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Developer log: PiStorm16 boots (16. Sep. 2024)
In his latest post on Patreon, Emu68 developer Michal Schulz reports that he has booted a PiStorm16 in his A600 for the very first time (YouTube video). Unlike the classic PiStorm, this accelerator card uses an Efinix FPGA chip, just like the PiStorm32-li...

Linux: Kernel 6.11.0 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 (16. Sep. 2024)
Parallel to the release of the Linux Kernel 6.11, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it after numerous tests for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Among other things, it contains a new NTFS3 driver from Paragon Software. In addition, the DPAA Et...

Python script: Quarterback ADF file extractor AmigaQB_extract 0.4.2 (15. Sep. 2024)
AmigaQB_extract is a Python script that aims to restore backup copies created with the Quarterback program more successfully than the original in the event of damages. For example, the catalog stored on the first and last floppy disk is no longer needed. ...

Emulator package: R4 update for Amiga Forever 10 (15. Sep. 2024)
Yesterday, version 10 of the Amiga Forever emulator package received a fourth update. The free update brings improved touch and multi-touch support as well as extended logging functions. In addition, if you have C64 Forever installed as well, one pla...

Interview with Cyril Houzé (Dune AGA project) (15. Sep. 2024)
Amigatronics has conducted a 22-question interview with Cyril 'Barjack' Houzé at the title link. The graphic designer is the initiator of the AGA remake of the adventure classic Dune, which is currently in development (amiga-news.de reported)....

AmigaRemix: Further files added (15. Sep. 2024)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: LFF (Skid Row Cracktro) Paranoimia 2024 Tyros Edition Behind the Walls Live Performance Xenon 2 Megablast - Turn...

Platform game: "Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan" released (14. Sep. 2024)
After five test versions, hoogames has released its platformer "Dr Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan", inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous and created with the Scorpion Engine (YouTube video). In addition to the ADF and lha version, ...

Interview with Jim Sachs (13. Sep. 2024)
Following on from the double interview on Ports of Call conducted together with Hans Arne Jacobsen (amiga-news.de reported), Joachim Froholt has now spoken to Jim Sachs again for their Norwegian website “Spillhistorie” at the title link in ord...

Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.225 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 (13. Sep. 2024)
Parallel to the current kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the la...

Aracade classic: Elevator Action for AGA Amigas (13. Sep. 2024)
After the publication of two preview videos (amiga-news.de reported), the first playable version of Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre's Amiga port of the Taito arcade classic Elevator Action is now available for AGA Amigas. Currently music and sound FX are still...

Heise article on Andy Warhol's Amiga graphics (German) (11. Sep. 2024)
As reported some weeks ago, one of the two art prints with Debbie Harry's portrait is for sale. Now Heise has also published an article about Andy Warhol's work with the Amiga at the title link - and adds that a sales price of 26 million dollars is being ...

Image editor: PyDPainter 2.0.1 for Windows, Linux and macOS (11. Sep. 2024)
The image editor PyDPainter (new YouTube video of version 2.0) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes ...

Amigaworld.de: Alternative riser cards for the A604n memory expansion (09. Sep. 2024)
Press release: AMIGAworld is pleased to announce the availability of two alternative riser cards for the A604n memory expansion for the Amiga 600 from Individual Computers (photo). These new riser cards are designed for WiFi (PicoWyfy) and USB (Su...

Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.42 (09. Sep. 2024)
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video) is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finishe...

Preview video: Amiga port of arcade classic Elevator playable (09. Sep. 2024)
In addition to an Amiga port of Galaga, Jean-François 'jotd' Fabre is also working on a conversion of Taito's arcade classic Elevator Action (amiga-news.de reported). The video now published under the title link shows that, apart from a few graphic errors...

Developer log: First map of the game "The Gate" completed (09. Sep. 2024)
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer reports on his progress on Patreon, but ha...

Video: The year 2038 problem hits the Amiga - but not until 2046 (German) (08. Sep. 2024)
The world will end on January 19, 2038 - at least if relevant 32-bit systems are still using the "UNIX timestamp" format then to measure time by every second. Similar to the Bismarck quote about Mecklenburg, the end of the world will not take place on the...

AROS distribution: AROS One 2.6 (x86) (08. Sep. 2024)
The "AROS One" distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0 is now available in version 2.6 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as a DVD ISO file or as a USB flash image at the title link, where video recordings can also be found. ...

Reverse Engineering: Aira Force 0.8 for Windows, Linux and macOS (06. Sep. 2024)
"Aira Force" is a tool for the reverse engineering of Amiga 680x0 software (amiga-news.de reported). It enables the disassembly and examination of binary files (YouTube video of version 0.8). Thanks to the major update to version 0.8, Aira Force now ...

Logic game: Untangle v1.0 (04. Sep. 2024)
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so ...