31.Jul.2024
itch.io
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Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan v1.3.1 and demo version (update)
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games continues working on its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video) and released version 1.3.1 with fixes, optimisations and refinements. Detailed Changes:
- Overhauled boot loader
- Improved font
- Fix pits not animating at times
- Fix gem items in shop sometimes showing zero cost
- Fix potential memory access errors
- Fix CD32 PLAY/PAUSE not working in game
- Add fix for rare copper blitter wait hardware bug
This update resolves two cosmetic bugs in the physical editions of the game published by Poly.Play (v1.3.0). Neither of these bugs affect gameplay. The other fixes are already included in the physical editions.
There is now also a demo version with which you can play five levels that are limited to the main game mode.
Update: (06:36, 01.08.24, dr)
The developer has now also provided a WHDLoad version. (dr)
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30.Jul.2024
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 31
Issue 31 of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" is now available at the newsstands in the UK and directly from the publisher addict.media. The cover story is the Amiga's history with wargames and military titles, from early strategic titles like Gettysburg to more light-hearted affairs like North and South. The magazine also includes reviews of new games (Geo's Quest 3 and Glubble) and tools (Final Writer 7.0), an interview with journalist Matt Bielby (Amiga Power), the story of Immortal Joysticks, a catch up with the Amiga-inspired rock band Fastloaders and lots more. Three downloadable coverdisks feature full versions of Tanks Furry and Bridge Strike.
Amiga Addict is published every six weeks and is available as a single issue or as a subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF document. (nba)
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30.Jul.2024
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Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Bart van den Akker
In the latest episode 438 of The Retro Hour podcast, the hosts talk to Bart van den Akker, the founder of the HomeComputerMuseum in the Netherlands, about his impressive collection of retro computers.
The museum houses one of Europe's largest collections, including the world's largest PC games archive, which was delivered in a 6-metre truck. Van den Akker talks about the challenges of restoring and maintaining old machines, the importance of the Dutch Estatos computer and nostalgic experiences such as LAN setups with MSN Messenger. He also talks about the role of piracy in preserving historically significant software.
For more information and insights into the HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond, the Netherlands, please visit the museum's website. The podcast can be listened to and downloaded as an MP3 file at the title link. (nba)
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30.Jul.2024
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Crono 3: Creation of printable calendars
Crono is a program for quickly and easily creating calendars for printing on an A4 or A3 page in portrait or landscape format.
It allows you to create both annual and monthly calendars, with the option of building several months in one go. The design outbut can be in the form of a grid or a list. Photos, a selection of fonts and the paper colour can be added and customised. The basic selection and display of holidays and the selection of Mondays or Sundays as the first days of the week are also supported. The program is available in 26 languages. The edited calendars are then output in PDF format.
Crono was developed by Domenico Lattanzi and is available in versions for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS. (nba)
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29.Jul.2024
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Beat'em Up: Demo version of "Metro Siege"
The side-scrolling beat 'em up "Metro Siege" was announced at the end of 2019. Following various status updates and further preview videos, a playable demo version is now available, which contains three playable levels with a choice of two characters (YouTube video). The gameplay and assets in this preview are still a work in progress and will be subject to change until the final release.
Three versions of the game are included in the archive:
- (1) The ADF version suitable for any 1M Amiga
- (2) The Hard Drive version suitable for 020+ Amigas with MB of RAM
- (3) The CD32 version - suitable for CD32 consoles
In addition, the impatient or all those who do not want to start the Amiga or the emulator can now play the demo directly in the browser. (dr)
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29.Jul.2024
ko-fi
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Video: AmiKit for PiStorm
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos mainly focuses on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed Twitch recording, he takes a look at the AmiKit workbench distribution for his Amiga 1200 upgraded with PiStorm. (dr)
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28.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to Aminet:
Crono_AROS.lha biz/misc 4.4M x86 Generator of printable calendars
Crono_MorphOS.lha biz/misc 4.2M MOS Generator of printable calendars
Crono_OS4.lha biz/misc 4.7M OS4 Generator of printable calendars
ignition-src.lha biz/spread 1.3M Sourcecode ignition 1.30
dizzytorrent2.lha comm/tcp 640K 68k BitTorrent client with MUI + ...
mandelbrot.lha dev/amos 4K Mandelbrot set
HWP_Pangomonium.lha dev/hwood 14M 68k Powerful text & gfx engine fo...
GitDesktop.lha dev/misc 1.8M MOS Git (version control system) ...
GIPuzzleBallsAros.zip game/board 383K x86 GI Puzzle Balls
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
airlock.zip mods/crash 5.7M 6 channel spacey jazz. 16 bit...
Anoqia.zip mods/crash 58K Ambient/experimental. 8 bit xm
Burglary.zip mods/crash 219K Sneaky with sfx. 8 bit xm
GumDisease.zip mods/crash 61K Grungy Heavy Electronic. 8 bi...
HalfLife.zip mods/crash 168K Monstrous/Dramatic. 8 bit xm
Narcotomy.zip mods/crash 29K Electro dnb. 8 bit xm
OberoN.zip mods/crash 51K Loud and fast electro. 8 bit xm
ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 79K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 23M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
ScreenTime.lha util/time 73K 68k Screen clock with calendar
BaseConv.lha util/wb 66K 68k Convert numbers between bin/o...
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28.Jul.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
crono.lha gra/mis 5Mb 4.1 Generator of printable calendars
hwp_pangomonium.lha lib/hol 14Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for advanced te...
file_io.lha uti/scr 16kb 4.0 file I/O in dos scripts
yt.lha vid/mis 831kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
(snx)
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28.Jul.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
gipuzzleballs-i386-aros.zip gam/puz 383kb Game of skill
crono_kensv4_icons.zip gra/ico 3kb Unofficial kensv4 drawer and app...
crono_aros.lha gra/mis 4Mb Generator of printable calendars
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28.Jul.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Pangomonium_2.0.lha Dependencies/Hollywood a plugin for Hollywood ...
rxcharsets-0.1.lha Development/Arexx An Arexx library bridge...
Easy2Compile_1.3.lha Development/C A GUI to compile C sour...
GitDesktop_0.16.30.lha Development/Tools A graphical git fronten...
AmiArcadia_32.90.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
OpenFodder_1.9.2.lha Games/Action Open Fodder: An open so...
Crono_3.0.lha Office/Organizer Generator of printable ...
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28.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.30.5 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published a first release candidate of version 2.30.5 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is used by numerous open source games. SDL requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and optionally OpenGL ES 2.0. Changes: Änderungen:
- Fix an ISI exception caused by missing SetTextureScaleMode implementation
Download: SDL2.lha (7,2 MB) (dr)
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27.Jul.2024
Boing Attitude (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager "Dir Me Up" V4.00
Press release: Five years after its last update (amiga-news.de reported), the modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4... with more than 130 new features, optimizations and fixes! More than ever, it will be your faithful companion to explore, copy and transform your data...
Dir Me Up now has a new graphic theme, Retro, which smells of the original Workbench. The standard theme has been completely redesigned and redesigned accordingly. And of course, AISS aficionados will still be able to use it. The software is now also available in Portuguese, making it accessible in nine languages!
Dir Me Up now has a cache to store thumbnails in order to greatly speed up the display of photos, even in very high resolution (such as 4000x3000 for example). You can of course choose the reserved disk space, purge it or disable it if necessary. Other optimizations have been made to the icon view to make it even more pleasant to use. The internal viewer has also been extended with zoom or full-screen display options. As you can see, the visuals have greatly improved!
Copying has also been optimized, especially for small files: the gains observed range from 20 to 50%. The replacement confirmation window in the event of a conflict now allows you to replace a file only if it is more recent. Favorites management has been improved with the ability to give a personalized name to each location. The preferences window has been extended and redesigned.
The list of new features is far too long to mention them all here, but you can read an (almost) exhaustive list under the title link.
Dir Me Up is, of course, compatible with the brand-new A1222+ from A-EON Technology!
As usual, this update, free for all registered users, has been put online. To install it, just run Dir Me Up.
You can download a demo allowing (only) browsing or purchase the full version for 19,99 Euro. Dir Me Up, enhance your Amiga! (dr)
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26.Jul.2024
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Game: Snake conversion for the Amiga 1000
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch has written a simple Snake game in Blitz Basic 2, which only runs on a standard Amiga 1000 with Kickstart 1.2 or Kickstart Disk 1.2. (dr)
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25.Jul.2024
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.37
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS or via this link.
Version 0.37 includes the following changes:
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Tribute to IBrowse 3.0:
- Simulation of IBrowse 3.0 (albeit in a somewhat stripped down version, yet) by controlling an iFrame.
- Can also be called from a Shell including an URL parameter.
- When running an icon that is a link (such as «About TAWS»), you'll be able to choose to open the link with IBrowse or your «real» browser. This is also the case for weblinks called from AmigaGuide documents.
- Bookmarks are currently (still) fixed.
- Currently the languages available are German, English, Dutch and French (many thanks to Peter and Claude for translating).
- Known limitations:
- Unfortunately it is not possible for the address line to correctly follow the navigation within the iFrame, as the new URL cannot be determined for security reasons.
- Some websites don't like being embedded in an iFrame an block it (such as google.com).
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Tribute to WhatIFF?:
- All editions of the grandiose WhatIFF? AmigaGuide magazines are now hosted on the TAWS website and can be read online thanks to the TAWS AmigaGuide interpreter. The WhatIFF drive and its contents are loaded dynamically from the server using PHP scripts.
Many thanks to Roald Strauss for the idea and to Timo Paul for the good cooperation.
- New URL parameter «wbrun» to automatically start a program or open a file or directory when TAWS starts:
- Optimization of the AmigaGuide interpreter:
- Implemented dynamic loading of linked files that are not yet known to TAWS because their directories have not yet been loaded from the server (by the PHP server scripts).
- If a link points to an IFF-ILBM graphic or a music module, the navigation is retained when you click on the link, so that you can also get back to the actual document.
- Tabs are displayed true to the original, even if they are mixed with spaces.
- For underlined text, the line is in the color of the text displayed, regardless of whether the notation @{u}@{fg} or @{fg}@{u} is used.
- Bold text in the Topaz font is displayed true to the original and no longer so «blurry».
- A little more space added at the bottom of the pages.
- Optimization of the loading of the dynamic file structure using PHP server scripts:
- In the Config.php file you can specify whether .info files should be ignored.
- Added support für URL files. These need to start with «[InternetShortcut]» and contain a line beginning with «URL=...».
- If drives do not have a snapshot position, they are automatically positioned accordingly on the Workbench on startup.
- When updating a drawer (i.e. after reloading the content from the server), already open windows of subfolders remain open.
- MultiView:
- «Save as...»: The currently displayed file can now be downloaded and saved locally. Graphics (including IFF-ILBM) can be converted to all formats supported by the browser in addition to the original format (mostly PNG, JPEG and WebP, but Safari, for example, can also do GIF and TIFF, but not WebP).
- HippoPlayer .prg files (playlists) are recognized as text files and can be displayed.
- All text file extensions defined in Config.js are recognized as text files and can be displayed (new, for example, also .readme files).
- Recognition of the browser's WebP support optimized, now it's also correctly recognized for Chrome and Opera.
- In contrast to HippoPlayer, only the music module formats «MOD», «S3M» and «XM» are supported here, all other formats are now correctly treated as unknown file types if you drag'n'drop them into the window.
- «About...»: If a file with an unknown file type is dragged into the window, the file type «Empty» is displayed here.
- The optimized mouse wheel behaviour (faster scrolling) for HTML and graphic files is now activated by default, even if this differs from the actual behaviour under AmigaOS.
- HippoPlayer:
- HippoPlayer v2.59 Feature:
- When paused, the paused content is now displayed in the scopes instead of the Hippo graphic shown.
- HippoPlayer v2.60 Features:
- The list mode button is now larger for HiRes presets.
- Support for the alternative type of separator lines that do not look like one.
- HippoPlayer v2.61 Features:
- Support for loading M3U playlists
- Support for empty separator lines in playlists
- Updated to the latest version of ScriptProcessorPlayer 1.3 by Jürgen Wothke and adapted HippoPlayer and my own backends to use the new API methods.
- All backends by Jürgen Wothke updated to their latest versions, which now also support the following formats:
- SNDH
- Quartet_ST (4Q, 4V)
- SPU
- OctaMED Soundstudio (OSS)
- Support of infotext for the following formats:
- Implementation of a new backend to support MIDI files, based on the WebAudioFontPlayer by Srgy "surikov" Surkv (see https://github.com/surikov/webaudiofont/)
Please note that only uncompressed MIDI files are supported.
- Setting the order of the preferred backend for formats that are supported by UADE, MPT and XMP (default is «UADE, MPT, XMP»)
- Improved format detection for files in ZIP or LHA archives if they have neither a file post nor prefix by checking the file header.
- Special case for .sid files implemented, as these can be in either SID or SidMon1 format: First an attempt is made to play them with UADE, if this fails, the SID backend is used.
- Support for playing local ZIP files that were drag'n'dropped onto HippoPlayer.
- The default file extension when saving playlists (module programs) is now «.prg».
- Display of the «Busy Pointer» during exit and loading of the last playlist at startup.
- If the browser's window is < 520 px wide (mobiles), the main window is automatically maximized.
- Fixed maximization for OS 3.2 and 4.x. by shift-clicking on the SizeChanger gadget
- Removed compatibility and browser switches for Internet Explorer, as this browser has been completely replaced by Edge by now.
- Entering letters in a numeric input field is suppressed and an error flash is triggered.
- Performance increase for the PayPal-thank-you-surprise by recoding it and using "canvas"
- URL parameters can now also be passed to index.html and are then passed through to WB.html.
- LHA icon added
- AmigaShell on Firefox: prevent «Quick find» when entering «/».
- Amiga Early Startup Control / Boot Options: Server directories are now listed as drives if the PHP server scripts are activated.
- Bugfixes:
- When updating a drawer, containing drawer icons remain in their current position if their windows are open.
- OS >= 3.0: When starting a program, a «Busy pointer» is no longer shown.
- Correction of maximization for windows without scrollbars (Shell, HiP, ...)
- Correction of displaying the submenu symbol » for presets without submenu graphics (bug since v0.36)
- Chrome iOS: Correction of double-clicking on a ListBox
- AmigaShell: If no window is returned to the shell when starting a program (e.g. with HippoPlayer), the shell window no longer remains blocked.
- AmigaShell: Display correct error message when entering a non-existent path including drive name (e.g. «sys:x»)
- RAmiga-click on a closer gadget now only closes all Workbench windows if invoked on one.
(dr)
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25.Jul.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 160 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about The Pursuit to Earth. (snx)
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25.Jul.2024
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Event: Guest list for the "ZZAP! Live 2024" in Kenilworth (England)
On 17 August 2024, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) will host the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum, will take place (amiga-news.de reported). Only 100 tickets are still available for the event. There are currently no plans to sell tickets on site.
Further guests have now been announced. Among others, the following are expected:
- Rob Hubbard (Komponist, u.a. Budokan, Hard Nova, International Karate)
- Barry Leitch (Komponist, u.a. Lotus, Super Cars II)
- Jon Hare und Stoo Cambridge von Sensibe Software (u.a. Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder)
- Andy Davidson von Team17 (Game Designer, u.a. Worms)
- Mark Knight (Komponist, u.a. Wing Commander)
- Peter Clarke (Komponist, u.a. Bubble Bobble)
- Mike Dailly (Game Designer, u.a. Lemmings)
- Jeff Minter (Game Designer, u.a. Llamatron)
- Andrew Braybrook und Steve Turner von Graftgold (u.a. Uridium, Fire and Ice)
- Paul Docherty (Grafiker, u.a. Apocalypse, Last Ninja 3)
- David Jones (Game Designer, u.a. Lemmings, Menace)
- Mike Clarke (Komponist, u.a. Last Ninja 2, Hired Guns)
- Paul Hughes von Ocean (u.a. Batman the Movie, Jurassic Park)
- Stephen Thompson (Grafiker bei Ocean Software)
- Barry Thompson (Komponist)
- Jogeir Liljedahl (Komponist)
(dr)
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