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Archive 10/2024

09.Oct.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF) Hollywood: Malibu 1.5 published
Andreas Falkenhahn writes (translated): "Version 1.5 of Malibu, the Hollywood plugin that can display Scala scripts, has now been released. This version contains some bug fixes that were necessary to make the recently released iconic Scala games Beyond a Steel Sky and Adventure 2 by Quantum Code Monk work.

With Hollywood and Malibu you can now play these games comfortably on your nextgen Amiga, Windows, Mac OS, Linux etc. In addition, Malibu now also supports the Mac OS ARM64 platform. Malibu is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal." (snx)

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09.Oct.2024 AVX instructions: An Amiga fan at Intel?
Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) are an instruction set extension for x86 processors introduced by Intel. Arnaud Carré's blog article at the title link is specifically about the AVX-512 instruction set published in 2013. The vpternlogd instruction it contains immediately reminded him of the Amiga's Blitter.

A frequently used minterm value for it is 0xE2, because it is suitable for masked 2D sprites: If the middle bit of three bitmaps (here: used for the mask) is set, the output value of the first bitmap is used (here: the sprite); if the middle bit is not set, the output value of the third bitmap is used (here: the background). And - coincidentally or not - in the official Intel documentation for the vpternlogd instruction, interestingly, from the 256 possible values also 0xE2 was chosen as an example. (snx)

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08.Oct.2024
Scene World Podcast (ANF) Scene World Podcast Episode #200 - Mark Cale ("The Last Ninja")
To mark the 200th episode of the Scene World podcast, the team welcomes Mark Cale, founder of System 3 and pioneer of the video game industry. Cale worked on legendary titles such as International Karate and The Last Ninja. In the interview, he talks about his impressive career and the development of these iconic games. The interview starts at 16:15. It is a special anniversary episode that delves deep into the history of video games. (nba)

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08.Oct.2024
spillhistorie.no - Retrogamingpappa (ANF) Interview: Plaion Marketing Manager on licensing games for retro consoles
The Norwegian video game culture magazine spillhistorie.no has published an interview (‘Licensing is a complicated business’) with Simon Turner, Marketing Director UK and responsible for the global marketing of the retro division. He talks about the modern replica consoles such as TheA500 Mini and TheC64 and the new The Spectrum and explains the challenges of licensing old games and the process of securing the rights to these titles. He also provides insights into the inspiration behind these consoles and possible future projects, mentioning the full-size version of the THEA500, but not discussing it in detail. (nba)

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08.Oct.2024
Lord_Santa Platform game: 2tinycowboys for the Amiga 500 (update)
2tinycowboys is a new game for the Amiga 500 that is designed for two players to compete against each other on a single screen in an arcade-platformer style. Compared to the PC and Android version, the Amiga version stays closer to the original vision of the developer and includes new features such as a level selection menu and visual upgrades. There are currently five levels available.

The game was developed specifically for the Amiga 500 and, in addition to the existing features, also offers plans for future expansions. The developer uses the Scorpion engine and is working on new gameplay modes that will be created exclusively for the Amiga version. The gameplay can be seen on YouTube on the developer's channel Lord_Santa.

2tinycowboys can be downloaded from the website under the title link for a voluntary donation of 2 US dollars.

Update: (08:55, 12.10.2024, dr)

A new version 15 is now available, which offers a number of improvements under the hood as well as redesigned levels with more graphics. (nba)

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08.Oct.2024 "Demoscene - The Amiga Renaissance, Volume 3" now available
The new book ‘Demoscene – The Amiga Renaissance’ is the third part of a series of illustrated books about the demoscene (amiga-news.de reported). Following the first two volumes, "Demoscene - The Amiga Years" (1984-1993) and "Demoscene - The AGA Years" (1994-1996), Volume 3 now sheds light on the years 1997 to 2023 and thus the amazing development of the Amiga demoscene, which continues to thrive today despite Commodore's bankruptcy in 1994.

Although the Amiga was technologically overtaken by PCs, the demoscene remained a creative niche in which developers created complex effects in real time, graphics and soundtracks on old hardware. The book is dedicated to the challenges and unwavering enthusiasm of the Amiga community, which maintained its passion despite all obstacles. Available for 35 euros, this English-language title is a must-have for fans of the demoscene. (nba)

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08.Oct.2024
MDS 3D polygon models: 3D Object Converter v1.0 for AmigaOS 3.x/4.x
3D Object Converter is a new tool for 3D polygon models, also often referred to as wireframe models. The software was originally developed for MS-DOS and Windows and has now been ported to AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x in version 1.0.

The application can be used to import 3D model data from external sources, display it interactively and export it in various common 3D file formats. According to the developer, the program supports 886 file formats (list of supported formats).

The system requirements stated are an Amiga with a 68020 processor or higher, AmigaOS 3.0 or higher, MUI 3.8 or higher, and 32 MB RAM. According to the developer, A600GS, AmigaOne A1222+ and PiStorm32 Lite are compatible. With an existing internet connection, the tool can be automatically updated via a web updater.

The 3D Object Converter is offered as shareware at a price of 40 euros.

More information, features, formats and screenshots can be found on the project's website under the title link. (nba)

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07.Oct.2024

GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.10 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.10 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for Greaseweazle Tools V1.20 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:

Read/Write: Fixed save template if destination folder (options) doesn't exist
Read/Write: Fixed save template missing arguments "Hard-sectors" and "Reverse"

(dr)

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07.Oct.2024 Demoparty: Results of Deadline 2024
Last weekend, this year's edition of the demo party Deadline took place in Berlin (amiga-news.de reported). Amiga productions could rank in the various competitions.

Desire won first place in the "Oldschool Demo" category with Inside the Machine. Second place went to Spreadpoint with 4FX.

Two Amiga works also made it into the top three in the "Oldschool Graphics" category: Floppy. Wanted! by Titus/Rabenauge took second place and Bio Mimics 10 by Steffest/Desire (time-lapse video of its creation) third place.

In the "Three Dee" category - three-dimensional demos - AttentionWhore won with New Art. Finally, there was also a winner in the "Wild" category: the music disc Tactical Transmissions by Pattern Syndicate (YouTube video). (dr)

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07.Oct.2024

Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master V4.5 R112 for Windows 10/11 (update)
Raster Master is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video).

The following changes have been added since our last news item:

Stop/Play and FPS gauge for Sprite Animation
thumbnail preview in Map Editor for each map
delete added in popup menu when you right click on image thumbnail
bug fix for delete all option from Main menu

Update: (06:13, 08.10.2024, dr)

Meanwhile version 4.5 is available. Changes:

currently selected sprite/tile in top corner uses all the space. if the sprite/tile is smaller it is magnified to use entire space
additional Delete All menu added Map Editor and Sprite Animation
New and Delete added in Right click menu over Map preview icon
Delete All menu item in main Raster Master program now deletes maps/sprite animations
and some bug fixes

(dr)

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07.Oct.2024 MOD player: rePlayer for Windows
If you are looking for an MOD player for Windows (and other systems), you already have a good choice: in addition to NostalgicPlayer, there are the online players Pixeltune or Bassoontracker, for example.

Now Arnaud Neny has released another alternative for Windows 10/11 with rePlayer, which, as he writes, he originally started developing specifically to be able to play Amiga music formats.

Although, he continues, as listed above, there are already some alternatives, but as a passionate collector it would have started to become very annoying to keep up to date with newer songs by an artist, watch out for song duplicates and also have some missing playback functions.

So he started writing his own player, initially to play standard modules from the Amiga, using ImGui (for the interface), OpenMPT (to play Amiga modules) and libcurl (to handle the downloads from the web pages). He then added more playable formats, as well as a way to handle databases. In addition, rePlayer can also be used to play modern formats such as mp3, wav, ogg, etc. (dr)

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07.Oct.2024 Preview video: Halloween X
Sami Vehmaa's latest project is to be a game for Halloween and adapted for AGA Amigas. He has now published a first preview video on Twitch. (dr)

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07.Oct.2024

Arcade game: GoGoGo
After Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch recently published a demo version of his game "Ami Robbo 2", which is currently in development (amiga-news.de reported), the next release is already following: in "GoGoGo" (YouTube video) you drive in a car scrolling sideways and have to duck from ghosts or jump over obstacles and collect energy and points. Over the course of the second game, the car drives faster and faster. The game starts in black and white, but can be coloured by pressing the C, O and L buttons simultaneously:

The game runs on any Amiga and is available free of charge. (dr)

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