25.Dec.2021
George Sokianos
|
AmigaOS 4.1: SDK V53.34 released
As George Sokianos writes, he has created a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers that combines all previous versions and a lot of fixes and updates. It can be downloaded from the Hyperion Entertainment website. The changes since version 53.30 (9/5/2015):
more ...
(dr)
[News message: 25. Dec. 2021, 21:41] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
24.Dec.2021
Discord
|
Game launcher: X-bEnCh 1.2 Final Public Release
Jim Neray's X-bEnCH is a graphical user-interface with up to 640 colours (AGA; 128 on OCS/ECS-computers) which can replace the Workbench for launching WHDLoad-games and other applications and requires low hardware resources. An integrated command line as well as the file manager Xpl0rEr (video) are also available.
more ...
(dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 22:38] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
24.Dec.2021
IndieRetroNews
|
Arcade shooter: 'Bean Versus The Animator' Xmas special
In mid-July we reported on the release of the arcade shooter Bean Versus The Animator. Now the developers have followed up and released an exclusive single-level episode of Bean Versus The Animator for Christmas: 'It's Snow Joke!':
An A500+ is required, 1.5MB Chip RAM is recommended if you want to run the game from Workbench.
(dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 08:20] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
24.Dec.2021
Reddit
|
Xmas puzzle: Shuffling Around the Christmas Tree
If you still need some support to get into the right Christmas mood or maybe want to do some puzzling on the Amiga together with the family after unwrapping the presents: Shuffling Around the Christmas Tree by the demo group Desire not only reached second place at the Syntax Demopoarty at the end of November, but could also perform this little Christmas miracle.
This interactive puzzle slideshow presents artwork by Terry Redlin. After a short display time of the respective picture, the pieces are mixed up. Now you have to try to restore the picture:
You use the mouse to move the arrow at the edge of the image to the row or column that should be moved and then perform the action by pressing the mouse button. The puzzle is available as adf-version and as HD-version as exe-file. The adf version requires an Amiga 500 with 512 KB of chip RAM, while the HD version requires 1 MB of RAM for it to boot from harddisk.
(dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 07:38] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
24.Dec.2021
https://blog.alb42.de (ANF)
|
AmiTube 0.6: YouTube client for 68k-Amigas
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).
Now version 0.6 is available which among other adds a German localization and preview icons. Detailed changelog:
- Localization (german included)
- Preview Icons (need jpg Datatype)
- All formats Download buttons on main gui
- Check for Free space on HD, warn before downloading if not enough space
- Icon tooltype MOVIEDIR to set directory for movies
- smaller network buffer for low memory systems
The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website.
Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link.
(dr)
[News message: 24. Dec. 2021, 06:06] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
23.Dec.2021
Thomas Wenzel (ANF)
|
Audio player: AmigaAMP 3.30 released
Thomas Wenzel has released version 3.30 of his audio player AmigaAMP for AmigaOS 3.9 and AmigaIS 4 at the title link. Changes include ARexx macro support and automatic fallback from MHI to AHI.
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 23. Dec. 2021, 11:35] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
22.Dec.2021
G. Bernhardt (ANF)
|
WinUAE 4.90: German translation file by BlackByte
On his WinUAE mirror Webwood.de Gunnar 'gunaTM' Bernhardt released a german translation file by BlackByte updated for version 4.90 of the emulator. The file has to be copied into the WinUAE drawer. Then german language can be selected under "Host/Misc".
(snx)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2021, 20:10] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
22.Dec.2021
Amiga Future (website)
|
Game: Second level for "Project - Quest"
The fantasy shooter "Project - Quest" is still in development (amiga-news.de reported). Now at the title link a second level has been released (video).
(snx)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2021, 20:03] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
22.Dec.2021
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
|
Scene World Podcast Episode #130 - THEA500 Mini
In episode 130 of their Scene World Podcast, Jörg Dröge and Arthur Heller talk with Darren Melbourne and Chris Smith of Retro Games about their down-scaled Amiga replica THEA500 Mini. Interview starts at 5:55 minutes.
(snx)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2021, 09:43] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
22.Dec.2021
|
WinUAE 4.9.0: Setting up the Voodoo3 RTG emulation for AmigaOS 4.1, part 1
At the beginning of March we reported for the first time that for the Amiga emulator WinUAE the emulation of the Voodoo3 graphics card is in development. This was then already made available in the beta versions.
more ...
(dr)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2021, 06:53] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
22.Dec.2021
Amigatronics
|
Retro gaming: WHDLoad 18.7
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. Version 18.7 provides the following changes:
more ...
(dr)
[News message: 22. Dec. 2021, 05:15] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
21.Dec.2021
|
Hyperion Entertainment released AmigaOS 3.2.1
Press release: Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is proud to provide the first free update of AmigaOS 3.2. It demonstrates our dedication to ensure that AmigaOS 3.2 is the most capable and most stable operating system ever for the 68K based Amigas. If you have do not already own a copy of AmigaOS 3.2, there is now even more reason to get one from your favourite dealer!
more ...
(dr)
[News message: 21. Dec. 2021, 22:02] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
21.Dec.2021
|
Arcade-Adventure: "PETSCII Robots" erhältlich
"PETSCII Robots" by well-known Texan Youtuber 8 Bit Guy is an arcade adventure originally developed for the Commodore PET, whose in-game "graphics" consisted entirely of PETSCII characters (video). The Amiga version (video) developed by Vesa Halttunen and announced about a month ago has been completed in the meantime and can be ordered from the Youtuber's web shop.
more ...
(cg)
[News message: 21. Dec. 2021, 16:44] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
20.Dec.2021
George Sokianos (ko-fi)
|
AmigaOS 4: Port of editor 'Lite XL' announced
George Sokianos, author of the AmigaOS 4.1 application MediaVault, has announced that he has started porting the editor Lite XL, which originated in the Linux world. About his motivation and the current development status he wrote the following:
more ...
(dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2021, 18:37] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
20.Dec.2021
Zoltan Balaton
|
Emulator: QEMU 6.2.0 released
A week ago version 6.2.0 of the emulator QEMU was released. We had described at the beginning of May in an excursion to the use of Amiga operating systems on non-native hardware how to use the operating system MorphOS under QEMU. With the release of the latest QEMU version, bugs in the USB emulation have now been fixed and some minor improvements in Pegasos2 support have been integrated:
- Suppress warning when qtest enabled
- Implement power-off RTAS function with VOF
- Add constants for PCI config addresses
- Access MV64361 registers via their memory
- Implement get-time-of-day RTAS function
- Warn when using VOF but no kernel is
- Restrict memory to 2 gigabytes
(dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2021, 18:14] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
20.Dec.2021
Rob Smith
|
Tutorial: Porting a X-Mas game from HTML5 to AMOS, part 3
Rob Smith, known for his project DrawBridge for reading Amiga floppy disks using a standard PC floppy drive, has now released the third part of his YouTube tutorial showing how he ported the Christmas game 'Present Drop' from HTML5 to AMOS (amiga-news.de reported). In this episode he does focus on hardware sprites and collision detection.
(dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2021, 07:02] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
20.Dec.2021
Twitter (ANF)
|
Amigaworld.de: Amiga 500 Clockport Adapter V3
On Amigaworld.de the Amiga 500 Clockport Adapter V3 was published under the title link. While the adapter V1 provides a total of 2 buffered clock ports and the more compact Amiga 500 Clockport Adapter V2 offers exactly 1 buffered clock port, there is now for the side expansion port in the Amiga 500 and the front expansion port in the GBA A1000 also the Amiga 500 Clockport Adapter V3 with a total of 2 buffered clock ports.
(dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2021, 06:56] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
20.Dec.2021
Jochen Hoffer (ANF)
|
Puzzle game: Crazy Columns 1.05
Jochen Hoffer has released version 1.05 of his conversion of the Sega classic 'Columns' (video) as a small Christmas present (amiga-news.de reported). The game mode "Bad Buddy" has been revised, in which you have to compete against each other. The first to win a total of 9 rounds is the winner. Likewise, the instructions for the game have been expanded to include the game modes.
(dr)
[News message: 20. Dec. 2021, 06:46] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
|
Aminet uploads until 18.12.2021
The following files have been added until 18.12.2021 to Aminet:
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:01] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
|
OS4Depot uploads until 18.12.2021
The following files have been added until 18.12.2021 to OS4Depot:
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:01] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
|
AROS Archives uploads until 18.12.2021
The following files have been added until 18.12.2021 to AROS Archives:
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:01] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
|
WHDLoad: New installers until 18.12.2021
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 18.12.2021:
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:01] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
Amiga Future (website)
|
AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Shadow of the Beast II level 2 (Sultry dark side of Karamoon)
- Rings of Medusa
(snx)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:01] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
Games.ch (ANF)
|
THEA500 Mini: Release date and games list
On their Facebook account RetroGames Ltd. has published the release date of their size-reduced replica "THEA500 Mini" now (amiga-news.de reported). The just 20,7 x 14,4 x 2,7 centimeters measuring device - therefore being without a working keyboard - will be available on March 25, 2022.
more ...
(snx)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:01] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
|
Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 154 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 154 (January/February 2022) have been published online now at the title link. Contents include an interview with Thomas Römer as well as reviews of the 68030-TK2 by 'Matze' and the games collection Ad Cosmos Ex Terra.
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)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 09:00] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
19.Dec.2021
Roman Kargin (Mail)
|
AmigaOS 4.1: Warp3D backward compatibility with 'NovaBridge'
At this year's AmiWest it was announced that Hans De Ruiter is working on NovaBridge: This driver should allow all 3D applications written under the old Warp3D and MiniGL to work on modern graphics cards like Radeon RX and Radeon HD. As the author explained in a blog post from late October, NovaBridge came about after further discussion about how confusing Warp3D's Nova naming scheme was. The main problem with this would be the fact that the end user would need to know about this incompatibility in order to get software to work accordingly. This is now to be solved by replacing the hardware-dependent code in the W3D_SI driver with Warp3D Nova code.
In consequence, this means that end users no longer need to worry about 3D APIs. Warp3D, Warp3D Nova, MiniGL, OpenGL ES 2, GL4ES should all work as long as Warp3D Nova drivers are installed. And developers would never need to write a Warp3D driver again.
Work on this driver is still ongoing, but Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has now summarized the current state of development in a YouTube video. In it, he notes that WarpOS apps like WipeOUT2097, Heretic2, demos of Encore, MadWizzards, etc. are working. They would all run in hardware rendering mode and would not require any patches. According to his conclusion, NovaBridge is currently the most compatible Warp3D of all possible realizations on any Amiga. Because even things that previously ran on Voodoo graphics cards but not on Radeon or vice versa would now just work as expected.
(dr)
[News message: 19. Dec. 2021, 07:23] [Comments: 0]
[Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
|
| | |
| | |
