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Archive 04/2022

`12.Apr.2022`	Programming Contest: Results of the BASIC 10Liner Contest 2022 The "BASIC 10Liner Contest" is a competition for self-written BASIC programs that have to consist of exactly 10 lines and has been organized since 2011 (amiga-news.de reported). Traditionally, the winners are announced during a live show, the "NOMAM" ("Not only marvelous Atari machinery"), an annual gathering of enthusiasts of the home computer era, which took place last weekend. Even though there was no entry for Amiga-Basic this year, we don't want to withhold the first place winners in the individual categories from our interested readers and present them: Expert's rating PUR-80: Snake Temple Expert's rating PUR-120: Super Zombie Apocalypse Simulator Expert's rating EXTREM-256: Dokoban WILD: AlexK. Rock-Paper-Scissors SCHAU: 8-bit Sunset "PUBLIC'S CHOICE" 80: Tuneup "PUBLIC'S CHOICE" 120: Bert "PUBLIC'S CHOICE" 256: STOP THE micro EXPRESS (dr) [News message: 12. Apr. 2022, 08:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`12.Apr.2022`	Playable demo of a commercial Arcade game: Yoomp Just like Jump!, 'Yoomp' is a conversion of a Atari 8 bit release from 2007. A playable preview for OCS Amigas has been released a while ago, the game is going to be distributed commercially by RGCD. Further information about the project can be found in a thread on ppa.pl (machine translation). (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 12. Apr. 2022, 00:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022`	Italian print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 6 The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euros) or printed (7.50 Euros) editions. The current issue has 36 colored pages (DIN A4) and covers the following topics: Videogiochi: Attack of the Petscii Robots, Jump!, Ermentrud, The Lone Ranger, Silverman y la Isla Esmeralda, Drag’n’drop Deluxe Parliamo con RetroGames Ltd a proposito di THEA500 Mini From Vultures to Vampires primo volume – edizione italiana Ian Hetherington (Psygnosis) e John Madden AmigaOS 4.1 su PegasosII Blender – transizioni audio e sottotitoli Interviste con: Mevlut Dinc (Vivid Image), Colin Vella E inoltre: Games news, Tech news, Scena demo, Nuovi Talenti, La Posta dei Lettori (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 22:31] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022` a1k.org (Webseite)	Scandoubler announcement: 'Medusa' converts video signals to VGA/DVI The scandoubler Medusa accepts a composite, S-Video or RGB signal and converts it into proper VGA output, which is also converted into a digital signal available via a DVI-I connector. There is also an option to digitize an analog audio signal, combine it with the DVI output using an appropriate adapter and output the audio/video combination via HDMI. Medusa is said to be much cheaper than the no longer manufactured 'FrameMeister' used to be, plus it accepts resolutions bigger than traditional PAL/NTSC - like the ones used by the Atari ST. In contrast to the Open Source Scan Converter, it supports composite and S-Video signals and is claimed to be easier to configure. The new scandoubler is supposed to be available for purchase starting in May, some dealers already accept preorders (RetroLemon, lotharek.pl). (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 22:21] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022` Robert Smith	Video: DrawBridge for MiSTer in development Robert Smith's project 'DrawBridge' (Disk Reader and Writer Bridge) uses a microcontroller - in this case an Arduino board - to read and write Amiga floppy disks with a standard PC disk drive connected. After successfully implementing this project, the developer explores in his latest video the possibilities of transferring this to the FPGA Amiga clone MISTer as well. (dr) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 18:45] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022` Carlos Peris (Mail)	Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.8 with WHDLoad support RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.9, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. The new version 0.9.8 mainly offers some improvements when creating the build: now it is possible to generate automatically a WHDload package which could make distribution easier and also allows the game running on the new THEA500 Mini (see YouTube video). Also, you can choose to compress the game assets, making the build smaller, more suitable when distributing it via floppy. Besides that some minor improvements and a lot of fixes are included. Full Changelog: WHDLoad support when exporting the game, creating a lha package (LHA and WHDLoad required in C:) Check instructions in the readme file to run games on The A500 Mini All image and audio assets can now be compressed when exporting the game (Build button) New action trigger Orbitate Parent to have and object orbitate another one Spritesheets and tilesets can be deleted if no longer used Improved IFF ILBM compatibility for compressed graphics A bit of rollback to some chip memory optimizations to make the games more stable In level edit screen scrolls will scroll twice as fast for faster navigation All exe's are now compiled using latest Amiblitz3.9 HUD texts are using color 1 by default to avoid using the same default background colors In tileset screen when the tile image file is not valid it will be shown in red Fix in Autoslice Fix for projects not using any tileSet Fix for some random crashes (dr) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 06:07] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022`	Aminet uploads until 09.04.2022 The following files have been added until 09.04.2022 to Aminet: Ghetto_Crew.lha demo/ecs 331K 68k Ocean Floor demo for GERP2022... void-dreams37.zip demo/misc 537K 68k Demopack - April 2022 F1GP2022Carset.lha game/data 7K 2022 Carset for F1GP Exult_RTG.lha game/role 50M 68k Amiga port of Ultima 7 (Exult) CitadelRemonstered.lha game/shoot 3.9M 68k Citadel Remonstered Gotcha199.lha game/think 78K 68k Pair two numbers to get the 1... Oz_Game.lha game/think 27K 68k Logic game based on David Par... WhatIFF1.04.lha mags/misc 674K What IFF? #1.04-March-2022 AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.4M 68k Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.7M MOS Signetics-based machines emul... AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.9M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul... pccard.lha util/libs 56K 68k Library to parse PCMCIA infor... ADiffView.lha util/misc 122K 68k Graphical ASCII file compare/... WHDLoadMenu.lha util/misc 483K 68k A WHDLoad frontend Anno.lha util/time 327K 68k Reminder and calendar utility (snx) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 00:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022`	OS4Depot uploads until 09.04.2022 The following files have been added until 09.04.2022 to OS4Depot: amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator jasspa-memacs.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 JASSPA MicroEmacs under AmiCygni... (snx) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 00:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022`	AROS Archives uploads until 09.04.2022 The following files have been added until 09.04.2022 to AROS Archives: nmtm.lzx gam/adv 26Mb Point and click adventure game (snx) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 00:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022`	MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.04.2022 The following files have been added until 09.04.2022 to MorphOS-Storage: MirrorCopy_2.5.lha Files/Tools A clone of MirrorCopy b... Symmetrix_1.0.lha System/Ambient/Blankers Screen Blanker for MorphOS Uptime_1.5a.lha System/Ambient/Screenbar Display Uptime in scree... (snx) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 00:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`11.Apr.2022`	WHDLoad: New installers until 09.04.2022 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 09.04.2022: 2022-04-09 improved: SAS Combat Simulator (Code Masters) 68000 quitkey support, manual included (Info) 2022-04-09 improved: Legend of the Lost (Impressions) keyboard problems on 68000 machines fixed, manual included (Info) 2022-04-08 improved: Dan Dare 3 (Speed Buggy) keyboard problems on 68000 machines fixed, manual included (Info) 2022-04-07 improved: Data Storm (Visionary Design) added joypad controls & trainer, fixed keyboard, 68000 quitkey, added manual (Info) 2022-04-06 improved: Dungeon Master 2: The Legend of Skullkeep (Interplay) AGA flag removed, use less memory, trainers and solution added, install script updated (Info) 2022-04-05 improved: Operation Harrier (U.S.Gold) CD32 joypad support added, byte write to volume register fixed, default quitkey changed to Del, interrupts fixed (Info) 2022-04-04 improved: Last Ninja 3 (System 3) level code can be entered with CD32 joypad buttons (REVERSE/FORWARD), latest joypad reading code used (Info) 2022-04-04 improved: Lure of the Temptress (Virgin) fixed spurious delay/button click, restart now works (Info) 2022-04-04 new: Green Beret (Dante Retro Dev) done by JOTD (Info) 2022-04-04 improved: Desert Strike (Electronic Arts) support for 512k chip, sound fixed (Info) 2022-04-03 improved: Second Samurai (Psygnosis/Vivid Image) 68000/NoVBRMove quitkey support (Info) 2022-04-03 updated: Ninja Remix (System 3) patch redone, trainer options added, CD32 joypad support, 68000 quitkey support, source code included (Info) (snx) [News message: 11. Apr. 2022, 00:18] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`10.Apr.2022`	Prototype: A-Pet - PET/CBM inspired metal case for Amiga or PC An Amiga fan from England is working on a metall case inspired by the PET/CBM series from Commodore. Thanks to different backplates, the "A-Pet" will be able to house a generic PC motherboard or various Amiga models. While the proportions will be similar, the case is not an exact match of the original PET cases: It's not using a 9 or 12 inch monitor but offers a 14 or 17 inch display. And regular Amiga keyboards would be too wide for a standard PET case anyway. Currently, the designer is working on a first prototype, he's reporting his progress in an Amiga forum regularly. The project's current state is also illustrated in a Video. The A-Pet is laser cut from metal sheets which are then folded like a sheet of construction paper. The designer plans to sell finished, powder coated cases to end users. (cg) (Translation: cg) [News message: 10. Apr. 2022, 23:28] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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