04.Sep.2023
Entwickler (ANF)
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Virtual Enemies Devlog #3 - Language system finished
The developers of the upcoming strategical Virtual Enemies have posted another entry to their developer's diary, this one describing the localisation of the game. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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04.Sep.2023
Willem Drijver (Apollo Team) (ANF)
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Apollo team working on a port of "Robin Hood: Legend of Sherwood"
Willem Drijver from the Apollo team informs us that the team is working on porting the Realtime Strategical Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood to the Apollo hardware. The game was published in 2002 for Windows and ported to MorphOS by e.p.i.c. / Runesoft in 2006. When approached by amiga-news.de, Gunnar von Boehn (Apollo team), who was involved in the MorphOS port back then, confirms that the team is in contact with the rightsholders and that the intention is to distribute the Apollo version of Robin Hood commercially.
Drijver has published a video showcasing the current state of the project, he describes the work done on the "experimental exercise" (Drijver) so far as follows:
"RHLOS is a great RPG game from SpellBound released in 2002 and intended for Pentium PCs (233Mhz/64Mb). Current stage of the project is that we have succeeded in getting the game somewhat up-and-running on V4. The FPS is obviously not on the level that we would like it to be, but basic gameplay is already possible...
For compiling we used the ApolloCrossDev setup for Linux which is another (beta) project from Apollo team. Graphics routines are changed from SDL based APIs to native Apollo Blit and Scroll routines, partly in Assembler. Sound routines are also rewritten and are now using Apollo Arne instead of SDL. There is still some work to be done on the mixer and effect routines, but we are confident to make that work also.
There is still a lot of work to be done to get RHLOS up to a level where it could be released in any form or shape. But we share this first results with you with the intention to raise interests within the Amiga (development) community. If you feel you have the skills and time to help us in this project, we are looking for you to join us! (please PM me on Discord @WillemDrijver)." (cg) (Translation: cg)
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03.Sep.2023
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Aminet uploads until 02.09.2023
The following files have been added until 02.09.2023 to Aminet:
DCAPSPhonk.lha demo/aga 768K 68k Dreamolers Phonk! (Revision 2...
DCAPSIntro64kB.lha demo/intro 123K 68k Dreamolers Intro64kB (Revisio...
ADV-ITA.lha dev/amos 130K Italian adventures creator
less-mos.lha dev/gg 1.3M 68k Viewer program similar to "more"
alt-intl.lha driver/inp 2K alt-intl keymap
F1GP2023Carset.lha game/data 10K 2023 Carset for F1GP
tfe-darkforces.lha game/shoot 3.3M 68k Dark Forces Amiga Port
GolfSolitaire.lha game/think 2.9M 68k Golf solitaire card game
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 4.7M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 5.0M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 5.2M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
CEB.lha misc/math 136K 68k Solves a 'Countdown' arithmet...
CrazyWorld.lha mods/misc 125K 4ch 16bit Punk Rock by HKvalhe
SamplesCreatorDemos.lha mus/misc 235K Some samples created by Sampl...
PDF2JPG.lha util/conv 15M 68k convert PDF to JPG
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.8M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
iGame.lha util/misc 434K 68k Front-end for WHDLoad
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03.Sep.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 02.09.2023
The following files have been added until 02.09.2023 to OS4Depot:
libfdk-aac.lha dev/lib 14Mb 4.1 Fraunhofer FDK AAC Codec Library
libspeex.lha dev/lib 2Mb 4.1 A free codec for free speech
libxvidcore.lha dev/lib 1009k 4.1 MPEG-4 Simple and Advanced Simpl...
ahi-handler.lha dri/han 23kb 4.0 AHI-handler (AUDIO:)
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
libxml2.lha lib/xml 10Mb 4.1 The XML C parser and toolkit of ...
igame.lha uti/mis 434kb 4.0 Front-end for WHDLoad
pdf2jpg.lha uti/mis 15Mb 4.0 Convert PDF to JPG
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03.Sep.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 02.09.2023
The following files have been added until 02.09.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
LUA-MUI.lha Development/LUA LUA-MUI.lha
AmiArcadia_30.10.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
PDF2JPG_1.1.lha Office/Convert Convert PDF to JPG
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03.Sep.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.09.2023
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 02.09.2023:
- 2023-09-01 updated: Crayon Shinchan (Melon Dezign) patch rewritten, interrupt problems fixed, out of bounds blit fixed, Bplcon0 color bit fixes, 68000 quitkey support, patch works with 0.5 MB chip memory now (Info, Image)
- 2023-08-31 updated: The Sword and the Rose (Code Masters) original game version is now supported, 68000 quitkey support, source code included (Info)
- 2023-08-31 fixed: Kingdoms of England (Incognito Software) protection track removal code fixed, game works without disk in drive now (Info)
- 2023-08-31 improved: Astro Marine Corps (Dinamic) new install script, all known versions should be supported now (Info)
- 2023-08-30 improved: Kingdoms of England (Incognito Software) slave assembled in release mode (no functional changes) (Info)
- 2023-08-30 new: Kingdoms of England (Incognito Software) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2023-08-29 fixed: Twintris (Digital Marketing) a blitwait added in game to avoid gfx bug on very fast amiga (Info)
- 2023-08-29 improved: Hole In One (Digitek) supports another version (Info)
(snx)
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03.Sep.2023
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Syndicate Intro (F03s Junglist Remix)
- Stardust Memories
- B@TTL3 S&UDR0N - Title -TeChK0
- Battle Squadron - Etheral Aucoustic -End Game
- Street Fighter 2 Guiles Theme Rock Live Performance
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02.Sep.2023
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
- News from July/August 2023
- Old articles from Génération 4 1 to 3:
- Story on software and graphics peripherals on the Amiga (1985-1987)
- Review of Space Quest 2
- News: What game publishers have in store for us
- Reviews of Western Games, Astérix And The Magic Carpet, Terrorpods, Tracker, Impact!
- Comparison: Console or computer? etc
- Interview with Jean-Philippe Derrien (computer graphics designer and former editor of Ami-GraphX)
- Interview with Phillip Nixon (graphist of Oscar)
- Review of Green Beret
- Hardware: RGB2HDMI for A500
- The best of Byte from August to October 1985
- Story: Andy Warhol and the Amiga
- Story: Behind the scenes of the development of Fire & Ice
- Story: The history of Genias
- Story: AAA - Advanced Amiga Architecture (update)
- Tutorial: Installation of AmigaOS 4.1 on QEMU 8.1
- Tutorial: Quick start guide for new A1222 users
- Tutorial: Using MIDI on MorphOS
- Special quiz for Amiga super beginners
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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02.Sep.2023
viddi (ANF)
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Action-RPG: Digital distribution of "Tales of Gorluth III"
The Action RPG Tales of Gorluth III, which was published in December 2021, is now also available as a Download from itch.io. (cg)
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01.Sep.2023
GitHub
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.4.3
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.4.3 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes:
- Fixed memory leaks
- Fixed the lists getting wrong values when overflow
Direct download: iGame-v2.4.3-20230901.lha (434 Kb) (dr)
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01.Sep.2023
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Video: "From Vultures to Vampires" from AmigaOS 4 view
In his latest video Roman 'kas1e' Kargin dedicates himself to the first two already published volumes of the three-part book series "From Vultures to Vampires" on Amiga history, written by former Commodore-UK manager David Pleasance and by A-EON-Technology co-founder Trevor Dickinson (volume 1, (volume 2) and reports to what extent it is worth reading from the point of view of AmigaOS 4. (dr)
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01.Sep.2023
Amigaland.de
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Space game: Pleiades 3D
In "Pleiades 3D" you help Alice, a girl stranded in the Pleiades star cluster, find her way back to Earth (YouTube video). In the process, you have to navigate through space, collect powerful "ray stones" and unlock the engines of the Alcyone space station to bring her back home.
An Amiga 1200 with 4 MB RAM is required. (dr)
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01.Sep.2023
Hyperion-Entertainment-Forum
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Linux: Quake mods under Fienix
Casey Cullen, developer of the Linux PowerPC distribution Fienix, which is also available for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000, among others, has started a sub-project called "Quasco", with which one can play various Quake mods from within Fienix without having to have Quake itself installed. With Quasco, popular mods like Alkaline and Arcane Dimensions can be installed via Synaptic or apt. Cullen shows an example in a YouTube video using Alkaline. (dr)
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01.Sep.2023
Christian Zigotzky (E-Mail)
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Linux: Kernel 6.5 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.5, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.
Download: linux-image-6.5-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (60 MB) (dr)
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01.Sep.2023
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for August
For the month of August 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link. (snx)
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31.Aug.2023
itch.io
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Frogger clone: Frogger (beta version 2)
Frogger (YouTube video) is supposed to be a 1:1 conversion of the 1981 Konam game (amiga-news.de reported). Now a second beta version has been released with the following changes:
- a handful of sound fx
- Joystick on port 2 is supported
- removed some logical bugs
- Increased game stability on A600/A1200
(dr)
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31.Aug.2023
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools : FluxMyFluffyFloppy V5.0.1 for Windows (update)
Just the other day, in an article about setting up a Greaseweazle V4, we mentioned the graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools. Now 'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.00, which for the first time also includes the source code. The other changes:
- Infobox: GNU General Public License
- Infobox: "Uses UnTerminal 1.0..."
- TConsole instead of TProcess (using "UnTerminal 1.0")
- Options: Select location folder of the templates
- Application: Starts without selection of the first available template (read/write)
- Application: Added missing groupbox captions
- Fixed form resize
- Read: New execution dialog with visualized reading tracks and logging
- Read: Correct behaviour of dropdown when changed ("Internal"/"diskdefs") with mousewheel
- Write: Correct behaviour of dropdown when changed ("Internal"/"diskdefs") with mousewheel
Update: (21:09, 31.08.23, dr)
Meanwhile version 5.0.1 is available:
- Read: Saving template in default instead of defined (options) templates-folder
- Write: Saving template in default instead of defined (options) templates-folder
- Write: Changing template didn't refresh
- Wrong version description
(dr)
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30.Aug.2023
Simon Neumann (Mail)
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Alinea Computer: TV-Port and OmniPort EX available
Press release: Alinea Computer is very pleased to present two versions of the TV-Port and the OmniPort EX. Both products are port expansion boards that can be easily combined with each other.
TV-Port
The TV port is an interface board for every Amiga 600/1200 from which the TV modulator has been removed. The free space allows a hardware interface on the Amiga 600/1200 desktop case to be neatly routed to the outside. The following interfaces are available: 1x USB, 1 x HDMI FFC, HDMI Indivision MK2cr/MK3 or 1x Micro-SD. The TV port can be easily installed in the Amiga 600/1200 using the mounting block supplied.
The basic version of the TV port can be purchased for between ¤9.99 and ¤14.99, depending on the variant.
OminPort EX and OminPort EX for Vampire 2
The OmniPort EX is an extended version of the OmniPort multiport adapter - as reported earlier - which leads various hardware interfaces on the Amiga 1200 desktop case cleanly to the outside via the expansion port. The following interfaces are led out in the standard version: 2x USB (USB card), 1 x HDMI (IndivisonMK2cr/MK3) and 1x Micro-SD (SD2IDE).
The OmniPort EX for the Vampire 2 has the following interfaces: 2x USB (USB card), 1x HDMI (Vampire 2) and 1x network (Vampire 2).
The special feature of the EX version is that the motherboard can be equipped with an additional piggyback board. Boards for 1x USB, 1x Micro-SD, 1x HDMI for Indivision MK3 or 1x HDMI FFC with ribbon cable clamp connection are available here. The piggyback board can be easily installed in the Amiga 1200 together with the motherboard using the mounting block supplied.
In order to be able to use the respective interfaces on the TV port or OmniPort EX, the corresponding hardware must already be installed in the Amiga 600/1200.
Suitable cables and adapters are available as standard or as an option.
The basic version of the OmniPort EX can be purchased from 26.95 Euro. The optional piggyback boards range from 9.99 Euro to 14.95 Euro. The basic version of the OmniPort EX Vampire 2 can be purchased from 35.95 euros. The optional piggyback boards range from 9.99 euros to 14.95 euros. (dr)
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30.Aug.2023
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Video tutorial: Creating a vertical scrolling demo with Scorpion Engine
Erik 'earok' Hogan has posted on YouTube a recording of a Twich stream showing how to create a vertically scrolling demo from scratch on the Amiga (and Sega Mega Drive) using the Scorpion Engine.
As the developer explains, the Amiga has no native support for column scrolling, but it does have the ability to display sprites with infinite height, which makes it possible to emulate the effect. The demo versions for the Amiga and the Sega Mega Drive look the same, but the setuo is fundamentally different. (dr)
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30.Aug.2023
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Video tutorial: The Blitz Basic tool "Drawer Helper"
Rob 'daedalus2097' Cranley has streamed another part of his Blitz Basic tutorial on Twitch (amiga-news.de reported) and made it available on YouTube: this time he dedicates himself to his second contribution to the Amiga Tool Jam after Closer, the tool "Drawer Helper" which is currently under development.
The basic idea of the Commodity is to integrate a little of the functionality of Directory Opus into the Workbench. When a window is open, pressing F1 gives a small toolbar and thus the functionality to, for example, refresh the window, create/delete a folder or insert files. (dr)
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30.Aug.2023
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PDF converter: PDF2JPG V1.1 for AmigaOS 3 and 4 and MorphOS
Bernd Assenmacher is in the process of completing his small collection of PDF tools or converters: after Image2PDF (converts images into PDFs), PDF2PDF (converts PDFs into copy-protected PDFs), he has now released PDF2JPG, with which one can convert the images contained in PDFs into JPG images. After the tool was already available for MorphOS, he has now also released versions for AmigaOS 3 and 4 and also fixed some minor bugs. (dr)
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