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Java program: ham_convert 1.9.4 (01. Feb. 2024)
Sebastian Sieczko's java-based program ham_convert converts modern graphic formats to the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.9.4. Changes: Added DynamicHires variant with an AGA palette. To enable select mode=Amiga AGA Dynamic HiRes...

Shoot'em Up: BreakThru V1.0 (01. Feb. 2024)
Since the beginning of last year, 'acidbottle' has been working on the Amiga conversion of the horizontal shoot'em up Breakthru, which was originally published by Data East in 1986: the player controls an armed military vehicle and must make his way throu...

Developer diary: Update on the game "The Gate" #1 (01. Feb. 2024)
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. We asked the developer to tell us about the current stat...

Arcade classic: Pong for RTG Amigas and Apollo Vampire V4 (31. Jan. 2024)
After Sami Vehmaa initially released his Pong conversion for the Apollo Vampire V4 only, version 1.01 is now also available for RTG Amigas. It can be played either against each other or against the computer....

Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.4.2 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 (31. Jan. 2024)
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and ...

DIY: Firmware 1.02 for Amiga 4000 accelerator board "Z3660" (31. Jan. 2024)
In October 2021, developer 'shanshe' had started a project on GitHub for the Amiga 4000 turbo board "Z3660" based on John "Chucky" Hertell's A3660 board and the Z-turn Board (amiga-news.de reported). The now available firmware 1.02 improves the SCSI emula...

Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.14 (AmigaOS 3/4) (30. Jan. 2024)
Version 5.14 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.2.1. Detailed changes: Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.2.1 (30.1.2024) version wh...

Event: Flashback Symposium #01 in Saxony (Germany) (30. Jan. 2024)
From June 14 to 16, 2024, the first Flashback Symposium will take place in Jößnitz, a district of Plauen in the Vogtland region of Saxony. The event is open to all systems, but the focus is on the Amiga. The participants are invited to play, pixelate, pro...

New website for AmigaOS 3.x developers (30. Jan. 2024)
A website for AmigaOS 3.x developers has been set up at the title link, which contains articles, a forum and the NDK. The addition of online browsable versions of the autodocs is planned. Questions from users, their bug reports etc., on the other hand,...

Dealer: Vesalia going to retire (30. Jan. 2024)
As the owner, Guido Does, has confirmed to Amiga Future, the Amiga dealer Vesalia is gradually closing its doors. As a first step, the company's own online store has been closed; instead, the website now redirects to eBay, where stock is offered for sale....

Print magazine: Issue 141 of Amiga Future readable online (30. Jan. 2024)
The German and English issue 141 (November/December 2019) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PD...

Aminet uploads until 27.01.2024 (30. Jan. 2024)
The following files have been added until 27.01.2024 to Aminet: Glitch.lha demo/ecs 228K 68k Glitch demo for GERP2024/Sweden shading.lha dev/amos 7K Phong and Gouraud shading REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc ...

OS4Depot uploads until 27.01.2024 (30. Jan. 2024)
The following files have been added until 27.01.2024 to OS4Depot: imp3.lha aud/pla 47kb 4.0 Do stuff on Amiga! cppcheck.lha dev/uti 4Mb 4.1 A static analysis tool for C/C++... mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4....

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.01.2024 (30. Jan. 2024)
The following files have been added until 27.01.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: AmiArcadia_30.80.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi... FinalBurnNeo_1.0.0.3.lha Emulation FinalBurn Neo, an Emula... SonicMania_1.0.0....

Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga v2.5 (29. Jan. 2024)
After the release of the beta version a good week ago (amiga-news.de reported), Dirk Hoffmann has now released the stable version 2.5 of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS without any further changes. The minimum system requirement for his emulator is ma...

Amiga Kit: Price of A600GS games console set/OctaMED update (29. Jan. 2024)
As AmigaKit writes to us, the price of the games console has now been set at 119 euros. OctaMED v8 from A-EON Technology is to be bundled with the A600GS. In-house developers have added AHI support to the original 1996 source code for OctaMED. This is the...

Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.6 (28. Jan. 2024)
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 13.1 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video)...

Developer tool: Installation package for GCC with accessories (28. Jan. 2024)
Grzegorz 'Krashan' Kraszewski provides an installation package at the title link, which facilitates the installation of the native compiler GCC 2.95.3 under AmigaOS, contains useful additions (e.g. make and diff) and also integrates it with the AmigaOS&nb...

Beat 'em up: Final Fight Enhanced (28. Jan. 2024)
'Prototron' has finished his improved implementation of Capcom's Final Fight written in machine language (amiga-news.de reported), which can be downloaded in the accompanying text of the YouTube video. He expressly emphasises that this is a private projec...

Background pictures for AmigaOS 4.1: AOS-Wallpaper 1 (27. Jan. 2024)
Thomas from IconDesigner has, as he tells us, created wallpapers for various AmigaOS 4.1 computers and emulation environments in the last three months. These are: AmigaOne500 AmigaOneA1222 AmigaOneX1000 ...