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AROS distribution: AROS One 2.8 (x86) (11. Apr. 2025)
The "AROS One" distribution, based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0, is now available in version 2.8 for x86 computers. A DVD ISO file and a USB flash ("VHD") image are available for download. The VHD image can be used as a hard disk in virtual machine...

Paint program: PolarPaint for all Amiga systems (11. Apr. 2025)
PolarPaint is an experimental paint program written with Hollywood that requires a fast computer with RTG, at least a resolution of 1440x900x16 (program window is 1400x820), at least 40 MB free Fast RAM (64 MB or more recommended) and is available for Ami...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.8 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.8 (11. Apr. 2025)
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 7.0.8 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has ...

Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32 for the Amiga 1200 (09. Apr. 2025)
KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module that can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. With version 1.6, after the Amiga 3000 and 4000, the Amiga 1200 is...

Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code 10.0.2 (08. Apr. 2025)
For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor (amiga-news.de reported). The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the ...

Mining strategy game: The history of "Aminer" (07. Apr. 2025)
"Last Minute Creations", a Polish group of Amiga game developers (e.g. GermZ or Chaos Arena), spent more than six years working on their mining strategy game "Aminer": set in the Soviet era, the aim is to fulfil the planned economic extraction plans and m...

HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.16.13.1 (07. Apr. 2025)
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 repo...

Arcade action: New demo version V0.98 of Ghosts'n'Goblins (07. Apr. 2025)
At the end of 2024 'Skyzoo73' released a handsome practice study to show how Ghosts 'n Goblins can be ported to the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The now updated demo version offers a lot of corrections and optimisations and re...

Crowdfunding: Psygnosis - Games People Play (Volume 1) (06. Apr. 2025)
Following the book "Demoscene: The Amiga Renaissance", Éditions64K is now planning a two-volume publication on the history of the games company Psygnosis (e.g. Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast). The first volume covers the years 1980 to 1993, i.e. the p...

Video tutorial: 3D Shooter proof of concept with AMOS (05. Apr. 2025)
The latest video from retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' follows on from his last one about creating simple anaglyph 3D graphics in AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported) and continues it as a program for a 3D shooter proof of concept....

Crowd funding: Card game Amiga Trumps Powerplay (02. Apr. 2025)
The financing of an Amiga "top trumps" game was initiated on Kickstarter and has already been achieved. "Amiga Trumps Powrplay" comprises thirty characters from Amiga games and will go into production at the end of April once the campaign is complete. The...

Event: ZZAP! Live 2025 in Kenilworth (England) (02. Apr. 2025)
On May 17/18, the third "ZZAP! Live" event for all Commodore and Amiga systems will take place for the first time over two days at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England), organized by Fusion Retro Books, the Arcade Club, Retro Games Ltd, the South West A...

AmigaOS 4: Blog summary of March 2025 (02. Apr. 2025)
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 in his "Old School Game Blog" at the title link....

AROS: Month in review March 2025 (02. Apr. 2025)
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz summarizes the news for AROS/x86 users in the last month at the title link. ...

20 years of AmiKit: The AmiKit Museum is now open (01. Apr. 2025)
This year, the popular AmiKit celebrates its 20th birthday. The first coverage of the project appeared on amiga-news.de on 14 July 2005 ("Emulation: First Preview of the AmiKit Complete System"). The AmiKit Museum has now been set up as a thank you to Ami...

Swedish demoscene recognised as UNESCO cultural heritage (01. Apr. 2025)
The demoscene has been acknowledged as an intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. This underlines the cultural significance of this digital art form, which has existed since the 1980s and includes an active community in Sweden with numerous demoparties an...

GUI for Greaseweazle tools: ADFDiskBox 2.2 (01. Apr. 2025)
ADFDiskBox is an application with a graphical user interface that serves as a comfortable frontend for the Greaseweazle V4 tools (reported). Developed in C#, the tool is aimed primarily at users who regularly work with Amiga-DOS disks. ADFDiskBox simplifi...

Point'n Click adventure: NEONnoir v1.2 (31. Mar. 2025)
The point'n click adventure game "NEONnoir" (video) was developed with AmiBlitz for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. As a down-and-out private detective, the player has to track down a drug-addicted daughter from a good family (amiga-news.de reported). ...

Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 40.2 (31. Mar. 2025)
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), Thomas 'Thor' Richter has released version 40.2, the first stable version of his universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI", which supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the soft...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.7 for Linux and macOS (31. Mar. 2025)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for Linux and macOS based on the current WinUAE version. The new Version 7.0.7 mainly fixes bugs....