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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.41 (08. Aug. 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 shows improved support of moving platforms) is compatible with AGA an...

Using image files and discs in PC drives: DiskFlashback v1.0.2 (08. Aug. 2024)
Developer Rob Smith has written DiskFlashback, a convenient software for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) that enables PC floppy drives to read and write image files such as ADFs (Amiga Disk Files) during operation. It also allows you to process real discs in Amiga...

AmigaOS 4: Internal 10-watt amplifier for the A1222 Plus (07. Aug. 2024)
Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000) and reports on his experiences in a blog. Having recently tested various audio players, he now takes a short detour back to the ha...

Book: German edition of "The Making of Prince of Persia" now available (06. Aug. 2024)
Jordan Mechner is an internationally renowned game designer whose best-known work is probably "Prince of Persia". Mechner recorded the creation of this global hit in his memoirs, which he wrote down during development and published in 2020 (amiga-news.de ...

Gimmick: Humourful assessment of a GitHub account (05. Aug. 2024)
To "roast" someone means to mock and belittle them in a humorous way and is usually meant in a nice way. This tradition became particularly popular in the USA through the "Dean Martin Show" (see Wikipedia article). The user 'codenoid' has now applied this...

Video: Image and music editing possible with the A600GS? (05. Aug. 2024)
YouTuber 'Proteque' took a look at the now available A600GS computer (amiga-news.de reported), particularly with regard to image and music editing. His conclusion: he has high hopes for the future and is happy to support the project, but currently it was ...

Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master v3.7 R104 for Windows 10/11 (05. Aug. 2024)
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) 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, ...

Amiga Kit: A600GS available / Paolo Cattani games pre-installed (04. Aug. 2024)
Press release (PDF): Cardiff, 4th August 2024 Famous Amiga games developer, Paolo Cattani (interview from 2019) has provided his classic Amiga games to be pre-installed on the new A600GS computer. Virtual GP and Thunderhell are installed ready to pl...

AmigaRemix: Further files added (04. Aug. 2024)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added: Castlevania Vampire Killer Tyros Edition Thexder (Dark Side of the C) Formula One Grand Prix Tyros 3 Edition ...

AROS: Review of July 2024 (04. Aug. 2024)
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of July at the title link....

Tutorial: Setting up a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4 (02. Aug. 2024)
Around three months ago, Hans De Ruiter announced a membership programme in which software and electronics tasks are to be discussed and solved (amiga-news.de reported). He has now launched this programme with Kea Campus and, as promised, has also set up ...

Debbie Harry portrait by Andy Warhol and picture files resurfaced (01. Aug. 2024)
Following the discovery of further computer graphics on the Amiga of pop art icon Andy Warhol ten years ago, one of the presumably only two copies of the Debbie Harry portrait that have been printed back then has resurfaced now, created at the presentatio...

Platform game: Test version 3 of "Dr. Dangerous" (01. Aug. 2024)
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (new YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 3 adds three more levels (9 ...

Game: Agent 357 (01. Aug. 2024)
José 'jojo073' Gonzáles has released another game, "Agent 357": Agent 357 has received a tip from headquarters asking her to investigate a company facility deep in the forest. It is an area that is difficult to access and it is rumoured that there are und...

Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan v1.3.1 and demo version (update) (31. Jul. 2024)
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games continues working on its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video) and released version 1.3.1 with fixes, optimisations and refinements. Detailed Changes: Overhauled boot loader Improved font Fix pits not animat...

Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 31 (30. Jul. 2024)
Issue 31 of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" is now available at the newsstands in the UK and directly from the publisher addict.media. The cover story is the Amiga's history with wargames and military titles, from early strategic titles like Gettysbur...

Beat'em Up: Demo version of "Metro Siege" (29. Jul. 2024)
The side-scrolling beat 'em up "Metro Siege" was announced at the end of 2019. Following various status updates and further preview videos, a playable demo version is now available, which contains three playable levels with a choice of two characters (You...

Video: AmiKit for PiStorm (29. Jul. 2024)
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos mainly focuses on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed Twitch recording, he takes a look at the AmiKit workbench distribution for his Amiga 1200 upgraded w...

AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.30.5 Release Candidate 1 (28. Jul. 2024)
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published a first release candidate of version 2.30.5 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is u...

AmigaOS 4: File manager "Dir Me Up" V4.00 (27. Jul. 2024)
Press release: Five years after its last update (amiga-news.de reported), the modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4... with more than 130 new features, optimizations and fixes! More than ever, it will be your faithful companion to...