02.Oct.2023
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Introduction: Research project "CH LUDENS"
"Confoederatio Ludens", or "CH LUDENS" for short, is a joint project of the two universities of Bern and the universities of Lausanne and Zurich that began in February 2023 and is intended to research Swiss games culture in the period from 1969 to 2000 by 2027.
The name of the project is based on the Latin name of Switzerland, Confoederatio Helvetica, whereby Helvetica has been replaced by the Latvian word for "to play", ludere, or its participle present active form, ludens.
Among other things, the thesis will be explored that new technologies are always met through playful approaches and that there are pretty much more games and game culture around the introduction of digitality than we are aware of and know. However, these have often been dismissed as children's or hobby stuff.
For decades, digital games were programmed in Switzerland in niches, but also with commercial success. They bear witness to many sub-scenes and a society that is changing due to digitalisation.
The Confoederatio Ludens team explores this largely disregarded games industry and takes a step towards the broader preservation of a highly ephemeral and disappearing cultural heritage.
An existing project has already done some preliminary work for this: Swiss Games Garden has taken on the task of listing all computer games originating in Switzerland. As far as the Amiga is concerned, one of the best-known games is certainly Traps'n'Treasures.
Now Adrian Demleitner, a member of the research group, has thought about how to deal with video games on floppy disks as research material, using the Amiga as an example in a blog entry. To this end, as he writes on Mastodon, he had first procured a complete Amiga 500 set, including some common joysticks, a mouse, a Commodore 1084 monitor and dozens of floppy disks. In a sense, this brought Adrian full circle, as he had grown up with an Amiga 500.
In his dossier, he raises, among other things, the question of how to play a game released in the 90s, for example, authentically today. Because not only the game itself, but also the game environment contributes to the overall experience: is it important to play the game with the original joystick? Is it acceptable to run the game on an emulator and display it via a 3.5-inch display in a time- and resource-efficient way? What role did the materiality of the original hardware, including the sounds it produced, play in the gaming experience? (dr)
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02.Oct.2023
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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6 for Windows, Mac and Linux
A year and a half after the last release, a new version of Furnace is available: a tool which allows you to create music using sound chips ("chiptune"), most from the 8/16-bit era. It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and of course the Amiga.
Every chip is emulated using many emulation cores, therefore the sound that Furnace produces is authentic to that of real hardware. An English-language manual is available. (dr)
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01.Oct.2023
Amiga.org (forum)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for September
For the month of September 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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01.Oct.2023
Frank Wille (ANF)
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Development tool: vasm 1.9e
Frank Wille has published an update of the modular assembler vasm.
Changes:
- Exit before reading the source (from stdin) when there were errors already.
- Make sure the relocated blocks within all sections are closed after parsing. Otherwise the first pass may find the section in a wrong state.
- Output modules may define the default section, when no SECTION or ORG directive was given. "bin", "ihex" and "srec" now default to "ORG 0".
- New output module "woz", which outputs sections as "wozmon" monitor commands, suitable for ASCII transfer via a serial connection. Contributed by anomie-p.
- m68k: Improved -opt-movem (OPT om+) optimizations, for MOVEM with two registers.
- m68k: Fixed Apollo ADD/SUB->ADDQ/SUBQ optimization with AMMX registers.
- m68k: Enabled Apollo FPU instructions using 64-bit data registers: Fxxx.D Dn,ea, FMOVE.D Fn,Dm, etc.
- m68k: Added missing PC-relative destination addressing modes for Apollo shift instructions and FMOVE, FMOVEM.
- m68k: Apollo bchg/bclr/bset/btst Dn,An must not be allowed (conflicts with MOVEP).
- m68k: New Apollo instructions FDBcc.L, DBcc En,lab; EXTUB.L and EXTUW.L.
- 6809: Fixed typo in the opcode for the 6309 LDMD instruction.
- mot-syntax: Allow multiple consecutive relocated blocks within a section.
- mot-syntax: New directives LOCAL and RSEVEN for compatibility.
- mot-syntax: Allow any type of expression for RSSET, SETSO, SETFO.
- madmac-syntax: Allow multiple consecutive relocated blocks within a section.
- oldstyle-syntax: The label defining the size of a STRUCT block may have been moved into the previous section, or caused a segfault at ENDSTRUCT, since V1.9b.
- tos-output: Also write absolute symbols (equates) into executables.
- tos-output: New option -szbx to enable unlimited symbol names using the SozobonX extension.
- bin-output: New option -start to define the start address for the default org-section.
(snx)
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01.Oct.2023
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Aminet uploads until 30.09.2023
The following files have been added until 30.09.2023 to Aminet:
TGD-MrRobot2023.lha demo/aga 1.1M 68k Mr Robot by The Gentlemen Dem...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.7M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.2M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 5.0M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 5.3M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Sunshine.lha mods/misc 411K Sunshine 16bit 4ch Reggea R&B...
deark.lha util/arc 4.0M 68k Extracting data from various ...
ModelerConverter10.lha util/conv 10K 68k 3D Object Converter from 1991
PDF2JPG.lha util/conv 16M MOS convert PDF to JPG
PDF2PDF.lha util/conv 15M MOS convert PDF to PDF
listercompare.module.lha util/dopus 17K 68k DOpus Magellan II: Compare li...
Turkish_Packs.lha util/wb 123K Turkish Catalog packs some ap...
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01.Oct.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.09.2023
The following files have been added until 30.09.2023 to OS4Depot:
nallepuh.lha aud/mis 411kb 4.1 NallePUH (Paula emulation) for O...
touchdevice.lha dri/inp 216kb 4.1 Device API for touch devices
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
soniccd-rsdk.lha gam/pla 10Mb 4.1 A Full Decompilation of Sonic CD...
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
avalanche.lha uti/arc 115kb 4.1 Simple ReAction GUI for xadmaster
touchbench.lha uti/mis 59kb 4.1 Mouse emulator for touchscreens
(snx)
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01.Oct.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.09.2023
The following files have been added until 30.09.2023 to AROS Archives:
lilcalendar.i386-aros.lha uti/wor 3Mb Calender scheduling and reminder...
(snx)
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01.Oct.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.09.2023
The following files have been added until 30.09.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
GPSTool_1.0.lha Devices/GPS A GPS tool by by Marcus...
AmiArcadia_30.30.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Deark_1.6.5.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
listercompare.module_1... Files/Manager Dopus Magellan II: Comp...
Easy2Install_1.0b37.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
LilCalendar_2.7.lha Office/Organizer Versatile calender and ...
(snx)
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01.Oct.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.09.2023
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 30.09.2023:
- 2023-09-24 improved: Bismarck (PSS) german version supported (Info)
(snx)
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01.Oct.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Scumm Bar Theme Live Performance
- The Great Bath Live Performance
- Details Shadow of the Beast (Plains 1)
(snx)
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30.Sep.2023
Amigans (Forum)
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AmigaOS 4: libegl_wrap 0.7.21 (Beta)
Hugues 'HunoPPC' Nouvel is working on an EGL-OpenGL-Wrapper which is based on Warp 3D Nova/OpenGL-ES combination sold by A-EON. The wrapper is supposed to simplify porting modern OpenGL based games (Youtube video example for Prey 2006).
The new beta version 0.7.21 is now available. Changes:
- Fixed!! ENV: gl4es prefs after quit EGL_Wrap
- Fixed!! delete GL renderer on quit native opengl
- Recompiled all samples
- Added version on SDL2egl_library
- Added new functions on intenal lib GLEW renderer
(dr)
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30.Sep.2023
'Sosi' in Amiga-News comment area
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Announcement: Workbench distribution AmiKit for PiStorm/PiStorm-lite
In addition to the existing versions for Raspberry Pi, Windows, Mac and Linux, the workbench distributions AmiKit will soon also be available for the PiStorm and PiStorm-lite (YouTube video). The hardware and software requirements can already be seen under the title link.
As the developer tells us, after almost a year of hard work AmiKit for PiStorm has reached gold status and will be available for purchase at the Amiga38 event.
The physical product will come pre-installed with a 32GB or 64GB microSD card in a very special branded case. Only a limited number of units will be available on the event.
The website will be launched on the same day - 7 October - and online orders will be available just a few days later. The number of units will also be limited. The price is ¤39.95 for the 32 GB version and ¤49.95 for the 64 GB version. (dr)
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30.Sep.2023
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Platform game: Amiga port of Electro Man
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch - among other things, platform game Tony - is in the process of porting the game Electro Man, originally published in 1992 by Polish programmers Maciej Miasik and Janusz Pelc for MS-DOS, to AGA Amigas (YouTube-Video). FastRam is not mandatory, but recommended. Joystick or keyboard can be used. So far the game has only 2 levels, but the second level is very difficult according to the developer. (dr)
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29.Sep.2023
Yawning Angel (E-Mail)
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Video tutorial: Advanced menu features in AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' looks at some of the advanced menu features in AMOS, continuing a video tutorial from last year. The source files for the programme in this video can be downloaded for free from his website. (dr)
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28.Sep.2023
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 24
The 24th issue of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" will be published on 05 October 2023. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the CD32, the latest issue looks at the history of the console. There is also a downloadable CD32 cover disc with the full version of "Beneath a Steel Sky" and Frank Gasking introduces a few CD32 games that never made it to the console. There are also various interviews and reviews.
Amiga Addict is published monthly and is available as a single issue or by subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF file.
(dr)
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28.Sep.2023
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DIY: Firmware 1.01 for Amiga 4000 accelerator board "Z3660"
In October 2021, developer 'shanshe' had started a project on GitHub for the Amiga 4000 turbo board "Z3660" based on John "Chucky" Hertell's A3660 board and the Z-turn Board (amiga-news.de reported). With the current version 0.21 of the schematics, all corrections needed to ensure DMA compatibility have been incorporated. In addition, version 1.01 of the firmware was released today, which offers SCSI emulation for the first time. (dr)
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28.Sep.2023
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AMOS: Micke project to "Projects in the attic" added
At the end of November, the game developer group "Electric Black Sheep" had published a collection of games under the name "Projects in the attic", which were created for test purposes with the programming language AMOS (amiga-news.de reported). Now the Micke project was added: you control a runner in a vertically scrolling landscape. (dr)
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27.Sep.2023
Timo Weirich (Mastodon)
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Emu68 tip: Reducing the speed of the Raspberry Pi
Timo Weirich is in the process of setting up a computer museum. He is also working on his Amiga 500, which is upgraded with a PiStorm. Now he has published a tip on how to reduce the speed so that old games (e.g. XJ220) run better or correctly:
For such adjustments to Michal Schulz' Emu68 software (we reported on the release candidate of version 1.0 just a few days ago), there is Emu68-Tools provided by Philippe 'Flype' Carpentier, which were also updated four days ago. Not only the Emu68Control included in it can control some aspects of the Pi's speed, but also Emu68Info: "with the SETCLOCKRATE option, for example, you can clock the Pi 3A+ down to 600 MHz, which makes it 2.3x slower than the default speed. In combination with the possibilities of Emu68Control, you can clock the Pi 3A+ down to only about 3,000 dhrystones. That's only a little more than twice as fast as a standard A1200".
Compatibility tip: Activating the "Slow chip memory" option (or the SC parameter) in Emu68Control should be avoided. This seems to corrupt the chip memory. Test case e.g.: Pinball Dreams. (dr)
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26.Sep.2023
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Music track: "White King" with ProTracker visualisation
Since version 1.1, ProTracker (Aminet version 3.61) has a Quadrascope: ProTracker visualises the sound waveform for each channel in four small windows. 'no9' has now written a Protracker module and published it on his YouTube channel that not only plays the music but also displays visual effects in these four small windows at the same time. According to the author, it could be a "world first" in this form, as he had never seen this approach in ProTracker before.
The track was written especially for this purpose, always looking to see if what looks good also sounds good and vice versa. (dr)
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