29.Aug.2025
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Programming challenge: Demos without using CPU
At this year's Evoke demo party, the demo "No-CPU Challenge" by Demostue Allstars took first place in the "Alternative Platforms" category (amiga-news.de reported) and also served as an invitation to a programming challenge: the creation of demos that run entirely on Amiga custom chips without using the CPU.
The linked repository contains the challenge rules and a runner application for launching no-CPU demos.
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29.Aug.2025
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Soundplayer: RNOSoundboard v1.0 released (AROS, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS)
RNOSoundboard is an application that can play audio files with keyboard
shortcuts and mouse clicks. The program offers the following features:
- MUI GUI for arranging sound sets
- Full screen soundboard mode with graphical buttons
- Loads embedded cover images from MP3, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis files for soundboard button graphics
- Internal playlist loading and saving
- Teachable hotkeys, also looping and volume options for each audio file
- Drag'n'drop support for loading files, directories, and playlists
- Supports MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AIFF, WAV, Protracker, DigiBooster, SID, AHX, FastTracker II, ScreamTracker, OctaMED, The Player, NoisePacker, ProRunner, Oktalyzer, Impulse Tracker, Ultra Tracker, Ice Tracker, Liquid Tracker, Quadra Composer, and many other formats
- ARexx, Command Line, and tooltypes support
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29.Aug.2025
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Demoparty: Amiga productions of Xenium 2025
This year's edition of the Xenium demo party took place last weekend in Łódź, Poland (amiga-news.de reported). Several Amiga productions were shown:
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29.Aug.2025
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Preview video: Emu68 V1.1 with Dumpster feature (update)
In a preview video, Michal Schulz uses the macOS 8.1 boot process to demonstrate how the Dumpster feature in the upcoming version 1.1 of Emu68 improves performance: with Dumpster disabled, the boot process took 84 seconds, but after enabling it, the boot time was reduced to 28 seconds.
And the developer explained: "Dumpster is a new way of destroying and re-using JIT instruction caches in Emu68. Instead of throwing them away right after cache flush, they are reused later if the memory of the JIT block has not changed.
The effect is visible here - macOS is constantly flushing CPU instruction cache, also the JIT cache of Emu68. With dumpster on, the boot time of macOS decreases drastically. The effect is even more pronounced on macOS 7.5.
This is a Work-In-Progress - there are still few things to do before it is going public."
Update: (29.08.2025, 20:11, dr)
The developer has now published the first part of a three-part series of articles in which he provides an overview of the upcoming version 1.1 of Emu68. The first part deals with changes to the JIT scheduler and hash tables.
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28.Aug.2025
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New Commodore owner: third video in the "Let's buy Commodore!" series
In the third episode of his "Let's buy Commodore" series, YouTuber Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson shows footage of the contract signing three weeks ago in Amsterdam, as well as recordings of various video calls with well-known personalities from the Commodore scene who want to support Simpson in an advisory capacity.
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28.Aug.2025
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Video tutorial with source code: Recreating an arcade game in AMOS
In his latest video, Keith 'Yawning Angel' Elcombe shows how he recreates the arcade game "Space Race" in AMOS. The source code is available on his website.
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28.Aug.2025
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Preview video: AMail 0.0.6 email program
There is another preview video for Ryan 'bluewizard' Stapleton's project to write a modern e-mail program for AmigaOS 3.2 called "AMail" that supports IMAP and SMTP. For example, deleting e-mails on the server now works, and a configuration window and address book are planned next.
A first release is scheduled for next month, as the programmer wants to participate in the Amiga 40 Tools Jam.
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28.Aug.2025
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QEMU front end for launching AmigaOS 4/MorphOS/AROS: Kyvos 1.3.1
George Sokianos' QEMU front end "Kyvos" is designed to significantly simplify the setup and
launch of AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS under QEMU (amiga-news.de reported).
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26.Aug.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 176 - previews and excerpts
The reading samples and previews of issue 176 (September/October 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others:
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26.Aug.2025
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Turn-based strategy game: New demo version 08/25 of "Ecliptic"
Ecliptic is described by the author as "a mixture of turn based tactical combat and role playing" (amiga-news.de reported) being a visually reminiscent of the retro-futuristic science fiction of the 1970s and 1980s. Now a sixth demo has been released for the game.
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25.Aug.2025
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Turn-based strategy: August 2025 update for "Settle the World"
Christian 'TheoTheoderich' Wiegels' latest update for his turn-based building and trading game "Settle the World" offers a whole range of bug fixes, minor changes and adjustments that improve the gaming experience, as well as ambient sounds.
For example, the micromanagement required to supply the population has been reduced. And the native tribes now react much more strongly to the presence of human actors, which can lead to conflicts with them more quickly.
In addition, nature and sound effects are now played depending on the terrain fields that the player sees on the map. This requires a fast hard drive, as two sound channels need to be constantly fed with new sounds. There are three sound effects for almost every terrain field on the map. The sounds are played slightly quieter than the normal sounds, but you can change the volume using the + and - keys on the numeric keypad.
Last but not least, the developer has created a German-language Let's-Play video to make the game more accessible to users.
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25.Aug.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Package management apt-os4 for clib4 packages
Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè has released version 0.1 of apt-os4, a package manager for clib4 packages. The aim is to make installing, updating and managing packages on AmigaOS 4 as easy and reliable as on modern Linux systems.
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25.Aug.2025
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Video: Converting a GameCube MiSter into an Amiga 3000 MiSter
In a video, Wolfgang Kierdorf demonstrates how he converts a GameCube MiSTer into an Amiga 3000 MiSTer.
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25.Aug.2025
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Emu68: Debugging manual
Michal Schulz has added a chapter on debugging to the open source PiStorm accelerator manual.
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25.Aug.2025
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Puzzle game: AmiKlotski
Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has released a new puzzle game called AmiKlotski (video), in which you have to move a blue block to the target area in a rectangular playing field in order to complete the levels. To do this, other blocks must be moved accordingly. The game runs on any Amiga with Kickstart 1.3 or higher.
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25.Aug.2025
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Asteroids-style dogfights: Hyper Wings 2.22
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. The update to version 2.22 supports the recently released WHDLoad version. In addition, the intro can now be skipped.
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24.Aug.2025
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Aminet uploads until 23.08.2025
The following files have been added until 23.08.2025 to Aminet:
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24.Aug.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 23.08.2025
The following files have been added until 23.08.2025 to OS4Depot:
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24.Aug.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 23.08.2025
The following files have been added until 23.08.2025 to AROS Archives:
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24.Aug.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 23.08.2025
The following files have been added until 23.08.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
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24.Aug.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:
- Pinball Dreams, Ignition (Extended Remix)
- Outrun SplashWave 2025 Genos 2
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24.Aug.2025
Amiga.org (forum)
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TINAPAMA: Updating programs made easy
The new program from AmiModRadio programmer 'Tygre', TINAPAMA, "is not a package manager", as the acronym hints already, but it makes it easier to keep your software up to date as well. This can be done for individual programs or entire groups using a simple CLI command and, if you have multiple Amigas, it can also be triggered centrally.
A description file in each directory, for example the file "AmiModRadio.tinapama" at the installation location of this music player, specifies exactly what should be done and where the respective updates can be found on the internet. If newer files than those already installed exist when the program is called, the update is performed. There are already predefined Tinapama description files for a whole range of programs; otherwise, you can create them yourself using the parameters listed at the title link.
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24.Aug.2025
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Java-Programm: ham_convert 1.12.0
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based program ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the HAM format of the Amiga. Version 1.12.0 adds for example a color limit option in non-HAM modes and a custom palette command line parameter.
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23.Aug.2025
Nicola Morocutti (ANF)
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Italian print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 27
Press release: The September/October issue of "Passione Amiga" magazine is out now! Available in print and Kindle edition exclusively on Amazon. This brand-new issue of the only Italian printed Amiga magazine is overflowing with exclusive content, reviews, interviews, and in-depth features every Amiga enthusiast will love:
- 11 New Amiga Games Reviewed: Castlevania (Update), Track & Field, A100, OUTRUN Amiga Edition, Block Cannon, Master of Minefields, NINJAYATION, Gyruss, SwitcherBoy, Stratagus, GemRB RPG.
- Special Feature: Commodore International
- Hardware & Software Reviews: A1200NG, Amiga Forever 11, C64 Forever 11
- Exclusive Interviews with Matthew Leaman (AmigaKit), Christian Simpson (CEO Commodore), Steffen Häuser, and Michele Battilana (Cloanto)
- Tech Spotlight: It Could Have Been CAOS but It Was Only AmigaDOS – Part One
- Columns: The Shepherd's Attic - CD32 Debug Board
- Plus: Fresh Game News and Tech News
48 full-color A4 pages – 100% dedicated to the Amiga world!
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23.Aug.2025
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Detailed testimonial: PiStorm 600
In a detailed testimonial, 'Epsilon' describes the installation of a PiStorm 600 in his A600 and his experiences with compatibility and the graphics card screen modes it offers.
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23.Aug.2025
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Sokoban variant: strictly limited collector's box for "Skinny Marley"
The Sokoban variant Skinny Marley is now also available in a "collector's box": limited to only 20 pieces, the box’ contains the game on a floppy disk, a hand-painted miniature figure, a postcard with the cover motif and a certificate of authenticity.
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23.Aug.2025
Marcus Sackrow (Kommentare)
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QR code generator: CreateQR 0.2
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's CreateQR can now also save the generated codes as PNG images in version 0.2.
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22.Aug.2025
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Rear Window blog: Creating a sndfile.library for AmigaOS 4
In his latest blog entry, Rave developer Daniel 'trixie' Jedlicka reports on his work on the sndfile.library for AmigaOS 4, the development of a BOOPSI class for displaying multi-channel audio waveforms (e.g. 5.1 surround) and how detours can lead to the goal after all.
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22.Aug.2025
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Crowdfunding: AmiGameJam 2025 - Return of the Arcade
This year's programming competition "AmiGameJam" has the motto "Return of the Arcade" (amiga-news.de reported). Organiser Moya 'Amiga Cammy' McGeough has launched a fundraising appeal to purchase prizes for the winners and cover the shipping costs for physical prizes.
This year, the winner of the first prize from AmiGameJam will have the opportunity to present their game on a full-size arcade machine (specifically, the GRS Build-A-Cade FU) with custom artwork, which will be installed in some of America's largest arcades. The winner will receive a working replica of the arcade machine on a 1:6 scale, on which their game will run. Further prizes are planned. The target donation amount is around 1,900 euros.
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22.Aug.2025
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Crowdfunding: Memory Management Unit (MMU) for Apollo V4 series
Willem Drijver has launched a fundraising campaign to develop a Memory Management Unit (MMU) (German) for the Vampire V4 series, which, if successful, will be implemented by Gunnar von Boehn. An MMU for the 68080 CPU is expected to offer the following advantages:
- Compatibility with (Amiga) Unix/Linux
- Compatibility with Motorola 68060 MMU
- Compatibility with Atari Platform
Of the targeted ¤4,000, over ¤3,200 has already been received.
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