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Managing ADF files: Rust library "adflib" V0.1.4 (12. Oct. 2024)
In March 2023, we reported on Volker Schwaberow's project to convert ADFlib, written primarily in C by Laurent Clevy, into the Rust programming language. At that time, it could be used to read and write ADFs, read and write tracks and sectors in a byte ar...

Interview: Matthew Leaman (Amiga Kit, A-EON) about the A600GS (11. Oct. 2024)
About a year ago, the first photos of the ARM-based "Games System and Classic 68K compatible computer" A600GS were shown at AmiWest 2023. Since August 2024, the console is officially available (amiga-news.de reported) and we regularly report on updates an...

Preview video: Platformer "Robot Jet Action 2" (11. Oct. 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" (amiga-news.de reported). In a new preview video #3 under the title link as well as the correspo...

"Demoscene - The Amiga Renaissance, Volume 3" now available (08. Oct. 2024)
The new book ‘Demoscene – The Amiga Renaissance’ is the third part of a series of illustrated books about the demoscene (amiga-news.de reported). Following the first two volumes, "Demoscene - The Amiga Years" (1984-1993) and "Demoscene -...

3D polygon models: 3D Object Converter v1.0 for AmigaOS 3.x/4.x (08. Oct. 2024)
3D Object Converter is a new tool for 3D polygon models, also often referred to as wireframe models. The software was originally developed for MS-DOS and Windows and has now been ported to AmigaOS 3.x and 4.x in version 1.0. The application can be used...

Demoparty: Results of Deadline 2024 (07. Oct. 2024)
Last weekend, this year's edition of the demo party Deadline took place in Berlin (amiga-news.de reported). Amiga productions could rank in the various competitions. Desire won first place in the "Oldschool Demo" category with Inside the Machine. Sec...

Arcade game: GoGoGo (07. Oct. 2024)
After Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch recently published a demo version of his game "Ami Robbo 2", which is currently in development (amiga-news.de reported), the next release is already following: in "GoGoGo" (YouTube video) you drive in a car scrolling si...

MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.10.2024 (06. Oct. 2024)
The following files have been added until 05.10.2024 to MorphOS-Storage: Pangomonium_2.1.lha Dependencies/Hollywood a plugin for Hollywood ... SDL_2.30.7_Libraries.lha Dependencies/Library/SDL All Libraries SDL : SDL... ScummVM_2.8.1.lha...

Video: Explanation of the MiSTer including accessories and costs (German) (06. Oct. 2024)
In a half-hour explanatory German video at the title link, 'MediaGamesRetroNerdstuff' explains the MiSTer and, in addition to the FPGA itself and the accessories, also discusses the costs - and in this context the cheaper MiSTer Pi variant (amiga-new...

Emu68: Imager Tool V1.0 released (04. Oct. 2024)
The Emu68 Imager is a utility for Windows 10/11 to allow PiStorm users to easily prepare an SD card with Emu68 (amiga-news.de reported) and a basic pre-configured AmigaOS 3.1, 3.2 or 3.2.2.1 installation, and will allow you to partition the card based on ...

Retro gaming: WHDLoad 19.0 (03. Oct. 2024)
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. Version 19.0 provides the following changes: fix: noncached io-operations are again supported to...

Database: BeeBase v1.1 for all Amiga systems (03. Oct. 2024)
Steffen Gutmann's BeeBase is the successor to the programmable, relational database called MUIBase, which is also available for various other platforms (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) in addition to the Amiga systems (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.1 cont...

PDF manual: DOS documentation finished (02. Oct. 2024)
As Thomas 'ThoR' Richter, one of the developers of AmigaOS 3.2, told us on request, his work on an English-language PDF manual for the dos.library in the style of the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals has been completed (amiga-news.de reported) and can b...

Puzzle game: Demo version of Ami Robbo 2 (30. Sep. 2024)
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch's latest project will be a contribution to AmiGameJam 2024: Ami Robbo 2 is the successor to Amirobbo by Polish game developers Bernard Krzymowski and Artur 'Szafir' Szafrański, which was released in 1992. With his permis...

Shoot'em Up: Demo version of QuasaurusX (30. Sep. 2024)
The latest project from Amiten Games is the shoot'em up "QuasaurusX" (amiga-news.de reported), of which a new demo version has now been released: among other things, it offers new background and foreground graphics, new fonts and new end boss routines (Yo...

AROS: Video on AROS distribution AROS One 2.6 (30. Sep. 2024)
Version 2.6 of the "AROS One" distribution for x86 computers based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0 was released around three weeks ago (amiga-news.de reported). The YouTube channel "Proteque-CBN" takes a close look at this version....

MorphOS: Tenth beta version of TinyGL (30. Sep. 2024)
The MorphOS team developer Mark 'Bigfoot' Olsen had offered a Bounty project for improved OpenGL support and drivers for additional Radeon graphics cards under the title link, which had been successfully financed (amiga-news.de reported). Now the develope...

DIY: Firmware update for "GottaGoFaZt3r" (30. Sep. 2024)
"GottaGoFaZt3r" developed by Matt Harlum is a memory expansion with 128MB or 256MB Z3 autoconfig FastRAM for the Amiga 3000 and 4000 (amiga-news.de reported). The recent firmware update fixes the compatibility with A4091: DTACK (Data Transfer Acknowledge)...

WHDLoad: New installers until 28.09.2024 (29. Sep. 2024)
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 28.09.2024: 2024-09-28 improved: Treasure Trap...

Interview with Robert Koon (Amiga conversion of Dune II) (29. Sep. 2024)
In another interview by Spillhistorie, Hans Arne Jacobsen spoke this time with Robert Koon, one of the developers involved in the Amiga conversion of Westwood's strategy classic Dune II. He is currently working on a new version, which should eliminat...