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12.Jan.2024



ADF tool for macOS: ADFMaster v2.2
'Matze1887' has updated his ADF tool "ADFMaster" for macOS to version 2.2, which he himself describes as experimental. The dark mode and errors in IFF/ILBM decoding have been fixed (wrong colours) and better handling of international file names has been implemented. The tool is available on itch.io from four Euros. (dr)

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12.Jan.2024



Datatype for WebP: WarpWebP.datatype 45.5
Oliver Roberts has updated his WarpWebP.datatype for viewing the WebP image format to version 45.5. The datatype is based on Google's libwebp 1.3.2. Versions for AmigaOS 3/4, WarpOS and MorphOS are available, a graphic card is not required. Changes:
  • Updated with libwebp 1.3.2.
  • Decoding of lossless images on 68k is now 30% faster.
  • Various minor optimisations.
  • Removed some redundant code.
(dr)

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11.Jan.2024



Gotek firmware: FlashFloppy 3.42
FlashFloppy is an alternative, open source firmware for the floppy emulator Gotek. Its original firmware is not developed any further. Changes in version 3.42:
  • HFEv3: Various read/write improvements
  • WDATA: Merge short write pulses, and apply de-jitter/precomp
  • IMG, EDSK: Stream large sector writes to flash
(dr)

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11.Jan.2024



Preview video: Hyperborea (Resurrected) #3
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing "Hyperborea", a project started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime (YouTube videos) (amiga-news.de reported). Technically, the game is as good as finished. Changes of the third preview video:
  • fat laser shot: this is your secondary weapon. It's stronger than the spread-shot, but - guess what - doesn't spread. Also, your ship moves at half speed when this is fired. Very good to dodge dense bullet curtains. A double-click toggles between the two weapon types. Don't worry: your gun will still continue firing when you shortly lift your thumb for this action.
  • sprite priorities: in 2p mode the player / player-shot sprites' priorities are alternating each frame now. So in even frames all the stuff of player 1 is drawn on top of player 2 and in odd frames player 2 and its shots occlude player 1. This effectively results in both player-ships and -shots being visible all the time. Before this change player 1 and its shots always overpainted all the 2nd player's stuff.
  • a logo screen ;)
  • main menu (not fully functional as of yet)
(dr)

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11.Jan.2024
Commotron (ANF)


Wireless Gamepad: Turbo 2000 Super V2
The Turbo 2000 Super gamepad from Commotron is wireless and has a fourth fire button for jumping (amiga-news.de reported). Now the manufacturer is showing a revised and, with a recommended retail price of 29.90 euros, cheaper version 2 of the pad on Facebook, which is said to have already arrived at the first dealers and is also available in two additional designs: Commodore Cream and Sinclair Spectrum.

The Turbo 2000 Super V2 offers an additional two-pin connector header on the dongle, so that one can solder a two wire cable into the computer or gaming console and connect two independent buttons to the dongle. For example one can connect buttons from Gotek Drive selectors, Reset button and Game-Select buttons, or turbo-module buttons to the dongle. With a new mapping selection one can trigger those two buttons wirelessly from the gamepad by pressing Fire 2 or 3 for one of the two pins. Pin 1 or Pin 2 on the header connector will deliver Ground (GND) signal when pressing Fire Button 2 or 3. (snx)

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11.Jan.2024
Lars Sobiraj (ANF)


Diskmag: Last issue of Jurassic Pack released
Lars Sobiraj wrote: Today, after almost two years, the 20th and probably last issue of the Jurassic Pack was published (amiga-news.de reported). This demoscene discmag looks back on a long history. The pre-issue appeared 18.5 years ago at a French demo party called Gasp.

A few highlights: Interview with Peter Baustaedter, a scene graphic designer who managed to go from Austria to Hollywood with Arnold Schwarzenegger's help. He was involved in the creation of the films "Avatar", "Jumper", "The Fifth Element" and many more.

Interview with Amiga graphic artist Danny Geurtsen, who is also successful in the games and film industry. Geurtsen has worked on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Passengers", "The Martian", "Maleficent", "Gravity", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Underworld", "Space Odyssey" and "The Avengers", to name but a few.

Alexander Scheel transported the popular demo Odyssey from Alcatraz from 1991 into the present with the help of the ray tracing tool Blender.

However, there are numerous other items to discover in the Amiga version.

Direct download: jp20_final.lha (1,4 MB) (dr)

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11.Jan.2024



Do it yourself: 3D case printing templates for the Amiga 1200
Dennis Busch has made various 3D case printing templates for the Amiga 1200 available on his itch.io page: (dr)

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11.Jan.2024



Flappy Bird clone: Amiga Flappy Ace v1.02 (update)
After Amiga conversions of the game Flappy Bird using RedPill (Happy Bat), the Scorpion Engine (Flighty Fox) and AmiBlitz3 (Börd), Jose has now written "Amiga Flappy Ace" using the Amiga C Engine (ACE), which should also run quickly on an A500. The game serves the developer as a tech demo for a planned, larger project. The source code is available on GitHub.

Update: (12.01.2024, 21:49, dr)

Version 1.02 is now available, which fixes a memory leak and the menu text bug. (dr)

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10.Jan.2024



Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.9.0 (beta version)
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, with which it should be possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. Changes of version 0.9.0:
  • bitmap object did not generate code for height property correctly
  • add enums for ids as well as indexes in generated code
  • use enums for ids and indexes in the in generated code object definitions
  • enable full code setting in example files
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.

Download: rebuild0.9.0-beta.lha (149 KB) (dr)

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10.Jan.2024
David Brunet (E-Mail)


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 from November/December 2023
  • Old articles from Génération 4 7 to 9:
    • Hardware: AMAS, Review of Bio Challenge, Review of The President Is Missing
    • Programming: scrolling with pointer movements
    • News: Les 4 d'Or 1988
    • Report: COMDEX Fall 1988
    • Review: Review of Zoetrope 1.1, Review of After Burner, Review of Maria's Xmas Box
    • Interview: Régis Loisel, Review of Puffy's Saga, Review of Mini Golf
  • Interview with Laurent Zorawski (Amedia Computer/AAA Technology)
  • Interview with Steve Meretzky (game designer)
  • Review of Amidon 1.2
  • The best of Byte from February to May 1986
  • File: The story of Anti Gravity
  • File: The Boing Ball
  • Tutorial: Setting up network drives on MorphOS (update)
  • DIY: Restoring a CD³²
  • Programming: Creating a demo - chapter 2, part 1, bitplanes
  • Book: Amiga Retro-Mag Hard Mode!
  • Miscellaneous: Amiga links (updated)
  • Special quiz on Hollywood
Article in English:
Interview with Laurent Zorawski (Amedia Computer/AAA Technology) (snx)

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10.Jan.2024



Babylon 5: Easter Egg in episode 22 of season 2?
Luke Miller is an indie developer at Classyk Games and has not only developed the space game Liberation, but also seems to be interested in the science fiction genre in general: in a Mastodon post under the title link he probably found an Amiga-Easter-Egg in the 22nd episode of the second season of Babylon 5, where you can see an Amiga boing ball in a scene in the background. (dr)

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10.Jan.2024
David Brunet (ANF)


Obligement: Update of Amiga Games List
The Amiga Games List, a document created and maintained by David Brunet since April 1991, was updated on January 8, 2024 with the publication of its 54th edition. Among other new features and corrections, games published or updated in 2023 have been added (194), and games created in HyperBook and PowerD are now accounted for.

In addition, two new licences have been added: 'Hack' (which refers to games derived from other games or published illegally, for example without the consent of the original author), and "Sustainable Use License", a new open licence. In addition, where possible, the name of the publisher of public domain games (CAM, Spielekiste, itch.io...) has been added.

The total now stands at 14258 entries, including games, level editors, data disks, extensions and interpreters, distributed as follows:
  • 13521 games
  • 432 extensions and data disks
  • 154 game or level editors
  • 151 interpreters
For the record, the number of native AmigaOS 4 games has now passed the 1000 mark. (snx)

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09.Jan.2024



Linux: Kernel 6.7 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.7, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.

Download: linux-image-6.7-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (60 MB) (dr)

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09.Jan.2024
Patreon


Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2023.5
The "Scorpion Engine" (video of development of vertical scroll demos) by Erik 'earok' Hogan enables the development of games. The engine itself is not open source, but all included demos and demo games are. The editor itself runs on Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, for level creation the editor Tiled is used. For sounds, music and animations Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used. Changes of version 2023.5:
  • Animation editor has been updated to make it much easier to trigger custom events on frames, including audio, shooting other actors, setting direction and speed - as well as the ability to have numerous melee collision boxes on every frame.
  • "Intellibox" allows you to type in a number of code commands directly into the code tab.
  • Dynamic Patterns allows levels on Mega Drive to have massive tilesets.
  • Ability to freeze and unfreeze actors.
  • Many bug fixes and performance enhancements.
  • New game: Merry Xmas
(dr)

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09.Jan.2024



AmiFox: Download of itch.io archives
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's "AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying the pages converted into images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). Besides Aminet, itch.io is one of the central sources for current Amiga software. Following our tip, the developer has now dealt with the problem that it is not possible to download software from there with currently available browsers under AmigaOS 3, and shows in a YouTube video a first possibility to do this via AmiFox. (dr)

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09.Jan.2024



HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.15.2.3
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).

A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
  • New Applesauce WOZ file image loader.
  • Track viewer : Fix MFM sectors CRC values.
  • 2.15.1.2 Regression fix : Random crashes with HxC stream (Pauline) files fixed.
  • Some memory related fixes.
(dr)

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08.Jan.2024



MorphOS: 3D Action adventure Bugdom V1.3.4
A year ago, 'BeWorld' compiled version 1.3.3 of the game Bugdom for MorphOS, originally published by Pangea Software and customised by 'jorio' for current operating system versions. Version 1.3.4 is now available. Changes:
  • Fixed framerate-dependent inconsistencies that were apparent at high framerates (100+ fps), including:
    • level 3: fish speed (after eating Rollie)
    • level 4: feet speed
    • level 5: fire effect on beehive
    • level 7: player speed when trapped in a ball of honey
    • level 8: tumbling boulder damage condition
  • More fitting cyclorama color in level 9 and 10 intros
The latest SDL archive and TinyGL beta version are required. (dr)

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07.Jan.2024



Tool: identify-library 44.0
Today Richard Körber has released version 44.0 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
  • Added a few more boards
  • Emu68 (PiStorm light) is now detected and properly shown as CPU/FPU/MMU.
  • Until now, identify only estimated the MMU depending on the system's CPU, and was wrong with 68EC030 machines and some accelerator boards. 68851 MMU chips were not detected at all. Starting with v44, the mmu.library is used now. If it is present, identify will return an accuate result.
Downloads:

IdentifyDev.lha (67 kB)
IdentifyUsr.lha (101 kB) (dr)

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07.Jan.2024



Aminet uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to Aminet:
Amix560.lha              comm/amiex 1.1M  68k AmiExpress BBS system redevel...
netsurf.lha              comm/www   8.1M  OS4 Fast CSS capable web browser
netsurf_os3.lha          comm/www   3.0M  68k Fast CSS capable web browser
clouds_motion.lha        dev/amos   5K        points coordinates extrapolation
weirdo_synth.lha         dev/amos   219K      simple synth for amos pro 
EasyRapa.lha             dev/hwood  9.6M  68k generate RapaGui simple app s...
xlink.lha                dev/misc   33K   68k Virtual linking of AmigaDOS m...
xlist.lha                dev/misc   20K   68k Analyze AmigaDOS modules + li...
MCE.lha                  game/edit  3.8M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  4.1M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  4.3M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
ACE-MorphOS.lha          misc/emu   2.0M  MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   5.3M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha               misc/emu   3.7M  68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
morsconv.lha             text/misc  6K    68k Conv. text 2 various forms of...
PWGen.lha                util/cli   5K    OS4 Passwort Generator
ExportOrga.lha           util/misc  1K        Export your PolyOrga contacts...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  661K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  772K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  832K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
(snx)

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07.Jan.2024



OS4Depot uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to OS4Depot:
vumeter.lha              aud/mis 246kb 4.0 Audio VUMeter display
libffmpeg.lha            dev/mis 28Mb  4.1 Multimedia libraries
snes9x.zip               emu/gam 121Mb 4.1 Super Nintendo / Super Famicom e...
scummvm.lha              gam/mis 95Mb  4.1 Run supported classic adventure/...
scummvm-src.zip          gam/mis 244Mb 4.1 ScummVM Source
mce.lha                  gam/uti 4Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
easyrapa.lha             lib/hol 10Mb  4.0 Generate RapaGui simple app stru...
netsurf.lha              net/bro 8Mb   4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
pwgen.lha                uti/mis 5kb   4.0 Passwort Generator
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 832kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
sacrificiopagano.lha     uti/mis 7Mb   4.0 Magic Tool
compression.lha          uti/tex 2Mb   4.0 A PDF generator
deepl.lha                uti/tex 3Mb   4.0 DeepL tool / incl. sourcecode
litexl.lha               uti/tex 2Mb   4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
(snx)

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07.Jan.2024



AROS Archives uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to AROS Archives:
wormwars.i386-aros.zip       gam/act 645kb Advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade...
icondropx_12-29-23.i386-a... gra/ico 68kb  Icon Maker to make PNG Icons fro...
new_colored_disks.zip        gra/ico 306kb Set of Colored Removable Disk Icons
new_flash_disk_icons.zip     gra/ico 39kb  Set of Colored Flash Disk Icons
new_floppy_icons.zip         gra/ico 143kb Set of Colored Floppy Disk Icons
new_ram_disk_icons.zip       gra/ico 204kb Set of Colored  PNG Ram Disk Icons
sacrificiopagano.lha         uti/mis 7Mb   Magic Tool
(snx)

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07.Jan.2024



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.01.2024
The following files have been added until 06.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_30.72.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
ACE_1.26.lha              Emulation                 The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
OpenBor_4.0.7533.lha      Emulation                 OpenBOR is the ultimate...
Bugdom_1.3.4.lha          Games/Action              Pangea Software's Bugdo...
ScummVM_2.8.0.lha         Games/Adventure           2D Point-and-Click adve...
SacrificioPagano_2.10.lha Misc                      A special app to people...
ReportPlus_8.45.lha       Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
(snx)

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07.Jan.2024



WHDLoad: New installers until 06.01.2024
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 06.01.2024:
  • 2024-01-04 new: Subconscious (Dimension X) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2024-01-02 fixed: Challenger (Anco) missing copying the ram-handler file during the install process (Info)
  • 2024-01-02 new: Challenger (Anco) done by Psygore (Info)
  • 2024-01-01 improved: Summer Games (U.S.Gold) smc removed, manual & source included (Info)
(snx)

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07.Jan.2024
Amiga Future (website)


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:
  • Turrican II Freedom Live Performance
  • WAR (Never been so much fun!)
  • Electric City
(snx)

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07.Jan.2024
Amiga Future (website)


AmiFox: Server update
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's "AmiFox" displays modern web pages on an Amiga by downloading and displaying the pages converted into images by a web rendering proxy ("AmiFox server"). On the server side, there have now been some minor improvements, which the author describes at the title link - but the program itself does not need to be downloaded again.

Note for users who run the Docker on their own server: The version number 0.3 of the server version has remained the same despite these adjustments. (snx)

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07.Jan.2024



Preview video: Pumpman v0.002
In addition to several other projects such as "Deathmine", 'PixelPlop' is also working on the game "Pumpman", for which he has now published a preview video. (dr)

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07.Jan.2024
Amigans


Shoot'em Up: "Skillgrid" V1.4
In early 2019, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released his abstract, vertical shoot'em up SkillGrid (YouTube video). Changes to version 1.4:
  • Added cells field flashing when these cells (are about to) appear:
    • ASTEROIDS cell (bright colors);
    • BEAM/* cells, if their exit from the bottom of the screen would reduce the number of beams shot by the spaceship (bright colors);
    • MOTHERSHIP, MUSIC MODE, SKULL (same colors of the cells field when the associated boss/mode is active).
  • Made the spaceship flash red when its shield is low.
  • Made the spaceship glow red for half a second when its shield gets damaged.
  • Made the middle layer appear progressively at the beginning of a game.
  • Made the cells layer populate with empty cells progressively.
  • Changed a few pixels of the title screen spaceship icon and of the Skull.
  • Improved the handling of audio channels.
  • Made sure no sprite tearing occurs when switching between screens.
  • Made sure that the system MMU setup does not interfere.
  • Fixed crash when a tune was started while another tune was playing (e.g. when the MUSIC MODE cell was caught while missiles were active).
  • Fixed the stopping of the music mode music (it inhibited the restart of the spaceship afterburner sound).
  • Fixed the X position of specifically-requested cells (it was equal to the type of the cell removed at the same time).
  • Fixed the lengths of some sounds samples (they were odd).
  • Made various speed and memory optimizations.
  • Made the startup and cleanup code more robust.
  • Worked on the cells:
    • improved the handling of the TURN cell (now it is randomized and it ensures that the speeds of the UFOs will always change);
    • increased the frequency of the MUSIC MODE cells;
    • decoupled the randomization of the cells types and positions;
    • created the BOSSES (virtual) class of cells, grouping the BOLTSPITTER and SKULL cells (previously MALUSES) and the MOTHERSHIP cell (previously UNDEFINED) into it;
    • made the template of the BOLTSPITTER and SKULL cells striped;
    • made the template of the TURN cell fringed;
    • made the template of the BEAM/DOUBLE cell equal to that of the other BEAM/* cells.
  • Worked on the audio channels allocation priorities of the sound effects:
    • given the Boltspitter bolt shooting and the hitting of the spaceship by the Mothership beam priority over the milestone notification;
    • assigned the speech warnings specific priorities (from lowest to highest: "charge low", "shield low", "approaching asteroids", "escapes critical", "danger", "time running out").
  • Updated/improved the documentation. 19. Updated the artwork to reflect the new cells graphics.
(dr)

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07.Jan.2024



Apollo cards: File sharing tool "ApolloExplorer" v1.1.1 (update)
ApolloExplorer is a simple file exchange programme that can be used to transfer files from a PC to an Amiga running an Apollo card and vice versa over the network. A server software runs in the background on the Amiga and allows a client running on a PC with Windows, Linux or MacOS to connect to the Amiga and browse the local hard drives. Changes in version 1.1.0:
  • Supports displaying of Amiga icons
  • Icon mode is back in the file lister
  • A new command line utility "acp" (works like scp on linux).
Update: (07.01.2024, 18:49, dr)

Meanwhile version 1.1.1 is available which fixes a crash that happens with corrupted .info files and restores the disk usage gauges. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Platform game: Ami-H.E.R.O.
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch's latest game is an Amiga conversion of the game Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation (H.E.R.O.) from the US games company Activision from 1984, originally programmed for the Atari 2600. The aim of the game is to fly into the depths of an underground cave with the character, who has a helicopter backpack, in order to rescue lost miners and avoid various dangers. As Paweł explains to us, the music and sounds were created by Marcin 'Eightbm' Białobrzewski, who also created the music for the final version of Tony and for Farmiga. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code
For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor. The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the latest Hollywood 10 version and released hw4vsc v10.0.0 today. The extension can be installed from the extension manager of Visual Studio Code, simply filter for the keyword "Hollywood". The author asks you to use the Github bug tracker in case of problems. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Text adventure: "Adventure 2" v0.8
After "Adventure 1" (amiga-news.de reported) 'grindercowboy' has published a second text adventure created with the ADMS (Amiga Dungeon Mastering System): in "Adventure 2" you play a space cadet who has the goal of getting back home. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Rally game: Jari-Matti Rally (prototype)
In mid-December, 'lifeschool22' published a prototype with "MonkeyEye", with which he wanted to test whether CanDo could be used to create a point'n'click adventure game (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has published another prototype with the racing game "Jari-Matti Rally": it is a Full-motion video (FMV) racing game that he also wrote with CanDo. A 68030 processor (or faster), 2MB chip RAM, 4MB fast RAM and 117 MB free space for the hard disc installation are recommended. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Video tutorial: Transferring Spectrum-Basic code to Amiga-AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he first enters a printed Basic program from a Sinclair magazine from October 1984 into his 48k ZX Spectrum and then converts it to AMOS Pro on his Amiga. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Preview video: Hyperborea (Resurrected) #2
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing "Hyperborea", a project started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime (YouTube videos) (amiga-news.de reported). Technically, the game is as good as finished. Changes compared to the first preview video:
  • spread shot: fully loaded :) Each player can now throw up to 36 laser-streaks on the enemies.
  • muzzle flash
  • collision handling player vs. bullets and floating enemies
  • smart bomb: if you're about to die it will be activated automatically, unless your bomb stock is empty, of course. While the bomb is active, enemy hitpoints are constantly drained, bullets are canceled and you're invulnerable. Note: for the video I always keep the 2nd player's bomb stock at 0. This is simply because otherwise it would constantly bomb if hit and make the video much less interesting :P
  • removed dummy test explosions on enemy hit: instead a dedicated hit sound is played. Maybe I'll add some sparks later.
  • optional bullet canceling on enemy hit: when the enemy is destroyed then all of the bullets that were spawned by it are canceled.
  • extremely optimized player-gun vs. enemies algorithm
  • optional craters for ground enemies and test turrets: those craters got their own dedicated rendering system.
  • some well-known floating popcorn enemies ;)
Many enemies are taken from Torben's earlier work "Battle Squadron" for the time being. There are also a few placeholders (e.g. for the music or crater gfx). (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Amiga-Emulator: vAmigaWeb - reworked virtual keyboard
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.

In this update, the virtual keyboard has been restyled and technically reworked. It is now css-grid-based, which enables automatic scaling to different screen sizes. In addition to a scaling factor, the user can now also add a border at the bottom of the screen. This is particularly useful to prevent the keyboard from conflicting with the home indicator (the thin bar at the bottom of the iPhone screen).

All analogue sticks on a external controller should be recognized and work properly now. Tested with wireless Xbox controller on iPad. (dr)

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06.Jan.2024



Web browser: NetSurf 3.12 (beta version)
About a week ago the official version 3.11 of the web browser NetSurf for AmigaOS 4 was released (amiga-news.de reported). In the article we also reported about a corresponding version for AmigaOS 3, which, however, did not provide working support for encrypted websites (https connections). Chris Young has now fixed that and released this version on Aminet. (dr)

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