03.Jun.2019
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Book: Getting Started with Warp3D Nova
Originally published on his blog, on the advice of a programmer Hans de Ruiter has reworked and extended his lessons about his 3D system "Warp 3D Nova" and published it as book on Amazon. A print version for 26 Euro as well as an eBook for 5 Euro are available.
"Getting started with..." provides the following chapters:
- Tutorial 1: Create a window
- Tutorial 2: Hello triangle - draw something
- Tutorial 3: A splash of algorithmic colour - procedural texture mapping
- Tutorial 4: Colour another way - per-vertex colour
- Tutorial 5: 3D at last - draw a cube
- Tutorial 6: 3D lighting - add lighting to the scene
- Tutorial 7: Animation - making objects move
- Tutorial 8: Adding texture - texture-mapping
- Tutorial 9: Normal mapping - extra realism with surface bumps and features
- Warp3D Nova gotchas - easy mistakes and how to avoid them
- GLSL shader debugging - tools and tips
- Where to go from here - next steps in your graphics programming journey
Hint of the editors: The eBook is a Kindle edition thus first has to be converted (inclusive removing the DRM protection) for using with other devices. Otherwise you can access it with the latest Amazon app.
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03.Jun.2019
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Pong 4 as commercial release
Last October "PONG 4k" was released which is a PONG clone for four players. Now the game can be purchased also as commercial release. For 9 Euro plus shipping the Polish website amiga.pl.net offers a CD in a DVD box including a manual printed fully in colour, a sticker (7x10 cm) and an A3 poster. The game was written for a CD32 but also runs on other AGA Amigas.
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03.Jun.2019
MorphZone (Forum)
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Leu 0.01: Opening Excel and ODS files
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's Leu is a program for opening and editing (currently with limited functionality) Excel (xls, xlsx), OpenOffice and LibreOffice files (ods) and is available as an early version for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS (ARM, x86, x64).
Download: Leu0.01.lha (8 MB)
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02.Jun.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 1st, 2019:
ign-addon-ods.lha biz/spread 209K OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
ADV-ITA.lha dev/amos 130K 68k Italian adventures creator
CestinoGlobale.lha dev/basic 51K 68k Global trashcan under Blitz d...
ColourMatch.lha dev/basic 28K 68k Colour match in Blitz
cflow-mos.lha dev/c 1.4M MOS Generate a program flowgraph
file-mos.lha dev/gg 1.5M MOS Determine file type
HollywoodSP.lha dev/hwood 776K Hollywood 8.0 spanish catalog...
fd2pragma-mos.lha dev/misc 352K MOS V2.197 create pragma, inline,...
BulletExamples.lha dev/src 58K 68k Example code for using outlin...
flickerfixer.zip docs/hard 523K Amiga 2000 Flickerfixer / Sca...
xpksublibs.lha docs/misc 278K XPK Sub-Libraries Guide
MCE.lha game/edit 2.5M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 2.6M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.9M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BioJet.adf game/misc 880K 68k BioJet
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.7M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Divertimento03.lha mods/midi 60K Divertimento03, General MIDI ...
Divertimento12.lha mods/midi 38K Divertimento12, General MIDI ...
Faithslovetheme.lha mods/misc 95K Faith's Love Theme 4ch Sexy R&B
AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 636K 68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA
Albatros.lha util/boot 34K 68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
BootPicture.lha util/boot 30K 68k Shows a picture and plays a s...
DOpusRxTrash.lha util/dopus 29K Global trashcan for DOpus Mag...
AnalogClock.lha util/wb 33K 68k Analog clock for all the Clas...
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02.Jun.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 1st, 2019:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
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02.Jun.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until June 1st, 2019:
shmupacabra.i386-aros.zip gam/act 33Mb OpenGL side-scrolling space shoo...
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02.Jun.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 01.06.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until June 1st, 2019:
DisplayInfo_1.2.lha System/Monitoring Show info about availab...
Cow3D.lha Graphics/3D Cow3D.lha
MCE_11.31.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
File_5.37.lha Files/Tools Determine file type.
VidentiumPicta_1.20.lha Graphics/Tools An image viewer progra...
fd2pragma_2.197.lha Development/Misc A tool to create pragma...
Image_to_ODG_1.0.lha Graphics/Convert A tool to convert PNG/J...
MovieViewer_1.0.lha Multimedia A Hollywood script disp...
Agenda.lha Office/Organizer A nice and easy address...
Armagetron_0.2.5.2.lha Games/Race An OpenGL Tron clone.
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02.Jun.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 01.06.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until June 1st, 2019:
- 2019-05-31 fixed: Super Stardust (Bloodhouse) soundFx in game were trashed if intro was not skipped immediately, more options for trainers added (Info)
- 2019-05-31 fixed: Putty Squad (System 3) flicker background bug introduced with joypad support is fixed now (Info, Image)
- 2019-05-31 fixed: Falcon (Spectrum HoloByte) slave removes the disk protection in SPS 268 Mission Disk I, supports SPS 1602 Mission Disk II (Info)
- 2019-05-27 improved: Deliverance (21st Century) joypad support added, trainer moved to splash window (Info, Image)
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02.Jun.2019
AmigaLife (Webseite)
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Amiga Demo Launcher v1.6b
The demo group Resistance presents their first public (beta) version of the Amiga Demo Launcher.
Amiga Demo Launcher (ADL) is an application to replay executable file demos from a playback queue.
Some featues:
- Replays many old OCS file demos on an AGA Amiga with a 68060 CPU
- Single playback queue entries can be also created directly
- Supports a reset device which is connected at the serial port of your Amiga, it counts down a given playtime and does a hardware reset if it reached the end value. After that, the next demo will be fetched out of the playback queue and get played
For more information, read the AmigaGuide file which is included within the archive.
Download: RSE-ADL16b.lha (9 MB) (snx)
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02.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Using Amiga disks on PC: ADF-Copy 1.010 and ADF-Drive firmware 1.010
Using the USB adapter ADF-Drive and the corresponding copy program ADF-Copy you can read Amiga disks with a PC drive under Windows, Linux or on the Raspberry Pi
(amiga-news.de reported).
Version 1.010 provides the option of deleting a disk image by complete overwriting. Besdies, the speed of all write operation was increased. The latest and also updated ADF-Drive firmware 1.010 is required.
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02.Jun.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Emulator: FS-UAE 2.9.12dev (beta)
Frode Solheim has released a new development version of his emulator FS-UAE which provides the following changes:
- Change default for bezel option to 0 (off)
- Change in FS-UAE Launcher: Fixed recently introduced bug when downloading files via cache
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31.May.2019
Martin Wolf (ANF)
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"Officially licensed" Commodore jerseys on Amazon
On Amazon, "Score Draw" offers retro jerseys of German soccer clubs, among others also red and white jerseys with "Commodore" logo. In contrast to jerseys of other teams, these are not complete copies of the original jerseys: on the "official Commodore retro jerseys from 1986" (product description of the producer) the logo and the name of the corresponding club are missing - the FC Bayern München is not mentioned even in the article description.
Obviously the license for the brand of the Munich team would have been to expensive - since Score Draw does promoting his article as "officially licensed" it is probable that he reached an agreement with the owner of the Commodore brand rights. What the original Bayern jersey looked like you can see on the website of the Trikot-Museum.
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31.May.2019
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Full version as download: Highway Patrol 2
The full version of the racing game Highway Patrol 2 is available in the download section of the Amiga Future as ADF, IPF or WHDLoad archive.
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30.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 98 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games on vintage computers.
Among others the latest issue includes articles about the Amiga games "Virtual GP" and "Wing Commander".
Download sites:
Italian
English
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30.May.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Game: Reshoot R released
Press release: Bombs away for Reshoot R - Modern action for the retro platform Amiga
Pürge/Übersee, May 28th, 2019: The development studio spieleschreiber and the publisher APC&TCP today announce the availability of the retro action game Reshoot R.
After almost three years of development, Reshoot R finally lights up its laser cannons - as you'd expect, for original Amiga hardware. The horizontal scrolling shoot'em up, in the style of classics like "R-Type", throws the player into an exciting space battle. In five elaborately designed themed worlds, fighter pilots fight side-by-side with the courageous space heroine Aryn against the attacks of the evil Tars species.
The action remains faithful to arcade traditions to combine elaborate high-end visuals with high-speed, demanding challenges. Fast gameplay, breathless dynamics, and exciting tension peaks characterise the fight between the heroine and the ballet of attack waves. Extra weapons and power-ups support her in her fight for survival. If your battle is fought successfully, eternal glory awaits you in the automatically saved highscore list. In addition, there is a premiere for Amiga action games: Those pilots can enter their performance on an internet ranking website and so they can compare their skills against those of other gamers.
Reshoot R is initially available as three seperate releases: Download Edition, Pure Edition and Signature Edition. The Pure Edition includes the game on CD-ROM and a printed manual. The Signature Edition has the game on CD-ROM, with a printed manual including a making-of special and the soundtrack on a separate audio CD. The audio CD soundtrack is also available separately.
All Amiga products are now available in the online shop of APC&TCP. Any specialist dealers who want to offer Reshoot R directly to their customers may contact APC&TCP by e-mail for details.
About Reshoot R:
Reshoot R is a 2D horizontal shoot'em up in the style of those great arcade classics Silkworm, R-Type and Gradius.
Features:
- Developed and programmed by industry veteran Richard Löwenstein
- Plays to the performance capabilities of the Amiga CD³², 1200 and 4000
- Five themed arenas in elaborately designed retro design
- Exciting attack waves and boss fights
- Extra weapons and power-ups
- Multi-level scrolling, up to 100 objects on screen
- 50 Hertz refresh rate ensures constant high-speed
- More than 400 colours on screen
- Thrilling soundtrack and SFX play simultaneously
- Locally stored highscore list and additional internet ranking option
- Runs on standard hardware of the A1200, A4000 and CD³², no add-ons required
- Tested on Amiga systems with 68020, 68030, 68040 and 68060 CPUs
System requirements:
- Amiga 1200, Amiga 4000 or Amiga CD³²
- Joystick or CD32 compatible controlpad
- 2 MB chip memory, more memory supported
- Runs on compatible Amiga emulators on Windows, Mac and Linux
More information is available at the title link.
About spieleschreiber:
spieleschreiber is a development studio specialising in retro computer games. The founder and core of the team from Pürge in Upper Bavaria is games journalist Richard Löwenstein. Richard Löwenstein successfully developed computer games in the 1980s and wrote articles for the trade magazines Happy Computer, 64er and Amiga Joker.
Reshoot R was in development for three years and was developed in co-operation with the entire retro community.
Design, coding, production: Richard Löwenstein. Graphics: Kevin Saunders. Music and sound effects: Martin Ahman.
About APC&TCP:
APC&TCP has been active as a publisher for Amiga products for over 25 years.
From APC&TCP come products like Amiga Future, Amiga Family, Flyin High, Marblelous, Pinball Brain Damage, CygnusED, Roadshow and much more.
APC&TCP has tried for many years not only to publish high-end Amiga games like Reshoot R but also smaller projects like Trap Runner.
APC&TCP is always looking out for interesting Amiga projects to publish. (snx)
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27.May.2019
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Version 8 of Hollywood plugin for Vim released
Tom Crecelius has updated the Hollywood plugin for the text editor Vim: Version 8.0 is available now supporting the latest Hollywood version. For users of AmigaOS it is interesting to know that the plugin also works with the MUI version of Vim funktioniert. As usual you can download it from the official Hollywood website under the title link.
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26.May.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 25.05.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 25th, 2019:
grimape.adf demo/intro 880K 68k Grimape May 2019 by Grimape
BulletExamples.lha dev/src 53K 68k Example code for using outlin...
MCE.lha game/edit 2.4M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 2.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Adom.lha game/role 1.8M 68k Ancient Domains Of Mystery R101
Adom_68020.lha game/role 1.8M 68k Ancient Domains Of Mystery R1...
Adom_68040.lha game/role 1.7M 68k Ancient Domains Of Mystery R1...
ADOM_Guide.lha game/role 90K Official ADOM Guide
Atlantis.lha mods/8voic 2.6M Atlantis 13ch Deep Amiga Ambient
DisplayInfo.lha util/moni 160K MOS Show info about available dis...
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26.May.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.05.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 25th, 2019:
liba52.lha dev/lib 1Mb 4.1 low-level interface to decode AC...
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
activitymonitor.lha uti/mis 61kb 4.1 monitor changes to your files.
siddump.lha uti/mis 89kb 4.0 C64 music debug output utility
sidid.lha uti/mis 79kb 4.0 HVSC playroutine identity scanner
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26.May.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 25.05.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until May 25th, 2019:
powermanga.i386-aros.zip gam/act 7Mb Vertical shoot-em-up scroller.
displayinfo.lha uti/har 160kb Show info about available displa...
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26.May.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 25.05.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 25th, 2019:
iris_beta60.lha Email New email client suppor...
DisplayInfo_1.2.lha System/Monitoring Show info about availab...
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26.May.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.05.2019
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 25th, 2019:
- 2019-05-22 updated: Jim Power (Loriciel) support for second button, added CD32 controls, manual added (Info)
- 2019-05-20 improved: Starray (Logotron) added CD32 controls, trainer added (Info)
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25.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)
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Open Hardware: Amiga-1200 expansion modul
This time Matthias Münch has published documents for replicating an expansion modul for the Amiga 1200. The modul is suitable for the Flickerfixer Indivision AGA Mk1 and Mk2cr as well as for an USB extension like Subway or RapidRoad.
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25.May.2019
AmigaWorld.de (Twitter)
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3D print: Casing for ACA500
Under the title link data for printing a casing for the accelerator board ACA500 developed by Individual Computers has been published. There is no documentation if it is also suitable for its successor ACA500plus.
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25.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Memory expansion: OpenAmiga600FastRamExpansion
After the publication of documents for replicating a memory expansion for the Amiga 500, under the title link data also are available for the Amiga 600. It is based on the LVD design (amiga-news.de reported). The board is equipped with 4 MB DRAM.
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25.May.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Indivdual Computers: Buddha-Flash-Firmware 52.101 / Ordering new controllers
Individual Computers has released a firmware update for the IDE controller Buddha Flash. Version 52.101 fixes two bugs both occuring when "crossing a 32-bit boundary under certain conditions". According to Jens Schönfeld "a very similar bug is in the IDE drivers of Amiga OS 3.1.4" which might be based on previous versions. The developer team of Hyperion has been informed.
Additionally new controllers ("Anniversary Edition") will be produced and are supposed to be available not later than by mid June. Pre-orders are possible.
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