23.Jul.2022
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Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial 11/12
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince now explains with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. Episodes eleven and twelve are now available. (dr)
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23.Jul.2022
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Hardware: 'PiStation ITX' available
At the end of June, we reported about the announcement of the shop 8bits4ever to offer a board for a mini-ITX case for holding a Raspberry Pi 3 or 4. 'PiStation ITX' now is available for 80 Euro plus shipping. (dr)
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22.Jul.2022
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Scorpion Engine: Pre-versions of 'Spy Hunter', 'Wonder Boy' and 'GothicVania'
Spy Hunter is an arcade classic from Midway that is currently being converted for the Amiga with the help of the Scorpion Engine (video). The pre-release version currently available for download does not yet contain any sound effects or background music.
Ryuichi Nishizawa's 'Wonder Boy' (video) is also an arcade machine conversion: it is inspired by the first part of the Wonder Boy series, for the Amiga only the successor Wonderboy in Monsterland has been available so far. An older alpha version can be obtained from the developer's website.
'GothicVania' (video) is a 'tech demo' demonstrating the features and the AGA support of the Scorpion Engine and included in the latest version of the engine. Among other things, a triple parallax scrolling is presented. It is currently unclear whether the game will ever be developed into a complete game. (cg)
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22.Jul.2022
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MorphOS: RSS reader IvoRSS 1.0
IvoRSS is a simple RSS reader written with Hollywood. The codesets.library, AmiSSL 4 as well as the Hollywood plugins XMLParser, MUIRoyale and hURL are required. (cg)
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21.Jul.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Windows: Update for the arcade games Huenison and KOG (update)
Simone Bevilacqua's game Huenison for AmigaOS 4 and Windows combines various game elements of early arcade games. The current update of the title, which was released in 2013, is intended to improve the recognition of control pads under Windows (the D-pads were occasionally recognised as thumbsticks), and the instructions have been supplemented.
Update: (16:08, 21.07.22, snx)
The same improvement has been applied to the arcade game KOG, which has been released by him 14 years ago. (snx)
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20.Jul.2022
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Mai Logic: Research on the company history published (Update)
The PowerPC computers "AmigaOne" by Eyetech and "Pegasos (I)" by bplan used the northbridge "Articia S" by Mai Logic, whose defectiveness made it more widely known in Amiga circles. In the forum of Amigaworld.net Michael 'RTK0103' Coe has linked at the title link the results of his research on later allegations of the former Mai Logic CEO Jason Hue about Chinese industrial espionage, which according to him are not true.
Those interested in such details surrounding actual Amiga history will find there especially information about the company history of Mai Logic, formerly Mentor Arc.
Update: (08:00, 24.07.22, snx)
Link regarding "defectiveness" changed to English version of our news-item, after exchanging the Moobunny link there by its copy at Archive.org. (snx)
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18.Jul.2022
Alinea Computer (ANF)
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Amega 32: use Mega Drive gamepads on Amiga and CD32
Press release: Alinea Computer is pleased to introduce the Amega 32 adapter. The Amega 32 is an adapter for the AmigaCD 32 to use SEGA Mega Drive gamepads (DB9) with 6 or 3 buttons. The adapter supports the full CD32 gamepad assignment. Of course, the adapter can also be used with other Amigas, if games there support the gamepad assignment. In addition, it is possible to change the assignment of the adapter via the firmware.
System requirements:
- AmigaCD 32 or other Amiga
- 3 or 6 Button SEGA Mega Drive gamepad/controller (DB9)
(cg)
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17.Jul.2022
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Aminet uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to Aminet:
MUIbase-4.5.lha biz/dbase 7.7M Programmable relational datab...
HomeBank_beta.lha biz/misc 109K 68k Free MUI personal accounts ma...
PlanetR.lha demo/intro 187K 68k Planet R invitation to Revisi...
evo.lha dev/e 639K 68k E-VO: Amiga E Evolution
Kwiz2.lha game/2play 72K 68k A Blockbusters-style quiz game
ScummVM_AGA_060.lha game/misc 8.0M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.9.0
ScummVM_RTG.lha game/misc 8.0M 68k Amiga port of ScummVM 1.9.0
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.3M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
NoJob.mp3 mods/mpg 4.1M A motif made by Stefano Maria...
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 315K 68k Updated HippoPlayer
nextvi.lha text/edit 173K MOS Next vi clone
Avalanche_FR.lha util/arc 7K French catalog for Avalanche 1.6
AnalogClock.lha util/time 39K 68k Resizeable analog transparent...
wet_update.lha util/wb 289K AOS Wet weather info patch to v6.9
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
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OS4Depot uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to OS4Depot:
seq.lha aud/mis 421kb 4.0 MIDI sequencer
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
powerpacker_library.lha lib/mis 40kb 4.0 recreation of powerpacker.librar...
fonttester.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.0 Tool to test the fonts installed...
ppmore2tool.lha uti/tex 16kb 4.0 Unpack powerpacked text files, a...
wet_update.lha uti/wor 289kb 4.0 Wet weather software v6.9 patch
amitube.lha vid/pla 1Mb 4.0 Direct stream and download YouTu...
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
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AROS Archives uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to AROS Archives:
mirrormagic.i386-aros.zip gam/puz 1Mb A game like "Deflektor"...
rnoeffects_icons.lha gra/ico 5kb Icon for program RNOEffects
muibase-4.5.lha off/dat 8Mb Programmable relational database
fonttester.lha uti/tex 2Mb Test the fonts installed in your...
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 16.07.2022
The following files have been added until 16.07.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
Kulki_1.1.lha Games/Think Puzzle game
AmiTube_1.2.lha Multimedia The first YouTube Clien...
MUIbase_4.5.lha Office/Database Programmable relational...
FontTester_1.20.lha Office/Show Font Tester
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17.Jul.2022
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WHDLoad: New installers until 16.07.2022
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 16.07.2022:
- 2022-07-15 improved: Cadaver (Imageworks/Bitmap Brothers) use fast memory, joypad controls, sound/scrolling fixed, buttonwait support added (Info)
- 2022-07-13 fixed: Bar Games (Accolade) Air Hockey was broken, install script updated (Info)
- 2022-07-11 improved: Castle Master (Incentive Software/Domark) supports more versions, splash control added, speed regulation, 68000 quitkey (Info)
- 2022-07-11 improved: 7 Cities Of Gold (Ozark Softscape/Electronic Arts) fixed install script (Info)
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Space Harrier (NAPAPBWPMIF Mix)
- A Prehistoric Tale - Main Theme (Live performance)
- Red Sector-Theme (Electric Revenge Live Performance)
- Beyond the Ice Palace
- Another World Intro Remix
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Nitrous Remix)
- Ninja Remix - Kabadachi Mix
(snx)
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17.Jul.2022
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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RCross: Radio-controlled car game from developer contest ported
Last year, the developer competition #hvdosdev2021 was won by the PC game "RCross", which requires an 80486 processor with 8 MB RAM. In it, you control a radio-controlled car that has to complete a course in the best possible time.
The Amiga port by Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró requires a 68040 or 68060 processor with FPU, 8 MB Fast-RAM and either AGA or RTG. (snx)
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15.Jul.2022
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Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.5.0
E-VO Amiga E Compiler is a derivative of the original Amiga E compiler written by Wouter van Oortmerssen. It adds many new features, bug fixes and optimisations including object UNIONs, string merging, non word-aligned objects and many more.
This version 3.5.0 brings in many of the features from the creativE E compiler and also adds many new features unique to E-VO as well. (dr)
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15.Jul.2022
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Event: 30th Assembly Summer 2022 in Helsinki
The demo party "Assembly" has been held since 1992 and thus celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. From August 4 to 7 at the Messukeskus exhibition center in Helsinki, there will be various demo competitions, including the Oldskool competition, in addition to various program items such as demo demonstrations, gaming and e-sports. (dr)
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15.Jul.2022
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.0
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
The adapter gets connected between a floppy disk drive - e.g. a standard 3.5" PC one - and a USB port of the PC or Mac. Few weeks ago, version 1.0 of the Greaseweazle Tools was released providing the following changes:
- New IMG formats:
- ibm.1680, ibm.dmf
- akai.800, akai.1600
- ensoniq.800, ensoniq.1600
- FM/MFM: Report unexpected sectors when reading
- Gives a hint that the format specifier is incorrect
- Minor bugfixes
The Greaseweazle is available from various retailers. (dr)
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14.Jul.2022
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Weather tool: Wet 6.9 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Chris Young - among others http-handler, ReAction-GUI for XAD Avalanche or Netsurf ports - has released an update for his weather tool 'Wet', which now requires AmiSSL 5. The new version now can better handle connection problems. The update requires a previous installation of version 6.7. Wet is available for AmigaOS 3.9 and 4.
You can support the developer on his Ko-fi page. (dr)
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14.Jul.2022
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Preview video: Temptations port for CD32
The developer 'S0Y' is primarily dedicated to converting games to the Amiga platform using the game construction kit RedPill. After his Abu Simbel Profanation project, he has now begun the conversion of Temptations, a platform game originally published for MSX-1 in 1988. The basis for this, however, is a port for Android. With the author's permission, he uses graphics and music, but modifies some of them.
The music will be entirely in CD audio, as he plans to convert the game for the Amiga CD32. But if someone can be found to convert the music into mods, he might also create a version for the Amiga 1200. Basically, the goal is to create a conversion that is as faithful to the original as possible, but uses the improved possibilities of the Amiga. The screen mode seen in the video was chosen because it comes closest to the 8-bit variant. (dr)
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14.Jul.2022
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Bluetooth for the Amiga: Unijoysticle 2 A500
Ricardo Quesada is a software developer for different platforms in different languages. A few days ago he presented an update to his Unijoysticle 2+ project under the title link: The 'Unijoysticle 2 A500' is a device that allows the connection and operation of Bluetooth gamepads and mice on the Commodore Amiga (YouTube video).
It is similar in functionality to the Unijoysticle 2+, but with some additional features tailored for the Amiga, like:
- Fits in the Amiga 500 / 1200 joystick port without additional cables
- New buttons:
- “mode” button: To easily cycle between “normal”, “mouse” and “enhanced” modes
- “swap” button: To easily swap joystick ports. Useful in many scenarios, specially in the Amiga 4000 where the joystick ports are swapped.
- Additional LED for status: Tells whether Bluetooth pair is enabled, and in which gamepad mode is selected.
Comprehensive information is also available on the User Guide page. The board is available for 35 Euro plus shipping at tindie. (dr)
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13.Jul.2022
Gunnar von Boehn
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Apollo-Team: Manticore accelerator board for Amiga 600 announced
In addition to the currently already available turbo cards FireBird (for the Amiga models 500, 1000 and 2000) and IceDrake (for the Amiga 1200), which are based on the core of the Vampire 4 (amiga-news.de reported) the Manticore for the Amiga 600 is now announced under the title link.
The accelerator board has the following features:
- CPU: Apollo 68080 AMMX with 64-bit support
- 3D Support: Via the Exclusive Amiga Maggie3D Unit
- Memory: 512 MB DDR3
- With AGA support and you can enable up to 12 MB chipmem
- Video: SuperAGA, RTG, Truecolor 32-bit, 1280x720
- Audio: 8/16-bit, 56 kHz, 24-bit mixing, 8 Amiga DMA audio voices
- FastIDE controller (CompactFlash), Idespeed=up to 20 MB/sec
- 2x USB port for USB joypad support (as CD32 pad) and USB Mouse
- 100Mbit Ethernet RJ45 port
- Digital Audio/Video out
- microSD card port (for data exchange)
The board is supposed to be available at the Amiga37. (dr)
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