31.May.2021
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AROS Archives uploads until 29.05.2021
The following files have been added until 29.05.2021 to AROS Archives:
fpc-3.2.2-arm-aros.lha dev/lan 54Mb FreePascal for arm-aros ABIv0
videoslotmachine.lha gam/boa 3Mb A slot video game
casablanca.lha gra/ico 43kb MacroSystem Casablanca GlowIcons
fonttester.lha gra/mis 2Mb test the fonts installed in your...
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31.May.2021
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.05.2021
The following files have been added until 29.05.2021 to MorphOS-Storage:
Chrysalis_3.15.iso Chrysalis This pack allows you to...
AmIRC_3.8.lha Communication AmIRC is the best clien...
FPC_3.2.2.lha Development/FreePascal Free Pascal Compiler
x5000_manual.lha Documentation/X5000 Ceci est le Manuel Tech...
AmiArcadia_27.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Blues_R1.lha Games/Platform Blues Brothers & Jukebo...
ReportPlus_8.2.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
BootClock_1.20.lha Misc A little and easy progr...
VAMP_2.30.lha Multimedia A Multimedia Player pro...
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31.May.2021
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WHDLoad: New installers until 29.05.2021
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 29.05.2021:
- 2021-05-26 fixed: Dimo's Quest (Infernal Bytes/Boeder Software) keyboard handler corrected (Info)
- 2021-05-26 updated: Battletoads (Mindscape) renamed to Battletoads (Info)
- 2021-05-25 improved: Zyconix (Accolade) supports original release, loads and saves high scores (Info)
- 2021-05-25 improved: Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal (The Edge) uses less chip memory, 68000 quitkey (Info)
- 2021-05-25 fixed: Hero Quest (Gremlin) saving character doesn't crash anymore when no expansion disk is available (Info)
- 2021-05-24 improved: Dimo's Quest (Infernal Bytes/Boeder Software) uses less chip memory, new install script (Info)
- 2021-05-23 improved: Atomic Robo-Kid (Activision) in-game cheat can be enabled with CUSTOM1, support for second fire button (weapon selection), 68000 quitkey support (Info)
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31.May.2021
Amigans
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Memory game: MeMO 3.11 (update)
Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua has released an update of his memory game MeMO. His game is based on the classic memory card game but in his port two payers can simultaneously play for getting the best highscore. MeMO requires a 68020 processor and the ECS graphic chip. The latest update among others provides an improved framework ("which makes the startup and cleanup procedures more robust"), support for joystick in mouse port and a reworked/extended menu.
Update: (06:00, 02.06.21, dr)
Meanwhile version 3.11 is available which fixes a bug introduced with the previous version. (dr) (Translation: dr)
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29.May.2021
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Hyperion: Ben Hermans temporarily relieved from director position
After Timothy de Groote had been delisted as a Hyperion director,
Ben Hermans was entered into the company register as Hyperion's sole manager.
But in contrast to his predecessors, he wasn't listed as a "besturder"
(director): his position is that of a "vaste vertegenwoordiger" (permanent
representative) of the actual director - a company named "Ben Hermans BV".
That company "Ben Hermans BV" now is the subject of a compulsory dissolution: According to
Belgium's legal newsletter, a court appointed a lawyer named Jean Louis de
Chaffoy de Courcelles as an judicial liquidator ("gerechtelijk
vereffenaar") on May 7. As far as we know, this means that this liquidator now also acts as the company's representative in its role as
Hyperion's director.
Ben Hermans still owns the vast majority of Hyperion's shares though - we
assume he will return to his post as a director at some point. We currently
have no information on how this change of management would be achieved though.
In the lawsuit against Cloanto and the Amiga parties a decision regarding the
trial schedule was published
yesterday. The judge grants the motion of the Amiga parties, explaining
that it was the only one properly submitted: Apparently, Hyperion's motion
was transmitted via E-Mail as a Word document by Ben Hermans himself, which
is not accepted court procedure. According to the judge, the reason given by
Ben Hermans was that he was unable to reach the company's US lawyer.
We approached Mr. Hermans and asked for a statement regarding the Ben Hermans
BV issue. Mr. Hermans told us he can't really comment on this, as it's
being handled by his lawyer currently. He gave us the following statement:
"There is no issue of 'insolvency', there was failure to file the yearly
account for 2019 in time due to the accountancy firm not having the time
to complete this in time apparently due to the COVID restrictions
including but not limited to 'work from home' restrictions and very
limited staff allowed in offices. It would be inappropriate for me to comment further without approval for
my lawyer." (cg) (Translation: cg)
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29.May.2021
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Amiga Corporation: Statement regarding commercial distribution of AmigaOS 3.2
After the release of AmigaOS
3.2, it was stated that a digital edition might take
a while to arrive, since Hyperion wants to create a window for dealers to
generate some revenue with the CD version.
This Thrusday, an anonymous source supplied a PDF document to
amiga-news.de, allegedly containing a fax from Amiga's lawyer Gordon E. Troy
to Digital River. Digital River is an E-commercie service provider that is
used by Hyperion for digital distribution of AmigaOS 3.1.4 - even if
Amiga's and Cloanto's lawyers managed to
stop that for a while.
In the document, which is dated May 25th, the lawyer justifies why the
distribution of AmigaOS 3.2 violates Amiga's trademarks and copyrights
and explains in which areas the judge presiding the case against Hyperion
already agreed with Amiga's point of view.
Mr. Troy also claims that (quote) "our recent investigation of Hyperion [...]
strongly suggests" that Hyperion "would not be able to honour its indemnification
obligations" and that Digital River might end up being found liable. In conclusion,
he asks the E-commerce provider to take down all Downloads of AmigaOS 3.1.4 and
to not act as a distributor for AmigaOS 3.2 at all.
We approached Mike Battilana (Amiga Corporation, Cloanto), to verify if the
document we recieved is genuine. In repsonse, Mr. Battilana supplied us with an
official statement from Amiga Corporation regarding the distribution of
AmigaOS 3.2:
"Timothy De Groote and I negotiated a settlement agreement that was agreed to
by Ben Hermans in writing on January 20, 2021. (He also represented this to
the Court.) Eleven days later, he reneged.
Under the agreement Ben Hermans reneged on, Amiga Corporation would have
granted Hyperion Entertainment the right (which it currently doesn't have) to
release AmigaOS 3.2. If Hyperion wants to release it as a free update, Amiga
has no objection, but Hyperion can't exceed its rights AND profit from it."
(cg) (Translation: cg)
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29.May.2021
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Plattformer: Alpha-Version 0.1m of 'Super Delivery Boy'
A new alpha version 0.1m (video) of platformer 'Super Delivery Boy' developed with the Scorpion Engine can be downloaded from the developer's website. Among other things, new sound effects and features (red bird) have been added. The first two levels are playable, the rest are for preview purposes only. (dr) (Translation: bb)
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29.May.2021
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CS-Lab: Warp 3060/4060 turbo cards not available until 2022
On his 'unofficial Warp 3060/4060 page' Greg Donner quotes one of the developers of CS-Lab, according to which due to the lack of availability of components on the market and due to lack of time the WARP 4060 will only be finished next year. For the two already finished sister cards for the Amiga 500 and 1200 (amiga-news.de reported) the planned webshop is not yet available. (dr) (Translation: bb)
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29.May.2021
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Pre-order starts soon: Amiga inspired case in MiniITX format
Stephen Jones had an A3000-inspired case crowdfunded in 2018, reviving the "Checkmate" brand he used thirty years ago for an A500 desktop case. Announced in late summer, the "Checkmate Mini" variant which is significantly smaller and intended for motherboards in the mini-ITX form factor and can also accommodate the "UnAmiga" and "MIster" FPGA emulators using an adapter kit, was successfully crowdfunded by 303 backers to the tune of around 75,000 euros earlier this year.
As the developer Steve Jones told us on request, the 'Mini' is still available until July only for the backers. The general pre-order page is already up, but the links are still hidden until then. The developer has just received detailed documentation on the case in a test version for review.
Pre-orderable, but currently not in stock, is the 'Plus' variant in black or white for around 210 Euros each. (dr) (Translation: bb)
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29.May.2021
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Print/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #18 (English/Polich)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to retro gamers and deals mainly with Commodore's 8-bit computers and Amigas. Among the topics of the current issue 18 (spring/summer) are background reports on 'Outrage' and 'Boss Machine', game reviews on 'Dune 2020' and 'Fury of the Furries' as well as articles on 'Amiga68k on a Raspberry Pi 400' and WinUAE.
The magazine is available in a printed edition including the cover disc for 6.67 euros (plus approx. 5 euros shipping costs), the price for the digital edition is 1.56 euros. (dr) (Translation: bb)
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28.May.2021
OS4Depot
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AmigaOS 4: Fractal and Mandelbrot program FlashMandelNG 3.6
Developer Dino Papararo, about whom we published a detailed portrait the other day, has uploaded version 3.6 of his fractal and Mandelbrot program FlashMandelNG to OS4Depot. This version enables graphics card rendering even under 24bit screens. There are also minor optimizations and speed improvements. (dr) (Translation: bb)
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28.May.2021
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AmigaOS 4: MediaVault 1.2.0
MediaVault is an open source desktop application for AmigaOS 4 that can be used to stream online radio stations. An external player like AmigaAmp is needed. It is planned to create egine favorite lists with Mediavault and also to be able to retrieve podcasts. The program needs the oo.library v1.13 and the jansson.library v2.12.1.
The author George 'walkero' Sokianos has now released version 1.2.0, which includes the following changes:
- New:
- Added Unicode conversion to system charset on radio station names - Thanks to Daniel "trixie" Jedlicka
- Now the application registers properly and can get requests from other apps, like Exchanger - Thanks to Daniel "trixie" Jedlicka
- Now the MediaVault can jump to different screens - Thanks to Daniel "trixie" Jedlicka
- Added better error manipulation when there were API response errors - Thanks to Daniel "trixie" Jedlicka
- Now the size and the position of the window can be saved by the Popup Gadget - Thanks to Daniel "trixie" Jedlicka
- Changes:
- Added code to detach the listbrowser before change it's data. That's the way it should be done
- Restructured code to reduce the duplicated code in radiofuncs.c. Now, one method is used instead of three separated that had pretty much the same code. Better code, less problems.
- A lot of refactoring, removing global variables.
- Reduced a lot of duplicated code.
- Now the default radio station number increased to 50. The response is also much faster - Thanks to Tuomas Hokka and oo.library 1.13 fixes
- Changed the way classes and gadgets are initiallized - Thanks to Daniel "trixie" Jedlicka
(dr) (Translation: bb)
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27.May.2021
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Redesign: Amiga-compatible Joypad 'Protopad'
The well-known C64 vendor Protovision has successfully finished a fundraising campaign for the production of new joypads especially designed for the C64, but also compatible with Amiga (we reported). More than 15,000 Euro collected mean that the new paddles including multibutton controllers can be produced.
Now they are thinking about a redesign. The developers write:
"After the successful crowdfunding campaign for the Protopad, we worked enthusiastically on the project and made some tweaks to make this pad the best possible. During this time, we realized that we were not satisfied with the controller case we originally intended to use. As a result, we are currently looking into suitable alternatives. This has set us back a bit in our intended schedule." (dr) (Translation: bb)
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26.May.2021
Indie Retro News (Website)
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Preview video: Arcade game "Turbo Tomato"
In "Turbo Tomato" the opponent throws bombs at mutated vegetables. The title is to be released commercially, run on A500 or CD32, and feature one- or two-player modes. The release is planned for June or July. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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26.May.2021
Indie Retro News (Website)
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Arcade port: Tapper, version 05A
"Tapper" (video) is the conversion of the 1983 arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga. The latest pre-release version includes a short menu before the game starts, where the difficulty level can be set. In addition, the player now loses a life if a beer slips past the end of the bar.
(cg) (Translation: bb)
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26.May.2021
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Print magazine: Issue 131 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 131 (March/April 2018) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg) (Translation: bb)
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26.May.2021
Amiga Future (Website)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 122 (Italian/English)
The REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") PDF magazine is available in English translation in addition to the original Italian. The REV'n'GE game reviews compare the conversions of classics between different platforms of the time.
Download-Seiten:
Englisch (Decryption key: 2E8Z63MOPXsbQnbzK-AC39ZDv-qVL879d-1zMNVki6A)
Italienisch (Decryption key: -TxFljjZic859aqvCEhXuSVDTOUds2bfwtHk6GrQb5M) (cg) (Translation: bb)
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25.May.2021
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: IRC client AmIRC 3.8 / MorphOS IRC support moves to Libera Chat
Nicolas 'Henes' Sallin and Harry 'Piru' Sintonen, who continue AmIRC development, have published an update of the IRC client for MorphOS. Since version 3.6.2, e.g. SSL support has been added and the default server list been updated.
Furthermore, the official IRC support channel of the MorphOS developer team has changed. Due to an internal dispute at the previously used Freenode network following its change of ownership in 2017, the MorphOS support channel has been moved to Libera Chat. Besides this new channel, #morphos at irc.libera.chat, also the old one at Freenode will stay online for now but could be closed down at any time.
Changes since AmIRC 3.6.2:
- GUI: Updated default server list
- GUI: Added yyyymmdd timestamp feature
- DCC: Fixed buffer overflows when resolving IP
- Net: Added SSL support. To enable it, add a + before the server port (i.e. /server host +6697), add the UseSSL argument/tooltype or use the GUI. MorphOS only
- General: Does not use vapor_toolkit.libray anymore. MorphOS only
- General: Fixed a few bugs
Download: amirc_38_morphos.lha (2 MB) (snx)
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24.May.2021
MorphZone (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Software collection Chrysalis 3.15
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's Chrysalis is a preconfigured collection of programs, games and emulators for MorphOS. Usage requires an unmodified installation of MorphOS 3.15.
Changes in Chrysalis 3.15:
- Wayfarer 1.20 (Jacadcaps)
- Iris 0.117 beta (Jacadcaps)
- SDL 2.0.14 Libraries (Itix, BeWorld & BSzili)
- FinalBurn Neo 1.0.0.2 (BeWorld)
- ScummVM 2.3.0GIT (Beworld)
- OpenTTD 1.11.2 (BeWorld)
- bePlayer 1.1 (BeWorld)
- iConecta 4.10 (Templario)
- VidentiumPicta 2.45 (Templario)
- WitchCleaner 1.80 (Templario)
- FontTester 1.10 (Templario)
- ACE 1.23 (OffseT)
- Amdrum 1.0 (OffseT)
- X-Mass 1.0 (OffseT)
- Hollywood Player 9 (Andreas Falkenhahn)
- Layan-Blue (ACE)
- Layan-White (ACE)
- AmiSLL 4.9 68k (Jens Maus)
- Screenshot 1.3 (Matthias Böcker)
Download: Chrysalis_3.15.iso (1 GB) (snx)
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24.May.2021
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X1Boot Manager: Linux boot manager for AmigaOne X1000
Damien 'Hypex' Stewart wrote: "I'm excited to finally release the 'X1Boot Manager' into the X1000 Linux world! The X1Boot Manager is the culmination of a two year research and development project and then some I call the X1Boot Project.
The aim of the X1Boot Project was to prove if:
- 1. Linux could be booted directly off an X1000 HDD (or SSD.)
- 2. Linux could be loaded from a standard AmigaBoot menu.
- 3. Linux could be managed from a Linux boot editor.
Well I'm pleased to say I was successful in all three aims!
The X1Boot Manager allows you to install and manage kernels and a boot menu from one easy interface. It's matched by the X1Boot Loader that will boot Linux kernels. And all this is transparently integrated into your AmigaBoot menu."
You can get detailed installation information and user instructions under the title link.
Download via Google Drive (41kByte).
(dr) (Translation: dr)
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23.May.2021
Marten Wobst (Mail)
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Spaceship vs Asteroids Game: SPOD now with online highscore
In celebration of the reactivation of his Amiga 500 after 20 years, Marten Wobst had released a little game called SPOD (Space Pilot of Death) which we reported about it.
Inspired by some comments of our readers, he now has released an update to version 1.01 providing the feature of an online highscore: If you have succeeded in getting in the local highscore, you have to launch the external tool "QRCode". It geberates a QR code containing a link to the highscore website. The QR code is scanned with the mobile phone and you upload your result by confirming the link.
(dr) (Translation: dr)
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