24.Jun.2022
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Magnifier tool: Lupe 2.0 for AmigaOS 3 and MorphOS
Matthias "UltraGelb" Böcker wrote: "'Lupe' continously magnifies an area of the screen and displays it in a window. The window can be resized and the scalefactor can be dynamically changed. Per default Lupe follows the mouse pointer and magnifies the area sourrounding the pointer, but it is also possible to have it magnify a freely setable fixed area. It can show colour values of the current pixel under the mouse pointer and also its coordinates. Additionally a grid can be enabled. Furthermore it can save the current window contents as IFF or PNG image."
Minimum requirements are AmigaOS 3.0 for the AmigaOS/68K version and MorphOS 3.0 for the MorphOS version. Saving images in PNG format needs additionally the zlib.library V3.2. Changes of version 2.0:
- Created MorphOS specific PNG icon and def_icon.
- Reworked the original documentation and made AmigaGuide files from it.
- Shows size of scaled area in window title now.
- The about window is now asynchronous and won't block Lupe anymore as long as it is open.
- Now has a proper $VER: version string.
- Added MagicBeacon support to the MorphOS version when an Image has been saved.
- Supports screennotify.library now and no longer blocks Workbench/Ambient when these want to reopen.
- Lupe can install a DOS notify on its icon in order to reload its tooltypes/config when the user changes some options there. Use ICONNOTIFY if you want Lupe checking its icon for changes.
- Added support for MorphOS extended window border gadgets 'Jump Screen' and 'Iconify'.
- Added GridColor argument to set the colour for the grid. The argument accepts a hexadecimal number in the format $RRGGBB or 0xRRGGBB. On MorphOS it's possible to also specify the alpha value like GC=$AARRGGBB.
- Grid rendering was completely broken on MorphOS. Fixed.
- Added PNG saver and respective menu option. PNG saver will save in 24 bit and won't save any alpha channel.
- Fixed true colour 24 bit IFF saver. Always only saved first 8 rows, failed on certain widths and didn't allocate bitmaps properly.
- Now uses wbmessage instead of Cli() to determine where it was started from.
- Added mouse wheel support to adjust scale factor.
- The Lupe window can be resized now by a fixed size step (the initial innerwidth/height is used) by pressing CTRL + cursor keys.
- Removed CurrentDir() stuff from saveiff(). Just using complete filename for Open() now.
- Some internal changes to argument parsing.
- Added IgnoreLupeWindow option. When enabled the Lupe window itself won't show up in the scaled bitmap anymore. This option requires MorphOS and Compositing enabled.
- Lupe won't try to jump to screens with no default title and no screen title anymore. Fixes the problem with JumpToActiveScreen and MorphOS blanker not being able to close its blanker screen when lupe jumped onto it.
- Added BeginRefresh()/EndRefresh() fixing the refresh problem with window borders on MorphOS after resizing the Lupe window.
- Pubscreenlist traversal could access illegal memory. Fixed.
- Ported C source code to E.
(dr)
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24.Jun.2022
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 8
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euro) or printed (7,50 Euro, Amazon) form. Its current issue consists of 36 color pages and includes the following topics:
- COVERDISK: World Premiere Playable Demo of SNAKY - The Mysterious World!
- Many videogames reviewed: Riamel Black Prophecy, Atarenium Falcon, Flappadiddle, Emotiworld, Blockman Gets, Mr Poo's Journey
- Collectibles: some useful tips
- Special: Ocean Software
- Interviews with: with Renee Cousins the vampire slayer and Luca Stradiotto
- And also: Games & Tech News, Demo scene, New Talents, Mailbox
(dr)
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24.Jun.2022
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AROS x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch to version 20190416-2
AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has released the new version 20190416-2 of AROS ABIv0 for 32-Bit systems (amiga-news.de reported). It includes about 1000 new changes added between April 2018 and April 2019 as well as upgrade of GCC to 6.5.0. This closes the 20190416 release cycle. The full change log is available under the title link. (dr)
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23.Jun.2022
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Short video tutorials: Programming with AMOS Pro (update)
Retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' has published two short tutorials on YouTube demonstrating basic steps of programming with AMOS Pro: In part 1, he shows how to use the 'INPUT' command to capture data entered by an user and display it on the screen. The second part is about validating the data captured in the first video and showing errors to the user if necessary.
Update: (25.06.2022, 21:48, dr)
Meanwhile, the third part has been published, showing how to save the data collected in the previous videos in a Random Access File. (dr)
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23.Jun.2022
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Announcement: 'PiStation ITX' board
The store 8bits4ever, which already offers various FPGA solutions for retro enthusiasts, plans to soon offer a board that is designed to accommodate a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4 in a mini-ITX case. It features a DB15 connector for outputting VGA/RGB video signals to CRT TVs and monitors. A USB hub and two DB9 joystick ports are integrated.
The image output via the DB15 port requires a Linux distribution, such as Recalbox. Among other things, this distribution also supports AGA Amigas. Alternatively, other Raspberry Pi distributions can be run that use the HDMI output. (dr)
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22.Jun.2022
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AmigaOS 4: Audio editor Rave 1.1
For about a year, Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has been introducing the audio editor 'Rave' in status updates on his blog, today not only the recent blog entry on Jedlicka's project was published, but also the first public version was released.
Jedlicka describes the main features of the program as follows:
- A modern, configurable graphical user interface (GUI).
- A tabbed environment for managing multiple projects from within a single program window.
- Asynchronous operation: performing a task in a project doesn't block the other projects.
- Support for multiple clipboard units.
- Modular design with an object-oriented plugin system, which makes the program easy to extend.
- A wide range of supported audio file types and formats.
Rave requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 as well as A-EON's Enhancer Core. (cg)
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22.Jun.2022
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.2 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 5.2 and is now based on OpenSSL 3.0.4, which was released yesterday. (dr)
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22.Jun.2022
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AmigaOS 4: FTP server 'ZitaFTP' 1.33
Hans de Ruiter has released version 1.33 of his commercial FTP server 'ZitaFTP'. He wrote:
"I'm pleased to announce that ZitaFTP Server v1.33 is out now, and available for download. As usual, it's got one major new feature, and fixes for a bunch of niggling little issues.
Users can now get and renew their SSL certificates automatically via Let's Encrypt and ZeroSSL. Both will let you create free certificates for your server, provided that it's visible over the internet (on the standard HTTP port 80).
You'll also need a domain name, and probably a Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service. Dynu is the one I used for testing, and you can get a subdomain from them for free. Other changes:
- Server settings UI wouldn't allow the maximum number of clients to be set to 0 (infinite). FIXED
- Server settings UI wasn't showing error messages immediately. FIXED
- Fixed a rare "SSL routines:ssl3_write_pending:bad write retry" error that could cause HTTP requests to be cut off
- Now recognizes HTTP proxy headers, so it won't treat proxy connections as local
- Local peer detection wasn't working properly for HTTPS connections. FIXED
- Fixed a possible SEGV fault if a receive error occurred before the start of an HTTP message (e.g., a client tries to establish an HTTPS connection on an HTTP port)
- Fixed a silly bug that flipped the HTTP port number's endianness."
A single license of 'ZitaFTP Server' costs around 47 Euros. The program can be tested free of charge for 30 days. (dr)
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21.Jun.2022
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Self-made project: 68060 accelerator board for Amiga 3000(T) and 4000(T)
Matthias Heinrichs has already developed several hardware projects: among others a Flickerfixer for Amiga 2000, 3000 and 4000 or Matzes graphics card for all Amigas equipped with Zorro slots. Now he has published documents for a turbo card for the Amiga A3000 and A4000(T), which can be equipped with up to 128MB SDRAM, a 68060CPU with 50/75/100MHz or a 68040 with 25MHz. (dr)
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21.Jun.2022
Robert Smith
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Video review: WinUAE & FloppyBridge
Robert Smith's project "DrawBridge" (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge) uses like the similar ADF Drive a microcontroller - in this case an Arduino board - to read and write Amiga floppies with a connected standard PC floppy drive. By means of the plugin FloppyBridge, WinUAE is also officially supported since version 4.9.0 (amiga-news.de reported).
In a short video review, the developer looks back at the history of this project and gives an outlook on his current project. (dr)
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21.Jun.2022
Janne Peräaho
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AmigaOS 4: Creating XML files using RexXMLib
RexXMLib is an ARexx library that allows to write XML documents with ARexx scripts with minimal effort. For example, data can be converted to XML form, XML documents can be generated or a variety of XML data files, such as license keys, can be created algorithmically.
RexXMLib has support for PObjects schema (Amiga XML preferences file) allowing to easily create preferences files. RexXMLib comes with sample scripts that show how to create preferences files, license files, and XML databases. Features:
- Automatic indentation that ensures clean readble XML files
- Supports arbitrary XML element names, attributes, and attribute values
- Support for PObjects schema (Amiga XML preferences file)
- Support for fuzzy PObjects arguments
(dr)
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21.Jun.2022
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Farming simulation: Update of Farmiga
The Polish developer 'Tukinem' is writing a farming simulation in AMOS, called 'Farmiga' (amiga-news.de repoeted). On June 18 another update has been released. Changes:
- new mini-game (chicken flees from fox) is activated, the game is played with one chicken
- saving the game by clicking on the disk icon in the bottom menu
- more random appearance of boar and fox (without a specific tag)
- game packed with Titanics Cruncher to save space in ADF file
- mini-game: D - shoot a wild boar, L - the chicken running away from the fox
(dr)
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20.Jun.2022
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MorphOS: Real-time strategy game Vanilla Conquer V1.0 released
Artur Jarosik had ported the first part of the real-time strategy series Command & Conquer for AmigaOS 3 and called it "Vanilla Conquer" (amiga-news.de reported). Now Bruno "BeWorld" Peloille has released an SDL implementation for MorphOS 3.17 based on the source code. Also needed is the latest version 2.0.22 of the SDL libraries. (dr)
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20.Jun.2022
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The Amiga Buyer's Guide - Edition 2022
Carl Svensson deals with all facets of the Amiga: Besides his ARexx development environment RxEnv, he also devotes himself to philosophical topics time and again. Now, with his 2022 edition of his 'The Amiga Buyer's Guide', he provides assistance for all those who are concerned with the question of which of the classic Amiga models to buy today.
This guide is primarily aimed at those who have little or no previous Amiga experience, but experienced or former Amiga owners are sure to find one or two useful pieces of information as well. (dr)
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20.Jun.2022
Gunnar (ANF)
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Video preview: Space Invaders Remake
Arne von Boehn is writing a Space Invaders remake in 68K assembler on a Vampire4 standalone. The state of the game shown in this preview video was programmed in one day. It is not quite finished but already playable. Under the title link you can download the demo version and the assembler program code including all graphics and music files.
When the game is ready, the program code will be explained in the Amiga Homeschooling online course, showing how easy it is to program Amiga games. (dr)
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19.Jun.2022
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Chat software Pidgin 2.13.0r2 for AmiCygnix
Since today chat software Pidgin is available in version 2.13.0 release 2 for AmiCygnix at OS4Depot (screenshot). Pidgin supports several protocols which can be used in parallel.
New in this package:
- Update of the SSL/TLS layer GnuTLS to version 3.7.3
- Fixed Facebook plugin that didn't work anymore before
- Update of Skype plugin to version 1.7
- Update by libotr of the OTR plugin (off-the-record messaging) to version 4.1.1
- New Slack plugin (untested)
- Discord plugin not working at the moment!
- Spell checker updated
Protocols supported:
- 1. Pidgin package:
- AIM
- Gadu-Gadu
- Google Talk
- GroupWise
- ICQ
- IRC
- SIMPLE
- Sametime
- XMPP / Jabber
- Zephyr
- 2. Third party:
- Discord
- Facebook
- Skype (HTTP)
- Slack
- Twitter
Download: pidgin.lha (27 MB) (snx)
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19.Jun.2022
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 157 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 157 (July/August 2022) have been published online now at the title link. Contents include reviews of "Junior's Great Adventure" and "Devil's Temple - Son of the Kung-Fu Master" as well as a preliminary report about the Amiga37 event.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)
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19.Jun.2022
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Aminet uploads until 18.06.2022
The following files have been added until 18.06.2022 to Aminet:
NetFS-revised.lha comm/net 553K 68k Remote filesystem & AREXX bet...
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 662K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiDuke_RTG.lha game/shoot 663K 68k Amiga port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiQuake2_AGA.lha game/shoot 1.1M 68k Amiga port of Yamagi Quake II
AmiQuake2_RTG.lha game/shoot 1.0M 68k Amiga port of Yamagi Quake II
gimastermind.lha game/wb 201K 68k GI Master Mind
qoi.lha gfx/conv 170K MOS Quite OK Image benchmark/conv...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.5M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.8M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.0M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
MED.90sDream.lha mods/misc 161K MED.90's Dream
NAFCYI1991S1-B23.zip text/bfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (BMP Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip text/pfont 1.3M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
Deark.lha util/arc 2.9M MOS Extract data from various fil...
qoi-datatype.lha util/dtype 11K 68k Datatype for the Quite OK Ima...
pfetch.lha util/moni 18K Pretty fetch for MorphOS
newmeter.lha util/wb 23K 68k Shows free RAM and storage as...
SteMarRegDOSScripts.lha util/wb 10K 68k 7 AmigaDOS scripts by Stefano...
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19.Jun.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.06.2022
The following files have been added until 18.06.2022 to OS4Depot:
autodocviewer.lha dev/uti 124kb 4.1 AutoDoc viewer for OS4
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
pixy.lha gra/edi 7Mb 4.0 Pixel editor new generation
deark.lha uti/arc 6Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
amigainputanywhere.lha uti/har 303kb 4.1 Control mouse and keyboard with ...
wet_update.lha uti/wor 213kb 4.0 Wet weather software v6.8 patch
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19.Jun.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 18.06.2022
The following files have been added until 18.06.2022 to AROS Archives:
devtoolmsdos.zip dev/mis 38Mb Create with dosbox your game easily
whatiff1.05.lha doc/mis 494kb Magazine AmigaGuide Format June ...
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19.Jun.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.06.2022
The following files have been added until 18.06.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_28.73.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Deark_1.6.2.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
Woof!_10.0.0.lha Games/Shoot3D Woof! is a continuation...
qoi.lha Graphics/Convert Quite OK Image benchmar...
AmiTube_1.1.lha Multimedia The first YouTube Clien...
NetFS-revised_3.1.lha Network/Filesystem Network File System for...
RNOPDF_1.5.lha Office/Show A compact PDF viewer.
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19.Jun.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.06.2022
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 18.06.2022:
- 2022-06-17 updated: Super Seymour saves the Planet (Code Masters/Optimus Software) patch redone, access faults fixed, highscore load/save, more trainer options, 68000 quitkey support (Info)
- 2022-06-13 improved: F/A-18 Interceptor (Intellisoft/Electronic Arts) added speed regulation, joypad controls, added ButtonWait, skipped code protection completely (Info, Image)
- 2022-06-13 improved: 7 Cities Of Gold (Ozark Softscape/Electronic Arts) fixed issue for 68000/68010 (Info)
(snx)
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19.Jun.2022
Amiga.org (Forum)
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Amiga sighting: Microsoft says goodbye to Internet Explorer on Amiga 1000
Via the Twitter account of its current web browser "Edge", Microsoft says goodbye to its predecessor "Internet Explorer": now it would be time for it to surf the great web of heaven. The text is accompanied by an animation in which the logo of the browser lights up on the screen of a computer whose operating system it never ran on - an Amiga 1000. (snx)
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19.Jun.2022
Ko-fi
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Editor: 'Lite XL' 2.0.3r2 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS released
At the end of last year George Sokianos had released the first version v1.16.12.3 of his port of the editor 'Lite XL' (amiga-news.de reported). The now available version is for the first time also available for MorphOS. He writes about it:
"I am delighted to inform you all that a few hours ago I released a new version of LiteXL, the v2.0.3r2, not only for AmigaOS 4.1 FE but also for MorphOS. For the first time, LiteXL runs on MorphOS, something I was working on for the last couple of months.
For all of you who love to use MorphOS, please give it a try and send me your feedback. How does it work? Is it fast on your system? Is it helpful for you for your development projects?
There are some known issues though. Some of them are SDL problems and some are LiteXL's ones, which I am working on fixing in future releases.
The MorphOS version wouldn't be possible without Bruno's "BeWorld" Peloille work. With his SDL port, his testing and help I managed to have LiteXL work quite well. Thank you so much Bruno for your support and the SDL fixes.
From now on, the AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS code is merged into one branch. This is necessary to simplify the work on both systems, fixing the same problems.
Of course, my work doesn't stop here. Your support with plenty of coffee, and the good words I hear from those who contacted me, give me the motivation to continue working on the next fixes and releases." (dr)
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19.Jun.2022
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Paperback: Bare Metal Amiga Programming
"Bare Metal Amiga Programming" is Edwin Van Den Oosterkamp's second paperback on programming the Amiga after Classic AmigaOS Programming - An introduction. This time the programming of the hardware bypassing the operating system is on the agenda. In this way, assembler programmers should learn to use the hardware to the maximum. (cg)
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17.Jun.2022
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Full version of Riamel
'Riamel: Black Prophecy' was a sequel to the 1992 RPG Lords of Time written by Steve Postma, and for years only a demo version of this sequel had been floating around. The site "Amiga Games That Weren't", which collects information about unreleased Amiga titles, now reports about the efforts and finally the success to make the full version of this game available, which can also be downloaded there. (dr)
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17.Jun.2022
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Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial 7
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince now explains with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. Here the seventh episode was published. (dr)
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