11.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to Aminet:
mandel_and_julia.lha dev/amos 7K mandelbrot and julia
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.7M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
WhatIFF3.14.lha mags/misc 3.7M What IFF? #3.14-August-2024
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.2M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
RockMeBaby.lha mods/misc 600K 16bit 4ch Blues Jazz Rock by ...
AmiModRadio.lha mus/play 3.1M 68k Play modules from Internet so...
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip text/pfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-19.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-24.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-25.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-26.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-27.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-28.zip text/pfont 1.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-29.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
tree-mos.lha util/dir 113K MOS Display a tree view of direct...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 23M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
WinAction.lha util/shell 9K MOS Perform an action to a window
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11.Aug.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
visualboyadvance.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.1 GB/GBC/GBA Emulator
yt.lha vid/mis 830kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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11.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
whatiff3.14.lha doc/mis 4Mb amigaguide magazine august 2014
chaotic-dungeon.i386-aros... gam/rol 2Mb A roguelite dungeon crawler.
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11.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
WinAction_1.4.lha Ambient/Utilities Perform an action to a ...
AmiArcadia_33.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Tree_2.1.3.lha Files/Dir Display a tree view of ...
CardsMakingKit_2.0.lha Games/Card A little kit to make yo...
Easy2Install_1.0b55.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
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11.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.08.2024
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 10.08.2024:
- 2024-08-07 fixed: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) avoid crash at startup (Info)
- 2024-08-06 new: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) done by RACE (Info)
- 2024-08-04 improved: Steigar (Screen 7) supports another version, fixed sound effects (Info)
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11.Aug.2024
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Continued GMail support by Iris questionable
As Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek, author of the e-mail program Iris, reports in a forum post at title link, continued support for the American e-mail service GMail is questionable. Programs that are allowed to access this Google service are subject to certain requirements, including an annual security assessment.
This external audit would cost the programmer an additional 500 US dollars every year. Although currently evaluating options he does not believe that it is worth paying this much money per year just to keep frictionless GMail access in the app. (snx)
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11.Aug.2024
BitFellas (ANF)
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Paper: Trackers - The Rise, Bloom and Later Developments of a Paradigm
Markku Reunanen, a lecturer at Finland's Aalto University, has published a paper in English on tracker music programs at the title link, examining 60 trackers and interviewing six developers. As he summarizes, his findings would illustrate the close connection between trackers and computer hardware, the reasons why the authors wanted to develop such software and the gradual development of the paradigm. (snx)
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11.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Team Hoi: Old sketches of the game Hoi and collection of magazine reports
Metin Seven from the Dutch game development group Team Hoi has collected on Archive.org old computer magazine reports on their Amiga and PC games published between 1988 and 1997. Two years ago, he also published five ballpoint pen sketches of the 1992 game Hoi on LinkedIn.
A report on the development of Softeye/Team Hoi he had already published as a PDF file three years ago. (snx)
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10.Aug.2024
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Arcade game: Holy Warrior
Amiten Games has released the arcade game "Holy Warrior" (YouTube video), in which you have to defend yourself as a knight against skeletons and fallen soldiers in order to recover the six holy books. These books had been scattered and hidden by evil forces and are the key to restoring balance and peace.
The game runs on ECS Amigas with 1MB chip RAM and 512 KB Fast RAM or 2MB chip RAM and is available for just under 3 euros. Kickstart 3.1 is required.
You can also pre-order the physical version for around 35 euros. The DVD box contains an automatically starting CD32-compatible CD, a USB stick, a copy of the game on disc and a 3D-printed figure of the Holy Warrior. It also includes a colour manual in PDF format and the digital download. The copies will be sent out from September 2024. (dr)
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10.Aug.2024
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Developer log: Core functions of the game "The Gate" completed
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer now describes the current status of his project in a detailed article on Patreon, including a video: all core functions have been implemented. (dr)
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10.Aug.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.6.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.6.0:
- Add the GPT4o Mini model
- Remove the unused Accent menu item from OS4 version
- Fix bug where some voice menu items in the OS4 version fail to display a checkmark after you select it
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB) (dr)
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09.Aug.2024
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 18
The current issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga" once again comprises 48 colour pages and is available in printed or digital form:
- Video games: RogueCraft, Tony - Montezuma's Gold, Temptations, King & Balloon, TankX, Ami HERO, Doom RPG, FreeSynd, Geo's Quest, Gateway to Nowhere, Hack & Slash, Cecconoid, Quake 2 for AmigaOS 4.1 and AmigaOS 3.
- Test report: Hollywood Designer 7.0
- Review: Kickstart 02
- Interviews: Numerous interviews with the authors of the titles reviewed in this issue
- Technology: Amiga and networks
- Also: Game news, tech news, reader mail, demo scene, box special...
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09.Aug.2024
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster (Germany)
From October 31 till November 3 the 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Details can be found at the title link or in our German news-item. (snx)
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09.Aug.2024
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3"
After "Adventure 1" and "Adventure 2", 'grindercowboy' has now released the third and final part of his text adventure series. "Adventure 3" is inspired by "The Hobbit", among other things: the task is to find the three rings of power and destroy them. (dr)
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08.Aug.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.41
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video shows improved support of moving platforms) is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
All changes of updated version 0.9.41:
- Image to tiles now can open a large image containing a map, extract its
tileset, and optionally recreate this map in the current level.
- Image to tiles checksum has been improved to avoid duplicates.
- Now you can select the spritesheets to use for each Level, saving some
valuable Chip Memory.
- The used spritesheets in the level can be automatically calculated by the
editor.
- In Tileset Menu, Image to tiles can now be used to open a large image with a
game map. The routine will generate all the tiles for this map, and will give
the possibility to generate the level map as well.
- In Objects Menu, in the Advanced section you can define the maximum speed you
want your object to move. Useful for example, when you do not want your object
to fall too fast.
- Fetch mode Quadruple can now be used with Screen Widths: 320, 288 and 256.
Using it will speed up games for AGA Amigas without FastRAM.
- Added a project named BobPerfTest to be able to check performance with the
different fetch modes.
- Added action trigger Follow Object Free, works as previous one but instead of
using 8 directions for moving, movement is smooth vector based.
- When using Help key or ? button to get screen information, now you can click
More button that will open the HTML help with detailed info.
- The tool to open HTML files can be defined in the REDPILLEditor Icon.
- Project ex_mapenemies has been updated win new graphics and using the new
Follow Obj Free trigger.
- ECS parallax now supports vertical movement.
- Red CD32 button is now equivalent to normal Joypad first button.
- Vampire can usage can now be detected using the condition trigger Processor.
It will return 8 for 68080.
- Fix Triggonometry startup issue that caused Trig funcions to not work.
- Fix weird behaviour when static objects are deleted from the level.
- Fixed issue when using Inv Speed triggers.
- Giving more info about the errors in Level Properties screen.
(dr)
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08.Aug.2024
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 14 of "WhatIFF?"
"WhatIFF?" is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the thirteenth issue include reviews of hardware (e.g. TF536) and software (e.g. Amiga GPT, ApolloExplorer), tutorials (e.g. Blitz Basic Basics Part 1: Introduction and Setup) and interviews (z.B. Michael Rupp (TAWS)). (dr)
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08.Aug.2024
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Using image files and discs in PC drives: DiskFlashback v1.0.2
Developer Rob Smith has written DiskFlashback, a convenient software for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) that enables PC floppy drives to read and write image files such as ADFs (Amiga Disk Files) during operation. It also allows you to process real discs in Amiga or Atari format, with the appropriate hardware extensions. To use it, you need the FloppyBridge plugin, which in turn requires additional hardware (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released version 1.0.2 of the software. Changes:
- Sped up the Greaseweazle track reading speed by almost double
- Sped up the Supercard PRO track reading speed by almost double
- Small speed up for DrawBridge reading too!
- Sped up disk writing as well!
- Added special message for people just trying to run the DiskFlashback EXE and wondering why it doesn't do anything
- Added new "Clean Drive Heads" option for real floppy drives (cleaning disk required)
- Re-arranged all physical drive related commands into its own menu
- Added option to toggle the auto-starting up the system tray icon with Windows
- Changed how new versions of the application are detected to hopefully get around some previous false positives
- Mount physical Amiga HD/Memory Card disks as drive letters (OFS/FFS/PFS only)
- Can now detect Amiga hard disk partitions when RDSK block is not on the first block (can be upto 64 blocks in)
- Better / quicker cooldown if disk is removed from physical drive while its being read
- Added support for DSK (MSX) files as they're basically FAT12 PC disks
- Fixed a bug with some DMS files where the total number of cylinders was incorrectly read
- Fixed potential re-entry bug from aborting some operations and turning off the drive motor
- Fixed issues with SuperCard PRO board not seeking to the correct track [FloppyBridge]
- Fixed an issue where some SCP files wouldn't load at all
- Fixed some issues with some dual-format disk images not showing both parts
- Fixed issues with Tri-format disks (they're actually dual-format really)
- Fixed an issue with dual-format disks where number of heads was incorrectly used for PC/Atari side
- Fixed issue where re-reading bad Amiga sectors didn't work properly
- Fixed a strange seek issue when ejecting real floppy disks
- Fixed issue with some dialogs disappearing behind explorer after message was shown
- Fixed an issue where changing file attributes (Amiga) caused the Readable/Delete attributes to become unset
- EXEs etc are now digitally signed
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07.Aug.2024
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: New Raspberry Pi installer for AmiKit
Ján Zahurančík's workbench distribution AmiKit now includes a new, Debian-based installer for the Raspberry Pi. It adapts to the actual Raspberry Pi device used, be it model 5, 400 or 4.
Features of the distribution include:
- Performance: 2500 MIPS and 800 MFLOPS on the Raspberry Pi 5
- Start: Boots into AmiKit directly
- Rabbit Hole: All Linux programs (such as modern browsers, playback software or LibreOffice) can be launched and controlled directly from the AmiKit desktop
Subscribers will already find the installer in their inbox. (snx)
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07.Aug.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Internal 10-watt amplifier for the A1222 Plus
Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000) and reports on his experiences in a blog. Having recently tested various audio players, he now takes a short detour back to the hardware and reports on how he has equipped his A1222 Plus with an internal 10-watt amplifier and loudspeakers. (dr)
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06.Aug.2024
Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)
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Game: Heretic II (2024) to be released for high-performance 68k Amigas
Press release: Brussels – August 05, 2024. Hyperion is excited to unveil a brand-new port of Heretic II (2024) developed by Steffen Häuser, tailored specifically for high-performance 68K Amiga systems.
About Heretic II: Heretic II is the highly acclaimed conceptual sequel to the Hexen and Heretic series by Raven Software. Heretic II relies on a modified version of the Quake II engine by id Software and plays from a behind-the-back third-person perspective as in the Tomb Raider series but still controls a lot like a first-person shooter.
Features:
- Quake II 3D Engine from id Software
- Software renderer and MiniGL renderer (MiniGL renderer can only be used when 3D hardware drivers are available for PiStorm). The software renderer runs 25 fps on 640x480 on Pi CM4, 21 fps on Pi 4, 19 fps lowres on Pi 3. For Pi 3 there are also 480x270 and 640x360 resolutions
- Atmospheric game music via Ogg Vorbis replay
- Localization (both text and audio output) in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish
- Improved quality of the video intro/extro
- Multiplayer support (internet or LAN for up to 32 players)
- Impressive enemy AI
- Excellent player control (mouse, keyboard, joystick), optional PSXPort support
- Expandable with new mission packs such as Quake
Technical requirements:
- AmigaOS 3.x
- PiStorm (Pi 3, Pi 4 or Pi CM4) or via emulation such as UAE
- 64 MB RAM minimum, more recommended
- Picasso96 with chunky 16-bit modes (no AGA)
- AHI 4.18
- mpega.library (game installer can install it)
- 400 MB free hard disc space
This new version of Heretic II is available as of the 9th of August via dealers and the official distributor Alinea Computer. (snx)
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06.Aug.2024
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Book: German edition of "The Making of Prince of Persia" now available
Jordan Mechner is an internationally renowned game designer whose best-known work is probably "Prince of Persia". Mechner recorded the creation of this global hit in his memoirs, which he wrote down during development and published in 2020 (amiga-news.de reported). The book has now been published in German, translated and edited by Stephan Freundorfer: "Jordan Mechner: Die Erschaffung von Prince of Persia – Tagebücher 1985-1993" (original title: The Making of Prince of Persia) invites the reader into the wild, golden 8- and 16-bit era and lets them participate in the restless life of a young creative who is looking for his place between screen and pixels – and becomes famous. Mechner's memories and sketches are historical documents, very personal insights into early game development and the emergence of digital narratives.
The officially licensed version of the 1985-1993 diaries presents Mechner's original drawings, design documents and business records. Also included in the German translation are appendices with explanations of people, companies, contemporary terms and games.
The hardcover version of the title comprises 368 pages, completely in colour, with over 300 illustrations and can be ordered at a price of 34.80 euros from well-stocked bookshops and directly from the publisher Gameplan via the title link. (nba)
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