07.Jul.2024
Frank Röger (ANF)
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The Grid: A new Tron-clone for up to 10 players
Today, LogicalByte launched the game The Grid. This is a Tron clone with support for up to ten players simultaneously. The requirement for this number of players is an OctaPlayer adapter from Alinea Computer, which is currently still under development and is due to be released later this year. Until then, the game can currently be played against just one human opponent.
The gameplay of The Grid is based on the original game and therefore also on the classic film: players control so-called light cycles and fight for survival in intense arena duels while trying to lure their opponents into light traps.
The system requirements are a PAL Amiga with at least 1 MB Chip RAM and at least 2 joysticks.
According to the website, The Grid is undergoing further development. Open features to be implemented in the course of the year include player names, various grids, power-ups, speed options (currently only one speed is implemented) and memory optimisation (to support Amigas with only 512 KB Chip RAM).
The Grid can be downloaded free of charge from the title link. (nba)
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06.Jul.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 169
The English and German issue 169 (July/August 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes a special about power supplies for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200, reviews of hardware (eRGB2HDMI) and applications (Hollywood Designer 7.0) as well as reviews of several new and old games including Glubble, Rogue Declan, Kondi Krush and more. (nba)
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06.Jul.2024
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.8
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 8.8 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS which fixes a race condition in MediaSource player and video synchronization issues. (dr)
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06.Jul.2024
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Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.7.5 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (YouTube video).
This update to version 0.7.5 mainly contains UI upgrades: DPI awareness, save/restore window settings, a choice of fonts and UI zoom. (dr)
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06.Jul.2024
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Aracde classic: Beta version of Galaga500
Jean-Francois 'jotd' Fabre has started to realise another game for the Amiga: this time Namco's Aracade classic Galaga. He has now released a first beta version, which is already fully playable, but may still have minor bugs and not all features. A standard Amiga 500 is sufficient (YouTube video) (dr)
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05.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Scanner utility AirScan V1.40
Arild Aarbakk has released version 1.40 of its AirScan scanner software, which uses the eSCL protocol developed by the Mopria Alliance Technical Working Group. The client is able to scan (or print) without having to install drivers on the client device, as the firmware provided in the scanner is used. Communication is based on the Internet Printing Protocol, a printing service over a network.
SSL support has been added in the new version. Currently, the preview image is still displayed in colour, even if greyscale or black and white has been selected. The final scan is displayed in the selected colour mode. The archive can simply be extracted and copied to the location of your choice. In our test, a Canon G6000 was found without any problems and scanned a document as required, which can be saved as either a jpeg or pdf file.
(dr)
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05.Jul.2024
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Retro Supplies: Updates of hardware projects
Andrew 'LinuxJedi' Hutchings and his shop "Retro Supplies" visited the Kickstart 02 event in England last weekend and presented updates of his hardware projects:
He has developed a new version of the RGBtoHDMI board for the Amiga 500, which enables pixel-perfect HDMI output from the Amiga 500 using a Raspberry Pi Zero (not included).
Version 2 of his floppy emulator "GoFloppy" (amiga-news.de reported) is now available, which has an additional special adapter for Amiga computers. This adapter makes it possible to place the GoFloppy on the Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200, and a flex cable supplies the data and power through the ventilation opening of the Amiga. In addition, a switch on the GoFloppy allows you to switch between the internal drive and the GoFloppy as the primary drive in the Amiga (the internal drive is disabled when the GoFloppy is the primary drive).
Finally, he offers various scented candles to "enhance the player's experience of Amiga games." (dr)
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05.Jul.2024
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Video: Review of A600GS
In a detailed video, the YouTube channel "Toohey's Tech & Gaming" presents the announced A600GS computer (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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04.Jul.2024
Paulee Alex Bow (E-Mail)
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Synth-Pop mit Amiga-Beteiligung: "Bleakwave" von Vogue Renege
Amiga musician Paulee Alex Bow has released an EP called "Bleakwave" under the artist name 'Vogue Renege'. The songs can be purchased on Bandcamp, a CD version can be ordered from the author by e-mail.
As Bow tells us, a whole series of Amiga computers (A500+, A1200 and A3000) were used for the production. Trackers are responsible for a large part of the rhythm work, but Amiga-based software synthesizers, real-time effects programs and MIDI software are also used on each track, which together produce a "very special sound" according to the artist.
(cg)
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04.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: ignition OpenDocument addon V0.40, Excel addon V0.12
With the release of the spreadsheet ignition 1.30 (amiga-news.de reported) Achim Pankalla has also updated two addons:
The ods-addon enables tables to be loaded and saved in OpenDocument format, which is used in LibreOffice/OpenOffice Calc, among others. In this version 0.40, a bug has been fixed and new functions of the current ignition version have been implemented.
The xlsx add-on for importing MS Excel files is now available in version 0.12, which also supports new functions of the recently released ignition version. (dr)
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04.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Spreadsheet ignition 1.30
Achim Pankalla has released version 1.30 of his spreadsheet ignition which at least requires AmigaOS 4.1 update 6. Changes:
- Some GUI-errors are corrected.
- The printing prozess can now be stopped.
- Some Guru-failures are eliminated
- The number of copies field in the printer dialog now works.
- The zoom factor in printer dialog accepts now manual set values.
- A new function for replacing text in a string was added.
- New functions for number conversions.
- Error in "select" function was fixed.
- An error in the 3D column diagram was fixed.
(dr)
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03.Jul.2024
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Event: Awards for unpublished productions at Passione Amiga Day 2024
This year's Passione Amiga Day will take place on September 15th (amiga-news.de reported). Participants will also be able to vote for the Passione Amiga Award for previously unreleased Amiga productions (including NG systems).
The following categories are included: games (at least one fully playable level), applications and demoscene productions (demo, intro, music disk, slideshow, disk magazine or compilation). Entries can be submitted until September 10th, limited to one per person. (snx)
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02.Jul.2024
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Adventure interpreter: ScummVM 2.3.0.04 / 2.5.1.04 for Amigas with 68060 CPU
The developer 'NovaCoder' has been porting the adventure interpreter ScummVM to AmigaOS 3 for a long time: the current conversions are available for RTG-Amigas and AGA-Amigas with 68060 processor. The RTG-version 2.5.1.04 is based on ScummVM 2.5.1, the AGA-versio 2.3.0.04 is based on ScummVM 2.3.0. Using ScummVM, games from LucasArts, Revolution, Sierra On-Line, Westwood Studios and other manufacturers can be run, even those that were never originally released for the Amiga. (nba)
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02.Jul.2024
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- News for May/June 2024
- Old articles from Génération 4 16 to 18:
- News: Psygnosis prepares the successes of 1990
- Review of Kick Off: Extra Time
- Review of The Seven Gates Of Jambala
- Review of The Untouchables
- File: Cyberpunk
- Review of Hard Drivin'
- Review of Toobin'
- Review of Wayne Gretzky Hockey
- File: The Cinématique system
- Review of Twinworld: Land Of Vision
- Review of Chicago 90
- Review of Oxxonian
- Interview with Carlo Spadoni (author of AROS One)
- Interview with Fumito Ueda (game developer)
- Interview with Thomas Hertzler (developer at Rainbow Arts)
- Review of wipEout
- Review of AmiTranslate 0.3
- Comparison: raylib versus SDL
- The best of Byte from February to June 1987
- File: Technical information on the Backslide To Arcanum demo
- File: Hardware compatibility with AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Linux on Amiga NG
- DIY: Restoring an Amiga 1200
- Point of view: Debugging over the years
- Programming: Creating a demo - chapter 3, part 1, sprites
- Special quiz about football games on the Amiga
(nba)
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02.Jul.2024
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Puzzle game: Ami Robbo 2 V0.1
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch's latest project will be a contribution to AmiGameJam 2024: Ami Robbo 2 is the successor to Amirobbo by Polish game developers Bernard Krzymowski and Artur 'Szafir' Szafrański, which was released in 1992. With his permission and assistance, new graphics and levels were created for the second part. Robbo is a universal combat robot that has got into trouble and needs to be rescued from abandoned military bases with the player's help.
The gameplay is based on the classic Sokoban but there are many other elements and a top-down view that Tukatsch invented. There will be a lot of graphics from different artists, and the animations themselves will be different and more rich. The early version 0.1 that has now been released implements basic control of the robot and interaction with objects. (dr)
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02.Jul.2024
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m68k assembly: "Amiga Assembly" plugin v1.8.10 for Visual Studio Code
"Amiga Assembly" is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to support assembly language for the Amiga Motorola 68000 machines and emulators. The stable version 1.8.10 fixes a strange behaviour during debugging and restores the vasm output, which was suppressed since version 1.8.4. On GitHub, a detailed documentation is available. (dr)
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01.Jul.2024
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Emulator with live monitoring: Coppenheimer V0.2
Alexander 'Losso' Grupe, member of the demo group AttentionWhore, has developed an alternative user interface for the browser-based emulator vAmigaWeb with Coppenheimer, which can monitor memory utilisation in real time (YouTube video).
n addition to the functions provided by vAmigaWeb such as ROM selection, starting disc images or executable files, managing emulator snapshots, some DMA monitoring and a debugger shell, Coppenheimer can also be used to find bitmaps in memory. The application is designed for classic Amigas with OCS, 68000 processor and 512+512 KB memory configuration:
The following features have now been added in the updated version 0.2:
- Real-time diagrams for DMA utilisation and memory accesses
- emulator vAmigaWeb updated
- better eye-catching play/pause button
The initial version was tested by the developer 'dj h0ffman' in a Twitch session. (dr)
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30.Jun.2024
Hyperion (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Update for Heretic II
Earlier this year the third person shooter Heretic II has been released for AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported). Now Steffen Häuser has published an update containing smaller improvements with regard to CD audio output as well as bugfixes.
Details can be found in the official press release by Hyperion at the title link. (snx)
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30.Jun.2024
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Game: Gorky 17 for AmigaOS 3.x (68k) released
Press release: We are pleased to announce that we have been appointed by Hyperion Entertainment as distributor of another game, Gorky 17 for AmigaOS 3.x (68k).
Gorky 17 is a horror conspiracy game that combines strategy and RPG elements. The game has a strategic combat system similar to the famous Amiga RPG Ambermoon - or the more recent "Baldur's Gate 3" - and also uses point-and-click adventure elements. The story is also driven forward by voice samples and atmospheric music.
Compared to the AmigaOS 4 version, the videos have a higher resolution and more localizations have been added. The localizations are of course also available for the AmigaOS 4 version. The game has been localized in English, German, French (French only with subtitles), Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish and Hungarian (via download).
System requirements:
- PiStorm (Pi3/Pi4/PiCm4) or Vampire V4 or UAE
- At least 180 MB RAM on loaded Workbench
- Requires either CybergraphX or Picasso 96 installed and Chunky 640x480 16-bit mode; AGA is not supported
- AHI required
- Requires approximately 1 GB of free hard disk or SD card space
Features:
- A gripping story with great characters
- Deep sci-fi horror atmosphere in an abandoned Polish town
- Original monster design and a great mix of turn-based combat and adventure elements
The game will be delivered in a bundle with the AmigaOS 4 version. The retail price is 34.95 Euro. The pure AmigaOS 4 version now costs only 29.95 Euro. The game is supplied in the form of the AmigaOS 4 version (DVD case with printed manual) and a USB stick with the installer for the 68k version. (snx)
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30.Jun.2024
ANF
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Print magazine: Retro Gamer with 4000 subscribers (German)
The German print and PDF magazine Retro Gamer, which also contains articles on Amiga topics (amiga-news.de reported), should actually have been discontinued by its original publisher at the end of last year, but has since been published by Jörg Langer himself.
Now it is reported that there are 4000 subscribers meanwhile and that the issue 2/24 has been sold around 8800 times (excluding the ePaper version) by subscription, via the online store and in retail outlets. The print run was said to be at 15000. (snx)
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30.Jun.2024
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Manual: Pandory500 on the THEA500 Mini (German)
As reported, the alternative firmware "Pandory500" for the THEA500 Mini enables usage of emulators of other systems.
At the title link 'Mingo' has published a German manual with several screenshots how to achieve this. (snx)
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30.Jun.2024
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for June 2024
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 in his "Old School Game Blog" at the title link. (snx)
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30.Jun.2024
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Shoot 'em Up: Early demo version of "NEON world" (v0.4)
After Frank Neumann had not programmed anything for the Amiga with assembler for 30 years, he wants to get back into it with the shoot 'em up "NEON world" (amiga-news.de reported). With this further early demo version, the size of the level has increased to a massive 60 screens. There is also another power-up to collect and, for the first time, a WHDLoad package to download.
Direct downloads:
NeonWorld.adf.zip (105 KB)
NeonWorld.whdload.lha (111 KB) (dr)
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30.Jun.2024
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Aminet uploads until 29.06.2024
The following files have been added until 29.06.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 103K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
HHH-GHA.adf demo/sound 880K 68k Borschtsch - Get High!
HHH-MWT_LQ.adz demo/sound 790K 68k Borschtsch - Maerchenwald Terror
no_sine_circle.lha dev/amos 1K circle with no sines
evo.lha dev/e 689K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
anaiis.lha driver/oth 242K 68k ANAIIS USB Stack Release 1.24
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 269K 68k ANAIIS USB Boot disk Release ...
anaiis_massive.lha driver/oth 46K 68k Massive release 1.24
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.7M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
taput.lha misc/emu 38K MOS TAPe UTility
Aftershave.zip mods/crash 102K Heavy drums/bells/harpsichord...
ptplayer.lha mus/play 35K 68k ProTracker player w/ support ...
ADiffView.lha util/misc 141K 68k Graphical ASCII file compare/...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 221K AOS App for chatting to ChatGPT
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 22M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
BaseConv.lha util/wb 65K 68k Convert numbers between bin/o...
powerreboot.lha util/wb 175K OS4 Reboot and shutdown utility f...
(snx)
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30.Jun.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 29.06.2024
The following files have been added until 29.06.2024 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
snes9xgui_contrib.lha emu/mis 236kb 4.1 alternative/contribution
1222-wp.zip gra/mis 18Mb 4.0 Set of 10 wallpapers for A1222
amigagpt.lha net/cha 221kb 4.0 App for chatting to ChatGPT
gfxbench2d.lha uti/ben 4Mb 4.0 A 2D graphics benchmark tool
(snx)
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30.Jun.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.06.2024
The following files have been added until 29.06.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
SmartClipboard_1.4.lha Ambient/Screenbar Define actions to act o...
AmiArcadia_32.70.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Easy2Install_1.0b54.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
ADiffView_2.6.lha Text/Compare A graphical file compar...
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30.Jun.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 29.06.2024
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 29.06.2024:
(snx)
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30.Jun.2024
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Survival game: Zombie Survivor V1.26
Sami Vehmaa continues to work on his current project "Zombie Survival", a game for Amigas with a graphics card in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead (YouTube video). The current version 1.26 offers the following changes:
- There is a new tiled map system and with it comes a editor. Game supports two maps: one is user created map, you can edit in game. Editor can only put objects on the tiled ground, tiled ground can't be changed. Object can be placed with only one restriction not overlap other objects
- More objects has been added, old road was removed
- Some gfx changed to the better, put some lipstick on it ;)
- menu code is upgraded
- some nasty and some gfx bugs was found and fixed !
- game has been adapted to work as best it can on all resolutions
- Some audio overhaul and added in game music
(dr)
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30.Jun.2024
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Puzzle game: Shift
Shift is a puzzle game that has been published by Antony Lavelle for various platforms such as iOS and will soon also be available for Windows PC. The special feature: the player is in a room that is half black, half white and has the ability to "shift" - turning the game environment and levels around, turning floors into ceilings and obstacles into paths while trying to find the way to the next room.
After the version for Atari, Haplo has now released the Amiga version, which offers improved graphics, new animations and 8 new levels (44 levels plus a secret level). The game runs on OCS Amigas. (dr)
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29.Jun.2024
GitHub
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Amiga emulator for MacOS: vAmiga V2.6.2 (update)
Starting with version 2.6.1, developer Dirk Hoffmann wants to make changes to the internal architecture of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. The long-term goal is to port the new emulator architecture from VirtualC64 V5.0 to vAmiga in order to enable features such as Run-Ahead (background article). As the architectural changes are considerable, several intermediate versions will be part of this project.
The minimum system requirement for his emulator is macOS 11.0.
Update: (02.07.2024, 05:40, dr)
Version 2.6.2, which was released yesterday, fixes crashes in the configuration panel and restores the functionality of the RetroShell command "amiga defaults". (dr)
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29.Jun.2024
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Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.7.4 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (YouTube video).
This Update to version 0.7.4 introduces the correct support of labels. In addition, the latest beta version of the developer tool vasm has been integrated, which adds two new options:
- dbg-local adds local labels with their original name (like 1$ or .abc) to HUNK_SYMBOL.
- dbg-globloc adds local labels by trying to construct a name out of their preceding global label and the original local label name: global$local (Examples: main$1$, main$.abc).
This means that executables built with these options will automatically have correct names for local label symbols applied by the ira disassembler. (dr)
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28.Jun.2024
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Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.8.0
E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more (amiga-news.de reported).
Darren 'dmcoles' Coles has now released version 3.8.0. Changes:
- Added variable names + types and procedure line numbers to EVAR debug info
- Made multi-dimensional arrays memory layout more logical (first dimension is most significant)
- Fix global variable structure generated for library definitions
- Added object definitions to debug info
- Update EDBG to parse new EVAR structures
- Add SRCLINE define (current line number)
- Add SRCPROC define (current proc name)
- Added EVO_3_8_0 define
- Added support for ARRAY OF PTR TO ... in objects
- Fixed issue where two variables declared with the same initial value did not get set correctly.
Direct download: evo.lha (689 KB) (dr)
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28.Jun.2024
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Video tutorials: Hexadecimal colour values in AMOS
A fortnight ago, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' showed in the first part of his tutorial series about AMOS Pro how to determine the hexadecimal colour codes for your own program and the colour codes of all bobs or sprites using a utility he created. In the second part, which has now been published, feedback from users has been incorporated and his utility programme has been further improved. (dr)
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28.Jun.2024
GitHub
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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.5 for Windows, Mac and Linux
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Amiga. Version 0.6.5 introduces, among other things, the TIunA sound driver inspired by TIAtune, which uses rapid frequency switching to achieve pitches which otherwise are impossible, therefore facilitating music composition (YouTube video).
The songs can be exported as audio files (.wav), VGM files and ZSM files (for Commander X16). An manual is available. (dr)
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27.Jun.2024
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Preview video: Scorpion Engine port of "Street Fighter 1"
In what is probably the last preview video, Mohammed Malik shows the current status of his new conversion of the well-known beat'm up "Street Fighter 1" for the Amiga, created with the help of the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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27.Jun.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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Video: Git Desktop tutorials
Rafał Zabdyr has started to publish some short video tutorials for Git Desktop, his graphical user interface for the version control system Git (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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Sokoban conversion: Cat Hunts Rats
After Skinny Marley, Rodrigo Vertulo has published a second Sokoban variant, this time based on childhood memories: when he was a boy, his kitten brought him "presents" in the form of mice or birds. In his realisation of the game, logical and spatial thinking is required. (dr)
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26.Jun.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.5.1 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 1.5.1:
- Send button no longer appears after image creation
- Create image button stays disabled after image creation. Select new image to create a new one
- Updated to latest json-c
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB) (dr)
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26.Jun.2024
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Memory consumption: Consumer 1.0b
To find out how much memory his game prototype Dizzy 1 consumes, 'lifeschool' wrote the "Consumer" tool. Among other things, this is intended to enable developers to estimate the system requirements for newly written software. The results are saved on the screen and also in a text file on S:. The new version fixes two bugs. Kickstart 3.0+ is required. (dr)
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26.Jun.2024
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Event: 4th Passione Amiga Day in Spoleto (Italy)
On September 15, for the 4th time, the Passione Amiga Day will take place in Spoleto, Italy, organized by the magazine of the same name. Admission is free, but donations are requested. (snx)
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26.Jun.2024
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MorphOS: Sunny adjusts the color temperature to the time of day
The MorphOS program "Sunny" adjusts the color temperature of the Ambient screen to the time of day to rest the eyes. Although it is currently still alpha version 0.3, the author, Alfonso 'alfie' Ranieri, considers the range of functions to be complete already.
Download: sunny.lha (99 KB) (snx)
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26.Jun.2024
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Video: Tour through Trevor Dickinson's Amiga collection
At the title link, Robert Bernardo has filmed a tour through Trevor Dickinson's Amiga collection. The video is almost one hour long. (snx)
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26.Jun.2024
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 169 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 169 (July/August 2024) have been published online at the title link. Content includes several reviews - e.g. of Hollywood Designer 7.0 - and a special about power supplies for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers. (snx)
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26.Jun.2024
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a third demo has been released for the game which still is in development (YouTube video).
There's now sounds for robot movement and actions, monsters, weapon and item effects and some ambient background noises, too. Additionally the weapon effects have been improved - both in animations and the timing of hits. It's easier to see what's going on, especially with area effects.
The game requires 1MB RAM, recommended is an Amiga 1200 with HD and Fast RAM. (dr)
[News message: 26. Jun. 2024, 06:29] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jun.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 159 (English/Italian)
The free PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available not only in the original Italian edition but also in an English translation (cover on the right-hand page). The new issue 159 contains many comparing reviews of old and new games for retro systems as well as reviews of two Amiga-games, "Moonwalker" and "Tank X". (nba)
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25.Jun.2024
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WHDLoad: Manage archives with WHDLoad-Download-Tool v1.4
With WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros from cracker groups that were only intended for disc usage can be installed on the hard disk. The WHDLoad packages basically only contain the installer function, but not the games themselves. The WHDLoad-Download-Tool, which has just been released in version 1.4, can be used to download and conveniently manage complete packages.
The tool uses the DAT files from the retroplay source for the database in order to always show the current inventory. Customised lists can be created and shared from this inventory. Unnecessary data can be deleted, and missing data can be added using the administration functions. The tool also offers over 50 filters including the full range of supported languages, HTTP and FTP support and many other functions.
The WHDLoad-Download-Tool is offered free of charge including the source code on GitHub under the title link. (nba)
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25.Jun.2024
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Cloanto: Amiga Forever 10 updates R2 and R3
Over the past few months, updates have been released for Cloanto's official emulation and support suites "Amiga Forever" and "C64 Forever", which we would like to report on due to some rather promising new features. The current, free update 10 "R3" can be obtained from the Help/About dialogue in Amiga Forever or C64 Forever, alternatively the complete packages and ISO image are available for download from the Help sub-item "My Downloads and Keys".
A mechanism for exporting/importing the configuration for backup purposes and for transferring between computers has now been implemented (Tools menu). In addition to migration to the same version, this function also supports export to higher software versions, which forms the basis for future major upgrades on different computers.
Over the years, the advent of a wide variety high-DPI displays made it impractical to rely on a fixed list of buttons to resize the emulation window (1X, 2X, 3X, 4X, etc.),. In the R2 build, a new resize feature was introduced, using the familiar click-and-drag mechanism, and offering a choice between the faster and higher-quality integer scaling, and a "fine resize" via Alt+drag. The R3 update further improves on this, adding status bar messages and dynamic previews of the possible integer-scaled window sizes.
Other notable changes include better recognition of the emulation window by screen capture and recording tools (OBS, Streamlabs, Twitch streaming, etc.), support for additional game controllers and an improved Internet modem, now with Telnet options.
This release also includes many other minor optimisations, improvements and bug fixes as well as support for some of the latest system features introduced with Windows 11 24H2. The changelog in Help/About contains further details. (nba)
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25.Jun.2024
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Amiga Kit: Updates and videos for the A600GS games console
Pre-orders for the A600GS computer are currently being dispatched. It has already been available to purchase at individual events such as the RetCon Retro Gaming Festival. The first updates for registered AmiSphere users have now been released before the official sales launch:
- Add display of hard disk file details to HDFGame class.
- Extended HardDisk class to display the filename when a drive is a drawer or hard disk file.
- Improve layout and fone size of hard disk details rows.
- Add an implement the Replace Hard Disk button in the HDFGame edit menu.
- Reorder Add File Chooser filters to put HDF second.
- Add startup sound service
- Update click sound
- Add display of CD32 disk image and replace Disk Image functionality.
- Fix issue where setting up cutomise memory widgets would trigger the game edited state and enable the USE SAVE buttons
- Add Turbo CD to CD32
- Add custom memory options to all classes that need them.
- Add HDFGame class.
- Add HDF Filter to Add Game File Chooser.
- AmiBerry: Adapt WHDBoot code in Amiberry and in AMOS GamebootLoader to use JST
- SystemV46: Add text.datatype and ascii.datatype
Two recently published YouTube videos also show the HDF import and how to save the state of a game. (dr)
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24.Jun.2024
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v3.3.0
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 3.3.0 among others offers testcases and base index addressing:
- Added testcases creation, you can create testcases with an initial configuration and expected output
- Added base index addressing mode
(dr)
[News message: 24. Jun. 2024, 20:29] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jun.2024
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Video: Building a disc cleaning station, part 1
Developer Rob Smith has a special idea for the Kickstart event taking place next weekend: he wants to develop a station for cleaning floppy discs. Some floppy discs cannot be read because the magnetic material has become detached from the disc or a layer of mould has formed.
The first part, compressed into 20 minutes, actually contains several hours of construction work. (dr)
[News message: 24. Jun. 2024, 20:26] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jun.2024
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Text adventure: "Adventure 2" v1.12
After "Adventure 1" (amiga-news.de reported), 'grindercowboy' has also updated his second text adventure (amiga-news.de reported): visible exits have been added to the room descriptions. Bugs had already been fixed and more verbs added in previous updates. (dr)
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23.Jun.2024
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Aminet uploads until 22.06.2024
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to Aminet:
MicroExcel_2.1.lha biz/spread 2.0M MOS A Spreadsheed Editor
amigassh.lha comm/net 103K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
3DPoles.lha dev/amos 149K 3D Poles
frankie_and_johnny.lha dev/amos 4K frankie and johnny
interacting_points.lha dev/amos 2K points with interaction
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 5.7M 68k Game Creator with AGA support
GIStoppaAros.zip game/board 495K x86 Stoppa card game
SlotGameAros.zip game/board 412K x86 Slot Game
DonkeyKong_Net_AROSx8... game/wb 3.8M x86 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_MOS.lha game/wb 3.9M MOS LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_OS3.lha game/wb 3.5M 68k LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_OS4.lha game/wb 4.2M OS4 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_Net_WOS.lha game/wb 3.9M WOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_Net_AROSx86.lha game/wb 2.9M x86 LCD game conversion
Runaway_Net_MOS.lha game/wb 3.0M MOS LCD game conversion
Runaway_Net_OS3.lha game/wb 2.6M 68k LCD game conversion
Runaway_Net_OS4.lha game/wb 3.3M OS4 LCD game conversion
Runaway_Net_WOS.lha game/wb 3.0M WOS LCD game conversion
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.7M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
Image2PDF.lha util/conv 21M ALL convert images to PDF and more
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 669K 68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 774K MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 843K OS4 Multipurpose utility
isomount.lha util/rexx 37K Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hdf,iso
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.06.2024
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
snes9x_gui_contrib.lha emu/mis 236kb 4.1 alternative/contribu
donkeykong.lha gam/mis 4Mb 4.0 LCD game conversion
runaway.lha gam/mis 3Mb 4.0 LCD game conversion
reportplus.lha uti/mis 843kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
image2pdf.lha uti/tex 21Mb 4.1 Convert JP(E)Gs and PNGs to PDF
powerreboot.lha uti/wor 175kb 4.1 Reboot and shutdown utility for ...
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.06.2024
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to AROS Archives:
donkeykong_net_arosx86.lha gam/boa 4Mb LCD game conversion
runaway_net_arosx86.lha gam/boa 3Mb LCD game conversion
slotgamearos.i386-aros.zip gam/boa 412kb Slot Game
gistoppa.i386-aros.zip gam/car 495kb La Stoppa is an Italian card gam...
gocr.i386-aros.zip gra/con 359kb optical character recognition pr...
scenic_backdrops.zip gra/the 4Mb Scenic and Cateyes Backdrops wit...
spacearosbackdrops.zip gra/the 9Mb Space Backdrops with Aros Emblem
image2pdf.lha off/dtp 21Mb convert images file to PDF
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.06.2024
The following files have been added until 22.06.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_32.60.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Runaway_1.31.lha Games/Misc LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_1.83.lha Games/Misc LCD game conversion
Image2PDF_2.7.lha Graphics/Convert Convert JP(E)Gs and PNG...
ReportPlus_8.50.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
MicroExcel_2.1.lha Office/Spreadsheet A Spreadsheed Editor
L.M.Calendar-and-Clock... System/Utilities A little tool with the ...
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23.Jun.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.06.2024
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 22.06.2024:
- 2024-06-17 improved: Tubular Worlds (Dongleware) added customs options in splash window (Info)
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22.Jun.2024
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Text adventure: "Adventure 1" v0.9
At the beginning of January, 'grindercowboy' published his text adventure "Adventure 1" as a feasibility study (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has made a finished version of this game available, which is based on a short story he wrote about 30 years ago: as a private detective you have to return a stolen painting.
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[News message: 22. Jun. 2024, 21:50] [Comments: 0]
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22.Jun.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.17.1
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 1.17.1 of the Greaseweazle Tools provide the following changes:
- TD0: Fix import of mixed FM/MFM disks
- diskdef: Remove "step=" option
- diskdef: Update BBC and MM/1 formats
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22.Jun.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy V5.0.5 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.5 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.17
- New disc formats: apple2.appledos.140, apple2.prodos.140
- New image formats: DO, PO
- Small bugfixes
(dr)
[News message: 22. Jun. 2024, 07:09] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jun.2024
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Video: Modernising a standard A1200
In two videos, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how he modernise a standard A1200 to some degree. In the first video, the following is installed:
- A1200.net case
- A1200.net keycaps
- OS 3.2 ROMs
- Internal CF card with OS 3.2 on it
- Real time clock module
- 8Mb RAM expansion
In the second video the Amiga 1200 is equipped with a GoDrive floppy emulator (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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21.Jun.2024
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Event: Commodore Pacific Expo Nordwest (June 22-23)
This weekend, the fifth Commodore Pacific Expo Northwest will take place in Seattle, located in the US state of Washington. The organisers have now published the presentation and guest list: Robert Bernardo will be showing his A1222 Plus and reporting on his first experiences. (dr)
[News message: 21. Jun. 2024, 07:25] [Comments: 0]
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21.Jun.2024
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.30.4 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published a first release candidate of version 2.30.4 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:
- Implement SuspendScreenSaver
- Optimize SDL_RenderCopy(Ex) by batching
- Fix some testautomation issues
Download: SDL2.lha (7,0 MB) (dr)
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20.Jun.2024
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 5.7.3 and 6.3.3 (preview)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which brings some newly developed features like a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. For example it is used in the Workbench distribution AmiKit for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
New versions have now been released: version 5.7.3 is recommended for ARM devices (like the Raspberry Pi) and version 6.3.3 (preview) for x86 and generally faster boards (ARM included). Both versions offer new features like resolution autoswitch option, bug fixes and improvements. (dr)
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20.Jun.2024
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Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.7 for Windows, Linux and macOS
"Aira Force" is a tool for reverse engineering Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It allows binaries to be disassembled and investigated (new YouTube video).
The new version offers improved Live Analyser, jump table support and reduced iteration time. Besides, many bugs have been fixed in the analyser. A detailed list of all changes and the features is given in the devlog to the new version. (dr)
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19.Jun.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Utility PowerReboot V0.9
Francis G. Loch's PowerReboot is the evolution of OS4Reboot and, including version 0.8 released a few days ago, the first update in about 20 years. As the author tells us, his tool can now not only reboot AmigaOS 4, but can also switch off the computer if the hardware supports it, which is why he decided to rename it.
With regard to the history of development, he remembers: "The very first version of the program (imaginatively titled 'Reboot') was actually written on an Amiga 1200 because I wanted a program that would sit on the Workbench that I could use to reboot the system via a requester. Version 1.x was written in BlitzBasic and version 2.x was rewritten in C as I wanted to learn how to program in C.
When I got a MicroA1 I also wanted to program for AmigaOS 4. Reboot being a simple program, I thought it would be a good one to start with, so OS4Reboot was born. OS4Reboot went through a number of iterations adding features like making it a commodity amongst other things."
After a longer break and the sale of the hardware, he now owns an AmigaOne A1222 Plus and wants to get back into programming for AmigaOS 4. He discarded his first idea of reviving OS4Reboot when he realised that the functionality was already available in the last version of the operating system. However, feedback from users on the Amigans.net forum encouraged him to continue, as some people preferred the way OS4Reboot worked: for example, it is possible to drop the icon in the X-Dock and run the program from there instead of using the pull-down menu.
He has summarised for us the differences/advantages of PowerReboot compared to the built-in option in AmigaOS 4.1:
- Ability to use it from an icon on the Workbench or dock.
- Has the ability to add a user-selectable delay prior to rebooting via the icon ToolTypes.
- PowerReboot doesn't (currently) inhibit and flush the filesystems before rebooting/shutting down, but this also means that the reboot/shutdown is immediate which might be preferred by some.
- The latest developmental version 0.9, released today, has the ability to hide the softboot option which is a benefit to some as some graphics cards appear to have issues with this.
PowerReboot (and its predecessor OS4Reboot) was originally designed to run in the background and be available via the Tools menu of the Workbench: on first execution it is simply loaded into memory, on subsequent executions the requester is called unless it has been configured to bypass the requester and only perform a restart or shutdown. The current development version 0.9 now changes the behaviour and sets the default NONRESIDENT option in the Icon-ToolTypes, which means that PowerReboot does not remain in memory. This also means that it can display the requester on first startup.
PowerReboot 0.9 also includes locale support, and has been translated to a number of languages including German.
Thank you very much for the information, Francis! Have fun with the further development! (dr)
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19.Jun.2024
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Worth a read: Interview with Gary Carlston (Brøderbund)
The Norwegian video game culture magazine spillhistorie.no has published an interesting interview with Gary Carlston, co-founder of the popular game studio Brøderbund. The US company with its Nordic-sounding name has produced classics and bestsellers such as Prince of Persia, Wings of Fury, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, Myst and Shufflepuck Cafe. In the interview, Gary Carlston, who founded the company together with his brother Doug Carlston, talks about the company, his role, the Brøderbund milestones – and Bayern Munich. (nba)
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19.Jun.2024
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Petro Tyschtschenko: Brand representative for "Grundig" bicycles
Like other traditional German brands, also "Grundig" is now used by other companies. For e-bikes, for example. Former Commodore Germany manager and Amiga Technologies managing director Petro Tyschtschenko is now promoting the latter as a brand representative.
The "Grundig" e-bikes are distributed by Teknihall Service GmbH, which is the renamed Power Trading GmbH of Petro Tyschtschenko, whose managing director for the past three years has been Wenhui Chen. The "Grundig" brand rights for e-bikes are held by Modern Creation Luxembourg S.a.r.l. (MCL), whose managing director is Dennis Chen, who grants licenses under "Grundig Automotive". If the two persons are identical or related we do not know. Teknihall belongs to the Chinese Pangoo Group.
Accordingly, MCL is named as the parent company of Grundig E-Bike. According to its own information, the latter took over Grundig Automotive in 2008 from Philips and the Turkish company Beko, which had bought up the Grundig brand after the original company went bankrupt. Last year, Grundig Automotive finally reacquired the brand license previously granted to an Austrian company and launched the GCB-1 e-bike on the market itself. (snx)
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19.Jun.2024
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Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.4 for Windows, Mac and Linux
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Amiga. Version 0.6.4, among others, provides important updates for those using macOS and those without video cards.
The songs can be exported as audio files (.wav), VGM files and ZSM files (for Commander X16). An manual is available. (dr)
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18.Jun.2024
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SCSI emulation: BlueSCSI-Toolbox V1.2c
The BlueSCSI Toolbox combines two utilities for managing a BlueSCSI V2 or ZuluSCSI in a Commodore Amiga: the CD changer makes it possible to switch between CD ISO images on the SD card during operation. The SD transfer tool can be used to transfer files from the SD card to the Amiga.
In the updated version 1.2c some utility.library functions of AmigaOS 3.2 have been removed, so that older OS versions are now supported.
Download: BlueSCSI-toolbox-Amiga_v1.2c.zip (36 Kb) (dr)
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18.Jun.2024
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Sokoban conversion: Skinny Marley
Rodrigo Vertulo's "Skinny Marley" (YouTube video) is a hommage to his dog Marley, who passed away in 2021 due to a medical error. One of the things she liked to do before sleeping was to hunt objects around the house, especially those with his scent, to bring them to her little doghouse.
As the author writes, the game is based on Sokoban, but with "entirely new levels and a very interesting dynamics.". It is available for the symbolic price of one dollar. (dr)
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18.Jun.2024
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Arcade Attack: Interview with Stoo Cambridge (Sensible Software)
Stoo Cambridge is one of the creative minds behind the highly influential British game studio Sensible Software, which has set milestones with games such as Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder. The Arcade Attack Podcast first interviewed the graphic artist and designer in 2019 and has now republished the interview with video footage of Cannon Fodder on YouTube – and even after five years, the humorous interview with Stoo Cambridge is still highly interesting and entertaining: Cambridge shares exciting anecdotes and background information about the development of Sensible Software's classic games and offers insights into his career and the design of iconic games such as Sensible Golf. (nba)
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18.Jun.2024
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Multi-purpose tool: Report+ V8.5
Report+ is a ReAction-based open-source software for Amiga systems that offers several useful functions:
- It is a friendly enhanced replacement for the official Commodore bug reporting tool (V40.2), optionally sending emails automatically.
- It can generate/edit Aminet-style and OS4Depot-style readmes.
- It can view/edit A3000/A4000-type battery-backed memory.
- It can view/edit IFF/RIFF files and their component chunks.
- It can access the official manufacturer and product ID registries.
- It can perform batch processing on icons.
- It can convert between various ASCII formats.
- It can show directory byte usage for any path, optionally also changing protection bits and/or deleting specified files.
- It can compare two paths, showing added, missing and changed files.
Report+ has been continuously updated and expanded by the developer Amigan Software for years. The new version 8.5, released on 16 June 2024, once again includes various improvements and bug fixes. The tool runs on AmigaOS 3.2/3.9 (the latter with BoingBag2) with 2 MB of free RAM, on AmigaOS 4 and on MorphOS (with ReAction). The archives include the source code of the software.
The download is available from the Aminet (AmigaOS-3.x-version, MorphOS-version, AmigaOS-4-version) or from the developer's website under the title link. (nba)
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17.Jun.2024
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Image and PDF converter: Image2PDF 2.7 for all Amiga systems
Bernd Assenmacher's Image2PDF is a tool for converting images to PDF and vice versa. Images can also be scaled or saved in a different format (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 2.7:
- some small cosmetical fixes were done
- improved tooltips
- expanded scaling range of function "scale image(s) to" (now 10-6000)
- added an "abort" function to have the possibility to abort processes
when having many images in the loop. This does not work with "Convert
PDF to" function.
(dr)
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17.Jun.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.39
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 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 0.9.39:
- Copper background can now be used for ECS projects. It has some restrictions
but it can be used from now on.
- Added example project Merc showing the use of the ECS parallax.
- Smooth scrolling transition from game to dialog.
- When editing or reloading a tileset, you can now keep the previous tileset
size.
- In level properties screen, setting music to -2 just leaves music as it was.
- Change in camera code.
- From a menu, press DEL key to get back to Main menu.
- Level .iff files code updated, to be used in future updates.
- Added safety code to make sure previous deleted objects in editor are not
instantiated.
- When building final games, the size of HUD and Sprite back/foregrounds are
now the minimum size. It also fixes issues when using compression.
- Increased compatibility with older projects.
- Improvements in AGA parallax to avoid trembling.
- Some bitmap copy function are now done with CPU to avoid issues with blitter.
- Number of blitz objects reduced for A500 build.
- Improvements on the flow when loading a game.
- Fix when saving levels, sometimes they got erased.
- Fix in mutate when changing from level to level.
- Fix for HUD screen, image background name was hidden.
(dr)
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16.Jun.2024
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Aminet uploads until 15.06.2024
The following files have been added until 15.06.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 100K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
BareMetal.lha docs/misc 189K Examples for Bare-Metal Amiga...
Voodoo.lha driver/vid 14K 68k Voodoo P96 driver
catchitadf.zip game/board 321K 68k CatchIt Game
CatchItAros.zip game/board 398K x86 CatchIt Game
giocodel15adf.zip game/board 304K 68k classic puzzle from about 50 ...
catchit.lha game/wb 233K 68k CatchIt Game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
0scaryman.zip mods/crash 96K Breakcore/Noisecore. 4 channe...
anewbetteryou.zip mods/crash 204K DJ Vadim-inspired 4 channel 8...
Clone_Death.zip mods/crash 65K Hypno-trance noise core. 4 ch...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 22M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
isomount.lha util/rexx 31K Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hdf
powerreboot.lha util/wb 172K OS4 Reboot and shutdown utility f...
(snx)
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16.Jun.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 15.06.2024
The following files have been added until 15.06.2024 to OS4Depot:
rxmuis.lha dev/mis 797kb 4.0 Definitive solution to create GU...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 8Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
snes9x.zip emu/gam 135Mb 4.1 Super Nintendo / Super Famicom e...
powerreboot.lha uti/wor 172kb 4.1 Reboot and shutdown utility for ...
(snx)
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16.Jun.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 15.06.2024
The following files have been added until 15.06.2024 to AROS Archives:
catchit.i386-aros.zip gam/act 398kb Run away and don't get caught
(snx)
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16.Jun.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 15.06.2024
The following files have been added until 15.06.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
L.M.Calendar&Clock_1.0... System/Utilities A little tool with the ...
(snx)
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16.Jun.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 15.06.2024
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 15.06.2024:
- 2024-06-12 improved: Lotus 2 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin) option to remap 2P keys to A and S (A1200 keyboard limitations) (Info)
- 2024-06-10 updated: Workbench 3.1 (CBM) recompiled with latest sources (Info)
- 2024-06-10 updated: Workbench 1.3 (Amiga Inc.) recompiled with latest sources (Info)
- 2024-06-10 new: Grand National (Elite) done by paraj (Info)
- 2024-06-10 fixed: Super Tennis Champs (Audiogenic) gfx displayed on Indivision now, chipmem requirements reduced (Info, Image)
(snx)
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16.Jun.2024
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Twin-stick shooter: Cecconoid available (update)
In addition to the boxed edition, starting to be available from tomorrow, the download version of Cecconoid is now also available at the title link. The game is "an 8-bit inspired, flick-screen, twin-stick-shooter, set in an alternate dimension where the pixels are still chunky, and the bad guys are black and white" (amiga-news.de reported).
Update: (18.06.2024, 17:14, dr)
A zip version of the game is now also available, which contains a WHDLoad version and selected tunes from the game in MOD format. (snx)
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16.Jun.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 143 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 143 (March/April 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (snx)
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16.Jun.2024
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Event: "Finnish Amiga Users Group" at Vectorama 2024
Last weekend, Vectorama 2024, an online gaming event aimed at people of all ages, took place in Oulu (Finland). The Finnish Amiga Users Group was also there, organising an Amiga stand at the gaming event.
There were high score competitions in Blocky Skies and Volfied, and 8 player tournament in Stunt Car Racer (the Turbo version of the game with two A1200/030@50MHz setups and null-modem link). The stand featured several A1200 setups (with Blizzard 1230 accelerators and PiStorm32-lite), A500 with Gotek, THEA500 Mini, and two MorphOS setups for entering scores and displaying a live leaderboard and other information on big screens.
The latest videos and photos from the event have now been uploaded to the Finnish Amiga Users Group event page, such as this photo report. (dr)
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15.Jun.2024
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Preview video: Beta versions of Gorky 17 and Heretic II
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos concentrates mainly on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed video he shows beta versions of Gorky 17 and Heretic II running on his Amiga 1200 upgraded with a PiStorm-lite. (dr)
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15.Jun.2024
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Survival game: Zombie Survivor V1.10
Sami Vehmaa continues to work on his current project "Zombie Survival", a game for Amigas with a graphics card in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead (YouTube video). The current version 1.10 offers the following changes:
- more settings to let you tweak the game
- info window in settings
- Bottom Weapon display switch (F1)
- added max Zombie 300
- new blood animation
- after killing a zombie a body lays in ground for some seconds
- several bugs found and fixed
- new speed progress system
(dr)
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14.Jun.2024
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Creating and reading disk images: Disk Jockey V3.4 for macOS
At the end of March, we reported on Jean-Michel Durand's "Disk Jockey" (DJ), with which you can easily create and analyse (Disk-O-Matic) disc images for retro computers and emulators under macOS 10.13 to macOS 14. After version 3.0, he continued to work on the programme and has now made version 3.4 available.
In addition to bug fixes and performance improvements, DJ now understands HFS+ and makes it possible to extract files from it. Also, whenever possible, Disk-O-Matic now displays the file type in the file browser. It is now much easier to recognise which files are text files, which are images and which are programs, for example.
As the author points out somewhat smugly, there is still no AI in Disk Jockey. It's "aall hand-made with human fallibility, questionable design choices and, most of all, love for the craft. And coffee."
As the author kindly explained to us on request, in addition to the version for macOS, which is being actively developed, there is also a Disk Jockey for Windows, which can also be used to create empty images. However, he left it at that and did not implement the rest of the Disk Jockey, as there are already good solutions for Windows.
Finally, there is Disk Jockey Jr (djjr), Disk Jockey for the command line, which runs on macOS and Linux. It received a major update a few months ago and can now do things that the full Disk Jockey for macOS can do (such as analyse disk images, including ADF). This "branch" is also in active development. (dr)
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14.Jun.2024
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Individual Computers: Features of Indivision ECS V4
V4 of the Indivision ECS flickerfixer and scandoubler developed by Individual Computers will be available in limited quantities from 15 July. The previous version V3 is sold out. In a forum post, developer Jens Schönfeld explains new functions and details of the new version:
- the FPGA has almost twice the capacity. This lets us implement more features, yet keep the same form factor as the previous versions.
- all-new appearance in all-black. This is in line with the colour of our most successful product ever, the ACA500plus. Not that it matters much in a closed computer, but after 16 years, I felt it was time for a change from the blue that the three previous versions have used. Even the cable to the VGA connector is black!
- more sophisticated clock generation. While Indivision ECS V2 and V3 were completely async, we now have the possibility to generate precise whole-number multiples of the native Amiga pixel clock. This improves the VSync feature a lot, because the monitor's capability requirement is reduced to 50Hz for PAL or 60Hz for NTSC modes, but it doesn't have to be a specific V-Sync-capable monitor any more (like an expensive gaming monitor). Your choice of low-cost monitors with VGA input increases a lot with this - it's the same feature that Invidision AGA MK3 users already enjoy under the name "auto resolution mode".
- EDID monitor identification: The config tool can detect the monitor and read supported modes, so fiddling with monitor settings is vastly simplified
- CIA adapter for keyboard signals: This lets us implement the live-config feature, which is highly appreciated by Indivision AGA MK3 users. Bringing this to OCS/ECS machines, which are often used for gaming, was a "must" - you can pan/zoom the picture with the mouse after pressing a magic keyboard combination while the game is running.
- Graffiti false-positive avoidance: Generally, Graffiti mode is activated on a line-by-line basis using the Genlock Audio bit (GAUD). Some games set this bit without actually wanting to use Graffiti mode. We're developing a heuristic that also looks at more criteria to tell if it's really a program for the Graffiti hardware, or if it's a false positive that would otherwise result in garbled graphics.
- I have kept the amount of memory on the flickerfixer at 8MBytes. Although I'm constantly trying to reduce prices, it would not have made any sense to reduce the amount of memory to 2MBytes (whích is the next-smaller chip you can buy), because it would make double-buffering impossible. Instead, I have wired this Ram differently, so we can address it byte-by-byte. This doesn't impact the current functionality (which only uses 16-bit accesses to this memory), but will allow us to add things in the future that would be very slow to do on the previous versions of this flicker fixer.
- the OSD now has true transparency and can be positioned in any corner of the output picture. I know that many people find the OSD just annoying and always switch it off, which is of course still an option. For those of you who have the OSD visible, it can now softly fade out to complete transparency, adding a little modern "bling" to the look-and-feel.
- Improved interlace handling: If you drag sreens and you have a non-interlace screen in front of an interlace screen, the whole picture will turn to interlace if you drag the front screen down. Previously, this resulted in a screen mode change on Indivision, which may result in the monitor going into re-sync mode, showing a black screen for a few seconds. The new interlace handling can now avoid this.
As the developer goes on to explain, there are further plans. The price of Indivision ECS V4 will remain the same as that of V3 until the functions have been completed. There is no timetable for the implementation of the following features:
- change position and zoom factor in auto-resolution modes
- improve auto-resolution to support 3x and 4x pixels
- detect and support A2024 "Hedley monitor" screen modes
- make OSD auto-sizing, so readability on high-resolution monitors is improved
- inhibit Amiga's access to mouse movement data during live configuration (movement only - LMB can't be inhibited!)
- add a framebuffer mode with 256 colours out of 21 bits colour, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 pixels
- add 64x64-pixel sprite with 4 colours to framebuffer mode
- add 2D acceleration to framebuffer mode
- add second draggable screen to framebuffer mode (must have same resolution as first screen)
- implement P96 driver for framebuffer mode - don't expect wonders here! It's questionable if Picasso-II performance can be reached.
(dr)
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13.Jun.2024
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Worth a read: 42 years of programming - The Amiga
Matthias Wiesmann is a Swiss computer scientist who took part in a programming camp 42 years ago, where he learned to program for the TRS-80. As he writes in his blog, programming languages have changed a lot over time, and the computer world used to be much more diverse back then:
"These days, a lot of concepts in computer science settled on one solution: there is one network stack, one type of filesystem, one low-level programming language, etc. It certainly makes things simpler, but this kind of consensus is also a big risk. What I will do is go over the various devices I interacted and explain how they were weird compared with today’s mental model."
In a previous article in English, Wiesmann took a look at the Commodore 64. Now he has turned his attention to the Amiga under the title link and describes the special features of the system from a personal perspective: chipset, planar graphics, weird graphics modes such as HAM8, interlaced graphics and sound modules. (nba)
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13.Jun.2024
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Floppy disk images: Disc Image Manager V1.47 for Linux, macOS and Windows
Gerald J Holdsworth's Disc Image Manager is an application used to load a retro disc image, read the catalogue and output any required files. In addition, it will also add files to the image, delete, and rename files and directories. On the Amiga side, reading and writing of AmigaDOS disks and hard disks with OFS and FFS formatting are supported (not fully tested with FFS). Support for directory cache and international characters is still missing (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.47 provides several new features and bug fixes.
The author also provides a detailed PDF manual. (dr)
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12.Jun.2024
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Book: AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual - Limited print run, pre-orders being taken
Press release: Following the successful release of the German edition, Look Behind You is delighted to announce the English version of "AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual". This comprehensive guide is essential for anyone using the AmigaOS in its latest and greatest version 3.2 (up to and including 3.2.2.1).
In this upcoming reference book, which will span around 450 pages, readers will not only find a clear explanation of the basics and advanced functions of AmigaOS 3.2, but also valuable insights into the Amiga system, from A to Z. Whether readers are experienced Amiga users or are just getting started (or even restart), this book will accompany them at various levels of knowledge.
Step by step, the editorial team guides the reader through the installation on classic Amigas, on emulated Amigas and even on the THEA500 Mini, demonstrates the setup of the Kickstart ROMs in 68k Amigas and explains the basics of the operating system, its operation and structure. It is shown how the system is optimised with the various prefs (presets) and how the tools, utilities and commodities are used efficiently.
A large chapter is dedicated to the Shell, the command line interface of the AmigaOS - all commands, including new ones, are explained and the use of the Shell is illustrated with many practical examples. In addition to shortcuts and start scripts, advanced users will also discover a comprehensive guide to ARexx and script control of the Workbench, MultiView and TextEdit.
Furthermore, there is a lot of content beyond AmigaOS 3.2: data exchange between PC and Amiga, internet access, as well as many recommendations for new hardware and software to make the Amiga ready for the future.
The authors are experienced Amiga enthusiasts from the very beginning: IT journalist Martin Steigerwald (among others, Amiga Magazin, AMIGAplus), graduate engineer Simon Neumann (owner of Alinea Computer) and digital expert Nico Barbat (among others, editor-in-chief of AMIGAplus). During the work on the book, they were supported by the development team of AmigaOS 3.2, including the beta test team for quality control.
Please note that the print run of "AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual" will be strictly limited. The expected launch date is 26th August 2024.
Early bird customers who purchase their book until 21st July 2024 will benefit from our special offer: the combined price of the book plus digital edition (PDF) is 35 ¤, saving 10 ¤.
Editions
Hardback (full colour, 450 pages):
¤ 35,00 / £ 30,00 / $ 37,80
ISBN 978-3-9826022-6-4
Digital Edition (PDF):
¤ 17,50 / £ 14,90 / $ 18,90
ISBN 978-3-9826022-7-1
Hardback + Digital Edition:
¤ 45,00 / £ 38,90 / $ 48,90
Early Bird (until 21st July 2024): 35,00 ¤ (snx)
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Event: Interface XXXVIII in Kiel, Germany, on 22.06.2024
Sven Scheele writes: On Saturday, June 22, 2024, the second "Interface" in 2024 will take place in Schwentinental near Kiel, Germany. This will be the 38th edition of the retro computer get-together. As always, the organizers are the Vintage Computer Club (VCC), the Amiga Club Schleswig-Holstein (ACSH) and the Computer Club Klausdorf (CCK).
Registration by e-mail to interface@jugendhaus-klausdorf.de is recommended. Without registration there is no guarantee of a free place.
There are again two large rooms available. The café on the first floor (as a "workshop" for hardware projects, repairs, etc.) and the top floor offer enough space to talk and play on the computers and consoles you have brought with you. Participants must bring their own power strips and network cables.
The official start is at 2 p.m., the organization team will begin setting up the tables etc. at around 12 noon. The venue is the Jugendhaus Klausdorf, Dorfstraße 101 in Klausdorf, which is part of 24222 Schwentinental. (snx)
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12.Jun.2024
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Developer log: Weapons for the strategy game "Ecliptic"
At the beginning of April, a new demo version of the strategy game "Ecliptic", which is currently under development, was released (amiga-news.de reported). In another detailed developer diary, the author now writes about some of the weapons that can be used to send these monsters to the afterlife (flamethrower video, grenade video) (dr)
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11.Jun.2024
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Video game history: Amiga Germany trading cards
The team behind Amiga Germany, which founded and manages the Facebook group of the same name and publishes the associated magazine, has presented a new project that should be of interest to collectors who are interested in the history of video games: the "Amiga Germany Collector's Cards" are high-quality, double-sided cards that celebrate the long history of Amiga games.
Each of the four sets currently available contains five of those high-quality cards with box artworks of popular games and logos of legendary developer studios on the front. On the back of each card, you will find additional information about the motifs, such as the year of publication and the name of the artist (for game artwork) or the year of foundation and the games published (for developer logos), as well as a star rating and the number of the issue of Amiga Germany Fanzine in which the corresponding game was discussed.
The following four sets of five cards are available initially:
- Set 1: Apidya Box Artwork, Dune Box Artwork, Kaiko Entwickler Logo, Midnight Resistance Box Artwork, Nathan Never Box Artwork
- Set 2: Monkey Island 2 Box Artwork, Psygnosis Entwickler Logo, Starglider 2 Box Artwork, Apprentice Box Artwork, Black Crypt Box Artwork
- Set 3: Turrican Box Artwork, Thalion Entwickler Logo, Lethal Xcess Box Artwork, Simon the Sorcerer Box Artwork, Defender of the Crown Box Artwork
- Set 4: Toki Box Artwork, Golden Axe Box Artwork, Turrican 2 Box Artwork, Lionheart Box Artwork, Factor 5 Entwickler Logo
Further sets are in the pipeline. Each set costs ¤2.50, while the starter pack containing all four sets is available for ¤9.50. For ¤26.50, there is a "Deluxe Supporter Pack" that contains all initial four sets and a matching collector's album. (nba)
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11.Jun.2024
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Using image files and discs in PC drives: DiskFlashback V1.0.1.0
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 1.0.1.0 of the software. Changes:
- Fixed disabling "auto-detect com port" being ignored
- Better support for hard disk image files larger than 4G (some partitions got ignored before)
- Upgraded to use the new ADFLib v0.9
- Changed error handling when reading from disks to include the Always Ignore option
- Added Amiga PFS3 file system support (this was a real PITA!)
Editorial update, 12 June 2024 (nba): Our original news article stated that no special hardware is required to process physical Amiga disks. That is not accurate. The FloppyBridge plug-in is required, which in turn requires DrawBridge, Greaseweazle or Supercard Pro hardware. The article has been updated accordingly. (dr)
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10.Jun.2024
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Background: The Amiga 8 sprite myth
In a recent article Edwin van den Oosterkamp corrects the misconception, which in his opinion is still widespread today, that a programmer has to resort to tricks on the Amiga in order to be able to display more than 8 sprites on the screen. (dr)
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09.Jun.2024
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Action-Adventure: 2nd June update of "Castlevania AGA"
Dante Mendes has released another June update (amiga-news.de reported) for his conversion of Konami's NES action adventure Castlevania, originally called "Akumajou Dracula", which fixes some problems:
- a problem with screen transitions after a continue in world 3
- the "hang on screen bottom edge instead of falling" glitch that happened sometimes
- a problem with Dracula going offscreen at the final battle
As the author writes, the feedback so far has been very positive. However, Castlevania is still a little too easy. He will continue to work on it. (dr)
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Survival game: Zombie Survivor V1.00
Sami Vehmaa's current project is a game called "Zombie Survival" for Amigas with a graphics card, in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead (YouTube video). After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), he has now released version 1.00 with the following changes:
- Settings menu open
- Death weapon done, kills everyone
- Added flame throw weapon
- Added speed kick lightning pickup
- Some more speech
- Added difficulty adds per day
- Enemys stops at things like stones
- Added simple menu effect just to look cooler
- Dumped mouse support from menu
- For Menu, Settings, Upgrade menu, use arrow keys or joystick
- Pixel motion bug fixes + some other bugs
- Readme updated
(dr)
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09.Jun.2024
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Aminet uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 99K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
convolver.lha dev/amos 114K 16bit mono convolver
HollywoodSP.lha dev/hwood 928K Hollywood 10.0 spanish catalo...
HWP_hTeX.lha dev/hwood 13M 68k Use LaTeX from Hollywood
A1XE-Diagram_gif.gif docs/hard 90K A1 XE motherboard layout/jump...
A1XE-Diagram_pdf.pdf docs/hard 35K A1 XE motherboard layout/jump...
Rompuller.pdf docs/hard 195K How replace ROM on early Amig...
P96Prefs.lha driver/vid 88K 68k P96 Preferences Editor
Voodoo.lha driver/vid 14K 68k Voodoo P96 driver
GiocoDel15aros.zip game/board 343K x86 classic puzzle game from 50 y...
GITressetteAros.zip game/board 503K x86 Tressette a Perdere card game
LoViewMOS.lha gfx/show 5.5M MOS LoView - the Easy Viewer and ...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 7.6M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 8.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 8.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
A1_Debian_Install.pdf misc/os 52K Debian 3.0 install guide for ...
A1_Debian_Install_de.pdf misc/os 57K Debian install guide for A1 S...
debian-install.iso.bz2 misc/os 10M Debian 3.0 boot CD for AmigaO...
LN3Outro24.lha mods/misc 972K 16bit 4ch LN3 Outro 24 by HKv...
sidid.lha mus/misc 58K 68k HVSC playroutine identity sca...
a1222_abstract.lha pix/back 12M Abstract backdrop for AmigaOn...
AmiSSL-5.16-OS3.lha util/libs 3.7M 68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.16-OS4.lha util/libs 3.4M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-5.16-SDK.lha util/libs 2.3M AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AnalogClock.lha util/time 40K 68k Resizeable analog transparent...
(snx)
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OS4Depot uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to OS4Depot:
amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
gluae.lha emu/uti 15kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
hwp_htex.lha lib/hol 13Mb 4.0 Hollywood plugin for LaTeX
amissl.lha lib/mis 3Mb 4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
iconecta.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 A little and easy program to tes...
(snx)
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AROS Archives uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to AROS Archives:
i386-aros-python2.5.2.zip dev/lan 16Mb Python-2.5.2.i386
hollywoodsp.lha dev/mis 928kb Spanish catalog for hollywood 10
giocodel15.i386-aros.zip gam/car 343kb classic puzzle game from 50 year...
gitressette.i386-aros.zip gam/car 503kb popular Italian game
iconecta.lha net/mis 2Mb A little and easy program to tes...
(snx)
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.06.2024
The following files have been added until 08.06.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
hTeX_1.0.lha Dependencies/Hollywood A plugin for Hollywood ...
AmiArcadia_32.52.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Wayfarer_8.7.lha MorphOS-update Wayfarer is the latest ...
Easy2Install_1.0b53.lha Network/PackageManager A package manager to do...
iConecta_5.25.lha Network/Wifi A little and easy progr...
(snx)
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WHDLoad: New installers until 08.06.2024
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 08.06.2024:
- 2024-06-04 improved: Manic Miner (Software Projects) replaced GUI with WHDLoad options, updated installer script and icons, added button waits and speed fixes (Info)
- 2024-06-04 improved: Jet Set Willy II (Software Projects) replaced GUI with WHDLoad options, updated installer script and icons, added button waits and speed fixes (Info)
- 2024-06-03 fixed: Universe (Core Design) blitter wait routine sometimes called with wrong address, fixed now (Info)
- 2024-06-03 fixed: Inviyya (Tigerskunk) better level 3 interrupt handler, last hiscore entry was cleared (CD32) (Info, Image)
(snx)
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09.Jun.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 file has been added:
- Flashback from the Future
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Game: Ami-H.E.R.O. 1.1
"Ami-H.E.R.O.", inspired by the Atari 2600 game H.E.R.O., (amiga-news.de reported) is now available in version 1.1. New features include updated graphics and a pause function. (snx)
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Preview video: Game "Loony Ledges" V0.3C
Besides some other projects like "Deathmine" or "Pumpman", 'PixelPlop' is about to port a game he wrote a while ago on the PC but never published to the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). The second preview video shows the following changes:
- Rewrote/redesigned the frontend menus so they can all be operated by joystick aswell as keyboard.
- Added a checkpoint password system instead of a save file.
- Wrote a new blitter routine that can clip a sprite to any arbitary rectangle. (Needed by the later levels.)
- Fixed a ton of bugs and got everything fitting in memory.
- Optimized the screen dissolve effect.
(dr)
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PDF magazine: Ami Tech-Gazette, Issue 10
"Ami Tech-Gazette" by Eric Schwartz and Michael Barclay is a 14-page retro newsletter with an Amiga focus. The current issue contains, among other things, another installment of the "Graphics Workshop", another part of the PiMiga tutorial and a review of the last US-American print magazine "The New Amigans". (cg) (Translation: cg)
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07.Jun.2024
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Java tool: ham_convert 1.10.1
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based tool ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.10.1. New in this version:
- Temporal dithering (fake rgb666 in ham6 animations, dither_temporal command line parameter) updated with flipped pattern on odd fields (similar to dither_masked).
- ICtCp set as default HAM color distance mode.
- write_pal cli parameter can be used to enable saving the calculated palette to a separate JASC pal file.
Download: ham_convert 1.10.1 (7 MB) (dr)
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.16 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.16 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.3.1. Detailed changes:
- Updated OpenSSL backend to full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.3.1 (4.6.2024) version which includes these low severity bug fixes and mitigations:
- Fixed potential use after free after SSL_free_buffers() is called.
- Fixed an issue where checking excessively long DSA keys or parameters may be very slow.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.16-OS3.lha (3,7 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.16-OS4.lha (3,4 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.16-SDK.lha (2,3 MB) (dr)
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Blog: Stupid Slow: The Perceived Speed of Computers
Swedish technology nerd and software developer Carl Svensson has published a new article on his website datagubbe.se, entitled ‘Stupid Slow: The Perceived Speed of Computers’. This article deals with the subjective perception of computer speed and examines how various factors influence this perception, with a particular focus on the Amiga. The article covers historical and technical aspects and offers interesting insights for technology fans – interesting stuff for anyone who wants to learn more about the perceived performance of their machines. (nba)
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Platformer: Release of "Tony Montezuma's Gold"
Monochrome Productions has published the Amiga game ‘Tony Montezuma's Gold’ (amiga-news.de reported). This new platform game lets players take on the role of Polish explorer and film-maker Tony Halik (1921-1998), whose adventures spanned continents and decades. Players will experience a journey through ancient temples and dangerous jungles in search of the legendary gold of Montezuma.
The game, created by graphic artist Rafał Dudek, who also contributed the game concept, and programmer Paweł ‘TUKINEM’ Tukatsch, features unusual monochrome graphics in 8-bit style and appealing gameplay. The music was composed by Marcin ‘EIGHTBM’ Białobrzewski.
The download version can be purchased for $9.99 under the title link. A physical version with a fancy box and two floppy disks can be pre-ordered for 23.11 euros. (nba)
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Blog Epsilon's World: 1080p videos on the A1222 Plus
As usual, this time Epsilon shows in detail and with numerous pictures how it installs an RX550 graphics card in its A1222 Plus in order to be able to play videos with a 1080p resolution. (dr)
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07.Jun.2024
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.7
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 8.7 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Changes:
- Rebased to WebKitGTK 2.44.2
- Implemented a targeted ReCaptcha workaround to improve its reliability on slower hardware
- Updated to latest cURL
- Fixed the busyloops on cURL thread
- Implemented various performance optimizations in cURL
- Added a workaround for cURL regression that broke video playback and/or seeking
- Fixed PayPal login page redraw issues
- Updated Safari user-agents
- Fixed editing of custom user-agents
(dr)
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