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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 10.2 (Update) (15. Nov. 2024)
Thomas 'Thor' Richter's universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI" supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. The current version 9.3 fixes two minor bugs: the PCI config area parser sk...

Porting Amiga applications to Linux: AxRuntime 41.12 (14. Nov. 2024)
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz' "AxRuntime" is a runtime environment for Linux that emulates the AmigaOS API and thus enables ports of Amiga applications to Linux or the development of applications that can be compiled for both AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS...

News from former Amiga partner: QNX SDP 8 free for non-commercial use (update) (12. Nov. 2024)
The Amiga and the QNX real-time operating system have crossed paths twice in their long history: Amiga-owner Gateway 2000 commissioned QNX at the end of 1998 to develop the AmigaOS 5.0 (AmigaSE 1.0) operating system based on the QNX system, before the col...

Virtual desktops for the Workbench: GoVD v1.2 (11. Nov. 2024)
Krzysztof Donat's program GoVD makes it possible to use the Workbench on up to eight virtual screens under AmigaOS 3.1.4 and 3.2. The new version 1.2 fixes problems reported by the community: Fixed the issue with proper detection of Workbench windows...

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.11.2024 (10. Nov. 2024)
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: AmiBlitz_3.9.10.lha Development/AmiBlitz Amiblitz is the further... ctools-0.4a.lha Emulation/Misc Manipulate C64/C128 CP/... AmiArcadia_33.50....

System-friendly Pac-Man game: Part 4 of the video series (07. Nov. 2024)
Thomas Cherryhomes is working on an Amiga implementation of the game Pac-Man, which is using operating system calls only (amiga-news.de reported). Meanwhile part 4 of his video series has been published at the title link, showing how to add a Message...

Alinea Computer: new versions of KickRom-Progger and KickRom-Flash (06. Nov. 2024)
Press release: We are pleased to present two of our popular products in version 2. KickROM Flash Rom V2 The KickROM Flash Rom V2 is a programmable Flash-Rom replacement for EPROM devices (e.g. 27c400) or Kickstart-Roms in the Amiga computer. Up to...

MOD player: rePlayer V0.16.6 for Windows (05. Nov. 2024)
The new version 0.16.6 of rePlayer, Arnaud Nenys' versatile audio player for Windows (amiga-news.de reported), offers Amiga fans and music enthusiasts a wealth of convenient features and some major updates. The tool, originally developed to play Amiga mus...

Game: Hyper Wings 1.2 (05. Nov. 2024)
Christian Geldmann's Hyper Wings (amiga-news.de reported) is an Asteroids-like space shooter (video). The game, which is written in assembly and offers various levels of difficulty, is still in active development despite the version number 1.2. A "Best of...

Cowboy/shootout game: Full version of Duel released (04. Nov. 2024)
In "Duel", two cowboys (or a cowboy and an alien) that can be controlled up or down shoot at each other, with various obstacles providing cover (video). In the now finalised version (amiga-news.de reported) you can choose from 29 characters....

Preview video: Platformer "Robot Jet Action 2" (04. Nov. 2024)
Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik is in the process of porting his platformer "Robot Jet Action", originally released for the C64, to the Amiga as "Robot Jet Action 2" using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). In a new preview video #5 under the title li...

Preview video: Danmaku #6 (04. Nov. 2024)
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing a project that was started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime. Now that the complete, new development team is together - graphics: Holger Crome, music: Roland 'Triace' Voss, code: Da...

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 02.11.2024 (03. Nov. 2024)
The following files have been added until 02.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: glib-2.0.lha Dependencies/Library/Misc A second experimental M... ATasm_1.09.lha Development/Cross Mac65 compatible 6502 c... libwebp-1.4.0.lha...

Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.5.0 for Windows (01. Nov. 2024)
NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de repor...

Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 9.2 (31. Oct. 2024)
To stem the proliferation of incompatible, vendor-specific software solutions for PCI extensions, Benjamin Vernoux introduced his “OpenPCI” system in 2003 and actively developed it further until 2007. However, the original OpenPCI was only a w...

AROS/x86: Update of the ABI v0 version (29. Oct. 2024)
In February Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz ported version 20220318-1 of AROS/x86 for 32-bit systems back to the original binary interface ABIv0. Now at the title link as well as on GitHub a second update for it has been published (release notes). ...

Documentary: The Making of Worms (1995) (29. Oct. 2024)
The documentary "The Making of Worms (1995)" on YouTube provides a comprehensive insight into the creation of the cult game Worms by Team 17. The one-hour film shows the history of the game, starting with developer Andy Davidson's idea and ending with its...

A600GS: Update 46.1.864 with floppy drive support (29. Oct. 2024)
With the new update v46.1.864 for the A600GS computer, manufacturer Amiga Kit is introducing, among other things, support for floppy drives via Drawbridge (amiga-news.de reported). The changes in detail: System-v46-updates: ARM Graphics Library: A...

Scene World Podcast Episode #201 - Charles Cecil (Revolution Software) (29. Oct. 2024)
In the 201st episode of the Scene World podcast, the team welcomes Charles Cecil, founder of Revolution Software and an icon of British video game development. Cecil, known for some classic adventure games that are still popular today, talks about his car...

News from AmiWest 2024, AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 3 announced (27. Oct. 2024)
At AmiWest, which took place this weekend in Sacramento (USA), Steven Solie and Trevor Dickinson were again present to give presentations and answer questions about AmigaOS 4 related products. Just like last year, no Hyperion representative was atte...