27.Aug.2024
commodore.news
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Programming environment: MicroPython for the Amiga in development
MicroPython Amiga is a fork of the MicroPython project that brings this programming environment to the classic Amiga (with at least AmigaOS 3.1). The project is still under development, but can already be compiled and used.
Amiga-specific features:
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This version should be considered as preliminary. Most of the tests are passing, but some are still failing.
- Networking (tcp) is available but not SSL. Thus, bsdsocket.library is required.
- Passing tests (some have been sightly modified for the Amiga) can be found in the tests directory: basics, cmdline, cpydiff, extmod, feature_check, float, frozen, import, internal_bench, io, micropython, misc, net_hosted, net_inet (without SSL), perf_bench, stress and unicode.
- Neither viper nor native modes are supported (most of the viper tests are passing but some are crashing!).
(nba)
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26.Aug.2024
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AROS: First test version of Odyssey browser v2.0
At the beginning of August, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz released a first test version of the 64-bit browser Odyssey for AROS (amiga-news.de reported). In this next test version, the WebKit engine has been updated from August 2015 to February 2019 and versions for AROS 32 bit and AROS 64 bit have been released. There are currently the following limitations:
- media player is disabled - no videos on YT for now
- certificates path is hardcoded to system default path (ENV:SYS/Certificates/ca-bundle.crt)
- disabling SSL check does not work
- window must be kept active to process events
- right-click (context menu) crashes browser
- typing in search bar crashes browser
- cookies do not work
(dr)
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26.Aug.2024
Timothy Deters
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AROS: Full version of word processor Final Writer 7.1
Following yesterday's release of demo versions for the first update of the Final Writer word processor since 1997, the full versions are now also available for the following systems for the equivalent of approx. 45 euros each:
(dr)
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25.Aug.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: GUI plugin RapaGUI 2.2
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is pleased to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 2.2. RapaGUI is one of the most popular Hollywood plugins as it can be used to create graphical user interfaces for a variety of systems (AmigaOS, Windows, macOS, Linux and even Android). RapaGUI always uses the native controls of the respective operating systems so that the GUIs do not feel like a foreign body. GUIs can be easily defined via XML files.
Version 2.2 contains mainly bug fixes, but also a few new features such as support for the arm64 platform of macOS. RapaGUI 2.2 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal. (cg)
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25.Aug.2024
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Demo version of word processor Final Writer 7.1
Nine years after the initial announcements, the word processor Final Writer
is now receiving its first update since 1997: The new rights holder Timothy
"terminills" Deters is offering free demo versions for AROS-68K, AROS-x86-64
and AROS-x86 ABIv0 (registration required).
The most important new features in Final Writer 7.1 are:
- New , MySpell-based real-time spell checker, compatible with OpenOffice dictionaries, for example. This function is not available in the demo version.
- Native PDF export (libharu)
- AmigaOS compliant localization
- Printing via FTP/IPP
- Updated support for RTF
It is not yet clear when the full version of Final Writer 7.1 will be available. Deters has held out the prospect of ports for AmigaOS and MorphOS in the past, but has always emphasized that the AROS version should be completed first.
(cg)
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25.Aug.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.8 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.7 and 5.0.8 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools V1.19 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.19
- New image format: T98-Next (nfd) (Read only)
- New disc formats: Epson QX-10: ".320", ".396", ".399", ".400", ".booter", ".logo"
- New disc formats: "apple2.nofs.140"
- Updated "diskdefs.cfg" (2024-08-20)
- Read/Convert: Fixed SuperCardPro (SCP) disktypes
- Read/Write/Convert: New option "--reverse"
(dr)
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25.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 5 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 5 offers the following changes:
- Ladder bug fixed (you can no longer go through the walls)
- If you stand on the ladder you no longer die when you press the fire button
- Level 8 a few changes
- If you enter the level code and then complete a level and die, you stay in the level and don't have to repeat the previous level (it worked during testing)
- Layers deleted in some levels
- Fixed bug in level 5 (it's now easier to get over the platform - I played it all the way through and now there should be no more problems)
- Level 8-12 balance in the game changed
- Changed start screen level code to enter code (should be easier to understand now)
- Changed in-game music (not the final version and there will be more music tracks in the game)
- changed some codes
- Changed memory allocation of some enemies (more space in memory and hopefully less problems)
- New enemy added (bat)
- Added level 15 and 16
- Fixed some bugs
- If you find a level code you get an extra life - so look for them all and write down the codes ;)
This version has not yet been tested on a real Amiga, but only on an emulator. The developer asks you to report any errors. (dr)
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25.Aug.2024
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Logic game: Untangle V0.5
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another.
The developer has set itself the following goals:
- Game should be system friendly, working in a window on Workbench, using only documented APIs.
- Minimum system version is 3.0.
- RTG (graphic cards) should be supported out of the box. Without dedicated code paths and explicit opening of RTG libraries, if possible.
- Would be nice if it works on MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, AROS using M68k emulation built into these operating systems.
- Should be comfortably playable on stock A1200, stock A500 is not a Holy Grail, but why not.
The game is being developed on an Amiga 1200 with 68020 @ 28 MHz and 64 MB Fast RAM. It currently has over 100 levels, a highscore list and level selection. (dr)
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25.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 104K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
CestinoGlobale.lha dev/blitz 53K 68k Italian global trashcan WIP
CVBasic.lha dev/cross 316K 68k BASIC compiler for Colecovisi...
Amifish.lha game/board 1.9M MOS GUI for stockfish chess engine
LadyRoulette.lha game/board 273K 68k Semi-realistic Roulette game
Stockfish5-MorphOS.lha game/board 780K MOS Strong UCI chess engine
Explodead.zip mods/crash 4.6M Lofi Metal Hiphop from 1997 (...
Trespass00545.zip mods/crash 6.5M 6 channel 8bit jungle med. (+...
WiredForDeath.zip mods/crash 8.9M 8 channel 8bit jungle-ish. (+...
BootPicture.lha util/boot 87K 68k Shows pictures, plays sound d...
A1060Diag.lha util/misc 2K 68k Bridgeboard Diagnostic Tools
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 22M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
isomount.lha util/rexx 44K Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hdf,iso
AnalogClock.lha util/time 41K 68k Resizeable analog transparent...
RapaTank.zip util/wb 16K RapaTank
(snx)
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25.Aug.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
spotless.lha dev/deb 668kb 4.1 Your favorite debugging tool
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
baphometscreensaver.lha uti/mis 12Mb 4.0 Portable Screen Saver
yt.lha vid/mis 869kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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25.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
leeko-i386-aros.zip dem/sce 528kb A scene Demo from Fit demogroup
micery-i386-aros.zip dem/sce 188kb A scene Demo from Fit demogroup
baphometscreensaver.lha uti/mis 11Mb Portable Screen Saver
(snx)
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25.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.08.2024
The following files have been added until 24.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Baphomet_1.0.lha Ambient/Blankers Baphomet_1.0.lha
WinAction-GUI_1.0.lha Ambient/Utilities A GUI for WinAction com...
CVBasic-0.6.0.lha Development/Cross BASIC compiler for Cole...
Amifish_1.0a.lha Games/Think Chess program compatibl...
Stockfish-5.lha Games/Think Strong UCI chess engine
DeepL_1.0.lha Misc A small tool for online...
Wayfarer_8.11.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
YouTube-Extractor_3.0.lha Multimedia YT.rexx is a script for...
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25.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.08.2024
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 24.08.2024:
(snx)
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25.Aug.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Full Contact Intro Tyros Edition
- Planets live performance
(snx)
[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 09:14] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
ANF
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Video: AmiGameJam candidate Anguish as spiritual successor of Agony
Topic of this year's AmiGameJam, which runs until December 1, are sequels to Amiga games from the old days. With a video of the current state of development, Adrian Browne presents his candidate "Anguish" at the title link, which is to continue the game Agony, a horizontally scrolling shooter by Art & Magic from 1992.
The spiritual successor is created with Scorpion Engine, it is an AGA game with 64 colors. Two collaborators are contributing the actual programming and the music. (snx)
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25.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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iOS app: 4champ 3.7.0 for accessing Amiga Music Preservation
The iOS program 4champ is a user interface for corresponding mobile devices to access the Amiga Music Preservation database. (snx)
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24.Aug.2024
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Demoparty: Deadline 2024 (Berlin, 4.10.-6.10.)
The tenth anniversary edition of the Deadline Demo Party will take place from October 4-6 in Berlin and will feature classic demoscene competitions, seminars, fun competitions, retro computing, DJs and live sets and much more. Amiga entries can be submitted in the Oldschool Demo, 4K Executable Graphics and 256 Byte Intro competitions. (dr)
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24.Aug.2024
heckmeck!
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Demoparty: Results of Evoke 2024
Last weekend this year's Evoke demoparty took place. In the competition "Alternative Platforms" the following Amiga productions ranked the following places:
But there are also other interesting contributions, for example Steffest's winning entry "Evoking Magic for Dummies" in the "Pixel Graphics Compo" competition (time-lapse video of the creation), which he drew with his own web-based image editor "DPaint.js" (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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23.Aug.2024
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Shoot'em Up: Demo version of QuasaurusX
After "Holy Warrior" (amiga-news.de reported), the latest project from Amiten Games is the shoot'em up "QuasaurusX", a demo version of which has now been released (YouTube video). The player has the task of defending the X-19 sector, which is threatened by an enemy space fleet and has long been a bastion of peace and prosperity for mankind.
The game is currently not yet optimised, so that at least an (upgraded) Amiga 1200 is required. (dr)
[News message: 23. Aug. 2024, 20:16] [Comments: 0]
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23.Aug.2024
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Video: Installation of a MiSTer FPGA in a GameCube
Under the title link, Wolfgang Kierdorf shows how he installs a MiSTer FPGA in a GameCube with the help of just a few cables, two 3D-printed parts and a few standard PCBs and finally boots it into the Workbench. (dr)
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23.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3" V1.01
For the third and last part of his text adventure series (amiga-news.de reported), 'grindercowboy' has released a small update that fixes a bug with the rope. However, this means that the hammer in the rubbish bin no longer exists because the developer had reached the upper limit of possible items. (dr)
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23.Aug.2024
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Video: Can the iPhone magnet damage the data on a disc?
In his latest video, Robert Smith explores the question of whether the magnets on the back of the iPhone, which act as part of the charging system, are strong enough to damage data on a disc. (dr)
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23.Aug.2024
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Video tour of the "ZZAP! Live 2024"
Last Saturday, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) hosted the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum (amiga-news.de reported). The YouTube channel "SpectrumNez" now shows the exhibitors and exhibits in a video tour under the title link. (dr)
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22.Aug.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.19
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. Version 1.19 of the Greaseweazle Tools provide the following changes:
- gw read/write/convert: New option --reverse
- Reverses track data (eg side B of a floppy disk)
- Windows 7/8: Fix device detection, broken since v1.18
- IPF: Auto-detect write splice when not reported in image
- New diskdefs: Epson QX-10, apple2.nofs.140
- gw info, update: Better error report when GitHub rate limited
- NFD: Initial import-only support for T98-Next floppy image files
(dr)
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21.Aug.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 170 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 170 (September/October 2024) have been published online at the title link. Content includes interviews with Jennifer Diane Reitz and 'Tigerskunk', previews of Krogharr and The Lost Pixel as well as a workshop about HAM games.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)
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21.Aug.2024
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Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.224 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the current kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. He has now released version 5.10.224, which adds a driver for the Ethernet PHY of the X5000 (issue 3) and supports the Network File System (NFS) in version 4. (dr)
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20.Aug.2024
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.11
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released versions 8.10 and 8.11 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS in quick succession, which is now based on the latest, stable WebKitGTK version 2.44.3. In addition, a rare crash when pressing the back/forward buttons has been fixed and cURL has been updated. In addition, version 8.11 offers a small bonus: an HTML API is activated, which is required for Meta AI. This means that it is now possible to chat or generate images with the open source AI model Llama 3.1 under MorphOS. (dr)
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20.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Survival game: Zombie Survivor V2.04 (update)
Sami Vehmaa continues to work on his current project "Zombie Survival", a game for Amigas with a graphics card in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead. In addition to many new features and improvements, the jump to version 2.00 has also prepared support for DLC, additional downloadable content (in progress). The changes:
- fps is set to 25
- default weapon sword is carried
- speed up zombies to match player speed
- Zombies during stay tent / house is moving on
- added coins to buy things
- hole in ground image done
- some tents offer work, you can accept/decline
- you can buy food / weapons
- added system for "offers" like job/deals
- coin pickups
- 4x mapsize (a limit set, easy to expand)
- Map editor upgraded to edit background tiles
- Game upgraded to new map system
- Added road/stone ground tiles
- Bosses appear at locations and can re-appear
- Added new groundtile with stones
- Added new object, fire place for tents
- Moved out tent/house settings to file, DLC friendly
- tile gfx adjustment
- added delivery jobs
- added compass helper
- added notification window
Update: (06:49, 23.08.24, dr)
Version 2.04 is now available, which for the first time also includes the previously announced additional downloadable content (DLC): undergrounds. While the game character had previously refused to jump into the hole in the ground, this is now possible and a new, "gigantic map" in a dark environment awaits the hero! There are candles to find to expand your view or tents to visit to get jobs. (dr)
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20.Aug.2024
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Retro Games: New Amiga "console" to be released in Q1 2025
Retro Games Ltd, developer of the THEA500 Mini, has published a new schedule for the presentation of new products (YouTube video), which shows that the release of the "New Full Size Amiga Console" has been postponed from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025. It is speculated that this model will be a full-size desktop Amiga with a keyboard, as was previously the case with the re-released THEC64 Maxi.
Retro Games Ltd. has also announced another "New Full Size Console" (not Amiga-related) for the fourth quarter of 2024 and two new accessories for the second quarter of 2025. (nba)
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20.Aug.2024
Commodore International Historical Society
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Computer history: User manual for the Amiga 300
A user manual dated November 1991 for the computer designed as the Amiga 300 but ultimately named the Amiga 600 has appeared on Archive.org, contributed by Randell Jesup. Photos of this scanned manual can be seen on the Commodore International Historical Society page. This manual, entitled "Introducing the Amiga 300", provides an insight into the functions and compact design of the official successor to the Amiga 500. The sudden and secret renaming by Commodore's top management shortly before the market launch remains an interesting chapter in the history of the Amiga. The subject was taken up by ex-Commodore UK boss David Pleasance in his book "Commodore: The Inside Story" (30 untold stories about a computer giant) in the section "The Amiga 600 Debacle". (nba)
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20.Aug.2024
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Fake company: Amiga Technologies UG registry has been deleted
Salvador Fernandez Gomez, a former employee in the support department at phase5, had made numerous entries of companies in recent years, including the registration of a large number of website domains and the registration of word marks such as Amiga Technologies or Kickstart, which were intended to suggest a claim to the rights of various current and former Amiga brands. After the "phase 5 digital products UG" registered by him has been deleted on November 4, 2022, the "Amiga Technologies UG", which was also founded by Salvador Fernandez Gomez, has been deleted on July 17, 2024. So far, the "Commodore Büromaschinen UG" and the "Concorde Media UG" remain, for which a deletion notice also exists. (nba)
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20.Aug.2024
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Coding workshops: Amiga 500 programming at hardware level
Michael Martin shares detailed insights into his experimental programming projects for the Amiga 500 on his Bumbershoot Software Blog. Over the past few weeks, he has created a small, coherent series of practical courses in English. He explores advanced techniques of direct hardware programming and experiments with effects such as the Copper Bars.
In the first part of the blog series, Amiga 500: Drawing a Bitmap on the Bare Metal, Martin explains in precise detail how he can display a logo image directly on the Amiga hardware, bypassing higher-level libraries. The basics of the Copper are explained and a basic code for displaying the graphic is presented.
In Amiga 500: Mode Switching, Martin explores the use of the Copper chip in the Amiga 500 to achieve various display effects. He discusses how this technology enables dynamic changes in the video display that can manipulate the appearance of the screen in real time. The article goes into the technical details of setting up and manipulating the copper lists to switch display modes and enhance graphical output on the Amiga.
In Amiga 500: Alternate Graphics Memory Layouts, Michael Martin describes how he manipulated the graphics memory layout of the Amiga 500 to display more colors at the same time. He discusses technical adjustments and programming methods that make it possible to expand the initially limited color display and better utilize the Amiga 500's performance.
In Amiga 500: Completing The Display, Martin presents the implementation of an EGA palette display on the Amiga 500. He explains how he completed the hardware control to produce the desired display and considers this to be the preliminary end point of his work on graphics output, although he plans to explore further hardware functions.
In Amiga 500: Using Our Full Power, the aim is to fully utilize the power of the Amiga 500 by taking advantage of the capabilities of the blitter chip. Martin focuses on how the blitter, a specialized coprocessor for graphics operations, is used to accelerate graphics operations such as copying data blocks, which significantly increases the efficiency of certain program parts.
In Amiga 500: Bare-Metal Startup Code, Martin explains how to take full control of the computer. He uses the startup code from the book “Bare Metal Amiga Programming” by E. Th. van den Oosterkamp. This explains how to handle hardware interrupts and recognize key presses to gain deeper control over the system.
In the latest blog post, Amiga 500: Direct Keyboard Access, Martin discusses extending the code to display the EGA palette on the Amiga 500 to include the ability to control the program using keyboard inputs. He describes in detail the technical challenges and the necessary techniques required to implement this function, which goes beyond the previous mouse click controls.
The series provides a good insight into programming at the hardware level, with many practical examples and understandable explanations. (nba)
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20.Aug.2024
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Classic remakes: Project X: Lightyears and X-OUT: Resurfaced
A small glimpse over the edge of the plate: the popular Amiga games "Project X" and "X-Out" are to be re-released in updated versions for current gaming platforms, with the help of renowned artists in the gaming industry.
"Project X: Lightyears" is to be a direct sequel to the classic shoot'em-up "Project X", which was developed and published by Team17 in 1992. The new edition will be musically accompanied by Allister Brimble, who is known for many soundtracks in the video game industry. The Kickstarter campaign to finance the project has already started.
X-Out, originally developed by Rainbow Arts for the Commodore 64 and also released for the Amiga in 1990, is also to be reissued, developed by ININ and Ziggurat (formerly Rainbow Arts): like the original, X-OUT: Resurfaced will be an underwater shoot'em-up, but with a completely new technical and gameplay design. The music will be provided by Chris Huelsbeck, graphics will be contributed by Ogan Kandemiroglu, who is continuing the visual legacy of his late brother Celal Kandemiroglu. In addition to the single-player mode, a local co-op mode for two players will also be offered.
"Project X: Lightyears" will be available on platforms such as PC and possibly other current consoles, while "X-OUT: Resurfaced" will be released for PC, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch. Both games promise to reinterpret the spirit of their predecessors with today's technological possibilities and appeal to both old fans and new players.
For more information on "Project X: Lightyears", please visit the Kickstarter page for the project. Details on "X-OUT: Resurfaced" are available on the ININ Games website. (nba)
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19.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 4 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 4 offers the following changes:
- Home screen changed
- In-game music can be switched on and off with the M button
- New title music added
- In-game music added
- Story for the game (I hope you like it)
- Added in-game music (not the final music)
- Level 1-6 changed a little
- Added some new graphics
- Added end intro + story (is only for testing)
- Level 12, 13, 14 added
- SFX adjusted
- loading times improved (thanks earok/Scorpion engine)
- Fixed many bugs
- Level 5 now playable (you couldn't go any further at the beginning)
- adjusted some enemies (some of them look behind the player)
- Intro removed the Game Ui
- Colors adjusted
- code blocks tidied up
- added level codes from 1-14 (so write them down when you find them)
- For each level code you find you get one life
- Game UI changed
- Amiga Workbench version LHA added (not tested)
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19.Aug.2024
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Music tips for the start of the week
Grazia Pizzuto is a church musician in Bonn and teaches piano and improvisation. She also runs a YouTube channel where she presents piano arrangements of game music, including Amiga games. Since our news item, she has published the following pieces:
Bert 'D4XX REMIX' Brüggemann has also chosen a piece of Chris Hülsbeck's music for Turrican 2 for his new remix (amiga-news.de reported): The Wall (YouTube link).
And at the end of June 'no9' had already published a short track called Filteririum on his YouTube channel (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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18.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 17.08.2024
The following files have been added until 17.08.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 103K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
dizzytorrent2.lha comm/tcp 650K 68k BitTorrent client with MUI/AREXX
ld80.lha dev/cross 63K MOS L80 replacement linker
AmigaMicropython.lha dev/misc 239K 68k Micropython for the Amiga cla...
c2plib.lha dev/misc 186K 68k chunky2planar as an Amiga sha...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 9K 2024 Carset for F1GP
WhatIFF3.14.lha mags/misc 3.7M What IFF? #3.14-August-2024
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.9M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.2M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.5M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
Mame106MiniMixBeta2.lha misc/emu 5.2M MAME 0.106 MiniMix Beta 2
Biochem.zip mods/crash 6.2M Heavy/dramatic/chip. 8 bit me...
Bloated.zip mods/crash 172K EDM with gutteral noises. 8 b...
Dementia.zip mods/crash 75K Moody/Progressive 8ch mod. 8 ...
hplague2.zip mods/crash 100K Angry Orchestral part 2 of 3....
hplague3.zip mods/crash 110K Moody Orchestral part 3 of 3....
n2depths.zip mods/crash 52K Old school jam with Leads. 8 ...
Necrocracy.zip mods/crash 65K Heavy and Melodic. 8 bit xm
NewHexico.zip mods/crash 9.1M 8 channel western triphop. (+...
retrograde.zip mods/crash 105K Rocking Metal rhythms. 8 bit xm.
TheAbsoluteValue.zip mods/crash 5.1M 6 channel med w/ moody beats....
TheCount.zip mods/crash 4.5M 8 channel metal drumnbass. (+...
zapperng.lha util/cdity 60K 68k Change the behaviour of the z...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 109K AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT
pfetch.lha util/moni 21K Pretty fetch for MorphOS
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OS4Depot uploads until 17.08.2024
The following files have been added until 17.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
amigagpt.lha net/cha 221kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
zapperng.lha uti/wor 60kb 4.0 Change the behaviour of the zoom...
yt.lha vid/mis 868kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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18.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 17.08.2024
The following files have been added until 17.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
sfsobject.i386-aros.zip uti/mis 35kb SFSobject AROS i386 ABIv0 version
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 17.08.2024
The following files have been added until 17.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
ZapperNG_1.3.lha Ambient/Commodities Change the behaviour of...
WinAction_1.5.lha Ambient/Utilities Perform an action to a ...
ld80_0.7.lha Development/Cross L80 replacement linker
AmiArcadia_33.10.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Iris_1.33.lha MorphOS-update Iris, the MorphOS email...
YouTube-Extractor_2.9.lha Multimedia YT.rexx is a script for...
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18.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 17.08.2024
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 17.08.2024:
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18.Aug.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 file has been added:
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18.Aug.2024
Commodore News (website)
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Crowdfunded book: Retro Gaming Library - Amiga Edition
The already fully financed project for printing of the book "Retro Gaming Library - Amiga Edition", which is still running for more than two weeks, promises over 400 pages in almost A4 size (8x10") with short reports and photos on over 300 selected Amiga games released from 1985 to 1997.
Depending on the prominence of the game, it is presented on either one or four pages. One or more screenshots, title screen and packaging are shown in each case. Including worldwide shipping, which is estimated at an average of 20 US dollars, the book costs the equivalent of around 51 euros, including an additional PDF version. (snx)
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17.Aug.2024
IntuitionBase
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AmigaOS 4: IntuitionBase updated
George 'walkereo' Sokianos has extensively updated the IntuitionBase website, which provides an overview of AmigaOS 4 compatible software and hardware: it is now based on what he considers to be one of the best CMS available, Drupal 10, which makes the site easier to manage and at the same time offers a high level of security.
A new section called "Featured Software" has been added: it lists the software that will help the end user to have the best experience with their new system, in an easily accessible way. All applications are logically categorised based on their use and have all the information about who created them, where to find them, how to buy them or how to support the developer. Furthermore, software and hardware lists are now searchable, and there is also a global search function.
Users are asked to write manuals or transfer some of their old manuals here. Entries in the new "Featured Software" section are welcome, as well as documents related to the AmigaOne systems, e.g. technical data sheets for the CPUs and hardware, hardware fixes etc. (dr)
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17.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Text adventure: The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor v14
Stefan Vogt has released another update to his text adventure with graphics, "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor" (amiga-news.de reported). This wil fix a bug in the game that affected all versions of the game. All users are recommended to install the update. (dr)
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16.Aug.2024
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Video tutorial: Using speech in AMOS programs
In another video in his series of tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how to use speech in AMOS programs using the Say, Set Talk, Talk Misc and Talk Stop commands. (dr)
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16.Aug.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.33
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.33 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. Changes:
- Restored context menus over folder and message list title rows
- Narrow view message list title row now has a sleeker menu for quicker access to sorting and filtering modes
- Implemented the ability to add a custom button to the toolbar
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14.Aug.2024
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Adventure: "Geo's Quest" box set
Paul Golian's graphic adventures Geo's Quest 2 - In Search of Queen Lorraine and Geo's Quest 3 - Gateway to Nowhere can now be purchased as a box set for 22 euros plus 18 euros shipping to Europe. The colour-printed box and glossy sleeve contain:
- CD with both full games (GQ2 & GQ3) in PAL & NTSC and PDF's of each Manual
- SD with both full games (GQ2 & GQ3) in PAL & NTSC and PDF's of each Manual
- Color Glossy printed 9" x 6" Game Manuals for both Games
- Color Glossy 9" x 17" Game Maps for both Games
Once Chapter 6 "There be Cows" is completed, (anticipated to be Early 2025) the Box Set purchaser will be emailed a zip of the Chapter along with a PDF of the Chapters Manual for free. (dr)
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13.Aug.2024
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Amiga Kit: Super Skidmarks now pre-installed on the A600GS
The classic Amiga racing game "Super Skidmarks", developed by Chris Blackbourn, will now be pre-installed on the new A600GS from AmigaKit. Users who already own the A600GS system can add the game to the game menu via a free update.
Skidmarks was first released in 1993 and was well-known and popular for its top-down multiplayer races and graphical quality. Two years later, Super Skidmarks followed with new features, more tracks and new vehicle types, including such absurdities as cars with caravans or cows on wheels.
Chris Blackburn has also announced Epic Skidmarks, which will allow players to race in multiplayer races in a web browser, according to the New Zealand developer. (nba)
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13.Aug.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 144 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 144 (May/June 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (nba)
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13.Aug.2024
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Operating system for the Amiga: Second alpha version of "Serena OS"
At the end of 2022, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. The developer has since renamed his project "Serena OS" and released a second alpha version, which is now available as a fully compiled ROM. Basically, all Amigas with a 68030 (or faster) processor are now supported. He has kindly provided us with the following comments on the new version:
"Version 0.2-alpha marks the first binary release of Serena OS. I think that the OS has now reached a point where you can actually play around and have fun with it, and where you may even be able to get something useful out of it.
Serena OS should run on any Amiga hardware with a 68030 or better processor. The kernel supports floating-point coprocessors like the 68882 too. However, the mathematical library libm is currently very incomplete.
The OS comes with a C99 compatible libc and an interactive shell. Please keep in mind that you are looking at an alpha version of the OS and that you are in fact witnessing the very early days of a new OS. Thus, there are bugs and incomplete features. However, the goal is to improve things as time progresses.
This version of the OS is distributed as a ROM image and the system boots from a disk image that is stored in ROM. This disk image is copied to a RAM disk at boot time. So it's possible to create files and directories. Just keep in mind that none of the things you create will survive a system restart.
People who feel adventures may build a version of the OS that boots from an ADF disk image. To do this, check out the project sources, comment out the BOOT_FROM_ROM:=1 line in the project Makefile and then build the project. This will give you an 880KB ADF file plus a new ROM image in the build/product folder which you can then load into an emulator.
Just keep in mind that right now the speed of the floppy disk is not great because there's no disk cache yet in the kernel and the floppy driver doesn't support writing to disks yet.
So how is Serena OS different from the original Amiga OS?
The most important difference is that Serena OS is far closer to the POSIX standard in terms of functionality and behavior than the original Amiga OS was. This is most noticeable (from the viewpoint of an app developer) in the sense that Serena OS does full resource tracking. This means that the OS automatically reclaims resources such as memory when an application terminates.
Another notable difference is that Serena OS is designed and built on modern ideas, development principles, practices and goals. For example, it implements pervasive preemptive concurrency in the form of virtual processors and dispatch queues rather than threads. Serena OS has completely moved beyond threads.
Additionally, the kernel is implemented using object-oriented design and implementation techniques, which makes it easier to create new drivers and file systems. There's also a stricter separation between kernel and user space in preparation for future virtual memory support.
Finally, the kernel and the user space portion of the OS are designed with 64bit processors and multiprocessor systems in mind. There's no specific support for multiprocessing in the system at this time. Though the system is designed and implemented in such a way that supporting this kind of hardware in the future is possible without having to introduce many changes to the system.
The Interactive Shell
Serena OS comes with an interactive shell that is very different from your typical Amiga OS or Unix shell: the shell implements a formally defined language. The advantage of this is that the language is easier to use and that its syntax doesn't follow arcane and incomprehensible rules that are a consequence of ad-hoc language design. Instead, the Serena shell language was designed with consistency and ease-of-use in mind.
This language, too, is based on modern design principles and practices: it is strongly typed, fully scoped, expression based and makes a clear distinction between mutable and immutable data. Expressions and commands may be freely mixed and even conditionals and loops are treated as expressions.
All that said, again, keep in mind that this is an alpha version of the shell that is still incomplete. Things like pipes and generic auto-capture of command results are things that are not yet supported. Nevertheless, it is possible to write shell scripts and do useful things, not just in the sense of juggling files around, but also in the sense that you can easily evaluate mathematical expressions right in the shell and shell scripts.
What's Next?
I've got many ideas lined up for the future of Serena OS. Though the next version will be primarily focused on fixing bugs, structural cleanups to enable the implementation of the next generation of features and full floppy disk support."
If you would like to test the ROM, it is best to use the profile for the Amiga 3000 under WinUAE and then set the path to the Serena ROM under ROM. If you enter the command 'list', you will see a few shell scripts as above, which act as a small "demo".
(dr)
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12.Aug.2024
Mastodon
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Online chiptune and music module player: Pixeltune
Back in 2014, Tomás Pollak, a journalist, developer and musician, released a first version of Pixeltune: a web-based player for chiptune and video game music that builds on a large collection of music that has been carefully archived over the years and indexed for quick and easy access. The sound is generated directly from the original files by emulating the sound chips that were actually used to render these files in the good old days.
He started his project because he loves music and MIDI and nerdy chiptunes on the one hand, and because he's a big fan of the demo scene and tracker music on the other. They would all "bring fond memories from the early days of the Internet-- the era of guestbooks, webrings and beautifully ugly pages, when it was a crazy place filled with weird and cool stuff!"
But also, there's a secondary goal and that is preservation. A big chunk of the music you'll find was hosted on websites that no longer exist. He wants to help preserve the history of sequenced music, and to honor all the incredibly talented composers whose creations still blow our minds decades later.
Under the title link you can find more than 250 pieces of Amiga music. Playing tip: Xenex (xenextitle.mod)! (dr)
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12.Aug.2024
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Puzzle game: AmiBrixx v2.3 for all Amiga systems
Jörg 'Evil' Renkert has released version 2.3 of his puzzle game AmiBrixx. The player's task is to eliminate the stones stacked on the board by clicking on groups of the same colour. In doing so, the tiles above fall down and form new groups. The game ends when no more groups can be eliminated (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version was released due to some server updates. Some minor bug fixes and speed improvements are also included. The author welcomes feedback and is open to suggestions and requests for improvement. (dr)
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11.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to Aminet:
mandel_and_julia.lha dev/amos 7K mandelbrot and julia
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.7M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
WhatIFF3.14.lha mags/misc 3.7M What IFF? #3.14-August-2024
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.2M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
RockMeBaby.lha mods/misc 600K 16bit 4ch Blues Jazz Rock by ...
AmiModRadio.lha mus/play 3.1M 68k Play modules from Internet so...
NAFCYI1991S1-01.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-02.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-03.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-04.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-05.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-06.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-07.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-08.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-09.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-10.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-11.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-12.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-13.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-14.zip text/pfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-15.zip text/pfont 1.7M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-16.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-17.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-18.zip text/pfont 1.5M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-19.zip text/pfont 1.6M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-20.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-21.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-22.zip text/pfont 2.0M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-23.zip text/pfont 2.1M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-24.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-25.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-26.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-27.zip text/pfont 1.8M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-28.zip text/pfont 1.4M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
NAFCYI1991S1-29.zip text/pfont 1.9M NAFCYI Spring 1991 (PS Fonts)
tree-mos.lha util/dir 113K MOS Display a tree view of direct...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 23M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
WinAction.lha util/shell 9K MOS Perform an action to a window
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OS4Depot uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
visualboyadvance.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.1 GB/GBC/GBA Emulator
yt.lha vid/mis 830kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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11.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
whatiff3.14.lha doc/mis 4Mb amigaguide magazine august 2014
chaotic-dungeon.i386-aros... gam/rol 2Mb A roguelite dungeon crawler.
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11.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 10.08.2024
THe following files have been added until 10.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
WinAction_1.4.lha Ambient/Utilities Perform an action to a ...
AmiArcadia_33.0.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Tree_2.1.3.lha Files/Dir Display a tree view of ...
CardsMakingKit_2.0.lha Games/Card A little kit to make yo...
Easy2Install_1.0b55.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
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11.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.08.2024
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 10.08.2024:
- 2024-08-07 fixed: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) avoid crash at startup (Info)
- 2024-08-06 new: A320 Airbus (Thalion Software) done by RACE (Info)
- 2024-08-04 improved: Steigar (Screen 7) supports another version, fixed sound effects (Info)
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11.Aug.2024
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Continued GMail support by Iris questionable
As Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek, author of the e-mail program Iris, reports in a forum post at title link, continued support for the American e-mail service GMail is questionable. Programs that are allowed to access this Google service are subject to certain requirements, including an annual security assessment.
This external audit would cost the programmer an additional 500 US dollars every year. Although currently evaluating options he does not believe that it is worth paying this much money per year just to keep frictionless GMail access in the app. (snx)
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11.Aug.2024
BitFellas (ANF)
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Paper: Trackers - The Rise, Bloom and Later Developments of a Paradigm
Markku Reunanen, a lecturer at Finland's Aalto University, has published a paper in English on tracker music programs at the title link, examining 60 trackers and interviewing six developers. As he summarizes, his findings would illustrate the close connection between trackers and computer hardware, the reasons why the authors wanted to develop such software and the gradual development of the paradigm. (snx)
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11.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Team Hoi: Old sketches of the game Hoi and collection of magazine reports
Metin Seven from the Dutch game development group Team Hoi has collected on Archive.org old computer magazine reports on their Amiga and PC games published between 1988 and 1997. Two years ago, he also published five ballpoint pen sketches of the 1992 game Hoi on LinkedIn.
A report on the development of Softeye/Team Hoi he had already published as a PDF file three years ago. (snx)
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10.Aug.2024
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Arcade game: Holy Warrior
Amiten Games has released the arcade game "Holy Warrior" (YouTube video), in which you have to defend yourself as a knight against skeletons and fallen soldiers in order to recover the six holy books. These books had been scattered and hidden by evil forces and are the key to restoring balance and peace.
The game runs on ECS Amigas with 1MB chip RAM and 512 KB Fast RAM or 2MB chip RAM and is available for just under 3 euros. Kickstart 3.1 is required.
You can also pre-order the physical version for around 35 euros. The DVD box contains an automatically starting CD32-compatible CD, a USB stick, a copy of the game on disc and a 3D-printed figure of the Holy Warrior. It also includes a colour manual in PDF format and the digital download. The copies will be sent out from September 2024. (dr)
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10.Aug.2024
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Developer log: Core functions of the game "The Gate" completed
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer now describes the current status of his project in a detailed article on Patreon, including a video: all core functions have been implemented. (dr)
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10.Aug.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.6.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.6.0:
- Add the GPT4o Mini model
- Remove the unused Accent menu item from OS4 version
- Fix bug where some voice menu items in the OS4 version fail to display a checkmark after you select it
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB) (dr)
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09.Aug.2024
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 18
The current issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga" once again comprises 48 colour pages and is available in printed or digital form:
- Video games: RogueCraft, Tony - Montezuma's Gold, Temptations, King & Balloon, TankX, Ami HERO, Doom RPG, FreeSynd, Geo's Quest, Gateway to Nowhere, Hack & Slash, Cecconoid, Quake 2 for AmigaOS 4.1 and AmigaOS 3.
- Test report: Hollywood Designer 7.0
- Review: Kickstart 02
- Interviews: Numerous interviews with the authors of the titles reviewed in this issue
- Technology: Amiga and networks
- Also: Game news, tech news, reader mail, demo scene, box special...
(cg)
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09.Aug.2024
Thorsten Mampel (ANF)
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Event: 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster (Germany)
From October 31 till November 3 the 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Details can be found at the title link or in our German news-item. (snx)
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09.Aug.2024
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3"
After "Adventure 1" and "Adventure 2", 'grindercowboy' has now released the third and final part of his text adventure series. "Adventure 3" is inspired by "The Hobbit", among other things: the task is to find the three rings of power and destroy them. (dr)
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08.Aug.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.41
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video shows improved support of moving platforms) is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
All changes of updated version 0.9.41:
- Image to tiles now can open a large image containing a map, extract its
tileset, and optionally recreate this map in the current level.
- Image to tiles checksum has been improved to avoid duplicates.
- Now you can select the spritesheets to use for each Level, saving some
valuable Chip Memory.
- The used spritesheets in the level can be automatically calculated by the
editor.
- In Tileset Menu, Image to tiles can now be used to open a large image with a
game map. The routine will generate all the tiles for this map, and will give
the possibility to generate the level map as well.
- In Objects Menu, in the Advanced section you can define the maximum speed you
want your object to move. Useful for example, when you do not want your object
to fall too fast.
- Fetch mode Quadruple can now be used with Screen Widths: 320, 288 and 256.
Using it will speed up games for AGA Amigas without FastRAM.
- Added a project named BobPerfTest to be able to check performance with the
different fetch modes.
- Added action trigger Follow Object Free, works as previous one but instead of
using 8 directions for moving, movement is smooth vector based.
- When using Help key or ? button to get screen information, now you can click
More button that will open the HTML help with detailed info.
- The tool to open HTML files can be defined in the REDPILLEditor Icon.
- Project ex_mapenemies has been updated win new graphics and using the new
Follow Obj Free trigger.
- ECS parallax now supports vertical movement.
- Red CD32 button is now equivalent to normal Joypad first button.
- Vampire can usage can now be detected using the condition trigger Processor.
It will return 8 for 68080.
- Fix Triggonometry startup issue that caused Trig funcions to not work.
- Fix weird behaviour when static objects are deleted from the level.
- Fixed issue when using Inv Speed triggers.
- Giving more info about the errors in Level Properties screen.
(dr)
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08.Aug.2024
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 14 of "WhatIFF?"
"WhatIFF?" is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the thirteenth issue include reviews of hardware (e.g. TF536) and software (e.g. Amiga GPT, ApolloExplorer), tutorials (e.g. Blitz Basic Basics Part 1: Introduction and Setup) and interviews (z.B. Michael Rupp (TAWS)). (dr)
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08.Aug.2024
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Using image files and discs in PC drives: DiskFlashback v1.0.2
Developer Rob Smith has written DiskFlashback, a convenient software for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) that enables PC floppy drives to read and write image files such as ADFs (Amiga Disk Files) during operation. It also allows you to process real discs in Amiga or Atari format, with the appropriate hardware extensions. To use it, you need the FloppyBridge plugin, which in turn requires additional hardware (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released version 1.0.2 of the software. Changes:
- Sped up the Greaseweazle track reading speed by almost double
- Sped up the Supercard PRO track reading speed by almost double
- Small speed up for DrawBridge reading too!
- Sped up disk writing as well!
- Added special message for people just trying to run the DiskFlashback EXE and wondering why it doesn't do anything
- Added new "Clean Drive Heads" option for real floppy drives (cleaning disk required)
- Re-arranged all physical drive related commands into its own menu
- Added option to toggle the auto-starting up the system tray icon with Windows
- Changed how new versions of the application are detected to hopefully get around some previous false positives
- Mount physical Amiga HD/Memory Card disks as drive letters (OFS/FFS/PFS only)
- Can now detect Amiga hard disk partitions when RDSK block is not on the first block (can be upto 64 blocks in)
- Better / quicker cooldown if disk is removed from physical drive while its being read
- Added support for DSK (MSX) files as they're basically FAT12 PC disks
- Fixed a bug with some DMS files where the total number of cylinders was incorrectly read
- Fixed potential re-entry bug from aborting some operations and turning off the drive motor
- Fixed issues with SuperCard PRO board not seeking to the correct track [FloppyBridge]
- Fixed an issue where some SCP files wouldn't load at all
- Fixed some issues with some dual-format disk images not showing both parts
- Fixed issues with Tri-format disks (they're actually dual-format really)
- Fixed an issue with dual-format disks where number of heads was incorrectly used for PC/Atari side
- Fixed issue where re-reading bad Amiga sectors didn't work properly
- Fixed a strange seek issue when ejecting real floppy disks
- Fixed issue with some dialogs disappearing behind explorer after message was shown
- Fixed an issue where changing file attributes (Amiga) caused the Readable/Delete attributes to become unset
- EXEs etc are now digitally signed
(dr)
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07.Aug.2024
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: New Raspberry Pi installer for AmiKit
Ján Zahurančík's workbench distribution AmiKit now includes a new, Debian-based installer for the Raspberry Pi. It adapts to the actual Raspberry Pi device used, be it model 5, 400 or 4.
Features of the distribution include:
- Performance: 2500 MIPS and 800 MFLOPS on the Raspberry Pi 5
- Start: Boots into AmiKit directly
- Rabbit Hole: All Linux programs (such as modern browsers, playback software or LibreOffice) can be launched and controlled directly from the AmiKit desktop
Subscribers will already find the installer in their inbox. (snx)
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07.Aug.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Internal 10-watt amplifier for the A1222 Plus
Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000) and reports on his experiences in a blog. Having recently tested various audio players, he now takes a short detour back to the hardware and reports on how he has equipped his A1222 Plus with an internal 10-watt amplifier and loudspeakers. (dr)
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06.Aug.2024
Hyperion Entertainment (ANF)
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Game: Heretic II (2024) to be released for high-performance 68k Amigas
Press release: Brussels – August 05, 2024. Hyperion is excited to unveil a brand-new port of Heretic II (2024) developed by Steffen Häuser, tailored specifically for high-performance 68K Amiga systems.
About Heretic II: Heretic II is the highly acclaimed conceptual sequel to the Hexen and Heretic series by Raven Software. Heretic II relies on a modified version of the Quake II engine by id Software and plays from a behind-the-back third-person perspective as in the Tomb Raider series but still controls a lot like a first-person shooter.
Features:
- Quake II 3D Engine from id Software
- Software renderer and MiniGL renderer (MiniGL renderer can only be used when 3D hardware drivers are available for PiStorm). The software renderer runs 25 fps on 640x480 on Pi CM4, 21 fps on Pi 4, 19 fps lowres on Pi 3. For Pi 3 there are also 480x270 and 640x360 resolutions
- Atmospheric game music via Ogg Vorbis replay
- Localization (both text and audio output) in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish
- Improved quality of the video intro/extro
- Multiplayer support (internet or LAN for up to 32 players)
- Impressive enemy AI
- Excellent player control (mouse, keyboard, joystick), optional PSXPort support
- Expandable with new mission packs such as Quake
Technical requirements:
- AmigaOS 3.x
- PiStorm (Pi 3, Pi 4 or Pi CM4) or via emulation such as UAE
- 64 MB RAM minimum, more recommended
- Picasso96 with chunky 16-bit modes (no AGA)
- AHI 4.18
- mpega.library (game installer can install it)
- 400 MB free hard disc space
This new version of Heretic II is available as of the 9th of August via dealers and the official distributor Alinea Computer. (snx)
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06.Aug.2024
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Book: German edition of "The Making of Prince of Persia" now available
Jordan Mechner is an internationally renowned game designer whose best-known work is probably "Prince of Persia". Mechner recorded the creation of this global hit in his memoirs, which he wrote down during development and published in 2020 (amiga-news.de reported). The book has now been published in German, translated and edited by Stephan Freundorfer: "Jordan Mechner: Die Erschaffung von Prince of Persia – Tagebücher 1985-1993" (original title: The Making of Prince of Persia) invites the reader into the wild, golden 8- and 16-bit era and lets them participate in the restless life of a young creative who is looking for his place between screen and pixels – and becomes famous. Mechner's memories and sketches are historical documents, very personal insights into early game development and the emergence of digital narratives.
The officially licensed version of the 1985-1993 diaries presents Mechner's original drawings, design documents and business records. Also included in the German translation are appendices with explanations of people, companies, contemporary terms and games.
The hardcover version of the title comprises 368 pages, completely in colour, with over 300 illustrations and can be ordered at a price of 34.80 euros from well-stocked bookshops and directly from the publisher Gameplan via the title link. (nba)
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06.Aug.2024
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Blog: The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art
The Swedish technology nerd and software developer Carl Svensson has published a new article entitled "The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art" on his website datagubbe.se. In it, he discusses how CRTs smoothed out the hard edges and block structures of old video game graphics through their blurring and artefacts such as scan lines and colour overlays. Svensson also points out that modern techniques such as anti-aliasing and dithering, which contribute to smoothing and colour blending, enhanced the visual experience on CRTs, which is often misunderstood when pixel art is displayed on modern flat screens. To visualise these effects, Svensson also shows images from games and applications for the Amiga, including Ruff'n'Tumble, Monkey Island, Silkworm and Deluxe Paint IV. (nba)
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