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11.Nov.2015



Defender of the Crown - Extended Collectors Cut
In a limited edition of 500 pieces, the current holder of the Cinemaware rights is going release the classics of the software developers. The first game is "Defender of the Crown", which from now on is available in the online shop. In December the game will be delivered.


The "Extended Collectors Cut" is available for about 45 US-Dollar and includes:
  • all released versions of "Defender of the Crown" as ROM or disk images on CD
  • an extended version for the Amiga with an additional comic-intro. This version can be played on Amiga CD32, on an Amiga with CD-Rom or on a Windows PC (using a stand-alone emulation). MAC and Linux support is currently tested
  • printed manual
  • 2 CDs - for PC and Amiga CD32.
  • Soundtrack on the CD
  • 3 postcards with motifs from "Defender of the Crown"
  • Poster
  • Printable labels for collectors who are going to create disks from the ADF-images on the CD
  • Sticker
Rocket Ranger probably will be the next which will be released and will be available in February. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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11.Nov.2015
amigafuture.de (Webseite)


Renaming picture files: Exutil 0.4 (AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS, AROS)
The MUI-based Exutil which was written with Hollywood, renames picture files using the date of recording saved in the their EXIF-information or the date of the file. Changes in version 0.4:
  • new: original file name extension gets conserved
  • all kind of files can get renamed now
  • new: file time optionally part of the new name
  • new: content of entire drawers can get renamed
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Nov.2015
Patrick Nevian (ANF)


New Blue Metal Rose EP with remix by Barry Leitch
The latest EP written by Blue Metal Rose partly was composed using OctaMed Soundstudio. Additionally the new release includes a remix of the song "Drei Töne" provided by Barry Leitch, who is known from the soundtracks of several Amiga game classics. On CD the EP already is available in the shop of Blue Metal Rose, a digital download will be avaiable on 11.12.2015. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.Nov.2015



Hyperion selling promotional items
Various dealers are now offering promotional items from Hyperion. Apart from a poster featuring the recently released RPG/strategy mix Gorky 17, all products are AmigaOS related:


From left to right: sticker (diameter 9.5 cm), poster (size A1), notepad (size A6) t-shirt (various sizes), poster (size A3). (cg) (Translation: cg)

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09.Nov.2015



Batch processing: SRename 3.10 Beta 1
Using SRename you can rename a lot of files. After a break of 10 years, Constantinos Nicolakakis has started the development again. The first beta version of SRename 3.10 mainly "fixes some bugs of the previous version and improves a bit the command interface by removing a few unneeded instructions and by some other changes." AmigaOS 3.0 and at least a 68020-processor are required.

Download: srename310b1.lha (55 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.Nov.2015



Aminet-Uploads until 07.11.2015
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 7th, 2015:
MUIbase-3.2.lha          biz/dbase  5.1M  MOS Programmable relational datab...
sntp.lha                 comm/net   7K    68k SNTP/NTP time sync client
http_get.lha             comm/tcp   25K   68k Get the contents of an http URL
http_load.lha            comm/tcp   50K   68k Multiprocessing http test client
http_ping.lha            comm/tcp   31K   68k Measure HTTP latency
e_mem.lha                dev/e      11K   68k Extended memory functions for E
Amigaville1.pdf          docs/mags  37M       Amigavile Magazine Issue 1
pubcrawl.lha             game/actio 21K       Sources for an unfinished AMO...
Exult_AGA.lha            game/role  27M   68k Amiga AGA port of Exult
E_vaz_ive.lha            game/wb    33K   68k Move/change the colour of til...
TiltOtix.lha             game/wb    31K   68k Move a coloured bar to the exit
Toptile.lha              game/wb    35K   68k Moves shapes to the top...
Trixim.lha               game/wb    29K   68k Make some symmetry!
GPS2URL.lha              gfx/conv   58K       Convert JPEG GPS data to Goog...
KoalaView.lha            gfx/show   56K   68k View and convert C64 KoalaPai...
FastExecSPGuide.lha      util/boot  6K        Gu?a de FastExec en Espa?ol.
Install-PGP5.lha         util/crypt 1.3M  68k Complete installer for PGP5.0i
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Nov.2015



OS4Depot-Uploads until 07.11.2015
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 7th, 2015:
songwrangler.lha         aud/pla 134kb 4.1 An iTunes like front end for Ami...
c_mem.lha                dev/lan 10kb  4.0 Extended memory functions for C
e_string.lha             dev/lan 6kb   4.0 Extended string functions for E
theghosthunter.lha       gam/boa 2Mb   4.0 Special Halloween 2015: Tuffy
amigaracer.lha           gam/dri 26Mb  4.0 A Lotus Turbo Challenge game alike
muibase.lha              off/dat 5Mb   4.0 Programmable relational database...
grunch.lha               uti/fil 2Mb   4.0 Application management system
installer.lha            uti/fil 544kb 4.0 Installer Replacement
jack.lha                 uti/wor 4Mb   4.1 A fantastic AppStore for AmigaOS
jill.lha                 uti/wor 18Mb  4.1 A multi-purpose utility for Work...
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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08.Nov.2015



MorphOS-Files-Uploads until 07.11.2015
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Files until November 7th, 2015:
MUIBase                  3.2     off/dat   4540 Relational, programmable da...
Calimero                 1.0     off/tex   6095 DTP editor with text and ve...
DemoSim                  1.0     uti/mis      8 A joke application displayi...
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08.Nov.2015



WHDLoad: New packages until 07.11.2015
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until November 7th, 2015:
  • 2015-11-04 new: Megademo (The Link) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2015-11-02 updated: Iraq (Animators) patch redone, timing problems fixed, self-modifying code fixed, interrupt request checks fixed, blitter waits added, decrunchers relocated (Info, Image)
  • 2015-11-02 new: Dynamo (Orion) done by StingRay (Info, Image, Image)
  • 2015-11-01 new: Acme 1991 Slideshow (Acme) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
(snx) (Translation: dr)

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07.Nov.2015



Preview and pre-order: Wings Remastered Edition (AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS)
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener has released the first playable preview of his Amiga port of Wings Remastered Edition, which was announced at the "Amiga 30" in Neuss. Müßener emphasises, that it is a very early pre-version which has not been sufficiently tested. Besides, some graphics have been not completed and are replaced by placeholders. Speed and the whole quality will be improved until the final version.


Simultaneously with the release of the preview, the Amiga version can be ordered in the online shop of Cinemaware - you have to pay in advance. Cinemaware stated that the game will be released in February 2016. In order to make the Amiga port happen, according to the developer "sufficient pre-orders" are required. He guesses a figure of about 300. If there will be not sufficient pre-orders, the users will get back their money.

While "Wings Remastered Edition" can be purchased at Steam for 15 Euro, the Amiga port costs 55 US-Dollar. But for this money, the game will be delivered in a big box including a printed manual ad a poster.

Ports for AmigaOS 4 with Warp 3D, AmigaOS 4 with RadeonHD-Compositing (for users without 3D-driver), MorphOS and AROS are available. Some graphics bugs which Müßener reduces to bugs in the graphic boards are already known:
  • AmigaOS 4: Warp3D creates some missing polygons in the corner of the screen
  • AmigaOS 4: Compositing should not be used with SouthernIsland and R200 chipsets due to heavy graphics bugs
  • MorphOS: on some systems (e.g. Powerbook Radeon 9700) the lightning of the 3D models does not properly work; the objects appear too dark, the fog has the wrong colour
Direct download:

WingsDemo_AOS4_Warp3D.lha (38 MB)
WingsDemo_AOS4_Compositing.lha (38 MB)
WingsDemo_MorphOS.lha (38 MB)
WingsDemo_AROS.zip (38 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Nov.2015



PDF-Magazine: Amigaville, Issue 1
Amigaville, "The home of all things Amiga", provides news, reviews to old games, summaries to the current status of the Amiga scene or to the well-known Amiga word processing software. The magazine also includes reprintes of full-page games advertising taken from the heyday of the Amiga. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.Nov.2015
Amiga.org (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Interview with Guillaume Boesel
Instead of a podcast, under the title link AmiCast has published an interview with Guillaume 'zzd10h' Boesel. He has written several tools for AmigaOS 4, which since last year he has summarized in the collection "zTools". (snx) (Translation: dr)

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05.Nov.2015



Playable Previews: Alter Ego, Chase
With the permission of the authors, 'Asman' has ported two Homebrew-NES-games for the Polish "RetroKomp GameDev Compo" to the Amiga. Originally released in 2011 for the ZX Spectrum, in "Alter Ego" the player has to toggle between his character and its second identity to collect all treasures.


"Chase" is a clone of the classic Pacman. In this version the enemies attack the player more determined. In return, the player is even faster then the enemies.


Both games can be quitted with the last mouse buttom. An Amiga 500 with 512 KB RAM is required.

Download:

AlterEgo-v1.zip (80 KB)
Chase-v1.zip (32 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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05.Nov.2015



Printed magazine: Amiga Future, Issue 117
The English and German issue 115 (November/December 2015) of the printed magazine Amiga Future has been published and can be ordered directly from the magazine's editorial office or Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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