26.May.2025
Ryan Stapleton (Mastodon)
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Preview video: New e-mail client "AMail"
A fortnight ago Ryan 'bluewizard' Stapleton had already presented his project in a first video: "AMail" is to be a modern e-mail client for AmigaOS 3.2 that supports IMAP and SMTP. The second video now published shows how the client communicates with its local IMAP server and sends emails via SMTP. (dr)
[News message: 26. May. 2025, 06:21] [Comments: 1 - 27. May. 2025, 14:45]
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26.May.2025
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Amiga 40 Tools Jam: Icon-Made V0.9 / Video interview
Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch had submitted the first entry for the Amiga 40 Tools Jam with "Icon-Made": a simple tool, still under development, which creates standard icons from IFF image files for the Workbench (video, amiga-news.de reported).
Version 0.9 now runs on a separate OCS Intuition screen or on a window in WB: the latter allows the tool to be used with graphics cards. In addition, a simple help window has been added.
A Polish-language video interview with the developer has been published on YouTube, which can be viewed with English subtitles. (dr)
[News message: 26. May. 2025, 06:00] [Comments: 0]
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26.May.2025
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Programming competition: Winners of the AmiGameJam 2024
Voting for the AmiGameJam 2024 started at the beginning of December 2024 (amiga-news.de reported). The winners have now been announced in a live show on Twitch:
Congratulations to all the winners! (dr)
[News message: 26. May. 2025, 05:23] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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Aminet uploads until 24.05.2025
The following files have been added until 24.05.2025 to Aminet:
Global_War.zip comm/cnet 296K OS3 Global War
amigassh.lha comm/net 151K OS3 SSH2 for the Amiga
DUMMM.adf demo/disk 880K OS3 A crap demo
Sevgi_Engine.lha dev/c 852K OS3 Sevgi Engine
PyPlayer.zip dev/src 1.1M VAR Audio Player for Python...
DiskFlush.lha disk/misc 11K OS3 Flush all filesystem bu...
XTReme30.lha game/data 31K GEN Xtreme Racing extra tra...
TMSColor.lha gfx/conv 297K VAR Converter from BMP/PNG ...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
NAFCYI1992S4-B02.zip text/bfont 986K GEN NAFCYI Winter 1992-93 (...
IdentifyLibraryItaCat.lha util/libs 30K GEN Italian catalog for Ide...
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 918K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 740K OS3 Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.0M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
GoVD.lha util/wb 43K OS3 Virtual Desktops for Wo...
(snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:31] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.05.2025
The following files have been added until 24.05.2025 to OS4Depot:
libid3tag.lha dev/lib 640kb 4.1 ID3 tag manipulation library
libmad.lha dev/lib 796kb 4.1 MAD: MPEG Audio Decoder
libmpg123.lha dev/lib 7Mb 4.1 Library for decoding mpeg audio ...
libopus.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.1 Codec for interactive speech and...
libopusenc.lha dev/lib 730kb 4.1 Provides a high-level API for en...
libopusfile.lha dev/lib 942kb 4.1 An API for decoding and seeking ...
libsdl_mixer.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 SDL mixer library
libvpx.lha dev/lib 5Mb 4.1 WebM VP8/VP9 Codec library
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
retroarch_cores_insta... emu/gam 244Mb 4.0 Cores for soon to be released Re...
reportplus.lha uti/mis 918kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
(snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:31] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.05.2025
The following files have been added until 24.05.2025 to AROS Archives:
metemp3.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/pla 667kb a Mp3,Flac,Wav Player
amissl.x86_64-aros-v11.zip net/mis 2Mb AmiSSL is a port of OpenSSL for ...
(snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:31] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.05.2025
The following files have been added until 24.05.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
ppcrack-1.0a.lha Files/Archive Unpack and decrypt Powe...
Super-Haxagon_3.9.1.lha Games/Misc Port of Super-Haxagon (...
FallingTime_1.0.2.lha Games/Misc Port of FallingTime (SDL2)
Lite-XL_2.1.7r2.lha Text/Edit Lite XL is a lightweigh...
(snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:31] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.05.2025
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 24.05.2025:
- 2025-05-19 updated: Battle Command (Ocean) Crash bug fixed, another version supported, UI click bug fixed, trainers and manual added (Info)
(snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:31] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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Arcade game: Gemdalus released
The aim of Gemdalus (story of origin) is to collect all the gems scattered around a labyrinth. In doing so, however, you are dragging a kind of rubber band behind you that cannot be crossed. However, it is possible to snap the rubber band back to take a different path.
The AMOS game, which can be purchased for five US dollars, requires the AGA chipset and 1.6 MB of chip RAM as well as 320 KB of additional RAM. (snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:31] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
Mirko Engelhardt (ANF)
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Anniversary: Amigaland.de turns 25
On amigaland.de, Mirko Engelhardt makes formerly commercial software available for download with permission. He can now look back on a quarter of a century and writes (translation):
"The time has come. Amigaland.de is 25 years old, what an achievement and not expected at the time. Honestly, who would have thought 25 years ago that the Amiga community would still be so lively? I certainly didn't, but everything turned out differently and is now as it is.
Our site is celebrating its anniversary this year. Our site saw the light of day 25 years ago and has continued to develop steadily. Before that, we were active in the mailbox scene. We were also successful with the Nevermind BBS (1994 - 2001). Then I pulled the plug and sold all my Amiga hardware. (A serious mistake!) Through Amigaland, however, I tried to maintain my affinity to the Amiga. Today we are quite well established, we can offer many downloads, have many stories to tell and offer help in various areas. Our site has been redesigned four times so far, but I liked our second version the best. :)
Today we celebrate the day, we currently offer the most downloads for the Amiga on our site that we have ever had. Plus apps, demos, tutorials and our extensive history section. We are currently supporting the Amiga40 as a sponsor and are giving away two tickets to this event until May 31, 2025. Have fun at Amigaland!" (snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:30] [Comments: 0]
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25.May.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.32.6 and 3.2.14
The Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) multimedia library is now available for AmigaOS 4 in versions 2.32.6 and 3.2.14.
SDL 3, which was introduced in January of this year as version 3.2, offers an extended programming interface (for the GPU, system dialogs, the file system and webcams, among others) and an extensively revised audio interface compared to its predecessor. (snx)
[News message: 25. May. 2025, 07:29] [Comments: 1 - 25. May. 2025, 12:56]
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24.May.2025
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Desktop wiki: MPW 0.1
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow is writing a desktop wiki whose content is written in Markdown. The wiki starts a local web server, which can then be accessed from any web browser (Video). File and image uploads are still causing problems, but the wiki is already usable. For the time being, Sackrow is only providing an AmigaOS 3 build for testing. (cg)
[News message: 24. May. 2025, 23:59] [Comments: 0]
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24.May.2025
Nicola Morocutti (ANF)
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 25
The current issue 25 (May 2025) of the Italian magazine ‘Passione Amiga’ contains 48 colour pages and is available as a printed or digital edition (via Amazon). The topics of the issue include:
- Reviews of 11 new Amiga games: Burger Time, Carmageddon 68k, Better Dead Than Zed, Go! Tony Go!, Speed Haste, NeonNoir 1.2, PJUSK, The Hobbitron Chronicles, Tank in a Dungeon, Trapped in the Tomb, and Jerboastar VS The Gersmow
- Hands-on: AmigaOS 3.2.3 (with an interview with Camilla Boemann) and Codecraft IDE
- Report from Revision 2025
- Tech section: Spotlight on SCALA Multimedia and its integrated applications
- Regular columns: Aminet Treasures, La soffitta del Pastore – Pios One, and Reader Mail
- And also: Game news, Tech news, and more...
(cg)
[News message: 24. May. 2025, 23:59] [Comments: 0]
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24.May.2025
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Shoot'em Up: final demo for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
'Rex and the Galactic Plague' is a vertically scrolling shooter developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine. The "final" demo version now released contains three playable levels and shows the current status after the developer had to make quote some changes to make the title playable from Floppy Discs. (cg)
[News message: 24. May. 2025, 23:54] [Comments: 0]
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24.May.2025
AmigaKit (Mail)
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Hardware emulators: ARM-native MP3 decoding for A1200NG and A600GS
As Amigakit announces in a post on amigaworld.net, they have released "ArmMP3File.library" that uses native ARM code to decode MP3 files. In addition to the text-based player already available, it is hoped that an MP3 player with a graphical user interface using the library will be released soon. (cg)
[News message: 24. May. 2025, 23:49] [Comments: 0]
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23.May.2025
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Tool: png2iff 0.1 for Windows
Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has written a small command line tool for Windows which converts indexed or truecolour PNG files into the classic Amiga IFF format. Colour quantisation, palette remapping and several dithering modes are supported. (dr)
[News message: 23. May. 2025, 23:00] [Comments: 0]
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23.May.2025
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 2 v0.90
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler 'Bolminok's Kingdom 2' requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for free at itch.io and continues the story of its predecessor (amiga-news.de reported). The current version 0.90 now offers music. The story has also been improved and many minor bugs have been fixed. (dr)
[News message: 23. May. 2025, 22:52] [Comments: 0]
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23.May.2025
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor 6.2.0
ASM-editor is a modern web application for writing, executing and learning M68K assembler code, which uses the SvelteKit framework and the Rust programming language (amiga-news.de reported, source code on GitHub).
The tool now supports not only 68k and x86 assembly language, but also RISC-V and offers assembly courses for learning assembly. (dr)
[News message: 23. May. 2025, 22:39] [Comments: 0]
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23.May.2025
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Preview video: Shoot'em Up "Echo Fighter" (6)
With the sixth preview video of its shoot'em up "Echo Fighter" (amiga-news.de reported), 'pixelplop' shows the progress made recently: the player is now greeted with a scaling "Wave" and "Get Ready" text at the start of the level. The inertia of the ship's movement has been added and the power-ups are now mostly functional, although more are planned.
As the developer writes, he is still in the process of writing the game code, which means that he is not yet really focussing on the gameplay or the enemy waves. There are still many things planned to be added into the game. (dr)
[News message: 23. May. 2025, 22:31] [Comments: 0]
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23.May.2025
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PPC hardware: MorphOS successfully boots on the "Mirari" motherboard
Three weeks ago, the PPC-based motherboard "Mirari", developed by Harald 'Geennaam' Kanning, was presented to the public for the first time. According to our information, the MorphOS team contacted the Mirari team for the first time right after this announcement and received one of the few prototypes produced to date.
As announced today on the project's website - along with photos showing the Ambient desktop booting on Mirari - MorphOS is already running on the Mirari hardware. There is no information yet on the exact status of the port, but the
board designers thank MorphOS team member Frank Mariak for his "relentless hard work and unwavering dedication" that made this result possible. (cg) (Translation: cg)
[News message: 23. May. 2025, 15:17] [Comments: 2 - 25. May. 2025, 00:32]
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23.May.2025
Holly (Mastodon)
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AROS: The Register reports on the portable AROS distribution
The Register is an online portal offering news and analyses from the world of technology companies. A current article is dedicated to the recently released portable AROS distribution (amiga-news.de reported) and explores how this live distribution works. It also reports on the history of AmigaOS and other current projects such as ApolloOS or A600GS. (dr)
[News message: 23. May. 2025, 06:37] [Comments: 0]
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