06.Jun.2025
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Evercade handheld console: Roguecraft DX announced
Evercade (Wikipedia entry) is an ARM-based handheld console from the British manufacturer Blaze Entertainment (amiga-news.de reported). Now a special version of the Amiga rogue-like game Roguecraft (amiga-news.de reported) has been announced: Roguecraft DX (video).
In contrast to the Amiga version of Roguecraft, "the DX version offers five new levels with new visuals to enjoy, a variety of new room layouts, several new musical tracks by tracker music legend Jogeir Liljedahl to accompany the action as you progress through the dungeon, more potion effects, new types of monster and a brand-new achievements system."
Roguecraft DX can now be pre-ordered for about 24 euros and is scheduled for release at the end of August 2025. (dr)
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06.Jun.2025
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Shoot'em Up: Second demo version of "Wings of Fear"
Roar Tjørhom is in the process of creating a small shoot'em up for the Amiga with the help of the game construction kit Scorpion Engine and has now released a second demo version (video), which offers the following changes compared to the first version:
- More colours. Now there are 64 instead of 32.
- New smaller planes, but now with shadow.
- New and more correct backgrounds, top down perspective instead of isometric.
- Animations and objects in the background.
- New and improved boss.
- More variations in the sound effects
- 3 additional pickups: 1Up, energy and energy and repare.
Recommended system requirements are an AGA Amiga with 68020 processor, 2 MB chip RAM and 2 MB FAST RAM. (dr)
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05.Jun.2025
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Programming competition: AmiGameJam 2025 started
The motto of this year's edition of the AmigaGameJam programming competition is 'Return of the Arcade': The task is to create a title that could be set in a typical Arcade and "would be worthy of being given its own arcade cabinet". The deadline for developers is December 1st, and only original game ideas are permitted - no ports. The development of submitted games must not have begun before 1 June. (cg)
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05.Jun.2025
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Amiga 40 Tools Jam: Scalexx converts Scala MM 400 presentations to MM 300 format
Scalexx, which was developed for the Amiga Tools Jam, is an Arexx-script for making Scala scripts made with Scala MM400 compatible with Scala MM300. (cg)
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04.Jun.2025
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Filesysbox.library: Version 54.6 for AmigaOS and AROS/x86
The FUSE compatible filesysbox.library, which is used by the SMB2 handler, has been updated for AmigaOS 3.x and AROS/x86.
Changes in version 54.6 can be found at the title link. (snx)
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03.Jun.2025
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Amiga-Emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.2b2
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.2b2 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS, which includes the following changes:
- Enhancement: Names of imported or exported files are properly sanitized
- Bug fixes: Querying the mouse button state via the POTxDAT registers is now possible
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03.Jun.2025
Rolf-Dieter Klein
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Martin Ulrich, co-developer of Ports of Call, has passed away
Martin Ulrich, the co-developer of the Amiga classic Ports of Call, passed away on 31 March 2025 at the age of 76. The sad news was announced by his long-time developer colleague Rolf-Dieter Klein. Ulrich was born on 22 October 1948. Together with Klein, he developed the popular economic simulation game in the late 1980s, in which players build up a shipping company and lead it to success through skilful route planning and freight trading. Ports of Call was first released in 1987 for the Amiga, later also for other systems, and quickly became one of the best-known and longest-running titles in the genre and one of the flagship games of German game developers. To this day, the game enjoys cult status among retro fans. (nba)
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03.Jun.2025
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Tool: EmptyADF 2.0
EmptyADF is an easy-to-use tool with a graphical user interface for creating empty ADF disk images on Amiga systems for use on classic Amigas (with AmigaOS 3.2.x), in Amiga emulators or for backups.
The tool can be used to create DD (880 KB) or HD (1.76 MB) disk images with the OFS or FFS file systems. Images with or without a system boot block and images with custom disk labels are also possible. The date of creation or last modification can be assigned.
EmptyADF, which is available as freeware, is now available in version 2.0 for Amigas with Kickstart 2.0+ (with GadTools GUI) or with Kickstart 3.0+ (with ReAction GUI). The new version also runs under AmigaOS 4.x. (nba)
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03.Jun.2025
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Worth a read: The Meaning of Icons
In his latest blog post on datagubbe.se entitled "The Meaning of Icons", Carl Svensson explores how we interpret icons in graphical user interfaces – and why their meaning is often less obvious than we think.
Using numerous examples – from Amiga programs to modern applications such as Microsoft Outlook – Svensson shows that many icons only become understandable through repeated use and cultural influence. He discusses how excessive stylisation and cultural differences can make interpretation difficult and argues for a return to clearer, visually distinguishable symbols.
The blog article is a fascinating journey through the history and design of icons, with a special focus on classic systems such as the Amiga. (nba)
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03.Jun.2025
Stefan Hoeltgen
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Scene World Podcast Episode #215 - Torsten Roeder talks about Diskmags.de
In the latest episode 215 of the Scene World podcast, the hosts spoke with Torsten Roeder about the diskmags.de project. This comprehensive online archive for floppy disk magazines (diskmags) is dedicated to preserving these digital publications for future generations.
Diskmags were magazines published on floppy disks in the 1980s and 1990s that contained articles, graphics, music and even software. Many of these magazines were distributed exclusively within the demo scene and are difficult to find today. The diskmags.de project catalogues and archives these historical artefacts to ensure their accessibility and preservation.
The interview with Torsten Roeder starts at minute 27:36 in the podcast episode. (nba)
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02.Jun.2025
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AmigaOS 4: E-UAE PowerPC JIT 1.1.1
Three weeks ago, Kjetil 'LiveForIt' Hvalstrand released version 1.1.0 of the integration of a just-in-time compiler into the Amiga emulator E-UAE for PowerPC systems (amiga-news.de reported). The update to version 1.1.1 (video) provides the following changes:
- Fixed two issues with bsdsocket.library
- Fixed issue with stretching in 16bit AGA screens.
- Created accelerator.library
The source code is available on GitHub. (dr)
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02.Jun.2025
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Windows: WavConvert4Amiga 1.4a
The Windows program WavConvert4Amiga is used to optimize audio files in Wave format for use on the Amiga or with tracker music programs. The range of functions includes any sample rate when converting to 8-bit mono format, support for both PAL and NTSC frequencies and note conversion from C-1 to B-3 for ProTracker. The versions 1.4 and 1.4a released today should fix all previously reported bugs in the workflow. (dr)
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02.Jun.2025
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 2 v1.00
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler "Bolminok's Kingdom 2" requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for free at itch.io, but requires ownership and successful completion of the first part. The recently released version 1.00 offers a revised menu screen and improved resolution switching. (dr)
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02.Jun.2025
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Essay: A Box is not just a Box: Game packaging in the course of time
In a richly illustrated essay, author Beat Suter looks at the development of game packaging over the decades, with a special focus on Swiss games that were available on the open market. (dr)
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02.Jun.2025
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Shoot'em up: Demo version of AmiSeaFox
"Amiten Games" has created a conversion of the shoot'em up classic Seafox for the Amiga (video) and has now released a first demo version. Using a submarine, you have to destroy the entire enemy before the torpedoes or fuel run out. The game runs on an Amiga 500 with 512 KB RAM expansion, an Amiga 1200 is recommended. (dr)
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02.Jun.2025
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2025.06.01
ZuluSCSI is a file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulator, emulating an SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2025.06.01 fixes a crash when loading ROM in ZuluSCSI Blaster and enables physical eject button for ZuluSCSI V1.2. (dr)
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01.Jun.2025
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Aminet uploads until 31.05.2025
The following files have been added until 31.05.2025 to Aminet:
zbbslister.lha comm/bbs 6K OS3 a BBS lister for the Ze...
amigaget.lha comm/net 203K OS3 get https files for the...
curl-amigaget.lha comm/tcp 1.0M OS3 File and data transfer ...
HugeNostalgicDemo.lha demo/mega 61M OS3 Huge Nostalgic Demo by ...
Sevgi_Engine.lha dev/c 841K OS3 open source video game ...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
MCC_TabGroup.lha dev/mui 95K OS3 Dynamic tab group custo...
DiskFlush.lha disk/misc 14K OS3 Flush all filesystem bu...
EmptyADF.lha disk/misc 27K OS3 Creates blank ADF disk ...
rdrprep.lha disk/misc 36K MOS Submit jobs to a Hercul...
openpci68k.lha driver/oth 177K OS3 PCI driver for all brid...
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 31M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
morsconv.lha text/misc 12K OS3 Modular Morse code gene...
unify16.lha util/cli 6K OS3 CLI utility to unify tw...
unify8.lha util/cli 6K OS3 CLI utility to unify tw...
iGame.lha util/misc 455K VAR Front-end for WHDLoad
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01.Jun.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 31.05.2025
The following files have been added until 31.05.2025 to OS4Depot:
libsdl3_gfx.lha dev/lib 3Mb 4.1 Drawing and graphical effects ex...
libsdl3_image.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 SDL3 image file loading library
libsdl3_ttf.lha dev/lib 4Mb 4.1 A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL3
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a...
uae.lha emu/com 2Mb 4.1 Classic Amiga Emulation (JIT + A...
retroarch_cores_insta... emu/gam 348Mb 4.1 Cores for soon to be released Re...
breakhack.lha gam/rol 17Mb 4.1 Breakhack is a small roguelike game
tmscolor.lha gra/con 388kb 4.0 Converter from BMP to TMS9928 fo...
igame.lha uti/mis 455kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
rdrprep.lha uti/mis 59kb 4.0 Submit jobs to a Hercules reader
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01.Jun.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 31.05.2025
The following files have been added until 31.05.2025 to AROS Archives:
arrakis.x86_64-aros-v11.zip dem/sce 3Mb Arrakis demo x86_64 by Kakiarts/...
nano.x86_64-aros-v11.zip dem/sce 4Mb nano demo x86_64 by Kakiarts
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01.Jun.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 31.05.2025
The following files have been added until 31.05.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
ScummVM_2.9.1.lha Games/Adventure 2D Point-and-Click adve...
iGame_2.5.1.lha Games/Launcher A frontend to launching...
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01.Jun.2025
ALB42 Blog (ANF)
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Hunkster: Amiga and Linux versions
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has created an Amiga and a Linux version of the program Hunkster by 'RetroNick'. The Amiga version also has a MUI interface.
The program can be used to load media files as hunk files into the Amiga's working memory, also specifically into the chip or fast RAM. When writing C or Pascal programs, their addresses in memory can then be transferred to a variable or an array and used for playback in order to integrate them into the executable file during compilation. The source code of Hunkster is available on GitHub. (snx)
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31.May.2025
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Amiga-Emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.2b1
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.2b1 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS, which includes the following changes:
- vAmiga now supports folder import for hard drives (#904)
- Improved file inspector (#910)
- The file system creator uses the correct OFS / FFS block ordering (#909)
- Fixed some O(n^2) performance bottlenecks in the MutableFileSystem class (#908)
- RetroShell can manage shader settings
- Shader settings are saved to workspaces
- Bug fix: Fixed a bug in the polling click detector (#907)
- Bug fix: Fixed an issue with the white-noise effect (#911)
(cg)
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31.May.2025
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PowerPC hardware: video showing MorphOS 3.20 running on Mirari motherboard
The Mirari team has released a video showing the "1st beta test" of MorphOS on the recently announced PPC hardware. (cg)
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31.May.2025
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Picture collection: Amiga Graphics Archive updated
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" has been supplemented by further pictures from the German "Amiga Magazin": The illustrations come from a "Colour Cycling" competition from July 1988. (cg)
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31.May.2025
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DeepL frontend: sourcecode for AmiTranslate available
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has made the source code of his DeepL frontend "AmiTranslate" available under a public domain licence. If you want to compile the code, you first need a free API key from the DeepL operator; the source code must then be supplemented with this key. (cg)
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31.May.2025
Pär Boberg (ANF)
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List of "Famous Amiga Uses" updated
‘Famous Amiga Uses’ is a list of well-known companies and organisations that have used Amiga computers. The list, which is already 25 years old, has been updated again and will soon be made available again on Aminet. (cg)
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31.May.2025
Carlos Peris (Mail)
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.52
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.10.1, which allows the development of games from various genres. 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.
The author writes about the new version 0.9.52: "It is quite technical but super interesting on multiple fronts.
First, it has some big optimizations for the features most used in games, it should be very noticeable.
Also, to ease development you can add comments to your objects and triggers.
And finally, you can now use the program from the cli, to generate your projects without loading the editor, this way you can make cool scripts (video)". All changes:
- Now you can Load your projects from the CLI, for example: RedPillEditor
projects/astro/astro18.pill
- You can also Build your projects from the CLI, for example: RedPillEditor
projects/astro/astro18.pill A1200 NOPACK WHDLOAD
- The parameters are GENERIC/A500/A1200, PACK/NOPACK, WHDLOAD. The order must
be this one, PACK and WHDLOAD parameters are optional.
- Big optimization on Collides Obj and Collides Type triggers, speed gain could
be up to 40% depending on the project.
- Improvements on profiler screen, now it shows % of time used by each project
area.
- Optimizations in internal object handling.
- Now comments can be added for Objects and for triggers, to make it easier to
remember what each one does in your game.
- When exporting triggers to text file, these comments are being added to the
text file too.
- Astro project contains examples of these comments.
- Fix for collision boxes not being displayed in the right position after the
previous update.
- Fix on profiler screen total time.
- Fix for cover images and images using HAM.
- Fix for objects of type Shot, which may have failed in concrete cases.
(dr)
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