17.Dec.2023
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Point'n-Click adventure: Demo version of MonkeyEye
After Holiday and Beat Cancer, "MonkeyEye" is the third game from 'lifeschool22': a reminiscence of Monkey Island, which was created with CanDo V3. Basically, the developer wanted to find out whether it was possible to create a point'n'click adventure with CanDo. MonkeyEye is labelled as a demo version, as only 4 control panels work. Otherwise, the game would have slowed down considerably. In addition, according to the developer, the code still contains many errors, which is why it is included in the archive and everyone is invited to improve it. An Amiga with Kickstart 3.0 or higher is required. (dr)
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16.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Creating PDFs with "Compression" V0.20 (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. A German manual is included in the "Extra" folder, the tools ZIP and UnZIP are required. Changes since version 0.10:
- It is possible to set temp directory
- Better handling for text and graphic elements
- Many improvements in the user-interface
- Many little corrections
- PDF settings now available
- Filtering of loaded text files for editor
- Solved problems with spaces in file-path and scripts
- Now list of content are implemented
- Now CompressionOS4 supports spellchecking with iSpell
(dr)
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16.Dec.2023
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Shoot 'em Up: "Amiga E.D.F." V0.04 (alpha version with demo)
The developer 'S0Y' (among others Temptations port for the CD32) has taken a look at the Shoot 'em Up Earth Defense Force, originally released for the SNES, and tested if an implementation and continuation on Amiga-AGA computers would be possible (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has not only published a new video, but also an early alpha demo version on his website: a CD32 emulator is included in the archives, so that any AGA Amiga with FastRAM can run the game (CD/DVD drive required). (dr)
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16.Dec.2023
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Receiving disk images via HTTP and writing them on disk: Lubricator 2.3
"Lubricator" written by Timm 'bifat' Mueller loads disk images from the World Wide Web and writes them on an Amiga disk using an Amiga with only 1 MB RAM and without harddrive. New since version 2.0:
- Added READ argument for reading disks to files locally, requested by Henne/AC; improved determination of local filenames from URLs; host header did not provide port numbers, fixed in httpclient.library 4.3. Node.js proxy server examples added.
- Unpacking of archives could hang during icon creation, fixed; did not actually set the agent string to Lubricator, fixed with httpclient.library 4.1
- Added command-line UNPACK feature; can now download and unpack to a destination directory from command-line; command-line exits with WARN if a destination file or unpack directory already exists; fixed \\ and \" escaping in parser; reduced memory consumption for DMS unpacking; fixed minor quirks in documentation generator; improved error reporting and output in command-line disk writing; some cleanup in initialization and exception handling; tries to no longer overwrite a drawer icon provided by an archive
(dr)
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16.Dec.2023
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.6.5
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400. This new version of Amiberry provides many new functions, especially in the area of I/O ports. MIDI devices are now supported with the help of the portmidi library. This library is now required.
In addition, MIDI emulation in the form of MT-32 (using the munt library) is now also available. The library is included in Amiberry, but the required MT-32 ROMs are not.
In addition, support for the serial interface has been improved and support for the parallel interface has been added (initially only with VPAR), AHI playback has been corrected and much more. The changes in detail:
Bugfixes
- Fixed AHI playback, which wasn't working 100% until now
- Fixed incorrect A600HD ROM identifier, in WHDBooter
- Validate config after command line parsing.
- Fix FABS(-0)
- Do not close audio streams when audio settings change
- Fix AUDPER=1 unreliable interrupts
- Clear also blitter_cycle_exact when switching to JIT mode
- remove duplicate parsing of amiberry options
- Quickstart options and floppy drives
- Added missing memory bank deallocations.
- Fix 800% disk mode crash.
- Fixed crash when opening MIDI device
- Sync macOS icon with Linux one
- GUI would not update on all events in some places
- OpenGL option would fail on vkbd
Improvements
- Implemented physical MIDI and MIDI emulation (MT-32) support
- Improved serial port support
- Implemented support for virtual Parallel ports
- Implemented support for AMAX
- Implemented support for Arcadia platforms
- Implemented support for Casablanca platforms
- Keep a backup of config files when overwriting
- Scan for ROMs recursively
- The GUI colors and font are now configurable
- New command line option, -v or --version
- Added DBUS support, to control Amiberry from other applications
- Initialize Savestates on startup
- Do not check mousehack state if emulation is going to exit
- added P96 ModeChanged checks
- Do not detect monitor as changed if monitor is not attached to any graphics board.
- Do delayed insert also if disk was ejected first and then immediately new disk is inserted.
- Skip also CD32 fast CPU ROM patch if ROM is smaller than 512k
- bring sound/audio closer to preview status
- memory Chipmem noise implemented
- Improved newcpu handling of separate thread
(dr)
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15.Dec.2023
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Games for graphics card: Sky Tower and Börd updated
Sami Vehmaa has updated two of his arcade games written with AmiBlitz for owners of graphics cards (amiga-news.de reported):
Sky Tower can now be played with Christmas themes and is also now optimally playable under Apollo accelerator systems. The aim of this game is to stack parts of a tower with good timing (YouTube video).
Börd is a Flappy Bird clone and has now also been optimised for Apollo systems (YouTube video). (dr)
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14.Dec.2023
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Video: Kevin Saunders' review of the year
In a short video, graphic artist and designer Kevin Saunders looks back on the year 2023 and shows excerpts from his projects. (dr)
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14.Dec.2023
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THEA500 Mini: Firmware 1.2.1 released
Retro Games Ltd. has released the new firmware 1.2.1 for "THEA500 Mini", its replica of an Amiga 500. The changes:
- Adds additional game Time Bandit
- Adds support for custom controller configurations
- Corrects the speed of Amiga 500 WHDLoad games that could run too quickly
- Allows a second controller to be used with ADF files
- Fixes issue where a USB stick can appear corrupt after removing from THEA500 Mini
- Improves game action translations
- Minor bug fixes
There is also a detailed description of the changes.
(dr)
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14.Dec.2023
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AROS: "Irritating bug of the month" December fixed
In the poll for the "Irritating bug of the month" for December (amiga-news.de reported), the problem was chosen that Wanderer could not change the capitalisation of folder or file names without changing the name. AROS developer Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz has solved this problem: it should now be possible to change this under RAM, SFS and FAT.
(dr)
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14.Dec.2023
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MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" v0.11.31
Rafał Zabdyr has released a third beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). "Git Desktop" is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required. The following features have been added:
- publish branch
- open "home" page in web browser for GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repositories
- open "create new issue" page in web browser for GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repositories
- open "compare branch", "view branch", "create Pull Request" page in web browser for GitHub repositories
- publish branch
- checkout given commit
- configure global git options (user name, user email, default branch name)
- configure local (per repository) git options (user name, user email)
- copy author/hash/message of given commit to clipboard
- copy file path or file relative path to clipboard
- open new shell for given repository path
- open repository path via external editor -> Flow Studio
(dr)
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13.Dec.2023
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 7.1
One week after Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek released version 7.0 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS, the author has now provided an update that fixes some problems and bugs:
- Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.42.3
- Fixed a network thread deadlock when resuming downloads
- Changed the '+' button to always adds tabs at the end
- URL bar would stay empty when moving a tab to a new window, fixed
- Selection redraw issues fixed
- Added Save Screenshot to the Debug menu
- Worked around and fixed reported crashes
Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB) (dr)
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13.Dec.2023
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Video: Repairing an Amiga 2000, part 2
A fortnight ago, Robert Smith showed in a first video how he got a donated and non-functioning Amiga 2000 up and running again. In the second part he introduces some upgrades such as BlueSCSI and takes care of the yellowed case. (dr)
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13.Dec.2023
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Creating Amiga Reaction GUIs: ReBuild 0.6.0 (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 since version 0.4.0:
- set default skipval in gradient slider to 1000
- led settings page width label was incorrect
- add window name and screen title settings in window editor
- more window settings are now shown in preview
- pass in window id and gadgets array to runwindow function in generated source
- add new info file for rebuild made by Michael Bergmann
- tweak to window message procesing so that the correct value is put in the 'code' variable
The author asks you to test ReBuild extensively and report any bugs to him.
Download: rebuild0.6.0-beta.lha (133 Kb) (dr)
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13.Dec.2023
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Platform game: Agonman V0.99b
Agonman is a platformer created with the RedPill game construction kit, inspired by a picture by Edwin van den Heuvel and the Psygnosis game Agony, and is intended as a homage to the game studio (amiga-news.de reported, YouTube video). Some bugs have been fixed and adjustments made in this version. (dr)
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13.Dec.2023
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Blog Epsilon's World: Amiga 500 with AmiKit 12, Pistorm and Checkmate
In his latest blog entry in his "Epsilon's World", Epsilon shows how he installs an Amiga 500 board in a Checkmate 1500 Plus case, provides it with a Pistorm upgrade and then installs AmiKit 12. (dr)
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13.Dec.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2023.12.13
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.12.13:
What's Changed
- Fix device type for IMG0-9
- Log Initiator sense request data in standard (non-debug) mode
- Change default Apple SCSI Floppy device strings
What's new
- Updates to the ZuluSCSI v1.1+ firmware for ZuluSCSI v1.2
- Improvements for ZuluSCSI v1.2
- Fix device selector for ZuluSCSI V1.2
Which firmware do I use?
- "ZuluSCSI RP2040" (ALL red boards), you must download and place ZuluSCSI_RP2040.bin on your SD card.
- "ZuluSCSI Compact Homebrew" (Green or Red boards), you must download and place ZuluSCSI_RP2040.bin on your SD card.
- "ZuluSCSI V1.1 or V1.2" you must download and place ZuluSCSIv1_1plus.bin on your SD card.
- "ZuluSCSI V1.0", you must download and place ZuluSCSIv1_0_.bin on your SD card.
- "ZuluSCSI Mini V1.0" (DB25 version, blue printed circuit board) ZuluSCSIv1_0_mini.bin
(dr)
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12.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Subtitle videos with SimpleSub 2.0
Kevin "ktadd" Taddeucci's SimpleSub can be used to edit subtitles in the form of SRT files and add them to a video (amiga-news.de reported). This version now requires the just released update for FFmpeg, Mencoder is no longer supported. Many new functions such as the following have been added:
- Change the Size, Color, Bold, Italics and Underline text within each title
- Global setting for font selection, title position, title style and title colors.
- Support for the most popular video and audio codecs when encoding.
- Realtime preview with all settings applied.
- Start preview from anywhere within the title list.
(dr)
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12.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: FFmpeg 6.1 and FFmpegGUI 3.5
The latest AmigaOS port of the video converter FFmpeg contains a number of changes and is now on a par with the last official version "Heaviside". An update of the graphical user interface FFmpegGUI now requires at least FFmpeg 6.0 and supports more video, audio and container formats. Some obsolete settings have been removed and some bugs have been fixed. Settings files that use the new filters have also been added. With today's re-upload of version 3.5, the tool types are now also set correctly. (dr)
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12.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Extended audio emulator "Nallepuh" 1.8
"Nallepuh" or "Nalle Puh" is a hack that intercepts some custom chip register accesses and converts them into AHI function calls. Initially only the Paula chip was emulated, but now the Complex Interface Adapter (CIA-Chip) and the Blitter have been added (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.8 offers the following changes:
- Updated translation for Italian.
- Updated translation for Norwagine.
- Bug fixed: logPUH() maybe it can cause ISI error.
(So rewritten to make safer under forbid state and
now use DebugPrintF to log output instead, of ugly callback hook.
requester used if in GUI mode. text printed in console if not.)
- Puh.c: Improved audio validation,
(to prevent playback of bad data.)
- Puh.c: clean code style.
- package change, tooltype settings disabled as default.
- Reorganized lots of arrays into one array. (to reduce indexing)
(dr)
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12.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: MIDI sequencer "Seq" V2.9
"Seq" is a simple MIDI sequencer that offers fast processing and many functions for live performance (amiga-news.de reported). Changes since version 2.7:
- FIXED note playback: A note was not released correctly always
- FIXED setting some values in Base Note window
- FIXED saving Base Note Shift enabled/disabled, that value was never saved
- FIXED saving Base Note Shift Splitter value, that value was never saved
- Splitted Base Note Shift Splitter to separate note and octave values
- Disable all base note selections holding CTRL down while clicking any of the mute buttons
- Fixed play buttons light flashing if turning repeat on while in song mode during the last played pattern
- Alternative note / double note
(dr)
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12.Dec.2023
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AmigaOS 4: FTP server ZitaFTP with 20% X-Mas discount
ZitaFTP Server is an easy to set up and use FTP server for sharing files from one computer to another and is available for Windows and AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported). With Christmas coming up, Hans de Ruiter is offering his commercial FTP server at a 20% discount. As he writes, it has been a crazy year for his family, which is why you haven't seen as much from him this year as previously. He wishes everyone a wonderful Christmas and a very happy and fulfilling New Year.
To receive the 20% discount, add ZitaFTP to your shopping basket and enter the voucher code "CHRISTMAS2023" at the checkout.
Looking ahead to the coming year, the ZitaSync project is still on the agenda, as the developer wrote us (YouTube video). However, its realisation depends largely on whether users show sufficient interest. (dr)
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