16.Aug.2024
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Video tutorial: Using speech in AMOS programs
In another video in his series of tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how to use speech in AMOS programs using the Say, Set Talk, Talk Misc and Talk Stop commands. (dr)
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16.Aug.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.33
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.33 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. Changes:
- Restored context menus over folder and message list title rows
- Narrow view message list title row now has a sleeker menu for quicker access to sorting and filtering modes
- Implemented the ability to add a custom button to the toolbar
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14.Aug.2024
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Adventure: "Geo's Quest" box set
Paul Golian's graphic adventures Geo's Quest 2 - In Search of Queen Lorraine and Geo's Quest 3 - Gateway to Nowhere can now be purchased as a box set for 22 euros plus 18 euros shipping to Europe. The colour-printed box and glossy sleeve contain:
- CD with both full games (GQ2 & GQ3) in PAL & NTSC and PDF's of each Manual
- SD with both full games (GQ2 & GQ3) in PAL & NTSC and PDF's of each Manual
- Color Glossy printed 9" x 6" Game Manuals for both Games
- Color Glossy 9" x 17" Game Maps for both Games
Once Chapter 6 "There be Cows" is completed, (anticipated to be Early 2025) the Box Set purchaser will be emailed a zip of the Chapter along with a PDF of the Chapters Manual for free. (dr)
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13.Aug.2024
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Amiga Kit: Super Skidmarks now pre-installed on the A600GS
The classic Amiga racing game "Super Skidmarks", developed by Chris Blackbourn, will now be pre-installed on the new A600GS from AmigaKit. Users who already own the A600GS system can add the game to the game menu via a free update.
Skidmarks was first released in 1993 and was well-known and popular for its top-down multiplayer races and graphical quality. Two years later, Super Skidmarks followed with new features, more tracks and new vehicle types, including such absurdities as cars with caravans or cows on wheels.
Chris Blackburn has also announced Epic Skidmarks, which will allow players to race in multiplayer races in a web browser, according to the New Zealand developer. (nba)
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13.Aug.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 144 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 144 (May/June 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (nba)
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13.Aug.2024
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Operating system for the Amiga: Second alpha version of "Serena OS"
At the end of 2022, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. The developer has since renamed his project "Serena OS" and released a second alpha version, which is now available as a fully compiled ROM. Basically, all Amigas with a 68030 (or faster) processor are now supported. He has kindly provided us with the following comments on the new version:
"Version 0.2-alpha marks the first binary release of Serena OS. I think that the OS has now reached a point where you can actually play around and have fun with it, and where you may even be able to get something useful out of it.
Serena OS should run on any Amiga hardware with a 68030 or better processor. The kernel supports floating-point coprocessors like the 68882 too. However, the mathematical library libm is currently very incomplete.
The OS comes with a C99 compatible libc and an interactive shell. Please keep in mind that you are looking at an alpha version of the OS and that you are in fact witnessing the very early days of a new OS. Thus, there are bugs and incomplete features. However, the goal is to improve things as time progresses.
This version of the OS is distributed as a ROM image and the system boots from a disk image that is stored in ROM. This disk image is copied to a RAM disk at boot time. So it's possible to create files and directories. Just keep in mind that none of the things you create will survive a system restart.
People who feel adventures may build a version of the OS that boots from an ADF disk image. To do this, check out the project sources, comment out the BOOT_FROM_ROM:=1 line in the project Makefile and then build the project. This will give you an 880KB ADF file plus a new ROM image in the build/product folder which you can then load into an emulator.
Just keep in mind that right now the speed of the floppy disk is not great because there's no disk cache yet in the kernel and the floppy driver doesn't support writing to disks yet.
So how is Serena OS different from the original Amiga OS?
The most important difference is that Serena OS is far closer to the POSIX standard in terms of functionality and behavior than the original Amiga OS was. This is most noticeable (from the viewpoint of an app developer) in the sense that Serena OS does full resource tracking. This means that the OS automatically reclaims resources such as memory when an application terminates.
Another notable difference is that Serena OS is designed and built on modern ideas, development principles, practices and goals. For example, it implements pervasive preemptive concurrency in the form of virtual processors and dispatch queues rather than threads. Serena OS has completely moved beyond threads.
Additionally, the kernel is implemented using object-oriented design and implementation techniques, which makes it easier to create new drivers and file systems. There's also a stricter separation between kernel and user space in preparation for future virtual memory support.
Finally, the kernel and the user space portion of the OS are designed with 64bit processors and multiprocessor systems in mind. There's no specific support for multiprocessing in the system at this time. Though the system is designed and implemented in such a way that supporting this kind of hardware in the future is possible without having to introduce many changes to the system.
The Interactive Shell
Serena OS comes with an interactive shell that is very different from your typical Amiga OS or Unix shell: the shell implements a formally defined language. The advantage of this is that the language is easier to use and that its syntax doesn't follow arcane and incomprehensible rules that are a consequence of ad-hoc language design. Instead, the Serena shell language was designed with consistency and ease-of-use in mind.
This language, too, is based on modern design principles and practices: it is strongly typed, fully scoped, expression based and makes a clear distinction between mutable and immutable data. Expressions and commands may be freely mixed and even conditionals and loops are treated as expressions.
All that said, again, keep in mind that this is an alpha version of the shell that is still incomplete. Things like pipes and generic auto-capture of command results are things that are not yet supported. Nevertheless, it is possible to write shell scripts and do useful things, not just in the sense of juggling files around, but also in the sense that you can easily evaluate mathematical expressions right in the shell and shell scripts.
What's Next?
I've got many ideas lined up for the future of Serena OS. Though the next version will be primarily focused on fixing bugs, structural cleanups to enable the implementation of the next generation of features and full floppy disk support."
If you would like to test the ROM, it is best to use the profile for the Amiga 3000 under WinUAE and then set the path to the Serena ROM under ROM. If you enter the command 'list', you will see a few shell scripts as above, which act as a small "demo".
(dr)
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12.Aug.2024
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Online chiptune and music module player: Pixeltune
Back in 2014, Tomás Pollak, a journalist, developer and musician, released a first version of Pixeltune: a web-based player for chiptune and video game music that builds on a large collection of music that has been carefully archived over the years and indexed for quick and easy access. The sound is generated directly from the original files by emulating the sound chips that were actually used to render these files in the good old days.
He started his project because he loves music and MIDI and nerdy chiptunes on the one hand, and because he's a big fan of the demo scene and tracker music on the other. They would all "bring fond memories from the early days of the Internet-- the era of guestbooks, webrings and beautifully ugly pages, when it was a crazy place filled with weird and cool stuff!"
But also, there's a secondary goal and that is preservation. A big chunk of the music you'll find was hosted on websites that no longer exist. He wants to help preserve the history of sequenced music, and to honor all the incredibly talented composers whose creations still blow our minds decades later.
Under the title link you can find more than 250 pieces of Amiga music. Playing tip: Xenex (xenextitle.mod)! (dr)
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12.Aug.2024
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Puzzle game: AmiBrixx v2.3 for all Amiga systems
Jörg 'Evil' Renkert has released version 2.3 of his puzzle game AmiBrixx. The player's task is to eliminate the stones stacked on the board by clicking on groups of the same colour. In doing so, the tiles above fall down and form new groups. The game ends when no more groups can be eliminated (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version was released due to some server updates. Some minor bug fixes and speed improvements are also included. The author welcomes feedback and is open to suggestions and requests for improvement. (dr)
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11.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to Aminet:
mandel_and_julia.lha dev/amos 7K mandelbrot and julia
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.7M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
WhatIFF3.14.lha mags/misc 3.7M What IFF? #3.14-August-2024
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.2M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
RockMeBaby.lha mods/misc 600K 16bit 4ch Blues Jazz Rock by ...
AmiModRadio.lha mus/play 3.1M 68k Play modules from Internet so...
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip text/pfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-19.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-24.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-25.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-26.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-27.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-28.zip text/pfont 1.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-29.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
tree-mos.lha util/dir 113K MOS Display a tree view of direct...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 23M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
WinAction.lha util/shell 9K MOS Perform an action to a window
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11.Aug.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
visualboyadvance.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.1 GB/GBC/GBA Emulator
yt.lha vid/mis 830kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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11.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
whatiff3.14.lha doc/mis 4Mb amigaguide magazine august 2014
chaotic-dungeon.i386-aros... gam/rol 2Mb A roguelite dungeon crawler.
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11.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
WinAction_1.4.lha Ambient/Utilities Perform an action to a ...
AmiArcadia_33.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Tree_2.1.3.lha Files/Dir Display a tree view of ...
CardsMakingKit_2.0.lha Games/Card A little kit to make yo...
Easy2Install_1.0b55.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
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11.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.08.2024
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 10.08.2024:
- 2024-08-07 fixed: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) avoid crash at startup (Info)
- 2024-08-06 new: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) done by RACE (Info)
- 2024-08-04 improved: Steigar (Screen 7) supports another version, fixed sound effects (Info)
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11.Aug.2024
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Continued GMail support by Iris questionable
As Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek, author of the e-mail program Iris, reports in a forum post at title link, continued support for the American e-mail service GMail is questionable. Programs that are allowed to access this Google service are subject to certain requirements, including an annual security assessment.
This external audit would cost the programmer an additional 500 US dollars every year. Although currently evaluating options he does not believe that it is worth paying this much money per year just to keep frictionless GMail access in the app. (snx)
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11.Aug.2024
BitFellas (ANF)
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Paper: Trackers - The Rise, Bloom and Later Developments of a Paradigm
Markku Reunanen, a lecturer at Finland's Aalto University, has published a paper in English on tracker music programs at the title link, examining 60 trackers and interviewing six developers. As he summarizes, his findings would illustrate the close connection between trackers and computer hardware, the reasons why the authors wanted to develop such software and the gradual development of the paradigm. (snx)
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11.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Team Hoi: Old sketches of the game Hoi and collection of magazine reports
Metin Seven from the Dutch game development group Team Hoi has collected on Archive.org old computer magazine reports on their Amiga and PC games published between 1988 and 1997. Two years ago, he also published five ballpoint pen sketches of the 1992 game Hoi on LinkedIn.
A report on the development of Softeye/Team Hoi he had already published as a PDF file three years ago. (snx)
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10.Aug.2024
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Arcade game: Holy Warrior
Amiten Games has released the arcade game "Holy Warrior" (YouTube video), in which you have to defend yourself as a knight against skeletons and fallen soldiers in order to recover the six holy books. These books had been scattered and hidden by evil forces and are the key to restoring balance and peace.
The game runs on ECS Amigas with 1MB chip RAM and 512 KB Fast RAM or 2MB chip RAM and is available for just under 3 euros. Kickstart 3.1 is required.
You can also pre-order the physical version for around 35 euros. The DVD box contains an automatically starting CD32-compatible CD, a USB stick, a copy of the game on disc and a 3D-printed figure of the Holy Warrior. It also includes a colour manual in PDF format and the digital download. The copies will be sent out from September 2024. (dr)
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10.Aug.2024
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Developer log: Core functions of the game "The Gate" completed
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer now describes the current status of his project in a detailed article on Patreon, including a video: all core functions have been implemented. (dr)
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10.Aug.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.6.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
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 1.6.0:
- Add the GPT4o Mini model
- Remove the unused Accent menu item from OS4 version
- Fix bug where some voice menu items in the OS4 version fail to display a checkmark after you select it
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB) (dr)
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09.Aug.2024
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 18
The current issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga" once again comprises 48 colour pages and is available in printed or digital form:
- Video games: RogueCraft, Tony - Montezuma's Gold, Temptations, King & Balloon, TankX, Ami HERO, Doom RPG, FreeSynd, Geo's Quest, Gateway to Nowhere, Hack & Slash, Cecconoid, Quake 2 for AmigaOS 4.1 and AmigaOS 3.
- Test report: Hollywood Designer 7.0
- Review: Kickstart 02
- Interviews: Numerous interviews with the authors of the titles reviewed in this issue
- Technology: Amiga and networks
- Also: Game news, tech news, reader mail, demo scene, box special...
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09.Aug.2024
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster (Germany)
From October 31 till November 3 the 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Details can be found at the title link or in our German news-item. (snx)
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09.Aug.2024
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3"
After "Adventure 1" and "Adventure 2", 'grindercowboy' has now released the third and final part of his text adventure series. "Adventure 3" is inspired by "The Hobbit", among other things: the task is to find the three rings of power and destroy them. (dr)
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