21.Jan.2024
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Demoparty: Results of Gerp 2024
This weekend the demoparty Gerp took place in Sweden. Among other things, there were competitions in the categories "Amiga 40k Intro" and "Amiga Demo". Here are the winning productions:
Amiga 40k Intro
Amiga Demo
Amiga 4 Channel Music
Amiga Graphics
(dr)
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21.Jan.2024
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Aminet uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to Aminet:
tekstura_4_points.lha dev/amos 57K 4 point texture mapping
GitDesktop.lha dev/misc 1.4M MOS Graphical frontend for git
woof.lha game/actio 21M OS4 Woof (Doom Port)
Crazy8_A500_DiskVersi... game/think 477K 68k Crazy8 OCS Disk Version
heif-convert.lha gfx/conv 2.6M 68k Convert HEIC HEIF images to j...
WhatIFF2.12.lha mags/misc 2.0M What IFF? #2.12-December-2023
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 5.0M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
v4sa_wb_2024.png pix/wb 1.1M Vampire V4 Standalone Workben...
morsconv.lha text/misc 9K 68k Modular Morse code generator
fix1980.lha util/arc 1K Fix an lha with timestamps of...
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 20M ALL convert images to PDF and more
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 67K 68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 101K 68k Identify hardware and more
AmiKick.zip util/misc 53K Check Kickstart images under ...
Mnemosyne.lha util/misc 80K 68k Disk usage statistics+file/fo...
ZIPTest-1.1.lha util/misc 49K 68k test Amiga 3000 ZIP DRAM memo...
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 860K 68k ViNCEd, the CON: with ^Z & TA...
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21.Jan.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
woof.lha gam/fps 21Mb 4.1 A continuation of Lee Killough&#...
x5k_gray_wallpaper.zip gra/mis 10Mb 4.0 a set of 8 wallpapers for AmigaO...
image2pdf.lha uti/tex 20Mb 4.0 Convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
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21.Jan.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to AROS Archives:
image2pdf.i386-aros.lha off/dtp 20Mb convert images file to PDF
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21.Jan.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.01.2024
The following files have been added until 20.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
EasyRapa-1.1.lha Development/Hollywood Generate RapaGui simple...
GitDesktop_0.12.41.lha Development/Tools A graphical git fronten...
Gobliiins5-demo.lha Games/ScummVM Gobliiins5-demo.lha
HomeWorld-VF.lha Games/Strategy Full french version (wi...
Image2PDF_2.5.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG...
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21.Jan.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.01.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 20.01.2024:
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21.Jan.2024
Armin Eden (ANF)
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German podcast: "The Games Archaeologists" discuss Wheel of Fortune
The German podcast "Die Spiele-Archäologen" covers retro games in 25 episodes so far. The current edition discusses Wheel of Fortune, which was released in 1991, with the self-proclaimed "archaeologists" mainly talking about the Amiga version of the game, their favorite Wheel of Fortune presenter and "the best letter pusher on private television".
Images and texts as well as a video about the game are presented, and the podcast can also be listened to on the usual services such as Spotify. And if you don't remember Wheel of Fortune, you can find a German review of the game at Kultboy. (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Discord AmiKit Channel (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit for PiStorm 12.4
Since October, the workbench distribution AmiKit has also been available for the turbo boards PiStorm and PiStorm-lite (amiga-news.de reported), in which a Raspberry Pi mini-computer serves as a processor replacement.
The "Winter Update" to version 12.4 contains updates of many included programs and the basic components (including Michal Schulz's Emu68) as well as the new additions GoVars 1.0, Translator 42.4 and Tran43pch 43.1. For the voice output support under AmigaGPT you need the narrator.device of the Workbench disks 1.34 and 2.04. The full list of changes can be found at the title link. (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Team Retr-O-Mat (ANF)
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Event: Retro Dreams 2024 in Thuringia (Germany)
The first "Retro Dreams" retro computer meeting will take place on May 11, 2024 from 10 a.m. in the village community center ("Dorfgemeinschaftshaus") Hesserode (Dorfstraße 7, 99734 Nordhausen, Germany). Entry without hardware is free - with hardware, the stand fee is 8 euros per table.
In addition to the exchange of experiences and a cozy get-together with food and drinks, presentations and demonstrations of classic software, games and scene demos are planned. (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
Amiga WARP Organization (ANF)
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Amiga-WARP-Kalender für 2024
Continuing their tradition from 1997, members of Croatian Amiga WARP organization have published a new calendar for the year 2024 that is available as PDF files in English and Croatian language at the title link. This year Amiga WARP organization celebrates ten years since it was reactivated again to support Amigans in this part of Europe.
Download:
WARP_Calendar_2024.pdf (590 KB)
WARP_Calendar_2024_ENG.pdf (590 KB) (snx)
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21.Jan.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.1 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 (update)
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.4.0:
- AI image generation! Switch between chat and image generation mode by clicking the tabs at the top of the screen
- Colour tweaks
- Status bar shows more information and colours
- About screen can now be dismissed with any key press or mouse click
- The OpenAI API key requester now populates with the existing key if it exists so you can more easily find and fix typos in the key
- Added the ability to set the chat system (new "Chat System" menu item)
- Fix crash when having a conversation consisting of a few messages
Update: (21.01.2024, 18:10, dr)
Version 1.4.1 fixes a bug where the prompt textbox remains in a readonly state when switching from image mode to chat mode.
Direct download: AmigaGPT.lha (878 KB)
(dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Demoparty: Revision 2024 (Germany, 29.03.-01.04.)
Traditionally, the Revision demoparty will once again take place on the Easter weekend from 29 March to 1 April in Saarbrücken (Germany). The organisers will announce further information in the coming weeks. (dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Demoparty: MountainBytes 2024 (Switzerland, 16.-18.02.)
Press release: rom February 16-18th, we finally rock the Swiss demoscene again! We have a packed program for you:
- Friday: Meteoriks 2024 Nomination Gala - with big demoshow
- Saturday: OHP, Music, Graphics, Oldschool & Newschool Realtime Compos
- Saturday: Game Music Composer Legend CoLD SToRAGE Live in Concert
- Sunday: Open Door for Interested Citizens, Prizegiving
Also, we’ll offer our Demomaking 101 Workshop again, for you to try out different (demo)tools, and give you time and space after the compos to talk and exchange with competitors.
So bring friends that you always felt could find a home in the demoscene, but could use some introduction first! Kids are welcome when supervised, for more information please check our website.
Please support us by preordering your ticket - for environmental reasons, t-shirts will only be available in presale. By donating to the event (called our Cowee-Bonds) you also help making this at all possible.
We are really looking forward to you, your releases and your good mood!
The MountainBytes Organisers (dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga V2.5b1
Dirk Hoffmann has released the first beta version of V2.5 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. Changes:
Licensing:
- The emulator core is now licensed under the Mozilla Public License v2.
Enhancements:
- A user-definable upper bound limits the size of the snapshot storage.
- Denise’s DIW logic is more accurate
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug related to the allocation of sprite DMA slots (#799).
- Fixed a race condition related to the SPRxCTL register (#715).
- Fixed an issue with the serial port (9-bit packets) (#803).
- Fixed a minor visual issue in the status bar that started showing up with the latest macOS release.
The minimum system requirement for his emulator is macOS 11.0. (dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Hardware: Bass mixing with "BassMX"
As Edwin van den Oosterkamp writes under the title link, one of the things he always enjoyed on his Amiga was watching demos, especially when using a hi-fi system with proper speakers instead of the small speakers in the 1084S monitor. However, the Amiga's perfect channel separation always bothered him a little, so that you could hear the drums on one speaker and the bassline on the other, for example. This could make the sound feel unbalanced.
He developed "BassMX" as a solution to this problem: it takes the sound from one channel, filters it so that only the low frequencies are retained and mixes it with the sound from the other channel. In short, it mixes the bass for both channels.
And Edwin explains: "In theory this means that the bassline and drums are now on both speakers while the locations of other instruments are unaffected. In practice it depends on the actual instruments used. While the bass drum will be centred, the Hi-Hat will not be, for example. Similar with a slap-bass, where the slap part will still be only on the original channel but the bass sound itself will be on both channels." He offers audio examples on his website to help you understand this.
Robert Smith published a YouTube video in which he demonstrates the difference between the standard Amiga sound and the BassMX sound. The developer himself describes the BassMX development process in a separate blog entry.
The module is available on eBay or now also from Alinea Computer.
(dr)
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20.Jan.2024
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Wall papers for AmigaOne X5000 Workbench
McFly offers owners of an AmigaOne X5000 eight different background images with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 for the Workbench, which are basically grey, but contain coloured lettering or in some cases a coloured BoingBall. (dr)
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19.Jan.2024
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Diving game: "The Deep" V1.00 for Apollo Vampire V4
A few days ago, we reported on the preview video of Sami Vehmaa's latest project: a diving game exclusively for the Apollo Vampire V4. He has now released version 1.00, which is currently available for 2.50 euros. (dr)
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19.Jan.2024
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Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" v0.1
On the occasion of this weekend's Amiga Ireland 2024, Michael 'Mixel' Dawes is making available a first playable version of his multiplayer arcade game "WiZONK!", which he is developing with the game construction kit "Scorpion Engine".
In an arena, you have to defend yourself as a wizard against (up to) three enemies with a range of mystical powers and, if possible, be the last one standing.
This multiplayer test is intended for two to four players, who either play against each other using a multiplayer adapter or two players with a joystick and two with a keyboard. Wizonk's multiplayer component is basically free of charge - although anyone interested can take advantage of the opportunity to honour the developer's work with a little donation. In the future, there will also be an improved Wizonk+ with a single-player mode, which will then be subject to a charge.
Wizonk should run on all Amigas with 1 MB. If there are any problems, the author asks you to inform him. Known bug: On some systems, when loaded from the workbench, the title screen freezes (usually you press fire to skip it). If you boot without the startup sequence, it should work fine. The developer will add more levels over time. (dr)
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18.Jan.2024
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Analogue Pocket: Amiga-Core V0.2.1
The handheld game console Analogue Pocket (Wikipedia) is FPGA-based and as such supports modules from Nintendo, Sega, the PC Engine or the Atari Lynx. Version 0.2.1 has now been published of the Amiga Core. Changes:
- ICACHE Fixed for WDLOADER to work correctly
- LBA48 is done to make larger HDD images to 2TB in size
- The Joysticks are completely disabled when using the emulated mouse or keyboard
- Audio Mixing - Still some work to be done here to get rid of the snap or pops from the lower frequencys to 48Khz
- Some changes to the caching for the MPU to speed up some processes
(dr)
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18.Jan.2024
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Stuntman Seymour
Codemasters is a British developer and distributor of video games that has been part of Electronic Arts since 2021. At the end of December last year, the website "Amiga Games That Weren't" reported on the game studio's platform game "Stuntman Seymour", which was probably started in the late summer of 1992 and largely, if not completely, finished. The game is a spin-off of CJ's Elephant Antics, also developed by Codemasters.
As the site reports, the finished game was probably not published because new quality standards were introduced at the time, according to which games with only a single protagonist, for example, did not meet these standards. In addition, the game developer focussed more on console games than on home computer games. The game is now available under the title link. (dr)
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18.Jan.2024
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Preview video: Robocop (AGA), Update #13
Daniel Allsopp is working on a port of the arcade classic "Robocop" by Data East. The aim is to significantly surpass the official Amiga version. After a year, Allsopp has now published a new preview video of his title developed in 68k assembler, which requires an AGA computer (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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17.Jan.2024
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MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" v0.12.41
Rafał Zabdyr has released a third beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). "Git Desktop" is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required. This release includes many fixes, UI/UX changes and improvements, the diff accuracy mode by 'word' and a application settings window have been added. (dr)
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17.Jan.2024
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.10.0 (beta version)
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, with which it should be possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. Changes of version 0.10.0:
- made some changes to the code generation function to add a window id enumeration
- changed window 'name' property to 'identifier' and added some validition
- added a user manual text file
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.
Download: rebuild0.10.0-beta.lha (160 KB) (dr)
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17.Jan.2024
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Game development: IFF/ILBM exporter v1.4 for Aseprite
Recently We introduced a script written by Prismatic Realms for the image editor Aseprite that converts graphics into an IFF/ILBM file. With the current version 1.4, the script recalls the previous export path and file name, which makes the workflow a little more efficient. (dr)
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16.Jan.2024
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Preview video: Platform game "Robot Jet Action 2"
Almost two years ago, Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik released the platformer "Robot Jet Action" for the C64. Now he is working on porting the game to the Amiga and has called it "Robot Jet Action 2". The author has listed the new features:
- Level screen scrolling in 4 directions
- Initial boss level implementation
- Initial implementation of the worldmap / level selection screen
- A lot of implementation and bug fixes
- what you see is going to be World #1 and Gfx for World #1 is almost done.
- Initial implementation of bigger enemies (wider that 16 pixels sprites)
(dr)
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16.Jan.2024
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Image and PDF converter: Image2PDF 2.5 for all Amiga systems
Bernd Assenmacher's Image2PDF is a tool for converting images to PDF and vice versa. Images can also be scaled or saved in a different format (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 2.5:
- rearranged GUI to make it more intuitive
- melted the target requesters to one single target requester
- added source PDF-file requester to GUI for PDF2Image and PDF2PDF
- added function "Image2Image" to change the format of images
- added function "scan file(s)" to determine the attributes of the image(s)
- added function "rem (dup)" to remove duplicate entries from the listview
- added function "check" to check the given images if they are valid to
process and to clean the listview from unvalid image files
- added possibility to scale images to a fixed size
- added more formats for Image2PDF (B4, B5, US, Executive, Comm10)
- installer now sets the OS automatically (thanks Daniel ;-))
- key F1 now opens the guide file as help too
- updated tooltips
- optimized output messages
- fixed a bug where "read source" did not work correctly sometimes
- many improvements done "under the hood" ... ;-)
(dr)
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16.Jan.2024
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Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.2.0 for Windows
NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2.2.0:
- Updated to .NET 8.
- Can now show sample information from TFMX modules. Because the TFMX format does not have a sample list structure like other module formats, it is hard to find out how many and where the samples are stored. Therefore sometimes you will see that a sample may be splitted into several samples or other small glitches.
- SidPlay will now show the right number of channels used to play the module in Module Information window. Normally, this will be 3, but for multiple SID chips module, it will be higher.
- Oktalyzer player will now convert 7-bit samples to 8-bit when loading a module.
- Will now be able to start playing on systems which has more than 2 speakers setup. Thanks to Raph99-Thanys and 7zxkv for reporting this.
- Removed the latency option again from the CoreAudio agent. It is now hardcoded to 200 ms, since it gave problems when it was too low when playing e.g. SidPlay modules.
- The sample visualizers now show the whole buffer and not only the last 20 ms.
- Now the module information updating also uses the mixer latency settings.
- The module information window will not switch tab back to the default one anymore, when changing sub-song.
- Added close button in message boxes.
- It's now possible to press the F1 key in any window to open the relevant help page.
- When you press the next module button, the end of module list settings will be used to find out what to do.
- Updated mpg123 to version 1.32.4.
- Updated SharpCompress to version 0.35.0.
- Updated Krypton.Toolkit and Krypton.Navigator to version 80.23.11.321.
- Updated libsidplayfp to version 2.6.0.
- Renamed Atari Octalyser to just Octalyser.
- Moved MultiTracker, FastTracker, Mod's Grave, Digital Tracker MOD and Octalyser formats from ModPlayer to Xmp.
- Added new TakeTracker format, since LibXmp can detect the difference between FastTracker and TakeTracker.
- Added Scream Tracker 3 MOD, OpenMPT MOD and FlexTrax formats.
An installation package can be found on Microsoft Store. (dr)
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16.Jan.2024
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ACube Systems: Guides for Radeon driver and USB/SD boot on Sam4x0
Press release: Dear valued customers,
We have received numerous inquiries regarding the appropriate Radeon driver to use and how to go about it. We understand that using AmigaOS 4.1 can be a bit challenging in this regard, so we would like to provide you with some helpful information to make the process easier.
Please take a moment to read this PDF Radeon QuickGuide, which discusses the various versions of Radeon drivers and provides instructions on how to install them on AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. It is crucial to carefully go through the article to ensure a smooth installation.
Additionally, with the Make Bootable USB-SD QuickGuide we have prepared an article on utilizing an USB key or SD card that contains an AmigaOS 4.1 system, allowing for easy booting on Sam4x0 systems. We understand that working with an USB key / SD card may not be as straightforward as it should be, so we are here to assist all our customers and fellow Amigans in the Community.
We genuinely hope that you find these details invaluable and that they enable you to utilize AmigaOS 4.1 on Sam4x0 at its best. (dr)
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15.Jan.2024
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Preview video: "The Deep" for Apollo Vampire V4
Sami Vehmaa's latest project will be an action adventure exclusively for the Apollo Vampire V4: as a diver you try to find the 50 loads of gold that a sunken ship once carried. (dr)
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15.Jan.2024
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Apollo cards: File sharing tool "ApolloExplorer" v1.1.2
ApolloExplorer is a simple file exchange programme that can be used to transfer files from a PC to an Amiga running an Apollo card and vice versa over the network. A server software runs in the background on the Amiga and allows a client running on a PC with Windows, Linux or MacOS to connect to the Amiga and browse the local hard drives. Changes in version 1.1.2:
- Hopefully the Amiga server shouldn't crash anymore on any machines. Please let me know if it does for you.
- The annoying bug on MacOS where the folder contents (not the folder) were copied when dragging a folder is fixed. Finally!
- Fixes for the blinking drive icons
- The browser window should remember the user's selection of list or icon mode
(dr)
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15.Jan.2024
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Game Construction Kit: Video tutorials for the Scorpion Engine
The Scorpion Engine is not only intended for developers, but - as Erik 'earok' Hogan, author of the Game Construction Kit, emphasises - for anyone who wants to create a game for the Amiga. With the Scorpion Engine, he is trying to realise a project that strikes a balance between user-friendliness, performance and flexibility. We therefore asked the developer to what extent video tutorials are available.
Just recently Erik was a guest on AmigaBill. The recording of the live stream available on YouTube shows in great detail how a very simple game can be created from scratch using the Scorpion Engine. Coincidentally, it uses the same Terybleknight artpack that was used in a Redpill game.
The video series launched in April 2022 in collaboration with Michael Parent from BitBeamCannon (amiga-news.de reported) was also continued: Making Games with Scorpion Engine has six parts.
Finally, please refer to the video tutorial on creating a vertically scrolling demo, which we also mention in our update messages. (dr)
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14.Jan.2024
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Tool: Mnemosyne V1.2.0
Mnemosyne is a tool for AmigaOS 3.x that shows how much space files and folders take up on the hard disk. It is supposed to help manage the space on the hard disk better. Mnemosyne is written in C and uses ReAction. ClassAct is required under AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.1.4.
Version 1.2.0 provides the following changes:
- Added ability for ToolType usage.
- Added feature for Rounding numbers.
- Added NOROUND ToolType to prevent Rounding if chosen.
- Added Menu Toggles for Tooltypes.
- Updated Images to represent new Version.
- Added Tooltypes information to Wiki and Guide.
- Making Tooltypes available for CLI Use as well.
- ReImplemented -g flag to GUI flag.
- Fixed Incorrect overflow handling.
You can get further information from the Wiki.
Direct download: Mnemosyne-1.2.0.lha (80 KB) (dr)
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14.Jan.2024
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.6.6
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400. Changes in version 5.6.6:
Bugfixes
- WHDBooter would default to 020 CPU in cases it should use 68000
- WHDBooter should detect AGA/CD32 games and use 020 CPU for them
- don't exclude the fps counter calculation
- switch back to normal vsync
- Revert timing changes, as some users reported problems
- don't keep native window size when opening an RTG screen
- Fix zero length disk dma not finishing when dsksync is detected.
- Do not generate Fat Gary delay/exception if Z2/Z3 board unmapped space access.
- floppy sounds did not load on macOS
- fix floppy sounds dir name should be lowercase on macOS as well
- dlopen was broken on macOS after previous changes
- changing the value of capture_always on the fly didn't work
- don't enable RTG hardware sprite by default
Improvements
- Updated WHDLoad to latest version
- remember window position and size
- merge recent updates from preview
- improve DrawBridge functionality
- merge statusline updates from preview
- implemented multithreaded RTG rendering
- fix background color for main window selectors
- allow higher V.Offset values
- allow more values in joy-mouse settings
- Do not force key release if mouse capture was requested but mouse was already captured.
(dr)
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Blog: Mingo's Commodore Page" becomes "Mingo's Commodore Blog"
Domingo has been running his "Mingo's Commodore Page" for almost two decades and has published numerous instructions, information and tips there. Now he has moved to Google's blogger service at a new address and has already published a new tutorial for Amiga users on data exchange between Amiga and PC via the serial interface (German).
The move had become necessary due to permanently rising costs with the previous provider, the enormous amount of time required for maintenance (which is no longer necessary with the new provider) and the code of the old website, which had become increasingly complex over the years and therefore more difficult to manage.
As Domingo tells us, the old manuals will be revised and gradually republished in the new blog. The focus of the blog is on tutorials, but there will be "reviews" of Commodore hardware and software, such as the one about the Amiga 1200 (German).
Unfortunately, however, not everything can be transferred 1:1 from a website to a blog, so it remains to be seen whether and what else will be on the blog. In any case, the current plan is to post a new entry at least every 10 to 14 days. (dr)
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14.Jan.2024
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Tool: identify-library 44.1
A week ago Richard Körber released version 44.0 of his identify.library. This update mainly is a bug fix release:
- Bugfix: Emu68 MMU was not detected correctly
- Bugfix: OCS Denise was not detected
- Bugfix: Apollo 2030 was not detected
- 68EC030 is recognized now (if mmu.library is present)
- Added Emu68 Unicam Board
Downloads:
IdentifyDev.lha (67 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (101 kB) (dr)
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Aminet uploads until 13.01.2024
The following files have been added until 13.01.2024 to Aminet:
JP20.lha demo/mag 1.4M 68k Jurassic Pack #20
P96Prefs.lha driver/vid 88K 68k P96 Preferences Editor
VA2000.card.lha driver/vid 5K 68k Alternative VA2000 P96 driver
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 18M 68k Implementation of Tunnels & T...
IcePrincess.lha mods/8voic 486K 16bit 6ch Wiener Royal Waltz ...
WarpWebPdt.lha util/dtype 285K 68k WebP image datatype V45.5
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 67K 68k Identify hardware and more
IdentifyLib_FR.lha util/libs 21K French catalog and docs for i...
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 101K 68k Identify hardware and more
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 16M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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OS4Depot uploads until 13.01.2024
The following files have been added until 13.01.2024 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 427kb 4.1 MIDI sequencer
warpwebpdt.lha dat/ima 285kb 4.0 WebP image datatype V45.5
fuppes.lha net/ser 15Mb 4.1 Free UPnP Entertainment Service
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.01.2024
The following files have been added until 13.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
WarpWebPdt_45.5.lha Dependencies/Datatypes WebP image datatype V45.2
MCE_14.40.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
Easy2Install_1.0b48.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
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14.Jan.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.01.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 13.01.2024:
(snx)
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14.Jan.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 166
The English and German issue 166 (January/February 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes, besides various reviews, show reports from Amiga-Meeting Nord and the a1k.org-Meeting in Finkenbach as well as an interview with Richard Löwenstein. (snx)
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14.Jan.2024
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V3.2 R99 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).
Since our last last news item several changes have been made, among others:
- new fill option for paint tool in sprite edit mode. Hold shift key to paint selected pixel with same color in entire sprite
- Cloning of Sprites and Maps added
- Added new RGBA Custom option for gcc and freebasic
(dr)
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14.Jan.2024
Michal Schulz (Mail)
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Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 v1.0 Release Candidate 3
Developer Michal Schulz has released Release Candidate 3 of version 1.0 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture, focusing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Emu68 1.0 Release Candidate 3 is the last release candidate before final version 1.0. It includes all fixes from RC1 and RC2. Additionally it contains several changes and fixes improving performance of old games and demos:
BlitWait
The BlitWait option allows the user to force Emu68 to do more fine-grained waits before writting several blitter-sensitive registers. Normally, the software which is using blitter should wait until it completed the operation, but in some cases the demo coders assumed that m68k is slow enough to not waist time for waiting. Such games and/or demos require the blitwait option activated either through cmdline.txt or with help of EmuControl to operate properly.
Ability to add EmuControl parameters to Emu68 globally
With this release user can pass the EmuControl command line options, like e.g. DBF ICNT=1 CCRD=0 directly to cmdline.txt file and thus making them global. This, in combination with eventually disabled CPU caches, allows one to run demos like the "State of the Art" directly from floppy, without WHDLoad.
RGB to HDMI Passthrough
This feature requires small external hardware (work in Progress or A500, A600, A1200, A2000) which sends the digital RGB data through the camera interface to raspberry directly. IN combination with new unicam.resource (embedded in kernel) and new VideoCore/Emu68-VC4 driver (available in new nightly build of Emu68-tools) this allows to display the RGB signal from Amiga on the HDMI. The unicam.resource allows one to enable this feature on boot already, new VideoCore driver allows one to easily switch between RGB and RTG modes on the same screen.
The developer provides more detailed information on the changes in his new Patreon post. (dr)
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13.Jan.2024
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Video tutorial: Reading CSV files with AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he reads CSV (Comma Separated Values) data into a programme and separates the CSV values, both manually and using an automated method. (dr)
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12.Jan.2024
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ADF tool for macOS: ADFMaster v2.2
'Matze1887' has updated his ADF tool "ADFMaster" for macOS to version 2.2, which he himself describes as experimental. The dark mode and errors in IFF/ILBM decoding have been fixed (wrong colours) and better handling of international file names has been implemented. The tool is available on itch.io from four Euros. (dr)
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12.Jan.2024
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Datatype for WebP: WarpWebP.datatype 45.5
Oliver Roberts has updated his WarpWebP.datatype for viewing the WebP image format to version 45.5. The datatype is based on Google's libwebp 1.3.2. Versions for AmigaOS 3/4, WarpOS and MorphOS are available, a graphic card is not required. Changes:
- Updated with libwebp 1.3.2.
- Decoding of lossless images on 68k is now 30% faster.
- Various minor optimisations.
- Removed some redundant code.
(dr)
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11.Jan.2024
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Gotek firmware: FlashFloppy 3.42
FlashFloppy is an alternative, open source firmware for the floppy emulator Gotek. Its original firmware is not developed any further. Changes in version 3.42:
- HFEv3: Various read/write improvements
- WDATA: Merge short write pulses, and apply de-jitter/precomp
- IMG, EDSK: Stream large sector writes to flash
(dr)
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Preview video: Hyperborea (Resurrected) #3
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing "Hyperborea", a project started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime (YouTube videos) (amiga-news.de reported). Technically, the game is as good as finished. Changes of the third preview video:
- fat laser shot: this is your secondary weapon. It's stronger than the spread-shot, but - guess what - doesn't spread. Also, your ship moves at half speed when this is fired. Very good to dodge dense bullet curtains.
A double-click toggles between the two weapon types. Don't worry: your gun will still continue firing when you shortly lift your thumb for this action.
- sprite priorities: in 2p mode the player / player-shot sprites' priorities are alternating each frame now. So in even frames all the stuff of player 1 is drawn on top of player 2 and in odd frames player 2 and its shots occlude player 1. This effectively results in both player-ships and -shots being visible all the time.
Before this change player 1 and its shots always overpainted all the 2nd player's stuff.
- a logo screen ;)
- main menu (not fully functional as of yet)
(dr)
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11.Jan.2024
Commotron (ANF)
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Wireless Gamepad: Turbo 2000 Super V2
The Turbo 2000 Super gamepad from Commotron is wireless and has a fourth fire button for jumping (amiga-news.de reported). Now the manufacturer is showing a revised and, with a recommended retail price of 29.90 euros, cheaper version 2 of the pad on Facebook, which is said to have already arrived at the first dealers and is also available in two additional designs: Commodore Cream and Sinclair Spectrum.
The Turbo 2000 Super V2 offers an additional two-pin connector header on the dongle, so that one can solder a two wire cable into the computer or gaming console and connect two independent buttons to the dongle. For example one can connect buttons from Gotek Drive selectors, Reset button and Game-Select buttons, or turbo-module buttons to the dongle. With a new mapping selection one can trigger those two buttons wirelessly from the gamepad by pressing Fire 2 or 3 for one of the two pins. Pin 1 or Pin 2 on the header connector will deliver Ground (GND) signal when pressing Fire Button 2 or 3. (snx)
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11.Jan.2024
Lars Sobiraj (ANF)
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Diskmag: Last issue of Jurassic Pack released
Lars Sobiraj wrote: Today, after almost two years, the 20th and probably last issue of the Jurassic Pack was published (amiga-news.de reported). This demoscene discmag looks back on a long history. The pre-issue appeared 18.5 years ago at a French demo party called Gasp.
A few highlights: Interview with Peter Baustaedter, a scene graphic designer who managed to go from Austria to Hollywood with Arnold Schwarzenegger's help. He was involved in the creation of the films "Avatar", "Jumper", "The Fifth Element" and many more.
Interview with Amiga graphic artist Danny Geurtsen, who is also successful in the games and film industry. Geurtsen has worked on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Passengers", "The Martian", "Maleficent", "Gravity", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Underworld", "Space Odyssey" and "The Avengers", to name but a few.
Alexander Scheel transported the popular demo Odyssey from Alcatraz from 1991 into the present with the help of the ray tracing tool Blender.
However, there are numerous other items to discover in the Amiga version.
Direct download: jp20_final.lha (1,4 MB) (dr)
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Do it yourself: 3D case printing templates for the Amiga 1200
Dennis Busch has made various 3D case printing templates for the Amiga 1200 available on his itch.io page:
(dr)
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11.Jan.2024
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Flappy Bird clone: Amiga Flappy Ace v1.02 (update)
After Amiga conversions of the game Flappy Bird using RedPill (Happy Bat), the Scorpion Engine (Flighty Fox) and AmiBlitz3 (Börd), Jose has now written "Amiga Flappy Ace" using the Amiga C Engine (ACE), which should also run quickly on an A500. The game serves the developer as a tech demo for a planned, larger project. The source code is available on GitHub.
Update: (12.01.2024, 21:49, dr)
Version 1.02 is now available, which fixes a memory leak and the menu text bug. (dr)
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10.Jan.2024
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.9.0 (beta version)
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, with which it should be possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. Changes of version 0.9.0:
- bitmap object did not generate code for height property correctly
- add enums for ids as well as indexes in generated code
- use enums for ids and indexes in the in generated code object definitions
- enable full code setting in example files
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.
Download: rebuild0.9.0-beta.lha (149 KB) (dr)
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10.Jan.2024
David Brunet (E-Mail)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- News from November/December 2023
- Old articles from Génération 4 7 to 9:
- Hardware: AMAS, Review of Bio Challenge, Review of The President Is Missing
- Programming: scrolling with pointer movements
- News: Les 4 d'Or 1988
- Report: COMDEX Fall 1988
- Review: Review of Zoetrope 1.1, Review of After Burner, Review of Maria's Xmas Box
- Interview: Régis Loisel, Review of Puffy's Saga, Review of Mini Golf
- Interview with Laurent Zorawski (Amedia Computer/AAA Technology)
- Interview with Steve Meretzky (game designer)
- Review of Amidon 1.2
- The best of Byte from February to May 1986
- File: The story of Anti Gravity
- File: The Boing Ball
- Tutorial: Setting up network drives on MorphOS (update)
- DIY: Restoring a CD³²
- Programming: Creating a demo - chapter 2, part 1, bitplanes
- Book: Amiga Retro-Mag Hard Mode!
- Miscellaneous: Amiga links (updated)
- Special quiz on Hollywood
Article in English:
Interview with Laurent Zorawski (Amedia Computer/AAA Technology) (snx)
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10.Jan.2024
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Babylon 5: Easter Egg in episode 22 of season 2?
Luke Miller is an indie developer at Classyk Games and has not only developed the space game Liberation, but also seems to be interested in the science fiction genre in general: in a Mastodon post under the title link he probably found an Amiga-Easter-Egg in the 22nd episode of the second season of Babylon 5, where you can see an Amiga boing ball in a scene in the background. (dr)
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10.Jan.2024
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Update of Amiga Games List
The Amiga Games List, a document created and maintained by David Brunet since April 1991, was updated on January 8, 2024 with the publication of its 54th edition. Among other new features and corrections, games published or updated in 2023 have been added (194), and games created in HyperBook and PowerD are now accounted for.
In addition, two new licences have been added: 'Hack' (which refers to games derived from other games or published illegally, for example without the consent of the original author), and "Sustainable Use License", a new open licence. In addition, where possible, the name of the publisher of public domain games (CAM, Spielekiste, itch.io...) has been added.
The total now stands at 14258 entries, including games, level editors, data disks, extensions and interpreters, distributed as follows:
- 13521 games
- 432 extensions and data disks
- 154 game or level editors
- 151 interpreters
For the record, the number of native AmigaOS 4 games has now passed the 1000 mark. (snx)
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09.Jan.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.7 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.7, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.
Download: linux-image-6.7-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (60 MB) (dr)
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09.Jan.2024
Patreon
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2023.5
The "Scorpion Engine" (video of development of vertical scroll demos) by Erik 'earok' Hogan enables the development of games. The engine itself is not open source, but all included demos and demo games are. The editor itself runs on Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, for level creation the editor Tiled is used. For sounds, music and animations Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used. Changes of version 2023.5:
- Animation editor has been updated to make it much easier to trigger custom events on frames, including audio, shooting other actors, setting direction and speed - as well as the ability to have numerous melee collision boxes on every frame.
- "Intellibox" allows you to type in a number of code commands directly into the code tab.
- Dynamic Patterns allows levels on Mega Drive to have massive tilesets.
- Ability to freeze and unfreeze actors.
- Many bug fixes and performance enhancements.
- New game: Merry Xmas
(dr)
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09.Jan.2024
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AmiFox: Download of itch.io archives
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's "AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying the pages converted into images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). Besides Aminet, itch.io is one of the central sources for current Amiga software. Following our tip, the developer has now dealt with the problem that it is not possible to download software from there with currently available browsers under AmigaOS 3, and shows in a YouTube video a first possibility to do this via AmiFox. (dr)
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09.Jan.2024
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HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.15.2.3
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 Applesauce WOZ file image loader.
- Track viewer : Fix MFM sectors CRC values.
- 2.15.1.2 Regression fix : Random crashes with HxC stream (Pauline) files fixed.
- Some memory related fixes.
(dr)
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08.Jan.2024
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MorphOS: 3D Action adventure Bugdom V1.3.4
A year ago, 'BeWorld' compiled version 1.3.3 of the game Bugdom for MorphOS, originally published by Pangea Software and customised by 'jorio' for current operating system versions. Version 1.3.4 is now available. Changes:
- Fixed framerate-dependent inconsistencies that were apparent at high framerates (100+ fps), including:
- level 3: fish speed (after eating Rollie)
- level 4: feet speed
- level 5: fire effect on beehive
- level 7: player speed when trapped in a ball of honey
- level 8: tumbling boulder damage condition
- More fitting cyclorama color in level 9 and 10 intros
The latest SDL archive and TinyGL beta version are required. (dr)
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07.Jan.2024
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Tool: identify-library 44.0
Today Richard Körber has released version 44.0 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
- Added a few more boards
- Emu68 (PiStorm light) is now detected and properly shown as CPU/FPU/MMU.
- Until now, identify only estimated the MMU depending on the system's CPU, and was wrong with 68EC030 machines and some accelerator boards. 68851 MMU chips were not detected at all. Starting with v44, the mmu.library is used now. If it is present, identify will return an accuate result.
Downloads:
IdentifyDev.lha (67 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (101 kB) (dr)
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Aminet uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to Aminet:
Amix560.lha comm/amiex 1.1M 68k AmiExpress BBS system redevel...
netsurf.lha comm/www 8.1M OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha comm/www 3.0M 68k Fast CSS capable web browser
clouds_motion.lha dev/amos 5K points coordinates extrapolation
weirdo_synth.lha dev/amos 219K simple synth for amos pro
EasyRapa.lha dev/hwood 9.6M 68k generate RapaGui simple app s...
xlink.lha dev/misc 33K 68k Virtual linking of AmigaDOS m...
xlist.lha dev/misc 20K 68k Analyze AmigaDOS modules + li...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.8M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.1M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.3M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ACE-MorphOS.lha misc/emu 2.0M MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 5.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
morsconv.lha text/misc 6K 68k Conv. text 2 various forms of...
PWGen.lha util/cli 5K OS4 Passwort Generator
ExportOrga.lha util/misc 1K Export your PolyOrga contacts...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 661K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 772K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 832K OS4 Multipurpose utility
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to OS4Depot:
vumeter.lha aud/mis 246kb 4.0 Audio VUMeter display
libffmpeg.lha dev/mis 28Mb 4.1 Multimedia libraries
snes9x.zip emu/gam 121Mb 4.1 Super Nintendo / Super Famicom e...
scummvm.lha gam/mis 95Mb 4.1 Run supported classic adventure/...
scummvm-src.zip gam/mis 244Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
easyrapa.lha lib/hol 10Mb 4.0 Generate RapaGui simple app stru...
netsurf.lha net/bro 8Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
pwgen.lha uti/mis 5kb 4.0 Passwort Generator
reportplus.lha uti/mis 832kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
sacrificiopagano.lha uti/mis 7Mb 4.0 Magic Tool
compression.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.0 A PDF generator
deepl.lha uti/tex 3Mb 4.0 DeepL tool / incl. sourcecode
litexl.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to AROS Archives:
wormwars.i386-aros.zip gam/act 645kb Advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade...
icondropx_12-29-23.i386-a... gra/ico 68kb Icon Maker to make PNG Icons fro...
new_colored_disks.zip gra/ico 306kb Set of Colored Removable Disk Icons
new_flash_disk_icons.zip gra/ico 39kb Set of Colored Flash Disk Icons
new_floppy_icons.zip gra/ico 143kb Set of Colored Floppy Disk Icons
new_ram_disk_icons.zip gra/ico 204kb Set of Colored PNG Ram Disk Icons
sacrificiopagano.lha uti/mis 7Mb Magic Tool
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_30.72.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ACE_1.26.lha Emulation The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
OpenBor_4.0.7533.lha Emulation OpenBOR is the ultimate...
Bugdom_1.3.4.lha Games/Action Pangea Software's Bugdo...
ScummVM_2.8.0.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
SacrificioPagano_2.10.lha Misc A special app to people...
ReportPlus_8.45.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
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07.Jan.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.01.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 06.01.2024:
- 2024-01-04 new: Subconscious (Dimension X) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2024-01-02 fixed: Challenger (Anco) missing copying the ram-handler file during the install process (Info)
- 2024-01-02 new: Challenger (Anco) done by Psygore (Info)
- 2024-01-01 improved: Summer Games (U.S.Gold) smc removed, manual & source included (Info)
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07.Jan.2024
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Turrican II Freedom Live Performance
- WAR (Never been so much fun!)
- Electric City
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07.Jan.2024
Amiga Future (website)
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AmiFox: Server update
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's "AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying the pages converted into images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). On the server side, there have now been some minor improvements, which the author describes at the title link - but the program itself does not need to be downloaded again.
Note for users who run the Docker on their own server: The version number 0.3 of the server version has remained the same despite these adjustments. (snx)
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07.Jan.2024
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Preview video: Pumpman v0.002
In addition to several other projects such as "Deathmine", 'PixelPlop' is also working on the game "Pumpman", for which he has now published a preview video. (dr)
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07.Jan.2024
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Shoot'em Up: "Skillgrid" V1.4
In early 2019, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released his abstract, vertical shoot'em up SkillGrid (YouTube video). Changes to version 1.4:
- Added cells field flashing when these cells (are about to) appear:
- ASTEROIDS cell (bright colors);
- BEAM/* cells, if their exit from the bottom of the screen would reduce the number of beams shot by the spaceship (bright colors);
- MOTHERSHIP, MUSIC MODE, SKULL (same colors of the cells field when the associated boss/mode is active).
- Made the spaceship flash red when its shield is low.
- Made the spaceship glow red for half a second when its shield gets damaged.
- Made the middle layer appear progressively at the beginning of a game.
- Made the cells layer populate with empty cells progressively.
- Changed a few pixels of the title screen spaceship icon and of the Skull.
- Improved the handling of audio channels.
- Made sure no sprite tearing occurs when switching between screens.
- Made sure that the system MMU setup does not interfere.
- Fixed crash when a tune was started while another tune was playing (e.g. when the MUSIC MODE cell was caught while missiles were active).
- Fixed the stopping of the music mode music (it inhibited the restart of the spaceship afterburner sound).
- Fixed the X position of specifically-requested cells (it was equal to the type of the cell removed at the same time).
- Fixed the lengths of some sounds samples (they were odd).
- Made various speed and memory optimizations.
- Made the startup and cleanup code more robust.
- Worked on the cells:
- improved the handling of the TURN cell (now it is randomized and it ensures that the speeds of the UFOs will always change);
- increased the frequency of the MUSIC MODE cells;
- decoupled the randomization of the cells types and positions;
- created the BOSSES (virtual) class of cells, grouping the BOLTSPITTER and SKULL cells (previously MALUSES) and the MOTHERSHIP cell (previously UNDEFINED) into it;
- made the template of the BOLTSPITTER and SKULL cells striped;
- made the template of the TURN cell fringed;
- made the template of the BEAM/DOUBLE cell equal to that of the other BEAM/* cells.
- Worked on the audio channels allocation priorities of the sound effects:
- given the Boltspitter bolt shooting and the hitting of the spaceship by the Mothership beam priority over the milestone notification;
- assigned the speech warnings specific priorities (from lowest to highest: "charge low", "shield low", "approaching asteroids", "escapes critical", "danger", "time running out").
- Updated/improved the documentation.
19. Updated the artwork to reflect the new cells graphics.
(dr)
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07.Jan.2024
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Apollo cards: File sharing tool "ApolloExplorer" v1.1.1 (update)
ApolloExplorer is a simple file exchange programme that can be used to transfer files from a PC to an Amiga running an Apollo card and vice versa over the network. A server software runs in the background on the Amiga and allows a client running on a PC with Windows, Linux or MacOS to connect to the Amiga and browse the local hard drives. Changes in version 1.1.0:
- Supports displaying of Amiga icons
- Icon mode is back in the file lister
- A new command line utility "acp" (works like scp on linux).
Update: (07.01.2024, 18:49, dr)
Meanwhile version 1.1.1 is available which fixes a crash that happens with corrupted .info files and restores the disk usage gauges. (dr)
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06.Jan.2024
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Platform game: Ami-H.E.R.O.
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch's latest game is an Amiga conversion of the game Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation (H.E.R.O.) from the US games company Activision from 1984, originally programmed for the Atari 2600. The aim of the game is to fly into the depths of an underground cave with the character, who has a helicopter backpack, in order to rescue lost miners and avoid various dangers. As Paweł explains to us, the music and sounds were created by Marcin 'Eightbm' Białobrzewski, who also created the music for the final version of Tony and for Farmiga. (dr)
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Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code
For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor. The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the latest Hollywood 10 version and released hw4vsc v10.0.0 today. The extension can be installed from the extension manager of Visual Studio Code, simply filter for the keyword "Hollywood". The author asks you to use the Github bug tracker in case of problems. (dr)
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Text adventure: "Adventure 2" v0.8
After "Adventure 1" (amiga-news.de reported) 'grindercowboy' has published a second text adventure created with the ADMS (Amiga Dungeon Mastering System): in "Adventure 2" you play a space cadet who has the goal of getting back home. (dr)
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Rally game: Jari-Matti Rally (prototype)
In mid-December, 'lifeschool22' published a prototype with "MonkeyEye", with which he wanted to test whether CanDo could be used to create a point'n'click adventure game (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has published another prototype with the racing game "Jari-Matti Rally": it is a Full-motion video (FMV) racing game that he also wrote with CanDo. A 68030 processor (or faster), 2MB chip RAM, 4MB fast RAM and 117 MB free space for the hard disc installation are recommended. (dr)
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Video tutorial: Transferring Spectrum-Basic code to Amiga-AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he first enters a printed Basic program from a Sinclair magazine from October 1984 into his 48k ZX Spectrum and then converts it to AMOS Pro on his Amiga. (dr)
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Preview video: Hyperborea (Resurrected) #2
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing "Hyperborea", a project started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime (YouTube videos) (amiga-news.de reported). Technically, the game is as good as finished. Changes compared to the first preview video:
- spread shot: fully loaded :) Each player can now throw up to 36 laser-streaks on the enemies.
- muzzle flash
- collision handling player vs. bullets and floating enemies
- smart bomb: if you're about to die it will be activated automatically, unless your bomb stock is empty, of course.
While the bomb is active, enemy hitpoints are constantly drained, bullets are canceled and you're invulnerable.
Note: for the video I always keep the 2nd player's bomb stock at 0. This is simply because otherwise it would constantly bomb if hit and make the video much less interesting :P
- removed dummy test explosions on enemy hit: instead a dedicated hit sound is played. Maybe I'll add some sparks later.
- optional bullet canceling on enemy hit: when the enemy is destroyed then all of the bullets that were spawned by it are canceled.
- extremely optimized player-gun vs. enemies algorithm
- optional craters for ground enemies and test turrets: those craters got their own dedicated rendering system.
- some well-known floating popcorn enemies ;)
Many enemies are taken from Torben's earlier work "Battle Squadron" for the time being. There are also a few placeholders (e.g. for the music or crater gfx). (dr)
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Amiga-Emulator: vAmigaWeb - reworked virtual keyboard
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.
In this update, the virtual keyboard has been restyled and technically reworked. It is now css-grid-based, which enables automatic scaling to different screen sizes. In addition to a scaling factor, the user can now also add a border at the bottom of the screen. This is particularly useful to prevent the keyboard from conflicting with the home indicator (the thin bar at the bottom of the iPhone screen).
All analogue sticks on a external controller should be recognized and work properly now. Tested with wireless Xbox controller on iPad. (dr)
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Web browser: NetSurf 3.12 (beta version)
About a week ago the official version 3.11 of the web browser NetSurf for AmigaOS 4 was released (amiga-news.de reported). In the article we also reported about a corresponding version for AmigaOS 3, which, however, did not provide working support for encrypted websites (https connections). Chris Young has now fixed that and released this version on Aminet. (dr)
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05.Jan.2024
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 166 - preview and excerpts
Previews and excerpts from Amiga Future 166 (January/February 2024) have been published on the magazine's website. Amongst other things this issue features an interview with Richard Löwenstein, two meeting reports as well as reviews of GothicVania, Ooze, Diplomacy, Bunny's Revenge, AstroMenace, El Capitan Trueno, C64 - The Mysterious Cassette, AmigaGPT, RNOSlides, WarpVision AGA, AmiKit PiStorm and IBrowse 3.0.
Amiga Future is a printed magazine available in English and German editions. It can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (cg)
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04.Jan.2024
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Emulator: Denise V2.21
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Three weeks ago version 2.21 has been released. Changes:
- fixed spanish translation
- added D3D11 driver
- openGL has bad VSYNC/VRR behavior on Windows 11 (replace it with D3D11: Options->Video->Driver)
- ported internal and external openGL shader to D3D11
- added italian translation (thanks to Luigi)
- added an option to rotate the screen (90°/180°/270°)
- added an option to force a single instance when opening another instance from frontend loader or file explorer
- fixed Amiga basic volume (louder)
- improved 1571 emulation
- added C64 cartridges: Comal-80, Silverrock, RGCD
- added a more easy way to set stereo separation (Audio -> DSP)
- added tapes to swapper (mixed disc/tape swapper)
- added option to decide if manual warping stops automatic warping until next restart
- added more options to control the screen aspect ratio
- added button/hotkey to crop the outer frame after resizing or changing "aspect ratio" or emulated border
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm), Linux and BSD.
(dr)
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Blog: An ode to Deluxe Paint
Carl Svensson's latest blog entry is an ode to the bitmap graphics editor Deluxe Paint (DPaint), the first version of which was developed for the Commodore Amiga 1000 and released in November 1985. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Recovered: Early music programs "Computer Composer" and "Magic Harp"
Josh Renaud's blog about BBS history, retro computing and technology reminiscences also manages a curated collection of software believed to be lost by Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen. The collection comprises ten games, demos and experiments on artificial personality and artificial creativity, which also includes the two music programs "Computer Composer" (1986) and "Magic Harp" (1986/87) for the Amiga.
Perhaps Kirschen's most ambitious idea was to make software that could generate music autonomously using "artificial creativity". Early versions of the project, called "Magic Harp", were developed for the Amiga 1000, using digital sound samples. The Amiga software was never published commercially, but was profiled in several large newspapers in 1988 under the name "JFY Box" or "Jiffy Box" after it was used to score a BBC TV documentary.
"Computer Composer" (demo version) is a colorful early demo of Kirschen's process to generate new music by recombining patterns extracted from existing music. Unlike the later "Magic Harp", which featured large (silent) animated "artificial personalities", this demo uses speech synthesis to announce when it is "writing an original composition". It was probably intended to be shown by Kirschen at technology and music trade shows in summer 1986. This software was created on an Amiga 1000.
This demo allows the user to create or play music in four styles: "Maharishi Madness", "Saxman Rock", "Peruvian Indian" and "Bugle Boy Blues".
In "Magic Harp" Kirschen arranged the production of two themed music discs ("Pop" and "Baroque") with Irving Gould, which were to be included with the Amiga 1000. Only a beta version of the Baroque version has survived. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Mailbox: AmiExpress 5.6.0
AmiExpress is a rewrite by Darren Coles of the original Joe Hodge/LightSpeed Technologies mailbox program in Amiga E. It is open source and includes most of the features of the previous version as well as new features and bug fixes. Version 5.6.0 offers improved password encryption, a complete setup editor and installer. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Individual Computers: Buddha Plus One can be preordered
Press release: The new Buddha Plus One IDE controller adds new features to a 27-year old design that has been extremely successful over the decades. We're proud to say that even after 38 years of Amiga history, we've introduced novel design ideas how to make installation easier, less error-prone and much friendlier in terms of preservation of the original cases. Read all about the new features and ideas on the Buddha Plus One product page.
Shipments will start in late January 2024. If you order a Buddha Plus One and an X-Surf-100 networking card during the pre-order phase, we'll give you 15,- EUR off the total(*). Unfortunately, this shop system can't do that automatically or with a voucher code. If you pay with a wire transfer, just deduct 15,- EUR from the total quoted by the shop, and if you pay with PayPal, we'll make a 15,- EUR refund on the next business day. (dr)
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Demo: THE CURE v1.5 for AGA-Amigas
Some time ago, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released a demo called 'THE CURE' (YouTube video) which placed first at the 'Solskogen' demo party 2020 in the category Oldskool (amiga-news.de reported).
This demo he keeps on developing and meanwhile has released version 1.5:
- Improved CPU data cache handling on 68040 and 68060.
- Ensured the system MMU setup does not affect performance.
- Ensured the 68060 susperscalar dispatch is enabled.
- Made some small optimizations.
- Made startup and cleanup code more robust.
Additional to an AGA Amiga the demo requires a 68030 processor with 50 MHz and about 15 MB FAST-RAM. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Puzzle game: Spheroid
In April 2022, we introduced the puzzle game, which was still in development at the time, in detail, and now Andrew Vaisey has published "Spheroid" (YouTube video).
He had already started writing Spheroid in AMOS in the mid-90s. When he restored all the data from his old HD some time ago, the AMOS version no longer ran. However, he liked the idea of the game and so he rewrote it from scratch in Blitz Basic 2. It offers 50 levels and requires at least 1MB of RAM. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Text adventure: Adventure 1
grindercowboy' has published a text adventure created with the ADMS (Amiga Dungeon Mastering System) in which you have to return a stolen painting as a private detective. The author describes the game as a proof of concept that can be solved in 20 to 30 minutes with the appropriate experience. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Platform game: Dogi (demo version)
After NinjFeratu, the next project from Amiten Games is another platform game: in Dogi (YouTube video), the aim is to collect various fruits and avoid obstacles and enemies. A first, early demo version of the game currently in development is now available. (dr)
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Game development: IFF/ILBM exporter v1.3 for Aseprite
Recently We introduced a script written by Prismatic Realms for the image editor Aseprite that converts graphics into an IFF/ILBM file. Version 1.3 has now been released with the following changes:
- Aseprite documents where the cel image size is larger than the sprite size are now exported correctly to IFF.
- Transparent colour index is now handled properly. You can now draw your sprites using a transparent background if you wish. Those transparent pixels will be translated to the colour index that you've defined as your transparent colour (which you can see/alter in Aseprite by selecting the "Sprite" --> "Properties" menu option.)
(dr)
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31.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Tool for the DeepL translation service
In addition to AmiTranslate, there is another option for AmigaOS 4 users to use the DeepL translation service: the tool of the same name is now available in version 0.92. The changes:
- added Ukraine language
- little improvements in copy function
- aouth keys now check correctly
- small gui improvements, wordwrapping is now enabled
- removed an UTF8 character from the readme file
- updated to hULR version 2.0 with AmiSSL5 support
The author has included his DeepL access key, but recommends registering and using your own access key. (dr)
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AmigaOS 4: Creating PDFs with "Compression" V0.30 (beta version)
In addition to the ignition spreadsheet and the LüttjeBookholler financial management software, Achim Pankalla is also working on a third project: similar to a DTP programme, Compression allows text and graphics to be set and the document, for example a manual, then output in PDF format (amiga-news.de reported). A German manual is included in the "Extra" folder, the tools ZIP and UnZIP are required. Changes since version 0.20:
- fixed a layout-problem in block-layout
- faster and optimised pdf generation
- now recognize changing the headline-props
and warning at leaving the project
- optimised spelling-correction, now it is
possible to add a word to database and
reduce the the number of requests
- fixed and updated manual
- fixed a problem with different screen
resulotion beside FullHD
(dr)
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31.Dec.2023
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.8.0 (beta version)
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, with which it should be possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. Changes of version 0.8.0:
- change ActivateGadget to ActivateLayoutGadet as the old call was causing lockups on tab key
- add hint info on code gen form, list manager form, menu editing form, arexx editor form and the main window
- force number of ticks on fuelgauge to 2 if set to 1 as 1 causes a crash
- fix spelling error of Backdrop on window properties form
- fix enabling/disabling of certain buttons/menus on the main form
- add tutorial files created by Michael Bergmann
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.
Download: rebuild0.8.0-beta.lha (2,6 MB) (dr)
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Aminet uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to Aminet:
dyn_kwadraty_4th_deg.lha dev/amos 3K example of least squares method
dyn_kwadraty_5th_deg.lha dev/amos 3K example of least squares method
heart_knog_life.lha dev/amos 3K coordinates interpolation
targetting_6th_deg.lha dev/amos 4K targetting 6th degree polynomial
json-c.lha dev/lib 272K AOS C library for processing JSON
P96Prefs.lha driver/vid 85K 68k P96 Preferences Editor
LAbbayeDesMorts.adf game/actio 880K 68k L'Abbaye Des Morts
WormWars-AROS.zip game/actio 645K x86 Advanced snake/Tron game
Nothingness.lha game/demo 6.6M Myst like adenture (AGA) from...
mariaconv.lha gfx/conv 41K 68k Convert images to/from Maria'...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.9M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 2.2M OS4 A PDF generator
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 16M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to OS4Depot:
protrekkr.lha aud/edi 23Mb 4.1 Music tracker formerly known as ...
json-c.lha dev/lib 272kb 4.0 C library for processing JSON
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
astralgame.lha uti/mis 5Mb 4.0 A little tool to know zodiac sig...
mplayer.lha vid/pla 26Mb 4.1 A powerful multimedia video and ...
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to AROS Archives:
astralgame.lha uti/mis 5Mb A little tool to know zodiac sig...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
MUI-Examples-1.1.lha Development/C MUI C Examples for MorphOS
Easy2Compile_1.2.lha Development/C A GUI to compile C sour...
LBreakoutHD_1.1.5.lha Games/BrickBreaker A scaleable 16:9 remake...
AstralGame_4.10.lha Games/Misc This esoteric app you c...
fheroes2_1.0.11.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
FFmpeg_6.1.0.lha Multimedia FFmpeg is a collection ...
Easy2Install_1.0b47.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
AIOstreams_1.7.7.lha Network/Streaming Stream online video fro...
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31.Dec.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.12.2023
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 30.12.2023:
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31.Dec.2023
Frank Abbing (ANF)
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Game: Re-release of Weltendämmerung (german)
"Weltendämmerung" is a real-time strategy game by Frank Abbing (UAC Design, Risk implementation "Riskful"), which he had already written at the beginning of the 90s in AmigaE and Assembler (DevPac) as his first Amiga game, but only published in 2001. Now the author has made it available again as an ADF file on archive.org.
In the game, you take on the role of Robert Ungar. He must try to defeat the creatures of Dr. Coypu. In order to accomplish this task, he must succeed in getting an army of mutants under his control.
Download: Weltendaemmerung.adf (880 KB) (snx)
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31.Dec.2023
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for December
For the month of December 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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31.Dec.2023
Puni (ANF)
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Demoscene: Diskmagazine Versus #9 from 2019 as online edition
Issue 9 of Versus, the disk magazine from Nucleus and Void with Amiga demoscene charts, was released in 2019 and has been made accessible now by 'Browallia' as an online edition. (snx)
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31.Dec.2023
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Video: Transfer of the RGB signal from the Amiga to the PiStorm
Following a video published three weeks ago by PiStorm developer Claude Schwarz (amiga-news.de reported), Emu68 developer Michal Schulz now shows the RGB video pass-through from the Amiga to the Pi's HDMI output in more detailed preview. The pass-through is almost latency-free, works with the Pi's DMA engine and thus consumes 0% CPU time. He also provides further information in his new Patreon-Post. (dr)
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