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Archive 03/2022

10.Mar.2022
Reddit YouTube playlist: 300 Amiga demos
'rtiainen' has published a playlist on his YouTube channel that contains Amiga demo scene productions especially from groups that were not so famous or well known in the community. Most of these demos were released between 1988 and 1992, but there are also some earlier and also later releases included. Most of these demos use a standard Amiga 500 with ECS chipset, but some later ones were recorded with an Amiga 1200 and AGA chipset. (dr)

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09.Mar.2022 Kickstarter campaign: 'Tank Mouse' officially licensed by Amiga Corporation
Polish designer Lukas Remis had started a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of a wireless re-release of the Commodore Mouse 1352 (amiga-news.de reported). Although there are still 18 days left to reach the funding goal of 78,000 Euros, almost 74,000 Euros have already been paid in.

The initiator also announced that the Tank Mouse is now officially licensed by the Amiga Corporation. He had signed a contract that grants the project the rights to use all Amiga trademarks. (dr)

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09.Mar.2022
Hyperion (ANF)

Developer Kit: AmigaOS 3.2 NDK R4 released
Press release: Brussels, March 8 2022. Hyperion Entertainment is pleased to announce the immediate availability of another update to the Native Developer Kit (NDK) for AmigaOS 3.2. This R4 update of the AmigOS 3.2 NDK is a testament to our continued dedication to support the AmigaOS 3.2 ecosystem.

The R4 update of the Native Developer Kit for AmigaOS 3.2 includes:

Better integration with VBCC, Manx, Aztec and GCC compilers
Updated include files for AmigaOS 3.2.1 changes
General improvements
More example code
Newly researched documentation for operating system functions never covered in the past 35+ years
New developer documentation detailing the operating system interfaces and header files as well as documentation on how to make the best use of memory pools (with full source code)

AmigaOS NDK 3.2 R4 is available for free from our download area.

AmigaOS NDK 3.2 R4 will also be made accessible in other venues to pursue greater adoption and wider availability by the AmigaOS development community.

Hyperion Entertainment wishes to thank the AmigaOS 3.2 development team and the AmigaOS 3.2 userbase for their continued efforts and support in these difficult times. If you want to support our efforts further, please head over to our AmigaOS merchandise store! (snx)

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09.Mar.2022
ANF Operating system: MorphOS 3.16 and MorphOS SDK 3.16 (March 2022)
The MorphOS team today released new versions of their operating system and its development kit. Latter includes for example GCC 11 as well as link libraries for usage of the new openssl3.library, while support for GCC 4 and GCC 7 has been dropped. Below you can read the official announcement of the new OS version.

Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of MorphOS 3.16. This release includes numerous important performance, stability and security improvements. A new version of Wayfarer comes included with the OS and replaces the now obsolete Odyssey Web Browser. We've also included the Iris email client, Magic Beacon notifications system and a Command-Tab application switcher. The Synergy Client and Server applications are now compatible with the free Barrier alternative. OpenSSL3 is now available as a shared library.

For a more extensive overview of the changes included in MorphOS 3.16, please read our release notes.

We strongly urge new users to carefully read our installation and troubleshooting guides before they attempt to install MorphOS for the first time. Existing users can upgrade via the familiar procedure but are encouraged to read the guides as well. MorphOS 3.16 is available for download in our files section. (snx)

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09.Mar.2022
Discord

Music album: 'ReFourmation' by Matt Gray
6581 Records is the home of Matt Gray's 'Reformation' album project, which releases remakes of classic C64 and Amiga game soundtracks in full production. The original 'Reformation' and 'Reformation Last Ninja 2' projects were realized in 2014 via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. After the successful release of these albums, Reformation 2 went into production and was released in September 2018. Reformation 3 was released in June 2020 and includes even more C64 soundtrack remakes and also Amiga titles.

ReFourmation (Reformation 4) was released the day before yesterday in digital form, with physical formats to follow. The ReFourmation Download Only Edition contains 25 full versions of themes from classic C64 and Amiga games. Full quality FLAC and MP3 downloads are included and can be downloaded at the time of purchase for about 30 Euros. Tracklisting:

Ocean Loader 5 Loader
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Physical Presence
Hawkeye (Main Theme)
Yie Ar Kung Fu II
Operation Wolf (Title Theme)
The Wildernesse Loading Theme (From The Last Ninja)
Duotris
Who Knows
Turrican 2 (Final Fight Theme)
Delta (Title Theme)
The Human Race (Chapter 4 Theme)
Palace Gardens Loading Theme (From The Last Ninja)
Mother (Dum Ikea CML Theme)
Turbo Outrun
Shockway Rider
Grand Monster Slam
Uridium 2 (Loading Theme)
Madness (In Game Theme)
Defcom
Blood Money (In Game Theme)
Test Drive 2 (Amiga Intro Theme)
Delta (Mission Complete Theme)
Times Of Lore (Title Theme)

(dr)

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08.Mar.2022

Minesweeper clone: MegaSaperPL 1.28
Rafal Zabdyr has released version 1.28 of his Minesweeper clone 'MegaSaperPL' on Aminet as well as on itch.io.

The game requires at least AmigaOS 3.0, AGA/CGX/P96 (320x240 in 8 bit) and the reqtools.library (V38+). Both mouse buttons can be used: left for uncover field, right to mark. The implementation offers additional bombs to explode mines as well detectors to uncover the field without losing life. The changes in version 1.28:

Localisation (English/Polish)
Restructuring of the game's directory structure
rewrite and restructuring of most of the game code and settings
Many bug fixes and many improvements

(dr)

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08.Mar.2022 Shadow puppet conversion: 'Bad Apple'
The group 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP', known for the in-development fantasy shooter Project Quest among others, has released an update to their 'Bad Apple' AMOS conversion. 'Bad Apple!!' is originally a nearly one and a half minute music track by Japanese game developer ZUN, which gained notoriety through the remix version (video) by Japanese musicians Masayoshi Minoshima and Nomico, as it was backed by a shadow puppet video. In the now released version of 'ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP' music by J.M.D was added. On YouTube you can watch the result. (dr)

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08.Mar.2022 Music album: Zaman
YouTuber 'Madija' aka 'Ms Mad Lemon' is passionate about old computers and vintage audios and has been writing music on the Amiga since the 1990s. Now she has released her third album Zaman on bandcamp, which contains tracks from the 1990s to 2022. All but one (Polyend Tracker) of the tracks were created using an Amiga. The album is available for 8.50 Euros (or more), an English review can be read on RetroRGB. (dr)

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