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Proof of concept: RallyXSE (03. Mar. 2025)
Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen presents the start of a proof of concept in a short video that shows how to create a car rally game with the Scorpion Engine....

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...

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...

Platformer: BOOM! (18. Feb. 2025)
In recognition of AmigaBill's commitment to the Amiga community, Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has released a small platform game in which he plays the protagonist. A demo version was already included on the cover disc of Amiga-Addict issue 25. The game has be...

Run'n Gun: new playable demo for "Operation Steel Rain" (01. Feb. 2025)
"Operation Steel Rain" is a Run'n Gun for AGA computers, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine. Inspired by mecha-style games such as "Assault Suits Valken" (SNES) or "Ranger-X" (Megadrive), the game brings a platform shooter feeling to the Amiga...

Action game: "Operation Steel Rain" playable demo has been released (28. Jan. 2025)
"Operation Steel Rain" is a new run'n'gun action game in development for AGA Amigas. Inspired by mecha-style games like "Assault Suits Valken" (SNES) or "Ranger-X" (Megadrive), the game brings platform shooter action to the Amiga screen. The project,...

Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" 1.0.4 (20. Jan. 2025)
"WiZONK!" (Video) is a single-screen platformer developed with the Scorpion Engine, in which up to four combatants try to kill each other. In version 1.0.4, a few bugs have been fixed and some changes have been made to the functionality: More menu co...

Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" 1.0.3 (16. Jan. 2025)
"WiZONK!" (video) is a single-screen platformer developed with the Scorpion Engine, in which up to four combatants try to kill each other. Version 1.0.3 includes additional enemies and maps, special weapons, more music tracks, guest appearances and a tour...

Platformer: Final version of "Tiny Pixel Adventure" (09. Jan. 2025)
Tiny Pixel Adventure (video) is a classic platformer. A pre-release version was published back in October and the final version is now available. No system requirements are specified for the title created with the Scorpion Engine....

Game: Bunnito's Feast (08. Jan. 2025)
Bunnito's Feast is an AGA jump-and-run game created with the Scorpion Engine, in which you have to steer a runaway rabbit safely home and make sure it eats enough food on the way. It requires 1 MB of Fast-RAM....

amiga-news.de: A half-year review (30. Dec. 2024)
Every website lives from the interest of its users. We therefore wanted to know which news trigger particular interest and what the general situation is regarding visits to one of the best-known German-language sites about the Amiga. In the following, our...

Plattformer: Rastan demo 0.33 (26. Dec. 2024)
Rastan was released to the Arcades in 1987 by Taito. Version 0.33 of the Amiga port being developed with Scorpion is now available, in which level 1-1 has been revised: The background images are more closely based on those of the arcade machine, there are...

Case study: Using the Scorpion engine for porting Ghosts 'n Goblins to the Amiga (17. Dec. 2024)
A noteworthy case study shows how Ghosts ‘n Goblins can be ported to the Amiga using the Scorpion engine. Developer Skyzoo73 presents a playable demo of the first level with AGA graphics in 64+16 colours. He was supported by IM76 (music conversion, ...

Preview videos: Beat'em up "Last Battle 2" , Shoot'em Up "Galactic Plague" (28. Nov. 2024)
Two developers provide a first insight into the status of their projects developed with the Scorpion Engine by publishing videos showing some gameplay: Last Battle 2 is to be a beat'em up which sees itself as an unofficial successor to the Sega classic...

A500 Plattformer: 2tinycowboys version 35 - "Challenge Update" (09. Nov. 2024)
2tinycowboys (video) is a single screen platformer created with the Scorpion Engine, that has two characters battling it out in single screen levels. The new "Challenge Update" cotains the following improvements: Added 'rounds' to complete in single-...

Pacman variant: Fast Food 2 (AGA) (06. Nov. 2024)
The Pacman variant “Fast Food 2” (Video) is the unofficial successor to the Codemaster classic Fast Food, written with the game construction kit Scorpion Engine. It offers 25 stages, 3 different levels of difficulty and saveable high scores. T...

Preview video: Platformer "Robot Jet Action 2" (04. Nov. 2024)
Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik is in the process of porting his platformer "Robot Jet Action", originally released for the C64, to the Amiga as "Robot Jet Action 2" using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). In a new preview video #5 under the title li...

Platform game: 2tinycowboys now with single-player mode (update) (26. Oct. 2024)
2tinycowboys (YouTube video) is a game developed with the Scorpion Engine for the Amiga 500, in which two players compete against each other on a single screen in arcade platformer style. Since our last news item, numerous changes and improvements have be...

Preview video: Platformer "Robot Jet Action 2" (18. Oct. 2024)
Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik is in the process of porting his platformer "Robot Jet Action", originally released for the C64, to the Amiga as "Robot Jet Action 2" using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). In a new preview video #4 under the title li...

Preview video: Platformer "Robot Jet Action 2" (11. Oct. 2024)
Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik is in the process of porting his platformer "Robot Jet Action", originally released for the C64, to the Amiga as "Robot Jet Action 2" (amiga-news.de reported). In a new preview video #3 under the title link as well as the correspo...