06.Feb.2017
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Youtube documentation: "The Amiga Story"
"Amiga Story", published on Youtube, is a film about the history of the Amiga: Both parts (1, 2) have a duration of almost two hours.
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06.Feb.2017
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Games competition: Participants of the "AmiGameJam 2016"
Six games have been registered for the programming competition "AmiGameJam 2016" which was started in December. They now can be downloaded from the website of the organizers. The winner will be selected by an online voting, completed by the jurors Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) and Dan Wood (The Retro Hour gaming podcast). Further information will be given during the next days.
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06.Feb.2017
David Brunet (ANF)
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Results of the Amiga Games Awards 2016
The French magazine Obligement carried out a survey on the best Amiga game of the last year. Today the results have been announced:
AmigaOS 68k:
- Tanks Furry (Project R3D)
- Heart Of The Alien: Out Of This World Part 2 (Delphine Software)
- Center Court 2 (Gernot Fritsche)
AmigaOS 4
- Amiga Racer (AmigaTek Inc.)
- Heboris C7EX - Unofficial Version (Kenji Hosimoto)
- 2PicPuzzle (Petr Kaderka)
MorphOS
- Amiga Racer (AmigaTek Inc.)
- Another Pool GL (Gerrit Jahn)
- 2PicPuzzle (Petr Kaderka)
AROS
- AstroMenace (Michael Kurinnoy, Viewizard)
- Zelda Time To Triumph (Vincent Jouillat)
- Black Shades Elite (David Rosen)
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05.Feb.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Laser upgrade for Amiga mice (Update)
Having been unsatisfied with the accuracy of his old Amiga 500 mouse, Jesús de la Torre developed a replacement board which turns the Amiga mice of Commodore and Amiga Technologies into optical mice with a resolution of (according to the retailer) 8500 dpi. An ADNS 9800 laser sensor is used that - together with a matching covering - replaces the original mouse.
From March 22nd the laser upgrade is supposed to be commercially available.
Update: (21:03, 05.02.17, snx)
As the developer explains on request of amiga-news.de, the information about the Mouse's resolution is correct. There is not a direct conversion between the laser sensor and the Amiga mouse port, though. Instead, there is a PIC processor doing some calculations with the high resolution movements. It uses the high precision movements in order to anticipate movements (like gaming devices do). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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05.Feb.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until February 4th, 2017:
sana2-tftpclient.lha comm/tcp 69K 68k TFTP client using only the SA...
CookieMonster_ALL.lha comm/www 5.9M MOS A web browser cookie cleaner
MCE.lha game/edit 1.6M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 1.9M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
BoxxTrilogyCD32.zip game/jump 2.9M 68k Boxx Trilogy CD32 (ISO)
BoxxTrilogyHD.lha game/jump 2.0M 68k Boxx Trilogy HD (HD Install)
Criss_MOS.lha game/think 2.5M MOS Simple think Amiga tribute game
Criss_OS4.lha game/think 2.8M OS4 Simple think Amiga tribute game
VT42-Toasterless-0.1.lha gfx/edit 2.3M 68k VideoToaster software that ru...
PatchCompositeTags.lha gfx/misc 621K OS4 Patch and emulate CompositeTags
amath.lha misc/math 1.5M 68k Simple command line calculator
Amiga_Back4FutureRMX.mp3 mods/mpg 3.1M Fast dance Amiga tribute tune
Calimero_3.83.lha text/dtp 7.9M MOS A DTP Program
Slarti_Arosx86ABIv0.lha text/edit 7.8M x86 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_MOS.lha text/edit 7.8M MOS Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_OS4.lha text/edit 8.1M OS4 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 484K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 555K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 577K OS4 Multipurpose utility
TinyLauncher.zip util/misc 107K 68k WHDLoad frontend and more
suomenna.lha util/wb 2K 68k Sets workbench language to Fi...
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05.Feb.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until February 4th, 2017:
mce.lha gam/uti 2Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
moderntheme.lha gra/the 39kb 4.1 Minimalistic theme
vpdf.lha gra/vie 3Mb 4.1 Port of MUI based PDF reader fro...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 577kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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05.Feb.2017
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 04.02.2017
The following archives have been added to the AROS-Archiven until February 4th, 2017:
mp3gain152.i386-aros.lha aud/edi 80kb adjusts mp3s
audiostream.source.lha aud/mis 270kb Stream internet radio
musicbox.source.lha aud/pla 421kb cd catalog and player
phear.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 223kb ASCII maze game. Get treasure. A...
skulpt.source.lha gra/mis 386kb Sculpt3D clone source
newscoaster.source.lha net/new 246kb news reader
backclock.source.lha uti/mis 15kb Analogic Clock
snapit.i386-aros.lha uti/mis 487kb Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
amath.i386-aros.lha uti/sci 377kb Simple command line calculator
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05.Feb.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 04.02.2017
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 February 4th, 2017:
- 2017-01-31 new: Atmospherical Melodies (Carnage) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-30 improved: Super Stardust (Bloodhouse) slave rewritten, fix a crash in warp 1, supports CD³² joypad buttons, snoopbug fixed, unlimited energy added, new iconsOtons, snoopbug fixed, unlimited energy added, new icons (Info)
- 2017-01-30 new: Rock Box 1 (Avoid) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2017-01-29 new: Music Disk 2 (Elite) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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04.Feb.2017
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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PDF viewer: Port of VPDF for AmigaOS 4
In 2012 a bounty was started for porting the PDF viewer VPDF from MorphOS to AmigaOS 4 due to the outdated and rather slow engine of AmiPDF. Roman 'kas1e' Kargin now has released a working version of the programm on OS4Depot.
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01.Feb.2017
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Previews: Adventures "Furtum Sacrum" and "RetroWars", Beat'em Up "Brus Lii"
The point'n click adventures Furtum Sacrum (video) and Retro Wars (video) are developed by the Spanish team of Amiga Wave using the editor GRAC and some AMOS code. Both games require any Amiga with one Megabyte Chip-RAM.
Retro Wars immerses in the world of "Star Wars" and has already been finished. You can download a Spanish version of the game from the website and the major part of the English translation has been already done. For collectors there is a boxed edition, which can be ordered via eMail from the authors:
According to the website, Furtum Sacrum ("Sacred Theft") "places us in the late Middle Ages. Specifically, in the Northwest of Spain, where there are a number of pilgrimage routes and roads with a lots of monasteries flourishing everywhere. These monasteries offer services to pilgrims in exchange for alms, they also have their own sources of funding, their crops and local products." An early (Spanish) demo version can be downloaded.
The English translation of RetroWars as well as the development of Furtum Sacrum temporarily were suspended because Amiga Wave were going to finish "Brus Lii" (Youtube) to submit it to the Amiga Game Jam 2016 in time.
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01.Feb.2017
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Hyperion: Screenshot shows installation process of AmigaOS on Tabor
A screenshot published in the official blog of Hyperion shows the "Installation Utility for the A1222" and thus demonstrates a regular installation of AmigaOS 4.1 FE on the Tabor motherboard. The headline "First steps towards beta test :D" is supposed to emphasize the current progress compared with level of development from October when a single developer was buzy adapting the operating system to the new motherboard.
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01.Feb.2017
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Mod-Player: HippoPlayer now free software
The source code of the well-known mod player HippoPlayer now is available at Github under the MIT-licence.
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01.Feb.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Kickstart switcher: Software update for A500Flash
A software update for the Kickstart switcher A500Flash developed by Retro 7-bit (amiga-news.de reported) has been released. Version 1.2 fixes a bug of the communication with accelerator boards ("fix check toggle ready procedure").
Download: Flasher1_2.lha (18 KB)
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30.Jan.2017
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New Facebook group for Amiga developers
A new Facebook group is supposed to complete the options for developers by providing a platform for discussing issues.
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30.Jan.2017
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Review: Vampire 500 V2 (English/French)
In his blog, Amiga user "Epsilon" has published a detailed review of the FPGA accelerator board Vampire 500 V2: Part 1, Part 2. Thanks to David Brunet, a French translation is available as well.
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29.Jan.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac with Rabbit Hole
On October 2015 "Rabbit Hole" was introduced which for the Workbench distribution AmiKit makes it possible to start programms of the Linux or Windows operating system or to get access to Amiga files.
Releasing "AmiKit 9 Reloaded for Mac" this now is also possible with Mac OS X. Version 10.8 of the operating system is required. Additionally WinUAE under Wine 2.0 is used instead of E-UAE which provides more speed and stability to AmiKit.
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[News message: 29. Jan. 2017, 06:42] [Comments: 0]
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29.Jan.2017
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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Barjack Magigames: New pictogramms for WHDLoad games (Update)
Barjack Magigames provides every collection of WHDLoad games an informative set of icons (screenshot) because at first glance the new pictogramms provide information on chipset, year of release, category, language, rating and if it is a disk or CD game. The first set covers all games starting with 0-9 or the letter A (Download-Link).
Update: (17:56, 29.01.17, snx)
Meanwhile, there is an additional Extra Pack (Download-Link). (snx) (Translation: dr)
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29.Jan.2017
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Aminet-Uploads until 28.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the Aminet until January 28th, 2017:
TunnelsAndTrolls.lha game/role 11M 68k Implementation of Tunnels &am...
Handy095.lha misc/emu 175K 68k Atari Lynx emulator
amath.i386-aros.lha misc/math 377K x86 Simple command line calculator
amath.lha misc/math 1.5M 68k Simple command line calculator
amath.src.lha misc/math 465K Simple command line calculator
Calimero_3.82.lha text/dtp 7.9M MOS A DTP Program
Redit.lha text/edit 49K 68k Text editor
Slarti_MOS.lha text/edit 7.8M MOS Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
Slarti_OS4.lha text/edit 8.1M OS4 Slarti - The Subtitle Editor
snapit.lha util/misc 487K MOS A screen grabber with MUI-Int...
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29.Jan.2017
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 28.01.2017
The following archives have been added to the OS4Depot until January 28th, 2017:
cmake.lha dev/cro 15Mb 4.1 Cross platform build toolkit
rimage2c.lha dev/uti 8kb 4.1 Convert a Binary file or Image t...
stargus.lha gam/str 6Mb 4.0 Stratagus mod that allows you to...
snapit.lha uti/mis 487kb 4.1 Powerful MUI-based Screen Grabber
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29.Jan.2017
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WHDLoad: New installers until 28.01.2017
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 January 28th, 2017:
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28.Jan.2017
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: "Hurra, ich wachse!" 2.0
The MorphOS programm "Hurra, ich wachse!" written by Ulrich Beckers "is an app to monitor and manage all body sizes/measures of children during their growth phase (age of 0-18 years) and includes data for height, weight, head girth, skinfolds, hip and waist circumference as well as for blood pressure. Additionally the body mass index (BMI), waist/hip relation, waist/height relation and body fat get automatically calculated."
Version 2.0 of the programm now is available in German and English. Additionally a responsive graphic interface and a new menu were added.
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28.Jan.2017
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Text editor featuring Kickstart-1.2 compatibility: Redit 1.14
Kai Scherrer's text editor Redit works without any limitations on an Amiga equipped with Kickstart 1.2, but also is fully compatible with higher versions of the system. The editor can be also launched from an emergancy disk or used after booting without startup-sequence.
Changes of version 1.14:
- Bugfix: new documents could thrash file lock - fixed
- Improved: library loading is now done by own routines, decreasing binary size
- Stackwarning message removed
- Increased stacksize to 16k
Download: Redit1.14.lha (49 KB)
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28.Jan.2017
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Vote for the Amiga Games Award 2016
David Brunet writes: Each year you can vote for the best Amiga game of the previous twelve months. Now it's time for the Amiga Games Award 2016!
To vote for the best AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, or AROS games, you can rate them at the title link. There will be no "global" winner, but a winner by systems. The final results will be published on monday, February 6, 2017.
Wie jedes Jahr lässt David Brunet auch für 2016 auf der Obligement-Webseite über das beste Spiel unter AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS bzw. AROS abstimmen. Die Wahl erfolgt für das jeweilige Betriebssystem.
Das Ergebnis wird am Montag, dem 6. Februar, bekanntgegeben. (snx)
[News message: 28. Jan. 2017, 16:51] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jan.2017
Amiga.org (Webseite)
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Podcast: AmiCast 20 - Interview with Trevor Dickinson (A-EON Technology)
In the 20th issue of his podcast, Krzysztof Radzikowski has talked to Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology. Additionally a record of his speech on the "Amiga Ireland 2017" is included, which also is available as video.
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