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DIY project: Building an Amiga 2000 (part 5) (03. Nov. 2022)
'Drygol' is a member of the demoscene group Lamers and basically deals with retro computers in the form of restorations, upgrades etc. On his site Retrohax.net he not only offers various retro articles, but also runs a blog. Among other things he describe...

Programming contest: AmiGameJam 2022 launched (03. Nov. 2022)
After the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam, which just ended with numerous entries, the next contest for game programmers is already starting: At this year's edition of the "AmiGameJam" the motto is "Sword and Sorcery". Those who want to participate must submit...

Tutorial: Wake on LAN Client under AmigaOS 3 (03. Nov. 2022)
Matthias Münch describes in a short tutorial how an Amiga can "wake up" other devices in the network from wait mode with the help of the Wake on LAN client hpwake....

Playable previews: 'My Life Sucks' and 'My First Shooting Game' (03. Nov. 2022)
Two more games developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam are not yet finished, but the developers already provide playable pre-release versions. To what extent the titles will be developed further is currently unclear. My Life Sucks (video) was supp...

Flip-Screen-Shooter: Shuriken (03. Nov. 2022)
Phil Grenways 'Shuriken' (video) is a Berzerk-inspired flip-screen shooter with a ninja theme. The title was developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam, the Blitz Basic source code can be found on bitbucket.org....

Simulated pub crawl: Weegie Nights (03. Nov. 2022)
In 'Weegie Nights' (video) you have to wander through Glasgow by night and maintain the right alcohol level, in addition the consumption of food and alcoholic beverages as well as various "sources of income" want to be well organized. The title was develo...

Arcade clone: Megafrog (03. Nov. 2022)
'Megafrog' (video) is a variant of the arcade classic Frogger, in which the playing field is significantly larger than the current screen section. The frog here can mutate into the titular Megafrog by eating a certain amount of dragonflies, which can then...

SimCity for animals: Microtopia (02. Nov. 2022)
'Microtopia' (video) is described by the developer as a "prototype of a city-building simulation", in which a city for crows, beavers and moths is to be built on randomly generated maps. Numerous features that are still missing are to be added in later ve...

New articles on Obligement website (02. Nov. 2022)
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information. September/October 2022 news. Old art...

Top-Down-Racer: Zebra 3 (02. Nov. 2022)
'Zebra 3' (video) is a top-down racer with four different courses. The title was developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam, Kickstart 2 and a "fast Amiga" are given as minimum requirements. ...

Playable preview: Capacitor's Revenge (02. Nov. 2022)
In the shooter 'Capacitor's Revenge' (video) you have to defend the Amiga's m68k processor against attacking capacitors (amiga-news.de reported). The title is being developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam, the author now provides a first playable pre...

Platformer: Daredevil Dennis Remix (02. Nov. 2022)
'Daredevil Dennis Remix' (video) is a conversion of the 8-bit title Daredevil Dennis for the Amiga, developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. The game features 25 with increasing difficulty....

Vertical Scrolling Shoot'em Up: ACE Battle Over The Sea (02. Nov. 2022)
The vertically scrolling shooter 'ACE Battle Over The Sea' (video) was developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. The title, inspired by classics like 1942, offers four missions and runs on any Amiga with at least one megabyte of Chip RAM. The download...

Arena shooter: Blower (02. Nov. 2022)
'Blower' (video) - developed for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam - is an arena shooter in which up to four human players use firearms and flamethrowers to get at each other. Computer-controlled "bots" are also available for training purposes, but the ...

Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.5 (AmigaOS 3/4) (01. Nov. 2022)
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 5.5 and is now based on the latest OpenSSL 3.0.7, which was also released today. This fixes a security problem that has existed since OpenSSL 3.0.0 and is now classified as high: a buf...

Point'n Click adventure: NEONnoir (01. Nov. 2022)
The Point'n Click adventure 'NEONnoir' (Video) was developed with AmiBlitz for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. As a down-and-out private eye, the player has to track down a drug addicted daughter from a wealthy family. 'NEONnoir' requi...

Games for RTG systems: Sky Tower, Last Space Raider, Dungeon Escape, Börd (01. Nov. 2022)
Sami Vehmaa has written several Arcade games for Amiga systems that have a graphics card installed: Last Space Raider, a Space Invaders clone Dungeon Escape, a simply maze game with a first person perspective Börd, a clone of Flappy Bird in Sky Tow...

Blog: Restoration of an Amiga 1000, part 3 (01. Nov. 2022)
In the third part of his documentation about the restoration of an Amiga 1000 (amiga-news.de reported), Richard "Shred" Körber explains how he replaced the floppy drive with a Centuriontech "GOEX on pills" floppy simulator....

Linux tutorial: Using the Fienix distribution on the X5000, part 2 (01. Nov. 2022)
In the first part of the instructions for using the Linux distribution "Fienix" on the X5000, Amiga-News.de editor Daniel Reimann reported how to prepare a USB stick under Windows for this purpose. Here now the continuation: Starting Fienix After ...

Platformer: Ami-Tower (01. Nov. 2022)
The Polish developer 'Tukinem' (farm simulation "Farmiga") has ported Icy Tower in Blitz Basic 2 to the Amiga. The game principle is to let the main character climb a tower by jumping to different heights. The levels are created randomly. You can ju...