14.Mar.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 13.03.2021
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 13.03.2021:
- 2021-03-12 new: Temple of the Enlightened Souls (Softsell/Dynamic) done by CFOU! (Info)
- 2021-03-12 updated: Knight Force (Titus) keyboard handling fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-12 improved: Elfmania (Terramarque/Renegade) changed memory configuration, trainer fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-12 improved: Blue Berry (Infogrames) uses files instead of disk image, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-09 updated: Tiny Bobble (Pink^aBYSs) fixed graphical corruption, fixed crash when quitting (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: Rackney's Island (Megatronix) trainer added, 2nd button support added, 68000 quitkey, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: Time Machine (Vivid Image) trainer added, button wait added, 68000 quitkey, manual added (Info)
- 2021-03-09 fixed: Knight Force (Titus) made 68000/68010 compatible (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: King's Quest 4 (Sierra) using real files, added configurable keyboard, fixed sound issue (Info)
- 2021-03-09 improved: Galaxy Force 2 (Activision/Dementia) 68000 quitkey added, trainer added, new install script and icon (Info)
- 2021-03-08 improved: Knight Force (Titus) supports another version, uses less memory, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Sword of Honour (Prestige) supports another version, quitkey on 68000, trainer added, blitter waits added, new install script (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Space Racer (Loriciels) less memory used, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Doodlebug (Core Design) second button/joypad support, quitkey for 68000 (Info)
- 2021-03-07 updated: Darkman (Ocean) time trainer removed, icon fixed (Info)
- 2021-03-07 improved: Carlos (Microïds) uses files instead disk image, trainers added, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
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13.Mar.2021
OS4Depot
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AmigaOS 4: Updates to The Widow and Slot Machine Saga
At the beginning of February, Juan Carlos 'Templario' Herran Martin did remove all his software from his Morgue Soft Webseite but as he already announced he was going to keep on updating his projects.
Two days ago he released on OS4Depot an update to his point-and-click adventure "The Widow". He has added Polish translation and improved the game a little bit (Paranormal Experience, Slot Machine).
Already at the end of February he had released a new version of his slot machine WArMUP based on Hollywood:
Version 1.20 does not require any external Hollywood plugins and offers some minor improvements like animated coins or additional sounds.
According to the author on request by amiga-news.de, he currently is working on his picture viewer Videntium Picta.
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10.Mar.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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FreePascal: Documentation for systems library units, support of MorphOS-SDK
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has "extended (and sometimes created) the documentation for all four Amiga systems library units (amunits, arosunits, morphunits, os4units) and the util units (ami-extra)" which is available in HTML and CHM format. Additionally he has also updated "the Free Pascal library units for MorphOS" and "created the documentation for these functions."
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10.Mar.2021
Mike Battilana (e-mail)
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Cloanto: Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 9
Press release: March 10, 2021 - Cloanto released today version 9 of Amiga Forever
and C64 Forever, the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows.
The new editions are the result of more than two years of development since the previous major version, which also saw the parallel release of numerous free updates to the previous version, and the development of Amiga Explorer 8 and Amiga Explorer 9 (now included in Amiga Forever 9 Plus Edition and Premium Edition).
Version 9 celebrates beautiful new visual features like Arcade mode (screenshot), Tile mode, light vs. dark options, and a first set of more colorful skin variants. Under the hood, hardware-accelerated technologies like Direct2D are used to provide a snappy experience. Powerful new column and tile field selection and sort options provide unprecedented control within the player interface, while a new property handler and an enhanced preview handler enable seamless content access via File Explorer and Windows Search.
New automation and title authoring features make it possible to automatically run a script or application on startup, e.g. to quickly invoke different features or games from a shared Amiga setup. This is envisioned to be only the beginning of new automation capabilities which are planned to be released over the next months.
Additional Amiga improvements include RDB disk image enhancements, while 8-bit features include new SID audio, drive and media options, and support for the MAX Machine and the C64 Magic Voice cartridge.
On the input front, shared Amiga and 8-bit improvements include the ability to use the player entirely with a game controller, and enhanced virtual buttons that can now simulate guest joystick events (e.g. autofire) in addition to keyboard events.
Hundreds of smaller new features and refinements also made it into these new versions. Windows too went through several new releases since the previous major release of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever, and the new code base provides better support for new features introduced in Windows 10 versions 1909, 2004 and 20H2.
Amiga Forever 9 is available now in three editions:
- Value Edition (downloadable installer)
- Plus Edition (downloadable installer with option to build DVD ISO image)
- Premium Edition (downloadable Plus Edition, plus boxed software and additional videos on 3 DVDs)
C64 Forever 9 is available now in three editions:
Both packages recognize and work with each other, with options to merge the different platforms into the same interface. Prices start from $9.95 (Value Edition, or special upgrade offers). (snx)
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09.Mar.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Prototype of another "Pac-Land" port
"Pac-Land" is a Bally-/Namco slot machine from 1984. The official Amiga port was released in 1989, getting low scores. The website "Amiga Games That Weren't" which collects information on never released Amiga games now has found another, unfinished port of the game. The prototype is offered for download: A total of five levels can be played.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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08.Mar.2021
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Word processor: Update of FinalWriter in progress
In 2015 the new copyright holder Timothy "Terminills" Deters for the first time announced an update of Finalwriter. And obviously still it is in progress: In a thread on amigaworld.net Deters has linked a Youtube video demonstrating the new spell check.
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08.Mar.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview videos: Souverän Soccer, Creeping Me Out Hex Night
Daniel Müßener is developing a soccer game with 3D effects which currently is named "Souverän Soccer". In a video for the first time the 3D engine is demonstrated. The game is supposed to be run on an Amiga 1200 without upgrades.
'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' written by Michael Dawes is supposed to become a new jump'n run game developed with the Construction Kit Scorpion Engine. A new preview video presents the changes added since January.
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07.Mar.2021
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Aminet uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to Aminet:
SteMarRegAMOSSources.lha dev/amos 236K 68k 6 AMOS sources+exes by Stefan...
dsp3210.lha driver/oth 49K 68k DSP 3210 drivers and tools
Renegades_Deluxe.zip game/2play 523K 68k 2 player battle, 'Alien Breed...
MCE.lha game/edit 3.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.6M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 128K 68k Port of Commodore 64 game Lab...
ZDOOM_AGA.lha game/shoot 21M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
ZDOOM_RTG.lha game/shoot 21M 68k Amiga port of ZDOOM
Bull_Run.lha game/strat 270K 68k turn-based military strategy ...
Bull_Run_adf.zip game/strat 358K 68k turn-based military strategy ...
ViewStl.lha gfx/3d 172K MOS An STL (3D Model) viewer
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 50K 68k Create your own backdrop patt...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha gfx/fract 7.0M OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
AMRep1991-07-07_v1i01... mags/misc 46K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-13_v1i02... mags/misc 45K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-20_v1i03... mags/misc 49K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-27_v1i04... mags/misc 45K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-07-29_sed1.txt mags/misc 35K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-08-03_v1i05... mags/misc 52K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-12-05_v1i18... mags/misc 49K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1991-12-26_v1i19... mags/misc 42K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-01-27_v2i01... mags/misc 43K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-09-08_v2i08... mags/misc 98K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-09-14_expo.txt mags/misc 41K AM-Report newsletter
AMRep1992-09-16_v2i09... mags/misc 40K AM-Report newsletter
AToday_1988-09-20_v3i... mags/misc 29K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-10-10_v4i... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-10-20_v4i... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-10-30_v4i... mags/misc 20K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-11-10_v5i... mags/misc 23K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-11-20_v5i... mags/misc 23K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-11-30_v5i... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1988-12-25_v6i... mags/misc 43K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-03-20_v9i... mags/misc 33K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-04-10_v10... mags/misc 22K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-04-20_v10... mags/misc 23K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday_1989-04-30_v10... mags/misc 27K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AToday-1988-11-30-Ind... mags/misc 7K Amy Today ASCII newsletter
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.3M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 4.6M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 4.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
NR2021Collection.lha mods/misc 26M HKvalhe's Ninja Remix 2021 Co...
Sanctum2021.lha mods/misc 127K Sanctum 2021 4ch Lv6 by HKvalhe
BootPicture.lha util/boot 87K 68k Shows pictures, plays sound d...
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 609K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 773K OS4 Multipurpose utility
WHDLoadMenu.lha util/misc 484K 68k A WHDLoad frontend
GoShell.lha util/shell 16K 68k tool for open Shell in full s...
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07.Mar.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
flashmandelng.lha gra/mis 7Mb 4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
flipclock.lha uti/mis 3Mb 4.1 Fullscreen Flipclock for OS4 (SDL2)
reportplus.lha uti/mis 773kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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07.Mar.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to AROS Archives:
homingfever.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 149kb Quick and simple. Avoid all inco...
rnopublisher.zip off/dtp 224b PDF creator
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07.Mar.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.03.2021
The following files have been added until 06.03.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.0.14_Libraries.lha Development/Library All Libraries SDL 2.0.1...
Iris_0.114.lha Email New email client suppor...
Hode_0.2.9e.lha Games/Adventure Hode is a re-implementa...
MCE_12.5.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
ViewStl_1.0.lha Graphics/3D An STL (3D Model) viewer
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07.Mar.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.03.2021
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 06.03.2021:
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06.Mar.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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New preview videos of Super Metal Hero
Three new preview videos (1, 2, 3) of the jump'n run game 'Super Metal Hero' has been published presenting diverse new features.
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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06.Mar.2021
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Creating Aminet info files: Report+ 8.03
Using Report+ you can create bug reports, Aminet info files ("Readme") and similar texts as well as showing and editing IFF/RIFF picture files. The programis based on ReAction, the source code is included. The new version 8.03 is available for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
Changes of version 8.03:
- ASCII processor: added "Strip leading whitespace?" option.
- IFF/RIFF editor: added knowledge about RIFF SFBK format.
- Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
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04.Mar.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Shooter: Reworked version of 'Citadel' in progress
According to the developers of the first person shooter Citadel (1995),they are working on an improved version of their Doom clone which among others is supposed to provide a better performance on fast Amigas and better animations within the game. Additionally known bugs will be fixed, e.g. the installation on harddrive. Two new videos shows the latest developer version in UAE and on an A3000 with 68030@25 Mhz.
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04.Mar.2021
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: e-mail client Iris 0.114
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.
Since our last news-item, several changes have been made. Among them are:
- It's now possible to display all (raw) e-mail headers (via message view context menu)
- Presents unread message subjects in bold in wide e-mail list views
- Improved the e-mail address suggestions when typing in To fileds, Iris now learns and ranks suggestion by the user's choices when writing e-mails
- Adds the signature when creating a message via 'Forward as Attachment'
- Implemented advanced search
- Added a button to view all attachments at once
- Implemented a glossary
- Tweaks and improvements in the text editor
- Implemented MDN (read receipt) support, both requesting and sending a receipt
For feedback to the author, the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (dr)
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04.Mar.2021
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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AmiLion 1.0: pre-configured front-end application for AmiKit XE
AmiLion is a Hollywood program for the Workbench distribution AmiKit XE on Windows 10. It is basically a pre-configured front-end for accessing Windows applications like Firefox, VLC or Steam via Rabbit Hole functionality as well as popular websites like Aminet, Wikipedia or YouTube.
AmiLion is available for 1 GBP, to be released for free next year, and consists of:
- 12 quick Rabbit Hole apps
- 32 internet links to popular & useful websites
(open with either the host bowser or Amiga browser)
- Get to the Amiga games faster
(iGame and WHDload quick links)
- AmigaNG made wallpapers
(12 full 1080p HD high quality wallpapers)
- Web icons
(6 premade high quality web icons for quick opening to site)
- Source code (Hollywood files)
- Future planned Raspberry Pi version, will be a free update
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04.Mar.2021
Paolo D’Urso (ANF)
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga (Italian)
Passione Amiga is an Italian print magazine, planned to be published quarterly. Issue #1 is available for five Euros, information regarding the amount of pages is not available. It is possible to purchase single issues or proceed with an annual subscription and be able to download the back issues in PDF format, if they are no longer available in paper form. (snx)
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03.Mar.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 149
The English and German issue 149 (March/April 2021) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Among others this latest issue includes an interview with Stefan Vogt and reviews of Akiko32 und "Tristam Island".
(cg) (Translation: dr)
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02.Mar.2021
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Tetris clone: Crazy Columns 0.98 (beta)
Jochen Hoffer has released the new beta version 0.98 of his clone called "Crazy Columns" of the classic Sega game 'Columns' (video). Now it is possible to play all four modes which are impemented.
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01.Mar.2021
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Illustrated book: 'Demoscene - The Amiga Years' available
Last summer it was announced as Demomaker - The Amiga Years. Meanwhile the illustrated book 'Demoscene - The Amiga Years' has been successfully crowd funded and published. It can be ordered from the French publisher for 35 Euro (review).
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