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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version of "Ecliptic" (26. Jun. 2024)
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a third demo has been released for ...

PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 159 (English/Italian) (25. Jun. 2024)
The free PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available not only in the original Italian edition but also in an English translation (cover on the right-hand page). The new issue 159 contains many comparing reviews of old and new gam...

Cloanto: Amiga Forever 10 updates R2 and R3 (25. Jun. 2024)
Over the past few months, updates have been released for Cloanto's official emulation and support suites "Amiga Forever" and "C64 Forever", which we would like to report on due to some rather promising new features. The current, free update 10 "R3" can be...

Amiga Kit: Updates and videos for the A600GS games console (25. Jun. 2024)
Pre-orders for the A600GS computer are currently being dispatched. It has already been available to purchase at individual events such as the RetCon Retro Gaming Festival. The first updates for registered AmiSphere users have now been released before the ...

Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v3.3.0 (24. Jun. 2024)
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported). Version 3.3.0 among others offers testcases and base index addressing: ...

Text adventure: "Adventure 2" v1.12 (24. Jun. 2024)
After "Adventure 1" (amiga-news.de reported), 'grindercowboy' has also updated his second text adventure (amiga-news.de reported): visible exits have been added to the room descriptions. Bugs had already been fixed and more verbs added in previous updates...

Aminet uploads until 22.06.2024 (23. Jun. 2024)
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to Aminet: MicroExcel_2.1.lha biz/spread 2.0M MOS A Spreadsheed Editor amigassh.lha comm/net 103K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga 3DPoles.lha dev/amos 149K 3D Pol...

OS4Depot uploads until 22.06.2024 (23. Jun. 2024)
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to OS4Depot: amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator snes9x_gui_contrib.lha emu/mis 236kb 4.1 alternative/contribu donkeykong.lha gam/mis 4Mb 4....

Text adventure: "Adventure 1" v0.9 (22. Jun. 2024)
At the beginning of January, 'grindercowboy' published his text adventure "Adventure 1" as a feasibility study (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has made a finished version of this game available, which is based on a short story he wrote about 30 years ago...

Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.17.1 (22. Jun. 2024)
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), whi...

Video: Modernising a standard A1200 (21. Jun. 2024)
In two videos, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he modernise a standard A1200 to some degree. In the first video, the following is installed: A1200.net case A1200.net keycaps OS 3.2 ROMs Internal CF card with OS 3.2 on it Real time c...

AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.30.4 Release Candidate 1 (21. Jun. 2024)
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published a first release candidate of version 2.30.4 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is u...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.3 and 6.3.3 (preview) (20. Jun. 2024)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch....

Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.7 for Windows, Linux and macOS (20. Jun. 2024)
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (new YouTube video). The new version offers improved Live Analyser, jump table support and reduced iter...

AmigaOS 4: Utility PowerReboot V0.9 (19. Jun. 2024)
Francis G. Loch's PowerReboot is the evolution of OS4Reboot and, including version 0.8 released a few days ago, the first update in about 20 years. As the author tells us, his tool can now not only reboot AmigaOS 4, but can also switch off the computer if...

Petro Tyschtschenko: Brand representative for "Grundig" bicycles (19. Jun. 2024)
Like other traditional German brands, also "Grundig" is now used by other companies. For e-bikes, for example. Former Commodore Germany manager and Amiga Technologies managing director Petro Tyschtschenko is now promoting the latter as a brand representat...

Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.4 for Windows, Mac and Linux (19. Jun. 2024)
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Am...

SCSI emulation: BlueSCSI-Toolbox V1.2c (18. Jun. 2024)
The BlueSCSI Toolbox combines two utilities for managing a BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI in a Commodore Amiga: the CD changer makes it possible to switch between CD ISO images on the SD card during operation. The SD transfer tool can be used to transfer files f...

Multi-purpose tool: Report+ V8.5 (18. Jun. 2024)
Report+ is a ReAction-based open-source software for Amiga systems that offers several useful functions: It is a friendly enhanced replacement for the official Commodore bug reporting tool (V40.2), optionally sending emails automatically. It can gener...

Image and PDF converter: Image2PDF 2.7 for all Amiga systems (17. Jun. 2024)
Bernd Assenmacher's Image2PDF is a tool for converting images to PDF and vice versa. Images can also be scaled or saved in a different format (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 2.7: some small cosmetical fixes were done improved tooltips ...