19.Jul.2023
Apollo-Forum
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FPGA: Apollo-Core-Update GOLD 2.17 "Bronto"
The Apollo-Core is a FPGA reimplementation of the m68k series produced by Motorola which also provides a separate graphics driver called SAGA. The core is used in the Vampire accelerator boards 600 V2, 500 V2+ and 1200 V2. Changes:
- Card supports now to run in one of 4 different speed mode. This allows for run old games e.g. in speed of A500 or A1200, to improve running old games that have problems running on faster CPUs.
- Support for new instruction EXTUB.L
This instruction is very useful for type conversion.
It is used by some GCC versions.
Supporting it does improve code density and improves performance.
- Support for new instruction EXTUW.L
This instruction is very useful for type conversion.
It is used by some GCC versions.
Supporting it does improve code density and improves performance.
- Support for enhanced instructions
BRA.s+ BSR.s+ BCC.s+
This instruction is supported by some compilers and assemblers.
This instruction improves code density and improves performance.
- Hardware optimized version of FPU instruction FDBcc.w
- Hardware optimized version of FPU instruction FDBcc.l
- several FPU Performance optimizations ported from V4-FPU to V2
(dr)
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19.Jul.2023
Yawning Angel (E-Mail)
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Video tutorial: Writing a simple game in AMOS
Retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' had published a series of short tutorials about AMOS Pro over the past twelve months (amiga-news.de reported). Based on this, in the latest video he shows how to program a small, functional game and thus finishes his series for the time being. (dr)
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19.Jul.2023
Mastodon
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Platform game: Rastan demo v0.31
Rastan was released in 1987 by Taito for arcade machines. Now an Amiga port is in development and after a first preview video (amiga-news.de reported) there are now also demo versions, which the developer still calls alpha versions. Changes in version 0.31:
- 2nd fire button to jump properly implemented.
- Fixed Rastan's castrato death howl.
- Fixed horizontal movement for downward plunges to make them behave the same way regular jumps do.
- Fixed AI ledge bug for level 1-B warriors.
- Added hard-drive version.
(dr)
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19.Jul.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Special issue of ASM (German)
German magazine ASM ("Aktueller Software-Markt", current software market) was published from March 1986 to February 1995. Now a special issue is available, which contains more than 30 reviews of current games for 8- and 16-bitters as well as numerous interviews:
On the one hand with a number of people involved at that time - Manfred Kleimann, Frank Brall, Martina Strack, Bendrik Muhs, Stefan Swiergiel, Klaus Segel, Stefan Bayer, Torsten Oppermann and Dirk Fuchser - and on the other hand also with Thomas Meiertoberens (Magic Bytes) and Steve Wilcox (Elite Systems), Roman Werner (Super Marble Boy), The Mojon Twins (Ramiro el Vampiro), Juan Manchon (Amigastore. eu), Andreas Magerl (APC&TCP) and Sebastian Bach (Polyplay).
The official press release:
"ASM returns - The ASM (Aktueller Software Markt), a popular German computer magazine in the late 1980s, is still revered in retro circles today. It has recently made a comeback after a 28-year hiatus.
In 1986, the ASM magazine covered almost every important computer system, including the C-64, Spectrum, Schneider CPC, MSX, Dragon, and Enterprise. The 16-bit Atari ST and Amiga were also included, starting in 1987 and finding their way into households. However, by 1995, the PC had become dominant, and there was no longer a market for multi-platform magazines. Nowadays, there has been a significant change, as old computers that were once abandoned or thrown away in the 1990s are finding new admirers. Every year, more games are being released that surpass expectations and bring out the best in these systems.
A German magazine that used to accompany home computers during their success in German living rooms is making a comeback. The new issue, 3/23, aims to provide an overview of the current 8-bit and 16-bit software market, just like it did in the past. However, the new ASM is more than just a software magazine. It also pays tribute to the old ASM editions from the 1980s. There are plenty of interviews with former editors, which offer interesting insights into the daily work of software journalists at that time.
The old guard was pleased with the project. 'I am thrilled that the previous format has been reintroduced and executed so well,' states Manfred Kleimann, the former editor-in-chief who created the magazine's concept in 1985 and provided input for the new edition.
The latest print edition can be found at the title link, where also other Amiga magazines like 'Amiga Future' and 'Amiga Joker' as well as the computer magazine 'LOAD.' are available. This 100-page special edition costs 8 euros and requires an additional fee for shipping."
From the content:
- Over 30 test reports on current games for 8 and 16 bits
- Interviews with Manfred Kleimann, Frank Brall, Martina Strack, Bendrik Muhs, Stefan Swiergiel, Klaus Segel, Stefan Bayer, Torsten Oppermann, Dirk Fuchser
- Interviews with Thomas Meiertoberens (Magic Bytes) and Steve Wilcox (Elite Systems), Roman Werner (Super Marble Boy), The Mojon Twins (Ramiro el Vampiro), Juan Manchon (Amigastore.eu), Andreas Magerl (APC&TCP), Sebastian Bach ( poly play)
- Reader survey on the ASM
- Competition resolution: Finally here - the ASM computer game
- In the spotlight: 40 years of Vectrex
- Flashback: what became of the St. Brides Girls?
(snx)
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18.Jul.2023
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AmigaOS 4.1: Finance management LüttjeBookholler 1.86
"Lüttje Bookholler" is a German dialect and means "little accountant". The program is capable to import account data via csv-import. Changes since our last news item:
- Recognises a transaction as existing if there are many spaces in a row in the reason for payment. (Duplicate entries may occur after the update if the next import overlaps in date with existing data. Then simply delete them)
- No crash when printing if no printer is set up.
- Italian catalog by Samir Hawamdeh
- Under certain circumstances charts were not saved during evaluation.
- FullHD tables for Ignition evaluation
(dr)
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18.Jul.2023
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AmigaOS 4.1: ignition-OpenDocument plugin v0.38
The ods-addon of the spreadsheet ignition (amiga-news.de reported) was updated to version 0.38. The addon allows loading and saving tables in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc among others. Some improvements were made to prevent endless reading and the debug outputs were removed to speedup performance. (dr)
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18.Jul.2023
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Event: "ZZAP! Live" in Kenilworth (England)
On 12 August 2023 at The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) the first "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum, among others. All Commodore computer systems including the Amiga will be represented.
Guests include Andrew Braybrook, Steve Turner and Jason Page (Uridium, Paradroid, Rainbow Islands, Fire and Ice), Jon Hare and Stoo Cambridge (Wizball, Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder) and Gary Bracey, Simon Butler, Paul Hughes and Stephen Thompson (Ocean Software titles). (dr)
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17.Jul.2023
Rafał Zabdyr (E-Mail)
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MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" v0.9.19
Rafał Zabdyr has released a first beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS. "Git Desktop" (Aminet link) is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required. (dr)
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17.Jul.2023
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Arcade port: Pengo released
After the beta version (amiga-news.de reported) the developer Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has released the full version of the game "Pengo", originally published for Sega's arcade machines (video). As a red penguin, you have to fight off so-called Sno-Bees in a labyrinth of ice blocks. (dr)
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16.Jul.2023
Eldee Stephens (E-Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: Guide for new A1222 users
In the course of the press release about the start of production of the A1222+ motherboards (amiga-news.de reported), A-EON also gave Eldee Stephens permission to make his guide for potential A1222 users public.
As he tells us, a lot of work went into the creation of this guide. Stephens has been a tester of the A1222 since the beginning and has regularly tested it with dozens of apps and games since 2015 to find out what works and what doesn't, what needs to be adjusted, etc. The compatibility lists for applications or games in this guide are the result of extensive testing.
In addition, he has done extensive benchmarking tests with file systems and various HW components over time. The guide is a simple HTML-based collection of pages that guides new and potential users through the A1222 experience - from setting up the system to finding tools and games that work well. He further explains, "Hopefully it will help people avoid pitfalls and determine if the A1222 is a good machine for them or not. I wanted to level-set expectations so people know the reality of the system."
Asked if he had come across anything remarkable in his numerous tests, Stephens said: "The only surprising thing to me was just how fast SPE-native software was. Games built to support the P1022 absolutely blow away the SAM460, although there are very few of them at the moment."
Due to software changes, the guide is constantly being updated, but is mostly complete. (dr)
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16.Jul.2023
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Start bar: WBDock2 V2.896
Today Thomas Rapp has updated his Toolmanager or AmiDock style start bar, WBDock2, to version 2.896. Changes:
- the background config of the AmiDock style changed:
- if you specify a non-existant file, the background will be filled with the workbench background color
- only if you leave both drawer and file name empty, the background will be pseudo-transparent
- you can now enter #rrggbb as a file name to choose a specific background color as hexadecimal red/green/blue value
Download: wbdock2.lha (377 KB) (dr)
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16.Jul.2023
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Aminet uploads until 15.07.2023
The following files have been added until 15.07.2023 to Aminet:
z80dasm.lha dev/cross 275K MOS Z80 assembly generating disas...
HWP_ZIP.lha dev/hwood 297K ALL Read and write ZIP archives
F1GP2023Carset.lha game/data 10K 2023 Carset for F1GP
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 11M 68k Amiga AGA port of ScummVM 2.0...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 11M 68k Amiga RTG port of ScummVM 2.0...
LN2OfficeRemix.lha mods/misc 87K 4ch LN2 Office Remix MED by H...
LN2SewerLoaderRemix.lha mods/misc 185K 4ch LN2 SewerLoader Remix by ...
LN2StreetLoaderRemix.lha mods/misc 1K 4ch LN2 StreetLoader Remix by...
LN2TFBLoaderRemix.lha mods/misc 141K 4ch LN2 Final Battle Loader R...
fxblankers.lha util/blank 83K MOS Effectful screenblankers for ...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 12M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
(snx)
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16.Jul.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 15.07.2023
The following files have been added until 15.07.2023 to OS4Depot:
eaqne2.lzx gam/adv 19Mb 4.0 Second chapter of EAQNE
amidream.lha gra/con 213kb 4.0 A Text to Image Application
hwp_zip.lha lib/hol 297kb 4.0 Read and write zip archives for ...
(snx)
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16.Jul.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 15.07.2023
The following files have been added until 15.07.2023 to AROS Archives:
eaqne2.lzx gam/adv 18Mb Second chapter of EAQNE
zip_amiga.lha lib/mis 297kb Plugin allows Hollywood scripts ...
(snx)
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16.Jul.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.07.2023
The following files have been added until 15.07.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
ZIP_2.0.lha Dependencies Read and write ZIP arch...
z80dasm_1.2.0.lha Development/Cross Z80 assembly generating...
EAQNE-2_1.0.lha Games/Adventure Adventure point and cli...
AmiTranslate_0.1.lha Misc AmiTranslate_0.1.lha
Wayfarer_6.0.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
fxBlankers_1.2.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Effectful screenblanker...
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16.Jul.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 15.07.2023
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 15.07.2023:
- 2023-07-11 improved: Killing Cloud (Vektor Grafix) fixed protection, trainer improved, added level selection (Info)
- 2023-07-10 improved: Savage (Probe Software) less chipmem requirement, trainers added, use files now, QuitKey for 68000 (Info)
- 2023-07-10 updated: Aunt Arctic Adventure (Mindware/Starbyte) patch rewritten, another version supported, manual included (Info)
(snx)
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16.Jul.2023
Epsilon's World
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Blog "Vintage is The New Old" is discontinued
The blog "Vintage is the New Old" (ViTNO) - formerly known as "CommodoreBlog" and then as "Commodore is Awesome" - will stop all activities at the end of the month. The blog used to report on all facets of retro computing. The operator Paulo justifies his step with the fact that despite the numerous readers, the engagement and feedback on articles and actions is close to zero. In contrast, news published on ViTNO is very often used and commented on in other media (podcasts, websites, etc.) without the site being named as a source.
Another reason for discontinuing the blog was his perception that websites with in-depth articles were generally losing space and importance at the expense of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok, etc. with quick-to-consume posts. In his opinion, most people no longer seemed to have the patience to read longer posts and stories that wanted to be written on.
He said he will continue to be involved, not give up his hobby. After the closure, ViTNO will be found in the Internet Archive. (dr)
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15.Jul.2023
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LinuxJedi blog: Restauration of an Amiga 3000
In two detailed blog entries Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings shows how he restores an Amiga 3000 bought from the USA. The first part is mainly about adjustments to the power supply and changing from NTSC to PAL system, in the second part he replaces the 100MB SCSI drive with a BlueSCSI-V2. (dr)
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15.Jul.2023
itch.io
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Platform game: "Boxx"-Remake v1.0
The developer 'Lemming880' is currently working on the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). At the same time he is also porting the first part of the series, originally written with Backbone, to the Scorpion Engine. The latest update to version 1.0 includes the following changes:
- Upgraded to Scorpion Engine v2023.2
- added bounce blocks to normal and hard mode
- added more cannons
- easy mode gives 3 hearts, normal mode 2 hearts, hard mode 1 heart
- boss now flashes when hit by player projectile
- boss has a different health pool per difficulty mode
- boss overlapping player does a bit more damage on hard mode
- boss phase 3 now turns towards the player when the player is 'in sight'. But the boss only does it again after it has been off screen. Alarm lights indicate if the boss will turn around or not: red = turns around, green = keeps walking
- boss phase 3 walks faster on hard mode
- boss phase 3 shoots on hard mode
- player jumps a little higher (like 3 pixels)
- fixed enemy damage: right side did half damage of left side
- hearts image in top bar updated
- some levers now spawn a bomb on hard mode instead of nothing
- made some level ends a bit longer
- coin drop animation a bit longer
- bonus heart and all energy potions now also have a drop animation
- menu, game over and outro music volume lower before it starts playing (before it would start louder and then fade)
- menu boxx logo pixel ratio fix
- menu font fixes
- jukeboxx and credits now have the right coin button
- performance mode replaced with boss flash option
- top panel boxx logo replaced
- top panel difficulty icon added
- plain scorpion splash screen
- added workbench icon to hard disk version
- menu 'beta' text removed
An Amiga 500 with 1MB RAM is required.
(dr)
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15.Jul.2023
MorphZone
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 6.0
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.0 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. As the developer wrote, the WebKit core has again been rebased to the latest stable WebKitGTK tree. But that's not all, 6.0 also brings many UI improvements like Bookmark filtering, improved password management, Youtube playback fixes, additional Altivec acceleration and more.
To update from 5.5 simply use the Check for Updates menu function. Wayfarer will then download the new build and auto-update on quit. To update from an older version, manually extract all files from wayfarer.lha into your existing installation.
Changes:
- Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.40.2
- Implemented Bookmarks filtering
- Password manager now stores port numbers too, making it possible to have multiple services requiring login handled on the same domain (as a side effect, all old passwords have been promoted to port 443/https)
- Added a popup if audio initialization has failed
- Added a way to manually add passwords in the Password Settings
- Youtube MSE playback improvements
- Fixed HTTP authentication popup saving credentials for a wrong host in case of redirection
- Fixed a redraw issue when opening print panel while page is still loading
- Fixed to default mimeType to text/html if missing in response from server
- Fixed a couple of minor memory leaks
- Updated libnix and libpng16 both with additional Altivec optimizations
- Updated libxml2, libwebp
Download: wayfarer.lha (32 MB) (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 12.2 for Raspberry Pi and Windows/Mac/Linux
AmiKit has released version 12.2 of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE. Among other things, AmigaOS 3.2.2.1 is now supported and it has been updated to the latest version of the emulators WinUAE and Amiberry. Detailed change logs for Windows/Mac/Linux and for the Raspberry Pi 4/400. (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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Gotek firmware: FlashFloppy 3.41
FlashFloppy is an alternative, open source firmware for the floppy emulator Gotek. Its original firmware is not developed any further. Changes in version 3.41:
- AT32F415: Fix timer handling since clock speed increase (v3.39).
- LCD: Faster power-on initialisation. Don't wait for display to clear.
(dr)
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14.Jul.2023
jPV RNO (E-Mail)
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Review: "Finnish Amiga Users Group" at the Vectorama 2023
In mid-June, Vectorama 2023, an online gaming event aimed at people of all ages, took place in Oulu, Finland. Also present was the Finnish Amiga Users Group, which organised an Amiga stand at the gaming event.
The stand featured an Amiga 500 with Gotek, THEA500 Mini, six A1200 computers, and two MorphOS machines. The A1200 setups were equipped with 030 accelerators and WHDLoad collections. One A1200 also had a PiStorm accelerator to be shown, but it was swapped back to a 030 for better games compatibility. A Mac mini setup was running an infoscreen presentation made with Hollywood Designer and playing some background music, and an iBook setup was used to enter scores from games competitions with a custom program made with Hollwood and MUI Royale. The scores updated in real-time to the infoscreen computer via NetFS Revised mounted network shares. Competitions were held in Pang, Giana Sisters S.E., and Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons games, and three best players in each game were rewarded with prizes.
The latest videos and photos from the event have now been updated to the Finnish Amiga Users Group's event page. (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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Demoparty: Results of Pågadata 2023
At the beginning of July the Pågadata 2023 took place in Kvidinge, Sweden (amiga-news.de reported). At the demo competition held there, the following Amiga results were achieved:
Amiga Demo
Amiga Amos Demo
Amiga Music
The contributions can be downloaded from the homepage sorted by category. (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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Adventure interpreter: ScummVM 2.0.1.01 for Amigas with 68060 processor
The developer 'NovaCoder' has been porting the adventure interpreter ScummVM to AmigaOS 3: the latest version 2.0.1.01 is available for RTG-Amigas and AGA-Amigas with 68060 processor and is based on ScummVM 2.0.1 for the first time. (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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MorphOS: Screen blankers fxBlankers V1.2
Stephan Blixth (OnyxSoft) has released version 1.2 of his screen saver fxBlankers for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported) which now also includes DotFlag and RandomPixels. (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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Event: Banquet ticket registration for AmiWest 2023
The banquet ticket registration form is now available for AmiWest, which will be held in Sacramento, California, from 12 to 15 October 2023. In addition, two more raffle sponsors, AmiKit and Alinea Computer, and prominent attendees, Doug Compton of 10MARC and Alex Perez of Rabbit Hole Computing (ZuluSCSI), have been secured. The speaker at the banquet will be Garry Hare, former CEO ("Chief Executive Officer") of Amiga Inc. (see also his legal dispute from 2005). (dr)
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14.Jul.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Amigaland.de: Games by California Dreams added
At Amigaland.de now all games by California Dreams are available. This month the titles Street Rod, Street Rod 2: The Next Generation, Blockout, Tunnels of Armageddon, TrianGO and Vegas Gambler have been added to that collection of legally downloadable software. (snx)
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14.Jul.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Start bar: WBDock2 2.877
Thomas Rapp has updated his Toolmanager or AmiDock style start bar, WBDock2, to version 2.877. Changes of this program for AmigaOS 3.1 and higher include addition of an experimental separator app (only working properly in AmiDock style yet) and a change in autohide mode preventing the dock to also appear when a previously started program ends.
Download: wbdock2.lha (377 KB) (snx)
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14.Jul.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: New full versions online
Further full versions of Amiga games have been added to Amiga Future's download area: Wibble World Giddy, Giddy 2, Operation Firestorm, and Space Ace 2 - Borfs Revenge as well as the Bauersoft releases Basket, Hotel, Imbiss, and Toon. (snx)
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14.Jul.2023
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Image editor: PyDPainter 1.2.0 for Windows, Linux and macOS
The image editor PyDPainter (YouTube video) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 1.2.0:
- Implement Background
- Fix Picture/New canvas sizing
- Added palette pick to choose color from screen
- Fix bugs with fullscreen
- Implement Stencil Lock FG
- Fix loading of VGA display IDs
- Added Stencil and Background documentation
- Add placeholders for other menu documentation
(dr)
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14.Jul.2023
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Virtual Enemies: Devlog #2 - Registration, Network, Language-Support
For the announced strategy game "Virtual Enemies" (amiga-news.de reported), the developers have published a second devlog:
"It's time to give another interim report on the development status of "Virtual Enemies". So how does it looks like:
Character registration is almost complete. That means, the player chooses his language, enters his pseudonym and chooses a sponsor. Nothing is saved yet. This is also not the goal for Amiga38.
What will also not be part of the playable prototype is network communication. Nevertheless, we have already dealt with it a bit and can announce that according to current knowledge, communication with a game server works fine. More details about the planned multiplayer features will follow soon.
Oh, by the way, we have finished the internal tests on the language mod system. The system works great! We just need to add automatic detection of new languages until the final version. But this is not a priority at this point.
Next steps are the provisional creation of a main menu, a mailbox system and the creation of 2 tutorial missions. For everything else placeholder graphics will be used.
After finishing this work the Amiga38 is welcome to come. Some pictures will follow at the end of July, if everything goes according to plan. However, we have to point out that these are placeholder graphics and will definitely still be replaced!" (dr)
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11.Jul.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 22
The 22nd issue of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" will be published on Thursday, July 13th. Among the topics are reviews of current games and especially an interview with the developers Shaun Southern and Andrew Morris about the history of Magnetic Fields (Lotus trilogy, Super Cars).
Amiga Addict is published monthly and is available as a single issue or by subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF file. (snx)
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Arcade port: Pengo beta version released
At the title link, a beta version of the game "Pengo", originally published for Sega's arcade machines, has been released (video). As a red penguin, you have to fight off so-called Sno-Bees in a labyrinth of ice blocks. (snx)
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Program for DeepL use: AmiTranslate 0.1
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's program AmiTranslate (video) serves as an ambilink to the translation service DeepL and is available for AmigaOS, AmigaOS 4, AROS (x86, x64, ARM) and MorphOS.
Besides an SSL-secured internet connection (OpenSSL3 under MorphOS resp. AmiSSL for the other systems) the program also needs the MUI class texteditor.mcc. (snx)
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AROS distribution: AROS Vision "Sunrise"
Olaf Schönweiß has uploaded a new version of his distribution Aros Vision. There is no information if and what new features there are apart from the addition of Marcus Sackrow's programs AmiDream and AmiTranslate.
Below you can read a general distribution description by its compiler.
"A brief overview of Aros Vision 'Sunrise': AROS/68k is used as a base. This makes it possible to use AROS and Amiga binaries together. The API implements the functionality of AmigaOS 3.1, so many programs run.
From AROS/68k it inherits RTG, AHI, the MUI implementation Zune, the disk image device, network support, themes, the functionality of Magic Menue and 24-bit datatypes. A preconfigured Magellan is used as the desktop.
Many archive types are predefined and can be opened with a double click and searched and unpacked with an interface (xadmaster). The common packers are pre-installed.
WHDLoad is preinstalled and preconfigured with AROS ROMs. These work with about 60-70% of the slaves. If you want, you can add the original ROM files yourself in the Devs:Kickstarts folder. IGames for startup is included, as well as several WHDLoad games and demos.
The time is synchronized via internet at startup (for this, the time zone must be set correctly).
Shell is very similar to the original. Among other things, almost all AmigaDOS commands of version 3.1 are included, plus many more commands in the C directory. In addition, more handlers are preconfigured in the L directory.
The desktop (Magellan) integrates many of the commands from C and makes them easier to use by integrating them into file types and offering specific context menus. Likewise, after double-clicking, display or playback programs are defined for many types. These can be e.g. music files, mods, videos, animations or pictures. Likewise there are conversion possibilities in many cases.
For websites you can use Amifox, in combination with Amitube also play Youtube videos. Alternatively, there is the browser AWeb or an FTP program and the e-mail program Simplemail.
There are many more programs included such as games, demos, applications and interfaces.
Here is a small overview and selection of the preinstalled software:
- Music playback programs like AmigaAMP, Eagleplayer and HippoPlayer. Trackers like HivelyTracker, NewTracker. Other programs like SoundFX, conversion programs etc.
- Developer programs and compilers like ACE, AmiBlitz, AMOS, JForth, FreePascal, E-vo, Moduka and Oberon, script languages like Lua and Python.
- Emulators like ScummVM, DosBox, Frodo (C64), EmuBoy, Hatari and MasterGear
It is also possible to mount ADF and ISO images, create ADF files from inserted disks, scan the system for viruses, backup and restore important data, work with floppy disks, use tools for hard disks and much more. Additionally there are file managers (like DOpus4 and ClassAction), graphic software like WildFire and TVPaint, tools to edit icons or fonts, fractal programs, raytracer, Ignition, image viewer, PDF viewer, text editors, MakeCD, AmigaEyes, gag programs and many more.
The newest programs are AmiDream (AI for photos) and AmiTranslate (translation of texts). The distribution can be downloaded at the title link." (snx)
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