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02.May.2020



Quiz for AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: "Board Games" update for AskMeUp XXL
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring now 2176 questions in 15 categories. Today the "Board Games" add-on, which includes 63 new questions about board games ("Which avenue does not exist in Monopoly ?"), has been released and is freely downloadable from the website. Translations for English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese are available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4/AROS/MorphOS: Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake 2.5
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener's Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake is a remake of the Bomberman version released for Windows in 1997. Therefore the files of the original version are required.


Changes in version 2.5:
  • Punch animation is now played no matter if there's a bomb to punch away or not. This was a minor difference to the original game. This behaviour has one benefit: you can easily check if you still got the puncher... Thanks to Valentin for reporting!
  • Team mode: original player colors are now being used during the first seconds of a match before they are being switched to white / red team colors. Before you had a hard time figuring out who you were...
  • Somewhat adjusted explosion segment offsets, those were a bit off. Well, they still are, but less than in the original and less than before. The thing is: unbelievable but true, they are totally off in the original: it's all shifted by some useless pixels to the right and some asset the segments often simply don't fit well.
  • Explosion-animations are now repeated once and played at twice the speed. Closer to the original
  • Detail: if you have the kicker you cannot stop kicked bombs with the 2nd button anymore if you also got the jelly!
  • New disease: swap player position with a random opponent. For whatever reasons I forgot about this one, saw it in a Youtube video of the original game now. :)
  • Disease timing modified to be more closely to the original. Especially the duration decrease when you pass a disease has been changed: before it was 1 sec., now the remaining disease time is cut in half for you. Thanks to Valentin for reporting!
  • Improved texture modes, depending on your hardware. In general this improves the playfield's and animations appearance. If possible the washed out bilinear filtering is avoid in favor or an filtered scale2x variant.
  • Some graphics, namely bricks, use purple as a transparency indicator. However, for some this color-key is slightly off, so that here and there a single purple pixel remains. Was very well visible for the lilys in that trampoline world. The purple-check is now somewhat fuzzy so that stuff like that is gone.
  • Windows users: the game will ask for UAC rights elevation to create a new set of patched decrunched assets.
  • Angel death animation: angel now flying upwards. :)
  • Death animations fade out on last frame, simply looks better than those original abrupt endings.
  • Extras explanation screen: extra-icons now without bilinear washed out filter look.
  • For upcoming updates the online update mechanism has changed. Before the game would only check for an update once per day. Now it does always on startup. The reason is that for an online session all players have to be on the same update level...
  • Teleporter sound effects added.
  • Trampoline sound effects added.
  • Many more generic extra-pickup voice-overs added.
  • Many more hurry voice-overs added.
  • Many more frag taunt voice-overs added.
  • Sound when punching a bomb.
  • Sound when picking up bomb.
  • Sound when a thrown bomb is bouncing around.
  • Generic disease voice-overs added.
  • Poops sounds added.
  • Even more sounds added. :P
  • New sound effects manager to gracefully handle this giant amount of sounds even on low end hardware.
  • Put original's dedicated tune in the waiting-for-net-players screen.
  • Optimization: extra color analyzation to avoid creation of sometimes rather useless secondary textures (useless in terms of: you won't spot the difference...) -> less VRAM used, faster texture generation step.
  • Optimization: if the hardware supports it, the game will now create and cache NPOT textures, which means less VRAM used and faster texture generation.
  • Optimization: tuned texture atlas generation parameters for the different atlas types (animation, world preview, playfield, extras). Makes quite a difference, until now all used the most effective but most costly variant best suited for the animations, which is overkill for the other variants.
  • Optimization: texture atlas creation moved to the initial startup phase.
  • Textures now with premultiplied alpha if the hardware supports it (should be pretty much all but Compositing). Above all this gets rid of those little filtering artefacts here and there.
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2020
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: TopTasks Screenbar plugin 1.4
TopTasks.sbar is a Screenbar plugin for MorphOS that shows the task currently eating the most CPU time.

When clicked it opens a window showing the top 10 tasks currently hogging all your precious CPU time. Furthermode it can display a history of the top tasks of the last 100 seconds.

Changes:
  • Shows Niceness, Process ID (PID) and age of each task in the top tasklist
  • Now also shows running/sleeping, created/finished and average CPU load below the tasklist
  • Strings in top task list entries context menu items (priority, break, etc.) are now localized too
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2020



Amigakit: Buffered 4xIDE adapter for A600/1200
Amigakit now offers a buffered IDE adapter which can connect up to four devices to the internal port of an A600 or A1200. Users of an A1200 additionally can purchase a FastIDE adapter "to speed up IDE transfers" - no detailed information are available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2020



First release of AMOS Professional AGA
A half year ago it was announced that Frédéric Cordier is going to develop a special AGA version of AMOS Professional. Its source codes have been released years ago. Meanwhile the project is called "AMOS Professional AGA" and has a separate website. Additionally a first public version has been released.

On the official website you will not find an downloads. Instead you are linked to a Github-Repository. This website does not provide any source codes but all files of the binary distribution.

The archive includes a very detailed changelog and some example projects for AGA Amigas. Neither the version number of the development environment nor the integrated documenation have been updated.

Direct download: Amos-Professional-AGA-Releases-master.zip (3,7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2020
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the french AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
  • March/April 2020 news.
  • Old articles from Joystick 1 to 3:
    • Review: Tennis Cup
    • Interview: Jeff Minter
    • Review: Highway Patrol 2
    • Review: Khalaan
    • Interview: Philippe Ulrich
    • Review: Sir Fred: The Legend
    • Review: Wild Life
    • Review: Axel's Magic Hammer
    • Interview: Paul Cuisset
    • Review: Vaux
    • Review: Hell Raisers, etc.
  • Interview: Bill Borsari (AmiWest).
  • Interview: Ian Dunlop (Walker programmer).
  • Interview: Neill Glancy (Walker graphist).
  • Interview: Rainer Brenda (Commodore Germany).
  • Review: Amiga Forever 8 R2 et R3.
  • Hardware: HID2AMI.
  • Point of view: Commodore and the distribution of AmigaOS 3.1.
  • File: Classic Reflections - what ever happen to DKB?
  • File: Amiga Games List (update).
  • Tutorial: Create filetypes in Ambient.
  • DIY: Replacement of the CXA1145M by a CXA2075M on Amiga 1200.
  • Special quizz about Dungeon Master.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 109 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games and programs on vintage computers.

Among others the latest issue includes an article about the Amiga game "Cyber Cop" and the multimedia software "Hidden Truth".

Download sites:

English: Sendspace / MEGA
Italian: Sendspace / MEGA (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2020



Aminet: Beware of new virus
On Aminet a new virus crept in which obviously cannot be detetcted by antivirus software. The file util/virus/vprot.lha contained a Trojaner which writes a bootblock virus on a disk. Those ones who downloaded the archive this morning, should immediately delete it and do not use the disks that were inserted.

The Aminet team is very grateful for the warning which 'Crashdisk' as well as the Virus Help Team have given only few hours after the archive was uploaded. A first analysis was done but still it is not clear how to deal with the virus.

'Crashdisk' has published a dump of the bootblock which includes the pseudonym of the author as well as the name of the virus:
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(cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Homebank 4.6.3
Homebank "is a free software that will assist you to manage your personal accounting". Originally the application was developed on the Amiga. The latest Linux version still can import project files of the old Amiga version. Now Edgar Schwan has updated the port of the program to his X11 environment AmiCygnix (screenshot ).

Changes since version 4.4:
  • Transactions can be broken down by category.
  • Quick search for transaction.
  • Fiscal year limits can be configured.
  • Planned transaction date before or after the weekend.
  • Possibility to execute planned transactions individually from the list.
  • Language can be set.
  • Overview of cash flows as a diagram.
  • New filters for the account window.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2020



AMOSKittens: free AMOS interpreter for AmigaOS 4 in development (Update)
Kjetil 'LiveForIt' Hvalstrand is working on an interpreter which can run AMOS source code under AmigaOS 4. As the developer wrote "on the Amos command this project tries to stay 99% compatible, a few command wont work as this project use a bit more modern chunky image format instead of the planar graphic format". He also points out to AMOS Professional AGA (amiga-news.de reported) for "this is the most advanced version of Amos Pro right now".

Update: (30.04.2020, 22:15, cg)

The developer has posted a short FAQ on his blog, answering question about AMOSKittens and AMOS Pro. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Tactical multiplayer game: GermZ (pre-version)
"GermZ" (video) is a party game for 2-4 players in which everyone tries to occupy cells by sending pathogens into them. Those one who could mass most of its pathogens in a cell, occupies it.

GermZ requires an Amiga equipped with at least 512 Kilobyte RAM, supports up to four joysticks and can be launched from harddrive or disk. This pre-version does not include computer enemies and has some issues on faster computers. This and much more will be fixed in the final version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Picture viewer: Videntium Picta 2.30
Videntium Picta is a picture viewer providing simple picture editing and file managing functions written with Hollywood. In the latest version the text options are displayed in real-time, you do not have to reboot the computer. Additionally the desired language is selected via menu instead of the toolbar button. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Game: Amiga port of "Raid over Moscow"
In December Erik Hogan released the beta version (amiga-news.de reported) of his Amiga port of the C64 game "Raid over Moscow". Now the completed game is available as installation archive as well as CD and disk image. 1 MB RAM is required.

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27.Apr.2020



Arcade classic in 32 Kilobyte: Tiny Invaders
"Tiny Invaders" (video) is a clone of the classic Space Invaders. The game has only 32 Kilobyte and does not have special hardware requirements - but there are some issues with accelerator boards which therefore should be disabled. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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26.Apr.2020



Aminet-Uploads until 25.04.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 25th, 2020:
Amied.lha                comm/misc  4K        Amied - EDit files remotely f...
Anathema-Hilargo.adf     demo/disk  880K  68k Anathema: Hilargo Musicdisk
Void-AllWeKnowAboutDo... demo/euro  148K  68k All We Know About Dogs - Revi...
Void-MonodonM.lha        demo/euro  181K  68k Monodon Monoceros - Revision ...
SFL-CubicMeditation.lha  demo/intro 61K   68k Intro by Software Failure
Void-Worn.lha            demo/intro 5K    68k Worn - Bootblock intro - Revi...
Void-Dreams32.lha        demo/misc  537K  68k Demopack - April 2020
jansson_library.lha      dev/c      211K  OS4 native library for manipulati...
libgd-2.3.0_a68k.lha     dev/lib    2.8M  68k library for dynamic image cre...
TSGuiItaCat.lha          disk/misc  17K       Italian catalog for TSGui v2.2
MCE.lha                  game/edit  2.6M  68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha              game/edit  3.1M  OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
nightcity.lha            game/role  29K   68k Adventure Game created in Haktar
Runaway_AROSx86.lha      game/wb    2.3M  x86 LCD game conversion
Runaway_MOS.lha          game/wb    2.2M  MOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS3.lha          game/wb    4.1M  68k LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS4.lha          game/wb    2.6M  OS4 LCD game conversion
Runaway_WOS.lha          game/wb    2.5M  WOS LCD game conversion
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  11M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals f...
Covid19.lha              mods/misc  2.1M      Covid-19 4ch Hip Hop by HKvalhe
SamplesCreator.lha       mus/edit   39K   68k Samples creation and saving
SimpleSamples.lha        mus/play   43K   68k Little musical toy for all AM...
WarpJPEGdt.lha           util/dtype 330K  WOS JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.14
AmigaOhmItaCat.lha       util/misc  8K    OS4 Italian catalog for AmigaOhm ...
ElMeterItaCat.lha        util/misc  46K   OS4 Italian catalog for ElMeter v2.0
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26.Apr.2020



OS4Depot-Uploads until 25.04.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 25th, 2020:
jansson_library.lha      dev/lib 211kb 4.0 A native library for manipulatin...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
mce.lha                  gam/uti 3Mb   4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
abandonmi2.lha           gra/ico 382Mb 4.0 Another Abandon Icon Set for Ami...
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 11Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
vindentiumpicta.lha      gra/vie 2Mb   4.0 Picture Viewer written in Hollywood
mountsmbfs.lha           net/ser 55kb  4.1 GUI for SMBFS
elmeter_ita.lha          uti/mis 46kb  4.0 Italian catalog for ElMeter v2.0
st_rooms.lha             uti/mis 217Mb 4.0 Database of rooms aboard the shi...
st_schematics.lha        uti/mis 33Mb  4.0 Database of schematics in Star Trek
st_ships.lha             uti/mis 32Mb  4.0 Database of ships in Star Trek
vamp.lha                 vid/pla 2Mb   4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
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26.Apr.2020



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 25.04.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 25th, 2020:
SDL2_Libraries.lha        Development/Library       All Libraries SDL2 with...
OpenBor_7142.lha          Emulation                 OpenBOR is the ultimate...
ScummVM_2.2.0git.lha      Emulation                 A MorphOS build of Scum...
SuperMarioWar_2.0.lha     Games/Platform            A VERY good multiplayer...
DonkeyKong_1.1.lha        Games/Misc                LCD game conversion
StarTrek-ships_0.7.zip    Misc                      StarTrek-ships_0.7.zip
StarTrek-schematics_0.... Misc                      StarTrek-schematics_0.2...
Pegasos II Manual FR.pdf  Documentation/Pegasos     Pegasos II Manual FR.pdf
Pegasos II Manual EN.pdf  Documentation/Pegasos     Pegasos II Manual EN.pdf
Pegasos II Manual DE.pdf  Documentation/Pegasos     Pegasos II Manual DE.pdf
WarpJPEGdt_45.14.lha      System/Datatypes          JFIF-JPEG datatype
Installer_documentatio... Documentation/Manuals     Installer_documentation...
guide.lha                 Documentation/Manuals     Guide français de lha v...
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26.Apr.2020



WHDLoad: New installers until 25.04.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until April 25th, 2020:
  • 2020-04-25 fixed: Tin Toy Adventure (Mutation Software) fixed possible crashes (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Super Cauldron (Titus) trainer enhanced, added 2nd button support, manual added (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Street Racer (Epic) fixed 3/4 players mode, added joypad controls (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Freedom (Coktel Vision) quitkey for 68000, manual protection bypass rewritten, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Emmanuelle (TomaHawk) manual protection bypass improved, uses less chip memory, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Dragon Breed (Irem/Activision) quitkey for 68000, trainer added, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Colonization (Microprose) made OCS version 68000 compatible, added keyboard selection, manual added (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: BlockOut (California Dreams) fixed highscore display (Info)
  • 2020-04-25 improved: Alien Breed 2 (Team 17) quitkey for 68000 added (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 improved: Yolanda (Vectordean) imager fixed to support disk without highscores, trainer added, ButtonWait added, manual included (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 fixed: Quest For Glory / Hero's Quest (Sierra) keyboard handling corrected (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 new: Hoyle Book Of Games Volume 3 - Great Board Games (Sierra) done by JOTD (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 improved: Geisha (Cocktel Vision) quitkey for 68000, using latest kickemu (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 improved: Fantastic Dizzy (Codemasters/Purple Haze) fixed music replay on fast machines, fixed trashed screen after save/load on AGA, fixed second button jumps on AGA (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 improved: Bloodnet (Microprose/GameTEK) made OCS version 68000 compatible (Info)
  • 2020-04-23 improved: Bargon Attack (Coktel Vision) crack rewritten to fix crab arcade section, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Gem Stone Legend (Loriciel) splash window options added, quitkey for 68000 (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Ballistix (Psyclapse/Reflexions) second button in title screen fixed, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Tin Toy Adventure (Mutation Software) added joypad controls, added trainer, quitkey fixed (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Time (Empire) quitkey for 68000, uses less chip memory (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Space Gun (Ocean) quitkey for 68000, switchable lightgun support, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 fixed: Ishar 3 (Silmarils) second manual protection removed (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Captain Blood (Ere Informatique) quitkey for 68000, uses less chip memory, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 updated: BlockOut (California Dreams) reassembled, no longer requires 68020 (Info)
  • 2020-04-22 improved: Battle Bound (The Warp Factory) trainer improved, skip intro added, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-20 updated: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) streamlined joypad read code to be more compatible with third party adapters (Info)
  • 2020-04-20 improved: Intact (Sphinx Software/Grandslam) quitkey for 68000, interrupts fixed, uses less chip memory, trainer enhanced (Info)
  • 2020-04-20 updated: Fire & Ice (Graftgold) floppy slave completely rewritten, fixed possibly wrong intro music, trainer improved, joypad support added (Info)
  • 2020-04-20 improved: Deliverance (21st Century) added in-game trainer, added alternate slave for 512k chip only, more compatible controller read (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-20 improved: Chaos Engine 2 (Bitmap Brothers) added OCS Slave for 1 MB chip memory (Info)
  • 2020-04-20 improved: 944 Turbo Cup (Loriciel) quikey for 68000, v17+ features, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-19 improved: Curse of Enchantia (Core Design) quitkey for 68000, options on splash window (Info)
  • 2020-04-19 fixed: Starquake (Stephen Crow/TOS Brothers) access faults and SMC removed, new icons (Info)
  • 2020-04-19 improved: Chaos Engine 2 (Bitmap Brothers) fixed non-working AGA version, added CD32 controls for ECS version (Info)
  • 2020-04-19 improved: Cedric (Neo/Alcatraz) quitkey for 68000, using kickemu13 instead 31, uses less chip memory, skip intro added, manual added (Info)
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26.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following song has been added:
  • Turrican 3 (Scrap Yard 1)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2020
Generation Amiga (Webseite)


Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player 2.25
The new version 2.25 of the media player program V.A.M.P. (Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player) written with Hollywood has been released for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS (as well as Windows). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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25.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Print magazine: Issue 116 of Amiga Future readable online
Issue 116 (September/October 2015) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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24.Apr.2020
os4welt.de (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Web browser Odyssey 1.23 r5_beta06, update 1
Roman 'kas1e' Kargin is constantly working on beta versions of his AmigaOS 4 port of the web browser Odyssey. For the latest beta version 6 additionally there is a hotfix (ZIP, 20 MB), which fixes some of the potential causes of crashes of the included Cairo library and which has to be copied over the installation of the beta version.

Changes of the past releases of Odyssey:
  • Beta 6: MediaPlayer: fixed out-of-window issues when compositing effects disabled in prefs:gui, but compositing still available (c) Ami603.
  • Beta 6: MediaPlayer: fixed another bug found by ktadd when compositing being disabled in prefs:gui, while compositing still available: the content of composited video overlap other window's content (c) Hans De Ruiter
  • Beta 6: MediaPlayer: rewritten media player's AHI part to use AHI device API, instead of AHI library API: No exclusive locks of audio hardware from Odyssey anymore with any AHI settings! (c) Capehill
  • Beta 6: MediaPlayer: hack a bit backfill code, so when we in compositing video mode, and hit f11 to go to real fullscreen, then no left/right and bottom (when hit middle mouse button to hide player's GUI) borders visibly.
  • Beta 6: MediaPlayer: fixed a look of 'mute' item in media player's RMB menu, which now has on/off marker just like 'control' and 'loop' items. (c) Javier.
  • Beta 6: a bit better locale_cleanup (c) Javier
  • Beta 6: move an opening of asyncio.library to main.cpp same as other libraries, just to make things be cleaner (thanks to Javier for an idea)
  • Beta 6: one more user-agent for spoofing by request: iPhone OS 12.4
  • Beta 6: changed in prefs/media "webm (vp8)" on "webm (vp8, vp9)" as we can play both. OWB.cd updated as well, translators need to take care of.
  • Beta 6: add functionality to disable audio/video MP4 support in Preferences/Media (handy when one wants to save mp4 instead of playing in a browser) from 1.25 (c) Deadwood. Enabled by default the same as before. OWB.cd updated, translators need to take care of.
  • Beta 5: fixed memory leak in ac_free_video_decoder done by Piru on "acinerella" (FFmpeg wrapper simplifying work with FFmpeg: https://github.com/astoeckel/acinerella/)
  • Beta 5: for time being use back static libavformat.a instead of shared version till proper changes will have a place (that to avoid crashes in ffurl*)
  • Beta 5: debugging: added cross-platform D(bug("...")) define (see Base/debug.h), thus on OS4 always use DebugPrintF() instead of kprintf() and get rid of Clib2's libdebug.a
  • Beta 5: get rid of libaos4deps.a, which contain sttcpy() and DoSuperNew() realisations, those functions now in separate object.
  • Beta 5: updated youtube scripts to the latest ones from Fab's page.
  • Beta 5: get rid of CyberGraphics everywhere in favor of graphics.library (c) Capehill
  • Beta 5: added support of compositing video in fullscreen mode. You can have as many videos in different tabs as you wish in fullscreen, not just one as with overlay (be it P96 or CGX5). also fixing some bugs in MediaPlayer while adding compositing video (c) Ami603 with help from Hans & Capehill.
  • Beta 4: Major change in Video/Audio: Thanks to Frank from AmiBoing/EntwicklerX Odyssey now uses Frank's real amiga shared libs for all FFmpeg parts handling video/audio in the browser. That in comparison with my older static FFmpeg compile mean:
    1. We have now FFmpeg 2.2.16 instead of an older 2.2.1 (why not 3.x and 4.x ? Because since 2.2.16 some decoders start to be slower).
    2. Binary of Odyssey is smaller on 5mb now, as no FFmpeg code built-in, that code in the shared libs instead.
    3. Frank's version recognize Altivec unit and if available, uses the Altivec code automatically (so theoretically those ones who has Altivec machines can have better speed in video playback)
  • Beta 4: All the shared libs also placed in the LIBS folder of Odyssey and will be used from there now, so users will have no issues. But of course, you can move them all to system LIBS: directory if you wish: AmigaOS4 will firstly search libs in the LIBS: directory of Odyssey, and if nothing found then the system's one.
  • Beta 4: In the prefs/media enabled by default WebM, Flv and Ogg (before they were disabled), so everything works out of the box. If users wish to not have video/audio be played in the browser but to have downloads instead, then those options can be disabled.
  • Beta 4: incorporated some changes which Deadwood did for 1.25 version back in past and which wasn't in our version till now, such as:
    • Improved audio/video sync code in MediaPlayer.
    • Free locale resources regardless of application creation.
  • Beta 4: one more user-agent for spoofing by request: Nintendo Wii
  • Beta 3: fixed bug in Odyssey with WebP rendering being in blue color (Cairo expect ARGB, no needs for byteswap) (c) Petrol. Also, rebuild with newer libWebP v1.1.0
  • Beta 3: major PNG decoding changes:
    1. Odyssey compiled with 1.6.37 instead of old 1.2.50 libpng + necessary changes in Odyssey's code
    2. added APNG (animated png) support. Code taken from today's WebKit source code and adapted to our version + added .apng mime-type as well. Changes applied: 1, 2. For test visit Wikipedia: APNG and see if animation works
  • Beta 3: Ouch! The current version of Cairo we use till now didn't use Semaphores as expected, but pthreads instead! Removed pthreads usage in favor of os4 semaphores. That theoretically can bring some speed and may have some impact on MediaPlayer. Also recompiled Cairo with libpng16 now.
  • Beta 3: actual build dates for $VER: everywhere (version, aboutbox, and about.html)
  • Beta 3: fix "download-font" script by adding --no-check-certificates to wget (c) khayoz
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23.Apr.2020
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MorphOS: Software Development Kit 3.14 (April 2020)
Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the release of the MorphOS Software Development Kit 3.14 (April 2020).

This release is our biggest update yet and offers countless improvements in our compilers, includes, libnix, GeekGadget environment, tools and ixemul.library. We've updated GCC 8 and 9 to their latest versions. Binutils, cmake and git, among others, were also updated. The full list of changes may be found in the SDK.readme file included in the distribution. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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22.Apr.2020



Game previews: New videos of "Boss Machine" and "Dread"
"Dread" is a Doom clone for an A500 equipped with 1 MB RAM. In a new video the developer shows the latest status and is creating the first level of the game. For the shoot'em up game "Boss Machine" there is also a new video which shows the weapons being currently in development. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Apr.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Jump'n Run for kids: Little Princess 1 and 2 based on "Solid Gold"
After the Wille brothers completed their jump'n run game Solid Gold in 2013, the eight years old daughter of the graphic artist Gerrit Wille would like to have a similar game appropriate to her age. Therefore in 2014 the games Little Princess 1 (Video) and Little Princess 2 (Video) were created which even included some graphics painted by the the young lady. Now the developers have made available the so far unreleased game to all. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.Apr.2020
Microoci (ANF)


Spanish Interview: Israel Ortuño (amigatronics.com)
"Microoci" has interviewed (Spanish, machine provided English translation) Israel Ortuño who since 2007 has been maintaining the Spanish Amiga website amigatronics.com. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Swidron: Unreleased Boulder-Dash game from 1994
Swidron is an unreleased game similar to Boulder Dash created in 1994. It was written by the team Bisoft: Programming by Maciej Gulda, Graphics by Michał Mielczyński and misic by Jacek Kącki.

You can get further information on the website of Moby Games. Additionally there is a video. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Developer tools: vasm 1.8h and vlink 0.16d
Frank Wille has released updates of the assembler vasm and the linker vlink. The release notes can be found on the corresponding sub-website under the titel link. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Apr.2020
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood Designer 5.0 released
Press release: Eight years after the release of Hollywood Designer 4.0, Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are finally proud to present the long awaited fifth incarnation of our famous Hollywood Designer.

Hollywood Designer 5.0 is a multimedia authoring system that runs on top of Hollywood and can be used to create all sorts of multimedia-based applications, for example presentations, slide shows, games, and applications. Thanks to Hollywood, all multimedia applications created using Hollywood Designer can be exported as stand-alone executables for the following systems: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. This is a feature that is totally unique in the Amiga world!

Hollywood Designer 5.0 is a massive update and boasts lots of new features and improvements over the previous version, released almost 8 years ago. We do not want to bore you, so here are just some of them:
  • Ready for Hollywood 8.0: Supremacy!
  • Full Unicode support
  • Guide and grid support for convenient layouting
  • Multi-user support with advanced permission management
  • Import objects from other projects
  • Full support for Hollywood video layers
  • Control bars for video objects
  • Curves are now drawn as real Bézier splines - looks so much better!
  • Multiple sound streams can be playing at the same time
  • AROS version available for the first time
  • Objects can be exported as images
  • Full support for MUI 5.0 on all platforms
  • New browse mode for projects
  • Much more efficient I/O
  • Support for presentation remotes
  • Advanced search functionality
  • Plugins can be linked to executables
  • Lots of new action events
  • Many more options for embedding custom code
  • Full support for Hollywood 8.0's plugin interface
  • Lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes
Hollywood Designer is no longer limited to "just" being an authoring software, it can now also be used as a flexible graphics editor because it supports many features of modern graphics editors like multiple layers with over 30 filter effects, vector graphics, image import, and text.

Having been in development for almost 20 years, Hollywood Designer 5.0 is a very stable and mature multimedia authoring system. We would like to emphasize that it is not only suited for personal use, but also for professional commercial customers. Ferrule Media, for instance, have created an info channel containing over 2000 (!) unique slides in a single project with Hollywood Designer. Hollywood Designer was designed to handle these huge projects efficiently so that they can run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week without any visible memory fragmentation! Ferrule Media's info channel, created with Hollywood Designer, is running in dental clinics all over Norway.

Hollywood Designer 5.0 is available as a CD and a download version. There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS3 (m68k), WarpOS (ppc), MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS4 (ppc), and AROS (x86). If you already own a previous version of Hollywood Designer, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood Designer 4.0 in 2020 can request a free upgrade. Please note that Hollywood Designer 5.0 runs on top of the Multimedia Application Layer Hollywood 8.0. Thus, Hollywood 8.0 is strictly required for Hollywood Designer 5.0. Both programs are available in a special bundle which is the ultimate package for every power Amiga user who wants to see what his system can do with Hollywood 8.0 & Hollywood Designer 5.0.

Screenshots:
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19.Apr.2020



Aminet-Uploads until 18.04.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 18th, 2020:
vbcc_bin_amigaos68k.lha  dev/c      2.1M  68k Optimizing ISO C compiler, M6...
vbcc_target_ppc-morph... dev/c      928K      ISO C compiler, MorphOS Target
libeditline.lha          dev/lib    372K  OS4 command line input and editin...
InBootItaCat.lha         disk/misc  10K       Italian catalog for InBoot v1.7
RADManagerItaCat.lha     disk/misc  11K       Italian catalog for RADManage...
IcarosManual_2_2_8.pdf   docs/misc  27M       Icaros Desktop Manual
VieIII.lha               game/misc  75K   68k A GUI Game of Life
Frontiera.lha            game/strat 676K  68k Frontier alike game WIP for i...
DonkeyKong_AROSx86.lha   game/wb    2.7M  x86 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_MOS.lha       game/wb    2.6M  MOS LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS3.lha       game/wb    2.6M  68k LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS4.lha       game/wb    3.0M  OS4 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_WOS.lha       game/wb    2.9M  WOS LCD game conversion
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.4M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.7M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.8M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha  mods/smpl  168K  68k Some samples created by Sampl...
SamplesCreator.lha       mus/edit   38K   68k Samples creation and saving
NoiseConverterItaCat.lha mus/misc   21K       Italian catalog for NoiseConv...
Morpheus_1.70.lha        text/dtp   2.5M  MOS Word processor
SmartClipboard_sbar.lha  util/app   91K   MOS Define actions to act on clip...
DMS2HDItaCat.lha         util/arc   9K        Italian catalog for DMS2HD v1.6
BootPicture.lha          util/boot  87K   68k Shows pictures, plays sound d...
RSE-UTS.lha              util/cli   419K  68k Package of tracker tools and ...
SensorsList.lha          util/cli   7K    MOS List of all sensors in your c...
FileIDItaCat.lha         util/libs  36K       Italian catalog for FileID.li...
IntuitiveDMSItaCat.lha   util/pack  20K       Italian catalog for Intuitive...
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19.Apr.2020



OS4Depot-Uploads until 18.04.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 18th, 2020:
seq.lha                  aud/mis 389kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
amigaamp3.lha            aud/pla 2Mb   4.1 Multi format audio player with GUI
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
atomicbomberman_compo... gam/act 2Mb   4.1 Atomic Bomberman Fan Rewrite
atomicbomberman_warp3... gam/act 2Mb   4.1 Atomic Bomberman Fan Rewrite
pointriderui_ita.lha     off/pre 9kb   4.0 Italian catalog for PointRiderUI...
diskmaster2_ita.lha      uti/fil 19kb  4.0 Italian catalog for DiskMaster2 ...
amigaohm_ita.lha         uti/mis 8kb   4.0 Italian catalog for AmigaOhm v0.9
devinfos_ita.lha         uti/mis 12kb  4.0 Italian catalog for DevInfos v17.22
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19.Apr.2020



AROS-Archives-Uploads until 18.04.2020
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 18th, 2020:
modexplorer.i386-aros.lha    aud/pla 10Mb  Streaming mod file from Internet...
hwp_xmp.i386-aros.lha        dev/lib 2Mb   Play many module formats with Ho...
atomicbomberman.i386-aros... gam/act 2Mb   Atomic Bomberman Fan Rewrite
etracer.i386-aros.zip        gam/spo 10Mb  OpenGL 3D arctic racing, help Tu...
gocr_0.49.i386-aros.tgz      gra/con 275kb optical character recognition pr...
uhctools.i386-aros.lha       uti     39kb  UHC Tools installer
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 18.04.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 18th, 2020:
SDL2_Libraries.lha        Development/Library       All Libraries SDL2 with...
OpenBor_7142.lha          Emulation                 OpenBOR is the ultimate...
WarpPNGdt_45.22.lha       System/Datatypes          PNG image datatype V45.22
InstallerLG_0.1.0a46.lha  System/Shell              Commodore Installer rep...
SuperMarioWar_2.0.lha     Games/Platform            A VERY good multiplayer...
Uptime_1.3.lha            System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display Uptime in scree...
uMario.lha                Games/Platform            Clone of Mario - C++ / ...
AmiArcadia_26.41.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
SmartClipboard_1.1.lha    System/Ambient/Screenbar  Define actions to act o...
Pochanic_wallpapers.lha   System/Ambient/Wallpapers Morphos wallpapers : cr...
Screenshot_1.21.lha       System/Ambient/Screenbar  Screenshot Screenbar-Pl...
Morpheus_1.70.lha         Office/WordProcessor      Word processor with Uni...
AtomicBomberman_2.4.lha   Games/Action              A fan rewrite of the Wi...
ModExplorer_3.1.zip       Audio/Players             A module player by J?rg.
mGBA_1.1a.lha             Emulation                 Nintendo GameBoy Advanc...
HydraCastleLabyrinth.lha  Games/Platform            A platform game, "metro...
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19.Apr.2020



WHDLoad: New installers until 18.04.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until April 18th, 2020:
  • 2020-04-18 improved: Wipe Out (Gonzo Games) access fault fixed, nice icons by Irek added (Info)
  • 2020-04-17 updated: Eye of the Beholder 2 - The Legend of Darkmoon (Westwood/SSI) german version properly supported (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-17 improved: Bill's Tomato Game (Psygnosis) protection fixed, intro timing fixed, SMC removed (Info)
  • 2020-04-17 improved: Arabian Nights (Krisalis) joypad support fixed and enhanced (Info)
  • 2020-04-17 improved: Golden Eagle / L' Aigle D'Or: Le Retour (Loriciel) quitkey for 68000, Slaves merged, option to skip intro, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-16 improved: Typhoon Thompson (Brøderbund) another version supported, slave for 512K machine added, custom1 to remove blitwait fixes (Info)
  • 2020-04-16 improved: Over The Net (Genias) quitkey for 68000, 68020 restriction removed (Info)
  • 2020-04-16 improved: Mach 3 (Loriciel) quitkey for 68000, protection removed, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-16 improved: Knights of the Sky (Microprose) quitkey for 68000, fixed keyboard interrupt (Info)
  • 2020-04-16 improved: Eye of the Beholder 2 - The Legend of Darkmoon (Westwood/SSI) quitkey for 68000, fixed crash on exit via game menu (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-16 improved: Chaos Engine (Bitmap Brothers) ButtonWait option added, joypad spurious firepresses fixed, fixed CD32 intro (Info)
  • 2020-04-15 improved: 1001 Stolen Ideas (Airwalk) patch doesn't require AGA anymore, illegal copperlist entries fixed, blitter waits added (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-15 improved: Megademo 2 (Alcatraz) possible freeze on some machines fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-15 improved: Superman: The Man Of Steel (TyneSoft/Subway/First star software) supports another version, quitkey for 68000, ST color palette fix, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-15 fixed: Oscar (Flair Software) quit for 68000 corrected (Info)
  • 2020-04-15 improved: Chaos Engine 2 (Bitmap Brothers) OCS version uses 512K chip memory, password via Custom option, AGA version pause/unpause better fix (Info)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Megademo 3 (Alcatraz) more Bplcon0 color bit fixes, OCS only DDFSTRT fixed, blitter wait added (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Megademo 2 (Alcatraz) blitter waits added, line drawer fixed, write to HTOTAL fixed, OCS only DDFSTRT fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) option ButtonWait added, added Slave for 512K chip memory (Info)
  • 2020-04-14 fixed: Oscar (Flair Software) some enhancements for OCS release (Info)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Heimdall (Core Design) relocated decruncher, quitkey for 68000, fixed a crash (Info)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Commando (Elite) joypad/2nd support added, trainer options consolidated (Info)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Benefactor (Digital Illusions) quitkey for 68000, uses less chip memory, trainer added, keyboard handling improved (Info)
  • 2020-04-14 improved: Arabian Nights (Krisalis) uses less chip memory, added joypad support (Info)
  • 2020-04-12 improved: I Play 3D Soccer (Simulmondo) more protection checks disabled, timing fixed (Info)
  • 2020-04-12 improved: Navy Seals (Ocean) trainer improved, fixed continue countdown, quitkey for 68000 (Info)
  • 2020-04-12 improved: Chaos Engine (Bitmap Brothers) full joypad controls added, set password via Custom option, uses less chip memory, trainer added (Info)
  • 2020-04-12 improved: Black Viper (Neo/LightShock) support for 68000 added, uses less chip memory (Info)
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19.Apr.2020
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AmigaOS 4/AROS/MorphOS: Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake 2.4
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener's Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake is a remake of the Bomberman version for Windows from 1997. Therefore the files of the original version are required.

Version 2.4 makes "it work on modern Windows versions again, makes it available on other platformsm, makes it work with USB input devices, allows up to 10 local players and adds support for online matchs". For playing online matches all players have to use the same version 2.4. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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19.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Dock bar: WBDock 1.9 and 2.255
Thomas Rapp has updated the dock bar "WBDock". WBDock 1.9 is meant for AmigaOS 1.3, WBDock 2.255 requires at least AmigaOS 3.1.

Under AmigaOS 3.5 or higher versions, WBDock 2 supports additional features like opening Workbench folders from the dock or drag'n'drop of project files. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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18.Apr.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Playable preview: Shooter 'Svlcvss d'
'Svlcvss d' (video) is a shooter inspired by Gyruss. The author has released a first and playable work-in-progess demo.


The game requires at least an Amiga 500 equipped with 1 Megabyte RAM. The developer cannot tell when he is going to continue his work. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.Apr.2020
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 144 - preview and excerpts
A preview and extracts from issue 144 (May/June 2020) of Amiga Future have been released today. Among other things, this issue features reviews of "Atomic Bomberman" and "Curse of Rabenstein" as well as a special called "Black & White". (cg)

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16.Apr.2020



Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine
The "Scorpion Engine" developed by Erik 'earok' Hogan is supposed to simplify developing games, which run on an A500 with a screen refresh rate of 50 Hz. If a game requires more power then the rate can be set to 25 Hz. The editor runs under Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, for creating levels the editor Tiled is used. For sounds, music and animations the Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used.

For managing the game logic (dialogues, items, branches) a script language is used (a subset of Ink), which is compiled into bytecode and executed by a virtual machine. The Scorpion Engine can also import Backbone projects. The developer presents a screenshot of a Scorpion version of the commercial Backbone game "Tales of Gorluth 3".

Status updates and videos about the project you can find on the official website on Facebook. The editor itself is proprietary but some of the test games which have been already released are open source. Therefore all downloads including the editor are offered on Github. Hogan asks you to use that bugtracker for reporting bugs. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Apr.2020



Free motherboard design: Rämixx500 reproduces Amiga 500+
Thanks to open source projects the mainboards of the A1200, A3000 and of the A4000 can be produced by everyone having corresponding skills and tools. Thanks to "Rämixx500" now it is also possible to reproduce an A500+, Revision 8A.1. Only two functional changes are mentioned: Instead of a battery which is soldered a fastener for button cells is used. Secondly, both audio channels are automatically mixed if only one channel is connected to an audio device. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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15.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Demo version of Tiny little Slug
In the jump'n'run game "Tiny little Slug" written by André Zeps you have to "climb like a snail on walls and ceilings to find the strawberry" (amiga-news.de reported).

Under the title link you can grab a demo version of the game. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.Apr.2020
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: SmartClipboard screenbar plugin 1.0
With Thomas Igracki's SmartClipboard for MorphOS "you are able to defineactions if you copy something to the clipboard".

The author furthermore wrote: "Its usefull, if you f.e. read a documentation of a newly downloaded program in MultiView etc. Imagine there are links to a website, a youtube video or the email addressof the author in this documentation.

Previously you had to mark the text with the link, copy it to theclipboard, then open the appropriate program and paste the text there."

Download link (SmartClipboard_sbar.lha, 90 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.Apr.2020
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: Uptime creenbar plugin 1.3
"Uptime is a Screenbar-Plugin for MorphOS. It displays the Systems Uptime in the screen title. Optionally it can display the current uptime vs the uptime record in a gauge."

Changes in version 1.3:
  • Added a button to prefs to reset the uptime record.
  • The system boot time is now displayed in the bubble that appears when clicked.
  • Also stores date and time the uptime record was achieved on and displays it in the bubble.
  • Added help bubbles to all prefs gadgets.
  • Changed the way the width of the gauge is calculated. Before it was dependant on the gauge image used, now the base width (100%) is calculated according to the width of the text.
  • It's now possible to disable the gauge image and simply draw the gauge by a configurable colour.
Download link (Uptime_sbar.lha, 105 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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#amigazeux (ANF)


MorphOS: Screenshot screenbar plugin 1.2
Screenshot.sbar "can grab single Windows, multiple Windows, freely selectable rectangle areas, even areas simply drawn with the mouse and much more and save them in multiple image formats while residing patiently in your screens titlebar".

New in version 1.2:
  • Fixed a nasty bug that made the task responsible for grabbing ("Snapper.n") crash on saving an image when two or more screens were open and one got closed.
  • The iris effect didn't fill the whole screen when it came close to screen borders. Fixed.
  • Mouse pointer opacity wasn't calculated at all. Fixed.
  • TestPaint: Added another mode to arrows that also draws an arrow head at the start of the arrow, so the arrow points to two directions.
  • TestPaint: Optimized redraw of paint object.
  • TestPaint: Sped up symmetry tool calculations by a factor of three brazillion.
  • TestPaint: Repeat last draw op (the Recycle-Button) didn't really work. Fixed.
  • TestPaint: Fixed offset of the cursor when zoom window was open and the zoomed area became smaller than the window.
  • TestPaint: The window can be sized larger than the actual image now.
Download link (Screenshot_sbar.lha, 516 KB) (snx) (Translation: dr)

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14.Apr.2020



Raspberry Pi and Amiga: A314 also for A600, support of USB mice
Niklas Ekström has created a FPGA-based adapter board called "A314" which is used to connect a Raspberry Pi to the internal expansion port of an Amiga 500. He is also working on version for the Amiga 600 but the production of the prototypes delayed again. At the latest in two weeks working prototypes are supposed to be available.

Another possible application of the A314 was added to ones which have been known so far: Using a remote mouse (video) the Amiga mouse pointer is controlled by an USB mouse connected to the Raspberry Pi. Further ideas are presented on the blog crowstudio.se. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Apr.2020



Dock bar: WBDock 2.233
Thomas Rapp has updated his dock bar "WBDock". Under AmigaOS 3.5 or higher WBDock 2 supports additional features like opening Workbench folders from the dock or drag'n drop of files. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Apr.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


12 hours scene soundtrack on a disk: AmigAtari by Oxygene
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the scene group Oxygene has published a "Music Disk" which includes the best tracks of the Atari-ST scene. Players for different Atari audio formats have been ported to the Amiga portiert. On a single disk music for more than twelve hours have been put. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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14.Apr.2020



Game Construction Kit: Two games created with "RedPill"
On Sunday we reported about the latest version 0.7.12 of the Game Construction Kit "RedPill". We would like to introduce two current games which have been created with the help of this development environment:

HappyBat is a port of the game Flappy Bird. You have to control a bird - in this case a bat-like creature - through obstacles and prevent it from falling down by tapping the space key or the fire button:


Author Carlos Zener has released this game for testing the new highscore feature of RedPill. On request of amiga-news.de he explained that due to a positive feedback he is going to develop a complete game, including "title screen, more levels and music." He already has found a fellow for composing the music, but explained: "Certainly I will need help for the title screen cover, I would appreciate any help with that." Contact details you can get from the readme of the game. The first impressions of the game are very promising. We will follow this up.

The Sokoban clone RedpillPuzzleHD has been also released and is available as ADF version as well. Blocks of different colours have to be moved to get them to the exit. Bumped blocks are moving as long as they hit a wall. Additionally a red block has to be got out of the way:


This game offers appealing, classic Amiga music during the levels and some challenges for your brain. In future versions the author could pay some more attention to the background. (dr) (Translation: dr)

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13.Apr.2020



Nostalgia: Virtual tour through Amiga-Web of the 90s
With the help of the Internet Archives, on Youtube someone reproduces the Amiga experience of the 90s - inclusive 1084S monitor, MagicWB, several Amiga browsers like AMoasic and Voyager and different websites of that time. During the hour-and-a-half lasting tour additional to the "Yahoo Web Directory" and the official Amiga website amiga.de, several Amiga websites are are visited, for example the Scala or community websites like amiganet.com. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Apr.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Arcade puzzle: ZGR3D
"ZG3D" developed by Project R3D (video) the player has to remove falling Tetris blocks to make space for more blocks permanently falling from the top of the screen. The game runs on any Amiga equipped with at least Kickstart 1.1.

Direct download: zgred.adf (880 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.Apr.2020
RETRO-Blog (ANF)


Jump'n Run: C64 port "Fred's Journey"
In the mid-1990s the protagonist "Fred" had many adventures on the C64, e.g. in the Fred's Back series. In cooperation with the former author and the graphic artist Hans Sommer, Retroguru has ported the first two parts of the series to the Amiga, called "Fred's Journey".


Fred's Journey requires an Amiga equipped with at least 1 MB RAM. Currently some problems might occur depending on respective memory and Kickstart configuration of the computer. The developers have already released two updates to fix that. The game can be downloaded for free but a boxed version "most likely" will be there in the next few weeks. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.Apr.2020
Aminet


Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.7.12
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - published videos show versions of Pacman and Mirror. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.

Changes:
  • New Triggers Show Scores and Enter Hiscore add Hi-Score functionality to Redpill.
  • In case of CD32, Enter Hiscore tries to save the scores in the local drive, if not uses CD32 non-volatile memory. I hope someone can test it :)
  • New project ex_hiscores shows how to use these new triggers.
  • Fixed issue when exporting games that use image background and sprite background at the same time.
  • Updated Lha compression and now time is right for unpacked files (Until 2038).
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Aminet-Uploads until 11.04.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 11th, 2020:
whatmask.lha             comm/net   143K  68k Subnet mask notation conversi...
IndivisionAGAVampireP... driver/mon 1K    68k Patch Indivision AGA software...
happybat.lha             game/jump  86K   68k A flappy bird clone for AGA m...
AsciiMandelbrot.lha      gfx/fract  187K  MOS Draw a Mandelbrot set in console
OS4Emu.lha               misc/emu   199K  MOS OS4 API wrapper, fixed install
Calculator_For_ADE.zip   misc/math  11K       Scientific Calculator for ADE
Reindeer.lha             mods/8voic 696K      5ch Guitar Slinger Ballad by ...
An-So-Lan.lha            mods/xm    3.4M      New mod by Pseudaxos
pt23d-helpfix.zip        mus/edit   23K       Fixed help file for ProTracke...
reformat.lha             text/misc  17K   68k adjust text file line width t...
AFSwitch.lha             util/cli   2K    68k AFS - switch for audio filter...
WarpPNGdt.lha            util/dtype 180K  WOS PNG image datatype V45.22
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  984K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys   111K  x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys   144K  MOS Commodore Installer replacement
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 11.04.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 11th, 2020:
aacplusenc.lha           aud/con 858kb 4.0 Encode AAC+ (AACPlus) music with...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
asciimandelbrot.lha      gra/mis 187kb 4.0 Bench a Mandelbrot set in a cons...
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 13Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
hwp_xmp.lha              lib/hol 2Mb   4.0 Play many module formats with Ho...
setcmd.lha               uti/she 292kb 4.1 Easily switch between versions o...
cpuwatcher.lha           uti/wor 27kb  4.1 Measures CPU, free memory and ne...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 11.04.2020
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until April 11th, 2020:
bp-manual-dutch.tgz          aud     202kb Dutch traduction of B&P's manual...
bp-manual-french.tgz         aud     193kb French traduction of B&P's manua...
bp-manual-ita.tgz            aud     188kb Italian traduction of B&P's manu...
bp-manual-norw.tgz           aud     174kb Norwegian traduction of B&P's ma...
bp-manual-spa.tgz            aud     186kb Spanish traduction of B&P's manu...
ae-manual-dutch.tgz          aud/edi 149kb Manual of Audio Evolution in Dutch
ae-manual-french.tgz         aud/edi 144kb Manual of Audio Evolution in French
ae-manual-ita.tgz            aud/edi 141kb Manual of Audio Evolution
ae-manual-norw.tgz           aud/edi 131kb Manual of Audio Evolution in Nor...
ae-manual-spa.tgz            aud/edi 140kb Manual of Audio Evolution in Spa...
modexplorer.i386-aros.lha    aud/pla 10Mb  Streaming mod file from aminet, ...
doom.i386-aros.zip           gam/fps 2Mb   historical fps game absoluty sha...
nehahra.i386-aros.tgz        gam/fps 142Mb Quake Mod With Darkplaces Engine
donkeykong.i386-aros.lha     gam/pla 3Mb   is a remake of a LCD game in the...
runaway.i386-aros.lha        gam/pla 2Mb   LCD game conversion remake
ttoppler.i386-aros.zip       gam/pla 3Mb   Nebulous clone. Jump and run up ...
awc.i386-aros.lha            gra/con 2Mb   Easy web tool to convert your ol...
icons_games_48x48.tgz        gra/ico 201kb a little icons games for boingic...
arosminimal2.zip             gra/the 36kb  Redone version of arosminimal theme
loview.i386-aros.lha         gra/vie 5Mb   the Easy Viewer and Thumber :)
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 11.04.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 11th, 2020:
SDL2_Libraries.lha        Development/Library       All Libraries SDL2 with...
MorphOSPDF.pdf            Oldies                    MorphOSPDF.pdf
HWP_XMP_1.0.lha           Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin
mGBA_1.1.lha              Emulation                 Nintendo GameBoy Advanc...
AmiArcadia_26.33.lha      Emulation                 A Signetics-based machi...
ArexxReference_1.32.lha   Documentation/Development ARexx command/function ...
MicroExcel_1.10.lha       Office/Spreadsheet        Spreadsheet editor
nrg2iso_0.4.lha           Files/Convert             A tool to convert nrg t...
Miliarderzy.lha           Games/Think               A simple logic game bas...
Paint_0.63.lha            Graphics/Draw             an image editing, photo...
OS4Emu_2.0.lha            Emulation                 OS4 API wrapper
AsciiMandelbrot_2.2.lha   Graphics/Mathematics      Draw a Mandelbrot set i...
OpenBor_7142.lha          Emulation                 OpenBOR is the ultimate...
SensorsList_1.6.lha       System/Monitoring         List of all sensors in ...
ScummVM_2.2.0git.lha      Emulation                 A MorphOS build of Scum...
AtomicBomberman_2.1.lha   Games/Action              A fan rewrite of the Wi...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 11.04.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until April 11th, 2020:
  • 2020-04-10 improved: Heimdall (Core Design) supports another version, protection removed, fixed music & sound for fast CPUs (Info)
  • 2020-04-10 improved: Castle Warrior (Delphine Software) quitkey for 68000, 68020 restriction removed, trainer added (Info)
  • 2020-04-10 improved: Aquatic Games (Millennium) quitkey for 68000, less chip memory used, new imager (Info)
  • 2020-04-09 improved: Tower Of Souls / Der Seelenturm (Black Legend) supports another version, access fault fixed, game speed regulation added, improved savegame support, cpu-dependent loop fixed, self-modifying code fixed (Info)
  • 2020-04-09 improved: Oscar (Flair Software) support for OCS version added, fixes main sprite glitch fixed (Info)
  • 2020-04-09 new: Vac-Suit Jack (Demo) (Mutation Software) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-06 improved: Valhalla - Before The War (Vulcan) supports another version (Info)
  • 2020-04-06 updated: Curse of Ra (Rainbow Arts) install script fixed (Info)
  • 2020-04-05 improved: Flight Of The Amazon Queen (Renegade) reduced chip memory usage (Info)
  • 2020-04-05 updated: Curse of Ra (Rainbow Arts) removed debug mode, uses less chip memory (Info)
  • 2020-04-05 new: Dance War (Humans) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
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11.Apr.2020
Amigaworld.net (Forum)


The Register: Ideas for explaining an Amiga mystery wanted
A strange case the "The Register" has reported under the title link: an Amiga 4000 only then were transfered files from an external SCSI harddrive if the clock program was running - with a certain window size and placed on the top right-hand side of the Workbench.

The editor, Richard Speed, himself has given a possible explanation: "I suspect the issue was a weird DMA conflict between the DMA-based SCSI controller and the rest of the system with the clock application rendering adjusting the timings just enough for it to work." But he has enrouraged the readers to give similar theories in the comment section. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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10.Apr.2020



Platformer: Hydra Castle Labyrinth
Artur 'Arti' Jarosik has ported the Metroidvania clone "Hydra Castle Labyrinth" to AmigaOS. His version supports joysticks and (CD32-) gamepads, runs in windows or fullscreen mode, scales the screen solution as required and supports "save points". An Amiga equipped with a Vampire accelerator board is recommended. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Apr.2020



CDXL player: AGABlaster 0.9.71 alpha
AGABlaster plays videos saved in Commodore's CDXL format. Changes in version 0.9.71:
  • Added support for arbitrary video size >= 128 (multiples of 16)
  • Added automatic video centering (x-axis)
  • Added OCS support (Kick 1.3 supported as well)
  • Added overscan support.
  • Added NTSC support (detection and automatic y-centering using overscan)
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07.Apr.2020



Games competition: Programming a Top Down Racer
At itch.io a 16-bit top down racing developer competition for Amiga and Atari computers was launched. The deadline for entries is September 30, 2020. "Winners will be awarded a Trophy, an option to have their game published on Bitmap Soft" and a share of a prize money of 60, 30 and 10% which still has to be donated by the users - or, if too little money was donated, 100 British pound will be given by the organizers. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Apr.2020



Jump'n Run: Mini Zorro as Boxed Edition or free digital version
"Mini Zorro" (video) has been available for some weeks and is another part of a series of Backbone games released by José A. 'Jojo073' Gonzáles and Zoltar under the labels 'Amiga Wave' and 'IronGate' (e.g. Mini Swat). Upon request the digital version is available for free via e-mail. Additionally you can order a physical boxed edition with disks, manual and comic as well as stickers.

A price for the boxed edition has not been given. Other games of the developers could have been purchased for 10 Euro. Mini Zorro requires OCS and at least a 68020 processor. For a better performance, a slightly upgraded A1200 is recommended. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Games announcements: "Lala Prologue", "Boss Machine" and "Mars Tank Attack"
"Lala Prologue" (video) is the port of a 8-Bit game. The jump'n run offers a mix of smooth scrolling and hard cuts between different screens. The game will present up to 32 colours with the help of multiplied sprites and will run on any Amiga with at least 512 KB Fast RAM.

For 'Boss Machine', a horizontal scrolling shoot'em up written by Daniel Stephens‎ (code), Kevin Saunders (graphics) and Lee Smith (music) which will run on AGA computers, a new preview video was released.

Achim Kern's "Mars Tank Attack" (screenshot) is a clone of the classic Artillery. The game is being developed with Hollywood and can be played against human players or computer-controlled opponents. The status of the game the developer describes as "90% completed". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.Apr.2020
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)


Hollywood: XMP-Plugin 1.0
Press release: A blast from the past! Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are proud to present the XMP plugin for Hollywood. Once this plugin is installed, Hollywood will "automagically" be able to play almost all flavours of Amiga & PC tracker module formats.

All formats that are supported by the Extended Module Player library (XMP) by Claudio Matsuoka and Hipolito Carraro Jr can now be played with Hollywood! For example FastTracker II, ScreamTracker, OctaMED, The Player 4/5/6, NoisePacker, ProRunner, Oktalyzer, Impulse Tracker, Ultra Tracker, Ice Tracker, Liquid Tracker, Quadra Composer, and many more.

Additionally, a demo applet which demonstrates the playback of an OctaMED file is included. This applet can also be run using the freely available Hollywood Player so people who don't own the full version of Hollywood can check it out as well. You can download the plugin from the official Hollywood portal. Thanks to Hollywood's cross-platform plugin system versions for AmigaOS3 (Classic), AmigaOS3 (FPU), AmigaOS4, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS (x86), Linux (arm, ppc, x86, x64), Mac OS (ppc, x86, x64), Windows (x86, x64), Android and iOS platform are provided. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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Aminet-Uploads until 04.04.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until April 4th, 2020:
MicroExcel_1.0.lha       biz/spread 214K  MOS Spreadsheet editor
LprItaCat.lha            comm/tcp   10K       Italian catalog for Lpr.devic...
NetworkSnooperItaCat.lha comm/tcp   14K       Italian catalog for NetworkSn...
RNOXfer.lha              comm/tcp   2.1M  MOS Graphical FTP/FTPS client
RNOXfer_68k.lha          comm/tcp   1.9M  68k Graphical FTP/FTPS client
RNOXfer_OS4.lha          comm/tcp   2.6M  OS4 Graphical FTP/FTPS client
ARexxPortItaCat.lha      dev/misc   11K       Italian catalog for ARexxPort...
A3000_PSU_schematic.pdf  docs/hard  632K      Schematics for A3000 PSU
SCARTRGBcable.jpg        docs/hard  26K       Amiga to scart cable schematics
AmiSaber.lha             game/actio 85M   68k A clone of 'Beat Saber' for t...
CoqueAndKieaguaRally.lha game/misc  1.2M  68k A racing game for kids
OBSTMUI.lha              game/misc  24K   68k openBOR GUI (MUI)
Frontiera.lha            game/strat 517K  68k Frontier alike game WIP for i...
ALife.lha                game/wb    22K   68k GOAL - Game Of Artificial Life
DonkeyKong_AROSx86.lha   game/wb    2.7M  x86 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_MOS.lha       game/wb    2.6M  MOS LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS3.lha       game/wb    2.6M  68k LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS4.lha       game/wb    3.0M  OS4 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_WOS.lha       game/wb    2.9M  WOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_AROSx86.lha      game/wb    2.3M  x86 LCD game conversion
Runaway_MOS.lha          game/wb    2.2M  MOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS3.lha          game/wb    4.1M  68k LCD game conversion
Runaway_OS4.lha          game/wb    2.6M  OS4 LCD game conversion
Runaway_WOS.lha          game/wb    2.5M  WOS LCD game conversion
Luvre_1.0.lha            gfx/show   155K  MOS Picture viewer + Source
TheCrypt02.zip           mags/crypt 1.8M  68k Issue 02 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt03.zip           mags/crypt 2.3M  68k Issue 03 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt05.zip           mags/crypt 1.8M  68k Issue 05 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt06.zip           mags/crypt 2.1M  68k Issue 06 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt07.zip           mags/crypt 2.2M  68k Issue 07 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt08.zip           mags/crypt 2.4M  68k Issue 08 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt09.zip           mags/crypt 1.8M  68k Issue 09 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt10.zip           mags/crypt 1.6M  68k Issue 10 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt11.zip           mags/crypt 2.0M  68k Issue 11 of "The Crypt" magazine
TheCrypt12.zip           mags/crypt 1.8M  68k Issue 12 of "The Crypt" magazine
Id3tagLibGUIItaCat.lha   mus/edit   20K       Italian catalog for Id3tagLib...
PegaseItaCat.lha         mus/misc   12K       Italian catalog for Pegase v1.8
AmigaAMP3.lha            mus/play   1.8M  OS4 Multi format audio player wit...
AmigaAMP3-68k.lha        mus/play   382K  68k MPEG audio player with GUI
FileIDItaCat.lha         util/cli   33K       Italian catalog for FileID.li...
AmiSSL-4.5.lha           util/libs  5.9M  OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
TTEngineItaCat.lha       util/libs  11K       Italian catalog for TTEngine ...
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  684K  MOS Multipurpose utility
UHCTools.lha             util/misc  39K   MOS UHC Tools installer
RexxTricksItaCat.lha     util/rexx  16K       Italian catalog for RexxTrick...
Mu68060_Ex.lha           util/sys   33K   68k MuLib aware experimental 6806...
ScreenTime.lha           util/time  52K   68k Screen clock, configurable wi...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 04.04.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until April 4th, 2020:
rnoxfer.lha              net/ftp 3Mb   4.1 Graphical FTP/FTPS client
gnumeric.lha             off/spr 53Mb  4.1 a spreadsheet for AmiCygnix
gnumeric-src.lha         off/spr 4Mb   4.1 Sources of the Gnumeric 1.10.17 ...
abiword.lha              off/wor 57Mb  4.1 AbiWord 2.8.6 r3 for AmiCygnix
abiword-src.lha          off/wor 7Mb   4.1 Sources of the AbiWord 2.8.6 r3 ...
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The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until April 4th, 2020:
REminiscence_0.4.6.lha    Games/Adventure           REminiscence is a re-im...
Hode_0.2.8.lha            Games/Adventure           Hode is a re-implementa...
NXEngine-evo_2.6.4.lha    Games/Action              Cave Story Engine. A so...
ZGloom_0.2.0.lha          Games/Shoot 3D            ZGloom, A re-implementa...
HotBorder_1.6.lha         System/Ambient/Commoditie HotBorder is a commodit...
ReportPlus_7.71.lha       Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
AmiSSL_4.5_68k.lha        System/Library/SSL        OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
Luvre_1.0.lha             Graphics/Show             Picture viewer + Source
Runaway_1.19.lha          Games/Misc                A LCD game conversion.
DonkeyKong_1.0.lha        Games/Misc                LCD game conversion
SDLPoP_1.20.lha           Games/Adventure           SDLPoP is an open-sourc...
libmpg123_1.25.13.lha     Development/Library       mpg123 - Fast console M...
SDL2_Libraries.lha        Development/Library       Libraries SDL2 : SDL2.l...
BermudaSyndrome_0.1.7.lha Games/Action              This project reimplemen...
RNOXfer_1.0.lha           Network/FTP               A graphical FTP client ...
Gautlet-II.lha            Games/Action              Gauntlet II for Commodo...
RawGL_0.2.1.lha           Games/Adventure           Another World/Out of Th...
mGBA_1.0d.lha             Emulation                 Nintendo GameBoy Advanc...
Hu-Go!_1.6b.lha           Emulation                 A TurboGrafx16/PC Engin...
UHCTools_1.5.lha          Misc                      A collection of program...
MicroExcel_1.0.lha        Office/Spreadsheet        Spreadsheet editor
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05.Apr.2020



WHDLoad: New installers until 04.04.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until April 4th, 2020:
  • 2020-04-04 new: Formula 1 3D (Simulmondo) done by StingRay (Info)
  • 2020-04-04 new: I Play 3D Soccer (Simulmondo) done by StingRay (Info)
  • 2020-04-04 new: Spirilon (Zephyr Studio) done by StingRay (Info)
  • 2020-04-04 improved: Oscar (Flair Software) option added to jump with blue/second button, trainers added (Info)
  • 2020-04-03 improved: Final Fight (Capcom) added quitkey for 68000 machines (Info)
  • 2020-04-03 updated: 4D Sports Boxing (Mindscape) reenabled fast memory (Info)
  • 2020-04-02 new: Lothar Matthäus Super Soccer (Krisalis) done by StingRay (Info)
  • 2020-04-02 improved: Quest For Glory / Hero's Quest (Sierra) added keyboard selection, added text manual (Info)
  • 2020-04-01 updated: Virocop (Graftgold) reassembled (Info)
  • 2020-04-01 improved: Syndicate (Bullfrog) improved joypad/mouse detection and fixed an access fault in CD³² version (Info)
  • 2020-03-30 improved: Midwinter (Rainbird) reduced chip memory requirement, install script updated (Info)
  • 2020-03-30 improved: Fantastic Dizzy (Codemasters/Purple Haze) fixed trashed screen after save/load, added quitkey for 68000, reduced chip memory requirement, added manual (Info)
  • 2020-03-30 improved: Bubble Bobble (Firebird) fixed blank display after taking bomb bonus, fixed game speed, fixed fade-in/fade-out speed (Info)
  • 2020-03-29 new: Wipe Out (Gonzo Games) done by StingRay (Info)
  • 2020-03-29 new: Tex - Piombo Caldo (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info)
  • 2020-03-29 new: Tex 1-12 (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info)
  • 2020-03-29 new: Simulman 1-11 (Simulmondo) done by CFOU! (Info)
  • 2020-03-29 improved: Conan the Cimmerian (Synergistic/Virgin) save game issue fixed, access fault fixed, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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04.Apr.2020



MUI-based FTP(S) client: RNOXFER 1.0 for AmigaOS 3/4 and MorphOS
RNOXFER is a FTP client for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS providing a MUI user-interface and supporting SSL/TLS protocols. The author has listed the following features of his program:
  • Supports both explicit and implicit FTPS connections
  • Recursive file transfers
  • Resume support
  • Online editing of files (automatic uploading)
  • Create new files using the specific editor setup in Settings
  • Open double-clicked files using the program defined in Settings
  • Edit filenames and permissions
  • File search functionality
  • Calculate directory sizes
  • Import addresses in URL format
  • Configurable IP address and port range for the active mode
  • Ability to send custom FTP commands to servers
RNOXFER requires AmiSSL 4. Users of AmigaOS-3 also have to be installed MUI 3.8 as well some libraries. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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04.Apr.2020
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Music game for two mice: AmiSaber
AmiSaber (video) is a clone of the virtual reality game Beat Saber - a rhythm game taking place "in a surrealistic neon noir environment and featuring the player slicing blocks representing musical beats with a pair of contrasting colored sabers." The Amiga port is controlled with two mices and includes all necessary information and tools for creating levels with individual music. The game is supposed to run on an Amiga 500 with harddrive but the author recommends a better setup which is not specified. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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04.Apr.2020



Crowdfunding: Jim Power CD32 with CD soundtrack
Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D (DOS and SNES, 1993) is a successor of the platform game Jim Power: In Mutant Planet which was also released for Amiga. A team has purchased the rights on Jim-Power and now via Kickstarter is financing a port to the Nintendo Entertainment System as well as a first release of the Sega-Genesis version which was recently found.

As an added bonus among others the Amiga version of the first part of Jim-Power will be republished - as CD32 game, including the CD soundtrack of the TurboGrafX port from that time. Each of these five different versions of Jim Power can be separately bought. For a pledge of 50 US-Dollar you will get a physical version of the game on CD or Cartridge including a "colored box and colored instruction manual". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Apr.2020
Amiga-Blogs (Webseite)


Game previews: Project Horizon and DaemonClaw
"Project Horizon" is a "a top-view tactical action game that obviously takes place on the dark side of the moon." A preview video published in January provides a first impression of the level of development. Project Horizon will require 2 MB Chip-RAM and a harddrive. The game will be available for free including all sources and level editors.

"DaemonClaw: Origins of Nnar" is supposed to become "a new side scrolling action game." The development was started on the Amiga but currently it is developed on modern platforms using the construction kit "Construct 2". The completed game then will be back ported to the Amiga. The developers of BitBeamCannon regularly publish updates and preview videos on their Youtube channel. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.Apr.2020
Github


Encryption: AmiSSL 4.5 (AmigaOS 3/4)
The encryption protocol AmiSSL has been updated to version 4.5. It is "the first public open-source based release of AmiSSL".

Changes:
  • Dropped FPU usage from 68060 target, allowing 68LC060 and 68EC060 processors to benefit from the 4.4 changes, without crashing.
  • Fixed a number of memory leaks, particularly where multithreaded applications would leak memory over time (although freed on exit).
  • All binaries now stripped of debug symbols, improving load time.
  • Fixed installer issue for MorphOS (#43).
  • Modernized and improved the https example source code.
  • Minor improvements/fixes.
(dr) (Translation: dr)

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02.Apr.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Updated versions of AbiWord and Gnumeric
Edgar Schwan has updated his ports of the word processing software AbiWord and the spreadsheet Gnumeric (Screenshot) to the X11 environment AmiCygnix. Changes of AbiWord 2.8.6 and Gnumeric 1.10.17:
  • Because of a bug in the last package, charts could not be created or edited in Gnumeric tables. Fixed now.
  • Gnumeric spreadsheets can now be embedded into an AbiWord document.
  • Program relinked with the latest libraries.
  • Various minor optimizations
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.Apr.2020
David Brunet (ANF)


Obligement: Update of Amiga Games List
Since April 1991 David Brunet has been maintaining the "Amiga Games List". By this 50th update the database now lists 13.048 games, level editors, data disks, expansions and interpreters, divided into the following categories:
  • 12468 games
  • 330 expansions and data disks
  • 147 Game and level editors
  • 103 Interpreters
Thanks to Sébastien Jeudy the games list now is saved in a databse. By this new features like sorting the list by single columns or calculating current statistics are possible. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Mar.2020



New browser for MorphOS in development
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek from the MorphOS team who recently developed the IMAP capable e-mail client Iris now is working on a new browser for MorphOS which is not a further development of Odyssey but a completely new approach based on the latest version of the HTML rendering engine Webkit.

Piszczek explained that the browser will probably require 1 Gigabyte RAM and will not support video playback or the "webinspector" mode of Webkit due to the limited processor and graphics card performances of the computers currently supportd by MorphOS. Already now the project has high demands on MorphOS and the SDK, among others errors happened in the compiler and the TCP stack as well as Exec and others components had to be adjusted. Therefore public beta versions will not be released before the availability of MorphOS 3.14.

In a discussion on morph.zone the developer publishes short status messages. Today for the first tima a screenshot has been published. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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31.Mar.2020
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Audio player: AmigaAMP 3.27 (Update)
Thomas Wenzel wrote: Again there is a new and bigger update of AmigaAMP. Many things have been internally reorganized to simplify maintenance and extension of the software in future. By intensive betatesting hopefully all bugs have been removed.

As usual the update is only available on the AmigaAMP homepage. As soon as the program turned out to be free of serious bugs the update also will be also available on Aminet and via AmiUpdate.

Changes:
  • Streaming:
    • Added XSPF playlist support.
    • Fixed playing MP3 files directly via HTTP.
    • Added HTTPS support via AmiSSL.
    • Stream URL Behandlung überarbeitet, speziell bei Weiterleitungen.
    • Revised stream URL parsing, especially during relocation.
    • Revised stream connection error display.
    • Fixed connection timeout error requester.
    • Fixed string conversion in case converting from UTF-8 fails.
  • ReAction:
    • Revised equalizer button height.
    • Made left hand side and right hand side buttons in main window the same width.
    • Time/remain toggle by clicking on time display.
  • Skins:
    • Corrected display of character 'a-acute'.
    • Fixed right mouse button handling code.
  • OGG:
    • Fixed error handling while reading OGG files.
  • MPEG:
    • Fixed amp playback of MPEG 2.0 files (smaller frame size).
  • GUI:
    • URL string in URL requester is now static.
  • Features:
    • Added MIDI support by using GUS patches installed in SYS:Utilities/Timi/GUS.
    • Added raw ADTS (AAC) support for both streaming and file based playback.
Known issue: If no MIDI patches are found then the playback stays silent, without any error message. This is a feature of the used library tiMIDIty.

Update: (04.04.20, 14:50, cg)

Thomas Wenzel has released a "hotfix" update that fixes a potential crash when using a 'skin'. The version number didn't change, but the internal build number which is displayed in the 'About AmigaAMP' dialog has increased to 623. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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