18.Mar.2019
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Hyperion: Download version of Shogo: MAD for AmigaOS 3/4
Press release: Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first-person shooter game Shogo: Mobile Armor Division for AmigaOS 3 (WarpOS) and AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition from the direct downloads section of our website.
Customers can now buy this amazing game as a purely digital version at a price of only EUR 14.95 incl. VAT* for download from our restricted download area. The downloadable content consists of an image of the original CD for AmigaOS 3 (WarpOS) and an archived game drawer for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition.
The excellent port to AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition was done by Frank Menzel, who was already responsible for the just as excellent ports of Gorky 17 and Descent: Freespace. Customers who already bought the boxed version will be able to download the AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition version free of charge after registration of their copy.
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17.Mar.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Interview with demoscene member StingRay
Under the title link AmigaLife has interviewed the demoscene member StingRay who is founding member of Scarab and released hundreds of patches for WHDLoad.
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17.Mar.2019
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood 8.0 add-ons released
Press release: Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to announce the immediate availability of a number of add-ons for Hollywood 8.0. The following add-ons are now available for download from the official Hollywood portal:
- Hollywood Player 8.0 for all supported platforms (also available for your smartphone/tablet on Google Play)
- Hollywood SDK 8.0 for developing your own plugins (includes examples and over 400 pages of documentation in various formats)
- Hollywood 8.0 add-on for Cubic IDE (kindly provided by Michael Jurisch)
- Hollywood 8.0 wordfile for UltraEdit
- Hollywood 8.0 online reference manual (over 1000 PDF pages, alternatively available as HTML, CHM, and AmigaGuide)
- Hollywood SDK 8.0 online reference manual (over 400 PDF pages, alternatively available as HTML, CHM, and AmigaGuide)
The release of these add-ons completes the Hollywood 8.0 release. Please visit the official Hollywood portal at the titlelink for download and more information. (snx)
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17.Mar.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 16.03.2018
The following archives have been added to Aminet until March 16th, 2019:
MUIbase-4.1.lha biz/dbase 5.1M MOS Programmable relational datab...
myCatalog.zip biz/dbase 8.6M MOS Manage your favorite collections
yWeather.lha comm/misc 230K MOS Show weather infos in screenbar
netio.lha comm/tcp 46K 68k Simple network benchmarking tool
SerialThing.lha comm/term 3.5M OS4 Serial Terminal and Control T...
libmspack.lha dev/lib 1.3M MOS Microsoft packing library (CA...
NoClick.lha disk/misc 4K MOS Multiplatform NoClick enabler
F1GP2019Carset.lha game/data 22K 2019 Carset for F1GP
Coque_MOS.lha game/misc 11M MOS A minigame for small kids
DustDigger.adf game/misc 880K 68k Dust Digger AMIGA version
AmiSpear_AGA.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Spear of Destiny
AmiSpear_ECS.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Spear of Destiny
AmiSpear_RTG.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Spear of Destiny
AmiWolf_AGA.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Wolfenstein 3D
AmiWolf_ECS.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Wolfenstein 3D
AmiWolf_RTG.lha game/shoot 1.4M 68k Amiga port of Wolfenstein 3D
MasterOfOrion_WOS.lha game/strat 1.1M WOS Master Of Orion remake
ViewLHA.lha gfx/show 8K 68k View a graphics file compress...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.6M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Family.lha mods/misc 63K Family 4ch Soul/R&B-Ballad By...
cabextract_MOS.lha util/arc 47K MOS Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.C...
Deark.lha util/arc 1.4M MOS Extract data from various fil...
ADiffView.lha util/misc 38K 68k A graphical file compare / di...
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17.Mar.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.03.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until March 16th, 2019:
ira.lha dev/mis 334kb 4.0 MC68000/10/20/30/40 reassembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
patchcompositetags.lha gra/mis 114kb 4.0 Patch and emulate CompositeTags
rewarp.lha lib/mis 17kb 4.0 WarpOS/3DPPC wrapper for AmigaOS4
uuid_lib.lha lib/mis 12kb 4.0 Unique ID (UUID/GUID) generating...
netsurf.lha net/bro 7Mb 4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
mycatalog.zip off/dat 9Mb 4.0 Manage your favorite collections
lhx.lha uti/arc 172kb 4.1 Pack & unpack using XZ/LZMA ...
cabextract.lha uti/fil 44kb 4.0 Extract Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB)...
siddump.lha uti/mis 46kb 4.0 C64 music debug output utility
guideml.lha uti/tex 193kb 4.0 AmigaGuide -> HTML converter ...
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17.Mar.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 16.03.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until March 16th, 2019:
Grimorum_1.9.lha Games/Role/EasyRPG games Game for EasyRPG Player
TheKidnappingOfPrinces... Games/Role/EasyRPG games Game for EasyRPG Player
GrimpsSqueakingOfTheDe... Games/Role/EasyRPG games A funny action adventur...
Deark_1.5.0.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
yWeather_1.21.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Show weather infos in s...
Coque_1.0.0.lha Games/Misc A minigame for small kids.
GrimoriumPDF_2.0.lha Office/Show A program made with Hol...
cabextract_1.9.1.lha Files/Archive Tool to extract Microso...
myCatalog_3.3.zip Office/Database Manage your favorite co...
AmiArcadia_25.12.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Libmspack_1.10.1a.lha Development/Library Microsoft packing libra...
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17.Mar.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 16.03.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until March 16th, 2019:
zaz.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 21Mb Snatch & match rolling balls in ...
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17.Mar.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 16.03.2019
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 March 16th, 2019:
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16.Mar.2019
MorphZone (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4 speaker fired / confirmation regarding A-EON's 2012 restructuring
Since 2011, the Canadian developer Steven Solie was employed as head of the AmigaOS 4 developer team for Hyperion Entertainment ("team lead") - a title which, according to Solie, was self-given and later qualified by him to be the "spokesman" of the team. Still in last autumn he organized the AmigasOS DevCon as part of the AmiWest, although this time he didn't give a speech for Hyperion at the actual event anymore.
As Solie himself now confirmed, he was "fired" by Hyperion as "team lead" as well as "core developer". In Hyperion's support forum he now is listed only as beta tester. Three days ago he was still called "AmigaOS Core Developer" and "AmigaOS Development Team Lead".
Interestingly on his LinkedIn profile under work experience he states now to be "Team Lead" of the "AmigaOS ExecSG Development" since january. According to rumours (German), since at least 2018 the AmigaOS 4 core ExecSG is owned by Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology), which Mike Battilana, meanwhile owner of the Amiga rights and of the website of Amiga Inc. via C-A Acquisition Corporation, confirmed to the video podcast "10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast".
Additionally the reasons for the withdrawal of the Hyperion shareholder Ben Herman from the original A-EON company and its relocation to Great Britain were confirmed (amiga-news.de reported):
In the third part of Trevor Dickinson's background report on the development of the AmigaOne X1000 in the lastest issue 137 of the print magazine Amiga Future, he did not only mention more concrete costs (cf. the first page of the advertisement) but also describe that money which A-EON was going to use for the AmigaOne instead was used to keep Hyperion afloat after the financial burden due to the legal dispute with Amiga Inc. without the knowledge of the two other directors.
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16.Mar.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Apecat: Hobby project requesting advisory support
Since the end of January the Norwegian developer Stian Søreng has introduced his Apecat project under the title link. The abbreviation stands for "Amiga Processor Expansion Card for Application Transfer" and is an extension which is plugged between the mainboard and 68000 processor of an Amiga 500. In this way data are supposed to be transferred from one computer directly into the memory of the Amiga.
Similarly Søreng did develop a C64 extension called C64FC which makes it possible to write C64 programs on a modern system and to test it on a real C64 using an USB connection. Exactly in this way programs are supposed to be executed on an Amiga without diskdrive or harddrive - Apecat is tested as caseless board without keyboard and mouse.
In his blog entry Søreng also described technical problems and asks experienced Amiga developers for help.
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16.Mar.2019
Relec Hard- & Software (ANF)
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Dealer: Relec reworked website
The Swiss dealer Relec has reworked its website. Relec was founded in 1996 to close a gap in the French speaking part of Switzerland and countries of the same language. An English-language version of the website will follow.
Official press release:
"On March 15, 2019 we put online the new version of the site, completely redesigned with the precious help of our graphic designer Tcherno.
From the beginning, our objective was to facilitate and simplify navigation, provide better visibility of our product range and simplify ordering operations. On the other hand, the migration of the Joomla site to Wordpress has made it easier and more efficient. We hope you will find this new version more modern and user-friendly. We wish you a lot of fun using our new tool and thank you for your trust and loyalty. We are doing everything we can to improve this tool but we are not free from errors and other defects. We are therefore staying tuned and thank you for reporting bugs!
About Relec:
Created in early 1996, Relec was born from the difficulties faced by the Amiga at that time, combined with the cruel lack of suppliers for this machine in French-speaking Switzerland and in French-speaking countries. With a minimal infrastructure, RELEC tries to provide current and "offline" products.
Soon an english version will be available!
Tank you, Team Relec"
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15.Mar.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Collector's edition of Trap Runner
Since today APC&TCP offers the collector's edition of Trap Runner. Additional to the disk and the booklet the box also includes an A3 poster.
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14.Mar.2019
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Commercial text adventure: Hibernated 1 - This Place is Death
The text adventure "Hibernated - This Place is Death" is the first part of a planned trilogy and is available for a lot of 8 and 16 bit systems. Since last year a digital version is available. The customer can choose what he wants to pay for it. Polyplay now also sells a Collector's Edition wit box, gimmicks and bonus adventure.
The Amiga version requires 512 KB Fast RAM and a disk drive. Collector's Edition features:
- 3.5" floppy disk
- incl. bonus game "Eight Feet Under"
- cardboard box
- Mission patch
- MicroSD card including disk images and more
- 8-page DIN A5 manual (English)
- Stickers
- Din-A3-Poster
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13.Mar.2019
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Dungeon Crawler: Videos of "The Shadows of Sergoth" and "Black Dawn Rebirth"
On Double Sided Games two dungeon crawler similar to Dungeon Master are in development: For the announced Amstrad port "The Shadows of Sergoth" a first gameplay video was published. For the planned seventh part of the in-house Black Dawn series there are also two videos of an alpha version (1, 2).
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11.Mar.2019
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Full version and source codes of GadToolsBox 3 (update)
On the website of amigafuture.de the full version of the GUI designer GadToolsBox 3 and its source codes can be downloaded.
Update: (13.03.2019, 20:00, cg)
Obviously the source codes included in the archive on amigafuture.de are not complete. A reader pointed out that already for a while the latest version of Gadtoolsbox has been available on Aminet including the source codes of the application. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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11.Mar.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Video podcast: Amiga Retro Cast on plans of the new Amiga entity
Episode 24 of the Amiga Retro Cast is about the latest events concerning the licence to use Picasso96 in Amiga Forever (amiga-news.de reported). For this Douglas Compton exchanged e-mails with Mike Battilana of Cloanto, who recently acquired further pieces of the Commodore-Amiga heritage via the newly-founded C-A Acquisition Corporation (amiga-news.de reported) - which transfer of rights has been confirmed meanwhile by the European Union Intellectual Property Office with regard to the marks "Amiga" and "powered by Amiga" that had been previously owned by Amiga Inc.
Based on that e-mail exchange Douglas Compton describes that Individual Computers and Hyperion would share the same lawyer and that the first cease and desist order regarding AmigaOS 3.1.4 had been issued by Amino Corporation following a previous law-suit by Hyperion against the Amiga parties. Furthermore he explains that Cloanto has given licences for the C64 mini and that an official announcement would be expected in the upcoming weeks.
The most interesting part is the end of the video, though. Here parts of Mike Battilana's latest e-mail are presented as written text, since it reached the podcast's author only when the video itself had been finished already. In this part - that is transcribed below - some plans of the new Amiga entity are revealed:
- Douglas Compton (DC): If possible, will there be an official way forward with the new AmigaOS 3.1.4?
Mike Battilana (MB): There must be one, don't you think so? But it also may require some patience, for the court case to be resolved. It is now emerging that some developers may have "overcommitted" themselves, and are now entangled in contracts they didn't even intend to be bound by and/or that were incompatible with other prior work done for the Amiga companies. That's another matter which will need to be resolved.
- DC: Does the new Amiga intend on continuing support and development of Amiga OS 4.1?
MB: Not only that, but we feel that it is important that OS4 remains available at fair terms to a diversity of hardware suppliers. (This is in response to concerns being raised after the OS kernel was acquired by Trevor/A-EON.) The new Amiga entity wants both 3.x and 4.x to move forward. The new Amiga entity wants both Classic and New Generation hardware platforms to move forward. One of the first steps of the new entity will be to make original hardware schematics and related code open source.
- DC: Does the new Amiga company intend on simply licensing the name or actually developing products yourselves?
MB: I am a software developer. We are software developers. Software work allowed us to make this acquisition (and may I stress, not a cent of Amiga Forever or similar revenues was spent in the acquisition or in lawsuits, etc.: that is all invested back in Amiga Forever development...) - What is your guess? :)
- DC: How would new hardware like the standalone Vampire 4 fit in? Can you license the ROMS and software to them and let handle the hardware without too many issues?
MB: That is something that Cloanto already could have done. We were actually in talks about that. Apparently, it felt appealing to others too ; )
In the end the video mentions that the amiga.com website would be controlled by Mike Battilana. For several monthes already a secret message is hidden in the HTML code that changes sometimes. This message is a quote of Friedrich Nietzsche now: "The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind." (snx)
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