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Tool: identify-library 42.1 (15. Apr. 2023)
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 42.1 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported) which now supports the Open Amiga Hardware Repository as well as new boards. Downloads: IdentifyDev.lha (66 kB) IdentifyUsr.lha (99 kB)...

MorphOS: Fallout 1 Community Edition ported (15. Apr. 2023)
After the 2nd part already two months ago, Bruno 'BeWorld' Peloille has now also ported the predecessor for MorphOS: Fallout (Wikipedia) from 1997 is a role-playing game, which is set after a nuclear war, shows black humor and combines futuristic tec...

Video tutorial: Creating and using Blitter objects (BOBs) in AMOS (15. Apr. 2023)
In another part of his series of short tutorials on AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported), retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' this time explains the creation and use of Blitter Objects (BOBs) and controlling a BOB on the screen by using a joystick for input....

Open Amiga Hardware: Product ID for boards and identify library (15. Apr. 2023)
The authors of the boards- and identify-library have started a project to promote open source Amiga hardware, the Open Amiga Hardware Repository. The project has reserved its own manufacturer ID for Zorro boards. Developers of open Amiga hardware can...

WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.3.1 (14. Apr. 2023)
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.3.1 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. In this release the gameslist.csv file changed. It is recommended t...

Whatever became of... - Bill McEwen? (12. Apr. 2023)
As one can read on the company website at the title link, the former president of Amiga Inc. Bill McEwen is now working for Stavatti Aerospace. The plans of its founder are ambitious - he wants to produce military jets e.g. for NATO, although he has n...

Image editor: PyDPainter 1.0.6 for Windows (12. Apr. 2023)
In contrast to DPaint.js, which we reported on yesterday and which can be executed platform-independently in the browser, PyDPainter (for Windows) uses the Python programming language, but is also inspired by DPaint. As author Mark Riale wrote, "PyDP...

SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.04.11 (12. Apr. 2023)
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Since our last message about version 1.2.1 of the fi...

Event: Interface XXXIV in Kiel (Germany) on 29.04.2023 (12. Apr. 2023)
On saturday, April 29 2023, in Schwentinental near Kiel (Germany) the next retro-computing event "Interface" is taking place. Details can be found in our German news-item or at the title link....

Audio player: RNOTunes 1.1 for all Amiga systems (12. Apr. 2023)
RNOTunes is a GUI based audio player application with support for many different audio formats, embedded cover images, and Last.fm scrobbling (amiga-news.de reported). 'jPV^RNO' now has released version 1.1. Changes: Added button graphics previews in...

Demoparty: The best Amiga demos of the Revision 2023 (11. Apr. 2023)
This year's edition of the Revision 2023 demoparty took place last Easter weekend. Under the title link, pouet.net has published the results lists. First place in the category "Amiga Demo" won the "Batman Rises" parody "Blood Sugar Rises" by Attentio...

AmigaOS 4: mySQLcontrol 2.10, myApacheStarter 3.10 (10. Apr. 2023)
mySQLcontrol by Michael Christoph is a database administration and editing program for the mySQL database server under AmigaOS 4. It requires the MySQL database server included in Edgar Schwan's development environment AAMP (and update if necessary). ...

USB-C Power Supply for Amiga announced (10. Apr. 2023)
At the title link a USB-C-based power supply called "PowerShark" has been announced for Amiga 500, 600 and 1200. Battery-powered USB-C chargers would also be supported, as would magnetic USB-C adapters. Currently, however, only a text-only description ...

Jump'n Run: Boxx 4 released (10. Apr. 2023)
The developer 'Lemming880' in cooperation with "Retroguru" has released the fourth part of his 'Boxx' series developed with the Scorpion Engine at the currently taking place Revision demo party (amiga-news.de reported). Features: 14 finest Amiga chip...

AmigaRemix: Further files added (09. Apr. 2023)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Pinball Fantasies - Stones 'n Bones (Haunted Remix) Space Harrier Live Performance Details Turrican 2 Final Figh...

Mastodon client: Amidon 1.1 (08. Apr. 2023)
Dimitris 'MiDWaN' Panokostas, author of the Amiga emulator Amiberry, has released version 1.1 of his Mastodon client Amidon for AmigaOS 3 (amiga-news.de reported). Changes: Implemented Profile view Updated Readme with more details on the requirement...

Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.10 (08. Apr. 2023)
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), whi...

Preview video: Super Metal Hero (08. Apr. 2023)
At the beginning of 2020, Raster Wizards announced its game "Super Metal Hero". After development was initially frozen in favour of the game Hyper Runner, work on the Jump'N Run has been underway again for some time. A short new preview video shows anothe...

Amiga disks on PC: FloppyBridge 1.4 (06. Apr. 2023)
Using Robert Smith's plugin FloppyBridge (video on how it works), emulators like WinUAE and Amiberry can work in real time with real floppy disks. Today he has released version 1.4. Changes since our last news item: Version 1.4 Fixed issues with s...

Preview video: Amiga port of Breakthru (05. Apr. 2023)
After the release of the Wonderboy port (amiga-news.de reported), 'acidbottle' now turns its attention to the next Amiga port of a game: Breakthru was released in 1986 by Data East and is a horizontal shoot'em up in which the player controls an armed mili...