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22.May.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Arcade port: Tapper, version 02A
"Tapper" (video) is a port of the arcade classic game from 1983 to the Amiga. In this new test version all gameplay features have been implemented except the sound. The author said: "Still got a fair bit of work in Dpaint to do as well as a few bits of game code to write but I think it's coming along quite nicely." (cg) (Translation: dr)

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22.May.2020



Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.7.14
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - see our little review of two games. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.

Changes in version 0.7.14:
  • New action trigger Play Anim 8 to play an animation based in the direction of the object.
  • Play Anim 8 uses 8 anims, starting with the Up/North Animation, and in clock-wise order. It uses 8 animations.
  • New action trigger Play Anim 4 to play an animation based in the direction of the object.
  • Play Anim 4 uses 4 anims, starting with the Up/North Animation, and in click/wise order. It uses 4 animations.
  • In a level, when a background image is used without any tiles placed, the palette from the image will be used.
  • For HUD bar elements, now it is possible to adjust the height of the bar.
  • Extra check in Auto Slice to avoid slicing a big image by mistake.
  • Level editor map now shows all available area instead of the camera limits area.
  • FIX: Tile properties display fixed when using tiles with border.
  • FIX: Fix in export game routines.
  • FIX: moving a livel object leaved some trash in the screen.
  • FIX: Level editor now can scroll to the bottom of the level.
  • FIX: Fix in edit trigger up/down controls, now last trigger is reachable.
(dr) (Translation: dr)

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22.May.2020
MorphZone (Webseite)


MorphOS: E-mail client Iris, beta version 85
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is supposed to become the standard mail program for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and can read and create HTML mails. Among others Iris now display GMail threads. Besides, "the autoconfiguration of emails was significantly improved, especially for GMail-managed domains and Yahoo."

The author appreciates any feedback. Please use the corresponding MorphZone discussion. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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21.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


English/Danish assembler workshop from 1990
"Programmering i maskinkode på Amiga" is a Danish assembler workshop, which from 1990 on was commercially distributed in 12 lessons. Meanwhile the author has made available the workshop on his website for free. Thanks to Amiga fan 'Amix73' there is also an English-language translation. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: Web browser Odyssey 1.23 r5_beta07
Roman 'kas1e' Kargin has released a new beta version of his AmigaOS 4 port of the web browser Odyssey. Changes:
  • Fixed bug in Cairo library caused skippable DSI on some sites in cairo_clip_intersect_rectangle_box() by adding related patches from the latest version of Cairo.
  • Replaced old, statically linked, Pixman library v0.32.4 by newer v0.36.0 from Salas00: https://github.com/salass00/pixman_lib Salas00's version is a real amiga native shared library and has AOS4 native TLS (thread-local storage) implementation, which means that rendering done now not from the same thread, but from different ones => things can be faster. New pixman-1.library coming with release archive in the LIBS directory, so no action needs, all continue to works out of the box. Thanks Salas00!
  • Media player: when we in accelerated full-window playback, and mouse cursor over the video, then after 2 seconds of inactivity we hide mouse pointer. Moving mouse or clicking mouse buttons made cursor be visibly again. I.e. mimic usual video-players behavior.
  • Media player: when we in accelerated full-window playback, then we disable screen blankers and enable them back once we exit from full-window playback.
  • Fixed nasty bug with missing TAG_DONE in the Dtpic object creation. Before it working by pure luck: If the memory following the unterminated tag list contains 'lucky' or invalid tag values then nothing bad happens. But a single 'unlucky' (but valid and possibly dangerous if not used correctly) tag value may cause unpredictable havoc (c) Thore.
  • Rewritten DoSuperNew() function to use DoSuperMethodA() directly instead of DoSuperMethod(), as the later internally do call the same DoSuperMethodA(). So we skip that step to make DoSuperNew() be more efficient with less stack space in use. Thanks to Thore for hint and Oliver for explaining.
  • Added support for 4th and 5th mouse buttons for stepping backward (4th) and forward (5th) through the browser history. I.e same as in IBrowse.
  • Major improvements in spoofing area by Javier: new Spoofing preferences. Together with inbuild (and not editable) default Odyssey's user-agent, you can now add/edit your own ones. You also can choose what user agents you want to show on the menu and which didn't. All the user-agents saves in the 'useragents.prefs' placed in Conf , just like 'userscripts.prefs' or 'searchengines.prefs'. The work which spends on was big, so there can be issues so plz check it carefully and report all bugs and suggestions. Everything localized as well, see bottom of OWB.cd. Thanks Javier!
  • Notification titles are now localized as well, see OWB.cd for MSG_NOTIFY_DL_COMPLETED, MSG_NOTIFY_DL_CANCELLED and MSG_NOTIFY_DL_FAILED (c) Javier.
  • Updated Italian catalog by samo79 and new Danish catalog by NBache.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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21.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Virus Help Team Denmark: Update of VirusZ_III.Bootblocks
The "Virus Help Team Denmark" (VHT) has released an update of its bootblock collection which is used in Georg Hörmann's program VirusZ III:
  • Bavarian Virus [Not really a virus, but writes GURU after $60]
  • Gandalf Decoded Virus
  • Guru Virus [Not really a virus, but writes GURU after $60]
  • Random Access Virus [Not really a virus, but writes GURU after $60]
  • Sinister Syndicate [Not really a virus, but writes GURU after $60]
  • And 167 harmless bootblocks
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.May.2020



Conversion Kits: Using A500(+), A600 or A1200 as USB keyboard
Tynemouth Software offers Conversion Kits for A500(+) and A600/A1200 which replace the mainboard of the Amiga and use the keyboard of the Amiga as well as joysticks (A500 version) as USB devices. The LEDs of the case are also used for viewing "Power" and "Numlock". The Conversion Kits do not require any additional drivers or preferences at the host computer. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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20.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Print magazine: Issue 117 of Amiga Future readable online
Issue 117 (November/December 2015) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can be read online on its website. You can also purchase a pdf version with a higher resolution or a printed version in the shop. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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19.May.2020
Vinnny (ANF), walkero (ANF)


Hyperion: "Release Notes" and further translations for AmigaOS 3.1.4.1
For registered users Hyperion has released the "Locale Extras 45.315", which "includes localization materials for greek, polish and russian languages that require additional system setup to work."

Additionally Hyperion has "received numerous requests from users asking to unveil the technical developer notes, also known as "Release Notes", regarding the changes involved in those AmigaOS updates." Therefore the "Release Notes for AmigaOS-3.1.4.x" are available to all interested users in the download section of the Hyperion website. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2020



Aminet-Uploads until 16.05.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 16th, 2020:
Nutcrackers_Game_Menu... demo/intro 58K   68k game menu/intro by Nutcrackers
Pathetic_Demos_1.adf     demo/misc  880K  68k some old party demos by 'Path...
Pathetic_Demos_2.adf     demo/misc  880K  68k some old party demos by 'Path...
The_Zaphod_Collection... demo/misc  880K  68k Small demos by Chris 'Zaphod'...
The_Zaphod_Collection... demo/misc  880K  68k Small demos by Chris 'Zaphod'...
bytes.lha                dev/lib    27K   68k  string conversion library
redpillgamecreator.lha   dev/misc   1.8M  68k Game Creator with AGA support
Cybervision64_install... driver/vid 880K  68k CyberVision 64 install disk (...
AztecChallenge_E01_CD... game/actio 41M   68k Aztec Challenge Remake 1st Level
Shadow_3rd_Moon_1.5.lha  game/actio 238K  68k Shadow of the 3rd Moon update...
Uropa_2_v32Update.lha    game/actio 153K  68k Update Vulcan's Uropa 2 to ve...
Uropa_2_v33Update.lha    game/actio 13K   68k Update Vulcan's Uropa 2 to ve...
Africa.lha               game/board 294K  68k Conversion of 3W board game
Africa-OS4.lha           game/board 349K  OS4 Conversion of 3W board game
LCD_Dreams.adf           game/misc  880K  68k Ports of 4 Game&Watch LCD gam...
DonkeyKong_AROSx86.lha   game/wb    2.9M  x86 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_MOS.lha       game/wb    2.8M  MOS LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS3.lha       game/wb    2.8M  68k LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS4.lha       game/wb    3.2M  OS4 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_WOS.lha       game/wb    3.1M  WOS LCD game conversion
AsciiMandelbrot.lha      gfx/fract  204K  MOS Bench a Mandelbrot set in a c...
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  11M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
VideoEasel.lha           gfx/misc   1.8M  68k THE flexible Cellular Automaton
PoligoniRegolari.lha     gfx/show   20K   68k Draw regular poligons with 3-...
RNOPDF_ECS-AGA.lha       gfx/show   9.0M  68k Compact PDF viewer
ACE-MorphOS.lha          misc/emu   1.7M  MOS Amstrad CPC/CPC+ Emulator
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.7M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
SamplesMaster.lha        mus/edit   109K  68k Creates IFF and RAW samples (...
tlu-AmigAtari_Icon_Pa... pix/icon   20K   68k Icon Pack for AmigAtari Demo
Morpheus_1.74.lha        text/dtp   2.7M  MOS Word processor
annotate_pascal_synta... text/edit  1.5M      Annotate v3: Pascal Syntax Hi...
Reformat.lha             text/misc  14K   68k Adjusts text file line width ...
MCAmiga.lha              util/dir   1.1M  MOS MyCommander for Amiga
WarpBMPdt.lha            util/dtype 72K   WOS Windows BMP datatype V45.8
WarpJPEGdt.lha           util/dtype 331K  WOS JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.15
WarpPCXdt.lha            util/dtype 66K   WOS ZSoft PCX datatype V45.6
WarpPNGdt.lha            util/dtype 160K  WOS PNG image datatype V45.23
WarpPSDdt.lha            util/dtype 70K   WOS Adobe Photoshop® datatype V45.6
WarpTIFFdt.lha           util/dtype 546K  WOS TIFF and BigTIFF image dataty...
tz.lha                   util/time  499K  68k Timezone Database & Library
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17.May.2020



OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.05.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 16th, 2020:
warpbmpdt.lha            dat/ima 72kb  4.0 Windows BMP datatype V45.8
warppcxdt.lha            dat/ima 66kb  4.0 ZSoft PCX datatype V45.6
warppsddt.lha            dat/ima 70kb  4.0 Adobe Photoshop datatype V45.5
africa.lha               gam/boa 349kb 4.0 Conversion of 3W board game
asciimandelbrot.lha      gra/mis 204kb 4.0 Bench a Mandelbrot set in a cons...
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 11Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
shaderjoy.lha            gra/vie 4Mb   4.1 Display fragment shaders
rnoxfer.lha              net/ftp 3Mb   4.1 Graphical FTP/FTPS client
mwait.lha                uti/she 14kb  4.0 multi wait command for 1.x+.
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17.May.2020



MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 16.05.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 16th, 2020:
ACE_1.20.lha                                 The acidulous CPC/CPC+ ...
AsciiMandelbrot_2.4.lha                      Draw a Mandelbrot set i...
Hi-Low-Equal Poker Car...                    Hi-Low-Equal Poker Card...
Julius_1.4.0.lha                             An open source re-imple...
Morpheus_1.74.lha                            Word processor with Uni...
RNOXfer_1.2.lha                              A graphical FTP client ...
SDL2_Libraries.lha                           All Libraries SDL2 with...
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17.May.2020



WHDLoad: New installers until 16.05.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 16th, 2020: (snx) (Translation: dr)

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17.May.2020
MorphZone (Forum)


File manager: MCAmiga 0.4
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow continues playing with the video unit of the FreePascal compiler which he ported and currently focusing on how to resize the window. As a result he has released the new version 0.4 of the file manager MCAmiga which is available for all Amiag systems. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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15.May.2020



Windows: Software synthesizer "AmigaKlang" generates samples for MOD files
The software synthesizer 'AmigaKlang' generates samples which can be used in MOD tracks, typical for the Amiga. The samples can be saved as binary files or directly written in existing MOD files but also be exported as Amiga code which is very memory saving because the samples are only generated when they were started (Example on Soundcloud, 27 KB). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2020



Tutorial: Using FS-UAE on Linux with real MIDI hardware
Warren Vercueil has published an illustrated, English-language tutorial (PDF) which explains the usage of real MIDI hardware from inside the Amiga emulator FS-UAE. He has used the MIDI application BarsnPipes but his setup should also work with different applications. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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13.May.2020



Free downloads: 'Eddi Edwards Super Ski' and 'Super Sport Challenge 3'
The commercial games 'Eddi Edwards Super Ski' and 'Super Sport Challenge 3' can be downloaded from the website of the Amiga Future for free. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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12.May.2020



PDF viewer: RNOPDF for Amigas without graphics board
The first version of the PDF viewer RNOPDF, written with Hollywood, was released one and a half year ago for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS for Amigas equipped with a graphics board. Now also a version for ESC and AGA Amigas is available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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11.May.2020



Internal Flickerfixer/Scandoubler for A500/A2000 under free licence
Niklas Ekström is working on a FPGA-based Scandoubler/Flickerfixer which can be internally used in an Amiga 500 or 2000. In a first development stage a DE10-Lite-FPGA-developer board is connected to the pins of the custom chip "Denise". The FPGA generates a VGA signal from the CSYNC and 12-Bit-RGB signals. Originally the next step would have been a completed board equipped with FPGA and a SDRAM module directly put on the Denise.

Meanwhile Ekström takes a different approach: Currently he is changing his adapter so it can be directly put in the socket of Denise and thus replacing the original chip. By adapting a free emulation of Denise, written in Verilog, he is going to create a FPGA-based replacement for the 35 years old original chip which directly output a VGA signal. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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10.May.2020



Aminet-Uploads until 09.05.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 9th, 2020:
Gallows-Invaders.adz     demo/file  174K  68k Invaders by Gallows (1992)
encore_morphilia.lha     demo/misc  47M   MOS Morphilia by Encore - demo fo...
encore_morphoza.lha      demo/misc  36M   MOS Morphoza by Encore - demo for...
Lunatics-Incantation.adz demo/track 361K  68k Incantation by Lunatics (1992)
hexify.lha               dev/c      13K   68k Convert binary data into a he...
ms.lha                   dev/c      30K   68k C str to us / ms utilities
vstring.lha              dev/c      35K   68k A simple string building API ...
zerodbg.lha              dev/c      14K   68k Useful macros for debugging p...
buffer.lha               dev/lib    53K   68k Tiny C string manipulation li...
rgba.lha                 dev/lib    53K   68k RGB / RGBA parsing / formatti...
redpillgamecreator.lha   dev/misc   1.8M  68k Game Creator with AGA support
renderlib68k.lha         dev/misc   239K  68k image processing kernel
Square_Destroy.adf       game/board 880K  68k Variant of classic Reversi ga...
DonkeyKong_AROSx86.lha   game/wb    2.9M  x86 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_MOS.lha       game/wb    2.8M  MOS LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS3.lha       game/wb    2.8M  68k LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_OS4.lha       game/wb    3.2M  OS4 LCD game conversion
DonkeyKong_WOS.lha       game/wb    3.1M  WOS LCD game conversion
FlashMandelNG_OS4.lha    gfx/fract  11M   OS4 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals AOS4
1000er-9101.adf          mags/1000e 880K      German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9102.adf          mags/1000e 880K      German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9103.adf          mags/1000e 880K      German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9104.adf          mags/1000e 880K      German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9105.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9201.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9202.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9203.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9204.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9205.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9206.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9207.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9208.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9209.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9210.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9211.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9212.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9301.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9302.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9303.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9304.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9305.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9306.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9307.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9308.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9309.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9310.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9311.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9312.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9401.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9402.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9403.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
1000er-9404.adf          mags/1000e 880K  68k German magazine for A1000 own...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.3M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.8M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
IcarosLive_2_2_8.tar.bz2 misc/os    2323M x86 Icaros Desktop LIVE!
Isolated.lha             mods/misc  1.2M      Isolated 4ch Hard Rock by HKv...
SamplesCreator.lha       mus/edit   39K   68k Samples creation and saving
Schlagerparty_1.01.lha   mus/edit   231K  MOS Mp3 encoder with GUI
Morpheus_1.72.lha        text/dtp   2.6M  MOS Word processor
EvenMore.lha             text/show  354K  68k V0.92: Freeware Textviewer
EvenMore_MOS.lha         text/show  443K  MOS V0.92: Freeware Textviewer (M...
EvenMore_OS4.lha         text/show  435K  OS4 V0.92: Freeware Textviewer (OS4)
EvenMorePlugins.lha      text/show  299K      V0.92: EvenMore textviewer pl...
SmartClipboard_sbar.lha  util/app   229K  MOS Define actions to act on clip...
CD32BootSelector.lha     util/boot  127K  68k CD32 Boot Selector
LoadModule.lha           util/boot  21K   68k Install Libs/Devs reset-proof
TLSFMem.lha              util/boot  18K   68k TLSFMem O(1) Memory Allocator
zmakebas.lha             util/conv  89K   OS4 BASIC Text to ZX Spectrum/ZX8...
JFIFdt44.lha             util/dtype 799K  68k JFIF (JPEG) picture datatype ...
WarpDTPrefs.lha          util/dtype 194K  MOS WarpDT preferences program V4...
WarpTIFFdt.lha           util/dtype 552K  WOS TIFF and BigTIFF image dataty...
ViNCEd.lha               util/shell 770K  68k final CON: solution. ^Z, TAB ...
DockBot.lha              util/wb    377K  68k A program launcher for OS 3.
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.05.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 9th, 2020:
warpdtprefs.lha          dat/ima 194kb 4.0 WarpDT preferences program
warptiffdt.lha           dat/ima 552kb 4.0 TIFF and BigTIFF image datatype ...
amiarcadia.lha           emu/gam 5Mb   4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
flashmandelng.lha        gra/mis 11Mb  4.0 Mandelbrot & Julia fractals ...
zitaftpserver.lha        net/ser 9Mb   4.1 A fast and secure FTP(S) server.
evenmore.lha             uti/tex 431kb 4.0 Freeware Textviewer
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 09.05.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 9th, 2020:
SDL2_Libraries.lha        Development/Library       All Libraries SDL2 with...
TopTasks_1.4.lha          System/Ambient/Screenbar  Display Top Tasks in sc...
MorphOS-SDK_3.14-20200... Development/SDK           The MorphOS Development...
Hode_0.2.9.lha            Games/Adventure           Hode is a re-implementa...
AskMeUp_XXL_BoardGames... Games/Think               AskMeUp_XXL_BoardGames_...
ENCORE_Morphoza_1.0.lha   Demoscene                 Demo by Encore released...
ENCORE_Morphilia_1.0.lha  Demoscene                 ENCORE_Morphilia_1.0.lha
CrispyDoom_5.8.0.lha      Games/Shoot 3D            Crispy Doom is a limit-...
SmartClipboard_1.2.lha    System/Ambient/Screenbar  Define actions to act o...
Schlagerparty_1.01.lha    Audio/Encoder             An Mp3 encoder with GUI
OpenAL_1.20.1.lha         Development/Library       OpenAL Soft is an LGPL-...
ResidualVM_0.4.0git.lha   Emulation                 ResidualVM is a cross-p...
Morpheus_1.73.lha         Office/WordProcessor      Word processor with Uni...
HydraCastleLabyrinth.lha  Games/Platform            A platform game, "metro...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.05.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 9th, 2020:
  • 2020-05-08 improved: Megademo 3 (North Star & Fairlight) fixed problems with part 17 on some machines (Info, Image, Image)
  • 2020-05-08 new: Kraftwerk Mega-Mix (Spacecake) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2020-05-08 new: Elektrica (Cascade) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2020-05-08 improved: Gods (Bitmap Brothers) fixed crash in some configs, removed possible slowdowns (Info)
  • 2020-05-08 improved: Twin World (Blue Byte/UBI-Soft) added joypad support, fixed sountracker replay (Info)
  • 2020-05-08 updated: Jim Power (Loriciel) corrected install script (Info)
  • 2020-05-08 improved: Exile (Audiogenic) reduced chipmem usage to 512k, fixed soundtracker replay (Info)
  • 2020-05-06 new: Megademo 3 (North Star & Fairlight) done by StingRay (Info, Image, Image)
  • 2020-05-05 new: Birthday (Turnips) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2020-05-04 fixed: Ninja Warriors (Sales Curve) level select option corrected (Info)
  • 2020-05-04 new: Danger Freak (Rainbow Arts) done by JOTD (Info)
  • 2020-05-04 improved: Atmosphere (Stone Arts) level 2 interrupt problem fixed, timing fixed (Info, Image)
  • 2020-05-03 new: Atmosphere (Stone Arts) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2020-05-03 improved: The Island Of Lost Hope (Digital Concepts) quitkey for 68000 added (Info)
  • 2020-05-03 updated: Gods (Bitmap Brothers) fixed crash with cheat key, added 1 MB chip memory Slave (Info)
  • 2020-05-03 improved: Exile (Audiogenic) support for AGA/CD32 releases added, multiple savegame support (Info)
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10.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New song added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following song has been added:
  • Cybernoid II - (The Alt-Rock Mix)
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10.May.2020
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Video series about Amiga on TV
The team of the Spanish-language website Amigatronics has started a video series on its YouTube channel about movies and TV series presenting an Amiga. In the first issue an Amiga 4000 in the movie "Quantum Apocalypse" 2010) is introduced. According to the team this is the only performance of this model. (snx) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2020
amigaworld (Webseite)


Review: Video production under AmigaOS 4
In his blog the musician and Amiga programmer Andy Broad has explained how he cut and mixed his Youtube video "One Man Band" (playing two guitar parts as well as bass) using Audio Evolution and Blender under AmigaOS 4 - only for the audio recordings a Linux laptop was used. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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Porting Amiga applications on Linux: AxRuntime
Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz' "AxRuntime" is a runtime environment for Linux which emulates the AmigaOS-API and therefore enables porting Amiga applications on Linux and developing applications which can be compiled for AmigaOS/MorphOS/AROS as well as Linux. Examples videos show the AROS desktop Wanderer (MP4) and gmPlayer (MP4) under Linux.

In a discussion on AmigaWorld Śmiechowicz explained that currently the APIs of AmigaOS 3.1, CybergraphX, AHI, MUI as well as of some open source libraries and classes are supported but "It is the intend to eventually support API from all (Amiga)families". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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09.May.2020
Generation Amiga (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4: JAmiga 1.3
On Sourceforge Joakim Nordström has released another beta version of his Java port "JAmiga" which originally was crowdfunded. As far as we can see though the last changes in the archive of the source code on SF are three years or more old. The changes in the latest release are not known. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.May.2020



Virus Help Team Denmark: VirusZ_III.Bootblocks updated
The "Virus Help Team Denmark" (VHT) has updated the collection of bootblocks for Georg Hörmann's VirusZ III due to the new trojaner on Aminet which includes a bootblock virus called "Jackal" - but the update also detects other bootblock viruses which have been found since the last release.

Hint of the editors: The update detects the Jackal bootblock virus itself but cannot find the original trojaner which spreads the bootblock virus. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.May.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Sokoban: Magazyn 1.0
The Polish game "Magazyn" (video) is a port of the Sokoban game with additional elements like keys and bonus items. The game originally has been released during the competition "RetroKomp 2018" but is constantly developed.

Direct download: Magazyn1.0.lha (20 KB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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08.May.2020
amigaworld (Webseite)


Paperback: Classic AmigaOS Programming - An introduction
Edwin Van Den Oosterkamp's "Classic AmigaOS Programming" is an introduction in to Amiga OS programming in C and assembler. This book is meant for programmers without Amiga experiences or for former Amiga programmers who after a longer break are going to start developing software for the Amiga again. The book is published by the author himself, a digital edition obviously is not available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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07.May.2020



Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.7.13
RedPill is a Game Construction Kit written in AmiBlitz2, which can help developing games of diverse genres - see our little review of two games. RedPill is compatible to AGA and ECS, the "player" requires 1 MB Chip as well as some Fast RAM.

Changes in version 0.7.13:
  • Input buffering for Input Up and Input Fire: Save input for some frames. Configure it in input screen.
  • New condition Grounded that allows Coyote time or edge tolerance.
  • Old Grounded and Not Grounded triggers are not invalid but deprecated.
  • New action trigger Enable SFX that allows to turn on/off the sound effects in the game.
  • New action trigger Set NTSC to change display to PAL or NTSC.
  • In RP Editor the gap between the game display and the editor display has been reduced.
  • FIX: When changing the level the tab displayed could be wrong.
  • FIX: Sprite background was not cleaned properly when loadgin a new project.
  • FIX: For games without tiles, the palette was wrong.
  • FIX: HUD elements could have some flickering when values changed too fast.
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07.May.2020



Joystick in Atari-VCS style: Hyperkin Trooper
The "Trooper" produced by Hyperkin is a joystick looking like the joystick of the Atari VCS, compatible to Atari and Commodore, providing a fire button and a 3 metre cable. The device can be ordered from different shops, e.g. from Amazon and ebay.


The "Trooper" is a reworked edition of the joystick included in the package of the Retron 77 console which earned criticism (German) for its lack of durability. First reviews and pictures of the hardware you can find e.g. on Forum64 (German). (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2020



Hungarian PDF magazine: Amiga Mania, issue 13/14
"Amiga Mania" is an elaborately designed pdf magazine from Hungary including 41 pages which is dedicated the Amiga. Among others the latest double issue (PDF) is about the accelerator board "Classic 520", Amikit XE and the games "Scourge of the Underkind" and "Project Horizon". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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06.May.2020
Andreas Magerl (ANF)


Issue 144 of Amiga Future published
The English and German issue 144 (May/June 2020) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today and can be ordered directly from the editorial office of Amiga Future as well as Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. Topics include reviews about "Tiny little Slug", "AmiCygnix" and "Rotator". (cg) (Translation: dr)

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03.May.2020



Aminet-Uploads until 02.05.2020
The following archives have been added to Aminet until May 2nd, 2020:
Mailinator_1.0.lha       comm/mail  744K  MOS IMAP - Email analysis program
asm-kurs3.lha            dev/asm    362K      Assembly course, German
parson.lha               dev/c      276K  68k lightweight json library writ...
chkXEX.lha               dev/cross  27K   68k Info about Atari XE/XL execut...
mp.lha                   dev/cross  2.9M  MOS Mad-Pascal cross compiler for...
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.0M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
JumpingAround.lha        game/jump  284K  68k JumpNRun game, working in pro...
AmiArcadia.lha           misc/emu   4.3M  68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha        misc/emu   4.7M  MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha       misc/emu   4.8M  OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
genplus_mos.lha          misc/emu   1.3M  MOS Sega Genesis and MasterSystem...
Morpheus_1.71.lha        text/dtp   2.1M  MOS Word processor
UnRAR-5.90.lha           util/arc   2.3M  MOS UnRAR 5.90
IconLib_46.4.lha         util/libs  994K  68k free icon.library in optimize...
cAMIra.lha               util/misc  162K  68k simple webcam software using ...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  576K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  685K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  728K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
ViNCEd.lha               util/shell 768K  68k final CON: solution. ^Z, TAB ...
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.05.2020
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until May 2nd, 2020:
warpjpegdt.lha           dat/ima 330kb 4.0 JFIF-JPEG datatype V45.14
warppngdt.lha            dat/ima 180kb 4.0 PNG image datatype V45.22
simpledebug.lha          dev/deb 4Mb   4.1 Text version of Spotless
spotless.lha             dev/deb 5Mb   4.1 Spotless debugging
prism2.lha               dri/net 410kb 4.0 Driver for 11Mbps wireless netwo...
amissl.lha               lib/mis 6Mb   4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
netsurf.lha              net/bro 7Mb   4.0 Fast CSS capable browser
homebank.lha             off/mis 12Mb  4.1 A personal accounting program fo...
homebank-src.lha         off/mis 523kb 4.1 Sources of the Homebank package
unrar_ml.lha             uti/arc 2Mb   4.1 Unpak RAR files
noclick.lha              uti/mis 4kb   4.0 Multiplatform NoClick enabler
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 728kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
zmakebas.lha             uti/mis 112kb 4.0 Make ZX Spectrum .TAP from BASIC...
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.05.2020
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until May 2nd, 2020:
modexplorer.i386-aros.zip    aud/pla 2Mb   Streaming mod file from Internet...
atomic_bomberman_data.zip    gam/act 391Mb From Internet Archive Preservation
steelstorm-ep1.i386-aros.tgz gam/act 284Mb Shoot 'em up
bermuda_syndrome_data.zip    gam/adv 114Mb bermuda syndrome from internet a...
duke3d_data.tgz              gam/fps 11Mb  Data Game From Internet Archive ...
spacejunk.i386-aros.zip      gam/mis 6Mb   Plot a course thru gravity field...
donkeykong.i386-aros.lha     gam/pla 3Mb   is a remake of a LCD game in the...
abandonmi2ext.lha            gra/ico 8Mb   AROS Extension for AbandonMI2 Ic...
videntiumpicta.i386-aros.lha gra/vie 2Mb   Picture Viewer
metadiary.i386-aros.zip      off/mis 221kb Color-coded activity log.
vamp.i386-aros.lha           vid/pla 2Mb   Multimedia Player
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 02.05.2020
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until May 2nd, 2020:
SDL2_Libraries.lha        Development/Library       All Libraries SDL2 with...
MCE_11.8.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
EasyRPG_Player_0.6.2.lha  Games/Role                A program that allows t...
Morpheus_1.71.lha         Office/WordProcessor      Word processor with Uni...
UnRAR_5.90.lha            Files/Archive             UnRAR 5.80
OpenTTD_1.10.1.lha        Games/Strategy            A clone of Transport Ty...
Mailinator_1.0.lha        Email                     IMAP - Email analysis p...
GenesisPlus_2.1.lha       Emulation                 Genesis-Plus emulates t...
GrafX2_2.8_WIP.lha        Graphics/Draw             GrafX2 version 2.8WIP, ...
ReportPlus_7.8.lha        Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
AtomicBomberman_2.5.lha   Games/Action              A fan rewrite of the Wi...
VidentiumPicta_2.30.lha   Graphics/Tools            An image viewer  progra...
VAMP_2.25.lha             Multimedia                A Multimedia Player pro...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.05.2020
Using WHDLoad, you can install games, scene demos and intros from cracking groups to your harddisk that were only working from floppy disks previously. The following installers have been added until May 2nd, 2020:
  • 2020-05-02 improved: Jim Power (Loriciel) fixes flashing independently on all levels, trainer improved, blitterwaits added (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 updated: Dragon Spirit (Domark) quitkey in intro removed to avoid problems (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 improved: Bump'n Burn (Grandslam/Softeyes) quitkey for 68000 added (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 improved: West Phaser (Loriciel) supports another version, quitkey for 68000 (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 fixed: Prince of Persia (Jordan Mechner/Brøderbund) avoid crash when saving/loading (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 improved: Ninja Warriors (Sales Curve) supports 68010, trainer enhanced, joypad/2nd button support improved, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 improved: Leisure Suit Larry 3 (Sierra) supports another version, MT32 optional support added (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 improved: Gods (Bitmap Brothers) joypad/2nd button controls added, uses less chip memory, trainer added (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 fixed: Feudal Lords (Impressions) corrected wrong patch which led to in-game crashes (Info)
  • 2020-05-02 improved: Arabian Nights (Krisalis) 24-bit access fault fixes rewritten, new Slave using 1 MB chip memory (Info)
  • 2020-05-01 new: Lost Symphony (Mystic & Pic Saint Loup) done by StingRay (Info, Image, Image)
  • 2020-05-01 new: Vision of the Art (Mystic) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
  • 2020-04-29 new: Quasar Wars (Light Designs) done by JOTD (Info)
  • 2020-04-29 improved: Dragon Spirit (Domark) keyboard enabled in intro, trainer enhanced, fixed ST color palette, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-29 improved: Black Shadow (CRL/Zen Room) uses files instead disk image, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 fixed: SAS Combat Simulator (Code Masters) keyboard interrupt fixed (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 improved: Vader (Softgang) quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 improved: Mad TV (Rainbow Arts) quitkey for 68000, uses less chip memory, option to skip intro, manual added (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 improved: Deconstruction (Brain-Logo) adapted for newer WHDLoad, caches disabled for better compatibility (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 improved: Capone (Actionware) more versions supported, trainer added, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 new: Propaganda (Zero Defects) done by StingRay (Info, Image, Image)
  • 2020-04-28 improved: International Sports Challenge (Empire) crash in diving event fixed (caused by self-modifying code) (Info)
  • 2020-04-28 improved: Hostages / Operation Jupiter / Hostage: Rescue Mission (Infogrames) supports another version, access fault removed, manual protection removed, quitkey for 68000 (Info)
  • 2020-04-27 improved: Valhalla & the Lord of Infinity (Vulcan) kickstart selection improved and check added (Info)
  • 2020-04-27 improved: Valhalla - Before The War (Vulcan) kickstart selection improved and check added (Info)
  • 2020-04-27 improved: Rise of the Robots (Mirage/Time Warner) kickstart selection improved and check added (Info)
  • 2020-04-27 improved: Bloodnet (Microprose/GameTEK) kickstart selection improved and check added (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 improved: Ween: The Prophecy (Coktel Vision) uses less chip memory, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 improved: Valhalla & the Lord of Infinity (Vulcan) made 68000 compatible (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 improved: Spaceball / Starball (Rainbow Arts) quitkey for 68000 added (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 improved: Pinball Magic (Loriciel) more versions supported, protection removed, trainer added, new install script (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 new: Mixed-Up Mother Goose (Sierra) done by JOTD (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 new: Feudal Lords (Impressions) done by JOTD (Info)
  • 2020-04-26 improved: Fascination (Coktel Vision) manual protection bypass rewritten, less chip memory required, quitkey for 68000, new install script (Info)
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Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaRemix: New songs added
AmigaRemix has made available new mixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games as MP3-files. Since our last news item, the following songs have been added:
  • Chuck Rock - Keyboard Cover
  • Shadow Of The Beast 2 (Game Over)
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02.May.2020



Quiz for AmigaOS 4/MorphOS: "Board Games" update for AskMeUp XXL
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring now 2176 questions in 15 categories. Today the "Board Games" add-on, which includes 63 new questions about board games ("Which avenue does not exist in Monopoly ?"), has been released and is freely downloadable from the website. Translations for English, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish and Portuguese are available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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02.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


AmigaOS 4/AROS/MorphOS: Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake 2.5
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener's Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake is a remake of the Bomberman version released for Windows in 1997. Therefore the files of the original version are required.


Changes in version 2.5:
  • Punch animation is now played no matter if there's a bomb to punch away or not. This was a minor difference to the original game. This behaviour has one benefit: you can easily check if you still got the puncher... Thanks to Valentin for reporting!
  • Team mode: original player colors are now being used during the first seconds of a match before they are being switched to white / red team colors. Before you had a hard time figuring out who you were...
  • Somewhat adjusted explosion segment offsets, those were a bit off. Well, they still are, but less than in the original and less than before. The thing is: unbelievable but true, they are totally off in the original: it's all shifted by some useless pixels to the right and some asset the segments often simply don't fit well.
  • Explosion-animations are now repeated once and played at twice the speed. Closer to the original
  • Detail: if you have the kicker you cannot stop kicked bombs with the 2nd button anymore if you also got the jelly!
  • New disease: swap player position with a random opponent. For whatever reasons I forgot about this one, saw it in a Youtube video of the original game now. :)
  • Disease timing modified to be more closely to the original. Especially the duration decrease when you pass a disease has been changed: before it was 1 sec., now the remaining disease time is cut in half for you. Thanks to Valentin for reporting!
  • Improved texture modes, depending on your hardware. In general this improves the playfield's and animations appearance. If possible the washed out bilinear filtering is avoid in favor or an filtered scale2x variant.
  • Some graphics, namely bricks, use purple as a transparency indicator. However, for some this color-key is slightly off, so that here and there a single purple pixel remains. Was very well visible for the lilys in that trampoline world. The purple-check is now somewhat fuzzy so that stuff like that is gone.
  • Windows users: the game will ask for UAC rights elevation to create a new set of patched decrunched assets.
  • Angel death animation: angel now flying upwards. :)
  • Death animations fade out on last frame, simply looks better than those original abrupt endings.
  • Extras explanation screen: extra-icons now without bilinear washed out filter look.
  • For upcoming updates the online update mechanism has changed. Before the game would only check for an update once per day. Now it does always on startup. The reason is that for an online session all players have to be on the same update level...
  • Teleporter sound effects added.
  • Trampoline sound effects added.
  • Many more generic extra-pickup voice-overs added.
  • Many more hurry voice-overs added.
  • Many more frag taunt voice-overs added.
  • Sound when punching a bomb.
  • Sound when picking up bomb.
  • Sound when a thrown bomb is bouncing around.
  • Generic disease voice-overs added.
  • Poops sounds added.
  • Even more sounds added. :P
  • New sound effects manager to gracefully handle this giant amount of sounds even on low end hardware.
  • Put original's dedicated tune in the waiting-for-net-players screen.
  • Optimization: extra color analyzation to avoid creation of sometimes rather useless secondary textures (useless in terms of: you won't spot the difference...) -> less VRAM used, faster texture generation step.
  • Optimization: if the hardware supports it, the game will now create and cache NPOT textures, which means less VRAM used and faster texture generation.
  • Optimization: tuned texture atlas generation parameters for the different atlas types (animation, world preview, playfield, extras). Makes quite a difference, until now all used the most effective but most costly variant best suited for the animations, which is overkill for the other variants.
  • Optimization: texture atlas creation moved to the initial startup phase.
  • Textures now with premultiplied alpha if the hardware supports it (should be pretty much all but Compositing). Above all this gets rid of those little filtering artefacts here and there.
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02.May.2020
MorphZone (Forum)


MorphOS: TopTasks Screenbar plugin 1.4
TopTasks.sbar is a Screenbar plugin for MorphOS that shows the task currently eating the most CPU time.

When clicked it opens a window showing the top 10 tasks currently hogging all your precious CPU time. Furthermode it can display a history of the top tasks of the last 100 seconds.

Changes:
  • Shows Niceness, Process ID (PID) and age of each task in the top tasklist
  • Now also shows running/sleeping, created/finished and average CPU load below the tasklist
  • Strings in top task list entries context menu items (priority, break, etc.) are now localized too
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01.May.2020



Amigakit: Buffered 4xIDE adapter for A600/1200
Amigakit now offers a buffered IDE adapter which can connect up to four devices to the internal port of an A600 or A1200. Users of an A1200 additionally can purchase a FastIDE adapter "to speed up IDE transfers" - no detailed information are available. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2020



First release of AMOS Professional AGA
A half year ago it was announced that Frédéric Cordier is going to develop a special AGA version of AMOS Professional. Its source codes have been released years ago. Meanwhile the project is called "AMOS Professional AGA" and has a separate website. Additionally a first public version has been released.

On the official website you will not find an downloads. Instead you are linked to a Github-Repository. This website does not provide any source codes but all files of the binary distribution.

The archive includes a very detailed changelog and some example projects for AGA Amigas. Neither the version number of the development environment nor the integrated documenation have been updated.

Direct download: Amos-Professional-AGA-Releases-master.zip (3,7 MB) (cg) (Translation: dr)

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01.May.2020
David Brunet (ANF)


New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the french AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
  • March/April 2020 news.
  • Old articles from Joystick 1 to 3:
    • Review: Tennis Cup
    • Interview: Jeff Minter
    • Review: Highway Patrol 2
    • Review: Khalaan
    • Interview: Philippe Ulrich
    • Review: Sir Fred: The Legend
    • Review: Wild Life
    • Review: Axel's Magic Hammer
    • Interview: Paul Cuisset
    • Review: Vaux
    • Review: Hell Raisers, etc.
  • Interview: Bill Borsari (AmiWest).
  • Interview: Ian Dunlop (Walker programmer).
  • Interview: Neill Glancy (Walker graphist).
  • Interview: Rainer Brenda (Commodore Germany).
  • Review: Amiga Forever 8 R2 et R3.
  • Hardware: HID2AMI.
  • Point of view: Commodore and the distribution of AmigaOS 3.1.
  • File: Classic Reflections - what ever happen to DKB?
  • File: Amiga Games List (update).
  • Tutorial: Create filetypes in Ambient.
  • DIY: Replacement of the CXA1145M by a CXA2075M on Amiga 1200.
  • Special quizz about Dungeon Master.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 109 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian as well as in an English-language translation. REV'n'GE compares and reviews games and programs on vintage computers.

Among others the latest issue includes an article about the Amiga game "Cyber Cop" and the multimedia software "Hidden Truth".

Download sites:

English: Sendspace / MEGA
Italian: Sendspace / MEGA (cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2020



Aminet: Beware of new virus
On Aminet a new virus crept in which obviously cannot be detetcted by antivirus software. The file util/virus/vprot.lha contained a Trojaner which writes a bootblock virus on a disk. Those ones who downloaded the archive this morning, should immediately delete it and do not use the disks that were inserted.

The Aminet team is very grateful for the warning which 'Crashdisk' as well as the Virus Help Team have given only few hours after the archive was uploaded. A first analysis was done but still it is not clear how to deal with the virus.

'Crashdisk' has published a dump of the bootblock which includes the pseudonym of the author as well as the name of the virus:
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|$0000|DOS.ê¢+R...p,y....Cú.¸p.N®þh,@"z.äN®ÿ: z.àp."<...@t.N®þz z.Ê"z.Ê|
|$0040|!I.. |..ï.#H..0<.PB~QÈÿü"z.ªp.r.N®ÿ."z.¸Aú.tp.N®ÿÄ |..î¤$HCú..p.|
|$0080| ÙQÈÿüAù.ßð.!J.¤Bh.ˆ1|ƒ..–r.NqQÈÿüQÉÿø!n.&.¤Bh.ˆa..¨,y....Cú.;N®|
|$00C0|ÿ  @ h..p.Nugraphics.library.ÿNO VIRUS ON BOOTBLOCK!  ÿdos.libra|
|$0100|ry.®..î...îP.à...âï...ÿþ.¤.ù.‚.ù¤.ÿþ.¤..¼.ÿþ....”.ÿþ.... .ÿþ.¤.ù|
|$0140|¡.ÿþ.¤..ÿÿÿþAúþ²Cù..ð.&<...ÿ.ØQËÿü,y....B.N®ÿ(äˆB.N®ÿ:Cù..ð.Óü..|
|$0180|.ø,y....#îþ:..óà-Iþ:Nu.J.E.R.E.M.Y./.C.O.R.O.N.A.!BY!THE!JACKAL!|
|$01C0|2020....f.nb.ej}jbv.v`z}.i}fjak.a`.yf}z|.`a.m``{mc`ld....¤....f.|
|$0200|.P.i....f..F.©.....,f..:a..ÄHç..Iù..ð.*i.(&<...K.ÜQËÿü&<...³B.QË|
|$0240|ÿüLß0.3|....a....©.....,f...a..¤.©.....,f...a..p.©..à..,f..dHçÿþ|
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|$0300|#ü......óòLß0.a..>Nú.tHç..IúþÄKúý¾&<.....ƒ.....½.../QËÿø.¹......|
|$0340|óòLß0.a...Nú.<.¹......óòHçÿþAù..ð."HB¨..2<.ÿp.Ã~d...R¤QÉÿöF¤#À..|
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(cg) (Translation: dr)

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30.Apr.2020
Edgar Schwan (ANF)


AmigaOS 4: Homebank 4.6.3
Homebank "is a free software that will assist you to manage your personal accounting". Originally the application was developed on the Amiga. The latest Linux version still can import project files of the old Amiga version. Now Edgar Schwan has updated the port of the program to his X11 environment AmiCygnix (screenshot ).

Changes since version 4.4:
  • Transactions can be broken down by category.
  • Quick search for transaction.
  • Fiscal year limits can be configured.
  • Planned transaction date before or after the weekend.
  • Possibility to execute planned transactions individually from the list.
  • Language can be set.
  • Overview of cash flows as a diagram.
  • New filters for the account window.
(cg) (Translation: dr)

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29.Apr.2020



AMOSKittens: free AMOS interpreter for AmigaOS 4 in development (Update)
Kjetil 'LiveForIt' Hvalstrand is working on an interpreter which can run AMOS source code under AmigaOS 4. As the developer wrote "on the Amos command this project tries to stay 99% compatible, a few command wont work as this project use a bit more modern chunky image format instead of the planar graphic format". He also points out to AMOS Professional AGA (amiga-news.de reported) for "this is the most advanced version of Amos Pro right now".

Update: (30.04.2020, 22:15, cg)

The developer has posted a short FAQ on his blog, answering question about AMOSKittens and AMOS Pro. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)


Tactical multiplayer game: GermZ (pre-version)
"GermZ" (video) is a party game for 2-4 players in which everyone tries to occupy cells by sending pathogens into them. Those one who could mass most of its pathogens in a cell, occupies it.

GermZ requires an Amiga equipped with at least 512 Kilobyte RAM, supports up to four joysticks and can be launched from harddrive or disk. This pre-version does not include computer enemies and has some issues on faster computers. This and much more will be fixed in the final version. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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28.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Picture viewer: Videntium Picta 2.30
Videntium Picta is a picture viewer providing simple picture editing and file managing functions written with Hollywood. In the latest version the text options are displayed in real-time, you do not have to reboot the computer. Additionally the desired language is selected via menu instead of the toolbar button. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)


Game: Amiga port of "Raid over Moscow"
In December Erik Hogan released the beta version (amiga-news.de reported) of his Amiga port of the C64 game "Raid over Moscow". Now the completed game is available as installation archive as well as CD and disk image. 1 MB RAM is required.

(snx) (Translation: dr)

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27.Apr.2020



Arcade classic in 32 Kilobyte: Tiny Invaders
"Tiny Invaders" (video) is a clone of the classic Space Invaders. The game has only 32 Kilobyte and does not have special hardware requirements - but there are some issues with accelerator boards which therefore should be disabled. (cg) (Translation: dr)

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