06.Jan.2024
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Video tutorial: Transferring Spectrum-Basic code to Amiga-AMOS
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he first enters a printed Basic program from a Sinclair magazine from October 1984 into his 48k ZX Spectrum and then converts it to AMOS Pro on his Amiga. (dr)
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06.Jan.2024
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Preview video: Hyperborea (Resurrected) #2
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing "Hyperborea", a project started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime (YouTube videos) (amiga-news.de reported). Technically, the game is as good as finished. Changes compared to the first preview video:
- spread shot: fully loaded :) Each player can now throw up to 36 laser-streaks on the enemies.
- muzzle flash
- collision handling player vs. bullets and floating enemies
- smart bomb: if you're about to die it will be activated automatically, unless your bomb stock is empty, of course.
While the bomb is active, enemy hitpoints are constantly drained, bullets are canceled and you're invulnerable.
Note: for the video I always keep the 2nd player's bomb stock at 0. This is simply because otherwise it would constantly bomb if hit and make the video much less interesting :P
- removed dummy test explosions on enemy hit: instead a dedicated hit sound is played. Maybe I'll add some sparks later.
- optional bullet canceling on enemy hit: when the enemy is destroyed then all of the bullets that were spawned by it are canceled.
- extremely optimized player-gun vs. enemies algorithm
- optional craters for ground enemies and test turrets: those craters got their own dedicated rendering system.
- some well-known floating popcorn enemies ;)
Many enemies are taken from Torben's earlier work "Battle Squadron" for the time being. There are also a few placeholders (e.g. for the music or crater gfx). (dr)
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06.Jan.2024
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Amiga-Emulator: vAmigaWeb - reworked virtual keyboard
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS.
In this update, the virtual keyboard has been restyled and technically reworked. It is now css-grid-based, which enables automatic scaling to different screen sizes. In addition to a scaling factor, the user can now also add a border at the bottom of the screen. This is particularly useful to prevent the keyboard from conflicting with the home indicator (the thin bar at the bottom of the iPhone screen).
All analogue sticks on a external controller should be recognized and work properly now. Tested with wireless Xbox controller on iPad. (dr)
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06.Jan.2024
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Web browser: NetSurf 3.12 (beta version)
About a week ago the official version 3.11 of the web browser NetSurf for AmigaOS 4 was released (amiga-news.de reported). In the article we also reported about a corresponding version for AmigaOS 3, which, however, did not provide working support for encrypted websites (https connections). Chris Young has now fixed that and released this version on Aminet. (dr)
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05.Jan.2024
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 166 - preview and excerpts
Previews and excerpts from Amiga Future 166 (January/February 2024) have been published on the magazine's website. Amongst other things this issue features an interview with Richard Löwenstein, two meeting reports as well as reviews of GothicVania, Ooze, Diplomacy, Bunny's Revenge, AstroMenace, El Capitan Trueno, C64 - The Mysterious Cassette, AmigaGPT, RNOSlides, WarpVision AGA, AmiKit PiStorm and IBrowse 3.0.
Amiga Future is a printed magazine available in English and German editions. It can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (cg)
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04.Jan.2024
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Emulator: Denise V2.21
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Three weeks ago version 2.21 has been released. Changes:
- fixed spanish translation
- added D3D11 driver
- openGL has bad VSYNC/VRR behavior on Windows 11 (replace it with D3D11: Options->Video->Driver)
- ported internal and external openGL shader to D3D11
- added italian translation (thanks to Luigi)
- added an option to rotate the screen (90°/180°/270°)
- added an option to force a single instance when opening another instance from frontend loader or file explorer
- fixed Amiga basic volume (louder)
- improved 1571 emulation
- added C64 cartridges: Comal-80, Silverrock, RGCD
- added a more easy way to set stereo separation (Audio -> DSP)
- added tapes to swapper (mixed disc/tape swapper)
- added option to decide if manual warping stops automatic warping until next restart
- added more options to control the screen aspect ratio
- added button/hotkey to crop the outer frame after resizing or changing "aspect ratio" or emulated border
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm), Linux and BSD.
(dr)
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04.Jan.2024
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Blog: An ode to Deluxe Paint
Carl Svensson's latest blog entry is an ode to the bitmap graphics editor Deluxe Paint (DPaint), the first version of which was developed for the Commodore Amiga 1000 and released in November 1985. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Recovered: Early music programs "Computer Composer" and "Magic Harp"
Josh Renaud's blog about BBS history, retro computing and technology reminiscences also manages a curated collection of software believed to be lost by Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen. The collection comprises ten games, demos and experiments on artificial personality and artificial creativity, which also includes the two music programs "Computer Composer" (1986) and "Magic Harp" (1986/87) for the Amiga.
Perhaps Kirschen's most ambitious idea was to make software that could generate music autonomously using "artificial creativity". Early versions of the project, called "Magic Harp", were developed for the Amiga 1000, using digital sound samples. The Amiga software was never published commercially, but was profiled in several large newspapers in 1988 under the name "JFY Box" or "Jiffy Box" after it was used to score a BBC TV documentary.
"Computer Composer" (demo version) is a colorful early demo of Kirschen's process to generate new music by recombining patterns extracted from existing music. Unlike the later "Magic Harp", which featured large (silent) animated "artificial personalities", this demo uses speech synthesis to announce when it is "writing an original composition". It was probably intended to be shown by Kirschen at technology and music trade shows in summer 1986. This software was created on an Amiga 1000.
This demo allows the user to create or play music in four styles: "Maharishi Madness", "Saxman Rock", "Peruvian Indian" and "Bugle Boy Blues".
In "Magic Harp" Kirschen arranged the production of two themed music discs ("Pop" and "Baroque") with Irving Gould, which were to be included with the Amiga 1000. Only a beta version of the Baroque version has survived. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Mailbox: AmiExpress 5.6.0
AmiExpress is a rewrite by Darren Coles of the original Joe Hodge/LightSpeed Technologies mailbox program in Amiga E. It is open source and includes most of the features of the previous version as well as new features and bug fixes. Version 5.6.0 offers improved password encryption, a complete setup editor and installer. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Individual Computers: Buddha Plus One can be preordered
Press release: The new Buddha Plus One IDE controller adds new features to a 27-year old design that has been extremely successful over the decades. We're proud to say that even after 38 years of Amiga history, we've introduced novel design ideas how to make installation easier, less error-prone and much friendlier in terms of preservation of the original cases. Read all about the new features and ideas on the Buddha Plus One product page.
Shipments will start in late January 2024. If you order a Buddha Plus One and an X-Surf-100 networking card during the pre-order phase, we'll give you 15,- EUR off the total(*). Unfortunately, this shop system can't do that automatically or with a voucher code. If you pay with a wire transfer, just deduct 15,- EUR from the total quoted by the shop, and if you pay with PayPal, we'll make a 15,- EUR refund on the next business day. (dr)
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03.Jan.2024
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Demo: THE CURE v1.5 for AGA-Amigas
Some time ago, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released a demo called 'THE CURE' (YouTube video) which placed first at the 'Solskogen' demo party 2020 in the category Oldskool (amiga-news.de reported).
This demo he keeps on developing and meanwhile has released version 1.5:
- Improved CPU data cache handling on 68040 and 68060.
- Ensured the system MMU setup does not affect performance.
- Ensured the 68060 susperscalar dispatch is enabled.
- Made some small optimizations.
- Made startup and cleanup code more robust.
Additional to an AGA Amiga the demo requires a 68030 processor with 50 MHz and about 15 MB FAST-RAM. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Puzzle game: Spheroid
In April 2022, we introduced the puzzle game, which was still in development at the time, in detail, and now Andrew Vaisey has published "Spheroid" (YouTube video).
He had already started writing Spheroid in AMOS in the mid-90s. When he restored all the data from his old HD some time ago, the AMOS version no longer ran. However, he liked the idea of the game and so he rewrote it from scratch in Blitz Basic 2. It offers 50 levels and requires at least 1MB of RAM. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Text adventure: Adventure 1
grindercowboy' has published a text adventure created with the ADMS (Amiga Dungeon Mastering System) in which you have to return a stolen painting as a private detective. The author describes the game as a proof of concept that can be solved in 20 to 30 minutes with the appropriate experience. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Platform game: Dogi (demo version)
After NinjFeratu, the next project from Amiten Games is another platform game: in Dogi (YouTube video), the aim is to collect various fruits and avoid obstacles and enemies. A first, early demo version of the game currently in development is now available. (dr)
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02.Jan.2024
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Game development: IFF/ILBM exporter v1.3 for Aseprite
Recently We introduced a script written by Prismatic Realms for the image editor Aseprite that converts graphics into an IFF/ILBM file. Version 1.3 has now been released with the following changes:
- Aseprite documents where the cel image size is larger than the sprite size are now exported correctly to IFF.
- Transparent colour index is now handled properly. You can now draw your sprites using a transparent background if you wish. Those transparent pixels will be translated to the colour index that you've defined as your transparent colour (which you can see/alter in Aseprite by selecting the "Sprite" --> "Properties" menu option.)
(dr)
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31.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Tool for the DeepL translation service
In addition to AmiTranslate, there is another option for AmigaOS 4 users to use the DeepL translation service: the tool of the same name is now available in version 0.92. The changes:
- added Ukraine language
- little improvements in copy function
- aouth keys now check correctly
- small gui improvements, wordwrapping is now enabled
- removed an UTF8 character from the readme file
- updated to hULR version 2.0 with AmiSSL5 support
The author has included his DeepL access key, but recommends registering and using your own access key. (dr)
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31.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Creating PDFs with "Compression" V0.30 (beta version)
In addition to the ignition spreadsheet and the LüttjeBookholler financial management software, Achim Pankalla is also working on a third project: similar to a DTP programme, Compression allows text and graphics to be set and the document, for example a manual, then output in PDF format (amiga-news.de reported). A German manual is included in the "Extra" folder, the tools ZIP and UnZIP are required. Changes since version 0.20:
- fixed a layout-problem in block-layout
- faster and optimised pdf generation
- now recognize changing the headline-props
and warning at leaving the project
- optimised spelling-correction, now it is
possible to add a word to database and
reduce the the number of requests
- fixed and updated manual
- fixed a problem with different screen
resulotion beside FullHD
(dr)
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31.Dec.2023
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.8.0 (beta version)
In mid-November, we introduced Darren 'dmcoles' Cole's "ReBuild" in detail, with which it should be possible to create graphical user interfaces for ReAction, the evolution of ClassAct. Changes of version 0.8.0:
- change ActivateGadget to ActivateLayoutGadet as the old call was causing lockups on tab key
- add hint info on code gen form, list manager form, menu editing form, arexx editor form and the main window
- force number of ticks on fuelgauge to 2 if set to 1 as 1 causes a crash
- fix spelling error of Backdrop on window properties form
- fix enabling/disabling of certain buttons/menus on the main form
- add tutorial files created by Michael Bergmann
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.
Download: rebuild0.8.0-beta.lha (2,6 MB) (dr)
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31.Dec.2023
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Aminet uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to Aminet:
dyn_kwadraty_4th_deg.lha dev/amos 3K example of least squares method
dyn_kwadraty_5th_deg.lha dev/amos 3K example of least squares method
heart_knog_life.lha dev/amos 3K coordinates interpolation
targetting_6th_deg.lha dev/amos 4K targetting 6th degree polynomial
json-c.lha dev/lib 272K AOS C library for processing JSON
P96Prefs.lha driver/vid 85K 68k P96 Preferences Editor
LAbbayeDesMorts.adf game/actio 880K 68k L'Abbaye Des Morts
WormWars-AROS.zip game/actio 645K x86 Advanced snake/Tron game
Nothingness.lha game/demo 6.6M Myst like adenture (AGA) from...
mariaconv.lha gfx/conv 41K 68k Convert images to/from Maria'...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.9M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.7M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 2.2M OS4 A PDF generator
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 16M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
(snx)
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31.Dec.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to OS4Depot:
protrekkr.lha aud/edi 23Mb 4.1 Music tracker formerly known as ...
json-c.lha dev/lib 272kb 4.0 C library for processing JSON
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
astralgame.lha uti/mis 5Mb 4.0 A little tool to know zodiac sig...
mplayer.lha vid/pla 26Mb 4.1 A powerful multimedia video and ...
(snx)
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31.Dec.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.12.2023
The following files have been added until 30.12.2023 to AROS Archives:
astralgame.lha uti/mis 5Mb A little tool to know zodiac sig...
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