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Jump'n Run: Boxx 4, version 1.01 (15. Apr. 2023)
About a week ago, the developer 'Lemming880' in co-operation with "Retroguru" had released the fourth part of his "Boxx" series developed with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Now an update to version 1.01 is available. Changes: Fixed a ...

Preview videos: Temptations port for CD32 (15. Apr. 2023)
The developer 'S0Y' is working on his CD32 port of Temptations, the platform game originally released for MSX-1 in 1988 (amiga-news.de reported) and now has published two further preview videos introducing the third and fifth level....

Tool: identify-library 42.1 (15. Apr. 2023)
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 42.1 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported) which now supports the Open Amiga Hardware Repository as well as new boards. Downloads: IdentifyDev.lha (66 kB) IdentifyUsr.lha (99 kB)...

Do it yourself: Amiga Floppy Swap (15. Apr. 2023)
Amiga Floppy Swap is an extension for the Amiga 500, 1000, 2000 or 3000 with connected external drive, which is placed under the MOS 8520 Even CIA chip. After pressing Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga twice in quick succession, the drives DF0: and DF1: are swapped, so th...

Video tutorial: Creating and using Blitter objects (BOBs) in AMOS (15. Apr. 2023)
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains the creation and use of Blitter Objects (BOBs) and controlling a BOB on the screen by using a joystick for input....

Open Amiga Hardware: Product ID for boards and identify library (15. Apr. 2023)
The authors of the boards- and identify-library have started a project to promote open source Amiga hardware, the Open Amiga Hardware Repository. The project has reserved its own manufacturer ID for Zorro boards. Developers of open Amiga hardware can...

WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.3.1 (14. Apr. 2023)
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.3.1 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. In this release the gameslist.csv file changed. It is recommended t...

Workbench distribution: Wrapper for AmiKit X/XE for Ventura Macs with Apple CPU (13. Apr. 2023)
For Mac OS users of the workbench distribution AmiKit as well as of the installation assistance for AmigaOS 4, Flower Pot, a wrapper optimized for the current operating system version "Ventura" on computers with Apple processor is available at the title l...

RTG driver: New Prefs editor for P96 in development (13. Apr. 2023)
According to Thomas Richter in the A1k support forum (German), he is about to completely rewriting the P96 preferences editor. He has released a beta version of this new "P96Prefs" tool and asks to test it and give feedback. Requirements: P96 3.0.0 o...

Whatever became of... - Bill McEwen? (12. Apr. 2023)
As one can read on the company website at the title link, the former president of Amiga Inc. Bill McEwen is now working for Stavatti Aerospace. The plans of its founder are ambitious - he wants to produce military jets e.g. for NATO, although he has n...

Image editor: PyDPainter 1.0.6 for Windows (12. Apr. 2023)
In contrast to DPaint.js, which we reported on yesterday and which can be executed platform-independently in the browser, PyDPainter (for Windows) uses the Python programming language, but is also inspired by DPaint. As author Mark Riale wrote, "PyDP...

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.04.11 (12. Apr. 2023)
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Since our last message about version 1.2.1 of the fi...

Musicdisk: Chipo Django 2 (12. Apr. 2023)
Also released at the Revision Demo Part held last Easter weekend in the "Wild" category was the musicdisc "Chipo Django 2" by Raubenage & Bitshifters Collective cross-platform for Atari STe, Amiga OCS/ECS and Acorn (YouTube video of the Atari STe version)...

Audio player: RNOTunes 1.1 for all Amiga systems (12. Apr. 2023)
RNOTunes is a GUI based audio player application with support for many different audio formats, embedded cover images, and Last.fm scrobbling (amiga-news.de reported). 'jPV^RNO' now has released version 1.1. Changes: Added button graphics previews in...

Web-based image editor: DPaint.js (11. Apr. 2023)
"DPaint.js" by 'Steffest' is a web-based image editor focusing on Amiga file formats, strongly inspired by the classic DPaint. It is run directly in the browser (works also with the MorphOS browser Wayfarer) and can read and write all kinds of Amiga icons...

Game soundtrack: MicroProse Soccer (D4XX Remix) (11. Apr. 2023)
If the prospect of the upcoming short week is not enough motivation, Bert 'D4XX REMIX' Brüggemann's latest work is highly recommended: his remix of the main theme of the game "MicroProse Soccer" is based on the original music by Martin Galway for the C64 ...

Demoparty: The best Amiga demos of the Revision 2023 (11. Apr. 2023)
This year's edition of the Revision 2023 demoparty took place last Easter weekend. Under the title link, pouet.net has published the results lists. First place in the category "Amiga Demo" won the "Batman Rises" parody "Blood Sugar Rises" by Attentio...

AmigaOS 4: CPU profiler "Tequila" 1.0 (10. Apr. 2023)
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki's "Tequila" is a simple CPU profiler which samples current running tasks. At the moment it's not very accurate or feature-rich, but it will detect if some task is using CPU. Direct download: Tequila-1.0.lha (28 KB)...

AmigaOS 4: mySQLcontrol 2.10, myApacheStarter 3.10 (10. Apr. 2023)
mySQLcontrol by Michael Christoph is a database administration and editing program for the mySQL database server under AmigaOS 4. It requires the MySQL database server included in Edgar Schwan's development environment AAMP (and update if necessary). ...

USB-C Power Supply for Amiga announced (10. Apr. 2023)
At the title link a USB-C-based power supply called "PowerShark" has been announced for Amiga 500, 600 and 1200. Battery-powered USB-C chargers would also be supported, as would magnetic USB-C adapters. Currently, however, only a text-only description ...