16.Apr.2025
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Scala game: The Hobbitron Chronicles
The Hobbitron Chronicles is a point-and-click version of the text adventure Adventure 3 created with Scala MM400. Accordingly, the Scala Player (or Scala) is required to play the game.
The aim of the game is to find and destroy three magical rings hidden in different eras: the past, the present and the future. (snx)
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16.Apr.2025
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Demoscene: Compression optimization
At the title link, Alexander Grupe describes how he saves a few bytes in the boot block in order to have more space for demoscene productions. (snx)
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15.Apr.2025
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ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.d for Sam440ep flex and mini-itx
Pressemitteilung Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 14 April 2025
ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the U-Boot firmware for its Sam440 line of motherboards.
Following the recent update for the Sam460 (amiga-news.de reported), the Sam440 now also benefits from enhanced support, including compatibility with NVMe SSDs. Additionally, this update introduces support for Radeon RX and Radeon HD graphics cards.
This release represents a significant investment of time and resources. Nevertheless, we have chosen to offer it at the symbolic price of ¤3.99.
Highlights of this release include:
- Support for Radeon RX graphics cards (*)
- Improved support for Radeon HD graphics cards (*)
- NVMe SSD driver: boot directly from NVMe devices using a PCIe adapter (*)
- Driver for the PCIe SATA2 Silicon Image 3132 controller, with support for booting from SSDs and DVDs (*)
- Enhanced RAM access speed on Sam440ep-flex boards
- New graphical interface style
- Revised sata command, now displaying more detailed information about drivers and connected devices
- Serial console improvements: menu navigation via the W (up) and S (down) keys
- General bug fixes and overall improvements
- Unified source code for the 460ex and 440ep platforms
Features marked with an asterisk (*) require a PCI-to-PCIe bridge.
Radeon RX and Radeon HD graphics cards also require a specific driver (to be sold separately by A-EON Technology once available) for use with AmigaOS 4.
The update is available through our online store.
For those not comfortable performing the update themselves, we also offer pre-programmed, fully updated U-Boot chips.
Additional Information: UBoot makes use of GPL-licensed code and is therefore released under the terms of the GPL (download of UBoot source code, download of Parthenope source code). (dr)
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15.Apr.2025
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Paint program: Multipaint 2025 for Windows/Linux/Mac
Multipaint is a paint program that runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and specialises in retro pixel art. The tool, which is now available in version 3.2.2025, supports the creation of graphics under the colour restrictions of classic 8- and 16-bit platforms - not only the Amiga, but also other retro systems such as C64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, CPC and Atari ST.
Multipaint features common drawing tools, color clash emulation, cut brushes, dither patterns, grid / snap, 30-step undo, spare page, magnify modes, direct executable export, export as source, import/export in native formats and much more.
Since our last report back from 24 February 2023, a number of improvements and bug fixes have been added to Multipaint, including enhanced compatibility, new file dialogs and incremental file naming. (nba)
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15.Apr.2025
Passione Amiga (ANF)
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Event: Passione Amiga Day 2025
Passione Amiga Day is a gathering for Amiga users organised by the Italian magazine Passione Amiga. The event features commercial exhibitors, conferences with Italian and international guests, and a flea market. Following the success of the first four events, Passione Amiga Day 2025 will take place on 7 September with free admission.
The venue, in the historic centre of the town of Spoleto, is the ideal place to spend a weekend immersed in history, culture, food and wine. Spoleto has managed to combine modernity with its past, which can still be felt in its streets and squares and makes the town a unique place in the world. Its charm has led it to be chosen as the location for the TV series "Don Matteo". (nba)
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15.Apr.2025
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iComp: ACA1240/1260 now available for all customers
ACA from iComp (individual Computers) is a modern turbocard series for various classic Amiga models. The fast version for the Amiga 1200 holding a 68040 or 68060 processor has been available to interested parties for a few days now. The card was first mentioned at the end of 2018 and has already been delivered to iComp's existing customers since February of this year.
Jens Schönfeld mentions in the current announcement that not all planned features are yet included on the card. At this year's Revision demoparty in Saarbrücken, an Amiga 1200 with an ACA1260 at 100 MHz is running for the AGA/060 Demo Competition, according to iComp.
Sales of the ACA1240 and ACA1260 are limited to one card per customer. Interested parties must therefore register on the iComp website before purchasing. (nba)
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14.Apr.2025
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Preview video: Shoot'em Up "Echo Fighter"
Around a year ago, 'pixelplop' published the first preview video of its shoot'em up "Echo Fighter". The fourth preview video now shows improvements such as health bars and additional collision detection. You can now also collect power-ups (but they still don't do anything yet) and enemies and bullets can now cause damage. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor 5.0.0
ASM-editor is a modern web application for writing, executing and learning M68K assembler code, which uses the SvelteKit framework and the Rust programming language (amiga-news.de reported, source code on GitHub). The tool now supports not only 68k, but also x86 assembly language. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Video: The Amiga emulator Amiberry and AmigaOS 3.2.3
In its latest video post, the YouTube channel 'Hold and Modify' reports on the Amiga emulator Amiberry and the latest update for AmigaOS 3.2. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
Amiga France
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Preview video: Shoot'em Up "Wings of Fear"
Roar Tjørhom tries to create a little shoot'em up for the Amiga with the help of the game construction kit Scorpion Engine and has published a preview video. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Demoparty: Edison 2025 in Sweden (18.-20. July 2025)
The computer art festival and multi-platform demo party "Edison" will take place this year in central Stockholm (Sweden) on board the M/S Borgila from 18 - 20 July. The two-day event offers competitions in programming, graphics and music as well as a social gathering. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Rennspiel: Carmageddon update
A reverse engineering project brings the PC classic Carmageddon to the Classic Amiga: the conversion of Artur 'Arcziii' Jarosik (video) is based on the original engine, was adapted for the 68k architecture and requires the original game data of Carmageddon (amiga-news.de reported).
He has now added a non-SDL, CGX, AGA and OCS/ECS HAM6 executable as well as the "joy2Key2" tool from Lorence Lombardo (with a gui created by him), which allows joypad and gamepad keys to be assigned as keyboard keys. (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.20 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.20 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.5.0 (8.4.2025) of OpenSSL. Detailed changes:
- Switched to OpenSSL 3.5, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.5.0 (8.4.2025) version, which provides new features and improvements, including:
- PQC algorithms (ML-KEM, ML-DSA and SLH-DSA)
- Central key generation in CMP
- Opaque symmetric key objects (EVP_SKEY)
- Server side QUIC (RFC 9000)
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle dated 25.2.2025.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.20-OS3.lha (4 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.20-OS4.lha (3,6 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.20-SDK.lha (2,5 MB) (dr)
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14.Apr.2025
RastPort
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Tool: Audio decompression with QoaToAiff 0.1
The relatively new "Quite OK Audio Format" (QOA) is a lossy audio compression format: audio signals (44100hz, stereo) are encoded at 278 kbits/s, or more precisely at 3.2 bits per sample - exactly 1/5 of the bits required for an uncompressed WAV file. It is therefore less complex than the well-known OGG Vorbis and MP3 formats, but still significantly smaller than lossless file formats (see also a corresponding German (siehe auch einen entsprechenden heise.de article).
According to Grzegorz Kraszewski, this could also be a good alternative for the Amiga in terms of computing effort, quality and file size. He has implemented a decoder in M68k assembler and written a tool that converts QOA files into uncompressed AIFF (source code on GitHub). The author points out that this version is not yet optimised and does not use 68020+ instructions. (dr)
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13.Apr.2025
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Aminet uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to Aminet:
amigaget.lha comm/net 74K OS3 get https files for the...
AmiBlitz3_Cheat_Sheet.lha dev/blitz 120K GEN AmiBlitz3 Cheat Sheet
TankMouse.lha driver/inp 15K OS3 Scroll-wheel driver for...
SoltysDemo.lha game/demo 1.6M OS3 Soltys demo. Only AGA.
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Ed...
speedhaste.lha game/race 319K OS3 Speed Haste / Circuit R...
3doc_m68020_v1.30.lha gfx/3d 2.3M OS3 3D Object Converter for...
ham_convert.zip gfx/conv 7.0M OTH HAM graphic converter
PolarPaint_68k.lha gfx/edit 2.0M OS3 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_AROS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M ARO Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_MOS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M MOS Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_OS4.lha gfx/edit 2.5M OS4 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_WOS.lha gfx/edit 2.3M WUP Paint program made with...
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...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
qoatoaiff.lha mus/misc 4K OS3 Decode Quite OK Audio t...
GF4RSIDF.zip pix/misc 77K GEN Grad. Fonts for RSI Dem...
NAFCYI1992S2-B01.zip text/bfont 1.2M GEN NAFCYI Summer 1992 (BMP...
NAFCYI1992S2-B02.zip text/bfont 1.3M GEN NAFCYI Summer 1992 (BMP...
containers.lha util/libs 24K OS3 Provides containers + r...
IdentifyDev.lha util/libs 68K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
IdentifyUsr.lha util/libs 102K OS3 Identify hardware and m...
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 916K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 734K OS3 Multipurpose utility
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 7.9M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
xvslibrary.lha util/virus 101K OS3 External Virus Scanner ...
WBDock2SPA.lha util/wb 1K GEN Spanish translation WBD...
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13.Apr.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
hle-pokercard.lha gam/car 8Mb 4.0 Guess the next card to appear in...
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 4Mb 4.0 This is a SDK to make your decks...
polarpaint.lha gra/edi 2Mb 4.1 Paint program made with Hollywood
wormhole.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.0 Network file transfer utility
reportplus.lha uti/mis 916kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
chklib.lha uti/scr 11kb 4.0 Checks libs for "WB1.2+".
flushmem.lha uti/scr 12kb 4.0 flushes memory on "1.x+"
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13.Apr.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to AROS Archives:
metemp3-1.5.i386-aros.zip aud/pla 633kb a Mp3,Flac,Wav Player
glfw_3.4.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 1Mb GLFW is an Open Source, multi-pl...
libglad.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 440kb OpenGL Extension Loader
miniaudio.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 608kb Audio playback and capture library
raudio.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 2Mb A simple and easy-to-use audio l...
raylib_5.5.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 421kb A simple and easy-to-use library...
hle-pokercard.lha gam/car 8Mb Guess the next card to appear in...
untangle.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 59kb Untangle set of dots joined by l...
cardsmakingkit.lha gam/uti 3Mb This is a SDK to make your decks...
polarpaint_aros.lha gra/edi 2Mb Paint program made with Hollywood
zapperng.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/wor 55kb Change the behaviour of the zoom...
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13.Apr.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 12.04.2025
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
EasyRPG-Player_0.8.1.lha Emulation A program that allows t...
snes9x_1.63.0.lha Emulation Snes9x - Portable Super...
HLE-PokerCard_2.20.lha Games/Card Hi-Low-Equal Poker Card
CardsMakingKit_2.20.lha Games/Card A little kit to make yo...
MCE_15.31.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenRCT2_0.4.21.lha Games/Strategy OpenRCT2 is an open-sou...
Breaker_1.5.0.lha Games/Think Port of Breaker (SDL3)
PolarPaint_1.052.lha Graphics/Draw Paint program made with...
MoonDesk_1.0.lha Misc Show moon phase on your...
ReportPlus_8.63.lha Misc A Multipurpose utility ...
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13.Apr.2025
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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:
- Harlequin Title Tune
- Galaxy II
- Alien Breed - Tower Assault
- Wizardry (Garden Eden Edit)
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13.Apr.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Waffle floppy disk reader now with installer and ReAction interface
Waffle is a device for reading Amiga floppy disks with a PC floppy disk drive under AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported). While the previous user interface required a graphics card with hardware 3D acceleration, Andrea Palmatè now has added a ReAction interface and an installer. (snx)
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13.Apr.2025
Robert Smith (ANF)
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Video: Floppy emulator Big Box Amiga GoDRIvE
The floppy emulator GoDRIvE was initially only available for keyboard case Amigas (amiga-news.de reported). DigitalRetroBay now also offers it for the Amiga 2000 and Amiga 4000.
In contrast to the traditional Gotek disk emulators, the GoDrivE does not require the actual drive to be replaced, but you can switch between the two. In the video at the title link, Robert Smith demonstrates the Big Box Amiga GoDrivE by installing it in his Amiga 2000. (snx)
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13.Apr.2025
AmigaBlogs (website)
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Conversion of a standard power supply unit for the Amiga 500
At the title link, Keith Monahan describes how he converted a standard 50 Watt power supply unit, which costs around 50 euros, so that he can use it as a replacement power supply unit for his Amiga 500. The model used was the GP50A13D-R1B from Meanwell. (snx)
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12.Apr.2025
Fabio Trotta (ANF)
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tom's HARDWARE is covering AmigaOS 3.2.3
Mark Tyson reports in detail about the latest AmigaOS update on "tom's HARDWARE" and also gives a short overview of the development of AmigaOS and its descendants since the Commodore bankruptcy. (cg)
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12.Apr.2025
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Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.10
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes. Changes in version 5.10:
- _Static_assert could cause an internal error.
- A function call returning a struct with at least two internal layers of struct or union, immediately accessing a single element on return from the function call would result in an internal error.
- A bit-field of size 0 which fills out the current container, incorrectly caused an extra empty container to be allocated if the current one was not empty.
- Casting a static data address to a function pointer could in some situations cause an internal error.
- 68000: Bit-fields layout order is now big endian in the container, placing the first bit-field of the container in the leftmost position.
- Amiga: Correct the SysBase macro in the Amiga board support.
- 68080: Fix incorrect code generation using extub.l when it should have masked with a small constant instead.
- Amiga: Loading the FD file for the CIA library caused an internal error as it has multiple base addresses and pass them along as parameters instead of using a global variable.
- 6502/65816: The overloadable attribute caused a segmentation fault if the function type had address space qualifiers, e.g. __zpage on 6502 or __far on the 65816.
- 6502: Volatile address operands could in some situations cause an internal error.
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12.Apr.2025
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Emu68: Imager Tool 1.0.5 for Windows
The "Imager Tool" enables PiStorm users to prepare an SD card with the Motorola68K emulation Emu68 and a preconfigured AmigaOS 3 installation. New in version 1.0.5 is the support of AmigaOS 3.9, and various bugs have been various bugs have been fixed. (cg)
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11.Apr.2025
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Tool: identify-library 44.4
Richard Körber has released version 44.4 of the identify.library. It collects all kinds of system parameters and provides the user with information on CPU, FPU, memory, clock frequency, etc., for example. The current version now also recognises AmigaOS 3.2.3. (dr)
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11.Apr.2025
AMIGASYSTEM (ANF)
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AROS distribution: AROS One 2.8 (x86)
The "AROS One" distribution, based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0, is now available in version 2.8 for x86 computers. A DVD ISO file and a USB flash ("VHD") image are available for download. The VHD image can be used as a hard disk in virtual machines such as VMware, VirtualBox and QEmu.
This version integrates the last three years of AROS development and brings the 32-bit kernel to the same level as the upcoming 64-bit version of AROS.
The new kernel offers improved support for the latest hardware with ACPI support, as well as improvements to disk and network drivers, as well as updates to the core system libraries and more than 60 bug fixes in AROS programmes and libraries.
Additional work has also been done to stabilise drivers for virtual environments (VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU), so that AROS can be tested in a virtualised environment before deciding to purchase dedicated hardware. Changes:
Update AROS One OS System
- Wanderer Fixed and improved some Italian Catalogs
- 3GP Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- GIF Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- GIFAnim Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- Library Improved Datatypes Descriptor
- MP3 Datatypes Descriptor
- ArosOne Angel (New dedicated to AROS One v2.8)
- New Presets (Config-Appearance, Config-Wanderer, Skins-Apps)
- Created Aros One prefs (Choice of Wanderer or Magellan and vice versa)
- Created new buttons for Magellan and enriched with many preferences
- Wanderer (New mini DualPNG icons for "Detail" mode)
- Nuvi buttons for ArosPDF
- Dopus4 Improved and added new configurations
- ZuneARC (Improved config file)
- Created IA-Icons for IntallAROS Gui
Update AROS One Apps
- Fix_Amistart (new version)
- AmiTranslate v0.5
- Dopus5 Magellan v5.91
- smb2-handler v53.7
- filesysbox v54.5
- View Pubscreen
- 7zDec v9.13
- CLS v1
- Demac v0.1
- PixieView Viewer (still under development)
- iConecta v5.50
- ModExplorerCE v1.1
- ModExplorerNG v3. 82
- ProTrekkr v2.8.2
- PlayMidi (Script verbessert)
- Image2PDF v2.8
- SQLMan v0.6
- VAMP v3.2.0
- View Pubscreen v1.0
- ZapHod v1.2
- AnteDominum DemoScene
- FiatHomo DemoScene
- Neandertaler DemoScene
- Organica DemoScene
- SSRI DemoScene
- Stars DemoScene
- Pyramid Games
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11.Apr.2025
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Paint program: PolarPaint for all Amiga systems
PolarPaint is an experimental paint program written with Hollywood that requires a fast computer with RTG, at least a resolution of 1440x900x16 (program window is 1400x820), at least 40 MB free Fast RAM (64 MB or more recommended) and is available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROSx86 and WOS.
As the author Anbjørn Myren explains when asked, he had read a thread in the Hollywood forum about how to draw a continuous line. He started experimenting with the examples in the thread and his original idea was to develop a kind of drawing/guessing game in the style of Telestrations.
And he continued to write to us: "For this I just needed a simple interface and the ability to draw a black and white sketch. This was in late 2023, but I was doing other stuff so I put it on hold for some time. In late 2024 I started to experiment some more with it, but instead of making it into an online game, I got more interested to see what drawing features I could add.
I was a bit unsure to release it on aminet, especially the 68k version since it requires more horsepower than usually found in 68k Amigas. But I figured it might run at a usable speed on NG Amigas and hopefully PiStorm or perhaps Vampire systems.
Testing it on WinUAE made me discover the high RAM consumption, which made me come up with the diskbuffer idea. This saves a lot of RAM for most operations, but might result in slowdowns when loading saving disk when changing workspaces. As a bonus the diskbuffering will make backups of your work and also the undo buffer, so if you quit the program it will load your images and undo buffers on next startup so you can start where you left off.
Another thing that can use a lot of RAM is the custom flood fill procedure. I made that procedure because I wanted to have a was to floodfill with a threshold setting, similar to what you can find in Gimp. When floodfilling with threshold set above 0 it will consume a lot of memory. As a workaround for this I made an additional setting so you can restrict how big area to fill in one operation. By default this is set to maximum 5% of the workspace area. This mean you will only fill a small area at the time, but hopefully you avoid to terminate the program with a out of memory error.
If you have more than around 150MB free RAM I guess you can get away with a 100% setting, but it will take a lot of time for larger areas to complete on slower systems." (dr)
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11.Apr.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.8 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.8
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.8 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has arrived at version 5.8.8. Both versions now also support the new AmigaOS 3.2.3 ROMs (amiga-news.de reported).
(dr)
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10.Apr.2025
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Print/PDF magazine: APoV (Amiga Point of View), issue 6
Amiga Point of View is a 72-page PDF magazine. The sixth issue contains, among other things, a ten-page overview of games released in recent years, numerous game and hardware tests and a profile of the cyberpunk artist Tengushee. The PDF version is available for 2.50 USD, printed copies are available from 10 (UK) to 15 (Europe) dollars, including postage. (cg)
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10.Apr.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Free downloads: Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2, Legend of Falconia
The full versions of Dark Angel,
Gravity Force 2 and
Legend of Falconia can now be downloaded free of charge from Amiga Future. (cg)
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10.Apr.2025
AmigaBill (ANF)
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Video of Amiga 40 Roundtable and Lorraine at VCF East 2025
Former Amiga and Commodore employees Dale Luck, Ron Nicholson, Glenn Keller, Randell Jesup, Peter Cherna, Andy Finkel, and Jeff Porter talk about the history of the Amiga on a roundtable at the VCF East 2025 Amiga 40 celebration moderated by Dave McMurtrie and Dan Wood (cg)
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09.Apr.2025
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Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32 for the Amiga 1200
KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module that can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. With version 1.6, after the Amiga 3000 and 4000, the Amiga 1200 is now also supported in addition to the Amiga 4000CR and the Amiga 3000T. (snx)
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09.Apr.2025
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Do it yourself: RetroPlayer for Amiga music modules in a wooden case
Skilled hobbyists who want a small player for Amiga music modules in an attractive wooden case with a rotary control and display will find a finished project with a list of all the components required at the title link. (There is also an English description below the Japanese one). (snx)
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09.Apr.2025
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Print/PDF magazine: ZZAP! Amiga, issue 21
The March/April issue of the magazine "ZZAP! Amiga" contains 60 color pages in A5 size. A look at the table of contents can be found at the Amiga Magazine Rack website. (snx)
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09.Apr.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.22 LTS for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.12.22 LTS ("long-term support"), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. Information on the X1000/X5000-specific changes can be found at the title link. (snx)
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09.Apr.2025
ACube Systems (Mail)
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ACube Systems: UBoot 2015.d for Sam460EX, Sam460CR and Sam460LE boards
Press release: Bassano del Grappa, Italy - 08 April 2025
ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the UBoot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards.
For the first time in Amiga history, it is now possible to boot from an NVMe SSD.
This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the Amiga platform. Thanks to recent advancements, users can now experience dramatically improved boot speeds and data access times by utilizing modern NVMe solid-state drives—bringing the Amiga into a new era of performance and reliability.
This development not only enhances the capabilities of current NG systems but also demonstrates the ongoing innovation and dedication within the Amiga community. Booting from an NVMe SSD was once considered impossible - today, it is a reality.
This update is completely free for all users. We are excited to announce a new version packed with important features and improvements - available as a free download. New in this release:
- NVMe SSD driver – For the first time ever, you can boot from an NVMe drive using a standard NVMe-to-PCIe adapter.
- PCIe SATA2 support – Added driver for the Silicon Image 3132 controller, allowing booting from both SATA SSDs and DVD drives.
- DDR2 timing adjustments – Fine-tune DDR2 RAM timings for faster memory access.
- Customizable USB stack – Choose between EHCI (faster for mass storage) or OHCI (greater compatibility with keyboards).
- Enhanced "sata" command – Now displays more detailed information about drivers and connected devices.
- Improved serial console navigation – Navigate menu items using W and S keys.
- General bug fixes and improvements.
- Unified source code – Now streamlined for both 460ex and 440ep platforms.
- An updated installation guide is included, covering the standard ISO image method as well as alternative installation methods via TFTP and USB.
You can download the updater tool directly here: Sam460_updater_2015d.zip (8 MB)
If you are not comfortable installing UBoot yourself, we also offer fully updated UBoot chips through our online store.
Please note: UBoot and UBoot updater make use of GPL code and thus are both published under GPL (download of the source code). (dr)
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08.Apr.2025
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Source code editor: Hollywood 10 support for Visual Studio Code 10.0.2
For Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), "hw4vsc" is an extension that enables the development of Hollywood programmes with the free source code editor (amiga-news.de reported). The developer Micha J. has adapted his extension for the latest Hollywood 10 version and has just released hw4vsc v10.0.2.
Although the version number was only increased on the patch level, this is a massive release. It adds improved intellisense/code completion with proper code completion and quick info for all inbuilt Hollywood 10 functions, preprocessor commands and including constants (no quick info/help here, unfortunately). The README.md shows an example of intellisense in action.
The author asks you to use the Github bug tracker in case of problems. (nba)
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07.Apr.2025
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Mining strategy game: The history of "Aminer"
"Last Minute Creations", a Polish group of Amiga game developers (e.g. GermZ or Chaos Arena), spent more than six years working on their mining strategy game "Aminer": set in the Soviet era, the aim is to fulfil the planned economic extraction plans and mine precious metals such as silver for the Ministry of Mining and Fossil Fuels:
"Last Minute Creations" consists of 'KaiN', who writes the code, 'Luc3k', who is responsible for the music and 'Softiron', who is responsible for all graphic tasks.
We asked the coder 'KaiN' how the idea for the project came about and why Aminer, which was presented at the Polish retro party RAM#3 last weekend, took so long to develop:
"We started the project approximately a month before the RetroKomp 2018 party, for the game compo. We were working on OpenFire at that time, but I thought that it'd be cool to show something new at the party, so I've quickly came up with a game I wanted to tackle for some time now.
At this point it was a silly little game where you just dig through the ground without any objective and collect the resources, and also had a challenge mode where the camera goes at the constant speed towards the finish line and you must collect the resources to get the high score.
The idea behind the game was that I really liked the Motherload game from the Flash games era, and I wanted to do a semi-infinite Y scroll on Amiga hardware, so it was mostly a tech demo wrapped together as a RK18 game compo entry - it scored 2nd place and you can see on Pouet.net that it looked a bit differently back then.
Still, the audio was very buggy, because it was my groups first entry to even have audio code at all - we used my own ACE library, which I'm developing for 11 years now and those 6.5 years ago it lacked some serious features - it's now a lot more better since it got all the features needed to create the Aminer.
The game is written entirely in C, with one small part written in C++ for convenience, using the ACE library as I've mentioned. 'Softiron' uses Pro Motion NG for his pixels. For audio of the game compo version, I used sfxr to have some basics blips and blops. After all those years the pickup sound is still from the original version.
At this point we even didn't have an audio guy in our roster, but then we found Lucek on the Polish forums, and he did an amazing job of creating the matching soundtrack for the game. He also did the remaining audio stuff.
One of the main challenges was to determine what do we want to do with this game - we basically had no idea. After we did the demo for compo, 'Softiron' wasn't too happy with the state of the game and wanted to expand it a bit more. We've brainstormed a bit, I came with a little bit of ideas - mostly mimicking the Motherload game, so vehicle part upgrades, underground bases for convenience and that's about it. 'Softiron' on the other hand took that thing to the next level by inventing the whole soviet setting and adding a lot of side mechanics not really related with the digging itself - it's funny because you can finish the whole game without digging too much.
The other challenge was to stay on target and that's mostly because of me. During the pandemic, I thought it'd be nice to release another game to the Revision game compo, so we've started working on GermZ. We've missed the deadline, it then took us a whole lot of time to make this game enjoyable. We've also released two other games for game compos in the meantime: Atarenium Falkon (with code by 'Lucek!') and Chaos Arena, both released in Decrunch party game compos. As you can see we just can't leave a compo without an entry.
Another challenge was to settle on final features. 'Softiron' had lots of ideas for this game, including adding a way to go to moon and dig there, and we had to cut many of them to release the game at foreseeable time. We've also had the hard time with balancing the gameplay due to a lot of different allowed playstyles, mechanics and lots of content. It also became not so simple game, so it no longer would be enjoyed by younger or less demanding audiences. I've mitigated that by adding a Sandbox mode in final weeks, which resembles the free digging mode from the compo version with some basic limited move count mechanics. The most difficult thing for me personally was to get the mood right. Since the game is set in the soviet era in not-so-fictional country, and touches on totalitarian regimes of the past, I hope the game won't be viewed as making those things "cool", because they really aren't. And we shouldn't forget about this, especially now that one of them is coming back from hiatus.
Besides all these explanations, why did it ultimately take so long? Well, we did:
- 3 kilometers of the underground mine to explore
- 8 NPCs
- 7 distinct endings
- 3 underground bases with base building mechanics
- 18 achievements
- 3 game modes and a co-op variant of each mode
- 2 language versions
- more than 20 minutes of soundtrack
- definitely no secrets
- all that crammed into a single floppy disk, if you want to torture yourself with loading times
If you want to take on the task and dig through the earth, you need an OCS Amiga with 1MB chip RAM and 1MB other RAM. The source code is available on GitHub. (dr)
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07.Apr.2025
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HxC Floppy emulator: Software V2.16.13.1
The floppy emulator HxC by Jean-Francois Del Nero completely replaces the floppy drive (of an Amiga) with an electronic device. The project, which was launched in 2006, is available in two versions, with a SD card port or with USB port (amiga-news.de reported).
A new version of the HxC floppy emulator software has now been released. The changes:
- Mame MFI writer : Fix memory allocation error/crashes.
- Kryoflux writer : The default sample frequency can be changed with the
KFRAWEXPORT_SAMPLE_FREQUENCY variable. (patch by uru2)
- Kryoflux Stream Loader : Support different sample rate setting from the
KFInfo string.
(dr)
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07.Apr.2025
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Point'n Click adventure: Demo version of Soltys released
Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch has released a short demo version of the point'n click adventure game "Soltys" (video), which was originally developed by the Polish studio LK Avalon and released for MS-DOS in 1995 (Wikipedia).
However, as the author emphasises, his game is not a port, but a completely rewritten version of the original game. In addition to Polish subtitles, there are also English, German, Spanish and Italian subtitles. An Amiga computer with AGA chipset, at least 1 MB Fast RAM and harddisk are required. (dr)
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Arcade action: New demo version V0.98 of Ghosts'n'Goblins
At the end of 2024 'Skyzoo73' released a handsome practice study to show how Ghosts 'n Goblins can be ported to the Amiga using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The now updated demo version offers a lot of corrections and optimisations and requires an AGA Amiga with Fast RAM and CD32 joypad (or similar). (dr)
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06.Apr.2025
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Aminet uploads until 05.04.2025
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to Aminet:
Codecraft.adf dev/misc 880K OS3 Integrated Development ...
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Ed...
MCE.lha game/edit 4.2M OS3 Multi-game Character Ed...
Galactica.lha game/wb 24K OS3 Port of strategical Lin...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 67K OS3 Create your own backdro...
PolarPaint_68k.lha gfx/edit 2.0M OS3 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_AROS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M ARO Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_MOS.lha gfx/edit 2.2M MOS Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_OS4.lha gfx/edit 2.5M OS4 Paint program made with...
PolarPaint_WOS.lha gfx/edit 2.3M WUP Paint program made with...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
hippoplayerupdate.lha mus/play 414K OS3 Updated HippoPlayer
AvalancheSPA.lha util/arc 2K GEN Spanish catalog for Ava...
fix1980.lha util/arc 1K GEN Fix an lha with timesta...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 2.1M OS3 free icon.library in op...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 2.2M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
IgameSPA.lha util/misc 2K GEN Front-end for WHDLoad
ReportPlus-OS4.lha util/misc 881K OS4 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus.lha util/misc 699K OS3 Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha util/misc 775K MOS Multipurpose utility
GoVD.lha util/wb 31K OS3 Virtual Desktops for Wo...
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OS4Depot uploads until 05.04.2025
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
losmalditos.lha gam/adv 22Mb 4.0 Adventure point and click R.P.G.
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
polarpaint.lha gra/edi 2Mb 4.1 Paint program made with Hollywood
image.lha gra/vie 2Mb 4.0 Fast image viewer with simple fu...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 2Mb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
wormhole.lha net/mis 2Mb 4.1 Network file transfer utility
reportplus.lha uti/mis 881kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
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AROS Archives uploads until 05.04.2025
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to AROS Archives:
losmalditos.lha gam/adv 22Mb Adventure point and click R.P.G.
polarpaint_aros.lha gra/edi 2Mb Paint program made with Hollywood
flx_play.x86_64-aros-v11.... vid/pla 74kb Simple FLI/FLC/FLX Animation Player
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 05.04.2025
The following files have been added until 05.04.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
LosMalditos_1.10.lha Games/Adventure Adventure point and cli...
PolarPaint_1.0.lha Graphics/Draw Paint program made with...
BouncingBall_1.0.lha Misc Port of BouncingBall (S...
AmigaGPT_2.4.0.lha Misc App for chatting to Cha...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 05.04.2025
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 05.04.2025:
- 2025-04-05 improved: Uridium 2 (Graftgold) high scores are saved to a separate file (Info)
- 2025-04-02 improved: North & South (Infogrames) 2nd button/joypad support fixed, more icons, new install script (Info)
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06.Apr.2025
Amiga Future (website)
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Crowdfunding: Psygnosis - Games People Play (Volume 1)
Following the book "Demoscene: The Amiga Renaissance", Éditions64K is now planning a two-volume publication on the history of the games company Psygnosis (e.g. Lemmings, Shadow of the Beast).
The first volume covers the years 1980 to 1993, i.e. the period from the company's foundation to its takeover by Sony. The second volume, which is due to be published next year, will be dedicated to the PlayStation era up to the end of the games publisher in 2012.
In contrast to the previous campaign, the book is almost finished and will be ready for printing by the end of the crowdfunding period on May 11. Shipping should begin around June 15. (snx)
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06.Apr.2025
Amiga Future (website)
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Java program: ham_convert 1.11.0
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based program ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the HAM format of the Amiga and is now available in version 1.11.0.
New features include an MSX2+ screen 10 conversion, an improved MSX2+ screen 12 conversion, an MSX Basic image file export and bug fixes. Mode 10 allows 12,499 simultaneously displayable colors, mode 12 even 19,268. (snx)
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05.Apr.2025
Markus Tillmann (ANF)
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Event: Start for ticket sales for "Amiga40"
Press release: Amiga40 Germany - 40 years of Amiga, a celebration for everyone!
17 - 19 October 2025 - a very special date for everyone who loves the legendary Commodore Amiga: We celebrate 40 years of Amiga with a big anniversary event in Mönchengladbach! Amiga40 Germany will be THE meeting place for fans, technology enthusiasts, retro lovers from all over the world - and for families who want to go on a journey through time together.
Tickets go on sale today, 5 April, at 6 pm CET via our ticket shop at amigaevent.de/ticket!
Come along - celebrate with us 40 years of Amiga cult and a time when computers still had personality!
We look forward to your visit! (cg)
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05.Apr.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.4.0
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.4.0 has now been released with the following changes:
- ARexx port added to allow issuing AmigaGPT commands from another app or from a script
- Fixed bug where the About AmigaGPT window wouldn't display all the text correctly
- Latest OpenAI chat models added
- Latest OpenAI text to speech models added
- Latest OpenAI text to speech voices added
- Can now give instructions to the OpenAI voice to change how it sounds (only works for the gpt-4o-mini-tts model)
- Chat now uses the new Responses endpoint instead of the Chat Completions one to allow for future expansion
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2 MB) (dr)
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Video tutorial: 3D Shooter proof of concept with AMOS
The latest video from retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' follows on from his last one about creating simple anaglyph 3D graphics in AMOS Pro (amiga-news.de reported) and continues it as a program for a 3D shooter proof of concept. (dr)
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04.Apr.2025
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Pre-order: New synth album ‘Home Arcade’ with Amiga track
'LukHash' describes his music as a "fusion of digital 8-bit chaos and 80s-inspired synthesiser music, combined with modern sounds and cyberpunk aesthetics." His new album "Home Arcade" can now be pre-ordered and customers will also receive 'retro versions' of three tracks from the album: two covers in the form of SID tunes, one as a classic Amiga MOD, all three songs can be played on the original hardware. The finished album will be released on 2 May. (cg)
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04.Apr.2025
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Demoparty: Revision 2025 is still looking for volunteers
The demo party ‘Revision’ will traditionally take place on the Easter weekend at the ‘E-Werk’ in Saarbrücken. However, the organisers are still looking for volunteers:
Press release: Revision is the biggest pure demoscene event in the world - and roundabout 70 volunteers make it possible. Come join us to have the best Easter weekend for you, us, and the demoscene! We are looking for people with the English skill and attitude that make them great working in a multi-national team, and who are as excited as we are to make this party great for everyone.
You'll need to be in the E Werk from super-latest Friday morning before Revision to the Monday, to help us build up and tear everything down as far as you can. Being on time and reliable is very important to everyone in your team, so we're able to share the workload fairly.
If you've been an orga at a demoparty before you'll know the score, but previous experience is not essential.
Are you interested, especially in the opening posted below? Then drop us a message at hotline-2025@revision-party.net!
Infoteam
They are the face of Revision, and for some the first impression they get of the demoscene at large. Embark on the fastest way to meet new people and make a lot of friends at a demoparty - Join our Infoteam!
Main Duties:
- Manage admission of visitors, answer questions, sell beverages
- First point of contact for the visitors, and distribute requests to all other teams (e.g. compo, recording, seminar, events, etc)
- Liaise with the security personnel and escalate any issues to the shift lead or main organisers
We are looking for someone who:
- Likes to engage with people, and is a creative, ad hoc problem solver
- Is fluent in English, additional languages are a plus (German is NOT needed)
- Is willing to work 4 shifts during the party (2x 4h + 2x 6h) with ca 5 other orgas
(cg)
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02.Apr.2025
Vinnny (ANF)
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Operating system: AmigaOS 3.2.3
Press release: Brussels – April 2, 2025. Hyperion Entertainment CVBA is proud to provide the third free update for AmigaOS 3.2. This update includes two years’ worth of fixes and enhancements to AmigaOS 3.2.2 since the previous update.
Some of the highlights in Update 3:
- ReAction classes have received numerous updates
- TextEditor now allows users to define a custom menu with macros
- 12 KB of Chip RAM is no longer reserved
- A new Kickstart 3.2.3 ROM
- At least 50 other fixes, including updates to DiskDoctor and HDToolbox
Registered users can download Update 3 for AmigaOS 3.2 here.
Thank you for your continuing support of AmigaOS. (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
Mark 'Pnutttz' Nuttall (ANF)
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Crowd funding: Card game Amiga Trumps Powerplay
The financing of an Amiga "top trumps" game was initiated on Kickstarter and has already been achieved. "Amiga Trumps Powrplay" comprises thirty characters from Amiga games and will go into production at the end of April once the campaign is complete. The card game can be used independently or as an expansion for its predecessor "Amiga Trumps". (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
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Event: ZZAP! Live 2025 in Kenilworth (England)
On May 17/18, the third "ZZAP! Live" event for all Commodore and Amiga systems will take place for the first time over two days at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England), organized by Fusion Retro Books, the Arcade Club, Retro Games Ltd, the South West Amiga Group and the Retro Computer Museum. (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary of March 2025
For the past month 'Puni' has again published a news summary for AmigaOS 4 in his "Old School Game Blog" at the title link. (snx)
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02.Apr.2025
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AROS: Month in review March 2025
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz summarizes the news for AROS/x86 users in the last month at the title link. (snx)
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01.Apr.2025
Ján Zahurancík, Philipp Lonke (ANF)
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20 years of AmiKit: The AmiKit Museum is now open
This year, the popular AmiKit celebrates its 20th birthday. The first coverage of the project appeared on amiga-news.de on 14 July 2005 ("Emulation: First Preview of the AmiKit Complete System"). The AmiKit Museum has now been set up as a thank you to Amikit's loyal fans. All Windows installers for the Workbench distribution - from AmiKit 1 to 11 - can be downloaded and tested free of charge, all fully functional. It's an interesting resource for all computer archaeologists, enthusiasts and collectors. (nba)
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01.Apr.2025
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky
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Linux: Kernel 6.14.0 for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.14.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The X1000/X5000-specific changes are:
- Linux 6.14 Released With Working NTSYNC Driver, AMD Ryzen AI Accelerator Support -- phoronix.com
- Linux 6.14 Sees Last Minute Fix For A Two Year Old Regression Causing A 30% Performance Drop -- phoronix.com
- Changes according to the Linux Kernel 6.14.0-final log
- X1000: ABIv2 kernels (CONFIG_PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2)
- DRM fixes (including Radeon fix):
- Networking fixes
- MMC host fixes
- Linux Git log
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[News message: 01. Apr. 2025, 00:42] [Comments: 0]
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01.Apr.2025
violet
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Swedish demoscene recognised as UNESCO cultural heritage
The demoscene has been acknowledged as an intangible cultural heritage in Sweden. This underlines the cultural significance of this digital art form, which has existed since the 1980s and includes an active community in Sweden with numerous demoparties and internationally recognised groups such as The Silents, Phenomena, Triad or Fairlight.
This decision follows similar ones in other countries: in Finland, the demoscene was recognised as national intangible cultural heritage in 2020, and in Germany, it was included in the federal directory of intangible cultural heritage in 2021 (amiga-news.de reported). This means that the demoscene is also part of UNESCO's world cultural heritage.
The Swedish "Institutet för språk och folkminnen" - a governmental organisation for the preservation of language and cultural heritage, comparable to a Ministry of Culture in other countries - announced the listing. (nba)
[News message: 01. Apr. 2025, 00:42] [Comments: 0]
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01.Apr.2025
Dennis "Psyria" Lohr (ANF)
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Music: New music album by Chris Hülsbeck released on Bandcamp
On 28 March 2025, Chris Hülsbeck released his latest music album compilation entitled "Desert-Love-Mirage" on Bandcamp. He writes on Bandcamp and X: "This album is my latest work (not related to video games), in which I created music in all kinds of styles that I felt inspired to do at the time. This was all made possible by my Patreon supporters, and I invite everyone to join my project at www.patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck, where you can find detailed background stories for each piece of music and more." Dennis "Psyria" Lohr comments: "Sound, composition, sound and style. If it were a picture, you would probably say: 'Yes, a real Hülsbeck!'." (nba)
[News message: 01. Apr. 2025, 00:41] [Comments: 0]
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01.Apr.2025
John Brett
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GUI for Greaseweazle tools: ADFDiskBox 2.2
ADFDiskBox is an application with a graphical user interface that serves as a comfortable frontend for the Greaseweazle V4 tools (reported). Developed in C#, the tool is aimed primarily at users who regularly work with Amiga-DOS disks. ADFDiskBox simplifies Amiga-DOS batch read and write operations (for ADF, 82-track ADF, SCP:Amiga-DOS and RawSCP). Devices and drives can be selected to easen the simultaneous use of multiple Greaseweazle devices.
In the newly released version 2.2, developer John Brett has added the "Options" form to make the main GUI clearer.
ADFDiskBox runs on Windows 10/11 (32-bit and 64-bit) and requires the.NET Framework 4.8. In addition to the executable program, the source code is also available for free download. (nba)
[News message: 01. Apr. 2025, 00:37] [Comments: 0]
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31.Mar.2025
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Video: The 75 worst Amiga games
In his latest video, Kim Justice presents what he considers to be the 75 worst Amiga games. The game Top Banana from the developer "Hex" from 1992 has made it to first place. (dr)
[News message: 31. Mar. 2025, 19:25] [Comments: 0]
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31.Mar.2025
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Point'n Click adventure: NEONnoir v1.2
The point'n click adventure game "NEONnoir" (video) was developed with AmiBlitz for the Amiga Blitz Basic Game Jam. As a down-and-out private detective, the player has to track down a drug-addicted daughter from a good family (amiga-news.de reported).
Originally, the developers had planned to release the game in a boxed version, but this could not be realised. However, the German and Italian translations that have already been completed, as well as a manual, will now at least benefit users of the digital version. (dr)
[News message: 31. Mar. 2025, 18:41] [Comments: 0]
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31.Mar.2025
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 40.2
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), Thomas 'Thor' Richter has released version 40.2, the first stable version of his universal PCI driver system "OpenPCI", which supports all known PCI solutions for the Amiga without recourse to the software of the respective manufacturer. On request, the author kindly explained the background and idea behind the project in our German-language news item. (dr)
[News message: 31. Mar. 2025, 06:27] [Comments: 0]
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31.Mar.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.7 for Linux and macOS
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for Linux and macOS based on the current WinUAE version. The new Version 7.0.7 mainly fixes bugs. (dr)
[News message: 31. Mar. 2025, 06:11] [Comments: 0]
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31.Mar.2025
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.49
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written now in Amiblitz 3.10.0, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
In the new version 0.9.49, among other things, the option to cycle colors in the palette has been added (video). All changes:
- Action trigger Color Cycle to cycle colors in the palette.
- Added example for color cycle, ex_colorcycling.
- Action trigger Set Text Image to set the image to be used in the dialog.
- Added help for particle editor.
- Maximum number of song modules increased from 16 to 24.
- Optimization for lateral scrolling games.
- Particles are now cleaned when switching levels in runtime.
- Now compiled with AmiBlitz 3.10.0.
- Fix when exporting images in multilaguage games.
- Fix for show tile collisions in level editor.
- Fix for pick frame when spritesheet is not the first one.
- Fixes in frame editor, pick frame and copy and paste frame.
- Fixes in dialog engine.
- Fixes in the thumbnail system.
- Fix for selecting game objects above 78.
- Updated documentation.
(dr)
[News message: 31. Mar. 2025, 06:05] [Comments: 0]
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30.Mar.2025
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Aminet uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to Aminet:
CestinoGlobale.lha dev/blitz 53K OS3 Italian global trashcan...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 8.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
openpci68k.lha driver/oth 177K OS3 PCI driver for all brid...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 7K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 9.1M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 66K OS3 Create your own backdro...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.9M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
pOS-w64.zip misc/emu 24M VAR WinUAE-Launcher USB
pOS_w64.jpg pix/misc 834K GEN WinUAE-Launcher Screens...
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 1.7M OS4 A PDF generator
DOpusRxTrash.lha util/dopus 29K GEN Global trashcan for DOp...
filesysbox.lha util/libs 97K MOS A FUSE compatible file ...
filesysbox.m68k-amigaos.lha util/libs 99K OS3 A FUSE compatible file ...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 2.2M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.7M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
vbrCheck.zip util/misc 1K OS3 Check if Vectorbase is ...
(snx)
[News message: 30. Mar. 2025, 07:46] [Comments: 0]
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30.Mar.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amigagpt.lha net/cha 2Mb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
compression.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
(snx)
[News message: 30. Mar. 2025, 07:46] [Comments: 0]
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30.Mar.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to AROS Archives:
opentyrian.x86_64-aros-v1... gam/act 4Mb open-source port of the DOS game...
hydracastle.x86_64-aros-v... gam/pla 56Mb metroidvania-style action platfo...
reminiscence.x86_64-aros-... gam/pla 1Mb Flashback engine reimplementation
xrick.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/pla 2Mb a clone of Rick Dangerous
blips.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/puz 1Mb a sokoban style puzzle
sokobangp2x.x86_64-aros-v... gam/puz 7Mb a Sokoban engine
filesysbox.i386-aros.lha lib/mis 54kb A FUSE compatible file system layer
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[News message: 30. Mar. 2025, 07:46] [Comments: 0]
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30.Mar.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 29.03.2025
The following files have been added until 29.03.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiArcadia_34.2.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Doom3_1.5.5pre.lha Games/Shoot3D Doom3 ProjectUAC
OpenMoHAA_0.81.1-beta2... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.81.1 for Mo...
fheroes2_1.1.7.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Minesweeper_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Minesweeper (SDL3)
Tensy_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Tensy game (SDL3)
AmigaGPT_2.3.0.lha Misc App for chatting to Cha...
(snx)
[News message: 30. Mar. 2025, 07:46] [Comments: 0]
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30.Mar.2025
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Chat software: AmigaGPT 2.3.1
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.3.1 has now been released with the following changes:
- Fix broken error requester in MorphOS
- Fix incorrect language name for english-british for OS4
- Running the "Version" command on the AmigaGPT executable will now report the version and build date
- The installer in MorphOS will now properly ask where you want to install the readme
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (2 MB) (nba)
[News message: 30. Mar. 2025, 01:25] [Comments: 0]
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29.Mar.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 147 of Amiga Future available online
The English and German issue 147 (November/December 2020) 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 and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg)
[News message: 29. Mar. 2025, 22:20] [Comments: 0]
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29.Mar.2025
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Individual Computers: ACA1260Tool 0.99
"ACA1260Tool" is used to configure the ACA1240/1260 turbo cards from Individual Computers; it can be started both from the Workbench and from the shell. Version 0.99, which has now been released, contains the following changes:
- added VERBOSE option
- MAPROM/ROMFILE fixes
- added ROMFILE option
- fixed flashing in normal (non debrick) mode
- when flashing, prompt to update the FPGA core first, when the core is too old
- support new IDE speeder (read and write) with core >= 6.3.2025
- IDE speeder "overdrive" option
(cg)
[News message: 29. Mar. 2025, 22:13] [Comments: 0]
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28.Mar.2025
deadwood
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AROS/x86: Update of the ABI v0 version
Press release: This version 20250313 integrates last three years of AROS development and brings 32-bit kernel to the same level as upcoming 64-bit AROS release. New kernel brings improved support for newer, ACPI-enabled hardware, complemented by improvements to disk and network drivers as well as updates to core system libraries and more than 60 bug fixes across AROS programs and libraries.
Additional work has been put in stabilizing drivers for virtual environment (VirtualBox, VMware and QEMU) so that you can try AROS first in virtualization before deciding on purchasing a dedicated hardware.
A list of the complete changes can be found on GitHub.
If you are already using previous version 20220318-1 (amiga-news.de reported), you can upgrade your installation using this upgrade package (direct download).
A list of recommended hardware is also available.
Enjoy! (dr)
[News message: 28. Mar. 2025, 18:23] [Comments: 0]
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28.Mar.2025
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.9
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 14.2 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.7.9:
- NEW: update gcc to 14.2.0, binutils, GNU gdb (GDB) 17.0.50.20250202-git
- FIX: disassembly: fix error message when hovering over the cycle counts of an illegal instruction
- NEW: Makefile: support dependency tracking for GNU-assembler sources (.s)
(dr)
[News message: 28. Mar. 2025, 17:59] [Comments: 0]
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27.Mar.2025
Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci
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Developer diary: Generic RPG Engine - Dev Log #1
Fabio ‘Allanon’ Falcucci wants to develop an RPG engine with Hollywood in order to create his first RPG. In the first entry of his planned developer diary, he presents the current status as well as his programming techniques and tools used. (cg)
[News message: 27. Mar. 2025, 23:13] [Comments: 0]
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27.Mar.2025
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FPGA based Amiga clone: AmiCube, Board-Layout Version 1.1
Ranko Rodic presents the current status of his FPGA-based Amiga clone AmiCube F1200 in a video. The changes made are explained using a rendering of version 1.1 of the board layout:
- MOSFETs back for level shifting - They're making a triumphant return to handle voltage like champs!
- Floppy disk module routed like a dream - Everything's neatly tucked into this slick little area - pure engineering art!
- Tiny 402 components (pick-and-place approved!) - These micro-sized parts are a bold move, and my trusty machine's got it covered.
- LEDs still shining bright for cell/motor/ready signals - Keeping the visuals popping so you know what's active at a glance!
- FPGA now gets direct ready signals - sky's the limit in Verilog! - More control, more possibilities - coding just got a whole lot more fun!
- Polarity sorted, inverters added - active low LEDs light up when they should! - No more guessing games; these lights mean business now!
- Detect signals for floppy connections = instant LED action! - Plug in a floppy, and bam - LEDs light up to confirm it's go time!
- Cleaner routing, no more wiggles - just straight-line perfection! - The board's looking sharper than ever with optimized paths.
- Jumper for 3V/5V switching + better heat dissipation with extra mass - Flexibility and cool vibes - literally thanks to some thermal tweaks!
- FPGA status LEDs to show when the Amiga core is up & running! - Watch the magic happen as the board boots and the Amiga core kicks in!
- Decoupling done right this time - followed Spartan-6 datasheets to the letter! - No shortcuts here; it's all by the book for max stability!
- SRAM (6MB) + SDRAM (64MB) in the works for that sweet retro Amiga RAM vibes! - SRAM keeps it authentic, while SDRAM adds mega power - best of both worlds!
- AGA core porting is progressing—looking good so far! - The Amiga dream is coming alive, and I’m pumped about where this is headed!
(cg)
[News message: 27. Mar. 2025, 23:08] [Comments: 0]
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27.Mar.2025
Edwin van den Oosterkamp (Mail)
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Paperback: Classic AmigaOS Programming - The Network
After Classic AmigaOS Programming - An introduction and Bare Metal Amiga Programming, Edwin Van Den Oosterkamp presents his third paperback on Amiga programming called Classic AmigaOS Programming: The Network. It is about adding network and Internet functionality to Amiga programs and is aimed at people who have some experience with writing software for the Amiga, but have no experience with IP networking. Like its predecessors, the title is self-published via Amazon, a digital edition is not available. (cg)
[News message: 27. Mar. 2025, 23:01] [Comments: 0]
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27.Mar.2025
Sami Vehmaa
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 2
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler 'Bolminok's Kingdom 2' requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for free at itch.io and continues the story of its predecessor. (cg)
[News message: 27. Mar. 2025, 22:54] [Comments: 0]
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27.Mar.2025
Franck Charlet
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Module packer: ptvpack 1.2 (Windows/AmigaOS)
PtvPack is a packer for Noise-/Pro- and Fasttracker modules ("mods"), which is aimed at Vampire-based systems: Up to twelve channels with up to five octaves are supported. The packer is available as a command line tool for Windows and AmigaOS and there is also a playback routine provided as m68k assembler sourcecode.
(cg)
[News message: 27. Mar. 2025, 22:51] [Comments: 0]
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26.Mar.2025
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Emulator: Mame106Minimix 1.2b (update)
The Multi Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) emulates numerous arcade machines. After conversions for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4 as well as various, mostly older 68k ports, there has been another project for AmigaOS 3.1 since last year with Mame106Minimix, which however requires a very fast computer (68060 processor with 64 MB or actually designed for PiStorm extensions).
The port of MAME version 0.106, which dates back to 2006, is now available in version 1.2 and offers various optimizations, bug fixes and improvements, such as an optional “NewLowLevel” patch, which is required for some Amiga 2000 configurations.
Update: (28.03.2025, 06:10, dr)
Version 1.2b is now available. (snx)
[News message: 26. Mar. 2025, 09:44] [Comments: 0]
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26.Mar.2025
Amigasystem (ANF)
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Video: AROS One 68k 2.0 Tutorial
The AROS One distribution is currently available for x86 computers. A 68k version will also be available shortly. The video at the title link should give you a foretaste, the graphical appearance corresponds to that of the x86 version. (snx)
[News message: 26. Mar. 2025, 09:44] [Comments: 0]
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26.Mar.2025
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Game announcement: Krogharr to be released end of April
There is now more information about Michael 'Tigerskunk' Borrmann's platform game Krogharr. When it is released at the end of April, the game will run on an Amiga 500 with 1 MB of RAM and will contain the following features:
- Five-level parallax/line scrolling
- 60 to 70 colors on the screen at the same time
- Arcade-style 50 FPS action
- Every single level has carefully hand-pixelated enemies and backgrounds
- Music and multichannel SFX
- Over one hundred animation frames for enemies and bosses
- Large bosses
- The whole game fits on one floppy disk
In addition to purchasing the download version, it will also be possible to pre-order a boxed edition with a diskette or as a CD³² version from Poly.Play.xyz. (snx)
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