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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.7 for Windows, Mac and Linux (update) (28. Aug. 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...

US trademarks: New dates for "AmigaOne" trademark dispute (28. Aug. 2024)
The dispute over the trademark "AmigaOne" at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, amiga-news.de reported) had initially been suspended (PDF file), because any court decision in the main proceedings would make it easier to reach a final decision on c...

Amiga emulator: vAmigaWeb supports EmuTOS (28. Aug. 2024)
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or rather a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on vAmiga, an Amiga emulator for Mac OS. Besides the AROS ROM, since August 18 also the Atari-TOS-compatible EmuTOS has been added as a selectable ...

Programming environment: MicroPython for the Amiga in development (27. Aug. 2024)
MicroPython Amiga is a fork of the MicroPython project that brings this programming environment to the classic Amiga (with at least AmigaOS 3.1). The project is still under development, but can already be compiled and used. Amiga-specific features: ...

AROS: First test version of Odyssey browser v2.0 (26. Aug. 2024)
At the beginning of August, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz released a first test version of the 64-bit browser Odyssey for AROS (amiga-news.de reported). In this next test version, the WebKit engine has been updated from August 2015 to February 201...

Hollywood: GUI plugin RapaGUI 2.2 (25. Aug. 2024)
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is pleased to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 2.2. RapaGUI is one of the most popular Hollywood plugins as it can be used to create graphical user interfaces for a variety of systems (AmigaOS, Windows, macOS,...

AROS: Demo version of word processor Final Writer 7.1 (25. Aug. 2024)
Nine years after the initial announcements, the word processor Final Writer is now receiving its first update since 1997: The new rights holder Timothy "terminills" Deters is offering free demo versions for AROS-68K, AROS-x86-64 and AROS-x86 ABIv0 (...

Platform game: Test version 5 of "Dr. Dangerous" (25. Aug. 2024)
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 5 offers the following changes: ...

Logic game: Untangle V0.5 (25. Aug. 2024)
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so ...

Aminet uploads until 24.08.2024 (25. Aug. 2024)
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to Aminet: amigassh.lha comm/net 104K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga CestinoGlobale.lha dev/blitz 53K 68k Italian global trashcan WIP CVBasic.lha dev/cross 316K 68k...

AmigaRemix: Further files added (25. Aug. 2024)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Full Contact Intro Tyros Edition Planets live performance ...

Video: AmiGameJam candidate Anguish as spiritual successor of Agony (25. Aug. 2024)
Topic of this year's AmiGameJam, which runs until December 1, are sequels to Amiga games from the old days. With a video of the current state of development, Adrian Browne presents his candidate "Anguish" at the title link, which is to continue the g...

iOS app: 4champ 3.7.0 for accessing Amiga Music Preservation (25. Aug. 2024)
The iOS program 4champ is a user interface for corresponding mobile devices to access the Amiga Music Preservation database....

Demoparty: Deadline 2024 (Berlin, 4.10.-6.10.) (24. Aug. 2024)
The tenth anniversary edition of the Deadline Demo Party will take place from October 4-6 in Berlin and will feature classic demoscene competitions, seminars, fun competitions, retro computing, DJs and live sets and much more. Amiga entries can be submitt...

Demoparty: Results of Evoke 2024 (24. Aug. 2024)
Last weekend this year's Evoke demoparty took place. In the competition "Alternative Platforms" the following Amiga productions ranked the following places: 4th place: Konrad Zuses Plankalkül by The Electronic Knights 6th place: Evokaetion by The El...

Shoot'em Up: Demo version of QuasaurusX (23. Aug. 2024)
After "Holy Warrior" (amiga-news.de reported), the latest project from Amiten Games is the shoot'em up "QuasaurusX", a demo version of which has now been released (YouTube video). The player has the task of defending the X-19 sector, which is threatened b...

Text adventure: "Adventure 3" V1.01 (23. Aug. 2024)
For the third and last part of his text adventure series (amiga-news.de reported), 'grindercowboy' has released a small update that fixes a bug with the rope. However, this means that the hammer in the rubbish bin no longer exists because the developer ha...

Video tour of the "ZZAP! Live 2024" (23. Aug. 2024)
Last Saturday, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) hosted the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum (amiga-news.de reported). The YouTube channel "SpectrumNez" now shows the ex...

Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.19 (22. Aug. 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...

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 170 - preview and excerpts (21. Aug. 2024)
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 170 (September/October 2024) have been published online at the title link. Content includes interviews with Jennifer Diane Reitz and 'Tigerskunk', previews of Krogharr and The Lost Pixel as well as a workshop abo...