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Paint program: PolarPaint for all Amiga systems (11. Apr. 2025)
PolarPaint is an experimental paint program written with Hollywood that requires a fast computer with RTG, at least a resolution of 1440x900x16 (program window is 1400x820), at least 40 MB free Fast RAM (64 MB or more recommended) and is available for Ami...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.8 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.8 (11. Apr. 2025)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.8 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has ...

Print/PDF magazine: APoV (Amiga Point of View), issue 6 (10. Apr. 2025)
Amiga Point of View is a 72-page PDF magazine. The sixth issue contains, among other things, a ten-page overview of games released in recent years, numerous game and hardware tests and a profile of the cyberpunk artist Tengushee. The PDF version is availa...

Free downloads: Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2, Legend of Falconia (10. Apr. 2025)
The full versions of Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2 and Legend of Falconia can now be downloaded free of charge from Amiga Future....

Video of Amiga 40 Roundtable and Lorraine at VCF East 2025 (10. Apr. 2025)
Former Amiga and Commodore employees Dale Luck, Ron Nicholson, Glenn Keller, Randell Jesup, Peter Cherna, Andy Finkel, and Jeff Porter talk about the history of the Amiga on a roundtable at the VCF East 2025 Amiga 40 celebration moderated by Dave McMurtri...

Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32 for the Amiga 1200 (09. Apr. 2025)
KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module that can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. With version 1.6, after the Amiga 3000 and 4000, the Amiga 1200 is...

Do it yourself: RetroPlayer for Amiga music modules in a wooden case (09. Apr. 2025)
Skilled hobbyists who want a small player for Amiga music modules in an attractive wooden case with a rotary control and display will find a finished project with a list of all the components required at the title link. (There is also an English descripti...

Print/PDF magazine: ZZAP! Amiga, issue 21 (09. Apr. 2025)
The March/April issue of the magazine "ZZAP! Amiga" contains 60 color pages in A5 size. A look at the table of contents can be found at the Amiga Magazine Rack website....

Linux: Kernel 6.12.22 LTS for X1000/X5000 (09. Apr. 2025)
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.22 LTS ("long-term support"), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Information on the X1000/X5000-specific changes can be found at the title link....

ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.d for Sam460EX, Sam460CR and Sam460LE boards (09. Apr. 2025)
Press release: Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 08 April 2025 ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the UBoot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards. For the first time in Amiga history, it is now possible to boot from an NVMe SS...

Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code 10.0.2 (08. Apr. 2025)
For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor (amiga-news.de reported). The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the ...

Mining strategy game: The history of "Aminer" (07. Apr. 2025)
"Last Minute Creations", a Polish group of Amiga game developers (e.g. GermZ or Chaos Arena), spent more than six years working on their mining strategy game "Aminer": set in the Soviet era, the aim is to fulfil the planned economic extraction plans and m...

HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.16.13.1 (07. Apr. 2025)
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de repo...

Point'n Click adventure: Demo version of Soltys released (07. Apr. 2025)
Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch has released a short demo version of the point'n click adventure game "Soltys" (video), which was originally developed by the Polish studio LK Avalon and released for MS-DOS in 1995 (Wikipedia). However, as the author emphasise...

Arcade action: New demo version V0.98 of Ghosts'n'Goblins (07. Apr. 2025)
At the end of 2024 'Skyzoo73' released a handsome practice study to show how Ghosts 'n Goblins can be ported to the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The now updated demo version offers a lot of corrections and optimisations and re...

Aminet uploads until 05.04.2025 (06. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to Aminet: Codecraft.adf dev/misc 880K OS3 Integrated Development ... MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Ed... MCE.l...

OS4Depot uploads until 05.04.2025 (06. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to OS4Depot: arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &... amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator losmalditos.lha g...

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.04.2025 (06. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to MorphOS-Storage: LosMalditos_1.10.lha Games/Adventure Adventure point and cli... PolarPaint_1.0.lha Graphics/Draw Paint program made with... BouncingBall_1.0....

Crowdfunding: Psygnosis - Games People Play (Volume 1) (06. Apr. 2025)
Following the book "Demoscene: The Amiga Renaissance", Éditions64K is now planning a two-volume publication on the history of the games company Psygnosis (e.g. Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast). The first volume covers the years 1980 to 1993, i.e. the p...

Java program: ham_convert 1.11.0 (06. Apr. 2025)
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based program ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the HAM format of the Amiga and is now available in version 1.11.0. New features include an MSX2+ screen 10 conversion, an improved MSX2+ screen 12 conversion, an M...