01.Apr.2025
Ján Zahurancík, Philipp Lonke (ANF)
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20 years of AmiKit: The AmiKit Museum is now open
This year, the popular AmiKit celebrates its 20th birthday. The first coverage of the project appeared on amiga-news.de on 14 July 2005 ("Emulation: First Preview of the AmiKit Complete System"). The AmiKit Museum has now been set up as a thank you to Amikit's loyal fans. All Windows installers for the Workbench distribution - from AmiKit 1 to 11 - can be downloaded and tested free of charge, all fully functional. It's an interesting resource for all computer archaeologists, enthusiasts and collectors. (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky
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Linux: Kernel 6.14.0 for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.14.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The X1000/X5000-specific changes are:
- Linux 6.14 Released With Working NTSYNC Driver, AMD Ryzen AI Accelerator Support -- phoronix.com
- Linux 6.14 Sees Last Minute Fix For A Two Year Old Regression Causing A 30% Performance Drop -- phoronix.com
- Changes according to the Linux Kernel 6.14.0-final log
- X1000: ABIv2 kernels (CONFIG_PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2)
- DRM fixes (including Radeon fix):
- Networking fixes
- MMC host fixes
- Linux Git log
(nba)
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01.Apr.2025
violet
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Swedish demoscene recognised as UNESCO cultural heritage
The demoscene has been acknowledged as an intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. This underlines the cultural significance of this digital art form, which has existed since the 1980s and includes an active community in Sweden with numerous demoparties and internationally recognised groups such as The Silents, Phenomena, Triad or Fairlight.
This decision follows similar ones in other countries: in Finland, the demoscene was recognised as national intangible cultural heritage in 2020, and in Germany, it was included in the federal directory of intangible cultural heritage in 2021 (amiga-news.de reported). This means that the demoscene is also part of UNESCO's world cultural heritage.
The Swedish "Institutet för språk och folkminnen" - a governmental organisation for the preservation of language and cultural heritage, comparable to a Ministry of Culture in other countries - announced the listing. (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
Dennis "Psyria" Lohr (ANF)
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Music: New music album by Chris Hülsbeck released on Bandcamp
On 28 March 2025, Chris Hülsbeck released his latest music album compilation entitled "Desert-Love-Mirage" on Bandcamp. He writes on Bandcamp and X: "This album is my latest work (not related to video games), in which I created music in all kinds of styles that I felt inspired to do at the time. This was all made possible by my Patreon supporters, and I invite everyone to join my project at www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck, where you can find detailed background stories for each piece of music and more." Dennis "Psyria" Lohr comments: "Sound, composition, sound and style. If it were a picture, you would probably say: 'Yes, a real Hülsbeck!'." (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
John Brett
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GUI for Greaseweazle tools: ADFDiskBox 2.2
ADFDiskBox is an application with a graphical user interface that serves as a comfortable frontend for the Greaseweazle V4 tools (reported). Developed in C#, the tool is aimed primarily at users who regularly work with Amiga-DOS disks. ADFDiskBox simplifies Amiga-DOS batch read and write operations (for ADF, 82-track ADF, SCP:Amiga-DOS and RawSCP). Devices and drives can be selected to easen the simultaneous use of multiple Greaseweazle devices.
In the newly released version 2.2, developer John Brett has added the "Options" form to make the main GUI clearer.
ADFDiskBox runs on Windows 10/11 (32-bit and 64-bit) and requires the.NET Framework 4.8. In addition to the executable program, the source code is also available for free download. (nba)
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31.Mar.2025
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Video: The 75 worst Amiga games
In his latest video, Kim Justice presents what he considers to be the 75 worst Amiga games. The game Top Banana from the developer "Hex" from 1992 has made it to first place. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Point'n Click adventure: NEONnoir v1.2
The point'n click adventure game "NEONnoir" (video) was developed with AmiBlitz for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. As a down-and-out private detective, the player has to track down a drug-addicted daughter from a good family (amiga-news.de reported).
Originally, the developers had planned to release the game in a boxed version, but this could not be realised. However, the German and Italian translations that have already been completed, as well as a manual, will now at least benefit users of the digital version. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 40.2
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), Thomas 'Thor' Richter has released version 40.2, the first stable version of his universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI", which supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. On request, the author kindly explained the background and idea behind the project in our German-language news item. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.7 for Linux and macOS
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for Linux and macOS based on the current WinUAE version. The new Version 7.0.7 mainly fixes bugs. (dr)
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31.Mar.2025
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.49
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written now in Amiblitz 3.10.0, 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.
In the new version 0.9.49, among other things, the option to cycle colors in the palette has been added (video). All changes:
- Action trigger Color Cycle to cycle colors in the palette.
- Added example for color cycle, ex_colorcycling.
- Action trigger Set Text Image to set the image to be used in the dialog.
- Added help for particle editor.
- Maximum number of song modules increased from 16 to 24.
- Optimization for lateral scrolling games.
- Particles are now cleaned when switching levels in runtime.
- Now compiled with AmiBlitz 3.10.0.
- Fix when exporting images in multilaguage games.
- Fix for show tile collisions in level editor.
- Fix for pick frame when spritesheet is not the first one.
- Fixes in frame editor, pick frame and copy and paste frame.
- Fixes in dialog engine.
- Fixes in the thumbnail system.
- Fix for selecting game objects above 78.
- Updated documentation.
(dr)
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30.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to Aminet:
CestinoGlobale.lha dev/blitz 53K OS3 Italian global trashcan...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
openpci68k.lha driver/oth 177K OS3 PCI driver for all brid...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 9.1M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 66K OS3 Create your own backdro...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.9M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
pOS-w64.zip misc/emu 24M VAR WinUAE-Launcher USB
pOS_w64.jpg pix/misc 834K GEN WinUAE-Launcher Screens...
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 1.7M OS4 A PDF generator
DOpusRxTrash.lha util/dopus 29K GEN Global trashcan for DOp...
filesysbox.lha util/libs 97K MOS A FUSE compatible file ...
filesysbox.m68k-amigaos.lha util/libs 99K OS3 A FUSE compatible file ...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 2.2M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.7M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
vbrCheck.zip util/misc 1K OS3 Check if Vectorbase is ...
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30.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 2Mb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
compression.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
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30.Mar.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
opentyrian.x86_64-aros-v1... gam/act 4Mb open-source port of the DOS game...
hydracastle.x86_64-aros-v... gam/pla 56Mb metroidvania-style action platfo...
reminiscence.x86_64-aros-... gam/pla 1Mb Flashback engine reimplementation
xrick.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/pla 2Mb a clone of Rick Dangerous
blips.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 1Mb a sokoban style puzzle
sokobangp2x.x86_64-aros-v... gam/puz 7Mb a Sokoban engine
filesysbox.i386-aros.lha lib/mis 54kb A FUSE compatible file system layer
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30.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_34.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Doom3_1.5.5pre.lha Games/Shoot3D Doom3 ProjectUAC
OpenMoHAA_0.81.1-beta2... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.81.1 for Mo...
fheroes2_1.1.7.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Minesweeper_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Minesweeper (SDL3)
Tensy_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Tensy game (SDL3)
AmigaGPT_2.3.0.lha Misc App for chatting to Cha...
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30.Mar.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.3.1
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.3.1 has now been released with the following changes:
- Fix broken error requester in MorphOS
- Fix incorrect language name for english-british for OS4
- Running the "Version" command on the AmigaGPT executable will now report the version and build date
- The installer in MorphOS will now properly ask where you want to install the readme
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2 MB) (nba)
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29.Mar.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 147 of Amiga Future available online
The English and German issue 147 (November/December 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 and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg)
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29.Mar.2025
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Individual Computers: ACA1260Tool 0.99
"ACA1260Tool" is used to configure the ACA1240/1260 turbo cards from Individual Computers; it can be started both from the Workbench and from the shell. Version 0.99, which has now been released, contains the following changes:
- added VERBOSE option
- MAPROM/ROMFILE fixes
- added ROMFILE option
- fixed flashing in normal (non debrick) mode
- when flashing, prompt to update the FPGA core first, when the core is too old
- support new IDE speeder (read and write) with core >= 6.3.2025
- IDE speeder "overdrive" option
(cg)
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28.Mar.2025
deadwood
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AROS/x86: Update of the ABI v0 version
Press release: This version 20250313 integrates last three years of AROS development and brings 32-bit kernel to the same level as upcoming 64-bit AROS release. New kernel brings improved support for newer, ACPI-enabled hardware, complemented by improvements to disk and network drivers as well as updates to core system libraries and more than 60 bug fixes across AROS programs and libraries.
Additional work has been put in stabilizing drivers for virtual environment (VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU) so that you can try AROS first in virtualization before deciding on purchasing a dedicated hardware.
A list of the complete changes can be found on GitHub.
If you are already using previous version 20220318-1 (amiga-news.de reported), you can upgrade your installation using this upgrade package (direct download).
A list of recommended hardware is also available.
Enjoy! (dr)
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28.Mar.2025
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.9
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 14.2 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.7.9:
- NEW: update gcc to 14.2.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 17.0.50.20250202-git
- FIX: disassembly: fix error message when hovering over the cycle counts of an illegal instruction
- NEW: Makefile: support dependency tracking for GNU-assembler sources (.s)
(dr)
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27.Mar.2025
Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci
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Developer diary: Generic RPG Engine - Dev Log #1
Fabio ‘Allanon’ Falcucci wants to develop an RPG engine with Hollywood in order to create his first RPG. In the first entry of his planned developer diary, he presents the current status as well as his programming techniques and tools used. (cg)
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27.Mar.2025
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FPGA based Amiga clone: AmiCube, Board-Layout Version 1.1
Ranko Rodic presents the current status of his FPGA-based Amiga clone AmiCube F1200 in a video. The changes made are explained using a rendering of version 1.1 of the board layout:
- MOSFETs back for level shifting - They're making a triumphant return to handle voltage like champs!
- Floppy disk module routed like a dream - Everything's neatly tucked into this slick little area - pure engineering art!
- Tiny 402 components (pick-and-place approved!) - These micro-sized parts are a bold move, and my trusty machine's got it covered.
- LEDs still shining bright for cell/motor/ready signals - Keeping the visuals popping so you know what's active at a glance!
- FPGA now gets direct ready signals - sky's the limit in Verilog! - More control, more possibilities - coding just got a whole lot more fun!
- Polarity sorted, inverters added - active low LEDs light up when they should! - No more guessing games; these lights mean business now!
- Detect signals for floppy connections = instant LED action! - Plug in a floppy, and bam - LEDs light up to confirm it's go time!
- Cleaner routing, no more wiggles - just straight-line perfection! - The board's looking sharper than ever with optimized paths.
- Jumper for 3V/5V switching + better heat dissipation with extra mass - Flexibility and cool vibes - literally thanks to some thermal tweaks!
- FPGA status LEDs to show when the Amiga core is up & running! - Watch the magic happen as the board boots and the Amiga core kicks in!
- Decoupling done right this time - followed Spartan-6 datasheets to the letter! - No shortcuts here; it's all by the book for max stability!
- SRAM (6MB) + SDRAM (64MB) in the works for that sweet retro Amiga RAM vibes! - SRAM keeps it authentic, while SDRAM adds mega power - best of both worlds!
- AGA core porting is progressing—looking good so far! - The Amiga dream is coming alive, and I’m pumped about where this is headed!
(cg)
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27.Mar.2025
Edwin van den Oosterkamp (Mail)
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Paperback: Classic AmigaOS Programming - The Network
After Classic AmigaOS Programming - An introduction and Bare Metal Amiga Programming, Edwin Van Den Oosterkamp presents his third paperback on Amiga programming called Classic AmigaOS Programming: The Network. It is about adding network and Internet functionality to Amiga programs and is aimed at people who have some experience with writing software for the Amiga, but have no experience with IP networking. Like its predecessors, the title is self-published via Amazon, a digital edition is not available. (cg)
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27.Mar.2025
Sami Vehmaa
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 2
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 and continues the story of its predecessor. (cg)
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27.Mar.2025
Franck Charlet
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Module packer: ptvpack 1.2 (Windows/AmigaOS)
PtvPack is a packer for Noise-/Pro- and Fasttracker modules ("mods"), which is aimed at Vampire-based systems: Up to twelve channels with up to five octaves are supported. The packer is available as a command line tool for Windows and AmigaOS and there is also a playback routine provided as m68k assembler sourcecode.
(cg)
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26.Mar.2025
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Emulator: Mame106Minimix 1.2b (update)
The Multi Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) emulates numerous arcade machines. After conversions for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 as well as various, mostly older 68k ports, there has been another project for AmigaOS 3.1 since last year with Mame106Minimix, which however requires a very fast computer (68060 processor with 64 MB or actually designed for PiStorm extensions).
The port of MAME version 0.106, which dates back to 2006, is now available in version 1.2 and offers various optimizations, bug fixes and improvements, such as an optional “NewLowLevel” patch, which is required for some Amiga 2000 configurations.
Update: (28.03.2025, 06:10, dr)
Version 1.2b is now available. (snx)
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26.Mar.2025
Amigasystem (ANF)
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Video: AROS One 68k 2.0 Tutorial
The AROS One distribution is currently available for x86 computers. A 68k version will also be available shortly. The video at the title link should give you a foretaste, the graphical appearance corresponds to that of the x86 version. (snx)
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26.Mar.2025
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Game announcement: Krogharr to be released end of April
There is now more information about Michael 'Tigerskunk' Borrmann's platform game Krogharr. When it is released at the end of April, the game will run on an Amiga 500 with 1 MB of RAM and will contain the following features:
- Five-level parallax/line scrolling
- 60 to 70 colors on the screen at the same time
- Arcade-style 50 FPS action
- Every single level has carefully hand-pixelated enemies and backgrounds
- Music and multichannel SFX
- Over one hundred animation frames for enemies and bosses
- Large bosses
- The whole game fits on one floppy disk
In addition to purchasing the download version, it will also be possible to pre-order a boxed edition with a diskette or as a CD³² version from Poly.Play.xyz. (snx)
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