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Print/PDF magazine: APoV (Amiga Point of View), issue 6 (10. Apr. 2025)
Amiga Point of View is a 72-page PDF magazine. The sixth issue contains, among other things, a ten-page overview of games released in recent years, numerous game and hardware tests and a profile of the cyberpunk artist Tengushee. The PDF version is availa...

Free downloads: Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2, Legend of Falconia (10. Apr. 2025)
The full versions of Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2 and Legend of Falconia can now be downloaded free of charge from Amiga Future....

Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32 for the Amiga 1200 (09. Apr. 2025)
KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module that can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. With version 1.6, after the Amiga 3000 and 4000, the Amiga 1200 is...

ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.d for Sam460EX, Sam460CR and Sam460LE boards (09. Apr. 2025)
Press release: Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 08 April 2025 ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the UBoot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards. For the first time in Amiga history, it is now possible to boot from an NVMe SS...

Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code 10.0.2 (08. Apr. 2025)
For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor (amiga-news.de reported). The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the ...

Mining strategy game: The history of "Aminer" (07. Apr. 2025)
"Last Minute Creations", a Polish group of Amiga game developers (e.g. GermZ or Chaos Arena), spent more than six years working on their mining strategy game "Aminer": set in the Soviet era, the aim is to fulfil the planned economic extraction plans and m...

HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.16.13.1 (07. Apr. 2025)
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de repo...

Point'n Click adventure: Demo version of Soltys released (07. Apr. 2025)
Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch has released a short demo version of the point'n click adventure game "Soltys" (video), which was originally developed by the Polish studio LK Avalon and released for MS-DOS in 1995 (Wikipedia). However, as the author emphasise...

Arcade action: New demo version V0.98 of Ghosts'n'Goblins (07. Apr. 2025)
At the end of 2024 'Skyzoo73' released a handsome practice study to show how Ghosts 'n Goblins can be ported to the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The now updated demo version offers a lot of corrections and optimisations and re...

OS4Depot uploads until 05.04.2025 (06. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to OS4Depot: arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &... amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator losmalditos.lha g...

Crowdfunding: Psygnosis - Games People Play (Volume 1) (06. Apr. 2025)
Following the book "Demoscene: The Amiga Renaissance", Éditions64K is now planning a two-volume publication on the history of the games company Psygnosis (e.g. Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast). The first volume covers the years 1980 to 1993, i.e. the p...

Java program: ham_convert 1.11.0 (06. Apr. 2025)
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based program ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the HAM format of the Amiga and is now available in version 1.11.0. New features include an MSX2+ screen 10 conversion, an improved MSX2+ screen 12 conversion, an M...

Event: Start for ticket sales for "Amiga40" (05. Apr. 2025)
Press release: Amiga40 Germany - 40 years of Amiga, a celebration for everyone! 17 - 19 October 2025 - a very special date for everyone who loves the legendary Commodore Amiga: We celebrate 40 years of Amiga with a big anniversary event in Mönchengladb...

Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.4.0 (05. Apr. 2025)
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool...

Pre-order: New synth album ‘Home Arcade’ with Amiga track (04. Apr. 2025)
'LukHash' describes his music as a "fusion of digital 8-bit chaos and 80s-inspired synthesiser music, combined with modern sounds and cyberpunk aesthetics." His new album "Home Arcade" can now be pre-ordered and customers will also receive 'retro versions...

Demoparty: Revision 2025 is still looking for volunteers (04. Apr. 2025)
The demo party ‘Revision’ will traditionally take place on the Easter weekend at the ‘E-Werk’ in Saarbrücken. However, the organisers are still looking for volunteers: Press release: Revision is the biggest pure demoscene even...

Event: ZZAP! Live 2025 in Kenilworth (England) (02. Apr. 2025)
On May 17/18, the third "ZZAP! Live" event for all Commodore and Amiga systems will take place for the first time over two days at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England), organized by Fusion Retro Books, the Arcade Club, Retro Games Ltd, the South West A...

20 years of AmiKit: The AmiKit Museum is now open (01. Apr. 2025)
This year, the popular AmiKit celebrates its 20th birthday. The first coverage of the project appeared on amiga-news.de on 14 July 2005 ("Emulation: First Preview of the AmiKit Complete System"). The AmiKit Museum has now been set up as a thank you to Ami...

Linux: Kernel 6.14.0 for X1000/X5000 (01. Apr. 2025)
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.14.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The X1000/X5000-specific changes are: Linux 6.14 Released With Working NTSYNC Driver, AMD Ryzen AI Accelerator S...

Swedish demoscene recognised as UNESCO cultural heritage (01. Apr. 2025)
The demoscene has been acknowledged as an intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. This underlines the cultural significance of this digital art form, which has existed since the 1980s and includes an active community in Sweden with numerous demoparties an...