24.Mar.2025
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Checkmate 19" IPS monitor : Pre-order from German dealer
The German mail order company DragonBox has been offering Checkmate products since 2022 (amiga-news.de reported). As of today, you can also pre-order the Checkmate 19" IPS Retro Monitor, which was successfully financed via Kickstarter at the end of 2022, as a "Scalar Pack" for 939 Euros.
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24.Mar.2025
HoysterGames
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Shoot'em Up: Demo update for "Rex and the Galactic Plague"
"Rex and the Galactic Plague" (video) is a vertically scrolling shooter that the developer originally wanted to develop with the Shoot'em Up Construction Kit before switching to the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of the new demo version:
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24.Mar.2025
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HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.16.12.2
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).
A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
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24.Mar.2025
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SCSI for Raspberry Pi: SCSI2Pi 5.1
Version 5.1 of the SCSI2Pi emulation software has been released. SCSI2Pi is an alternative to the well-known PiSCSI software for the PiSCSI/RaSCSI board, which brings SCSI technology to the Raspberry Pi. According to developer Uwe Seimet, the software offers optimised device emulation, higher transfer rates and numerous new functions, including tools for the SCSI initiator mode (amiga-news.de reported).
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23.Mar.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.3.0
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. Changes of the new version:
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23.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 22.03.2025
THe following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to Aminet:
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23.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 22.03.2025
THe following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
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23.Mar.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 22.03.2025
The following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
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23.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 22.03.2025
The following files have been added until 22.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
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23.Mar.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 22.03.2025
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 22.03.2025:
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23.Mar.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:
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23.Mar.2025
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Game: Battleship
After almost thirty years, Turkish Amiga.org member 'hggurak' has improved his game "Battleship" and translated it into English. It has been written in AMOS in 1996 on his Amiga 500.
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22.Mar.2025
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Monochrome arcade game: Go! Tony Go!
In "Go! Tony Go!" (video) from Monochrome Productions, the aim is to avoid obstacles and collect bonus items by jumping or ducking. Like Tony Montezuma's Gold from the same development team, the game is designed entirely in black and white.
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22.Mar.2025
BeWorld
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MorphOS: BreakHack 4.1.2
BreakHack is a SDL-based Roguelike. The MorphOS port was done by 'BeWorld' and is the first game to use the updated implementation of the SDL libraries from the same author.
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21.Mar.2025
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.2.4 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.2.4 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for Greaseweazle Tools v1.22 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes since our last news item about version 5.2.1:
- Device/COM: Refresh button "?"
- Multiple connected "devices/COM" (e.g. COM3 and COM4 available): Buttons "Reset", "Bandwidth", "Info" and delays "Info"
- Greaseweazle: Hardware select: Support for Adafruit RP2040 for e.g. "--device COM6"
- GUI: Resizing to minimum values
- Read/Write/Convert: Usage of all arguments now only if "View|Show all arguments" is checked
- Menu: Renamed "View" "Show/Use all arguments"
- GUI: Host scaling setting (e.g. 125%) fixes
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21.Mar.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.6 for Linux and macOS
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version for Linux and macOS. The new version 7.0.6 offers several improvements and bug fixes.
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21.Mar.2025
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Worth a read: A history of user interface design
The Swedish technology nerd and software developer Carl Svensson analyzes the development of user interfaces in a new article on Datagubbe.se entitled "Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design" - with a special focus on futuristic interface designs of past decades.
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20.Mar.2025
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Retro Games: new Amiga 'console' delayed, will be called "THE A1200"
Press release: As everyone knows, it has long been our intention to release a full-size sequel to THE A500 mini in Q1 of 2025. Despite the best efforts of our team and partners, this will sadly not be possible within that timeline.
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20.Mar.2025
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Tutorial: converting WAV samples to IFF
Fabio Falcucci describes in his latest blog post how he converts WAV samples into the Amiga specific IFF format.
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19.Mar.2025
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Event: FAQ released regarding Classic Computing 2025 in Hof (Germany)
As reported, the next Classic Computing, organized by the "Verein zum Erhalt klassischer Computer e.V.", will take place from September 11-14 in the Freiheitshalle Hof (Bavaria, Germany). A FAQ collection with details of the event has now been published at the title link.
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19.Mar.2025
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Event: Brief report from AUGS meeting 2025 in Zurich (Switzerland)
Last weekend the latest meeting of the Amiga Users Group Switzerland took place in Zurich (amiga-news.de reported). At the title link, the association briefly looks back on it.
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19.Mar.2025
Amigatronics (ANF)
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Demoscene: SampleMind interviews Hoffman
At the title link 'SampleMind' has conducted a half-hour interview with the musician, DJ, coder and demoscener 'Hoffman'. It covers his career, his approach to chiptune composing, the influence of the Amiga on his path and his latest projects.
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19.Mar.2025
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.09 / Boxed version / Review
Amiga Yoomp! is the conversion of an Atari 8-bit title from 2007. Version 1.09 has now been released, which adds a music mode menu so that additional music tracks can be selected.
Collectors can also purchase the game in a box from the Polish Komoda & Amiga plus magazine. Tony 'AmigaGuru' Aksnes has written a review of this version in his blog.
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18.Mar.2025
viddi (ANF)
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Pre-order campaign: The Piano Collection III with Allister Brimble
Following the successful releases of the two albums Piano Collection and Piano Collection II with Chris Hülsbeck (amiga-news.de reported) the pianist and music producer Patrick Nevian returns with a possible third album in the series - this time in collaboration with another legendary Amiga composer: Allister Brimble.
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18.Mar.2025
Indie Retro News
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Speed Haste: MS-DOS racing game ported to the Amiga
The fun shareware racing game Speed Haste, originally developed by NoriaWorks for MS-DOS, has now been successfully ported to the Amiga by Szilard Biro. The game, which gained great popularity in the 90s, offers classic arcade action with Formula 1 and stock car racing, twelve different vehicles and eight different tracks.
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18.Mar.2025
Electric Black Sheep
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Game: New update for Star Dust Wars - Director's Cut
The team at Electric Black Sheep has updated its space opera "Star Dust Wars – Director's Cut" on a technical level.
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