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...
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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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05.Aug.2024
Didier Malefant (Mastodon)
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Gimmick: Humourful assessment of a GitHub account
To "roast" someone means to mock and belittle them in a humorous way and is usually meant in a nice way. This tradition became particularly popular in the USA through the "Dean Martin Show" (see Wikipedia article). The user 'codenoid' has now applied this concept to GitHub accounts: all you have to do is enter the username of an account on the website set up under the title link and you will receive an amusing summary of the activities and projects (including translation into the desired language) with the help of AI.
We have been reporting on Richard Körber's projects, who also has a GitHub account, for some time now. He has kindly agreed to let us take the piss out of him here... Thank you! :)
"Richard Körber, huh? "Open Source developer and Java professional"? More like a wannabe coder stuck in a retro time warp! Your "little private computer museum" sounds suspiciously like a last-ditch attempt to gather all the discarded tech you couldn't bear to part with. With 71 public repos, it's impressive how you've managed to wring out so little attention – a whopping 0 stars on your computer museum? That's some real dedication to mediocrity!
Your stargazers count speaks volumes: maybe a grand total of 501 on "acme4j," but let's be honest; it's not like you're pulling in celebrity-level applause. A whopping 57 followers? It seems like half of them must've hit that follow button on accident! Java enthusiast? More like Java aficionado of obscurity. And what's with the retro obsession? Are you trying to resurrect the 80s or just desperately holding on to some nostalgia? Get it together, Richard - it's time to evolve from your basement's computer graveyard."
(dr)
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05.Aug.2024
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Video: Image and music editing possible with the A600GS?
YouTuber 'Proteque' took a look at the now available A600GS computer (amiga-news.de reported), particularly with regard to image and music editing. His conclusion: he has high hopes for the future and is happy to support the project, but currently it was not in a state he can enjoy it. In his opinion, the computer is not intended for the "casual gamer", but for Amiga enthusiasts. What bothers him most at the moment are the slowdowns in the desktop environment due to the 68k emulation and the fact that OctaMED does not start, but this should be fixed this week.
As Amiga Kit explains in response to our article, four system updates have been released since the video was published, which have fixed most of the bugs. OctaMED, for example, is now running smoothly again, as a problem with the stack of fonts in the disc font library has been fixed.
(dr)
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master v3.7 R104 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video of version 3.7).
Numerous changes have been incorporated since our last news item. In version 3.7, for example, the map editor panel (draw/erase) has been better centred for Windows 11 and all binaries have been compiled with Lazarus V3.4. (dr)
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04.Aug.2024
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Amiga Kit: A600GS available / Paolo Cattani games pre-installed
Press release (PDF): Cardiff, 4th August 2024
Famous Amiga games developer, Paolo Cattani (interview from 2019) has provided his classic Amiga games to be pre-installed on the new A600GS computer.
Virtual GP and Thunderhell are installed ready to play on the A600GS. Existing A600GS users can download a free update to install the games to the games menu.
Virtual GP was sadly Paolo's last production for the Amiga range of computers shortly after Commodore's bankruptcy. He wanted to to contribute to the Amiga games scene so started the development of Virtual GP (codename AlienF1). VGP would have to accomplish two missions: on the one hand, it would implement a fast 3D engine aimed at hi-specification Amigas (AGA and 68030 required) featuring gouraud shading, texture mapping, billboarding, curved surfaces and all the things that were "hot" at those times; on the other hand, it had to be the most realistic simulation of a Formula One car available on the Amiga.
Thunderhell is a classic shoot-em-up game. The game is an horizontal scrolling (with three levels of parallax), fast paced shoot'em up full of enemies, bullets, explosions and all the bells and whistles that one could expect from a game of that genre.
Matthew Leaman, MD of AmigaKit Ltd commented on the collaboration: "We are thrilled that Paolo has agreed to include his great games with the A600GS.
We are grateful for his support of our project."
Paolo Cattani added: "As a pioneer in the development of video games for the Amiga range of computers I'm very glad and honoured to give my contribution to an amazing project which keeps alive the memory of a machine that was such a glorious milestone of the IT history."
The A600GS is available for around 130 euros (plus shipping) at AmigaKit.com or for around 155 euros (plus shipping) at AmigaKit.fr. (dr)
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04.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 03.08.2024
The following files have been added until 03.08.2024 to Aminet:
amrss.lha comm/www 804K MOS amrss - MorphOS RSS w/ SSL cl...
zodiac-demo.zip demo/ecs 143K 68k Demo by Zodiac (Nov. 1989)
keystate.lha dev/amos 1K AMOS code to read key states
wavetables.lha dev/amos 4K Wavetable generator
MemLog.lha dev/debug 4K 68k trace unmatched allocs to fin...
RogueDeclanDemo.adf game/demo 880K 68k Rogue Declan (Demo)
TurboTomatoDemo.adf game/demo 880K 68k Turbo Tomato (Demo)
banana.lha game/jump 544K 68k Cute platform game like Rainb...
KillEmAll.lha game/shoot 750K 68k Platform shooter based on Ali...
traitor4.lha game/shoot 293K 68k Hanger 18 prequel, Syndicate ...
Turtleminator.lha game/shoot 995K 68k V1.1 Cannon Fodder style game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.4M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
CFlavor.zip mods/crash 118K Music from the STROBE II demo.
CrysJung.zip mods/crash 107K Dramatic/cinematic. 8 bit xm.
DeathSquad.zip mods/crash 71K Angry synths and beats. 8 bit xm
DreamBurn.zip mods/crash 184K Low toned, hiphop, dark. 8 bi...
DriveBY.zip mods/crash 87K Metal from 1993. 8 bit xm
Exposure.zip mods/crash 95K A metal epic. 8 bit xm
eyesocket.zip mods/crash 77K Noise instr./driving rhythms....
FlameSheep.zip mods/crash 98K Old school music from '92. 8 ...
Infexion.zip mods/crash 84K Evil horns/synths & heavy dru...
MagneticWaste.zip mods/crash 159K Long expermiental electro 8 b...
psychor.lha mods/crash 119K Fast and furious breakbeat. 8...
AS_Patch.lha util/boot 12K 68k Fix CPU/FPU Bug in AmigaStart
ScreenTime.lha util/time 73K 68k Screen clock with calendar
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OS4Depot uploads until 03.08.2024
The following files have been added until 03.08.2024 to OS4Depot:
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 This is a SDK to make your decks...
dirmeup_demo.lha uti/fil 17Mb 4.1 Amiga Files Explorer
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AROS Archives uploads until 03.08.2024
The following files have been added until 03.08.2024 to AROS Archives:
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 3Mb This is a SDK to make your decks...
beebase_kensv4.zip gra/ico 13kb Unofficial kensv4 icon for beebase
more_icons_kensv4.zip gra/ico 274kb application and drawer icon kens...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 03.08.2024
The following files have been added until 03.08.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
SDL_2.30.5_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL...
fheroes2_1.1.1.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Iris_1.32.lha MorphOS-update Iris, the MorphOS email...
YouTube-Extractor_2.7.lha Multimedia YT.rexx is a script for...
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04.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.08.2024
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 03.08.2024:
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04.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:
- Castlevania Vampire Killer Tyros Edition
- Thexder (Dark Side of the C)
- Formula One Grand Prix Tyros 3 Edition
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04.Aug.2024
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AROS: Review of July 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of July at the title link. (snx)
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04.Aug.2024
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Tutorial: Creating a Kickstart disk for the Amiga 1000 with WinUAE (German)
Already in mid-July Domingo Fivoli has described how to create a Kickstart disk for the Amiga 1000 in his german Commodore blog at the title link. For this he used the emulator package Amiga Forever and the Amiga Explorer, whereby the kickstart data was read from an Amiga with GrabKick, transferred with CrossDOS and finally written to a disk image file using the program WriteKickDisk. (snx)
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04.Aug.2024
IndieRetroNews (Webseite)
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Game announcement: Video about "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" (update)
Adrian Cummings (Mutation Software) has published a short video at the title link on the current state of development of his game "Dungeonette - The New Adventure", which is announced to be released at the end of the year for AGA Amigas including the Amiga CD³².
In a forum the author explained: "It will run on stock Amiga AGA and CD³² with 2 MB Chip-RAM and of course [on THEA500 Mini] etc. It is a hybrid of many games in reality and has some roots in Diablo for sure but also many others as a hack & slash dungeon crawler. Just for the record... Originally the basic game was written for Apple Watch many years back and then also a version was released for Spectrum Next back in 2017/18. This version is all new just for Amiga however and only resembles those previous titles in name only."
Update: (18:54, 07.10.24, dr)
The release date has now been specified as Friday, 6 December 2024. Since the video under the title link is no longer availale, this Video introduction was done by the German YouTube channel 'MagisthansSpielekiste'. (snx)
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02.Aug.2024
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Tutorial: Setting up a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4
Around three months ago, Hans De Ruiter announced a membership programme in which software and electronics tasks are to be discussed and solved (amiga-news.de reported). He has now launched this programme with Kea Campus and, as promised, has also set up an Amiga corner on YouTube in which instructions etc. will be published at different times.
The first post he has published there is a video explaining how to get a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4 up and running quickly. He has also published a short summary in text form under the title link. (dr)
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02.Aug.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.32, Contacts 1.40 (update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.31 of his e-mail client Iris and version 1.4 of the contact manager Contacts for MorphOS. Detailed changes:
Iris V1.31
- Don't show a 'Failed to obtain message body' error message if message doesn't have a body
- Updated cURL
- Implemented folders list context menu
- Mail list context menu improvements
- Implemented attachment icons in message lists
- Delete/Backspace keys may now be used to quickly delete messages (disabled by default)
- Added more spacing before quoting the original mail in replies
Contacts V1.40
- Fixed a bug that prevented various I/O operations from working after transitioning from a background service to a full-blown MUI application
- Contact editing fixes and improvements
- Fixed a regression when editing a photo of a contact
- UI layout fixes in main window
Update: (08:12, 03.08.24, dr)
The developer has released Iris version 1.32 which fixes a regression with read/unread flags not being updated correctly when the remote state changed. Additionally the folder list context menu was improved. (dr)
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01.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Python program: Pymod plays Amiga modules
The Python program Pymod, released in version 1.1.1, uses PortAudio (via PyAudio) to connect to the respective audio hardware. The emulation of ProTracker's behavior goes so far that even its bugs are optionally taken into account when playing music modules.
Thanks to Python's "import" function, Pymod can also be used by other programs to play modules. (snx)
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01.Aug.2024
Nils77 (e-mail)
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Debbie Harry portrait by Andy Warhol and picture files resurfaced
Following the discovery of further computer graphics on the Amiga of pop art icon Andy Warhol ten years ago, one of the presumably only two copies of the Debbie Harry portrait that have been printed back then has resurfaced now, created at the presentation of the Amiga 1000 in 1985 - the other one is owned by the Blondie singer herself.
Jeff Bruette, a Commodore technician at the time, who lives in the US state of Delaware and taught Andy Warhol how to use the computer, is going to sell the painting that has been hanging on his wall for almost forty years now. It also includes an original floppy disk with pictures created later by the artist. (snx)
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01.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 3 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (new YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version 3 adds three more levels (9 to 11). The code system for the in-game codes has also been revised: you now have to find the codes in each level (big computers). In addition, a new enemy and a small intro have been added and levels 1 to 8 have been revised. (dr)
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01.Aug.2024
Deadwood
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AROS: First public version of Odyssey browser (64-Bit)
For the first time, the beta version of the 64-bit Odyssey browser is available for those who want to try it either hosted on AROS or directly on Windows 11 or Linux. Detailed instructions for installation on each of the supported platforms have been prepared under the title link. (dr)
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01.Aug.2024
'jojo073' (Mail)
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Game: Agent 357
José 'jojo073' Gonzáles has released another game, "Agent 357": Agent 357 has received a tip from headquarters asking her to investigate a company facility deep in the forest. It is an area that is difficult to access and it is rumoured that there are underground laboratories where experiments are being carried out with drugs. She needs to get there to confirm this.
The game has 3 levels and different types of enemies. In addition to zombies, you also have to avoid other dangers. The game is created in 32 colours and can be controlled using both the keyboard and the joystick. You can also find sketches of the game by the graphic designer on the game website.
If you would like to have the ADF file or buy the physical edition of the game, please send an enquiry to the email address shown in the picture. The physical edition contains a 3.5" disc, manual and a coloured slipcase. (dr)
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31.Jul.2024
itch.io
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Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan v1.3.1 and demo version (update)
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games continues working on its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video) and released version 1.3.1 with fixes, optimisations and refinements. Detailed Changes:
- Overhauled boot loader
- Improved font
- Fix pits not animating at times
- Fix gem items in shop sometimes showing zero cost
- Fix potential memory access errors
- Fix CD32 PLAY/PAUSE not working in game
- Add fix for rare copper blitter wait hardware bug
This update resolves two cosmetic bugs in the physical editions of the game published by Poly.Play (v1.3.0). Neither of these bugs affect gameplay. The other fixes are already included in the physical editions.
There is now also a demo version with which you can play five levels that are limited to the main game mode.
Update: (06:36, 01.08.24, dr)
The developer has now also provided a WHDLoad version. (dr)
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30.Jul.2024
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 31
Issue 31 of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" is now available at the newsstands in the UK and directly from the publisher addict.media. The cover story is the Amiga's history with wargames and military titles, from early strategic titles like Gettysburg to more light-hearted affairs like North and South. The magazine also includes reviews of new games (Geo's Quest 3 and Glubble) and tools (Final Writer 7.0), an interview with journalist Matt Bielby (Amiga Power), the story of Immortal Joysticks, a catch up with the Amiga-inspired rock band Fastloaders and lots more. Three downloadable coverdisks feature full versions of Tanks Furry and Bridge Strike.
Amiga Addict is published every six weeks and is available as a single issue or as a subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF document. (nba)
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30.Jul.2024
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Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Bart van den Akker
In the latest episode 438 of The Retro Hour podcast, the hosts talk to Bart van den Akker, the founder of the HomeComputerMuseum in the Netherlands, about his impressive collection of retro computers.
The museum houses one of Europe's largest collections, including the world's largest PC games archive, which was delivered in a 6-metre truck. Van den Akker talks about the challenges of restoring and maintaining old machines, the importance of the Dutch Estatos computer and nostalgic experiences such as LAN setups with MSN Messenger. He also talks about the role of piracy in preserving historically significant software.
For more information and insights into the HomeComputerMuseum in Helmond, the Netherlands, please visit the museum's website. The podcast can be listened to and downloaded as an MP3 file at the title link. (nba)
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30.Jul.2024
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Crono 3: Creation of printable calendars
Crono is a program for quickly and easily creating calendars for printing on an A4 or A3 page in portrait or landscape format.
It allows you to create both annual and monthly calendars, with the option of building several months in one go. The design outbut can be in the form of a grid or a list. Photos, a selection of fonts and the paper colour can be added and customised. The basic selection and display of holidays and the selection of Mondays or Sundays as the first days of the week are also supported. The program is available in 26 languages. The edited calendars are then output in PDF format.
Crono was developed by Domenico Lattanzi and is available in versions for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS. (nba)
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29.Jul.2024
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Beat'em Up: Demo version of "Metro Siege"
The side-scrolling beat 'em up "Metro Siege" was announced at the end of 2019. Following various status updates and further preview videos, a playable demo version is now available, which contains three playable levels with a choice of two characters (YouTube video). The gameplay and assets in this preview are still a work in progress and will be subject to change until the final release.
Three versions of the game are included in the archive:
- (1) The ADF version suitable for any 1M Amiga
- (2) The Hard Drive version suitable for 020+ Amigas with MB of RAM
- (3) The CD32 version - suitable for CD32 consoles
In addition, the impatient or all those who do not want to start the Amiga or the emulator can now play the demo directly in the browser. (dr)
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29.Jul.2024
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Video: AmiKit for PiStorm
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos mainly focuses on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed Twitch recording, he takes a look at the AmiKit workbench distribution for his Amiga 1200 upgraded with PiStorm. (dr)
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28.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to Aminet:
Crono_AROS.lha biz/misc 4.4M x86 Generator of printable calendars
Crono_MorphOS.lha biz/misc 4.2M MOS Generator of printable calendars
Crono_OS4.lha biz/misc 4.7M OS4 Generator of printable calendars
ignition-src.lha biz/spread 1.3M Sourcecode ignition 1.30
dizzytorrent2.lha comm/tcp 640K 68k BitTorrent client with MUI + ...
mandelbrot.lha dev/amos 4K Mandelbrot set
HWP_Pangomonium.lha dev/hwood 14M 68k Powerful text & gfx engine fo...
GitDesktop.lha dev/misc 1.8M MOS Git (version control system) ...
GIPuzzleBallsAros.zip game/board 383K x86 GI Puzzle Balls
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
airlock.zip mods/crash 5.7M 6 channel spacey jazz. 16 bit...
Anoqia.zip mods/crash 58K Ambient/experimental. 8 bit xm
Burglary.zip mods/crash 219K Sneaky with sfx. 8 bit xm
GumDisease.zip mods/crash 61K Grungy Heavy Electronic. 8 bi...
HalfLife.zip mods/crash 168K Monstrous/Dramatic. 8 bit xm
Narcotomy.zip mods/crash 29K Electro dnb. 8 bit xm
OberoN.zip mods/crash 51K Loud and fast electro. 8 bit xm
ToolsMenu.lha util/cdity 79K 68k Add tools to the Workbench To...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 23M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
ScreenTime.lha util/time 73K 68k Screen clock with calendar
BaseConv.lha util/wb 66K 68k Convert numbers between bin/o...
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28.Jul.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
crono.lha gra/mis 5Mb 4.1 Generator of printable calendars
hwp_pangomonium.lha lib/hol 14Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for advanced te...
file_io.lha uti/scr 16kb 4.0 file I/O in dos scripts
yt.lha vid/mis 831kb 4.1 YouTube URL Extractor script
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28.Jul.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
gipuzzleballs-i386-aros.zip gam/puz 383kb Game of skill
crono_kensv4_icons.zip gra/ico 3kb Unofficial kensv4 drawer and app...
crono_aros.lha gra/mis 4Mb Generator of printable calendars
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Pangomonium_2.0.lha Dependencies/Hollywood a plugin for Hollywood ...
rxcharsets-0.1.lha Development/Arexx An Arexx library bridge...
Easy2Compile_1.3.lha Development/C A GUI to compile C sour...
GitDesktop_0.16.30.lha Development/Tools A graphical git fronten...
AmiArcadia_32.90.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
OpenFodder_1.9.2.lha Games/Action Open Fodder: An open so...
Crono_3.0.lha Office/Organizer Generator of printable ...
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28.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.30.5 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published a first release candidate of version 2.30.5 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is used by numerous open source games. SDL requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and optionally OpenGL ES 2.0. Changes: Änderungen:
- Fix an ISI exception caused by missing SetTextureScaleMode implementation
Download: SDL2.lha (7,2 MB) (dr)
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27.Jul.2024
Boing Attitude (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager "Dir Me Up" V4.00
Press release: Five years after its last update (amiga-news.de reported), the modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4... with more than 130 new features, optimizations and fixes! More than ever, it will be your faithful companion to explore, copy and transform your data...
Dir Me Up now has a new graphic theme, Retro, which smells of the original Workbench. The standard theme has been completely redesigned and redesigned accordingly. And of course, AISS aficionados will still be able to use it. The software is now also available in Portuguese, making it accessible in nine languages!
Dir Me Up now has a cache to store thumbnails in order to greatly speed up the display of photos, even in very high resolution (such as 4000x3000 for example). You can of course choose the reserved disk space, purge it or disable it if necessary. Other optimizations have been made to the icon view to make it even more pleasant to use. The internal viewer has also been extended with zoom or full-screen display options. As you can see, the visuals have greatly improved!
Copying has also been optimized, especially for small files: the gains observed range from 20 to 50%. The replacement confirmation window in the event of a conflict now allows you to replace a file only if it is more recent. Favorites management has been improved with the ability to give a personalized name to each location. The preferences window has been extended and redesigned.
The list of new features is far too long to mention them all here, but you can read an (almost) exhaustive list under the title link.
Dir Me Up is, of course, compatible with the brand-new A1222+ from A-EON Technology!
As usual, this update, free for all registered users, has been put online. To install it, just run Dir Me Up.
You can download a demo allowing (only) browsing or purchase the full version for 19,99 Euro. Dir Me Up, enhance your Amiga! (dr)
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26.Jul.2024
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Game: Snake conversion for the Amiga 1000
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch has written a simple Snake game in Blitz Basic 2, which only runs on a standard Amiga 1000 with Kickstart 1.2 or Kickstart Disk 1.2. (dr)
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25.Jul.2024
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.37
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS or via this link.
Version 0.37 includes the following changes:
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Tribute to IBrowse 3.0:
- Simulation of IBrowse 3.0 (albeit in a somewhat stripped down version, yet) by controlling an iFrame.
- Can also be called from a Shell including an URL parameter.
- When running an icon that is a link (such as «About TAWS»), you'll be able to choose to open the link with IBrowse or your «real» browser. This is also the case for weblinks called from AmigaGuide documents.
- Bookmarks are currently (still) fixed.
- Currently the languages available are German, English, Dutch and French (many thanks to Peter and Claude for translating).
- Known limitations:
- Unfortunately it is not possible for the address line to correctly follow the navigation within the iFrame, as the new URL cannot be determined for security reasons.
- Some websites don't like being embedded in an iFrame an block it (such as google.com).
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Tribute to WhatIFF?:
- All editions of the grandiose WhatIFF? AmigaGuide magazines are now hosted on the TAWS website and can be read online thanks to the TAWS AmigaGuide interpreter. The WhatIFF drive and its contents are loaded dynamically from the server using PHP scripts.
Many thanks to Roald Strauss for the idea and to Timo Paul for the good cooperation.
- New URL parameter «wbrun» to automatically start a program or open a file or directory when TAWS starts:
- Optimization of the AmigaGuide interpreter:
- Implemented dynamic loading of linked files that are not yet known to TAWS because their directories have not yet been loaded from the server (by the PHP server scripts).
- If a link points to an IFF-ILBM graphic or a music module, the navigation is retained when you click on the link, so that you can also get back to the actual document.
- Tabs are displayed true to the original, even if they are mixed with spaces.
- For underlined text, the line is in the color of the text displayed, regardless of whether the notation @{u}@{fg} or @{fg}@{u} is used.
- Bold text in the Topaz font is displayed true to the original and no longer so «blurry».
- A little more space added at the bottom of the pages.
- Optimization of the loading of the dynamic file structure using PHP server scripts:
- In the Config.php file you can specify whether .info files should be ignored.
- Added support für URL files. These need to start with «[InternetShortcut]» and contain a line beginning with «URL=...».
- If drives do not have a snapshot position, they are automatically positioned accordingly on the Workbench on startup.
- When updating a drawer (i.e. after reloading the content from the server), already open windows of subfolders remain open.
- MultiView:
- «Save as...»: The currently displayed file can now be downloaded and saved locally. Graphics (including IFF-ILBM) can be converted to all formats supported by the browser in addition to the original format (mostly PNG, JPEG and WebP, but Safari, for example, can also do GIF and TIFF, but not WebP).
- HippoPlayer .prg files (playlists) are recognized as text files and can be displayed.
- All text file extensions defined in Config.js are recognized as text files and can be displayed (new, for example, also .readme files).
- Recognition of the browser's WebP support optimized, now it's also correctly recognized for Chrome and Opera.
- In contrast to HippoPlayer, only the music module formats «MOD», «S3M» and «XM» are supported here, all other formats are now correctly treated as unknown file types if you drag'n'drop them into the window.
- «About...»: If a file with an unknown file type is dragged into the window, the file type «Empty» is displayed here.
- The optimized mouse wheel behaviour (faster scrolling) for HTML and graphic files is now activated by default, even if this differs from the actual behaviour under AmigaOS.
- HippoPlayer:
- HippoPlayer v2.59 Feature:
- When paused, the paused content is now displayed in the scopes instead of the Hippo graphic shown.
- HippoPlayer v2.60 Features:
- The list mode button is now larger for HiRes presets.
- Support for the alternative type of separator lines that do not look like one.
- HippoPlayer v2.61 Features:
- Support for loading M3U playlists
- Support for empty separator lines in playlists
- Updated to the latest version of ScriptProcessorPlayer 1.3 by Jürgen Wothke and adapted HippoPlayer and my own backends to use the new API methods.
- All backends by Jürgen Wothke updated to their latest versions, which now also support the following formats:
- SNDH
- Quartet_ST (4Q, 4V)
- SPU
- OctaMED Soundstudio (OSS)
- Support of infotext for the following formats:
- Implementation of a new backend to support MIDI files, based on the WebAudioFontPlayer by Srgy "surikov" Surkv (see https://github.com/surikov/webaudiofont/)
Please note that only uncompressed MIDI files are supported.
- Setting the order of the preferred backend for formats that are supported by UADE, MPT and XMP (default is «UADE, MPT, XMP»)
- Improved format detection for files in ZIP or LHA archives if they have neither a file post nor prefix by checking the file header.
- Special case for .sid files implemented, as these can be in either SID or SidMon1 format: First an attempt is made to play them with UADE, if this fails, the SID backend is used.
- Support for playing local ZIP files that were drag'n'dropped onto HippoPlayer.
- The default file extension when saving playlists (module programs) is now «.prg».
- Display of the «Busy Pointer» during exit and loading of the last playlist at startup.
- If the browser's window is < 520 px wide (mobiles), the main window is automatically maximized.
- Fixed maximization for OS 3.2 and 4.x. by shift-clicking on the SizeChanger gadget
- Removed compatibility and browser switches for Internet Explorer, as this browser has been completely replaced by Edge by now.
- Entering letters in a numeric input field is suppressed and an error flash is triggered.
- Performance increase for the PayPal-thank-you-surprise by recoding it and using "canvas"
- URL parameters can now also be passed to index.html and are then passed through to WB.html.
- LHA icon added
- AmigaShell on Firefox: prevent «Quick find» when entering «/».
- Amiga Early Startup Control / Boot Options: Server directories are now listed as drives if the PHP server scripts are activated.
- Bugfixes:
- When updating a drawer, containing drawer icons remain in their current position if their windows are open.
- OS >= 3.0: When starting a program, a «Busy pointer» is no longer shown.
- Correction of maximization for windows without scrollbars (Shell, HiP, ...)
- Correction of displaying the submenu symbol » for presets without submenu graphics (bug since v0.36)
- Chrome iOS: Correction of double-clicking on a ListBox
- AmigaShell: If no window is returned to the shell when starting a program (e.g. with HippoPlayer), the shell window no longer remains blocked.
- AmigaShell: Display correct error message when entering a non-existent path including drive name (e.g. «sys:x»)
- RAmiga-click on a closer gadget now only closes all Workbench windows if invoked on one.
(dr)
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25.Jul.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 160 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about The Pursuit to Earth. (snx)
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25.Jul.2024
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Event: Guest list for the "ZZAP! Live 2024" in Kenilworth (England)
On 17 August 2024, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) will host the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum, will take place (amiga-news.de reported). Only 100 tickets are still available for the event. There are currently no plans to sell tickets on site.
Further guests have now been announced. Among others, the following are expected:
- Rob Hubbard (Komponist, u.a. Budokan, Hard Nova, International Karate)
- Barry Leitch (Komponist, u.a. Lotus, Super Cars II)
- Jon Hare und Stoo Cambridge von Sensibe Software (u.a. Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder)
- Andy Davidson von Team17 (Game Designer, u.a. Worms)
- Mark Knight (Komponist, u.a. Wing Commander)
- Peter Clarke (Komponist, u.a. Bubble Bobble)
- Mike Dailly (Game Designer, u.a. Lemmings)
- Jeff Minter (Game Designer, u.a. Llamatron)
- Andrew Braybrook und Steve Turner von Graftgold (u.a. Uridium, Fire and Ice)
- Paul Docherty (Grafiker, u.a. Apocalypse, Last Ninja 3)
- David Jones (Game Designer, u.a. Lemmings, Menace)
- Mike Clarke (Komponist, u.a. Last Ninja 2, Hired Guns)
- Paul Hughes von Ocean (u.a. Batman the Movie, Jurassic Park)
- Stephen Thompson (Grafiker bei Ocean Software)
- Barry Thompson (Komponist)
- Jogeir Liljedahl (Komponist)
(dr)
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24.Jul.2024
Indie Retro News (website)
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Game: Droid
Droid is a run-and-gun platformer that appeared in 1992 as a cover disk of the Atari magazine "ST Format" and has now been ported to the Amiga (video). The version of the game released today, which is only available in PAL resolution, trades as version "Beta 2", but is considered by the programmer to be finished.
While the article on Indie Retro News still makes the previous version available for now, the current one can be accessed via the forum discussion which is linked there as well. (snx)
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24.Jul.2024
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PDF magazine: Commodore Free, issue 99
In its latest issue 99, the English-language PDF magazine "Commodore Free" reports on the "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" currently being developed by Mutation Software, which is scheduled for release at the end of 2024, in a separate chapter entitled "News Amiga". The story of the game Elite is also told. (dr)
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24.Jul.2024
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Preview video: Dungeon Crawler "The Cthulhu Project"
In a new preview video (amiga-news.de reported), developer Maurice Doerr explains what he has been working on recently: optimising the engine and adapting the dialogues and selection options. Feedback on the interface or elements of the game is welcome. (dr)
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23.Jul.2024
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Time travel at gamescom 2024: Retro Area invites you to play games and reminisce
There is one thing that cannot be missed at gamescom 2024, which takes place in Cologne from 21 to 25 August 2024: the popular Retro Area! In Hall 10.2, visitors will embark on a nostalgic journey through 50 years of video game history.
Numerous exhibitors will be presenting a large selection of retro consoles, computers and arcade machines. Whether Amiga, C64, Atari, Nintendo or Sega - fans of all eras will get their money's worth here. Visitors can play classics such as Pac-Man, Super Mario or Tetris on many original machines and reminisce about times gone by. Exciting events will take place on the Retro Area stage throughout the day. In addition to retro tournaments and quizzes, there will also be live music from artists from the retro scene.
The Retro Area is a joint project of numerous collectors, clubs, musicians, artists and developers. They all share a passion for retro gaming and want to share this enthusiasm with others.
In addition to the legendary game studios Factor 5 and Kaiko, many other exhibitors have also announced their participation. Some indie developers will be presenting their new games or games in progress, Radio Paralax will be reporting live on site, and there will be a pinball collection to see and experience.
Retro Games Ltd. from England will also be represented at gamescom for the first time, exhibiting their retro hardware A500 Mini, C64 Maxi and much more. BBG Entertainment (including the Boulderdash brand) is also expected to present new products
The book publishers Gameplan, Look Behind You and Microzeit will also be there, as will ex-Commodore UK boss David John Pleasance, who will be talking about his new book project. The two German magazine publishers Retro Gamer and Return will also be there for the first time and again respectively.
A complete list of exhibitors, including the programme, is expected to be published on the gamescom website in the next few days under the title link. (nba)
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23.Jul.2024
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Arcade port: King and Balloon V0.94
"King and Balloon" is an arcade conversion of the title King & Balloon, originally released by Namco in 1980 (amiga-news.de reported). The new beta version 0.94 that has now been released includes small bug fixes, enables joystick support (port 2) and adds a highscore load/save function (ADF & WHDLoad). (nba)
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22.Jul.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Version management "Git Desktop" V0.16.29
Rafał Zabdyr has released another beta version of his graphical user interface for the version management Git for MorphOS (amiga-news.de reported). "Git Desktop" is written in C++ and based on MUI through his C++ wrapper. MorphOS 3.x and the Git component of the SDK are required.
The new version includes the following changes:
- added option 'copy file name' in file context menus
- configuration for diff colors
- configurable 'lines of context' for diff
- added 'What is New' window
- added Shell tab
- added application icon
- now Git Desktop can be run from icon
- configuration of commits history date format
- added option to save output log to file
- updated appearance of History list
- updated branch list, now shows also remote branches
- enhanced branch deletion
- enhanced branch switching
- enhanced local repository handling
- many other improvements
- many bug fixes
The developer has also published tutorials for this project on YouTube. (dr)
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22.Jul.2024
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Accelerator board projekt: Revision 0.8 of Buffee boards
The turbo card project "Buffee" (amiga-news.de reported) has been rather quiet lately. Now Renee Cousins, one of the two developers of the project, is back with a new blog entry.
They can now devote themselves full-time to development again as they have been made redundant. They are now very close to getting the board up and running, as the chip RAM can also be read 100%. Admittedly with "cheating", but it would work. In addition, revision V0.8 had passed the smoke test, which means that it could also become the final one.
Once chip RAM and interrupts were running, the whole thing would be run through an emulator to see if the board would boot. (dr)
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22.Jul.2024
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Java tool: ham_convert 1.10.2
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based tool ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.10.2. Changes:
- Faster extra HAM6 palette optimized.
- Fixed Atari 8-bit gui glitch.
- Fixed a bug that caused noticeable conversion slowdown.
(dr)
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21.Jul.2024
Amiga Future (website)
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Video: Interview with Andy Finkel
In April Dave McMurtrie did an interview with the former Amiga developer Andy Finkel about his time at Commodore, where he was working since 1981. Now the 50 minute video of the interview has been published at the title link. (snx)
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21.Jul.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood plugin: Extended SVG support in Pangomonium 2.0
Pangomonium is a plugin for Hollywood that offers a modern text and graphics engine with extensive features, including support for exotic fonts and coloured emojis.
In the recently released version 2.0, Pangomonium now also supports SVG image files.
A separate SVG plugin for Hollywood has existed for over a decade. Pangomonium 2.0's SVG renderer, however, offers much more advanced feature support by using the plugin's modern text and graphics engine. This allows more complex graphics to be displayed. It also improves performance and simplifies the workflow.
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21.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 20.07.2024
The following files have been added until 20.07.2024 to Aminet:
CVBasic.lha dev/cross 265K 68k BASIC compiler for Colecovision
gasm80.lha dev/cross 57K 68k Generic Z80 assembler
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.7M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
eurochamp.lha docs/misc 280K Statistics of Euro Champs 196...
GIMasterMindAros.zip game/board 373K x86 GI Master Mind
g17demo_68k.lha game/demo 340M 68k Demo version of the 3D strate...
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
TMSColor.lha gfx/conv 89K 68k Converter from BMP to TMS9928...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.8M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.4M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
BlackOcean.zip mods/crash 47K Short/Slow/Drudging/Loops. 8 ...
borg.zip mods/crash 38K Looping Action Game Music. 8 ...
bossfight1.zip mods/crash 56K Looping Bossfight Music. 8 bi...
BrokenSkull.zip mods/crash 99K Metal with synth leads. 8 bit xm
COPtheme.zip mods/crash 20K Minimalist, low-toned. 8 bit xm
DemonRobot.zip mods/crash 124K Speed Metal. 8 bit xm
dieselfuel.zip mods/crash 97K Looping Action Game Music. 8 ...
dissociate.zip mods/crash 66K 8-channel, slow and heavy. 8 ...
hplague1.zip mods/crash 66K Dark Orchestral, part 1 of 3....
niknak.zip mods/crash 68K Tribal drums/synth strings. 8...
STALKER.zip mods/crash 19K Simple, slow, and creepy. 8 b...
tank.zip mods/crash 33K Looping Action Game Music. 8 ...
wwwretch.zip mods/crash 78K Industrial Chaos. 8 bit xm
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 809K MOS Multipurpose utility
Consumer.lha util/moni 223K 68k Memory Log Tool, to Screen & ...
pfetch.lha util/moni 21K Pretty fetch for MorphOS
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21.Jul.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.07.2024
The following files have been added until 20.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
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21.Jul.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 20.07.2024
The following files have been added until 20.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
eurochamp.lha doc/mis 280kb statistics euro soccer 1960-2024
gimastermindaros.i386-aro... gam/boa 373kb intelligence game
terri-fried.i386-aros.zip gam/pla 610kb A game of balanced power and pre...
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 20.07.2024
The following files have been added until 20.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
gasm80.lha Development/Cross Generic Z80 assembler
CVBasic-0.5.1.lha Development/Cross BASIC compiler for Cole...
AmiArcadia_32.80.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
MCE_15.11.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
TMSColor-2.3.lha Graphics/Convert Converter from BMP to T...
ReportPlus_8.60.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
Iris_1.28.lha MorphOS-update Iris, the MorphOS email...
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21.Jul.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.07.2024
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 20.07.2024:
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20.Jul.2024
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Image converter: Lazzy Image Viewer v0.71 for Windows
In 2010, 'PascalVault' started to create a website that allows you to quickly convert old image formats into new ones. It was written in PHP but unfortunately "terribly slow", as he writes to us.
He is now in the process of porting the code to Pascal using the Lazarus IDE: with more formats, a "nice GUI" and some additional functions (filters, resizing, etc.). As he writes, there is still a lot to do, but the tool is already usable. With the recently released version, images can now also be loaded in Amiga format IFF/ILBM. If required and with the appropriate feedback, he would also include this format as a save option in the next version. (dr)
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19.Jul.2024
Discord
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Platform game: Test version of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released a playable test version of "Dr Dangerous", which was created with the Scorpion Engine and offers eight playable levels (YouTube video).
It is the first project for the Amiga platform and was actually only intended to be used for testing. Now it is to become a complete game. If there is enough interest and feedback, more Amiga games will follow. (dr)
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19.Jul.2024
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Event: Commodore and Amiga Meeting (Belgium)
The "Belgian Amiga Club" is once again organising a "BAC Meeting" on 21 September in Antwerp. Admission is from 1 pm. In addition to workshops and lectures, a special focus this year will be on new hardware such as the A600GS and the A1222 Plus. Admission is free, even for users with their own computers. Catering will be provided. (dr)
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19.Jul.2024
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Game Construction Kit: Scorpion Engine 2024.1
The "Scorpion Engine" by Erik 'earok' Hogan enables the development of games. The engine itself is not open source, but all included demos and demo games are. The editor itself runs on Windows. Graphics are imported as PNG files, for level creation the editor Tiled is used. For sounds, music and animations Amiga formats (mod, 8svx, anim5) are used. Version 2024.1 was released today with numerous new features and updates.
Changes of version 2024.1
- BETA support for the NeoGeo, including the NeoGeo CD.
- ALPHA support for the Sega Pico educational console.
- New support for Melee "hurt boxes", allowing fine grained control of where an animation is vunlerable to enemy Melee attack.
- New "Attacker" class makes it easier to make enemies attack on a repeated cycle.
- "Camera Box" map events can be used to easily set the bounds of a camera in an area of a level.
- Significally reworked collision detection to be both smoother and a lot more accurate.
- New "Pattern" movement type that allow drawing of smoothly curved patterns.
- Bug fixes, minor features and performance enhancements across the board.
Scorpion Engine also now bundles RetroAnimator, an animation tool capable of making smooth and complex animations out of discrete image parts. RetroAnimator has been used for non-Scorpion titles like Metro Siege, and is now available for Scorpion-users.
Information and download links can be found under the title link. (nba)
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19.Jul.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.6 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.6 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools v1.18 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.18
- New image format: NS Dos Northstar (nsi)
- New disc formats: "hp.mmfm.9885", "hp.mmfm.9895"
- New disc formats: "northstar.fm.ds", "northstar.fm.ds", "northstar.mfm.ds", "northstar.mfm.ds"
- Convert: Added "--hard-sectors" converts input index marks into hard sectors
- Updated "diskdefs.cfg" (2024-07-07)
- Updated disc formats syntax: "mm1.os9.80dshd_32", "..._33", "..._36", "..._37"
- Write/Convert: Small fixes with file extensions (.ipf, sorting)
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19.Jul.2024
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Adventure: Geo's Quest "In Search of Queen Lorraine" v2.1
Paul Golian began writing his graphic adventure Geo's Quest "In Search of Queen Lorraine" in 2000, interrupted work on it in 2002 and was only able to continue it last year when he retired (amiga-news.de reported). The now released version 2.1 (YouTube trailer) contains bug fixes, which should now prevent memory-related crashes. In addition, a manual in PDF format is now available for a desired price of 2 dollars, which contains a 56-page description and a walk through each room, a description of all inventory items and an introduction to each character in the game - or can also be used as a storybook. (dr)
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19.Jul.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.10.0 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux-Kernels 6.10, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.
Download: linux-image-6.10.0-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (61 MB) (dr)
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19.Jul.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.18
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 1.18 of the Greaseweazle Tools provide the following changes:
- Windows: Improved device detection, using USB-reported device strings
- gw convert: --hard-sectors converts input index marks into hard sectors
- hfev3: correctly export hard sectors as index marks
- hp.mmfm: Codec for MMFM format used by HP 9885/9895/7902 drives
- northstar: Codec for North Star hard-sectored FM and MFM disks
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18.Jul.2024
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 1.28
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.28 of his e-mail program Iris for MorphOS. Changes include improvements in the insertion of links and graphics as well as speed improvements in the synchronization of local folders and file selection operations. In addition, as with Wayfarer, the WebKit core has been updated to version 2.44.2.
Download: iris.lha (27 MB) (snx)
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18.Jul.2024
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Alinea Computer is looking for Amiga game developers to support the Octodapter
Simon Neumann writes: "We are looking for game developers who would like to adapt their existing Amiga games or future developments to our new 10 player adapter called Octodapter.
The Octodapter provides 8 additional joystick ports via the Amiga's parallel port and will even support wireless joypads and joysticks in the final version.
Development documentation can be found on Aminet. Every developer who is willing to adapt their game to the adapter will receive a free Octodapter from us as a thank-you.
Interested developers should contact us at info@alinea-computer.de. The release date of the adapter for customers has not yet been set, but autumn 2024 is the target date." (snx)
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17.Jul.2024
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Obligement: interview with developer Kari-Pekka Koljonen
A new interview with Kari-Pekka Koljonen has been published on the Obligement website, in which the Finnish developer talks about his experiences and projects and his involvement in the demoscene. Koljonen's best-known projects include the module player HippoPlayer and the artillery game TankX. The full interview can be found under the title link. (nba)
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17.Jul.2024
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Games database LemonAmiga back online after hacker attack
The comprehensive games database LemonAmiga was the victim of a hacker attack last Sunday (amiga-news.de reported). As of today, the website is back online and fully usable.
According to the operators of LemonAmiga, the hackers gained access to the entire database during the serious security incident. The administrators have taken immediate action to close the security gaps and implement additional protective measures. Users are asked to change their passwords and enable multi-factor authentication to secure their accounts. (nba)
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17.Jul.2024
Reddit
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Arcade Attack: interview with Barry Leitch about Lotus 2
Barry Leitch is one of the world's longest-serving composers of video game music and has provided soundtracks and effects for a large number of games during his career. His best-known works include the classic racing games Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge and Super Cars 2 for the Amiga and Horizon Chase 1 and 2, a recent retro-style racing game series for Playstation, Xbox, Switch and iPhone.
The Arcade Attack podcast previously published an interview (in English) with the musician in 2019 about his work on the classic Lotus 2 and has now republished it on YouTube with a playthrough of some Lotus 2 racetracks to accompany the talk. Barry provides exciting insights into his creative work and the process of developing his soundtracks. (nba)
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16.Jul.2024
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Demoscene: TRISTAR + TSA and DevLab-TSA makerspace archive has been launched
The members of the former demoscene group ‘TRISTAR’ have put an archive online that contains extensive material from the period 1987 to 2012, including demos (for C64, PC and Amiga), music and graphics documenting the creative history of the group. Also of historical interest are the collections of photos and videos of scene parties and reports as well as scroll texts from Tristar productions. Those interested can also find the productions of the following art group The Solaris Agency (T.S.A) under this link.
In addition, content from the joint makerspace ‘DevLab T.S.A’ is now available. This offers a platform for creative minds to realise their projects in a collaborative environment. Since 2021, the makerspace has been open to interested visitors on certain days to provide an insight into the ongoing projects and working methods. Further information and visiting times can be found on the subsite of DevLab T.S.A.. (nba)
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14.Jul.2024
Darren 'dmcoles' Coles (ANF)
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Programming: IDE Codecraft 1.15
Camilla Boemann's Codecraft is an integrated development environment (IDE). It was tested with SAS/C and E, but should also support other programming languages. The IDE is free of charge, but requires at least AmigaOS 3.2.2 as it is an extension of the program TextEdit.
The now released version 1.15 contains, among other things, additions by Darren Coles, so that there is now syntax highlighting for the E programming language. In addition to support for E-VO debugging, a register and memory browser as well as build configurations have been added and the search in files has been improved. Various bug fixes and a change of the key combination for compiling (now Amiga+B) complement the update. (snx)
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14.Jul.2024
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Games database LemonAmiga has been hacked
The games database and retro community "LemonAmiga" has apparently been hacked: both lemonamiga.com and its sister site lemon64.com are currently offline, with only a note from the operators indicating that they are currently analyzing the attack and working on securing their own systems.
According to reports in various forums, around 60 accounts of LemonAmiga users have apparently been taken over, mostly very old accounts that have not been actively used for many years. Initially, the hijacked user accounts were used to start arguments in the forum or to make the port of 'Doom' the highest rated Amiga classic in the games database. Shortly before the shutdown, the forums were simply flooded with link spam.
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14.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 13.07.2024
The following files have been added until 13.07.2024 to Aminet:
HHH-KWR.adf demo/sound 880K 68k Borschtsch - Kuchenwurm
HHH-SBM.adf demo/sound 880K 68k Borschtsch - (Sp)BassMan
laffiks_fractal.lha dev/amos 4K Laffik's fractal set
CVBasic.lha dev/cross 265K 68k BASIC compiler for Colecovision
evo.lha dev/e 694K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
FileSystemStressTest.lha disk/misc 19K 68k Stress tests disks and file s...
TankX.lha game/2play 1.5M 68k 1-10 player tank combat (upda...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 9K 2024 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha game/edit 4.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.7M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
Elongated.zip mods/crash 96K All drums (Not a solo). 8 bit xm
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 686K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 866K OS4 Multipurpose utility
isomount.lha util/rexx 43K Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hdf,iso
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14.Jul.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 13.07.2024
The following files have been added until 13.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
sdl2.lha lib/mis 7Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 2
reportplus.lha uti/mis 866kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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14.Jul.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 13.07.2024
The following files have been added until 13.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
gocr-kens-drawer.lha gra/ico 2kb Unofficial kens drawer for Gocr
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14.Jul.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 13.07.2024
The following files have been added until 13.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
sunny_0.5.lha Ambient/Utilities A commodity to makes th...
ThunderSlash.lha Games/Shoot2D A nice shoot'em up by J...
Wayfarer_8.9.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
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13.Jul.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: "VD aktuell" 04
Press release: Summer fun with the retro gaming illustrated magazine on 64 full-color pages!
It's getting hot outside, time for some cool, easily digestible retro snacks! In the new issue of german VD aktuell, we take an intimate look at the relationship between Indiana Jones and Sophia Hapgood - are they really just colleagues? After a detour to the beach, we then head straight into space and reminisce about retro gaming classics. But we also take a look outside the box and talk about Planet of the Apes and a non-gaming phenomenon of the 1980s and 1990s: video libraries!
As always, there's news in the retro news section, plus brief introductions to new games and new hardware. The video program for the Virtual Dimension and Fog Lake Production channels once again gives you a detailed preview of the next three months and our comic "Danger Dennis" enters its second round.
What are you waiting for? Get your hands on it! (cg)
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11.Jul.2024
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future now with 68 pages
The publisher of "Amiga Future" has announced that the size of the print magazine has steadily increased in recent months - starting with the most recent issue, the magazine has 68 pages. It is hoped that the increased size will attract more subscribers. (cg)
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10.Jul.2024
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Crowdfunding: Book project by David Pleasance - "Dare to Dream"
After "Commodore - The Inside Story" and "From Vultures to Vampires", former Commodore UK manager David Pleasance is looking for pre-orders for a third book project at the title link. This time, however, the subject is fictional - "Dare to Dream" invites the reader to dream about what might have been if the author, together with the co-managing director Colin Proudfoot, had succeeded in taking over Commodore UK as planned following the bankruptcy of the parent company.
According to the description, former Commodore developer Dave Haynie assists him in writing the book. Participants in the crowdfunding campaign will receive the finished work for 30 British Pounds plus shipping costs (for the EU this will amount to a total of 40 Pounds, around 47 Euros), with the regular retail price being 39 pounds later. (snx)
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10.Jul.2024
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.9
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 8.9 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. This fixes six bugs and introduces a "YouTube Experience" notice, which appears when that website is visited for the first time. (snx)
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10.Jul.2024
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Test: Audio playback on the AmigaOne A1222 Plus
Due to its incompatible FPU, the use of AmigaOS 4 on the AmigaOne A1222 Plus is subject to restrictions, which also affect popular audio playback programs such as AmigaAMP. 'Ktadd' has tested a few of them at the title link.
AmigaAMP requires up to 80 % of the processor power due to frequent calls of the FPU emulation. The test report lists setting changes that enable the use of this program with an operable user interface, albeit exclusively.
TuneNet manages MP3 files - apparently the only format tested by Ktadd - with a processor load of eight to 32 %; with Ogg Vorbis files, however, Eldee 'Eliyahu' Stephens comments that CPU usage will jump and one ends up with the same responsiveness issue as well.
DAPlayer, on the other hand, is at eight to ten percent for MP3 files, while SongPlayer is only 5 % and the Hollywood program RNOTunes performs best in this regard with 3 %.
Finally, the blog article compares the general strengths and weaknesses of the programs mentioned, on the basis of which there is no generally valid recommendation as to which of them should be used on the A1222 Plus. (snx)
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09.Jul.2024
Robert Koon (ANF)
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Developer's diary: Dune II - The Building of A Remaster
Robert Koon, one of the developers involved in the Amiga conversion of Westwood's strategy classic Dune II, has set himself the goal of developing a remake for the Amiga that largely eliminates the limitations of the original release compared to the DOS original. Koon lists the following disadvantages of the existing Amiga port, among others:
- the heavily abbreviated intro
- the lack of an AGA-specific version
- constant diskette changes
- cuts to the gameplay and the soundtrack
Every two to three days Koon documents his progress in an entry in his developer diary. This journal will also be published in book form once the work is complete. If you want to support the developer in advance, you can donate one or three euros per month on Patreon and get real-time access to the developer diary.
It is not yet clear whether or in what form the finished game will be distributed. As Koon tells us, the code for his version has been written from scratch, but all assets come from the DOS version and therefore have to be licensed by Westwood.
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09.Jul.2024
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Rogue-Like "Roguecraft". Preview video, boxed edition can be pre-ordered
The 'Roguelike' Roguecraft, a revised port of the C64 title Rogue 64 from the same developer, is to be released in September in digital and physical editions. Pre-orders for the boxed edition will be accepted until the end of the month. Torque' shows the current status of the game in a YouTube video. (cg)
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09.Jul.2024
EAB (Webseite)
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Multiple-choice adventure: Ninja Carnage
In "Ninja Carnage", the player controls a constantly cursing ninja who has to execute a Yakuza boss. The game mechanics are described by the developer as "Die & Retry": decisions have to be made constantly, wrong decisions lead to one of 128 different death sequences.
The game has been translated into seven different languages: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek and Polish. The Amiga version uses the HAM6 mode and runs on every OCS computer.
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09.Jul.2024
IndieRetroNews (Webseite)
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Game: Chopper Duel 1.1
Chopper Duel is an Amiga version of the MS-DOS game of the same name by Addict from 1993. The helicopter duel comprises 50 playing fields with 32 colors, requires 512 KB RAM and can be controlled by joystick or keyboard. (snx)
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09.Jul.2024
itch.io
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Game template: Survival game 'CyberCity2069' with source code
According to the author, "CyberCity2069" was to be a "survival game with RPG elements", which was developed with AmiBlitz 3. The player returns to the city after three years in the wilderness and has to earn a living with odd jobs in a cyberpunk setting.
The title has been abandoned by the developer; apart from the basic elements of the strategy part, only two of the planned arcade mini-games have been implemented so far: driving through the city and collecting falling garbage. The unfinished game, including the source code, can be purchased for one US dollar.
The license for the program code is simply "do what you want with it". The assets (graphics, sounds) come from third parties and can be used under various licenses; they are all linked on the Cybercity project page. (cg)
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09.Jul.2024
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Point'n Click adventure with photos: Holiday V1.07
Another update has been released for the Point'n Click adventure "Holiday" (video), which fixes various minor bugs:
- Discovered and fixed a bug with V1.05. If you completed a day after midnight, the day would roll over to the next day, and all mission objectives would not count towards any score. The day would then roll over again, so the next day would start 2 days later (e.g. Day 3). I added a variable for the actual day, as well as the game day, so the computer knowns what day the player is on.
- Sometimes the music would keep playing after the game was shut down. I made a fix for this in V1.05, but it only fixed a few rooms. The Launch Script how runs BastyPlayer again when you quit the program, therefore always stopping the music.
- Fixed being able to use items on the peninsula screens without being instantly taken back to Room 1.
- Added 10 more hidden click boxes to different places in the game, for example, Morgan's Bar, and some on the south beach.
- Fixed some spelling mistakes introduced with V1.05, such as Petro instead of Pedro. And 'The Day the Temperature'.
- Changed Fight Check In Desk to Hotel Check In Desk.
- Updated the version in the title of the game to V1.07
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09.Jul.2024
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Free/Libre hardware: SMD2000 "Bushfire", an A2000 in Mini-DTX form factor
SMD2000 "Bushfire" is a version of the A2000 motherboard in mini-DTX format (170 mm × 203 mm). The computer has a modular design: In order to be able to work with different Agnus revisions, the Agnus and chip RAM are located on a separate daughterboard. The processor is also on a separate board. The ISA slots have been removed; instead of the video slot, SMD2000 has an RGB2HDMI connection for plugging in a Raspberry Pi connection as well as an internal video header so that S-video capacity can be added later.
In the meantime, the documents for the motherboard, a first CPU card and two different Agnus plug-in cards have been published on Github. The official announcement also holds out the prospect of a third Agnus card that will ensure (mechanical) compatibility with the developer's preferred case: a Silverstone ML09.
(cg)
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08.Jul.2024
Hans Arne J. (E-Mail)
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Interview with Rolf-Dieter Klein and Jim Sachs about "Ports of Call"
For their Norwegian website "Spillhistorie" Hans Arne J. ('Retrogamingpappa') and Joachim Froholt have conducted an interview with two fathers of the well-known Amiga game "Ports of Call", namely Rolf-Dieter Klein, one of the two developers alongside Martin Ulrich, and James D. Sachs, known as Jim, who worked alongside Richard E. La Barre as an illustrator.
Based on their answers, an article was created at the title link, which traces the development of this business simulation, which Aegis Interactive Software released in 1987 for the Amiga and only in 1990 for IBM PCs, whereby the Amiga version was graphically and tonally superior, in accordance with the then still rather limited multimedia capabilities of the IBM PCs. (snx)
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08.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to Aminet:
ign-AddOn-ODS.lha biz/spread 204K OS4 ignition addon for access ods...
ign-AddOn-XLSX.lha biz/spread 303K OS4 ignition addon for access xls...
ignition.lha biz/spread 5.0M OS4 a modern spreadsheet
ignition-src.lha biz/spread 1.2M Sourcecode ignition 1.30
HHH-GNV.adf demo/sound 880K 68k Borschtsch - Gabbanova (LQ)
lostpixeldemo.lha game/actio 413K 68k Lost Pixel 1st level Demo Game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 2.3.0 (...
ScummVM_RTG_060.lha game/misc 55M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 2.5.1 (...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmySequencer.lha mus/edit 635K 68k MIDI sequencer for the AMIGA ...
ToccataInit.lha mus/misc 15K 68k Initialize Toccata mixer from...
CreationOfMan.lha pix/anim 108M The creation of man - DPaint ...
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OS4Depot uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
fd2pragma.tar.gz dev/mis 118kb 4.0 Tool to create pragmas and inlin...
pasm.tar.gz dev/mis 85kb 4.0 PowerPC assembler
vdam68k.tar.gz.tar dev/uti 110kb 4.0 A 68k disassembler
vdappc.tar.gz.tar dev/uti 70kb 4.0 A PowerPC disassembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
pintorweb.lha gra/mis 7Mb 4.0 A simple and easy picture editor
ntpsync.lha net/mis 35kb 4.0 Synchronizing clocks in the Inte...
ign-addon-ods.lha off/spr 204kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access ods-files
ign-addon-xlsx.lha off/spr 303kb 4.1 Ignition addon for access xlsx-f...
ignition.lha off/spr 5Mb 4.1 A modern spreadsheet
ignition-src.lha off/spr 1Mb 4.0 A modern spreadsheet (source)
tinyulmui.lha uti/mis 55kb 4.0 MUI-based tinybld PIC uploader (...
airscan.lha uti/pri 1Mb 4.1 Native Amiga scanner utility
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AROS Archives uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
pintorweb.lha gra/con 7Mb A simple and easy picture editor
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 06.07.2024
The following files have been added until 06.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_32.71.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
ShowGeo_1.0.lha Graphics/3D A simple and unpolished...
PintorWeb_5.00.lha Graphics/Tools A little and easy web t...
Wayfarer_8.8.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
PolyOrga_1.26a.lha Office/Organizer PolyOrga is a general-p...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.07.2024
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 06.07.2024:
(snx)
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08.Jul.2024
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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:
- Stormlord Arok Full Length
- Hybris Interstellar
- The Funky Dragon
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