30.Dec.2024
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amiga-news.de: A half-year review
Every website lives from the interest of its users. We therefore wanted to know which news trigger particular interest and what the general situation is regarding visits to one of the best-known German-language sites about the Amiga. In the following, our server administrator Markus Bonet looks back on the past six months and explains his approach to the analysis.
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30.Dec.2024
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for December 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.
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30.Dec.2024
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Image and PDF converter: Image2PDF 2.8 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). In version 2.8, the German language as well as English and German catalogue files have been added for translation purposes and minor bugs have been fixed.
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30.Dec.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.44
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 (YouTube video) 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.
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30.Dec.2024
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AmigaOS 4: MPlayer-GUI 1.62
Daniel Westerberg's MPlayer-GUI is a Reaction-based user-interface for diverse MPlayer ports, which among others supports drag'n'drop.
New extensions for the file requester have been added in version 1.62, as the current MPlayer recognises more formats. In addition, peg2ide.device, p1022sata.device and p50x0sata.device have been added as options.
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30.Dec.2024
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.02
The aim of Zbigniew Ross' Amiga conversion of Yoomph!, originally written for the Atari, was to see how the game could be made to run on an Amiga 500 (amiga-news.de reported).
In version 1.02, the option to quit the game has been added and a problem when playing on 060 CPUs has been fixed.
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30.Dec.2024
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Picture collection: Update of the Amiga Graphics Archive
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" is dedicated to all kinds of pixel graphics created with the Commodore Amiga between 1985 and 1995. According to the operator, quite a number of remarkable images were created during this period, which he believes should not be gathering dust on some hard drive, hidden in an extra level in a game that is never played, or on a PD collection disk that is almost unknown. These graphics should be accessible to all by presenting them on his website.
Somewhat deviating from its own credo and following on from a first set of images published in October 2023 (amiga-news.de reported), this year's works by Danish graphic designer Facet have now been added.
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29.Dec.2024
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Aminet uploads until 28.12.2024
The following files have been added until 28.12.2024 to Aminet:
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29.Dec.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 28.12.2024
The following files have been added until 28.12.2024 to OS4Depot:
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29.Dec.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 28.12.2024
The following files have been added until 28.12.2024 to AROS Archives:
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29.Dec.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 28.12.2024
The following files have been added until 28.12.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
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29.Dec.2024
Reddit (Webseite)
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Team 17: Martyn Brown deceased
According to various forums, probably all based on a message on X, Martyn Brown, co-founder of game developer Team 17, has died at the age of 57.
British computer graphics veteran Shaun McClure reported on Facebook that Brown had been very ill for a long time following a series of strokes. The last time he spoke to him would have been via a voice emulator.
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29.Dec.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: 10th alpha version of PanelApp
For one and a half years, Stefan 'Kronos' Kleinheinrich has been working on his resumed project to revise the operating system's panels, which have remained virtually unchanged since MorphOS 1.4.
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29.Dec.2024
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Diskmag: Amiga Rulez 24-03
The fourth issue of the diskette magazine "Amiga Rulez", which is published in German and English, offers various articles about the Amiga, interviews and game tests as well as, for the first time, a small competition this time.
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29.Dec.2024
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SSL library: wolfSSL for the Amiga
wolfSSL is an open source C library that is primarily intended to provide devices and applications in the embedded sector with an SSL solution. One of the developers involved has now adapted the library to the Amiga: He describes the implementation in a detailed blog, the source code is available on Github.
The author himself would like to try to implement the wolfSSL-based Secure Shell wolfSSH for the Amiga next. It is also possible - although not necessarily planned by him - to use it as a replacement for AmiSSL, to port other tools from the wolfSSL suite or to adapt it to one of the ARM cores in a ZZ9000 graphics card in order to relieve the 68k processor of the complex SSL calculations.
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28.Dec.2024
EAB nba
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Network driver for PCMCIA cards from Xircom
Neil Cafferkey has developed a SANA-II-compatible network card driver for PCMCIA cards from the manufacturer Xircom, which can be used with an A600 or A1200. A list of compatible cards is included in the archive.
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28.Dec.2024
lifeschool
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Free memory log: Consumer 1.1
"Consumer" logs the free memory every few seconds, both in its own program window and in a text file in S:, the program requires at least Kickstart 3.0. New in version 1.1 are buttons for deleting the log file and the window contents.
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28.Dec.2024
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Minesweeper clone: Sapermania
"Sapermania" by the Master of Minefields author is a clone of the Windows classic "Minesweeper" written in AMOS.
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28.Dec.2024
Cameron Armstrong
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.1.0 (update)
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.
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28.Dec.2024
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Operating system for the Amiga: Third alpha version of "Serena OS"
At the end of 2022, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. The developer has since renamed his project "Serena OS" (amiga-news.de reported) and released a third alpha version, which is available as a fully compiled ROM. Basically, all Amigas with a 68030 (or faster) processor are supported. The developer writes about the new version:
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26.Dec.2024
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.0-RC2
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems such as the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which comes with some newly developed features such as a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch. The current Release Candidate 2 ("RC") of version 7.0.0 is not recommended for weaker systems, for which an update of "Amiberry-Lite" will be provided shortly.
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26.Dec.2024
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Plattformer: Rastan demo 0.33
Rastan was released to the Arcades in 1987 by Taito. Version 0.33 of the Amiga port being developed with Scorpion is now available, in which level 1-1 has been revised: The background images are more closely based on those of the arcade machine, there are also proper "checkpoint" pictograms and the flow of the level has been improved.
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26.Dec.2024
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Video: Doom clone "Grind" 0.5
The Doom clone "Grind" should run on any Amiga with at least one and a half megabytes of RAM and a hard disk. The "DevArena" level shown in the video was originally created as a test area for new enemies and functions and actually serves as a stress test for the grind engine. For this reason, at least an A1200 with Fast RAM is recommended for DevArena.
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26.Dec.2024
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Game: Dogi Xmas Demo
Dogi Xmas Demo (video) by Amiten is a vertically scrolling platform game in which the player has to collect all the sweets and fruits to complete a level.
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26.Dec.2024
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.6 LTS for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled Linux kernel 6.12.6, which comes with long-term support (“LTS”), for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. This version introduces support for EFI "GUID Partition Tables" (GPT).
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26.Dec.2024
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Video: Porting a ZX Spectrum BASIC game to AMOS
In a 43-minute video, a Youtuber shows how he turns a type-in listing from an old ZX Spectrum magazine into an Amiga game written in AMOS. The AMOS source code and all other game assets are available for download.
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26.Dec.2024
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 3.0
vAmiga is an Amiga emulator for macOS 11 or newer. After several beta versions, the final version 3.0 is now available. Compared to the beta releases, the emulation of the PCI extension Prometheus has been added and a bug when switching between PAL and NTSC has been fixed.
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26.Dec.2024
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Christmas game: The Young Icefighter 0.1
"The Young Icefighter" is a Christmas game for children created with the 'Shoot'em Construction Kit'; the developer's eight-year-old son is responsible for most of the graphics. Three levels are playable in the pre-release version - but the balance is still being worked on and there is no sound yet.
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26.Dec.2024
Timo Kloss (ANF)
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Crossfire II: Soundtrack released on Spotify/Apple Music
Just over 20 years after the release of the Amiga game Crossfire II, the soundtrack has now been released on Spotify and Apple Music. It contains both the in-game music by Timo Kloss and the background music for the video sequences by Markus Holler.
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26.Dec.2024
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Emulated Amiga: a review of the A600GS
In a detailed blog entry, Amiga user "Puni" describes his experiences with the Orange Pi-based Amiga clone A600GS.
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25.Dec.2024
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AROS: Bounties planned for EFI adaptation
At the title link, Timothy 'terminills' Deters has started to create a list of bounty projects for AROS, which are currently being detailed and will then be published for donation and implementation. The aim of these bounties is to adapt AROS to the BIOS successor EFI.
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25.Dec.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 165 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about Pumpkin, Fast Food 2 and Cyber Force.
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25.Dec.2024
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 11 now freely available
Version 11 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit for Windows 7 or newer is now freely available with all of its updates until version 11.9. The current commercial version is 12.6.
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25.Dec.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Mahjong games Lopan and Shisen-Seki
Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka has created two Mahjong games for AmigaOS 4, Lopan and Shisen-Seki. In a blog entry the author describes his motivation.
Download:
lopan.lha (536 KB)
shisen-seki.lha (36 MB)
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[News message: 25. Dec. 2024, 13:25] [Comments: 0]
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25.Dec.2024
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Video: Amigatronics interview with Trevor Dickinson
At the title link, Amigatronics has conducted an almost half-hour video interview with Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology, in which he talks about what he considers the most important events in the Amiga world in recent years, the current state of the platform and his expectations for the future.
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24.Dec.2024
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Merry Christmas!
Dear Amiga friends,
as the festive season gets into full swing, we look back on the past year – a year full of nostalgia and creative projects in the Amiga world. From refreshing games and practical hardware to lively events, the Amiga has continued to inspire us in 2024.
Thank you for being part of this great community. We look forward to getting off to a flying start with you again in 2025 – with daily news, exciting projects and a never-ending enthusiasm for the Amiga!
We wish you a Merry Christmas full of colourful pixels, contemplative Paula sounds and a high-score chase or two with your family and friends.
Merry Christmas!
Your team at amiga-news.de
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24.Dec.2024
GitHub
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m68k assembly: "Amiga Assembly" plugin v1.8.12 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 1.8.12 fixes a bug in vasm console output on MacOS. On GitHub, a detailed documentation is available.
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24.Dec.2024
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Assembler: ASM-Pro 1.21 released
ASM-Pro is a MC680x0 macro assembler for the Amiga with an integrated editor, debugger, linker and monitor. The program offers full MC680x0, FPU and MMU support. About a year after the last update, ASM-Pro has now been brought up to version 1.21. The changes:
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24.Dec.2024
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 9.0
Jacek ‘jacadcaps’ Piszczek has published version 9.0 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS, which is based on the stable WebKitGTK 2.46.5 (amiga-news.de reported). In addition, several libraries (cURL, tasn, xml2, nghttp2) have been updated for this update.
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23.Dec.2024
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! released
In contrast to Marek Duda's realisation of the game Yoomph!, originally written for the Atari, which he called "Jump!" and which is written explicitly for AGA Amigas (amiga-news.de reported), Zbigniew Ross' aim was to see how the game could be made to run on an Amiga 500
Now he has published the result (video): an improved port of his C64 conversion that runs on OCS Amigas, but also on later models with faster processors and better graphics options.
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23.Dec.2024
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Train simulator: Trans-Pennine Express
At the beginning of 2024, 'lifeschool' had already published a full-motion video (FMV) game with the racing game "Jari-Matti Rally" (amiga-news.de reported). Now he is following up with the train simulator "Trans-Pennine Express", a game based on the same principle (video of beta version 0.7). A 68030 processor (or faster) and 840 MB free space for the hard disc installation are recommended.
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23.Dec.2024
itch.io
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Asteroids-style dogfights: Hyper Wings 1.666
Christian Geldmann's "Hyper Wings" (video) is a shooter developed in Assembler, in which two human or computer-controlled combatants fight each other with a control system borrowed from Asteroids. Version 1.666 offers the following new features:
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23.Dec.2024
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga v3.0b3
Starting with version 2.6.1, developer Dirk Hoffmann made changes to the internal architecture of his Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS with the aim of porting the new emulator architecture of VirtualC64 v5.0 to vAmiga in order to enable features such as Run-Ahead (background article). Now he has released the second beta version of version. Changes compared to the second beta version:
- vAmiga can parse SDL controller descriptions, thus supporting a much broader variety of gamepads now
- Fixed a write-protection bug related to hard drives
- Resuming the emulator in warp mode no longer unmutes audio
The minimum system requirement for its emulator is macOS 11.0.
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23.Dec.2024
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Operating system-compliant Pac-Man conversion: 8./9. part of the video series
Thomas Cherryhomes is working on a conversion of the game Pac-Man that only uses operating system calls. Episodes eight and nine deal with the arrangement of sprites and blitter objects and show how Intuition menus are programmed.
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