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Video preview: Space Invaders Remake (20. Jun. 2022)
Arne von Boehn is writing a Space Invaders remake in 68K assembler on a Vampire4 standalone. The state of the game shown in this preview video was programmed in one day. It is not quite finished but already playable. Under the title link you can download ...

Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer with 'Mission Pack' support (07. Jun. 2022)
Artur Jarosik is known for various game ports like the platformer Hydra Castle Labyrinth or the action adventure Heart of Darkness besides his SDL implementation of the browser NetSurf. As a contribution for the AmiGameJam he started to port the first par...

Competition: 'Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam' started (01. Jun. 2022)
Today indie game developer Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen (Wheel of Fortune implementation 'YAWoFFA') started the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam: until September 1st 2022 Amiga developers are invited to write and submit games in AmiBlitz or Blitz Basic (amiga-news....

Workbench distribution: AmiKit survey on additional platforms (29. May. 2022)
The Workbench distribution 'AmiKit' is currently available for the target systems Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and Vampire V2 (amiga-news.de reported). In a current poll on Twitter the developer wants to know if more systems should be supported and...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.5.0 for Vampire V2 (21. May. 2022)
Version 11.5.0 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit specially adapted for Vampire processor cards has just been released (amiga-news.de reported). The AmigaOS files, Kickstart ROMs and the Picasso96 graphics drivers are required. The update includes the f...

Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer V1.0 released (16. May. 2022)
Artur Jarosik is known for various game ports like the platformer Hydra Castle Labyrinth or the action adventure Heart of Darkness besides his SDL implementation of the browser NetSurf. As a contribution for the AmiGameJam he started to port the first par...

Amiga 500 HDD LED Adapter (14. May. 2022)
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a simple HDD-LED adapter for the Amiga 500, which visually displays the activity of a hard disk on accesses (e.g. on a Warp 560, Vampire 500 and many other expansion cards) via the original LED board (DISK LED). The ne...

Vampire V4+ Standalone: Mini-ITX I/O Board (11. May. 2022)
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a simple, modular and cost-effective I/O Board im Mini-ITX Format for the FPGA-based motherboard Vampire V4+ Standalone, which facilitates installation in standard desktop or tower cases. Those who want to rebuild...

Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.2 / 'Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam' announced (28. Apr. 2022)
At the end of March the new major release 3.9.0 of the programming language AmiBlitz was made available. Today with version 3.9.2 a second bug fix release was added. Changes: fixed some enforcer hits fixed drawing problem with text cursor updated sev...

Apollo Team: Deluxe remake of Menace in development (28. Apr. 2022)
Already in August last year Kevin Saunders, graphic designer, artist and game designer (Boss Machine and RESHOOT PROXIMA 3), announced the HD conversion of the Menace game for Vampire Amigas with an animated end boss on his homepage (amiga-news.de reporte...

Programming language: 'AMOS Professional Unity' project updates (21. Apr. 2022)
Almost exactly one year ago we reported last time about Frédéric 'AmiDARK' Cordier's attempt to add new features to the classic BASIC compiler AMOS Professional with 'AMOS Professional Unity'. In the meantime the project has been moved to a new website...

Italian print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 6 (11. Apr. 2022)
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euros) or printed (7.50 Euros) editions. The current issue has 36 colored pages (DIN A4) and covers the following topics: Videogiochi: Attack of the Petscii Robots, Jump!, Ermentrud, Th...

Book: Status update and ordering option for 'From Vultures to Vampires', Volume (16. Mar. 2022)
The first book of the two-volume "From Vultures to Vampires" by former Commodore UK manager David Pleasance and A-EON Technology co-founder Trevor Dickinson on Amiga history was delivered in the middle of last year. The Kickstarter campaign to fund the se...

Demo party: Revision 2022 (06. Mar. 2022)
Revision " is the world’s biggest pure Demoscene event", according to the organizers. This year's edition will take place from April 15 to 18, 2022. A dedicated website has now been launched online. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the event will be str...

FPGA accelerator board: "Multiport Modul" for Icedrake (04. Mar. 2022)
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a Multiport Modul for the FPGA-based A1200 turbo card Icedrake - successor of the well-known Vampire series - which relocates HDMI and network ports as well as the microSD slot to the rear expansion slot of the A1200 a...

New article on Obligement website (02. Mar. 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. January/February 2022 news. Old ar...

Apollo-Team: Apollo V2 Accelerators Support Statement (06. Feb. 2022)
Press release: Dear V2 users, Apollo V2-series have been an extremely successful and hugely loved Amiga accelerator since 2014. Vast amounts of Amiga’s were resurrected from a lonely existence in the attic by “Vampirising” with the ...

Looking for demand: Zorro II/III graphics card with SAGA (16. Jan. 2022)
At the title link, in the forum of a1k.org, Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo team) is looking for interest in a graphics card based on the FPGA chipset of the Vampire turbo cards for Amigas with Zorro II or Zorro III slots. In prospect are the known SAGA graphics...

Trevor Dickinson on: A1222+/Enhancer V2.x/From Vultures to Vampires Vol 2 (13. Jan. 2022)
In response to our inquiry, Trevor Dickinson (A-EON) provided a brief summary of the current status of some projects: A1222plus motherboard Hardware works as expected, including network and audio DVD drive support still problematic at the moment ...

Vampire 1200 V2 accelerator board: Availability, reviews (12. Dec. 2021)
In summer the Apollo team had announced two new accelerator boards: the FireBird (A500/A1000/A2000) and the IceDrake (A1200). Meanwhile, a third card has been added, the Apollo Kraken V4 (Amiga 3000/4000). While the latter is announced for the fourth quar...