08.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Presentation of the new C standard library "clib4"
In his article "Inside clib4: Crafting a Modern C Library for AmigaOS4" Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè talks about the development, the current status and the future of his open source standard C library clib4.
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08.Feb.2025
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Video: Installing and assembling extensions for MiSTer Pi
The Mister Pi is an FPGA-based Amiga clone (extensive review) and aims to be a cheaper alternative to the older MiSTer hardware. In a video, a user demonstrates the assembly of the official Mister Pi case and also equips his Amiga clone with a new internal USB hub and a WLAN/Bluetooth stick.
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08.Feb.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.5 and Amiberry 7.0.4
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.4 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.5.
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07.Feb.2025
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E-Book: Amiga Mini for Gamer
Arno Sommer runs the YouTube channel "Retro and Games" and has repeatedly reported on the THEA500 Mini in various videos. He has now compiled the knowledge he has gathered in an e-book. It is available from Amazon for 5.78 euros.
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[News message: 07. Feb. 2025, 06:59] [Comments: 0]
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06.Feb.2025
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 1.02 (update)
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler "Bolminok's Kingdom" requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for ¤1.50 at itch.io.
Update: (09.02.2025, 07:10, dr)
Version 1.02 is now available, which saves some chip RAM and contains a few corrections.
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06.Feb.2025
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Demoparty: Results of the "Gerp 2025"
Last weekend, the "Gerp 2025" demoparty took place in Skövde, Sweden. The results of the demo competitions, including the corresponding demos, are now available at pouet.net. The "Amiga Demo" category was won by Five Finger Punch with their production "Inhuman Defender":
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06.Feb.2025
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Cross compiler/Assembler: Calypsi 5.8.1
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes.
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06.Feb.2025
Ján Zahurančík, (Philipp Lonke) (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.7
Press release: This was a tough one! Months of work, countless interruptions, frustration, and exhaustion - but we did it! Huge thanks to Wiisoldier, Philipp Lonke, and everyone else who contributed to this update!
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05.Feb.2025
AmigaKit (E-Mail)
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A1200NG: New photos of the emulator-based mainboard
At the title link AmigaKit has published further photos of its ARM- and emulator-based mainboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported). The latest and probably final revision of the hardware, which corresponds to the Amiga 1200 mainboard in terms of dimensions, has a sound mixing circuit and a CDDA feed, as well as a connection for a 12-volt power supply and the option of connecting SATA and IDE drives to internal USB headers.
Greaseweazle technology for reading and writing various floppy disk formats has been integrated. On the software side, AmiBench is used as the desktop interface, as with the A600GS, and FinalWriter 7.2 will be one of the included application programs - which A600GS owners will receive as a free update. Different operating systems and ROMs can then be used on the A1200NG.
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05.Feb.2025
Obligement (ANF)
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Obligement: Interview with Simon Neumann (Alinea Computer)
At the title link, David Brunet has conducted an interview for Obligement with the graduate engineer Simon Neumann, managing partner of the Amiga dealer Alinea Computer and partner of the publisher Look Behind You.
In it, he reports that he is able to make a living from these two ventures and announces that the Octodapter - an extension that allows up to ten joysticks to be used for appropriately designed games - will definitely be launched on the market this year. As a publisher, he is disappointed with the sales figures for the Amiga 3.2 Reference Manual, with the German edition in particular falling short of expectations.
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[News message: 05. Feb. 2025, 20:32] [Comments: 0]
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05.Feb.2025
Spillhistorie (ANF)
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Spillhistorie: Interview with game designer Steve Meretzky (Infocom)
For the Norwegian website Spillhistorie, Joachim Froholt, with the support of Hans Arne Jacobsen, conducted another interview - this time with Steve Meretzky, who designed various text adventures for Infocom, which were then also ported to the Amiga, such as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy".
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04.Feb.2025
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Demoparty: Pågadata 2025 (1-3 August 2025)
The Pågadata 2025 demoscene party will take place from 1 to 3 August 2025 in Teckomatorp in southern Sweden. Entry is free, but donations are welcome. Participants can stay overnight on site.
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[News message: 04. Feb. 2025, 11:36] [Comments: 0]
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04.Feb.2025
bitplan (ANF)
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Managing system variables: GoVars 2.1 (update)
GoVars, developed by Krzysztof Donat (bitplan), is an easy-to-use editor for Amiga environment variables, which is now available in version 2.0. This tool offers a user-friendly interface for managing those system variables in AmigaOS 3.x.
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[News message: 04. Feb. 2025, 11:17] [Comments: 0]
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03.Feb.2025
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Review: Checkmate Retro Monitor
The Kickstarter campaign initiated by Stephen Jones to fund his Checkmate 19" IPS Retro Monitor was successfully completed at the end of 2022 (amiga-news.de reported). The Lyonsden Blog has now published a review in which, among other things, various connection variants were tested.
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[News message: 03. Feb. 2025, 19:57] [Comments: 0]
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03.Feb.2025
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Children's game: New demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter"
New name, new level: the children's game originally called "The Young Icefighter" (amiga-news.de reported) has now been renamed "The Young SALZGITTER Icefighter", as the ice hockey club "Salzgitter Icefighters" has given permission to use the logo and name of their youth department for the game. In addition, a new level, Chicken World, was created and a new demo version released.
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03.Feb.2025
MiDWaN
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.3 and Amiberry 7.0.2
Amiberry and Amiberry-Lite are Amiga emulators.
While Amiberry is based on the current WinUAE version and is recommended for all platforms that are faster than RPI4 - including all macOS and x86_64 platforms - Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is recommended for slower hardware (up to RPI4), or if JIT for ARM is to be used (Which version should I pick?).
Amiberry now has been updated to version 7.0.2 and Amiberry-lite to version 5.8.3, both of which offer bug fixes and improvements.
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[News message: 03. Feb. 2025, 06:22] [Comments: 0]
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02.Feb.2025
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Aminet uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to Aminet:
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02.Feb.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
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02.Feb.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
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02.Feb.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
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02.Feb.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 01.02.2025
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 01.02.2025:
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02.Feb.2025
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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:
- Super Twintris (8mix)
- Flashback - Ending theme
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02.Feb.2025
Mastodon (ANF)
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Music: Crowdfunding of the FastLoaders album "Amiga Rocks Harder"
FastLoaders (Facebook) is a C64 and Amiga remix metal band from Bergen, Norway. As a sequel to their 2020 album, "Amiga Rocks", more than thirty soundtracks of classic Amiga games will be recorded as hard rock versions for "Amiga Rocks Harder". Money is now being collected for this at the title link.
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02.Feb.2025
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Event: AUGS meeting 2025 in Zurich (Switzerland)
On the weekend of March 15/16, 2025, the next meeting of the Amiga Users Group Switzerland will take place for participants with hardware as well as visitors. Venue is the Hottingen Community Center, which is ten minutes by tram from Zurich main station.
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02.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: VideoVortex - GUI for searching and watching YouTube videos
Video Vortex is a graphical user interface for YT.rexx for searching and viewing YouTube videos. YT.rexx is a script that provides direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs. VideoVortex, on the other hand, saves the user the cumbersome and tedious task of editing various configuration files and offers a clear and easy-to-use user interface that was written with Hollywood and the MUIRoyale plugin.
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02.Feb.2025
tukinem
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Sokoban conversion in Ultimate Blitz Basic 2: Soko-Ban
Based on a game originally available for MS-DOS with 53 levels, Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch had published a Sokoban prototype in October 2022, which he had written from scratch in Ultimate Blitz Basic 2 (amiga-news.de reported). He has now updated it (video) as follows:
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