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Crowdfunding: A book from David Pleasance and Trevor Dickinson (12. Jun. 2020)
After Commodore - The Inside Story, the former "managing director" of Commodore UK, David Pleasance, is working on a second book, this time in co-operation with Trevor Dickinson from A-EON. The book with the subtitle "From Vultures to Vampires" will tell ...

Arcade classic: Missile Command (12. Jun. 2020)
Kevin Gallagher's "Missile Command" (video) is a remake of Ataris' arcade classic having the same name. The game runs on each Amiga having at least 512 KB RAM. The developer is already working on another arcade remake, the shooter Phoenix. ...

Video: Hans de Ruiter about his stagnant laptop project (11. Jun. 2020)
For a long time there has not been any news about Hans de Ruiter's plans of creating a laptop case for the Tabor board (amiga-news.de reported). In a video now the developer, well-known for his RadeonHD graphics card drivers, spoke about this project: Acc...

Self-made project: USB joystick adapter with support for three fire buttons (11. Jun. 2020)
With Volker Oth's "C64 Joystick Adapter" you can connect Atari and Commodore compatible joysticks to modern computers having an USB port. The adapter supports up to three fire buttons, the mode for additional fire buttons (Amiga or C64) is set by a click ...

Full version for download: Nicky Boom (09. Jun. 2020)
The full version of the platform game Nicky Boom released in 1992 can be downloaded from the website of the Amiga Future for free. ADF and IPF images as well as WHDLoad installers are available. Additionally a PDF version of the manual can be downloaded a...

Video: 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast #68 - AGABlaster (09. Jun. 2020)
In issue 68 of the videocast 10MARC, Douglas Compton has introduced the programs AGABlaster (amiga-news.de reported) and AGAConv written by Markus Schordan. AGAConv can convert video files into Commodore's CDXL video format and AGABlaster can then play th...

Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 4.6 (AmigaOS 3/4) (09. Jun. 2020)
The open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 4.6. Changes: Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility to latest OpenSSL 1.1.1g (21.04.2020) version, which brings security and bug fixes. Tweaks to allow and force Amith...

sdbox: Open source SD card reader for the parallel port (08. Jun. 2020)
'sdbox' developed by Jorgen Bilander is a self-construction board which connects a Arduino Nano V3 as well as a common SD card reader to the parallel port of an Amiga and with the helpof an AmigaOS driver allows to access SD cards. The board, the code as ...

AmigaOS 4: Financial management "Lüttje Bookholler" 1.80 (08. Jun. 2020)
The author Achim Pankalla wrote: "It is a easy to use personal finance program. "Lüttje Bookholler" is a German dialect and means "little accountant" and that is what you are, when using my little program. The program is capable to import account data via...

Aminet-Uploads until 06.06.2020 (07. Jun. 2020)
The following archives have been added to Aminet until June 6th, 2020: SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/basic 25K 68k 17 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli... IntyBASIC.lha dev/cross 605K MOS BASIC compiler for Intellivision libdsk-mos.lha ...

OS4Depot-Uploads until 06.06.2020 (07. Jun. 2020)
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until June 6th, 2020: intybasic.lha dev/mis 1005k 4.0 BASIC compiler for Intellivision amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator hle-poker.lha ...

MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 06.06.2020 (07. Jun. 2020)
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until June 6th, 2020: Africa_1.55.lha A conversion of 3W board game by James Jacobs. Augustus_1.4.0.lha An open source re-implementation of Caesar III. ... CannonBall_sdl2...

WHDLoad: New installers until 06.06.2020 (07. Jun. 2020)
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until June 6th, 2020: 2020-06-06 fixed: Goblins 3 (Coktel...

File manager: MCAmiga 0.8 for all Amiga systems (06. Jun. 2020)
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's MCAmiga is a file manager inspired by Norton and Midnight Commander which can be completely used with the keyboard. Changes in version 0.8: Bugfix Move from archive lynx type movement (left,right cursor to browse) Bugfix init...

Amigakit announced datatype system (04. Jun. 2020)
Last year the British retailer Amigakit acquired the rights to the AKDatatypes developed by Andreas Kleinert. In a discussion on amiga.org, Matthew Leaman gives insights into the current stage of development. He also explained that Amigakit is not only go...

Print magazine: Issue 118 of Amiga Future readable online (03. Jun. 2020)
The English issue 118 (January/February 2016) of the print magazin "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop. ...

Crowdfunding: Book "Demomaker - The Amiga Years" (03. Jun. 2020)
"Demomaker - The Amiga Years" is supposed to become a book series which will introduce the most important Amiga scene demos and groups. The first part covering the years 1984 to 1993 is now being financed via Indiegogo. For 35 Euro you would get a hardcov...

Backbone game: "Air Mail" - free digital version and Boxed Edition (02. Jun. 2020)
"Air Mail" (video of a previous alpha version) is another arcade game created with Backbone and by José A. 'Jojo073' Gonzáles (e.g. Mini Zorro, Mini Swat, Brus Li) and Ricardo Vieira. As usual a "boxed edition" will be sold on amigastore.eu which currentl...

New interpreter for Maniac Mansion and Co.: Parrot (01. Jun. 2020)
Another "player" for the game data of classic point'n-click adventures is developed called "Parrot". At least the SCUMM based games developed by Lucasfilm are supposed to run. In contrast to existing solutions like ScummVM, Parrot is being developed espec...

Decompressing Amiga archives: Ancient Format Decompressor (01. Jun. 2020)
The "Ancient Format Decompressor" can decompress Amiga archives which were compressed on 16-Bit home computers using common compression programs. The source code can be compiled on every modern system. The following formats are currently supported: C...