22.Jan.2022
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Graphics card: Presale of ZZ9000 for ninth batch
In his online shop, Lukas F. Hartmann has updated the item describtion of the graphics card ZZ9000 which now says: "Parts for all cards sold so far (Batch 8) are in stock and production is in progress. We have reopened pre-sales for Batch 9 which we expect for a June 2022 shipping target. Before buying, please keep in mind that due to the global chip shortage, additional delays can happen. We will ship your card eventually, but patience is key."
He also reported yesterday on Twitter that the delivery of the first batch of the ZZ9000AX sound module is slightly delayed (mid/end-February) due to the complicated manufacturing of the ZZ9000->AX cable and the manufacturer's overload before the Spring Festival. (dr)
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22.Jan.2022
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Free motherboard design: Rämixx500 available in shops
The Rämixx500 is an open hardware remake of the Commodore Amiga 500+ motherboard, revision 8A.1 (amiga-news.de reported). Although the developer SukkoPera is already intensively working on the V2 of his project and thus further modifications (see also the Developer Blog), the V1 is still the last official release.
For that the developer has crossed out his warnings ("THIS BOARD IS UNTESTED!!! IT MIGHT NOT WORK AT ALL! It might kill your cat or burn your house down. You have been warned."), noting now that this version of the board has been tested and works well - "apart from a couple of very minor issues". However, he could not recommend using this version of the board, even if it worked. Instead, one should download the project documents and check them for errors.
If that is too much trouble for you, you can order already produced boards. Both the German pcb4diy.de and the Irish store Sordan offer the board for around 34 and 28 Euros, respectively, plus shipping. (dr)
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22.Jan.2022
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Motorola68k emulation: Status update on Emu68
Developer Michal Schulz regularly provides background information and status updates on his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture on his Patreon page. In yesterday's entry he reports about video driver, SD card driver, EmuControl and bug fixes. Finally he has pointed out to some tutorials he has started writing:
(dr)
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22.Jan.2022
Amigans
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AmigaOS 4: Software performance profiler 'Profyler' for developers
As the author Mike Steed wrote, Profyler "is a software performance profiler - or profiler for short - for AmigaOS 4. It allows the execution speed of the various functions that make up a program to be measured, facilitating optimization of the program to improve its performance.
More specifically, Profyler is a deterministic profiler, which adds code to the program being profiled in order to implement the profiling functionality. It uses the -finstrument-functions feature of the GCC compiler, which means that it only works with C and C++ programs compiled with GCC. It also means that a program must be compiled and then linked with LibProfyle in order to be profiled; you can't profile a program that you can't compile."
(dr)
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21.Jan.2022
D4XX REMIX
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Game soundtrack: Jaguar XJ220 remix album released
After his Turrican remix album, Bert 'D4XX REMIX' Brüggemann has released the Jaguar XJ220 remix album today. The remixed soundtrack, taken from the Amiga game of the same name, can be purchased as a digital album for 2 Euros (or more). (dr)
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21.Jan.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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Full version for download: Oktalyzer 1.57
On the Amiga Future website the full version of Armin Sander's eight-track tracker Oktalyzer is available for free download. It is the latest release, version 1.57, published in 1991. (snx)
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20.Jan.2022
Twitter
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Shoot'em up: Fourht demo version of Jackal
NeesoGames has released the fourth demo version of its game Jackal, created with the Scorpion Engine. The shoot 'em up was also submitted as an entry for AmiGameJam 2021. Changes since third demo version:
- No loading times between the menu and briefing screen
- Intro waiting time reduced to 6 seconds
- Updated credits
- Big copter animated at mission start
- New type of vehicle bullets
- Regular POWs
- Powerup indicator
- Soldiers are thrown out of the jeep when it explodes
- Rescue copter flies away when all POWs are delivered
- Level 2 preview (playable to the end but no boss fight and some enemies are missing)
- Many bugfixes and improvements
(dr)
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19.Jan.2022
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Overview: Bulletin board system of demo scene
Demozoo is a website dedicated to collecting and organizing the history of the demoscene. As the maintainers now announced, it was already started some time ago to catalog Bulletin board systems (BBS) with scene reference. The result is a list of over 7500 mailboxes, complete with sysops, affiliated groups, BBS intros, text ads, etc. The list continues to be updated.
These BBS can be browsed through an alphabetical list or searched by tags. In addition, you can display the locations on a world map. (dr)
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18.Jan.2022
Richard Löwenstein (Mail)
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RESHOOT PROXIMA 3: Preview of Stage 1
In August last year we reported about a new preview video of the third part of the shoot'em up series RESHOOT PROXIMA 3, which is currently in development. Shortly before Christmas 'AmigaBill' invited the three developers of the game Richard Löwenstein, Martin Ahman and Kevin Saunders to its Twitch channel to present the prototype of Stage 1. This demonstration is also available as a Video (game start from minute 33).
As Richard Löwenstein explained to us when asked, a prototype of the first stage was shown, "still far from complete. There are quite a few attack waves missing, the boss is conspicuous by its complete absence." Likewise, exciting attack patterns, boss designs and fine-tuning of the music would still have to be tackled. On the other hand, 90% of the graphics for all five stages have been drawn, and the visual designs for all stages have been defined and technically implemented. (dr)
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17.Jan.2022
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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Retro gaming: Ziggurat Interactive acquires the rights to Rainbow-Arts games
Five years ago, Julian Eggebrecht, founder of the legendary development studio Factor 5, explained in interviews (German) that the games company had not only secured the name of the former German publisher Rainbow Arts from the THQ bankruptcy estate, but also the rights to the titles published by the Gütersloh-based company in the 1980s and 1990s. A short time later, Factor 5, which also went bankrupt in 2009, was re-established in Germany as a GmbH.
The retro publisher Ziggurat Interactive now announces in a press release that they have acquired the rights to over 80 titles from the Rainbow Arts catalog. Rendering Ranger R2 (SNES), Logical, Lollypop, X-Out, and M.U.D.S. are listed as examples. However, the best-known title published in Gütersloh is not mentioned: the "Turrican" series Factor 5 had still marketed in the fall of 2020 as limited new editions. (cg)
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17.Jan.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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880 kilobyte on 5.25 inch floppy disks: TEAC FD-55GFR 7193-U running on Amiga
The Iranian Siamak Habibzadeh has published a conversion manual at Github, which allows the operation of a 5.25 inch floppy from TEAC on the Amiga. The drive, originally intended for the PC, then stores 880 kilobytes in Amiga format on a 5.25-inch floppy. (cg)
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17.Jan.2022
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Arcade ports: Demo version of 'Wonderboy', preview video of 'Final Fight'
Wonderboy is to be an Amiga conversion of Sega's arcade classic of the same name. The Amiga version is created with the help of the Scorpion Engine. A now available first demo version, which is called alpha by the developer, runs smoothly from an Amiga 1200. Eine für den A500 optimierte Variante soll in Kürze folgen.
There is already an Amiga implementation of Capcom's Acrade machine Final Fight from 1991, but it is not very popular with friends of the beat-em-up genre. A fan of the automaton is now working on a new implementation developed in machine language, which currently requires a 68020 processor. A video shows the current status, one level and two different opponents have been implemented so far. (cg)
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16.Jan.2022
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Aminet uploads until 15.01.2022
The following files have been added until 15.01.2022 to Aminet:
HippoPlayerIR.zip docs/hard 29K 68k Wirelessly controlled HippoPl...
TilesSlide.lha game/actio 82K 68k Align 3-4 tiles of the same c...
bsaog.lha game/shoot 806K 68k Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
bsps.lha game/shoot 209K 68k Blake Stone Planet Strike
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 18M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
TECO-64.lha text/edit 601K MOS TECO (Text Editor and Corrector)
avalanche.lha util/arc 26K 68k Simple ReAction GUI for xadma...
Deark.lha util/arc 3.7M MOS Extracting data from various ...
Albatros.lha util/boot 34K 68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
TestProgram.zip util/misc 458K 68k Versatile Amiga Test Program
Anno.lha util/time 274K 68k Reminder and calendar utility
StartWin.lha util/wb 126K 68k A bugged workbench launch bar
(snx)
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16.Jan.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 15.01.2022
The following files have been added until 15.01.2022 to OS4Depot:
amigaamp3.lha aud/pla 2Mb 4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
milkytracker-sdl2.lha aud/tra 2Mb 4.1 SDL2 version of an FT2 compatibl...
sdk-53.1-gdb.lha dev/deb 2Mb 4.0 Working GDB 6.3 from SDK 53.1
reactivec_lib.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 Reaction C Library
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
foundation_patch.lha gam/str 100kb 4.0 Patch for Foundation GOLD to fix...
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 18Mb 4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
shaderjoy.lha gra/vie 4Mb 4.1 Display fragment shaders
amitube_ita.lha net/mis 5kb 4.0 Italian catalog for AmiTube
deark.lha uti/arc 6Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
litexl.lha uti/tex 1Mb 4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
(snx)
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16.Jan.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 15.01.2022
The following files have been added until 15.01.2022 to AROS Archives:
iconclone.i386-aros.zip uti/wor 23kb Drag-n-Drop Icons or use FileReq...
(snx)
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16.Jan.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.01.2022
The following files have been added until 15.01.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
dis8080.lha Development/Cross Disassembler for Intel ...
SDL_2.0.20_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.2...
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3WI... Emulation Titles and Preview pack...
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3WI... Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
Deark_1.6.0.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
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16.Jan.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 15.01.2022
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 15.01.2022:
- 2022-01-14 improved: The Cardinal of the Kremlin (Capstone) support for another version added (Info)
- 2022-01-14 fixed: Gloom (Black Magic) install script fixed (Info)
- 2022-01-14 improved: Breach 2 (Omnitrend Software) supports another version (Info)
- 2022-01-13 improved: Gloom (Black Magic) supports Classic version of Gloom Deluxe (Info)
- 2022-01-10 updated: Dogs of War (Elite Systems) new imager, enhanced controls, added splash options (Info)
- 2022-01-10 improved: Desert Strike (Electronic Arts) support for 3-joystick button, fixed potential sound issues (Info)
- 2022-01-10 improved: All Terrain Racing (Team 17) added 3-button support, fixed install script (Info, Image)
(snx)
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16.Jan.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Event: Amiga37 announced
Markus Tillmann writes (translation): "After the 2015, 2017 and 2019 events in Neuss, the fourth major German Amiga event will take place in 2022 with Amiga37 Germany. Compared to previous years, however, it will no longer be held in the Rheinisches Landestheater, but now in the Kunstwerk in Mönchengladbach.
The location there offers more space, which means that both the exhibitors will have more room, and more visitor tickets can be offered.
The concept remains the same and it will be a mixture of user meetings, trade fair, lectures and much more! The duration will also remain the same - so keep the weekend of 15 and 16 October 2022 in mind!
Besides numerous exhibitors - such as APC&TCP, the Apollo team, Alinea, ACube and Return magazine - well-known Amiga guests from Germany and abroad are expected again. The main sponsor of the event is again A-EON/Trevor Dickinson.
A webpage and further information are not yet available. But we will keep you up to date."
Update: (08:40, 12.05.22, snx)
Title link added, since the website has been created meanwhile. (snx)
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16.Jan.2022
ANF
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Looking for demand: Zorro II/III graphics card with SAGA
At the title link, in the forum of a1k.org, Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo team) is looking for interest in a graphics card based on the FPGA chipset of the Vampire turbo cards for Amigas with Zorro II or Zorro III slots. In prospect are the known SAGA graphics modes including a full HD resolution at 60 hertz and the new SAGA 3D functions, video acceleration, 16-bit audio and inclusion of the Amiga video signal for HDMI output.
Since the drivers (P96/AHI) were already available and practically all other components were also at hand, the project could be completed relatively quickly if there was sufficient interest to buy one - allegedly even as early as this summer. (snx)
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16.Jan.2022
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, has been updated on January 13th 2022 with the publication of its 52nd edition. Among other new features and corrections, games published or updated in 2021 have been added, and games created with Project Horizon and Irrlicht Engine are now counted. In addition, the "Mozilla" and "Professional" licences have been added; the latter concerns games intended for professional use, e.g. medical. The total now reaches 13,539 entries, be it games, level editors, data disks, extensions and interpreters, which are distributed as follows:
- 12.910 games
- 347 extensions and data disks
- 148 game or level editors
- 134 interpreters
(snx)
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16.Jan.2022
Olaf Schönweiß (ANF)
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AROS: Update of 68k distribution Aros Vision
Since our previous news-item, Olaf Schönweiß has updated his AROS/68k distribution Aros Vision four times. Besides a new version of the Hippo Player, a CD-ROM filesystem and further programs regarding CDs, CRC checksums, encoding and decoding, virus protection as well as a font editor and viewer have been added. Furthermore, iGame is working again now.
Meanwhile, also a HDF version of the distribution is available. Like users of the UAE version, also those using the HDF version can update the distribution out of itself by choosing System/Install/Update from the menu. The startup-sequence and user-startup files won't be changed.
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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