31.Jul.2025
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: "Monthly Roundup" - July 2025
The blog "Gaming on AmigaOS 4" has published another monthly summary of all events and releases around AmigaOS 4. (cg)
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30.Jul.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Amiga Future: Amiga40 Special Edition / Offer for Programmers
As with the last two events, Amiga Future will once again be publishing a special edition for Amiga40 in Mönchengladbach, Germany, which will be distributed free of charge to all visitors.
To support programmers, they can submit a screenshot of their application or game for a corresponding gallery in the magazine. You can find more details at the title link. (snx)
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30.Jul.2025
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Tetris variant: A100 - Version 1.03 and source code
In the Tetris variant "A100" new blocks are placed by the player on a square playing field; the falling blocks of the original game are omitted. Once all positions in a column or row are filled, that column or row is cleared.
In version 1.03, the short delay when repeatedly pressing the same key has been eliminated. In addition, the source code for the game is now available. (snx)
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30.Jul.2025
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Video: Amiga Tech - Bitplane Modulo Tricks
At the title link and in a video, Jeroen Knoester shows various effects that were used for Amiga demos and games and are based on manipulating the bitplane modulo registers.
The source code used is also provided. (snx)
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30.Jul.2025
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Video: Der Amiga - Teil 1, Wie der Amiga entstand (German)
Also the Stay Forever podcast is dedicating itself to the Amiga on the occasion of its anniversary. The first part of the German podcast, which is almost two hours long, is once again devoted to the Amiga's origins. Part two of the Amiga series then deals with the introduction of the computer, its reception by the market, and the technology that sets it apart. (snx)
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30.Jul.2025
Dirk Hoffmann (Mail)
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vAmigaDOS: Web-based tool for analysing andediting ADF and HDF files
Dirk Hoffmann, author of the Amiga emulator vAmiga, explains: "vAmigaDOS is a new, web-based tool that allows you to analyse and edit ADF and HDF files. To do this, simply drag an ADF or HDF file into the browser window. A text-based shell will then open, offering several commands for analysis and editing. You can get an overview of the commands by pressing the TAB key twice. An online help window will appear, explaining all the commands.
If you want more information, e.g. about the file command, simply type file and press the TAB key twice again. The shell also supports autocompletion for file names, which makes navigation much easier. Under the hood, vAmiga provides all file system functions. The tool is currently at version 0.9.4, and I hope to get lots of beta testers."
This version is a pre-release version. Bug reports can be submitted on GitHub. (dr)
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29.Jul.2025
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Demoparty: Results of Nordlicht 2025
Last weekend, the Nordlicht 2025 demo party took place in Bremen, where various competitions were held. Several Amiga productions were also submitted:
Old School Demo
Old School Graphics
Tracked Music
- 1st place: Cryptofunk by JosSs and Virgill (video)
512 Byte Intro
Executable Music
- 2nd place: Tranca by Filippp (member of Damage and MoonShine)
(dr)
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29.Jul.2025
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New puzzle game: Block Cannon has been published
Block Cannon is the title of the latest puzzle game for the Amiga, which developer TheoTheoderich has just released (video).
Block Cannon is all about using skillful joystick controls to place three or more blocks of the same color in a row so that they disappear and earn you points. The speed increases over time, and the goal is to score as many points as possible before the blocks reach the top of the screen.
The game runs on as little as 512 KB of Chip RAM and Kickstart 1.2 or higher, and offers a "Competition Mode" with three predefined start patterns (A, B, C) - ideal for competitions on multiple Amiga systems under identical conditions.
Block Cannon can be downloaded free of charge as an ADF for emulators or as an LHA for real Amiga systems. (nba)
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29.Jul.2025
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Retro computer meetup: Interface XLII near Kiel (August 16, 2025)
On Saturday, August 16, 2025, the Vintage Computer Club (VCC), the Amiga Club Schleswig-Holstein (ACSH), and the Computer Club Klausdorf (CCK) invite you to the 42nd edition of Interface in Schwentinental near Kiel - a popular meeting place for fans of classic computers and console systems.
As usual, the event will take place at the Klausdorf Youth Center (Dorfstraße 101, 24222 Schwentinental, OT Klausdorf, Germany). Setup will begin at noon, and the official start time is 2 p.m.
Two spacious rooms are available: The café on the ground floor serves as a workshop for repairs, conversions, and hardware tinkering, while the attic offers plenty of space for discussions, gaming sessions, and presentations on systems brought along by participants.
Participants are asked to bring their own power strips and network cables. Important: If you need a table, you must register in advance by email - without registration, you will not be able to set up your own devices. (nba)
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29.Jul.2025
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Game template based on AmiBlitz: North 2.00 has been published
Developer Sami "8080" Vehmaas has published North 2.00, a revised version of his Amiga game template (amiga-news.de reported), which is based on AmiBlitz 3 and AGA hardware. While the original version is available free of charge, version 2.00 is a paid "name your price" download. New in version 2.00:
- collision detection
- shooting-function
- spider hunts you and is for shooting
- 4 times bigger map with more continuous transition
- map editor completely redesigned
- day/night cycle
- and many more
(nba)
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29.Jul.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.16.0 for X1000/e5500
Parallel to the release of Linux kernel 6.15.0, Christian ‘xeno74’ Zigotzky has finalized the compilation for AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs). The X1000/e5500-specific changes:
(nba)
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28.Jul.2025
Jens Schönfeld (E-Mail)
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Flickerfixer/scandoubler: Indivision ECS V4 software 1.1 (beta), P96 driver
Individual Computers is providing a software update for the Indivision ECS V4 scandoubler/flickerfixer, which has been available since this month. Jens Schönfeld writes:
Config tool V1.1 (release candidate) contains the latest core with Framebuffer and 2D acceleration. The tool will also complain if it's opened on an RTG screen. If P96 has taken over, it really did, and also takes control of output frequencies. The software would compete for output modes and hardware resources in general, which can't be resolved in a meaningful way. The best solution is to launch the tool when it's on a native graphics mode.
Launch this tool and make a rescue disk first. Then choose "Flash Firmware" from the drop-down menu (press and hold the right mouse button and move the mouse to the "Firmware" text in the title bar of the screen). The screen will turn black and the monitor will lose sync during the update process, which takes around 15 seconds. Don't interrupt this process - let it run until the picture comes back. The new core will be active immediately, which you can verify on the core version displayed in the OSD
I have also added a tiny archive with the new P96 driver for Indivision ECS V4. Install by copying it to the libs:Picasso96/ drawer. This driver makes use of the blitter. Further, transfers from an A1200 accelerator on ACA500plus into the ECS V4 frame buffer are twice as fast if you have hardware ACA500plus HW ID $0B. This is shipped as standard with current cards, and we'll make a JTAG Updater available for all older versions of the ACA500plus (all the way back to units shipped in 2016!) in a few weeks.
Please report back if you find any errors - or if it just works for you. The P96 driver should work with older versions of P96 as well (back to V3.2.0), so in order to participate in thie beta test, you don't have to buy the latest version but use the one you've purchased between December 2020 and today. (cg)
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28.Jul.2025
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QEMU frontend for booting AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS: Kyvos V1.1.0
Just over a week ago, we reported on the cross-platform (Linux, macOS and Windows) QEMU front end "Kyvos" published by George Sokianos, which is designed to make it particularly easy for users to set up and start AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS with just a few clicks, without having to delve deep into the configuration.
With the update to version 1.1.0, it is now possible, among other things, to set up up to three different hard disk images in a virtual system via the "Media" tab. In addition, 26 pages have been added to the manual, including a brand new section on AmigaOS 4.1 FE and all the steps required to update it with the latest available software. (dr)
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28.Jul.2025
Boing Attitude
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Print magazine: Boing #10 (French/English)
40 years of Amiga, 10 years of Boing Attitude: the publisher is celebrating these two anniversaries in a special way with the tenth issue of the Boing magazine. Instead of the usual 52 pages, there are now 104 pages of news and information about all Amiga systems, not only in French, but also in English for the first time!
Among other things, readers can look forward to initial statements from Timothy De Groote, the new head of Hyperion Entertainment BV, and a comparison between THEA500 Mini and A600GS. Including shipping costs, the magazine can be ordered for ¤25.49, with shipping scheduled to start this week. (dr)
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28.Jul.2025
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AmigaOS 4: DTP program CompressionOS4 0.60 (beta)
Achim Pankalla's DTP program CompressionOS4 allows graphics and text to be placed on pages and generates PDF documents from them; a German manual is included. New features since beta version 0.50:
- new feature chain-textboxes
- Optimizing
- Now there is a frame when you insert a page-number
- No more a defective document, when you abort a termination of compression
- Hopely no longer a defective lasso-selection
- Reminde of last ARexx-Selection
- Now it is not possible to start twice
- Now also PPaint7 is supported with ARexx
- Only in the size changeable objects have two marker
- If you leave the page when size an object, the old size will be recovered
- Correct an error in the lasso-function
- If you move an object and leave the page, the old position will be recovered
- If you have multiple objects moved, every object will be deleted what is leaving the page
- If you move objects and leave the page, all positions will be reset to original position
- Little frame around the page
(dr)
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28.Jul.2025
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Action adventure: Amiga 40 update of Castlevania AGA
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Amiga, Dante Mende has released a major update to his port of Konami's NES action-adventure game "Castlevania" (video), which offers features such as better color use, AGA gradients, animated backdrops, calibrated jump physics, menu toggle for weapons release method and new music tracks by IM76 and DJ Metune.
And the author points out: "Since this is a fairly big update, it's expected that it may fail in different hardware configurations or produce unexpected results. Known issues: may play the wrong animation while on stairs, or get stuck, specially if you use up/down. Prefer to use left/right and treat stairs as if they are a terrain slope (which they are, internal engine-wise)." (dr)
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28.Jul.2025
The Oasis BBS
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Puzzle game: Master Of Minefields (AGA) v1.0
The puzzle game "Master of Minefields" (video) was originally written for AmiGameJam 2024 (amiga-news.de reported) and took second place there. It offers ten different game modes and 350 levels. The final version now released offers the following improvements over the AmiGameJam version:
- Enhanced visual and audio effects
- Full mouse support and ability to use multiple controls at once
- Refined music tracks by Simone 'JMD' Bernacchia
- Smoother graphics and sound
- Rebalanced gameplay across all modes
- Fully working Hardcode mode
- Versus mode with dual mouse support (one of the few Amiga titles to allow gameplay with two mice :)!)
- Full NTSC support
- Extensive code optimizations and tons of bug fixes
You will need an Amiga with an AGA chipset and approximately 1.5 MB of free Chip RAM. A version for the CD32 is also available. Cost: just under seven euros. (dr)
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28.Jul.2025
Ryan
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Preview video: E-mail client "AMail" v0.0.5
At the end of May, we reported for the first time on Ryan 'bluewizard' Stapleton's project to write "AMail", a modern email client for AmigaOS 3.2 that supports IMAP and SMTP. In a new preview video, he explains that the secure connection via AmiSSL now works, which took him a lot of time.
He also describes what is not yet working – emails are not stored locally, and the ability to delete emails on the server still needs to be implemented – and which features he would like to add. He expects to release a pre-alpha version by the end of September. (dr)
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28.Jul.2025
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Do it yourself: Ripple IDE update, revision A4
Matt 'LIV2' Harlum's Ripple IDE is an IDE interface for Zorro II based Amiga models (Amiga 2000/3000/4000; amiga-news.de reported). Revision A4 changes the flash package type from TSSOP to PLCC (examples), as the former is no longer available. (dr)
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27.Jul.2025
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Aminet uploads until 26.07.2025
The following files have been added until 26.07.2025 to Aminet:
regina-doc.pdf dev/lang 1.3M GEN Alternative REXX interp...
PcmciaCD.lha driver/med 14K OS3 ATAPI PCMCIA CD driver ...
SAGADriver.lha driver/oth 429K OS3 SAGA Driver Package
Radeon.lha driver/vid 14K OS3 Radeon P96 driver
RageXL.lha driver/vid 11K OS3 RageXL P96 driver
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
WinUAE_Mounter_31.lha util/batch 319K OS3 Mount CD and floppy dis...
diskfromvolume.lha util/cli 3K OS3 Shows device name for g...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 2.3M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
iffchunktool.lha util/misc 13K OS3 Tool for manipulating I...
XORSearch.lha util/misc 49K VAR Search for a XOR encode...
chkpic.lha util/rexx 1K GEN Check consistence of JF...
ViNCEd.lha util/shell 845K OS3 ViNCEd, the CON: with ^...
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27.Jul.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 26.07.2025
The following files have been added until 26.07.2025 to OS4Depot:
vasmm68k_mot.lha dev/cro 264kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmm68k_std.lha dev/cro 258kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
vasmppc_std.lha dev/cro 219kb 4.0 Portable and retargetable assembler
sqlite.lha dev/lib 6Mb 4.1 SQL database engine
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line&a...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
retroarch_cores_insta... emu/gam 563Mb 4.1 Cores for soon to be released Re...
doom64ex.lha gam/fps 12Mb 4.1 Doom64 EX Plus is a fork of Doom...
uhctools.lha uti/mis 53kb 4.0 UHC Tools installer
vamp.lha vid/pla 5Mb 4.0 Virtual Amiga Multimedia Player
(snx)
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