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Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive (01. Mar. 2025)
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" has been supplemented by numerous pictures from graphics competitions of the German Amiga magazine. Since there were already some more pictures from this magazine in the archive, there is also a new overview page with all pixe...

Amiga Games That Weren't: Axe'n Crossbow (01. Mar. 2025)
"Amiga Games That Weren't" provides information on 'Axe'n Crossbow', a project by Fuzzball graphic artist Tomas Dahlgren also known as 'Seven Gates of Hell', which combines elements from various arcade games such as Elevator Action, Temple of Doom, Kung-F...

Open source A4091 software package: A4091 version 42.31 (01. Mar. 2025)
For ReA4091, the open source replica of Commodore's Fast SCSI2 controller "A4091", there is now also an open source software package available, which contains AmigaOS drivers, a ROM image, a test utility and software for debugging the driver. Version 42.3...

Field report part 1: Checkmate display, tests with various retro systems (01. Mar. 2025)
In a blog entry, 'Epsilon' presents two examples of the crowdfunded Checkmate 19” IPS Retro Monitor in detail and tests the display with various retro systems. A planned second part will examine the interaction with numerous other 8- and 16-bit syst...

A600GS: Software update 46.1.1015 (01. Mar. 2025)
A further software update has been released for AmigaKit's A600GS emulator platform, which is available for download to registered AmiSphere customers and includes the following changes: A600GS Add Italian language translation thanks to Samir Hawa...

New articles on Obligement website (01. Mar. 2025)
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet. News from ...

Real-time strategy: First early demo version of "King Arthur's Campaign" (28. Feb. 2025)
After its train simulator "Trans-Pennine Express" (amiga-news.de reported), 'lifeschool' has started a new project: a real-time strategy game with some "Defender of the Crown" influences. The playing field in "King Arthur's Campaign" can be seen from a bi...

Run'n Gun: Demo update of "Operation Steel Rain" (28. Feb. 2025)
"Operation Steel Rain" is supposed to become a Run'n Gun for AGA Amigas, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The updated demo version includes the following changes: Aiming control: Not exactly what I really wante...

8-/16-Bit emulator for macOS: Clock Signal v2025-02-26 (28. Feb. 2025)
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compat...

AmigaOS 4: clib4 1.5.0 (26. Feb. 2025)
With clib4 Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè is working on a variant of the official ADTools clib2, which should be specific for AmigaOS 4 in order to be easier to maintain and above all to add functions that are difficult to implement on original Amigas. ...

Python script: Music module converter xmtolsp (26. Feb. 2025)
The Python program xmtolsp converts XM modules of FastTracker 2 into LSP format. The eponymous LightSpeed player converts the music modules into a less computationally intensive low-level format that supplies the Amiga audio hardware with ready-made ...

Event: Flashback Symposium #02 in Jößnitz (Saxony, Germany) (26. Feb. 2025)
The Flashback Symposium will take place for the second time in Jößnitz in the Vogtland region (Saxony, Germany) from June 13 to 15. There will be lectures, workshops and competitions as well as larger tables for exhibitors than last year. A transportation...

Demo scene: Results of Boozedrome 2025 (26. Feb. 2025)
As reported, this year's Boozedrome music competition has been an online event. On the first three places are Megapussi - Myrskylinnun Hulluta, Gabbapappa - The New Generation Of Music and Furious - Party People, the video of all participants is available...

Video tutorial: Anaglyph 3D graphics with AMOS (26. Feb. 2025)
In another video of his tutorial series about AMOS Professional, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' describes how he has created some simple Anaglyph 3D graphics using AMOS....

Frode Solheim is continuing to develop FS-UAE (25. Feb. 2025)
The Amiga emulator FS-UAE and its associated launcher is a platform-independent version of UAE for Windows, Mac OS X and numerous Linux and BSD variants. The last version of FS-UAE & Launcher, version 3.1.66, was released on 3 January 2022. Now Frode Solh...

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 173 - preview and reading samples (25. Feb. 2025)
The reading samples and preview of issue 173 (March/April 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others: Interview Richard Leinfellner Review Super Star Blast Review Jerboastar vs The Germows Review Sk...

Classic remake "X-Out: Resurfaced" has been published (25. Feb. 2025)
The Amiga classic X-Out has been relaunched as announced under the name "X-Out: Resurfaced". The remake of the horizontally scrolling shoot ‘em up was published on 20 February 2025 for Xbox, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC. In addition to the ...

Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Kelly Sumner (ex-Commodore UK) (25. Feb. 2025)
In the latest episode of the Retro Hour podcast (Episode 468), Kelly Sumner shares his experiences from 15 years at Commodore, first as a trainee, then as a senior employee, and finally as Managing Director of Commodore UK. In the first part of this two-p...

Game for kids: Final demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter" (24. Feb. 2025)
After several preliminary demo versions and a new name (amiga-news.de reported), the final demo version of the children's game "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter" has now been released, in which the first two levels can be tested. The complete game with ...

Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague" (24. Feb. 2025)
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine. After a preview video (amiga-news.de reported) and the f...