27.Mar.2007
David Brunet / Gunnar von Boehn (ANF)
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Graphician needed for Amiga game project
David Brunet writes: Gunnar von Boehn is looking for one or more GFX artists to create new Amiga 2D games. The games will be in the spirit of great Amiga titles and will be based on the Arcade Construction Kit (ACK) project which started last year.
As the game is based on the ACK engine, it will run on all faster Amiga platforms. This includes AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS and fast AmigaOS 3.x systems like UAE/WinUAE and PowerPC or Coldfire equipped classic Amigas. In addition to this, the game would be able to run on other platforms such as Linux, Windows and Mac OS.
There are 2 game genres possible:
Genre 1:
Classical shoot'em up like "Menace" or "Hybris".
Typical ideas are space shooter, plane, submarine or Rambo style.
Genre 2:
Classical beat'em up in the spirit of "IK+", "Karateka", "Streetfighter", "Samurai Showdown" or "Sword of Sodan".
Basicly everything is possible ranging form Karate, Samurai, Knights, Monsters, Super Heroes, to catfighting Bikini Babes.
The exact look and feel is fully up to taste and abilities of the GFX artist.
A nice option is to start with simple one2one Karate type games. For such a IK+ type game we would only need one background image and one set of sprites. It could later be enhanced with extra story line, extra backgrounds and extra characters.
The GFX artist needs to be able to create all the images for his game. This includes the title screen, the backgrounds and the sprites. The game engine supports all types of resolutions and color models. The game engine imposes nearly no limits on us (i.e. size and number of sprites is nearly unlimited). The targeted resolution is 640x480 in True Color. But other resolutions are possible if wanted.
With a fast GFX artist, it could be possible to create such a game in less than a month.
There is a nice bonus as well. Genesi offered to sponsor this project by donating a free Efika to every GFX artist who helps to create a game for Amiga/MorphOS.
Interested persons can contact us at: Gunnar AT greyhound-data DOT com (snx)
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27.Mar.2007
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WHDLoad: Graphical interface iGame 1.0
iGame is an MUI-based interface to easily start and manage WHDLoad games. You can set categories and filter them. Additionally previews can be shown.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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27.Mar.2007
Chris Hodges (ANF)
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USB stack: Poseidon 3.6
Press release:
The just completed new version V3.6 of Poseidon is now available. It includes several enhancements, fixes and supports more mass storage devices, ethernet adapters and the infamous USB Rocket Launcher.
Download it here or use Trident's built-in online update facility.
News in V3.6
- Mass storage class overhaul. Now supports bigger physical block sizes for automounting of RDB partitions, FAT/NTFS and also CD/DVD drives, also adding a lot of emulation, workaround and new compatibility fixes (also fixes the multi LUN problem reported here multiple times).
- Several fixes and changes regarding USB 2.0 support.
- Reworked Prefs Handling, enhanced Trident.
- Changes, fixes and enhancements in the main library.
- New class supporting ethernet adapters using ASIX Chipsets.
- New shell tool for the use of USB Rocket Launchers (no this is no April's fool joke).
- This release also contains a workaround to the deficiency in Elbox' spider.device that can be activated with the "Compatibility hack" option in Trident.
I really spent a lot of time and effort on this release, polishing a lot of the internals at various places. Mass storage should now work better than ever. The new Asix Ethernet class makes it possible to benefit of 100MBit adapters on USB 2.0 -- as long as the USB board doesn't drain the CPU too much (which unfortunately, is the case with the Spider). But there are things to come.
It should be performing very well on the classic Amigas now. I be will spending the next weeks in making the experience for MorphOS at least equally nice.
Enjoy -- Chris Hodges
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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26.Mar.2007
Genesi (E-Mail)
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Genesi: Looked forLaptop-Prototyp on Efika-Platform
Linked to the header, Genesi looked for somebody who builded based, on the Efika-Platform a Laptop. Requiered are and the budget is available for 5-10 Prototypes. If somebody is interessted he can contact Genesi. (snx) (Translation: aj)
[News message: 26. Mar. 2007, 21:13] [Comments: 0]
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26.Mar.2007
Martin "Mason" Merz (ANF)
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New 32 bit icons at masonicons.de
Martin "Mason" Merz releases 11 new or reworked archives with 32 bit icons (Screenshot):
- DiskMaster2MI: A simple icon and drawer set for Rudolph Riedels DiskMaster2
- Disks&FoldersMI: The archive formerly known as 'Disks' (TAFKAD) features next to several new disk icons some folders (as seen on Linux, OSX or Windows systems).
- DOpus4MI: This icon set for DOpus4 got a complete revision with some extra icons.
- EnvoyMI: A complete icon and drawer set for Envoy.
- FuelGaugeMI: A simple icon and drawer set for FuelGauge.
- MakeCDMI: Just added an icon for CopyCD to the archive.
- MixerMI: Added an icon for the Push4Dock system. Please also have a look at the reworked skin for Mixer.
- Push4MMVolMI: An icon set to control Mixer via the Push4Dock bar based on the idea of Alex Carmonas MMVolume.
- TuneNetMI: The icon set for TuneNet got a complete revision with some extra icons for the Push4Dock bar and menu.
- TurboPrintMI: A complete icon set for TurboPrint.
- WiFiSignalMI: A simple icon and drawer set for WiFiSignal.
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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25.Mar.2007
(ANF)
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Hyperion and ACube Systems announce strategic partnership
Press release
Leuven, Belgium and Bassano del Grappa, Italy
25 March, 2007
Hyperion Entertainment VOF and ACube Systems Srl are pleased to announce that they have entered into a strategic partnership following a recent two day meeting of representatives of both companies in Brussels, Belgium.
Within the framework of the partnership ACube will act as a worldwide distributor of Hyperion's Amiga OS 4.0 operating system for a range of PPC hardware platforms including AmigaOne (MicroA1, SE/XE) and Classic Amiga.
More details regarding the companies strategic partnership will be announced shortly.
Amiga OS 4.0 © 2001-2007 Hyperion Entertainment VOF, developed under license from Amiga, Inc. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga, Inc.
Hyperion Entertainment
ACube Systems Srl
Amiga OS 4.0 website (cg) (Translation: cg)
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25.Mar.2007
AROS-Exec (Webseite)
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AROS-Exec : Call for wall-papers
Due to a certain need for new Wanderer backgrounds, everyone is invited to the official "Call for wall-papers" at AROS-Exec.
The wallpapers should be placed in the AROS-Exec gallery and should have a minimal size of 800x600, images in multiple resolutions would be best.
Since there is no resizing of wallpapers supported in Wanderer, the image content might be aligned to the upper left corner, so using a 1024x786 background image in a 800x600 resolution would not cut any logos or sensitive parts.
All images must be released under APL and must not contain any foreign copyrighted materials!
The competition deadline is May 31st, after which a poll will be starting to nominate the winning image. This will be set as the default desktop background in the nightly builds. (snx)
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23.Mar.2007
Amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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DiscreetFX: Game programming contest
Press release Chicago, Illinois – March 23rd, 2007 -- Visual FX company DiscreetFX LLC Inc., offers $1000 to the developer or team that can create a three level demo of a platform game starring Hottie, in the classic gaming style of Arabian Nights, Shadow of the Beast, Nicky Boom, Zool, etc.
"I have noticed game development for Amiga has seemed to stagnant and want to help change that, stated DiscreetFX's CEO. So begins a fun contest to sharpen your Amiga game creation coding skills. The three level demo you create will need to run on classic Amiga's and WinUAE/E-UAE/PSPUAE. We don't care so much if it is AGA or Amiga 500 specific. We care more of the quality and polish that will go into the demo. The game will need to star Hottie, DiscreetFX's leading virtual character.
Runner up prizes will also be offered and the winner will get a chance to complete the game and release it on AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, and other gaming systems.
More information will be available at the title link in the next week. For more information about this contest please contact DiscreetFX.
About DiscreetFX:
DiscreetFX has been creating software products for the Amiga, video editing, computer generated graphics (CGI) industry since 1995. The Amiga computer defined and created the video editing, computer graphics market when it went on sale in 1985.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Mar.2007
Amiga Resistance (ANF)
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Amiga-Resistance: New entries in FAQ collection (German)
The Amiga-Resistance-Team tries to collect several FAQs to bundle the knowledge about the Amiga. Each contribution is very welcome.
These FAQ and documentations have been added:
- MakeCD FAQ
- fxscan FAQ
- fxPaint FAQ
- VHI Studio FAQ
- VHI RS232 und Olympus.vhi FAQ
- IOUSB FAQ
- IBrowse FAQ
- IBrowse 2.4 Update FAQ
- AmigaOS FAQ
- Scandoubler/Flickerfixer FAQ
- Monitor/Television FAQ
- Workshop ArtEffect
- Jumper setting Blizzard 1230
- Guide Animate Turbo-Board I & II
- Guide M-Tec 68020
- Guide Blizzard 2040 ERC & 2060
- Guide Mach 2
- Guide Turbo Jet 1230
- Guide T1230 (Viper)
- Guide Blizzard 1230 IV / 1260 SCSI Kit
- Guide Blizzard 1240 ERC & 1260
- Guide Blizzard PPC / 603e & 603e Plus
- Guide Derringer030 & Derringer Platinum
- Guide Professional 020 / 030
- Guide AdSpeed
- Guide E-Matrix 530 (Viper 530)
- Guide Viper 520CD
- Guide Turbo CD
- Guide Hard-Disk Interface AlcompOMTI
- Guide AlfaPower BSC-HD
- Guide AmiQuest OverDrive (SmartStor)
- Guide AmiQuest OverDrive HD (SmartStor Plus)
- Guide AT-Bus 508
- Guide AT-Bus 2008
- Guide Tandem
- Guide Oktagon 500 & 508
- Guide Oktagon 2000 & 2008
- Guide COMBITEC AutoBoot-Karte
- Guide Commodore A570
- Guide Vector Falcon 570
Thus 160 entries are available. The permissions for publishing the guides were given by the authors via email. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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23.Mar.2007
IOSPIRIT GmbH (ANF)
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IOSPIRIT GmbH quits the Amiga market
Press release IOSPIRIT GmbH ends its Amiga business on the 1st of April 2007.
In the future, IOSPIRIT GmbH will be focusing solely on its Mac®
products. In order to better serve the needs of that market and to be
able to process incoming orders faster and more efficiently, a
reimplementation of the shop system is currently being worked on.
The reasons for the decision to no longer operate in the Amiga market
are as follows:
- We want to fully commit to developing Mac® products in the future
- The big additional overhead that would be necessary to integrate (permanent) support for download and package versions of Amiga software into the new concept and the drawbacks that would come with this for the majority of our customers - which today are Mac® users
- The decreasing demand for Amiga products and the the situation of the Amiga market in general
IOSPIRIT's own Amiga titles will no longer be available beyond April,
1st, 2007 - except of course for remaining stock at dealers. The
future distribution as well as development and support of IBrowse will
be handled directly by the IBrowse development team. You can find
their website at ibrowse-dev.net.
Many thanks go to
- All of our customers and users for being loyal for so many years, which has made the development of our Amiga titles possible in the first place;
- All developer and scene buddies for the many interesting, reflective, funny, educational, helpful and amicable moments, anecdotes and experiences;
- All those, who have always been there to help with mental and moral support and an independant, second opinion.
We wish all of you all the best for the future and would be happy to
see you again over in the Mac® market. If you are interested in what
we are currently working on, you can find our Mac® products at
iospirit.com.
Sincerly,
Felix Schwarz (snx)
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23.Mar.2007
Amigaweb.net (Webseite)
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Burning program: Frying Pan 1.2.3
Tomasz 'Error' Wiszkowski has published an update of his CD and DVD burning program Frying Pan. The following problems were fixed:
- 0000064: [Behaviour] Prepared ISO files can not be deleted (Error)
- 0000060: [GUI] Window does not snapshot (Error)
- 0000063: [Data Handling / Plugins] icon files missing/mangled (Error)
- 0000059: [Behaviour] WAV import module loads files forever (Error)
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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22.Mar.2007
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Updates for Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0
Two new updates for users of Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0 are now available in the restricted area for customers on the Airsoft Softwair homepage.
With these two updates it is now possible to use different charsets than ISO 8859-1 with Hollywood as well. This allows you for example to use Eastern European charsets with Hollywood. Furthermore, some bugs have been fixed and it is now possible to quit Hollywood without problems from a CLI using CTRL-C.
These two updates are only for users of the download versions of Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0. The versions that come on CD already contain the latest versions of Hollywood 2.5 and Hollywood Designer 2.0. All registered customers can now log onto the Airsoft Softwair homepage with their username and password and download the new versions.
Thanks go to Paul Bloedel, Lazar Zoltan, Rafal Chyla, Marco Fogli and Martin Cornelius for the bug reports. (snx)
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22.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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Amiga Magazin: Reading Rehearsals of Issues 2/07 and 3/07
From today on reading rehearsals of the issues 2/07 and 3/07 from the "Amiga Magazin" are online.
The released articles are related to the web browser Sputnik, certain PowerPC cpu's, AmigaOS 4 final, Ambient as well as shell- and Unix-commands on the Amiga. (snx) (Translation: tz)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2007, 13:04] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaOS 4: CPUTemp.docky 52.11
The new version 52.11 of the AmigaOS 4 program CPUTemp.docky fixes a bug of its predecessor which caused a crash in the workbench mode. (snx) (Translation: tz)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2007, 12:40] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2007
Moo Bunny (forum)
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Team AROS: First Alpha-Version of an USB Stack
Within the scheme of the team AROS bounties Michal Schulz has uploaded the first alpha version of an usb stack into the SVN version management of AROS now. Currently only usb mice are supported. (snx) (Translation: tz)
[News message: 22. Mar. 2007, 09:32] [Comments: 0]
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22.Mar.2007
Kilian Servais (ANF)
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Magazin: Retro #3 published
Since this week the third release of the Retro magazine is available in stores. An item overview is given under the title link. The official press release is listed below:
About Hackers and Heroes
The fascination of computers and the number of those who are using them full of enthusiasm was increasing within the seventies. Small groups came up which were even occupied with the world of computers aside the universities. Every new piece of software was examined, analysed and passed on.
Bill Gate's idea of a software market came to the idealistic hacker's world like a bombshell. It was the opinion that every programmer acquired his knowledge from others and only a free exchange could guarantee a further development.
Bill Gates neither wanted to share his knowledge with others nor he wasn't prepared to allow that his software should be freely copied and changed by others. Being upset, finally he wrote a so called "open letter" to the Homebrew computer club. In it he claimed the ones as thieves who were using and copying his software without any payment.
Retro #3 shows Bill Gate's original letter from the year 1976 and gives impressions from hackers' ethics and crackers' philosophy. Furthermore there are scenes of Wau Holland, being figured as a co founder of the Chaos computer club.
Additional highlights in Retro #3 are a special about soccer manager games and the history of the Amstrad/Schneider CPC.
About Retro:
Exciting, funny and a special sense for retro trends - RETRO
offers everything from the cosmos of digital lifestyle. The magazine reports from video games, hard- and software for retro fans, but even introduces people and stories in the background. With a regular view of events all over the world RETRO informs you of all aspects from the digital retro culture. Even a cd-rom is attached to every issue - full of videos, sounds and games from the retro scene.
RETRO #3 consists of 96 pages and is in stores for 9,95 Euro since March 20, 2007. A cd-rom with 25 video games is part of this issue. (snx) (Translation: tz)
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21.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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WHDLoad: New pakages since Marc, the 3rd
With WHDLoad it becomes possible to install games and scene demos to harddisk which were originally intended for floppy disk use only. Also several incompatibilties with the younger Amiga models are removed.
The following installers were added, improved or updated since the last report:
- 21.03.07 updated: Real (Complex) rewritten, full caches, keyborad fixed, new installer (Info,Image)
- 20.03.07 improved: Holiday Maker (PM Entertainment/Software 2000) sound/gfx fixed, solution added, new install script (Info)
- 16.03.07 improved: Cybercon 3 (U.S.Gold) SMC fixed to work with caches, protection fixed, speedups, keyboard handling fixed (Info)
- 04.03.07 improved: Faktory (Virtual Dreams/Fairlight) uses less memory, full caches, new icons and install script (Info,Image)
- 04.03.07 improved: Elvira 2 - The Jaws of Cerberus (Horrorsoft/Accolade) supports another version, docs added (Info)
- 04.03.07 new: Pool Of Radiance (SSI) done by Psygore (Info)
(snx) (Translation: ub)
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21.Mar.2007
Amiga Future (website)
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Development environment: Cubic IDE 1.9
The servicepack 9 of the development environment Cubic IDE comes with an internal PNG picture decoder, thus it isn't dependent on datatypes any longer and fixes the problem of possible crashes due to buffer overflow within teh rendering routine. (snx) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 21. Mar. 2007, 18:45] [Comments: 0]
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21.Mar.2007
Christian Rosentreter (ANF)
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MorphOS: OpenTTD 0.5.1-RC1
OpenTTD is an open source-clone of the Microprose classic Transport Tycoon Deluxe. The changes since the last version - mostly bugfixing - are listed at the Changelog. (cg) (Translation: ub)
[News message: 21. Mar. 2007, 13:39] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2007
amigafuture (Webseite)
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WinUAE: AmiKit 1.3.2
AmiKit which is a complete distribution for WinUAE users is now available in version 1.3.2. The update can be installed with the integrated live update function or manually. Have a look at the changes here.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Mar. 2007, 15:38] [Comments: 0]
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20.Mar.2007
Moo Bunny (Forum)
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Team AROS: Two bounty projects completed
At weekend two Team AROS bounties were completed: The DOS-paket-support as well as the VIA Rhine II-driver (inclusive arosTCP-update).
For the next weekend the first alpha version of an USB stack for AROS will be expected.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
[News message: 20. Mar. 2007, 13:45] [Comments: 0]
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