25.Oct.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE! 163 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE! ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in both the Italian original and an English translation (right-hand side). The current issue 163 also contains three reviews of Amiga titles: the classic "Crystal Dragon", the new release "Dr. Dangerous" and the CDTV title "Gardenfax: Trees & Shrubs". (nba)
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25.Oct.2024
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Emulator: Denise v2.4
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Numerous amiga-specific changes have been made since our last report on version 2.21: among other things, emulation has been improved, especially the disk drive, and a 4-player adapter is now supported. Detailed changes:
Version 2.4
- support macOS Metal graphics driver with shaders
- added Cocoa as a keyboard driver for macOS (avoid the system dialog to allow input)
- added BSD UHID joypad driver, supported on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
- reworked on-screen status messages
- separated(C64/Amiga) file dialog preview options and moved to Software UI
- improved openGL shader cache
- improved handling of shader UI
- added possibility to assign a different floppy sound profile for external drives
- Amiga: added new floppy sound profile
- Amiga: emulate Blitter<>Copper conflict
Version 2.3
- added RetroArch Shader support
- Amiga: improved emulation, especially the disk drive
- Amiga: emulated Bitplane <> Refresh conflicts
- Amiga: Final Fight Enhanced supported by temporary option to fake ECS Denise
- Amiga: written floppy disks are now saved in a second file (this does not apply to uncompressed ADF (don't worry, emulator asks if ADF can be changed)
- Amiga: added 4-player adapter
- Amiga: added copy protection dongle support
- fixed a bug not finishing Drag'n'Drop in Linux GTK
- fixed some OSX bugs/crashes [looking for tester]
- improved mouse capture handling for all OSes
- UI changes (volume slider has moved to status bar, added option to capture pointer by left mouse button)
- changed BuildSystem to CMAKE
- added Linux/BSD XCB input driver for keyboard/mouse
- improved GTK window resizing in some desktop environments
Version 2.2
- added D3D11 driver
- added italian translation (thanks to Luigi)
- added an option to rotate the screen (90°/180°/270°)
- added an option to force a single instance when opening another instance from frontend loader or file explorer
- fixed Amiga basic volume (louder)
- added a more easy way to set stereo separation (Audio -> DSP)
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm) and Linux (Ubuntu).
(dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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PDF document: The Amiga 500 beginner's guide (German)
In a 46-page German PDF document, Patrick Schwedt has written both his personal Amiga story and, above all, lots of tips and hints for those who have bought an Amiga 500 for the first time or after a long time. There are chapters on drives, memory expansions, turbo cards, operating systems, mice and software, among other things. (dr)
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24.Oct.2024
Mastodon
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Arananet: Accelerator Trinity 1240-60 can be pre-ordered
After four years of development and extensive testing, "best accelerator ever built for the Amiga A1200" has been finalised. The Trinity 1240-60 supports 68040-68060 CPUs and is compatible with all A1200 revisions. According to the developer, great care has been taken to optimise access to the chip memory, regardless of whether it is equipped with a 68040 or 68060 processor. It can now be pre-ordered for 369 euros.
According to the developers, numerous tests were carried out in which the Trinity was compared with the Blizzard 1260. The Trinity performed better in all the demos tested. The Trinity can be used with any MC68060/040 CPU (EC, LC or Full). When using a 68040 processor with 25MHz, please note that the Trinity automatically overclocks it to 33MHz. The use of a heat sink is recommended. The exact specifications:
- 128MB SDRAM Fast memory
- Optimized chip memory access at any CPU clock speed
- 68040/68060 compatible (via jumper)
- Onboard I2S 16-bit stereo sound card compatible with AHI
- Includes a 3.5mm jack Paula PassThrough
- Software interface for changing speed (MHz)
- Expansion connector for future upgrades
- Compatible with any A1200 motherboard revision
- Compatible with PCMCIA
- Compatible with Kickstart 3.1 (recommended 3.1.4 / 3.2)
- Black PCB color on this batch
- Fits in your old or new old stock A1200 case!!!
- A1100 friendly, of course.
(dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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Blog: Different versions of Amiga Topaz font
In his latest article, Alexander 'Losso' Grupe, member of the demo group AttentionWhore, reports on his journey of discovery regarding the different Amiga Topaz fonts of the respective Kickstart ROMs: while browsing through Cloanto's collection of Kickstart ROMs and looking at the screenshots, he noticed that Topaz font of the Kickstart intermediate version 1.4 Alpha 18 was already a sans serif, but would not look quite like the 2.0 version of Topaz.
Incidentally, when trying to load the Workbench under Kickstart 1.4, he discovered that a green "Recoverable Alert" with a "Guru Meditation" message appeared. (dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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Blog: Installing a TF1260
Under the title link, Didier Malenfant describes his findings and experiences with the installation of a TerribleFire 1260 turbo card (see also turbo card comparison (German)). The article will be continuously updated. (dr)
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23.Oct.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.21
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks.
Version 1.21 of the Greaseweazle Tools provides the following changes:
- micropolis: Codec for Micropolis hard-sectored MFM disks
- gw reset: By default do not reset configured "gw delays"
- Fix setup.py installation: Require bitarray earlier than v3
(dr)
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23.Oct.2024
GitHub
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.18 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.18 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.4.0 (22.10.2024) of OpenSSL. Changes:
- Switched to OpenSSL 3.4, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.4.0 (22.10.2024) version, which includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle, dated 24.9.2024.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.18-OS3.lha (3,8 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.18-OS4.lha (3,46 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.18-SDK.lha (2,4 MB) (dr)
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22.Oct.2024
WinUAE Homepage
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Emulator: WinUAE 5.3.1
The Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released in version 5.3.1. Changes:
New features
- Added Picmatic Marbelle Vice and Tierras Salvajes 100Hz TV laser disc arcade game support.
Updates
- Implemented OpalVision undocumented automatic VRAM bank switch. King of Karate demo now have working scrolling background.
- Implemented Mediator 1200TX 2x4M PCI window mode.
- Serial port emulation updates: transmit speed is now more accurate, receive speed is throttled if data is arriving too quickly.
- CTRL+F12 windowed/fullscreen switch now remembers previous fullscreen mode (fullscreen or full-window) and it is stored between sessions in registr/ini.
Bug fixes
- Fixed GamePorts panel “Swap ports”.
- Some screen resolution/font combinations caused crash when on screen keyboard was opened.
- Fixed music glitch in James Pond 2 (non-AGA). Most likely also affected some other interrupt based music players too.
- Golem SCSI II HD controller configuration didn’t load correctly.
- Fixed SPRxPOS modification in last possible moment being missed causing sprite to be disabled. (Fixes Reshoot R background flickering)
- Fixed possible crash when AmigaOS 4 resets during boot and switches to PPC mode if directory filesystem emulation was in use.
- SCSI CD audio PLAY AUDIO TRACK/INDEX returned error if end track was higher than last track. SCSI spec allows it and it should not cause error.
- Prometheus Firestorm PCI bridge interrupt state bit was inverted.
(nba)
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22.Oct.2024
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 33
Issue 33 of the English-language magazine Amiga Addict is now available from the publisher addict.media and in British newsstands. In the cover story, the editorial team discusses the influence of the Amiga on virtual reality systems.
This issue also contains reviews of the new games Dr. Dangerous and Droid Special Edition and the classic games Donk, Deuteros and The Chaos Engine, a feature on the Dune II Remaster project, a story about games that should have been ported to the Amiga, a downloadable cover disk with Alien Fish Finger and much more.
Amiga Addict is published every six weeks and is available as a single issue or by subscription, in either printed or PDF format. (nba)
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22.Oct.2024
EAB (Forum)
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Videogames studies: Experimental action game "Squarez" now available
The recently released Squarez is a remake of the Flash game SQUARES 2 and was developed as part of the CHLudens research project (amiga-news.de reported). This abstract action game is controlled entirely by mouse and offers minimalist, rectangle-based graphics. The aim of the game is to catch grey rectangles while avoiding the yellow ones in various levels.
It is interesting to note that Squarez was designed as a research game to explore why abstract games were rare in the home computer era, even though 1970s art was increasingly moving in this direction. While video games have become increasingly realistic, this game questions the urge for hyperrealism and invites players to enjoy a visually reduced experience.
The game was developed using the so-called cryAEngine and is available to download as freeware. The source code and the "Processing" development tool are also provided. Squarez is an exciting example of how creative research and video games can go hand in hand. (nba)
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22.Oct.2024
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Developer log: Creation of demo "New Art" (1st place at Deadline 2024)
In a detailed article, Alexander 'Losso' Grupe, member of the demo group AttentionWhore, describes the creation of the demo New Art, which won first place in the "Three Dee" category (3D effect using red/cyan-coloured glasses) at this year's edition of Deadline (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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21.Oct.2024
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Blog: Comparison of Push-Over versions (Amiga, Atari ST, PC, Super Nintendo)
The "Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog" compares and reviews games "as unbiased as possible". The current article compares the Amiga, Atari ST, PC and Super Nintendo versions of the Ocean classic Push-Over. (dr)
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21.Oct.2024
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Developer log: Amiga Game Scripting Languages
In a recent developer diary entry, Nivrig Games discusses The Bitmap Brothers' own scripting language called "Adventure Creation Language" (ACL) used in the game Cadaver and possible alternatives. This is completed in a second entry. (dr)
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20.Oct.2024
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Aminet uploads until 19.10.2024
The following files have been added until 19.10.2024 to Aminet:
8VoicesDemo.adf demo/disk 880K 68k 8 Voices Demo
MiniDemo.adf demo/disk 880K 68k Trackloader Amiga Demo
MiniDemo.png demo/disk 8K 68k Trackloader Amiga Demo
ZeroBoys-Alf.adf demo/disk 880K 68k Alf Demo by The Zero Boys
Tesko-MMMK.zip demo/intro 57K 68k Mario Meets Mortal Kombat
spb-ir1.lha demo/mag 400K 68k Irregular Review #1 Aug 2016
spb-ir2.zip demo/mag 530K 68k Irregular Review #2 Oct 2016
spb-ir3.zip demo/mag 497K 68k Irregular Review #3 Sep 2017
spb-ir4.lha demo/mag 517K 68k Irregular Review #4 Dec 2017
spb-lysb.lha demo/misc 95K 68k Solskogen Invitation 2020
bogogui_098.lha dev/src 46K 68k C example on writing ReAction...
FFT_All_Math_py.zip dev/src 127K 68k Recursive FFT_All_Math.py.
HalloweenX_Demo.lha game/demo 655K 68k HalloweenX AGA Game, Demo
PolyNova3D.lha gfx/3d 740K 68k Amiga port of PolyNova3D
TMSColor.lha gfx/conv 91K 68k Converter from BMP to TMS9928...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 8.7M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 9.3M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
CardTrickEVD-SS-3.11.lha misc/emu 1K 68k CardTrickEVD for ShapeShifter...
PippinEVD-11.lha misc/emu 1K 68k PippinEVD for ShapeShifter 3.11
pOS-w64.zip misc/emu 25M WinUAE-Launcher and more
Stickers_Renew_Remast... pix/illu 167M 174 disks and CD labels for 5...
pOS_w64.jpg pix/misc 921K WinUAE-Launcher Screenshot
sysvars.lha util/boot 18K 68k Put system information in env...
dissect16.lha util/cli 5K 68k CLI utility to bytewise 16bit
dissect8.lha util/cli 6K 68k little CLI utility to bytewis...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 17M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
ResetLever.lha util/wb 218K 68k Reset your Amiga with ResetLever
(snx)
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20.Oct.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 19.10.2024
The following files have been added until 19.10.2024 to OS4Depot:
musepack_libs.lha aud/mis 103kb 4.1 Contains libmpcdec, libreplaygai...
vasmm68k_mot.lha dev/cro 260kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmm68k_std.lha dev/cro 255kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmppc_std.lha dev/cro 215kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 9Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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20.Oct.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 19.10.2024
The following files have been added until 19.10.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3.lha Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula...
Pac-Man_1.1.lha Games/Action Port of Pac-Man
DonkeyKong_1.0.lha Games/Platform Port of DonkeyKong
WaterCloset_1.0.1.lha Games/Platform Port of WaterCloset
BurgerSpace_1.10.0.lha Games/Platform Port of SpaceBurger
Taradino_1.1.3.lha Games/Shoot3D SDL2 port of Rise of th...
1oom_1.11.0.lha Games/Strategy 1oom is a Master of Ori...
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20.Oct.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 19.10.2024
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 19.10.2024:
(snx)
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20.Oct.2024
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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:
- Flashback, Main Menu Music (Vandahlia Special Remix)
- Heatbeats Bubblegum (nightwolf 2024 remix)
- Firehawk Take Off (Ambient Chopper Mix)
- Darkseed Halloween
(snx)
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20.Oct.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Future versions of Wayfarer without updated WebKit/GTK engine
As Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has told at the title link, future versions of his web browser Wayfarer will stay with the current version 2.46 of the WebKit/GTK browser engine. Already porting this one would have taken several weeks. Since the WebKit developers removed the Legacy/Win/Cairo target and its dependencies, which Wayfarer requires, and started to use Skia, further MorphOS ports of the engine wouldn't be feasible anymore.
Apart from this, contemporary websites would also increasingly require more performance than the ageing G4 and G5 hardware can offer. For the time being, however, the existing WebKit core would be modern enough to continue to display the pages that can be displayed so far - probably even for several years to come. Until then, he tends to set up a hosted browsing service under Linux or Mac OS, which then generates the Wayfarer pages externally. Accordingly, the next version of his browser will already offer the option of either displaying the web pages locally or having them generated externally using CEF. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
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Book: English edition of AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual / French one in progress
In February, Look Behind You published the Reference Manual "AmigaOS 3.2 - Das Handbuch" in German language with 512 pages. Now the 480-page English edition is available as a book and as a digital download as well - either directly from the publisher or from selected retailers: Amiga on the Lake (USA), RetroPassion (UK) and Retro 8bit Shop (Netherlands).
In addition, a French version is now also in the works on the initiative of the Swiss retailer Relec. "AmigaOS 3.2 le Manuel" will be available in three versions: as a book for 35 Swiss Francs, digitally for 20 and both combined for 50. Potential buyers are advised to express their interest using a corresponding form.
Meanwhile, the original German edition has been updated in its digital version. This includes additions and corrections. Registered customers can download the PDF file again via their account at the publisher. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
Amigans / User spotUP (ANF)
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Worms: The Director's Cut 1.5 for the 30th anniversary
Next year, the legendary game Worms celebrates its 30th birthday. To mark the occasion, its programmer Andy Davidson is planning a free new edition for the Amiga. To this end, demo groups around the world are invited to contribute new levels with their own names.
A level template is available on request. The levels must have a size of 960 x 350 pixels and be sent in by New Year's Eve. Specifications for the 16-color palette: 00 - black or dark color (transparent), 01 - white or near white, 02 - pink, 03 - any color, 04 - lighter shade of 03, 05 - any color, 06 - lighter shade of 05, 07-15 - any colors. Layers: Either one image for a conventional Worms level or two images for a two-layer level, consisting of foreground and background with the same color palette. The background - to be kept darker - is shown where the foreground is transparent or the foreground is destroyed in the course of the game. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Guides for AmigaOS 4 developers: Kea Campus videos about MUI
As part of his membership program "Kea Campus" (amiga-news.de reported), Hans de Ruiter has now completed the videos on cross-compiling AmigaOS 4 programs and started a new series on creating user interfaces with MUI. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
ANF
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Looking back: Battle Chess was not U-certificated in Germany
At the title link, "Gamers Global" looks 35 years into the past and recalls that the Amiga chess game "Battle Chess" was indexed as harmful to minors in Germany in April 1989 on the initiative of the Bavarian State Youth Welfare Office.
However, this only lasted for about five months, as Electronic Arts successfully appealed against it. Despite the high picture quality made possible by the Amiga 500, the depiction of brutality (video) would not have reached the intensity of violence required for the index.
For this reason, during the reassessment the responsible committee came to the conclusion that also children and young people could maintain the necessary distance from the gameplay, which would be in part also imaginative and funny. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions online / Website celebrated 25th anniversary
On the Amiga Future website, full versions of the game Sword of Sodan as well as the applications Distant Suns and Reflections 4 have been made available.
Amiga Future also celebrated the 25th anniversary of its online presence last month: its website went online for the first time on September 9, 1999. What was initially intended as a source of information for the print magazine has since continued to grow with the news section, over 100 online readable issues of the magazine, 7,000 German and 2,000 English test reports, workshops, specials, etc. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Reshoot Proxima 3: Tin box variant available
To celebrate the first birthday of the shoot'em-up game "Reshoot Proxima 3", it can now alternatively be purchased in a metal box, limited to 55 copies and signed, at the title link - optionally also with a USB stick. (snx)
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20.Oct.2024
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Logic game: Untangle V1.1
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another (amiga-news.de reported). He has now released version 1.1 with the following changes:
- Fixed a bug of freeing a memory block twice at game end.
- Added the game ending displaying total number of moves and time spent.
- Added 25 more levels, now the game has 175 levels.
The game runs in a Workbench window, an Amiga with any processor and Kickstart/Workbench 3.0 or higher are required.
Download: untangle-1.1.lha (32 Kb) (dr)
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19.Oct.2024
Reddit
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Preview video: PAC-MAN conversion using operating system calls (1)
After his nine-part video series on the practicality of the Amiga 1000 as a workstation (amiga-news.de reported), Thomas Cherryhomes' latest project is a PAC-MAN conversion that uses nothing other than operating system calls for graphics and sound.
He also wants to design the game so that it will run on any Amiga, from an Amiga 1000 with 256 KB Ram and KickStart 1.1 to the fastest Amiga with 3.x. (dr)
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