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Amiga emulator: Audio fix for vAmigaWeb (iOS, iPadOS) (17. May. 2024)
vAmigaWeb is an Amiga emulator for the web browser or a Progressive Web App (PWA) based on the Amiga emulator vAmiga for MacOS. In this update, the developer 'mithendal' has fixed the problem that after activating the mobile phone or iPad from a longer...

Managing ADF files: adflib V0.9.0 for Windows, Linux and macOS (16. May. 2024)
Laurent Clevy first released adflib in 1999 in version 0.7.8 (Aminet). The portable C library, written mainly in C, is used to manage Amiga-formatted devices such as hard disks and ZIP disks or to swap them out via the .ADF format (amiga-news.de reported)...

Arcade port: King and Balloon V0.92 (16. May. 2024)
"King and Balloon" is an arcade conversion of the title King & Balloon, originally released by Namco in 1980 (amiga-news.de reported). The new beta version 0.92 that has now been released fixes some graphics and sound effect problems and Fix spawn positio...

DiskFlashback: Using image files and discs in PC drives (14. May. 2024)
Developer Rob Smith has introduced 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 Am...

Linux: Kernel 6.9 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000 (13. May. 2024)
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.9, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests. Download: linux-image-6.9.0-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (61 MB)...

Shoot 'em Up: Early demo version of "NEON world" (v0.3) (11. May. 2024)
After Frank Neumann had not programmed anything for the Amiga with assembler for 30 years, he wants to get back into it with the shoot 'em up "NEON world" (amiga-news.de reported). With this further early demo version, the player's power has been upgraded...

Reverse Engineering: Dungeon crawler Bloodfest (11. May. 2024)
In relation to games (software), reverse engineering is the process of analysing the code and content of the game in order to understand how it works (amiga-news.de reported). In this case, Petri Häkkinen, author of the dungeon crawler Bloodfest, had lost...

AmigaOS 4: Partitioning and formating the A1222 Plus SSD drive (09. May. 2024)
Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000). In a first article he reported on the various parts that are included in his complete system. Now he explains how to partition an...

Developer log: Amiga Isometric #4 (09. May. 2024)
Nivrig Games is working on porting an isometric arcade adventure game to the Amiga and is publishing developer diaries (amiga-news.de reported). After three further entries - Amiga Isometric #2, Amiga Isometric #3 and Amiga Isometric #3.5 - the ability to...

Preview video: Scorpion Engine port of "Street Fighter 1" (09. May. 2024)
Mohammed Malik is in the process of using the Scorpion Engine to port the well-known beat'm up "Street Fighter 1" for the Amiga in a new and better way compared to the existing version. The target platform is an Amiga 500 with 512 Kb RAM. The author start...

Interview: Announcement of a cost-reduced MiSTer FPGA board (08. May. 2024)
Taki Udon recently presented the prototype of a cost-reduced version of the FPGA Amiga clone "MiSTer" in a video. Wes Fenlon has now interviewed him at the title link, so that details of the new board are now also available in writing. After the price ...

USB-C power supply: 2nd batch of the PowerShark imminent - color choice possible (08. May. 2024)
The “PowerShark” is a USB-C-based power supply unit for the keyboard case Amigas 500, 600 and 1200, which sold out quickly. A second batch with very minor changes to the electronics is now about to go into production, for which a new housing c...

Demo: THE CURE V1.6 for AGA-Amigas (07. May. 2024)
Some time ago, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released a demo called 'THE CURE' (YouTube video) which placed first at the 'Solskogen'-Demoparty 2020 in the category Oldskool (amiga-news.de reported). He continues to maintain this demo and has now released v...

Video: Test of a new MOD player for Amigas with low memory (06. May. 2024)
Musician, DJ and developer Ian 'h0ffman' Ford has published a video on YouTube in which he tests his new MOD player for Amigas with little memory, which is currently under development: it is based on Arnaud Carré's "Light Speed Player" (amiga-news.de repo...

Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v3.1.0 (06. May. 2024)
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported). Version 3.1.0 among others offers share by URL: Added share by URL, ...

AROS/x86: Update of ABI-v0 developer branch (05. May. 2024)
In February, Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz backported the version 20220318-1 of AROS/x86 for 32-bit systems for the original binary interface ABIv0. A first update is now available under the title link or on GitHub. The archive only contains th...

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 168 (05. May. 2024)
The English and German issue 168 (May/June 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. Content of the current issue includes, beside...

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

Chiptune tracker: Furnace V0.6.3 for Windows, Mac and Linux (03. May. 2024)
'tildearrows' Furnace is a tool that can be used to create sound chip music ("chiptune"), mostly from the 8/16-bit era (amiga-news.de reported). It supports a wide range of functions and sound chips, from NES, SNES and Genesis to ES5506, VIC-20 and the Am...

Platform game: Level 2 of the demo version of "Silhouette Threat" for AGA-Amigas (02. May. 2024)
At the end of January, we introduced the platform game project "Silhouette Threat" for AGA-Amigas in detail. A few weeks later, a demo version with the first level was released (YouTube video). Now the developer 'lionagony', supported by his daughter who ...