Buttons "Reset", "Bandwidth", "Info" and delays "Info"
- Greaseweazle: Hardware select: Support for Adafruit RP2040 for e.g. "--device COM6"
- GUI: Resizing to minimum values
- Read/Write/Convert: Usage of all arguments now only if "View|Show all arguments" is checked
- Menu: Renamed "View" "Show/Use all arguments"
- GUI: Host scaling setting (e.g. 125%) fixes
(dr)
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21.Mar.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.6 for Linux and macOS
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version for Linux and macOS. The new version 7.0.6 offers several improvements and bug fixes. (dr)
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21.Mar.2025
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Worth a read: A history of user interface design
The Swedish technology nerd and software developer Carl Svensson analyzes the development of user interfaces in a new article on Datagubbe.se entitled "Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design" - with a special focus on futuristic interface designs of past decades.
Starting with a look at old books on user guidance and GUI design, the author asks how the often lofty visions of the future from back then (such as touchscreen workstations or holographic interfaces) have developed in reality - or not. Particular attention is paid to the question of whether today's interfaces have actually become simpler and more accessible, or whether they are merely based on new models without really being more efficient.
The blog post is both informative and tongue-in-cheek – and offers exciting insights for anyone interested in design history, interface philosophy or simply digital nostalgia. (nba)
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20.Mar.2025
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Retro Games: new Amiga 'console' delayed, will be called "THE A1200"
Press release: As everyone knows, it has long been our intention to release a full-size sequel to THE A500 mini in Q1 of 2025. Despite the best efforts of our team and partners, this will sadly not be possible within that timeline.
Unfortunately, the ongoing legal disputes between Hyperion Entertainment and the Amiga parties are preventing us from proceeding with manufacturing. Many of you in 'The Amiga scene' will recall that Hyperion initiated legal action against the Amiga parties in 2018, and in 2019 they even tried, unsuccessfully, to challenge the release of THE A500 Mini, despite such interference being a "Hyperion Prohibited Action" under their 2009 Settlement Agreement.
Our friends at Amiga and Cloanto, who have supported us throughout the development of THEC64, THEVIC20, and THE A500 mini, have been working tirelessly to resolve the issue as swiftly as possible. However, our manufacturing and retail partners have chosen to postpone the release of our full-sized machine until the legal situation is fully resolved. We appreciate the disappointment and frustration that these delays cause, but unfortunately the situation is completely beyond our control.
In the near future, we will share more details about the machine itself, including images, features and software line-up, including one brand new game that will make its debut on the machine. We will also issue a revised release date which will be as soon as is practically possible.
Thank you for your continued patience and support. We do understand that you are as frustrated as we are. Whilst these legal issues do not directly involve us, they do of course have an effect on what we do. Everyone is working hard to resolve these issues as quickly as possible, and we believe that a resolution is in sight.
In the light of the ongoing delays, we think it's only fair to share with you that the machine is to be called... 'THE A1200'
Update: (21.03.2025, 15:00, cg)
In a statement on Facebook, Hyperion responds to the press release from Retro Games Limited (screenshot):
Hyperion Entertainment CVBA
Hi Retro Games,
As you know, Hyperion Entertainment underwent a change in ownership and management in December last year.
So far, we — the new owners and management — have not been contacted by you in any way.
That is how it is, but just to set the record straight: We have nothing against what you want to do and would be happy to start discussions.
Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Hyperion Entertainment
(cg)
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20.Mar.2025
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Tutorial: converting WAV samples to IFF
Fabio Falcucci describes in his latest blog post how he converts WAV samples into the Amiga specific IFF format. (cg)
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19.Mar.2025
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Event: FAQ released regarding Classic Computing 2025 in Hof (Germany)
As reported, the next Classic Computing, organized by the "Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V.", will take place from September 11-14 in the Freiheitshalle Hof (Bavaria, Germany). A FAQ collection with details of the event has now been published at the title link. (snx)
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19.Mar.2025
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Event: Brief report from AUGS meeting 2025 in Zurich (Switzerland)
Last weekend the latest meeting of the Amiga Users Group Switzerland took place in Zurich (amiga-news.de reported). At the title link, the association briefly looks back on it. (snx)
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19.Mar.2025
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Demoscene: SampleMind interviews Hoffman
At the title link 'SampleMind' has conducted a half-hour interview with the musician, DJ, coder and demoscener 'Hoffman'. It covers his career, his approach to chiptune composing, the influence of the Amiga on his path and his latest projects. (snx)
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19.Mar.2025
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.09 / Boxed version / Review
Amiga Yoomp! is the conversion of an Atari 8-bit title from 2007. Version 1.09 has now been released, which adds a music mode menu so that additional music tracks can be selected.
Collectors can also purchase the game in a box from the Polish Komoda & Amiga plus magazine. Tony 'AmigaGuru' Aksnes has written a review of this version in his blog. (snx)
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18.Mar.2025
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Pre-order campaign: The Piano Collection III with Allister Brimble
Following the successful releases of the two albums Piano Collection and Piano Collection II with Chris Hülsbeck (amiga-news.de reported) the pianist and music producer Patrick Nevian returns with a possible third album in the series - this time in collaboration with another legendary Amiga composer: Allister Brimble.
Brimble, known for his iconic soundtracks to games such as Alien Breed, Superfrog and Project-X, is providing a selection of his most famous works for this album. The tracks are reimagined by Patrick Nevian on the piano and arranged in an intimate, classical style, similar to the previous piano collection series.
The official announcement is made via a YouTube video that gives a first teaser of the upcoming album.
Fans now have the opportunity to register their interest in a limited physical release. To be included, send an email to Patrick Nevian with the subject "Allister Brimble TPC III" by 17 April 2025 at the latest.
The following options are available:
- audio CD for 25 EUR incl. shipping
- audio CD plus limited USB stick for 59 EUR incl. shipping
The physical album will be available exclusively through this campaign. The release is planned for the third quarter of 2025. (nba)
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18.Mar.2025
Indie Retro News
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Speed Haste: MS-DOS racing game ported to the Amiga
The fun shareware racing game Speed Haste, originally developed by NoriaWorks for MS-DOS, has now been successfully ported to the Amiga by Szilard Biro. The game, which gained great popularity in the 90s, offers classic arcade action with Formula 1 and stock car racing, twelve different vehicles and eight different tracks.
The Amiga port requires powerful hardware and at least a 68040 or 68060 processor with FPU, as well as AGA or a graphics card and 4 MB of Fast RAM. The keyboard, joystick or CD32 pad can be used for control. Due to the game's shareware status, only a few tracks and vehicles are available; registration of the game is no longer possible. Nevertheless, it is worth taking a closer look at the game and giving it a few goes.
In addition to the Amiga port published on Aminet, you need three files (SPEED.CFG, RECORDS. LST, SPEEDH.JCL and CR.JCL) from the DOS version of Speed Haste, which have to be copied into the game directory on the Amiga. (nba)
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18.Mar.2025
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Game: New update for Star Dust Wars - Director's Cut
The team at Electric Black Sheep has updated its space opera "Star Dust Wars – Director's Cut" on a technical level.
The animations have been reprocessed using a new method, which means they are the same size but in slightly better quality. The length of one level in the CD32 version has been shortened by 20%, bringing the ISO size down to under 1CD-700MB, but it is still not recommend to play it on real hardware because of the reading speed. A bug in the AMOS animation player is being fixed, so the problem that the size of a frame cannot exceed 32 KB has been resolved. Thanks to this and the new processing method, the size of the EHB version has been significantly reduced (from 1.63 GB to 1.23 GB)!
Star Dust Wars - Director's Cut ideally requires an Amiga 1200 with a hard disc, accelerator card and Fast RAM, and can be downloaded in return for a voluntary donation. (nba)
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17.Mar.2025
Hacker News
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Blog: Amiga 600 - The Amiga no one wanted
Dave Farquhar is a computer security expert who runs the blog "Silicon Underground?" where he writes about computers that aren't usually in the spotlight.
In his latest blog post, he writes about the Amiga 600 and why it became a symbol of everything that was wrong with Commodore and the product line. (dr)
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17.Mar.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.7
Amiberry-lite is an Amiga emulator based on WinUAE 4.4 and, in contrast to its big brother Amiberry (amiga-news.de reported), is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 5.8.7 has been released here. (dr)
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17.Mar.2025
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Video: The AlgoMusic music program
AlgoMusic is a complex music program that randomly generates and plays a song from a series of algorithms in a techno/house style. In his latest video, Robert Smith explores the program, which was written by Thomas Schürger in 1995, and takes a look at his later work SoundHelix.
Finally, he provides information on the "state of the art" in artificially generated computer music. (dr)
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17.Mar.2025
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Mouse-controlled zombie shooter: New playable demo of "BDTZ"
BDTZ ("Better Dead Than Zed", video) is a mouse-controlled shooter in which the character has to be controlled from a bird's eye view through a zombie-infested maze of streets. Ammunition is scarce and shots attract more zombies (amiga-news.de reported).
The new demo version offers a new intro, improved graphics, a newly introduced female zombie character, new sound effects and minor bug fixes. You can choose from three levels and in order to play it, you need both adf files.
The game is still in development, but two playable demos have already been released in the last two weeks. BDTZ should run on any Amiga with at least one megabyte of RAM. (dr)
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16.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 15.03.2025
The following files have been added until 15.03.2025 to Aminet:
AmigaTText-m68k-amigaos.lha comm/misc 2.0M OS3 Shows GER Teletext Site...
AmigaTText-ppc-amigaos.lha comm/misc 2.7M OS4 Shows GER Teletext Site...
AmigaTText-ppc-morphos.lha comm/misc 2.4M MOS Shows GER Teletext Site...
AmigaTText-ppc-warpup.lha comm/misc 2.3M WUP Shows GER Teletext Site...
amigassh.lha comm/net 111K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
anaiis.lha driver/oth 256K OS3 ANAIIS USB Stack Releas...
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 261K OS3 ANAIIS USB Boot disk Re...
anaiis_massive.lha driver/oth 85K OS3 Massive / rMassstorage....
SonnetLibrary.lha driver/oth 414K OS3 Driver for G3/G4 PCI ca...
Nightshade.adf game/actio 880K OS3 A game inspired by A.C....
AbsoluteZero.lha game/jump 1.4M OS3 AGA puzzle platformer g...
silhouette-threat-AGA-HD.lha game/jump 438K OS3 Level 1 of Platformer S...
speedhaste.lha game/race 318K OS3 Speed Haste / Circuit R...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
OkinawaTeaCer.lha mods/32bit 1.4M GEN 16bit 6ch Karate Kid 2 ...
OkinawaTeaCer.zip mods/8voic 32K GEN 16bit 6ch Karate Kid 2 ...
pfetch.lha util/moni 23K GEN Pretty fetch for MorphO...
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16.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 15.03.2025
The following files have been added until 15.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 450kb 4.1 MIDI sequencer
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
lfi-png2amiga.lha gra/ico 224kb 4.1 convert PNG icons to Amiga icon ...
viivi.lha gra/vie 323kb 4.1 Picture viewer
afa-viewer.lha uti/arc 4Mb 4.1 Browse AmigaFuture Archive-DVD
amigattext.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Shows German ARD/ZDF Teletext fr...
videovortex.lha vid/pla 5Mb 4.1 A frontend for YT to search/view...
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16.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.03.2025
The following files have been added until 15.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
Asylum_0.3.2.lha Games/Platform Port of Asylum
Stockfish-17.lha Games/Think Port of Stockfish 17
LoadModel_1.0.lha Graphics/3D Port of OpenGL LoadModel
cmark-gfm-0.29.0.gfm.1... Text/Convert Port of cmark-gfm
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16.Mar.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 15.03.2025
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 15.03.2025:
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16.Mar.2025
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AROS Archives: New URL
Following conservation of the forum AROS-Exec, AROS Archives continued to be accessible via the domain aros-exec.org. Now that it has expired, also this file collection can be found via AROSWorld at the title link (as an alias for arosarchives.os4depot.net). (snx)
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16.Mar.2025
Howard Price (ANF)
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Amiga disassembler with emulator: Aira Force 0.9.2 (Windows, Linux, macOS & RPi)
By version 0.9.0 Howard Price released a major update of his disassembler Aira Force for Amiga programs under Windows/64-Bit, Windows/32-Bit, macOS, Linux/64-Bit an the Raspberry Pi. Version 0.9.2 (video) adds blitter fill mode, which is essential for many demos and games such as Another World and F/A-18 Interceptor. It also adds improved DMA debugging and fixes many compatibility issues.
Highlights of the new version:
- Blitter onedot line mode and fill mode = filled vector graphics
- Add DMA window and improve DMA overlay
- Emulator compatibility improvements
- Find hex bytes
- Fix watchpoints
(snx)
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15.Mar.2025
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Simon variant in the style of International Karate: International Kopicat Plus
"International Kopicat Plus" (video) is a variant of the classic electronic game Simon, which has been upgraded with animated graphics in the style of International Karate+. (cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 15. Mar. 2025, 22:02] [Comments: 0]
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15.Mar.2025
Paulee Bow (ANF)
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Rare sound cards: AD516 and One Stop Music Shop
In a short video, Paulee Bow presents the two rare sound cards "AD516" and "One Stop Music Shop" installed in his A3000. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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15.Mar.2025
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.19 LTS for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.19 LTS (“long-term support”), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The X1000/X5000-specific changes are:
(cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 15. Mar. 2025, 21:40] [Comments: 0]
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15.Mar.2025
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Blog: Copyright and the Demo Scene
In a blog post, Carl Svensson takes a look at the demo scene and its relationship to copyright, including a foray into the history of the (Amiga) scene. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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14.Mar.2025
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Platformer: First demo version of Phantom Leap
HooGames 2017 is currently working on several projects: after a first preview video of a Zelda-like game (amiga-news.de reported), a first demo version of the platformer "Phantom Leap" (video) developed with the Scorpion Engine was released today: in typical Giana Sisters style, you make your way through initially four playable levels and try to "head out" and collect as many coins as possible. The game runs on any Amiga 500 with 512 KB RAM expansion. (dr)
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14.Mar.2025
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Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.10.0
Version 3.10.0 of the AmiBlitz programming language has just been released. As the developer Sven 'honitos' Dröge writes, he has put a lot of effort into the stability of the overall package and fixed many bugs. The changes at a glance:
PED
- fixed problem when reloading source file with same file name but different paths
- fixed a gotoline bug, gotoline now displays the current line number instead of "0"
- fixed several mungwall hits reported by MuGuardianAngel
- rewrite of printing routines, source drawing ia now much faster
- rewrite of block selection routine
- killing a block selection will now join both lines enclosing the selection
- improved rendering of cursor
- removed support for italic remarks
- changed behaviour of "Save & Create executable": if the filenames are known, PED will not ask for them each time
- added wheelmouse support to sourcebrowser window
- added tooltip on file tab
- added symbols for debugging mode and tokenization mode in message line
- added feature if mouse click is done with LSHIFT, a block will be selected
REDDebugger
- fixed bug that did not show error messages in status area anymore
- fixed bug crashing on Kick 2.0 due to usage of HelpControl() that is only available with Kick2.1
- started to improve GUI by switching to gadtools for some windows
Compiler
- fixed "Could not allocate memeory" bug in CLI-mode
- fixed bug that corrupted the cli-structure of the shell in CLI-mode
- fixed bug that prevented upper case file extentions
- fixed an openlibrary call before adding local libs-directory to LIBS:-assign
- fixed several mungwall hits reported by MuGuardianAngel
- new feature for userlibs: if a lib is placed in that drawer that libnumber is already loaded, it will replace the already loaded blitzlib. That simplifies testing libchanges a lot
Blitzlibs
- disassembled RIPacklib and converted to ab3 compatible source
- disassembled RIFNSlib and converted to ab3 compatible source
- disassembled blitzoslib and converted to ab3 compatible source
- disassembled maxlenlib and converted to ab3 compatible source
- disassembled maxslib converted to ab3 compatible source
- disassembled lotanmemlib and converted to ab3 compatible source
- disassembled datalib and converted to ab3 compatible source
- improved example for RIFNSlib and recompiled lib to work again
- added example code for blitzoslib
- updated ptplayerlib to version 6.4 and updated example
- added warp3dlib and autodocs
other
- fixed icons to be shown nicely with every Workbench version
- fixed AB3FDConvert utility to work with current blitzlibs drawer structure
Download: Amiblitz3100.lha (11 MB) (dr)
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14.Mar.2025
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Asteroids-style dogfights: Hyper Wings 2.21 (update)
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 2.2 - tagged as the "final release" by the author - offers the following new features:
- New weapon (gravity bomb): missile which creates a point of high gravity, which attracts only your opponent. Contact with that point recudes energy of your opponent.
- problems with the speed of the intro screen solved.
- extended main music tune
- A new nasty gimmick, which inverts left/right of your Joystick for a short time.
- Extended game intro
- Bugfixes
Hyper Wings has been optimised for the Amiga 500 (1 MB RAM, OCS), but also runs on all other Amigas.
Update: (14.03.2025, 22:10, dr)
Version 2.21 offers better performance and stability.
(dr)
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13.Mar.2025
mithrendal (E-Mail)
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Amiga emulator for the web: vAmigaWeb 4.0
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for web browsers or as a progressive web app. The new version is now based on the core of vAmiga 4.0 and therefore also supports "Workspaces": these are resource packages that contain the complete Amiga configuration, installed ROMs, floppy disks and hard disks and, unlike the previous "Snapshot" format, are no longer tied to specific versions of vAmiga but will work with all future versions.
In the future, it is planned to export all created workspaces to a ZIP file and import such a file so that all created configurations can be easily backed up and shared with several devices. (cg)
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