08.Jul.2024
Hans Arne J. (E-Mail)
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Interview with Rolf-Dieter Klein and Jim Sachs about "Ports of Call"
For their Norwegian website "Spillhistorie" Hans Arne J. ('Retrogamingpappa') and Joachim Froholt have conducted an interview with two fathers of the well-known Amiga game "Ports of Call", namely Rolf-Dieter Klein, one of the two developers alongside Martin Ulrich, and James D. Sachs, known as Jim, who worked alongside Richard E. La Barre as an illustrator.
Based on their answers, an article was created at the title link, which traces the development of this business simulation, which Aegis Interactive Software released in 1987 for the Amiga and only in 1990 for IBM PCs, whereby the Amiga version was graphically and tonally superior, in accordance with the then still rather limited multimedia capabilities of the IBM PCs. (snx)
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08.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to Aminet:
ign-AddOn-ODS.lha biz/spread 204K OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
ign-AddOn-XLSX.lha biz/spread 303K OS4 ignition addon for access xls...
ignition.lha biz/spread 5.0M OS4 a modern spreadsheet
ignition-src.lha biz/spread 1.2M Sourcecode ignition 1.30
HHH-GNV.adf demo/sound 880K 68k Borschtsch - Gabbanova (LQ)
lostpixeldemo.lha game/actio 413K 68k Lost Pixel 1st level Demo Game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 2.3.0 (...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 2.5.1 (...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 635K 68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA ...
ToccataInit.lha mus/misc 15K 68k Initialize Toccata mixer from...
CreationOfMan.lha pix/anim 108M The creation of man - DPaint ...
(snx)
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08.Jul.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
fd2pragma.tar.gz dev/mis 118kb 4.0 Tool to create pragmas and inlin...
pasm.tar.gz dev/mis 85kb 4.0 PowerPC assembler
vdam68k.tar.gz.tar dev/uti 110kb 4.0 A 68k disassembler
vdappc.tar.gz.tar dev/uti 70kb 4.0 A PowerPC disassembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
pintorweb.lha gra/mis 7Mb 4.0 A simple and easy picture editor
ntpsync.lha net/mis 35kb 4.0 Synchronizing clocks in the Inte...
ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 204kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access ods-files
ign-addon-xlsx.lha off/spr 303kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access xlsx-f...
ignition.lha off/spr 5Mb 4.1 A modern spreadsheet
ignition-src.lha off/spr 1Mb 4.0 A modern spreadsheet (source)
tinyulmui.lha uti/mis 55kb 4.0 MUI-based tinybld PIC uploader (...
airscan.lha uti/pri 1Mb 4.1 Native Amiga scanner utility
(snx)
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08.Jul.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
pintorweb.lha gra/con 7Mb A simple and easy picture editor
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08.Jul.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_32.71.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ShowGeo_1.0.lha Graphics/3D A simple and unpolished...
PintorWeb_5.00.lha Graphics/Tools A little and easy web t...
Wayfarer_8.8.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
PolyOrga_1.26a.lha Office/Organizer PolyOrga is a general-p...
(snx)
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08.Jul.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.07.2024
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 06.07.2024:
(snx)
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08.Jul.2024
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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:
- Stormlord Arok Full Length
- Hybris Interstellar
- The Funky Dragon
(snx)
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07.Jul.2024
Frank Röger (ANF)
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The Grid: A new Tron-clone for up to 10 players
Today, LogicalByte launched the game The Grid. This is a Tron clone with support for up to ten players simultaneously. The requirement for this number of players is an OctaPlayer adapter from Alinea Computer, which is currently still under development and is due to be released later this year. Until then, the game can currently be played against just one human opponent.
The gameplay of The Grid is based on the original game and therefore also on the classic film: players control so-called light cycles and fight for survival in intense arena duels while trying to lure their opponents into light traps.
The system requirements are a PAL Amiga with at least 1 MB Chip RAM and at least 2 joysticks.
According to the website, The Grid is undergoing further development. Open features to be implemented in the course of the year include player names, various grids, power-ups, speed options (currently only one speed is implemented) and memory optimisation (to support Amigas with only 512 KB Chip RAM).
The Grid can be downloaded free of charge from the title link. (nba)
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06.Jul.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 169
The English and German issue 169 (July/August 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 a special about power supplies for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200, reviews of hardware (eRGB2HDMI) and applications (Hollywood Designer 7.0) as well as reviews of several new and old games including Glubble, Rogue Declan, Kondi Krush and more. (nba)
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06.Jul.2024
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.8
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 8.8 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS which fixes a race condition in MediaSource player and video synchronization issues. (dr)
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06.Jul.2024
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Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.7.5 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (YouTube video).
This update to version 0.7.5 mainly contains UI upgrades: DPI awareness, save/restore window settings, a choice of fonts and UI zoom. (dr)
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06.Jul.2024
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Aracde classic: Beta version of Galaga500
Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has started to realise another game for the Amiga: this time Namco's Aracade classic Galaga. He has now released a first beta version, which is already fully playable, but may still have minor bugs and not all features. A standard Amiga 500 is sufficient (YouTube video) (dr)
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05.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Scanner utility AirScan V1.40
Arild Aarbakk has released version 1.40 of its AirScan scanner software, which uses the eSCL protocol developed by the Mopria Alliance Technical Working Group. The client is able to scan (or print) without having to install drivers on the client device, as the firmware provided in the scanner is used. Communication is based on the Internet Printing Protocol, a printing service over a network.
SSL support has been added in the new version. Currently, the preview image is still displayed in colour, even if greyscale or black and white has been selected. The final scan is displayed in the selected colour mode. The archive can simply be extracted and copied to the location of your choice. In our test, a Canon G6000 was found without any problems and scanned a document as required, which can be saved as either a jpeg or pdf file.
(dr)
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05.Jul.2024
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Retro Supplies: Updates of hardware projects
Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings and his shop "Retro Supplies" visited the Kickstart 02 event in England last weekend and presented updates of his hardware projects:
He has developed a new version of the RGBtoHDMI board for the Amiga 500, which enables pixel-perfect HDMI output from the Amiga 500 using a Raspberry Pi Zero (not included).
Version 2 of his floppy emulator "GoFloppy" (amiga-news.de reported) is now available, which has an additional special adapter for Amiga computers. This adapter makes it possible to place the GoFloppy on the Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200, and a flex cable supplies the data and power through the ventilation opening of the Amiga. In addition, a switch on the GoFloppy allows you to switch between the internal drive and the GoFloppy as the primary drive in the Amiga (the internal drive is disabled when the GoFloppy is the primary drive).
Finally, he offers various scented candles to "enhance the player's experience of Amiga games." (dr)
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05.Jul.2024
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Video: Review of A600GS
In a detailed video, the YouTube channel "Toohey's Tech & Gaming" presents the announced A600GS computer (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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04.Jul.2024
Paulee Alex Bow (E-Mail)
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Synth-Pop mit Amiga-Beteiligung: "Bleakwave" von Vogue Renege
Amiga musician Paulee Alex Bow has released an EP called "Bleakwave" under the artist name 'Vogue Renege'. The songs can be purchased on Bandcamp, a CD version can be ordered from the author by e-mail.
As Bow tells us, a whole series of Amiga computers (A500+, A1200 and A3000) were used for the production. Trackers are responsible for a large part of the rhythm work, but Amiga-based software synthesizers, real-time effects programs and MIDI software are also used on each track, which together produce a "very special sound" according to the artist.
(cg)
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04.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: ignition OpenDocument addon V0.40, Excel addon V0.12
With the release of the spreadsheet ignition 1.30 (amiga-news.de reported) Achim Pankalla has also updated two addons:
The ods-addon enables tables to be loaded and saved in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc, among others. In this version 0.40, a bug has been fixed and new functions of the current ignition version have been implemented.
The xlsx add-on for importing MS Excel files is now available in version 0.12, which also supports new functions of the recently released ignition version. (dr)
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04.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Spreadsheet ignition 1.30
Achim Pankalla has released version 1.30 of his spreadsheet ignition which at least requires AmigaOS 4.1 update 6. Changes:
- Some GUI-errors are corrected.
- The printing prozess can now be stopped.
- Some Guru-failures are eliminated
- The number of copies field in the printer dialog now works.
- The zoom factor in printer dialog accepts now manual set values.
- A new function for replacing text in a string was added.
- New functions for number conversions.
- Error in "select" function was fixed.
- An error in the 3D column diagram was fixed.
(dr)
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03.Jul.2024
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Event: Awards for unpublished productions at Passione Amiga Day 2024
This year's Passione Amiga Day will take place on September 15th (amiga-news.de reported). Participants will also be able to vote for the Passione Amiga Award for previously unreleased Amiga productions (including NG systems).
The following categories are included: games (at least one fully playable level), applications and demoscene productions (demo, intro, music disk, slideshow, disk magazine or compilation). Entries can be submitted until September 10th, limited to one per person. (snx)
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02.Jul.2024
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Adventure interpreter: ScummVM 2.3.0.04 / 2.5.1.04 for Amigas with 68060 CPU
The developer 'NovaCoder' has been porting the adventure interpreter ScummVM to AmigaOS 3 for a long time: the current conversions are available for RTG-Amigas and AGA-Amigas with 68060 processor. The RTG-version 2.5.1.04 is based on ScummVM 2.5.1, the AGA-versio 2.3.0.04 is based on ScummVM 2.3.0. Using ScummVM, games from LucasArts, Revolution, Sierra On-Line, Westwood Studios and other manufacturers can be run, even those that were never originally released for the Amiga. (nba)
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02.Jul.2024
David Brunet (ANF)
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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 for May/June 2024
- Old articles from Génération 4 16 to 18:
- News: Psygnosis prepares the successes of 1990
- Review of Kick Off: Extra Time
- Review of The Seven Gates Of Jambala
- Review of The Untouchables
- File: Cyberpunk
- Review of Hard Drivin'
- Review of Toobin'
- Review of Wayne Gretzky Hockey
- File: The Cinématique system
- Review of Twinworld: Land Of Vision
- Review of Chicago 90
- Review of Oxxonian
- Interview with Carlo Spadoni (author of AROS One)
- Interview with Fumito Ueda (game developer)
- Interview with Thomas Hertzler (developer at Rainbow Arts)
- Review of wipEout
- Review of AmiTranslate 0.3
- Comparison: raylib versus SDL
- The best of Byte from February to June 1987
- File: Technical information on the Backslide To Arcanum demo
- File: Hardware compatibility with AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Linux on Amiga NG
- DIY: Restoring an Amiga 1200
- Point of view: Debugging over the years
- Programming: Creating a demo - chapter 3, part 1, sprites
- Special quiz about football games on the Amiga
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02.Jul.2024
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Puzzle game: Ami Robbo 2 V0.1
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch's latest project will be a contribution to AmiGameJam 2024: Ami Robbo 2 is the successor to Amirobbo by Polish game developers Bernard Krzymowski and Artur 'Szafir' Szafrański, which was released in 1992. With his permission and assistance, new graphics and levels were created for the second part. Robbo is a universal combat robot that has got into trouble and needs to be rescued from abandoned military bases with the player's help.
The gameplay is based on the classic Sokoban but there are many other elements and a top-down view that Tukatsch invented. There will be a lot of graphics from different artists, and the animations themselves will be different and more rich. The early version 0.1 that has now been released implements basic control of the robot and interaction with objects. (dr)
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02.Jul.2024
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m68k assembly: "Amiga Assembly" plugin v1.8.10 for Visual Studio Code
"Amiga Assembly" is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. The stable version 1.8.10 fixes a strange behaviour during debugging and restores the vasm output, which was suppressed since version 1.8.4. On GitHub, a detailed documentation is available. (dr)
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