02.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Video: Amiga port of 'Metal Gear' (MSX) in progress
On Youtube a video shows the Amiga port of the MSX game Metal Gear which is the first part of a action adventure game. According to the author, the "gameplay code is 90% complete".
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02.Feb.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Playable Demo: Nameless single screen platform game
For a so far nameless single screen platform game (video) created with the Scorpion Engine now a demo version was released providing three playable levels.
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31.Jan.2021
MorphZone (forum)
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MorphOS: E-mail client Iris 0.107
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.
Changes in version 0.107 include configurable additional toolbar functions, 'Move to Spam' message functionality, support for setting and displaying message importance, and an optional requester before single-replying to a message that has multiple recipients.
Besides, the privacy policy has been updated, stating for each kind of functionality that only the necessary data are transmitted. For feedback to the author, the corresponding thread at MorphZone can be used. (snx)
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31.Jan.2021
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:
- Enigma Gun (3'rd time lucky Remix)
- Elysium (LDA 1337 Remake)
- Shadow of the Beast III - Game Over
- Shadow of the Beast II - Opening
- Toi-Tei
- Agony - Owls journey
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31.Jan.2021
Juan Carlos Martin (Mail)
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Point'n Click adventure: "The Widow" updated (update)
Already on 21. January Juan Carlos 'Templario' Herran Martin announced an update of his point' click adventure 'The Widow' on his Morgue Soft website. But only from today the new version 1.10 is available. Additional to German and Italian catalogs and new sounds, some bugs were fixed and minor changes done, among others "the Bath Girl doesn't showed naked when you take some object from her".
To amiga-news.de, Juan Carlos confirmed his intention of closing the "chapter Amiga" and thus also his website by March 12. In contrary to the past practice, he is going to upload his most important programs to the different Amiga archives like Aminet, OS4Depot or AROS archive.
Update: (02.02.2021, 05:40, dr)
As a reader pointed out, the website of Morgue Soft already has been closed. Juan Carlos explained, that he has to disable his website due to limited memory for website traffic provided by the web hoster. Instead of paying he decided to close the website as signal of solidarity for almost all shops in Spain are closed. He pointede out that except the erotic games all software will be archived on OS4Depot und MorphOS. He also has indicated that in one way or another he might continue his developer activities.
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31.Jan.2021
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Aminet uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to Aminet:
MUIbase-4.3.lha biz/dbase 6.1M MOS Programmable relational datab...
sqlite-3.34.0-amiga.lha biz/dbase 19M MOS SQL database engine
planethively.i386-aro... demo/sound 463K x86 A musicdisk about HivelyTrack...
COP.lha dev/debug 165K 68k Low Level Debugger
MuForce.lha dev/debug 293K 68k V40 Enforcer, detects illegal...
libvstring.i386-aros.lha dev/lib 80K x86 dynamic string allocation/gen...
REV35GB.lha disk/misc 1K Iomega REV 35GB mountlist
MCE.lha game/edit 3.0M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 3.3M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 3.5M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
Albireo.ACEpansion.lha misc/emu 41K MOS ACEpansion plugin for ACE CPC...
hivelyreplay.i386-aro... mus/play 95K x86 Replayer from HivelyTracker (...
led-20200202.tar.gz text/edit 14K A simple line-oriented text e...
gzrt.i386-aros.lha util/arc 91K x86 Recover data from a corrupted...
MuRedox.lha util/boot 118K 68k MuLib based math speedup for ...
wordcount.i386-aros.lha util/cli 58K x86 Count lines, words, and chars
ppcrack.i386-aros.lha util/crypt 102K x86 unpack / decrypt all PowerPac...
HuntnGather.lha util/dir 202K 68k File indexing and search util...
BoardsLib.lha util/libs 76K 68k provides detailed info about ...
DisLib.lha util/libs 19K 68k A library based MC68K disasse...
MMULib.lha util/libs 724K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
AmigaMapPing.lha util/misc 73K 68k Shows your Amiga on live.amig...
DevInfosItaCat.lha util/misc 46K Italian catalog for DevInfos ...
DevInfosNGItaCat.lha util/misc 47K Italian catalog for DevInfosN...
WHDLoadMenu.lha util/misc 479K 68k A WHDLoad frontend
SysinfoBoards.lha util/moni 14K 68k More Boardinfos for Sysinfo
lzip-1.22.i386-aros.lha util/pack 323K x86 Data (de)compressor like gzip...
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31.Jan.2021
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OS4Depot uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to OS4Depot:
notification_sounds.lha aud/mis 5Mb 4.0 Sound samples for Notification
ahidrv-filesave.lha dri/aud 97kb 4.1 Amiga OS4 antive AHI FILESAVE dr...
minigl.lha dri/gra 7Mb 4.0 OpenGL subset 3D API
shadthecat.lha gam/mis 10Mb 4.1 An with Hollywood programmed jum...
mce.lha gam/uti 3Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
utf8_library.lha lib/mis 189kb 4.1 Encode/Decode or manipulate UTF8...
devinfos_ita.lha uti/mis 46kb 4.0 Italian catalog for DevInfos v17.22
devinfosng_ita.lha uti/mis 47kb 4.0 Italian catalog for DevInfosNG 1...
binmerge.lha uti/scr 120kb 4.1 Tool to merge multiple bin/cue t...
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31.Jan.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to AROS Archives:
absolutedolle2.i386-aros.lha dem/mus 2Mb A music disc by Void
capacitor.i386-aros.lha dem/mus 2Mb Promo Intro for Capacitor Party ...
planethively.i386-aros.lha dem/mus 463kb A musicdisk about HivelyTracker ...
wordcount.i386-aros.lha uti/she 58kb Count lines, words, and chars
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31.Jan.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 30.01.2021
The following files have been added until 30.01.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Iris_0.104beta.lha Email New email client suppor...
Albireo_1.3.lha Emulation/ACEpansion Plugin for ACE CPC Emul...
MCE_12.31.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
MUIbase_4.3.lha Office/Database Programmable relational...
SQLite_3.34.0.lha Office/Database SQL database engine
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31.Jan.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.01.2021
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 30.01.2021:
- 2021-01-29 improved: Test Drive (Accolade) reduced memory requirements (Info)
- 2021-01-25 fixed: Bubba'n'Stix (Core Design) fixed title screen not showing (Info)
- 2021-01-25 improved: Space Quest 3 (Sierra) made MT32 working in german version, made 68000 compatible (Info)
- 2021-01-25 improved: Master Axe (Epic) trainer added, access fault fixed, made 68000 compatible (Info)
- 2021-01-25 improved: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) added alternate way to enter umlauts, fixed access fault (Info)
- 2021-01-25 fixed: Apprentice (Rainbow Arts) fixed random crash on some configurations (Info)
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30.Jan.2021
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Raspberry Pi as m68000 replacement: PiStorm
Claude Schwarz' 'PiStorm' connects a Raspberry Pi to a CPU socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 using an adapter for emulating a fast m68k processor. In contrary to the Buffee project a Linux-based solution is used instead of running the 68k emulator directly on the hardware.
On his Twitter channel Schwarz has published some videos showing the latest level of development: FastRAM obviously still has not been implemented. Hardware documentations and source codes are available on Github but not under a free license: A commercial application requires the accordance of the developer.
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29.Jan.2021
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Accelerator board project 'Buffee': ARM processor emulates 68040/400 Mhz
The open source accelerator board project "Buffee" started by Renee Cousins and Tim Wacker consists of an adapter board which is connected to the processor socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 and has a SoC of type Octavo OSD335x-SM inclusive 512 or 1024 MB RAM.
The ARM-CPU of the Octavo module emulates a 68k processor using a special JIT emulator called Pseudo JIT which supposedly can achieve the speed of a 68040 clocked with 400 Mhz. Additional to the firmware, the hardware design freely available. According to the developers in their blog, the production of prototypes gets closer.
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29.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Screenbar plugin 'VideoMemoryGauge', updates of other plugins
The Screenbar plugin 'VideoMemoryGauge' shows the free video RAM. By double clicking the plugin, the program GraphicBoards is started. Additionally all other Screenbar plugins have been updated:
- CPUGauge 1.7
- CPUGraph 1.1
- DateTime 1.4
- MemoryGauge 1.6
- MouseEyes 1.3
- MouseCoords 1.3
- Kerbe 1.2
- PixelPicker 1.3
- TopTasks 1.5
- Uptime 1.4
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28.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Tanker simulation: Full versions of 'Campaign' and 'Campaign II' as download
The full versions of the tank simulations 'Campaign' and 'Campaign II' released in 1992 and 1994 can be downloaded from the Amiga Future website. Additional to ADF and IPF disk images, also WHDLoad installers are available. The pdf document described as "Manual" actually only is a one page "addendum" to the manual.
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28.Jan.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Arcade classic: Second beta version of Amiga Space Invaders
"Space Invaders" (video) written in Blitz Basic is supposed to be quite an authentic port of the arcade classic with the same name released in 1978. The new beta version provides minor improvements and an "Easter-Egg" of the original.
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28.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Print magazine: Issue 127 of Amiga Future online available
The English issue 127 (Juli/August 2017) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop.
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27.Jan.2021
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E-Mail client: YAM supports AmiSSL 4.7 / moved to GitHub
About seven years ago we reported about an update of the e-Mail program YAM last time. At the beginning of the year 2019 by updating AmiSSL to version 4.3 it was possible again to check e-mails from diverse providers. For that you have to switch to the developer version of YAM which has been monthly updated by Nightly Builds. After a month you had to install the new version since each version was limited for a period of one month. Apart from that, the changelog always stayed the same: "This is only a rebuild of YAM with no functionaly changes but updated expiration date."
By releasing the last Nightly Build, this limitation has been removed. And if you try to access the YAM homepage yam.ch you are forwarded to the GitHub site.
Apart from that YAM can use the latest version 4.7 of AmiSSL. Since version 4.4 the encryption software for network and internet communication is maintained by a team of the IBrowse developer Oliver Roberts and ensures that even at the Amiga encrypted Internet connection can be established. Mainly 68k Amigas generally benefit from optimized versions for 68020-40 and 68060 processors, but 68060 processors in particular (amiga-news.de reported).
We could not figure out how intensively YAM is being developed. For example it is not clear if the target set in 2016 to implement a IMAP download is continued to pursue. The source code of YAM is available on GitHub so everybode who is able and interested in developing further YAM can help.
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27.Jan.2021
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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Product announcement: A500 replacement board 'MiSS FGPA'
8bits4ever already is offering some FPGA solutions for retro fans. Soon also a FPGA-based replacement boards for A500 cases will be available. This 'MiSS FPGA' fit inside a Commodore A500 case and uses the original A500 keyboard as input device.
The board is equipped with the same FPGA like the MiST therefore MiSS FPGA is compatible to all MiST cores. Two traditional joystick ports are available which obviously are both set as port 1 - probably for the simultaneous usage of mouse and joystick.
The features of the board:
- Altera EP3C25E144C8N FPGA
- 32MB SDRAM
- Four USB port (supports USB keyboards, mice and gamepads. Also USB hubs to add more that one device per port)
- Internal 8-pin connector for A500 keyboard
- Two DB9 classic joystick connector (assigned to port 1)
- VGA/RGB output
- RCA stereo audio output
- Micro SD card slot (push-push style)
- Internal MicroUSB programming port
- MiniUSB power connector. 1000mA recomended!
- On/Off mechanical switch
- Custom 3D printed PCB holders for A500 case
Miss FPGA soll ab Ende Februar, Anfang März verfügbar sein und 150 Euro kosten.
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27.Jan.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 118 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") compares the ports of classic games on different systems available back then. Besides the Italian version of the magazine there is also an English one.
Among others the latest issue includes Amiga articles about Maniac Mansion and Project Battlefield.
Downloads:
English
Italian
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26.Jan.2021
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Podcast: Scene World Episode 106 - Retro music on floppy disks
The musician 'Remute' does not olny release his productions on vinyl or as download but also on Amiga and C64 floppy disks. 'Scene World' talks to him about why he chose this medium, and the unique challenges associated with releasing music on such unusual platforms (interview begins at 22:40).
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26.Jan.2021
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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Preview videos: Jump'n Run 'Minkey', Super-Sprint clone 'Turbo Sprint'
'Minkey' (video) is a classic jump'n run for Amigas equipped with at least 1 MB RAM. The author describes the engine as "90% finished". So far 11 levels can be played. And he has added: "There are also more colorful levels ready with nice copper'ed backgrounds, I will post them soon." The game is supposed to be released this year.
'Turbo Sprint' (video) becomes a original port of the Atari classic Super Sprint. Improved sound as well as a port for the CD32 has been announced. The author hopes to provide the best homecomputer port of Super Sprint.
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