29.Jan.2022
ALB42 Blog (ANF)
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AmiTube 0.8: YouTube client for 68k-Amigas
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).
Today version 0.8 has been released which provides an improved download speed and a lot of bug fixes. Besides, now there is an AmigaGuide help. Detailed changes:
- Faster download speed
- bugfix download speed display
- bugfix invalid moviedir
- bugfix load icon when a download is running
- bugfix start a download when one is already running
- bugfix clipboard device
- sort results in list by name, duration or size
- choice to ask for a path everytime a conversation job is started, if canceled the default moviedir is used
- Italian and Polish translation
- alternative more colorful icons for AmiTube and folder
- AmigaGuide Help
The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website or via update check in the application.
Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link. (dr)
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29.Jan.2022
Pierre-Alexandre (Mail)
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Lionheart Remake: Version 1.20 of Java port of Lionheart released
After Byron 3D Games Studio started with the development of 1.2.0 of the Java version of the Amiga game Lionheart in November (amiga-news.de reported), this version has been released today.
Both the settings program and the game itself are localized in German, French, Spanish and English:
When restarting via the *.bat file, the settings program seems to have remembered the last language set, but the output is still in English. Only by switching back and forth does the setting also take effect. Version 1.2.0 contains a new underworld theme, beginner stages and many fixes:
A teaser video is available on the game's homepage.
Update: (30.01.2022, 06:39, dr)
As the developer Pierre-Alexandre informs us, the bug in the settings program has been fixed in the meantime. (dr)
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28.Jan.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 24 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube. Now the episode 24 was published, which is also about sprites and its collision detection. (dr)
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28.Jan.2022
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RMC Retro Amiga Demo
In addition to his various YouTube videos, Neil aka RMC has set up a hands-on exhibition of retro microcomputers, consoles and games called The Cave. It is located in Chalford in Gloucestershire and is about to open to the public. To mark the occasion, he has brushed up on his assembly programming skills and written and released an "old school" Amiga demo. (dr)
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28.Jan.2022
Günter Bartsch (Mail)
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BASIC compiler: AQB 0.8.2
By his compiler AQB, Günter Bartsch aims to implement a modern, clean, Amiga compatible and future-proof BASIC that is geared to, but no clone of Microsoft's AmigaBASIC and QuickBASIC, respectively (amiga-news.de reported).
About the new version 0.8.2 (detailed changelog) the author stated:
"The new features and changes correspond to a colorful hodgepodge, because I have essentially worked through the wishes and especially the bug reports of the users, which came in large numbers since the last release. New features were mainly in the runtime: for example, there are now instructions and functions for the sound output. There are also new tutorials and a simple music demo program:
The input/output system has undergone a significant overhaul, the runtime now provides the complete set of instructions and commands for text input and output both on the screen and in files (though support for direct access and binary files is still missing). Furthermore I added some functions for string processing, also here the runtime is now much more complete than before.
The bug fixes run through all areas, but central are the numerous bug fixes in the compiler, which should significantly improve both the stability of the compiler itself and the quality of the generated code." (dr)
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27.Jan.2022
Indie Retro News (Website)
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Tetris variant: Drag & Drop
'Drag & Drop' (Video) is a Tetris variant where blocks aren't falling down from the top of the screen, instead the player has to put them on on the playfield using Drag'Drop himself. The game can be downloaded for free, it is possible to pay a user-defined fee to the author before starting the download. (cg)
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26.Jan.2022
Twitter
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine V2022.1
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan allows you to develop games. The engine itself is closed source, all demos and example games are open source. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, levels created by using the editor Tiled eingesetzt. For importing and creating sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.
Yesterday version 2022.1 has been released adding screen size settings, new movement types and more (teaser video). (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
VITN
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 130 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time.
Among others the latest issue includes articles on the Amiga games "Victory", "Dune II", "GFL Championship Football" and "Jack the Ripper". (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast Episode #132 - Netlabels with Simon Carless
Simon Carless is a former Amiga musician and founder/owner of the Monotonik netlabel, which rose to prominence in the late '90s and early '00s. Jörg Dröge and guest co-host Martin Wisniowski pick his brain about this unique time in the development of the internet, independent labels, and music distribution (interview begins at 19:15). (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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Amigaland: 324 games online
At the beginning of the new year, Mirko Engelhardt writes about achievements and future plans:
"We now have 324 games online, of which 28 games are also available on CD 32 or CD, plus 86 PD games. We've never had this many games online before. That was a real feat in 2021 and also already in January 2022. We will continue to expand that: Promise! The goal is to have at least 600 downloads in total this year. This includes the PD stuff. For apps, we want to increase to at least 10 (currently 4), and for demos to 40 (currently 18). Also in focus are the books, which we want to give to the respective history offers. Just rummage around and you will increasingly find what you are looking for. A goal for 2022 is also the presentation of all companies that support Amigaland so far (that will be hard :)) If you have any other wishes, please let us know. We will then also do that :)" (dr)
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26.Jan.2022
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Hyperion blog apparently hacked by spammers
At the end of 2010, Hyperion had introduced a "developer blog" to inform users about current events around AmigaOS 4. The last official contributions date back to 2017, from then technical director Costel Mincea. Then in November, The Ultimate Guide To Online Dating was the first entry that had a recognizably unofficial character. Since the beginning of the year, there has been an update on Windows and related topics every few days, each with links to download portals and similar offers well hidden in the text. (cg)
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25.Jan.2022
Prince (Mail)
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Video tutorial: Episode 23 of assembler coding course
'Prince', founder of the demo group 'Phaze101', is currently streaming the assembler programming course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube. Now the episode 23 was published, which is about sprites and its collision detection. (dr)
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24.Jan.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Tile-matching puzzle game 'Freegemas'
Based on the original by Jose Tomas Tocino, developer 'IamSONIC' has ported the tile-matching puzzle game Freegemas to AmigaOS 4, adding a low CPU mode (useful for ~800 MHz systems) and Tooltype support.
With the help of PatchCompositeTags the game runs under WinUAE without problems. (dr)
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24.Jan.2022
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AmiTube: Setting up a docker server
In his latest blog post with accompanying YouTube video, Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow describes how to set up your own AmiTube server using a docker container. (dr)
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24.Jan.2022
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Platformer: Status update on 'Creeping Me Out: Hex Night'
Michael 'Mixel' Dawes continues to work on his jump'n run Creeping Me Out: Hex Night, created with the Game Construction Kit Scorpion Engine. Following his Winter update, the developer reports in today's entry on how he's improving much of the current project from its unofficial predecessor, Zombie Holiday (OSX), and has also released a new preview video of the frog boss. (dr)
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23.Jan.2022
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood plugin: Iconic 1.0 released
Press release:: In 2022 Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hollywood, the cross-platform multimedia application layer. To kick off the celebrations we are proud to present a brand-new plugin for Hollywood: Iconic. Iconic is the ultimate icon loader and saver plugin for Hollywood. It will make all your icon dreams come true because it can load and save icons in pretty much all of the most common icon formats. The following formats are currently supported:
- AmigaOS 1.x style icons
- AmigaOS 2.x/3.x style icons
- AmigaOS 3.5/3.9 icons (aka GlowIcons)
- AmigaOS 4.x Icons
- macOS Icons (*.icns-Format)
- MagicWB icons
- MorphOS/PowerIcons icons (PNG)
- NewIcons
- Windows icons (*.ico-Format)
Of course, Iconic also supports loading and saving of the metadata found in the Amiga icon formats like tooltypes, icon position, drawer view mode, icon type and so on. Thanks to Hollywood 9's new support for palette images it is also possible to load the icon palette, set a transparent pen and access the raw palette pens used in the icon image data. Of course, Iconic doesn't only support palette-based icon images but also icons that contain true colour images with alpha channel. Several of the icon formats listed above also support palette and true colour images within the same icon file and several different icon sizes within the same icon file. All of this is supported by Iconic as well!
This is why Iconic is the ultimate icon plugin for Hollywood and a must-have for every Hollywood user. The plugin is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (arm, ppc, x86, x64), macOS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64), Android and iOS are provided. Note that Hollywood 9 is strictly required by Iconic.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hollywood we also offer a special 20 euros discount on the full version of Hollywood for a limited time only. This is the perfect chance for all people who don't own Hollywood yet to grab their own copy and to explore the wonderful world of Hollywood and be fascinated by the gigantic functionality of this unique piece of software and all of the plugins that come with it! (dr)
[News message: 23. Jan. 2022, 16:12] [Comments: 0]
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23.Jan.2022
Olaf Schönweiß (comment)
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AROS: Update 6 of 68k distribution Aros Vision
Since our previous news-item, Olaf Schönweiß has updated his AROS/68k distribution Aros Vision two times. New are some Shell commands, GUIs for searching, splitting and joining files, extended support for packers, two additional window-related commodities, updated ROMs, a bugfixed reqtools.library, VirusZ III and a number of small improvements.
Furthermore there is a short description of the window options.
For first-time installation it is recommended to copy the libraries bullet.library and rexxsyslib.library from AmigaOS 3.1 to Libs: and the command rexxmast to C: and to use the Installer 43.3 by Amiga Technologies (Aminet) for installation. WHDLoad is pre-installed using AROS ROMs; for full support, you will need original Kickstart ROMs (description). (snx)
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23.Jan.2022
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Aminet uploads until 22.01.2022
The following files have been added until 22.01.2022 to Aminet:
apccomm.lha comm/misc 196K 68k transfers files between Amiga...
asm3210.lha dev/asm 156K Cross assembler for DSP3210 c...
Profyler.lha dev/debug 1.1M OS4 Software performance profiler...
regina-doc.pdf dev/lang 1.3M Alternative REXX interpreter doc
DFT_DWT_FFT.zip dev/src 95K 68k DFT, DWT and FFT for an A1200...
pi400_keymap_esp.lha driver/inp 5K Raspberry Pi400 spanish keymap
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 81K 68k Align 3-4 tiles of the same c...
bsaog.lha game/shoot 799K 68k Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
bsps.lha game/shoot 205K 68k Blake Stone Planet Strike
jfduke3d.lha game/shoot 1.3M 68k JFDuke3D Amiga Port
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
mame030_0.26a.lha misc/emu 326K 68k Multiple Arcade Machine Emula...
mame040_0.26a.lha misc/emu 326K 68k Multiple Arcade Machine Emula...
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha mus/misc 186K Some samples created by Sampl...
Next.lha text/show 147K 68k Viewer for text/guides/html/d...
avalanche.lha util/arc 31K 68k Simple ReAction GUI for xadma...
(snx)
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23.Jan.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.01.2022
The following files have been added until 22.01.2022 to OS4Depot:
profyler.lha dev/deb 1Mb 4.1 Software performance profiler
exodus_patch.lha gam/str 70kb 4.0 Exodus: The Last War patch to fi...
deark.lha uti/arc 6Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
rawread.lha uti/mis 22kb 4.1 Reads raw blocks from a device
rawwrite.lha uti/mis 24kb 4.1 Writes raw blocks to a device
afortune.lha uti/she 9Mb 4.0 Write random sentences in shell
(snx)
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23.Jan.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.01.2022
The following files have been added until 22.01.2022 to AROS Archives:
muibase-4.4.1.lha off/dat 8Mb Programmable relational database...
(snx)
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23.Jan.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.01.2022
The following files have been added until 22.01.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
MilkyTracker_1.03.lha Audio/Tracker An XM/MOD tracker by th...
AmiArcadia_28.32.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
(snx)
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23.Jan.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.01.2022
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 22.01.2022:
- 2022-01-18 improved: Logo (Starbyte) supports another version, DMA wait inserted, slave is 68000 compatible now (Info)
- 2022-01-18 fixed: Gloom (Black Magic) install script copies gloomgame file too, slave doesn't lock if it can not find gloomgame (Info)
- 2022-01-18 improved: D.O.S. (Andromeda) graphics problems in greetings part fixed (Info, Image)
- 2022-01-17 improved: Street Rod 2 (California Dreams) access fault fixed (Info)
- 2022-01-16 improved: Harmagedon (Infect) possible freezes fixed, all line drawing routines fixed, lots of Bplcon0 color bit fixes, illegal copperlist enries fixed, access faults fixed (Info, Image)
(snx)
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