02.Dec.2019
Edgar Schwan (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: EasyTAG 2.1.8 for AmiCygnix
Edgar Schwan has ported a new version of the tag editor EasyTAG to AmigaOS (screenshot). Using EasyTAG you can view and edit ID-tags of audio files. It has an easy to use GTK2 user-interface and requires version 1.2 of the AmiCygnix environment.
New compared to the previous package (version 2.0):
- New version 2.1.8, see "Cygnix:Software/EasyTAG-2.1.8/NEWS"
- Support for MP4/AAC and WavPack files.
- Enhanced CDDB support.
- New startup scripts for desktop and standalone startup.
- New icons in the style of AmigaOS 4.1.
- Compiled with GTK+ 2.24.5.
Features of EasyTAG:
- View, modify and write tags from:
- MP3 / MP2
- MP4 / AAC
- FLAC
- Ogg Vorbis
- WavPack
- MusePack
- Monkey's audio files
- supporting more tag fields:
Title, Artist, Album, Disc Album, Year, Track Number, Genre, Comment, Composer, Original Artist / Artist, Copyright, URL, Encoder Name and Attached pictures.
- Automatic tagging: Search directories and automatically set tags using masks.
- Ability to rename files and directories from the tag (using masks) or by loading a text file.
- Open directories or files with an external program. Useful e.g. in conjunction with Audacious (recommended).
- CDDB support via Freedb.org and Gnudb.org (manual or automatic search). Note: At the time of publication, the automatic search did not work.
- Browse directories and subdirectories.
- Recursive tagging, removing, renaming, saving...
- Reading and displaying file header information (bitrate, time, ...),
- Undo and redo of recent changes.
- Automatic editing of tags or file names (case change).
- Generation of playlists.
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02.Dec.2019
MorphZone (Forum)
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OpenStreetMap viewer: MUIMapparium 0.8
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's OpenStreetMap viewer Mapparium has been updated to version 0.8 for all Amiga systems.
He wrote: "One disadvantage of writing a program relying on web resources is, that you have to update that program everytime the webresource is changed/updated. In the next days the search for MUIMapparium will break again, and the Find by IP/ Find me is broken a while before already.
So I updated MUIMapparium to Version 0.8 I also added some small new features, like some more shortcuts and also by popular demand to jump automatically to the first search result. Best update soon before the search function does not work anymore.
Also the 68k freepascal compiler got some updates which hopefully improve the stability and speed of the m68k-amiga Version."
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01.Dec.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 30.11.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 30th, 2019:
AMOSProfessional.lha dev/amos 4.1M 68k AMOS Professional sources
Bingo_WOS.lha game/board 6.2M WOS Bingo Machine
Maluva.lha game/edit 204K MOS DAAD extension
CoqueAndKieaguaRally.lha game/misc 1.0M 68k A racing game for kids
WhetDhryStone.lha util/cli 594K MOS bench PPC cpus under AmigaOS4...
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01.Dec.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 30.11.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 30th, 2019:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 5Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
roadshow_catalog_deu.lha net/ser 8Kb 4.0 Roadshow.catalog - Fixed german ...
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01.Dec.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 30.11.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 30th, 2019:
midi__guide_eng.pdf aud/mis 177kb introduction of the midi language
midi_guide_duch.pdf aud/mis 179kb introduction of the midi language
midi_guide_french.pdf aud/mis 177kb introduction of the midi language
midi_guide_ita.pdf aud/mis 203kb introduction of the midi language
the_trackers_handbook_v05... aud/mis 103kb guide for tracker programs
fretscpp.i386-aros.zip gam/mis 33Mb OpenGl game similar to "Fre...
freedroidrpg-data-0.15.1.... gam/str 200Mb data files for freedroidrpg
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01.Dec.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 30.11.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until November 30th, 2019:
Maluva_0.4.lha Games/Editor DAAD extension
BootClock_1.0.lha Misc A little and easy progr...
WitchCleaner_1.0.lha Misc A little and easy progr...
iConecta_3.25.lha Network/Wifi A little and easy progr...
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01.Dec.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 30.11.2019
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 November 30th, 2019:
- 2019-11-27 improved: Quik (Stywos/Titus) trainer enhanced, joypad support added, skip intro added, keyboard fixed and extra keys added, gfx bugs fixed, wait button added (Info)
- 2019-11-25 improved: Operation Thunderbolt (Ocean) trainer added, laser sight fixed, new install script (Info)
- 2019-11-25 improved: Highway Patrol 2 (Titus/Microïds) supports more versions, uses files now, fixed SMC (Info)
- 2019-11-25 improved: Deluxe Galaga (Edgar M. Vigdal) adjusted memory requirements, enter in config menu at launch, switch to WB removed (Info, Image)
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01.Dec.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Windows: MagicWB style
Sylvio Kurze wrote: As passionate Amiga user I never get used to the look and feel of Windows. I missed out the "good old days" when there were warm and comfortable colours as well as sharp buttons wizh high contrast. For me who has started with AmigaOS 2.1 and MagicWB, the excellent design is the main featute defining the Amiga Workbench.
Therefore I decided to start a project for bringing this look and feel to Windows.
It includes:
- Over 2500 MagicWB icons have been converted into the PNG and Windows-ICO format
- RocketDock background
- Rainmeter skin
- Windowblinds theme
- Background and goodies
- Several mouse pointers
Required software:
- Rainmeter for the Amiga bar and Spinning Boingball
- WindowBlinds for a complete rework of windows, menus and task bar
(I know, this takes some money but it is worth the 5 Dollar!)
- RocketDock for a MagicWB-like launcher
(It looks like Mac OS but is highly customizable.)
Download site
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27.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Working with adf images: GoADF! 2.0.2
The shareware programm (7 Euro) "GoADF!" can read and write ADF files and, among others, can mount them as virtual drives. The latest version 2.0.2 now also supports CLI parameters which means you can set the name for the image right from the start of the tool.
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27.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga floppy reader: ADF-Copy 1.020 supports Mac OS
Dominik Tonn wrote: "ADF-Copy is a small hardware i developed which uses a Teensy 3.2 microcontroller to read and write non copy protected Amiga disks with an out of the box PC 3.5" Floppy drive connected to the microcontroller which can be build with a few jumper wires on a breadboard with no additional component. The low level stuff is handled in the microcontroller which is controlled by a Java application."
The latest version 1.020 now also is available for Mac OS.
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27.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Card game: MeMO 3.8
Simone Bevilacqua's 'MeMo' is based on the card game "Memory" for two players (screenshots). This update provides the following chnages:
- Fixed/improved music
- Updated P61 code with the latest version (P6112)
- Replaced TV Sports: Football card with SkillGrid's
- Added old-style 4 color icon
- Fixed/improved manual
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27.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 104 (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 articles about the Amiga games "Gunship 2000" and "Le Fetiche Maya" as well as the multimedia encyclopedia "Encounters: The UFO Phenomenon Exposed".
Download sites:
English: sendspace.com / mega.nz
Italian: sendspace.com / mega.nz
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24.Nov.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 23.11.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 23rd, 2019:
DiskSpeed_de.lha disk/moni 1K Unofficial German catalog for...
Bingo_AROSx86.lha game/board 5.6M x86 Bingo Machine
Bingo_MOS.lha game/board 5.4M MOS Bingo Machine
Bingo_OS3.lha game/board 5.3M 68k Bingo Machine
Bingo_OS4.lha game/board 6.3M OS4 Bingo Machine
Bingo_WOS.lha game/board 8.2M WOS Bingo Machine
RNOComics.lha gfx/show 6.4M MOS Comic book and PDF reader
RNOComics_OS4.lha gfx/show 7.3M OS4 Comic book and PDF reader
NR2019Collection.lha mods/misc 7.0M HKvalhes' NR 2019 MOD Collection
Purpose.lha mods/misc 125K Purpose 4ch Soft Rock corrected
Morpheus_1.2.lha text/dtp 3.0M MOS Word processor
led-20190818.tgz text/edit 12K A simple line-oriented text e...
Albatros.lha util/boot 34K 68k Lock your AMIGA by a keyword
WhetDhryStone.lha util/cli 594K MOS bench PPC cpus under AmigaOS4...
AnalogClock.lha util/wb 31K 68k Analog clock for all the Clas...
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24.Nov.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 23.11.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 23rd, 2019:
askmeup_demo.lha gam/mis 21Mb 4.1 A video game about general knowl...
rnocomics.lha gra/vie 7Mb 4.1 Comic book and PDF reader
whedhrystone.lha uti/ben 594kb 4.0 Vintage Whetstone and Dhrystone ...
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24.Nov.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 24.11.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 23rd, 2019:
dp-high-text-1.tgz gam/fps 191Mb darkplaces quake 900 Mb high tex...
dp-high-text-2.tgz gam/fps 191Mb darkplaces quake 900 Mb high tex...
dp-high-text-5.tgz gam/fps 129Mb darkplaces quake 900 Mb high tex...
potrace.i386-aros.zip gra/con 983kb Transforming bitmaps into vector...
more_program_icons.tgz gra/ico 57kb more program icons
retrofun_more_drawer.tgz gra/ico 33kb more drawer icons retrofunk style
led-20190818.tar.gz uti/tex 12kb A simple line-oriented text editor.
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24.Nov.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 23.11.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until November 23rd, 2019:
Drucken_mit_MorphOS_1.... Documentation/Tutorials Drucken_mit_MorphOS_1.2...
Printing_with_MorphOS_... Documentation/Tutorials Printing_with_MorphOS_1...
Flacapella_de_1.1.lha Translations Unofficial German catal...
Morpheus_1.2.lha Office/WordProcessor Word processor
InstallerLG_0.1.0a40.lha System/Shell Commodore Installer rep...
RNOComics_1.5.lha Graphics/Show Comic book reader.
AskMeUp_XXL_3.5_demo.lha Games/Think A video game about gene...
AskMeUp_XXL_MultiTheme... Games/Think AskMeUp_XXL_MultiTheme1...
Bingo_1.41.lha Games/Board Bingo Machine is progra...
WhetDhryStone_1.0.lha System/Benchmark AmigaDOS commands for M...
AskMeUp_XXL_GirlsBand_... Games/Think 2 new avatars, Maria Be...
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24.Nov.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 23.11.2019
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 November 23rd, 2019:
- 2019-11-19 improved: Joe & Mac (Caveman Ninja) (Data East) trainer enhanced, access faults fixed, icon fixed (Info)
- 2019-11-19 updated: Streetfighter 2 (Capcom/U.S.Gold) some provided icons cleaned (Info)
- 2019-11-17 improved: Streetfighter 2 (Capcom/U.S.Gold) more versions supported, new imager, joypad support added, trainer added, quitkey on 68000 (Info)
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24.Nov.2019
Scene World Podcast (ANF)
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Scene World Podcast Episode #78 - Creating a New Mechanical Amiga Keyboard
The Micronics is hard at work creating a new mechanical keyboard for the Amiga 500, 600, and 1200, and Liwei Guan is the person making it all happen. AJ and Joerg talk to her about how she got involved in the Amiga community, the logistics of creating a new keyboard, and the unique directions she's taking to get this done. (snx)
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24.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast: Episode 44 - AmiWest-Report
In the 44. episode of his 10-Minute-Amiga-Retro-Cast, Douglas Compton has reported on his participation in the AmiWest 2019.
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21.Nov.2019
Indie Retro News
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Tutorial: Game programming in assembler with modern tools
In his blog "Amiga Game Dev", Graeme Cowie (e.g. Bomb Jack Beer Edition) offers a tutorial about game programming in assembler. The tutorial is devided into single "episodes". So far four episodes have been published - he will publish new ones a week.
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21.Nov.2019
Amiga Impact (Webseite)
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Elbox: Driver updates for Mediator (pci.library, MedConfig)
On October 31, Elbox has updated some drivers: The Mediator multimedia configuration tool MedConfig which "helps configuring all Mediator jumpers and all variables of Mediator drivers for the PCI cards" was updated to version 2.4 and is supposed to fix the stuttering audio output. Besides, version 13.9 of the pci.library was released.
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20.Nov.2019
Amiga Impact (Webseite)
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Quiz: AskMeUp XXL 3.5 (AmigaOS 4/MorphOS), update
Jérôme 'Glames' Senay's Ask Me Up is a one to five player quiz game for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows featuring 1600 questions in 15 categories. A demo version containing 100 questions is available for free. Changes of this version:
- New! In "Quiz" and "Survival" modes, you can now select the add-on(s) you want to play (enabled/disabled by [1], [2], ... keys and by a mouse click on AmigaOS 4/MorphOS).
- Game / Explosions now optimized and faster ("Survival" and "Cup" (The explosive confrontation) modes).
- About / "Google+" button replaced by a "Twitter" one.
- Recap / Survival / Now the "exploded" state of the avatar is displayed.
- Questions / Questions updated.
- Questions / Typos fixed.
- Translations / Some rare Spanish translations were missing: they are now translated. Muchas gracias Enrique.
- Translations / Italian translation improved.
- Specific. MorphOS / Graphic bugs could appear during the animation on the question: fixed.
- Specific. MorphOS / A black screen could appear between two screens: fixed.
- Specific. MorphOS / Cup / Animations optimized when selecting a theme of questions.
- Specific. MorphOS / Compilation with GCC 4.4.5 (previously 2.95.3) and the lastest SDK 3.14.
- Specific. Windows / Recap / The rank was not correctly displayed: fixed.
- Available add-on: Girls band: Two new avatars, Maria Bella and Acid Jaimie (free).
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20.Nov.2019
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AMOS Professional X: Adapting AMOS to AGA
For quite some time the source codes of the BASIC development environment "Amos Professional" has been available on Github. Frédéric Cordier (e.g. game engine AmiDark) has taken on the task of developeing it further and adding new functions. On Amiga Impact he has described the progresses he made so far:
He has started his work on it a month ago and first he has implemented Dual Playfields (16 colours) under AGA (video), then he has added support for LORES screen solution with 256 colours (video) and extended the corresponding LoadIff method (video). Bobx also already works with 256 colours (video). As nhe next step he is going to add support for higher screen solutions.
In the download section of Cordier's Github repository an executable version of AMOS Pro is available but it seems to be an older version. The developer has not said when he will upload a first beta or alpha release.
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18.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Working with ADF files: GoADF! 2.0
The shareware programm (7 Euro) "GoADF!" can read and write ADF files and, among others, can mount them as virtual drives. This latest version also supports the formats DMS, ADZ and HFE.
- v2.0: add support for DMS files
- v2.0: add support for ADZ files
- v2.0: add support for HFE files
- v2.0: new module to convert images from HFE/ADZ/ADF/DMS to ADF/ADZ
- v2.0: sorting lists in all listviews
- v2.0: new configuration options
- v1.2.1: new module to create ADF files "Disk to ADF"
- v1.2.1: new option to verify disk writing
- v1.2.1: new options to configure screen (remove tooltypes from v1.1) and fonts
- v1.2.1: new option to configure work directories
- v1.2.1: new button "Refresh dir" in main window
- v1.2.1: new window for dates view (from reqtools to gadtools window)
- v1.2.1: add support for the tool field in project icons of ADF files
- v1.2.1: bug in write ADF routine fixed
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18.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Run'n Gun: The Ninja Zombie Killer (AGA)
In 'The Ninja Zombie Killer' (video) you do not finish a level by getting to the exit but surviving zombie waves. The game was written with the construction kit RedPill, requires an AGA Amiga and supports two fire buttons.
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17.Nov.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 16.11.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 16th, 2019:
Crono.lha biz/misc 2.4M OS4 Generator of printable annual...
TransLocale.lha dev/hwood 2.0M OS4 Localize your Hollywood program
Flacapella_de.lha disk/cdrom 2K Unofficial German catalog for...
MaxReplayTest.lha driver/aud 10K 68k Determine Paula's max. replay...
OBSTMUI.lha game/misc 22K 68k openBOR GUI (MUI)
OpenDUNE_AGA.lha game/strat 276K 68k Amiga AGA port of OpenDUNE
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha game/strat 277K 68k Amiga RTG port of OpenDUNE
potrace-mos.lha gfx/conv 834K MOS Transform bitmaps into vector...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 956K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
InstallerLG.i386-aros... util/sys 108K x86 Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.ppc-morph... util/sys 137K MOS Commodore Installer replacement
InstallerLG.src.lha util/sys 1.4M Commodore Installer replacement
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17.Nov.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 16.11.2019
The following archive has been added to OS4Depot until November 16th, 2019:
crono.lha gra/mis 2Mb 4.1 Generator of printable annual ca...
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17.Nov.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 16.11.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 16th, 2019:
modexplorer.lha aud/pla 7Mb Streaming mod file from aminet, ...
script_janus_task_prio.tgz emu/com 10kb run janus-uae with alternate task
dp-high-text-3.tgz gam/fps 191Mb darkplaces quake 900 Mb high tex...
dp-high-text-4.tgz gam/fps 191Mb darkplaces quake 900 Mb high tex...
amibrixx_aros.lha gam/puz 1Mb puzzle-game
artbaseinstall.zip gra/edi 55Mb Give your data a new look
janus_drawer.lha gra/ico 3kb ken's v4 drawer for janus-uae
crono.lha gra/mis 2Mb Generator of printable annual or...
comicon_aros.lha gra/vie 1Mb simply downloads the comic-strip...
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17.Nov.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 16.11.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until November 16th, 2019:
ModExplorer_2.0.lha Audio/Players A module player by J?rg.
MorphOS-SDK_3.14-20191... Development/SDK The MorphOS Development...
iConecta_3.20.lha Network/Wifi A little and easy tool ...
Potrace_1.16.lha Graphics/Convert Transform bitmaps into ...
LUA_MUI.lha Development/LUA LUA_MUI.lha
ComicOn_1.0.lha Graphics/Show ComicOn_1.0.lha
AmiBrixx_1.0.lha Games/Think AmiBrixx_1.0.lha
AGABlaster_0_9_65.lha Graphics/Show AGABlaster_0_9_65.lha
Drucken_mit_MorphOS_1.... Documentation/Tutorials Drucken_mit_MorphOS_1.2...
Printing_with_MorphOS_... Documentation/Tutorials Printing_with_MorphOS_1...
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17.Nov.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 16.11.2019
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 November 16th, 2019:
- 2019-11-13 improved: Wings of Fury (Brøderbund) made chip slave default, icons added (Info)
- 2019-11-13 updated: Off Shore Warrior (Titus) more icons included (Info)
- 2019-11-13 improved: Capital Punishment (ClickBoom) protection screen removed, cache modification removed, access faults fixed, trainer reworked and enhanced (Info)
- 2019-11-13 improved: Bobo (Infogrames) using files instead disk image, timing problems fixed, keyboard handling fixed (Info)
- 2019-11-13 improved: Oscar (Flair Software) underwater level fixed, trainer added (Info)
- 2019-11-13 improved: Liquid Kids (Ocean) added 2nd button and joypad controls (Info)
- 2019-11-11 improved: Operation Wolf (Ocean) access fault fixed, trainer enhanced, uses extra memory for extended game features (Info)
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17.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga 600: Extension board eX601
Under the title link Lotharek offers an extension board called eX601 for the Amiga 600 developed by the Furia developer Boris Krizma which provides 1 MB additional chip RAM, a realtime clock with battery, an extension socket for the Indivision ECS and two clock ports for e.g. the Rapid USB developed by Individual Computers.
The price is 39,48 Euro plus shipping from Poland.
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17.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Amiga-Emulator: Amiberry 3.0
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based one-chip-systems like the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the tinkerboard from ASUS. The changes of version 3.0 you can find on the corresponding GitHub site.
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17.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Raspberry Pi: Emu68 alpha version 0.1
For adventurous users Michal Schulz has released a very early work-in-progress version of his announced Motorola-68000 emulation for the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 together with two 68k test programmes.
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17.Nov.2019
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Workbench enhancement: BestWB 1.3 for AmigaOS 3.1.4
Similar to BetterWB, BestWB is a collection of Workbench tools for, in this case, AmigaOS 3.1.4 "without the unneeded bloat often associated with these kind of distros. It persues speed and usability and does not focus on eye candy."
New Features:
-TiTleShadow is a program that enables title bar font customization.
-AHI enables third party audio hardware under a unified interface.
Updates:
-IconLib46 46.4.513 -> 46.4.518
-ToolsMenu 1.9.1 -> 1.10.2
-TSGUI -> 2.6b21
-WBDock 2.13 -> 2.14
Bugfixes:
-Cleaned up the installation script.
-Improved some documentation.
-Removed DOSPrefs as its operation is both buggy and quite hackish.
Tweaks:
-MMULibs is now optional when going full install (Not in the Update).
-FullPalette can be easily toggled on or off quite easily.
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16.Nov.2019
amigaworld (Webseite)
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AmigaOS 4: Update for retro arcade game "Huenison"
The commcercial game 'Huenison' (trailer) combines diverse features of former arcade games. This update for the game, orginally released in 2013, provides diverse improvements for the graphical representation:
- Simplified and optimized CRT pixel modes
- Made 4x LCD pixel mode slightly brighter
- Added 6x pixel modes
- Added hardware-accelerated zooming for solid pixel modes to AmigaOS version
The author points out that purchasers of the CD version theoretically can update their (burned) media since they deliberately have been burned as multi session CDs. You can get further information from his announcement on amigaworld.net.
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16.Nov.2019
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Individual Computers: Pictures of cooling system of ACA1260
Individual Computers has published some first pictures of the announced 68040/68060-based accelerator board which show the cooling system of the board: Obviously the developers chose an active cooling, the fan would have been custom-made for Individual Computers.
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16.Nov.2019
English Amiga Board (Webseite)
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ComicOn 1.0 (all Amiga systems)
ComicOn written with Hollywood downloads comic strips from websites and shows them. Several English strips like Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes or Peanuts are supported. ComicOn is available for AmigaOS 3/4, MorphOS and AROS and requires some additional Hollywood plugins which have to be installed before.
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16.Nov.2019
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Free USB adapter for input device: HID2AMI
Using HID2AMI different USB input devices ("HID", "Human Interface Devices") can be connected to the Amiga. The documentation for the board and the firmware of the adapter which is based on an ARM-micro-controller are available on Github. Occasionally the developer offers a small number of the product for sale. Documenations for printing a case with a 3D printer as well as a hardware compatibility list are also available.
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16.Nov.2019
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USB interface for reading and writing floppy disks on PC: Greaseweazle
After his Gotek firmware FlashFloppy, Keir Fraser has started another project for reading and writing floppy disks on PC: Similar to Kryoflux, 'Greaseweazle' reads the magnetic layers of the disks independently of the used disk format and saves as much information as possible in a so called "Flux Level Image" in the Supercard-Format (SCP) which enables reading and writing copy-protected disks.
Among others SCP disk images are supported by WinUAE and FS-UAE. Using external tools it is possible to convert them to IPF which is a more known format of the Software Preservation Society. You can also create ADF images - if the disk is not copy-protected.
Greaseweazle consists of a mikro controller board that costs only a few euros which is connected to a disks drive and then via USB to the PC. All required software is available on Github under a free license.
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15.Nov.2019
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Hardware extension: "A314" adds internal Raspberry Pi to A500
Niklas Ekström has developed a FPGA-based adapter board which allows you to connect a Raspberry Pi to the internal extension port of the Amiga 500. The Verilog source code, the source codes of the Amiga and Linux software as well as the design for the "A314" board are available at Github under a free license.
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The Raspberry Pi makes 0,5 or 1 MB of its main memory available to the A500 depending on the used Agnus revision as chip or slow RAM. Both computers access this memory for exchanging data. Additionally there is a communication channel which both systems can use for poiting out to incoming data. A battery backed real time clock the A314 emulates as well. What tasks the software is to handle :
- a314fs: is a file system that is mounted in AmigaDOS as a device, PI0:.
- pi: is a command that lets you invoke executables on the RPi from the AmigaDOS CLI. For example, if your current working directory is on PiDisk: and you run "pi vc hello.c -o hello", then the vc program (the VBCC cross-compiler) is executed on the RPi with the given arguments. It will cross-compile "hello.c" into the Amiga executable file "hello". The resulting binary is immediately accessible through the a314fs.
- PiAudio: lets the RPi stream audio samples directly to the shared chip memory, from where Paula plays those samples. PiAudio is integrated with ALSA on the RPi so that any program that plays audio through ALSA can be used, i.e. "pi mpg123 -a amiga song.mp3" plays song.mp3 using the program mpg123 to the Amiga.
- VideoPlayer: is a simple program that displays a sequence of images on the A500 by letting the RPi write bitplanes directly to the shared memory (this again requires that the A314 memory is chip memory, and not "ranger" memory).
- RemoteWB: works by moving the Workbench bitplanes over to the chip memory on the A314. This requires that the A500 has at least a 8372 Agnus. During drawing of each frame on the Amiga, the RPi reads those bitplanes, encodes them into a GIF image, and transmits that image to a web browser through a web socket. The web browser in turn, returns key presses and mouse movements back to the Amiga through the same web socket. In effect, this becomes a web browser based remote control application, comparable to VNC but with near zero performance impact on the Amiga CPU!
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In future Networking is planned either through a bsdsocket.library implementation that forwards socket operations to the RPi and executes those operations there (high degree of offloading), or a Sana II driver used with a full network stack (lesser, but still offloading).
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15.Nov.2019
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AmigaOS 4: Arcade game KOG updated
Simone Bevilacqua has released an update for his arcade game KOG (video) which was released 11 years ago. Since the initial release the game has been completely reworked at least twice. Now the following changes have been implemented:
- Simplified and optimized CRT filters
- Added 6x zoom
- Added hardware-accelerated zooming for solid pixel modes to AmigaOS version
- Fixed rate of tune of shoot mode WILD
- Removed click from menu tune
- Fixed other sounds
- Touched up manual
The game requires AmigaOS 4.1, a processor with at least 500 Mhz and 20 MB RAM. A version for Windows is available as well.
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14.Nov.2019
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CDXL player: AGABlaster 0.9.65 alpha
AGABlaster is a player for an adapted version of Commodore's video file format CDXL: Among others now a colour depth of up to 24 Bit is supported, frameskipping or frames with variable colour depth. Additionally the video file includes all necessary (timing) informationen for playing a stream.
AGABlaster was written in assembler and on (fast) AGA computers it can play video streams with a solution of 320x256 with 24 frames per second and 8-Bit stereo sound. Currently graphic or sound cards are not supported but the player also can be used on OCS machines although it was primarily written for the AGA chipset.
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14.Nov.2019
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C64 remake: RiverRaid Reloaded
RiverRaid Reloaded (video) is a remake of the 8-Bit classic River Raid. The executable of the full game only is 128 KB and should run on all Amigas.
Download: RiverRaidReloaded_1.1.adf (880 KB)
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Shoot'em Up in 8-Bit style: Sardonic
'Sardonic' (video) is a shooter in 8-Bit style which is supposed to be a hommage to classics like 'Space Invaders' or 'Galaga'. Versions for AGA and OCS (requiring 1 MB Chip-RAM) Amigas are available.
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14.Nov.2019
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Open source implementation of "Amiga Explorer" protocol
"FTS4" ("File Transfer Serial 4") is an implementation of the Amiga Explorer protocol which currently only supports serial connections. FTS requires at least AmigaOS 1.3, AmigaOS 2.0 is recommended.
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Linux connection for Amiga Explorer: fuse-aexplorer and lxamiga.pl
fuse-aexplorer is a file system driver for Linux which can mount drives shared by Cloanto's Amiga network software Amiga Explorer under Linux. The author warns that his "software is highly experimental" and you use it "fully AT YOUR OWN RISK". He also explained that "the Amiga Explorer protocol really isn't meant to be used as a network file system". Therefore diverse hacks had to be used.
A something more simple approach lxamiga.pl uses: From a console window simple commands can be sent to an Amiga on which Amiga Explorer runs: Making a directory, transfering a file or writing an ADF image to a disk. (cg) (Translation: dr)
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13.Nov.2019
Indie Retro News
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Arcade game: AMiner 2019-10-08
AMiner (video) is a simple arcade game for one or two players which under time pressure was originally developed for the video game competition of the Retrokomp. Since the initial release a year ago the author has provided several updates and continutes to develop the game.
The last update was released on 8th Oktober, all changes of the 14 releases are listed below:
- 19.10.8
- There are now explosions in game
- Added various dynamite types on K/L/O buttons
- 19.9.26
- You can now destroy your machine
- If you crash you respawn in base
- Added missing red player's damaged gfx
- 19.9.14
- Added fall damage system
- Vehicle now visually changes as it takes damage
- 19.9.8
- HUD Messages now display faces
- Implemented tutorial
- Initial implementation of fall damage
- 19.8.7
- Fixed game not starting on configs without FAST mem
- 19.8.6
- Added HUD messages
- Added plan generation on timeout
- 19.7.14
- Added saving scores to file and score preview in menu
- Added score penalty for teleport in challenge
- Added upper/lowercase input using shift btn in hiscore
- Warehouse now properly resets on starting new game
- Added cursor on entry input in hiscore
- Warehouse tab has now focus on buttons by default
- Fixed Commrade tab changes not being processed properly
- 19.7.9
- You can have now negative cash because of refueling
- Warehouse tab allows selling stuff
- F1 joins/kicks 2nd player, F2/F3 changes P1/P2 controls
- F4 changes camera tracking behavior
- fixed HUD changing colors on when in different-colored soil
- 19.6.9
- Added navigation buttons and tabs to commrade in shop
- Fixed garbled screen on start
- Added game icon
- 2nd player's controls in Commrade are now disabled in single player mode
- Initial work on warehouse tab in shop
- 19.5.18
- added Commrade display for shop / messages
- HUD rework
- fixed vehicle moving a bit above ground level in surface base
- fixed restock sfx trigerring continuously
- decreased speed of vehicle a bit
- greatly improved game stability
- ADF generation works again, dunno why it was broken and why it's not atm
- removed spaces at the beginning of paragraphs in message display
- 19.4.16
- new Aminer logo
- new group logo
- 19.3.4
- fixed broken colors at depth 950+
- fixed dino bones being displayed when it shouldn't be on dirt tiles
- 19.3.3
- removed leading zeros from version string
- fixed ground layer colors not being reset after game end
- 19.03.01
- added restock in dino base to the left
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12.Nov.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 09.11.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 9th, 2019:
void-dreams29.zip demo/misc 467K 68k Demopack - Autumn 2019
Benq.Euro72.lha docs/hard 38K Create 652x576 Euro72 resolut...
ReTR_ADF.lha game/actio 563K 68k A port of Repara Felix Game
ReTR_HD.lha game/actio 383K 68k A port of Repara Felix Game
CoqueNKieaguaRally.lha game/misc 1.0M 68k A game for kids
OpenDUNE_AGA.lha game/strat 276K 68k Amiga AGA port of OpenDUNE
OpenDUNE_RTG.lha game/strat 277K 68k Amiga RTG port of OpenDUNE
Deark.lha util/arc 2.2M MOS Extract data from various fil...
PPCCpuInfo.lha util/cli 112K MOS query some PPC cpu proprieties.
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AmigaOS 4: Arena shooter 'Blastaway'
Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua's 'Blastaway' (video) is an arena shooter with 50 levels in five different worlds. The game principle is inspired by Wizard of Wor, the graphics by The Chaos Engine.
Blastaway is available for free - but the author asks for a donation which can be paid right before the download. The game requires AmigaOS 4.1 or Windows, a 500-MHz processor and 24 MB RAM.
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12.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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MorphOS: Software Development Kit 3.14 (November 2019)
An update of the MorphOS SDK 3.14 released in October provides updated versions of the binutils. Additionally some minor problems were fixed and the memory requirement lowered to 1 GB. The SDK requires at least MorphOS 3.12 and harddisk space. The source codes of the archive are available as separate download.
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11.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Full version of Dominium for free download
The strategy game Dominium released in 1993 now can be downloaded for free from the website of the Amiga Future.
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10.Nov.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 09.11.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 9th, 2019:
wacomtablet.lha dri/inp 474kb 4.1 USB driver for Wacom Tablets
iview.lha net/mis 5kb 4.0 ABC iView client for AmigaOS
ppccpuinfo.lha uti/she 112kb 4.0 AmigaDOS command to query some c...
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10.Nov.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 09.11.2019
The following archives have been added to AROS-Archives until November 9th, 2019:
runindosbox.i386-aros.lha emu/com 639kb Double-clicked MS-DOS games run ...
yam_drawer.lha gra/ico 3kb ken's v4 drawer for yam
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 09.11.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until November 9th, 2019:
Drucken_unter_MorphOS.pdf Documentation/Tutorials Drucken_unter_MorphOS.pdf
Printing_with_MorphOS.pdf Documentation/Tutorials Printing_with_MorphOS.pdf
AMIread_1.10b.lha Misc Disk mag preview
Deark_1.5.3.lha Files/Archive Extracting data from va...
AntiryadGX_4.7_install.7z Development/Engine 2D-3D Antiryad Gx is an unifi...
PPCCpuInfo_1.6.lha System/Monitoring AmigaDOS command to que...
PluginSDK_Sketch-Scand... System/Plugins PluginSDK_Sketch-Scanda...
DateCalc_1.0.lha System/Utilities GUI based date calculat...
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.11.2019
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 November 9th, 2019:
- 2019-11-09 updated: Birds of Prey (Electronic Arts) removed 68020 restriction, enabled fast memory, skip introduction added (Info)
- 2019-11-08 improved: Maupiti Island (Lankhor) supports spanish version, uses less memory (Info)
- 2019-11-08 fixed: Wings of Fury (Brøderbund) problem on some memory configs solved (Info)
- 2019-11-05 improved: Jaguar XJ-220 (Ocean) no longer requires NoCache (Info)
- 2019-11-05 improved: Garrison (Rainbow Arts/Digital Dreams) uses less memory, quitkey on 68000 added (Info)
- 2019-11-05 improved: Garrison 2 (Rainbow Arts/Digital Dreams) uses less memory, quitkey on 68000 added (Info)
- 2019-11-03 improved: Wings of Fury (Brøderbund) supports another version, access fault fixed, uses files now (Info)
- 2019-11-03 improved: Off Shore Warrior (Titus) supports another version, highscores saving added (Info)
- 2019-11-03 updated: Borobodur (Thalamus/EyesSoft) faster loading, less chip memory needed, access fault fixed, sprite bugs fixed, cheat activate via custom tolltypes (Info)
- 2019-11-03 improved: Agony (Psygnosis) intro delay added, gfx glitches fixed on AGA (Info, Image)
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10.Nov.2019
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Emulator: FS-UAE 3.0.2
For Frode Solheim's Amiga emulator FS-UAE there are ports for Windows, Mac OS X and different Linux and BSD versions. The latest version 3.0.2 fixes a bug of the video scaling under Windows which happened if the fullscreen mode was closed.
Changes in FS-UAE since version 3.0:
- Fix video scaling when restoring from fullscreen on Windows
Changes in FS-UAE Launcher since version 3.0:
- Scanner bug prevented Conquests of the Longbow WHDLoad to be recognized
- The correct kickstart wasn’t always loaded
- Cloanto ROMs were not always decrypted
- Fix for global WHDLoad quit key
- Another fix for global WHDLoad quit key
- Fixed a misleading warning when cyberstorm ROM was not found (3.0.1)
Download: FS-UAE-Suite_3.0.2_Windows_x86-64.zip (41 MB)
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10.Nov.2019
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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Operating system: Friend announces "Sky-Computing"
The operating system FriendUP (amiga-news.de reported) is inspired by the Amiga but not compatible to it. The former developers of AROS and MorphOS programs, Hogne Titlestad and Paweł Stefański, as well as the former Commodore-UK manager David Pleasance and Colin Proudfoot are involved in this project. Under the title link now they announced to introduce "Sky Computing" which is to link all their different cloud solutions.
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10.Nov.2019
Indie Retro News
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Game announcements: Preview videos onf 'Metro Siege' and 'Formula Fun'
Metro Siege (video) is a horizontally scrolling beat'em up for up to two players which requires 512 KB chip and Fast RAM. According to the developers "it will feature foreground and background parallax, over 60 colours on screen, multi button and joypad support, 2 player co-op and sophisticated combat with dozens of moves even the karate kid would be impressed by!".
According to the developer the fun racer 'Formula Fun' (videos: 1, 2) developed with AMOS is inspired by classic games like 'Indy Heat', 'Super Sprint' and Super Off-Road. The videos have been already recorded in February and show an early prototype of the game.
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09.Nov.2019
Indie Retro News
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Commercial puzzle game: Vegetables Deluxe
Mike Richmond's 'Vegetables Deluxe' (video) is a "match 3 game featuring all-new full colour hi-resolution graphics". Originally developed for the C64 entwickelt, purchasers of a 'deluxe' version will get an ADF download including an Amiga port as bonus. You can purchase the digital editon of Vegetables Deluxe for 5,40 ¤, the boxed version delivered on a (C64-) disk and with printed manual for 17 ¤, plus shipping from Canada.
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09.Nov.2019
Indie Retro News
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Playable demo: Jump'n Run 'M.KID'
M.KID (video) is an Amiga port of an unreleased jump'n run game with the same name for the MSX2 platform. It was created with the Game Construction Kit RedPill.
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06.Nov.2019
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 141
The English and German editions of Amiga Future 141 (November/December 2019) have been released today and can be ordered from the magazine staff or various Amiga dealers. The publisher points out that the magazine was selling very well recently, resulting in it being sold out before the publication date. Until the total circulation of the magazine can be increased, it is highly recommended to order issues early subscribe to the publication.
This issue's topics include a show report from 'Evoke 2019' and reviews of Vampire V4 Standalone and Amiga Forever.
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05.Nov.2019
amigafuture.de (Webseite)
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Interview with Andreas Magerl (Amiga Future)
At amigans.net an interview with Andreas Magerl was published who is the publisher of the print magazine "Amiga Future".
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05.Nov.2019
Scene World Magazine (ANF)
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Video interview: Roman Werner (Traps'n Treasures, Leonardo, Eliminator) (update)
Roman Werner is a former video game developer whose best known game might be his jump'n run Traps'n Treasures but who was also involved as musician in other games (Leonardo, Eliminator). In the video interview with Scene World he has talked about his time as video game developer for Starbyte and his latest retro activities like type-in BASIC games for competitions or the "One Button Controller" which he developed.
Update: (25.11. 2019, 23:00 cg)
In the German comments section, people were asking for a summary of the long interview. In response, Jörg Dröge from the Sceneworld team supplied the following detailed overview of the topics discussed during the two hours. Thank you, Jörg!
- 00:00:55 "First commercial product" an dem ich mitgewirkt habe.
- 00:01:38 "How to get into Computers?"
- 00:03:47 "Shorter Listings next time"?
- 00:04:00 "Did you got a Datasette at some point, or Disk Drive?"
- 00:04:30 "How were the prices in Switzerland?"
- 00:05:19 "Disk Drive was more expensive than the c64, cause 1541 was like a computer, CPU, ram on its own"
- 00:06:05 "Then you started with gaming and discovered the cracking scene" / meeting in shopping centers?
- 00:07:30 Stars Wars when I was 10
- 00:08:07 "Accoustic Coupler" / Big Apple nickname
- 00:09:45 “Swiss Cracking Association” Bild von Cracker Landkarte??
- 00:09:56 "Same group that was famous later on for having coded the first Amiga Virus"
- 00:11:25 "But you could get rid of it, right?"
- 00:12:15 Jim Sachs / Defender of the Crown Bild???
- 00:12:35 "Press said that Defender of the Crown was photo realistic"
- 00:14:39 "You write mostly about Amiga or Atari Stuff on your blog, why not C64?"
- 00:15:32 "You are known of those people who can do everything a bit graphics, coding, music?"
- 00:16:20 Christian Gleinser / Shadow Switcher / Frogs Bild???
- 00:17:00 "Synthesizer / music for computers
- 00:18:07 "Sound Fx" Bild???
- 00:20:00 "Leonardo" C64 version
- 00:21:20 "Animated Intro, Leonardo going into the house" Bild???
- 00:22:24 Eliminator / John Philips / How the intro music was made
- 00:25:05 Music NTSC/PAL timing / DTV / Summer Games
- 00:27:00 On Amiga you could switch PAL/NTSC
- 00:27:54 "Your own game?" Traps'n'Treasures
- 00:32:20 "Traps'n'Treasures is the game we are talking about" Bild???
- 00:32:32 - 00:32:43 cut
- 00:34:05 - 00:34:38
- 00:38:43 "Suprising that Starbyte went bankrupt"
- 00:41:00 Last Ninja 3 in 1991 sold 3.5 Million / 5.5 Million.
- 00:43:56 Krisalis Bild???
- 00:44:55 "Did you ever work on other games?"
- 00:45:55 "2016 returned to retro-scene"
- 00:46:18 BASIC Tenliners Contest Bild???
- 00:48:00 Single Button Game concept / Single Button Game Controller Bild???
- 00:50:26 "How many were produced?"
- 00:51:00 Delayed sending
- 00:52:45-00:55:30 Intellivision Amico / Graphic Designer Peru / Victor working on Mobile Games
- 00:55:12 "Leonardo 2"
- 00:59:13 "Rolling Ronny" / "Level-Ed"
- 01:00:00 Starbyte wanted to replace the hero in TnT
- 01:01:00 Commodore bankrupt 1995
- 01:02:06 Race between "Lemmings" (Jeroen Tel) / "Mayhem in Monsterland" 1993
- 01:03:09 Mike Clarke (Psygnosis) / dutch developers wanted to tick off the system
- 01:05:00 - 01:06: DTV / TheC64 Discussion
- 01:08:35 "What do you do nowadays?"
- 01:08:59 "Do you still know assembler?"
- 01:09:39 "VCS developers did not have any tools"
- 01:10:55 "Two type of people - People who want to talk about it or people who say let it be"
- 01:11:25 "Meeting for Gamescom / Blackjack"
- 01:14:18 "Preserving the stories"
- 01:14:30 "1977 Homecomputers / PET / Toasters / FAX machine"
- 01:15:30 "CD-Player came to market"
- 01:16:00 "Micowave"
- 01:17:00 "VHS Player"
- 01:17:35 "Scene C64 - Fixing your C64 / Capacitors / FPGA / Software does not age
- 01:19:45 Emulating a Seagate drive
- 01:20:35 Arcade Machines Batteries that leaked
- 01:21:54 "VHS tape quality"
- 01:23:30 "VHS Player"
- 01:24:19 "Going to the Cinema"
- 01:25:00 "Bulgaria / Brand new Cinema"
- 01:27:07 "Vinyl" players
- 01:27:40 Stereo from 1992 (with 10)
- 01:28:30 Record covers to present your dream / Every medium has its beauty
- 01:29:25 Cherish old computer games and video game consoles
- 01:30:09 If you have the tools you can fix it
- 01:30:20 Harddisk with all my Amiga Stuff on it blew up
- 01:31:35 "one of the few people from the German part of Switzerland"
- 01:33:25 "Everybody threw their old games away"
- 01:33:45 After 12 years Last Ninja 3 on disk
- 01:35:00 Traps'n'Treasures box close up / 1400 Euro
- 01:35:50 Was sent 10 copies to give my friends
- 01:37:40 "You know so much more about the old days than me" *** Über die 90er Jahre ***
- 01:38:00 "My knowledge starts at 1990 when I got my own C64"
- 01:39:00 George Lucas re-Releasing frist Start Wars Movie on VHS tape (Gold Edition)
- 01:39:20 1997 Jurrasic Parc 2 was released / "Had to see it"
- 01:39:30 First movie I ever saw 1994 "The Flintstones"
- 01:40:00 "Super Mario Brothers" Movie
- 01:40:21 "Who Framed Roger Rabit" / Bob Hoskins (nicht Bob Hopkins)
- 01:41:56 "School friend I swapped disks with"
- 01:41:24 "86" (war eigentlich "96") WinRAR / Duke Nukem 3D - mit 15
- 01:41:47 School Library had a computer with Tomb Raider
- 01:42:00 "Toblerone"
- 01:42:30 PS1 Metal Gear / Tomb Raider / Destruction Derby
- 01:42:50 PC Version
- 01:43:00 "That are the ninenties for me"
- 01:43:15 CDs with D64 images with Leonardo, Zak McKraken, Maniac Mansion / Learned about all the classics
- 01:43:32 2008 with Ebay - access to Originals
- 01:44:00 "Did you actually every work on a C64 game commercially"
- 01:44:44 "Rather develop for a Commodore 64 than for the Amiga"
- 01:45:20 Sound on Amiga / No filter / Same "Obarski"-sounds on Amiga
- 01:46:00 Going with Intellivision Amico?
- 01:46:40 "Sams Journey can't be beaten"
- 01:47:53 "...and then you hire Jeroen Tel for the music"
- 01:48:00 "You have it a lot easier nowadays because you have all the information"
- 01:48:33 "Want to figure it out myself"
- 01:49:30 "How many people know how to program a needle printer?"
- 01:49:50 "Fast Loader that would work on all drives (NTSC/PAL)"
- 01:50:30 "Good luck on the Demake of Traps'n'Treasures.
- 01:50:42 "Kickstarter?" "Not such a fan"
- 01:51:29 "Will ask you for a demo"
- 01:51:39 "We talked almost 2 hours" / used to talk english
- 01:52:11 "Whats your next plan?"
- 01:52:50 BASIC games based on a 3-Page Listing
- 01:54:02 Christian's "BASIC Weihnachten"
- 01:54:40 "Old Starbyte buddies"
- 01:55:45 "You are pretty proud of it and keep the memory alive on your blog"
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04.Nov.2019
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Vampire team distributed pirated software during 'Vampire Standalone' launch
For years, a customized, unlicensed distribution of AmigaOS 3.9 targeting the FPGA based 'Vampire' accelerators and Amiga clones has been available on the net. The package comes with tons of preinstalled software - including hundreds of games and productivity applications that used to be distributed commercially.
Whenever people were criticizing this, Gunnar von Boehn's Vampire team was quick to point out that they were not involved with the distribution called 'Coffin' and didn't see a reason to act.
But in the days following "Amiga 34", where the 'Vampire Standalone' variant was sold to endusers for the first time, an increasing number of users reported on a1k.org that they had recieved a CF card with preinstalled Coffin OS from Gunnar von Boehn himself when purchasing their Vampire computer (screenshots (German): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
When other users started criticizing this approach to launching a commercial product into the market - selling 32 Vampire units at a price of 550 Euros each at A34 should have generated sales of more than 17000 Euros in just a few hours - Vampire spokesman 'grond' explained that the team had to switch back to Amiga Kickstarts due to "ongoing boot problems with AROS" and had bought Kickstart 3.1 licenses from Mike Battilana (Cloanto) right at the show. Additionally, "H&P had given their OK" for the distribution of AmigaOS 3.9, according to grond (Screenshot (German)).
This would explain just a tiny fraction of the software actually contained in the Coffin distribution - the package has a total size of 32 Gigabyte and contains a complete collection of preinstalled WHDLoad games as well as many other commercial titles such as Cinema 4D, SAS/C or "Foundation Director's Cut" - but was probably meant to diffuse the main point of criticism: Pirating software still available from dealers, like AmigaOS 3.9, is generally frowned upon, even in the usually rather 'Abandonware' friendly retro community.
But due to our own conversations with Jürgen Haage from many years ago, we doubted even the claim that the Vampire team got permission to distribute AmigaOS 3.9. And approached by amiga-news.de, Mr. Haage did indeed state that he didn't know about the Vampire project and did not have any communication with the people behind it - according to him, nobody approached Haage & Partner to ask about OS 3.9.
amiga-news.de has contacted Gunnar von Boehn to ask for a statement regarding this matter and to see if he could forward our mail to 'grond', since we do not have a contact address for the latter. Von Boehn states that his team "considers the current legal situation regarding the OS as very sad" und mentions that "not even properly purchased licenses might not guarantee legal ownership" - we assume he's referring to the legal battle between Hyperion and Cloanto. Mr. Von Boehn did not address Coffin OS in his reply, but admits in a subclause that he thinks Vesalia is still selling AmigaOS 3.9. We did not recieve a reply from 'grond'. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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03.Nov.2019
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Aminet-Uploads until 02.11.2019
The following archives have been added to Aminet until November 2nd, 2019:
f64summer.lha dev/cross 20K MOS Checksummer for BASIC listings
AmiDuke_AGA.lha game/shoot 745K 68k Amiga AGA port of Duke Nukem 3D
AmiDuke_RTG.lha game/shoot 753K 68k Amiga RTG port of Duke Nukem 3D
AMIread.lha mags/misc 32M MOS Disk mag preview
DOSBox_AGA.lha misc/emu 1.9M 68k Amiga port of DOSBox v0.74
DOSBox_RTG.lha misc/emu 1.9M 68k Amiga port of DOSBox v0.74
Morpheus_1.0.lha text/dtp 275K MOS Word processor
PPCCpuInfo.lha util/cli 115K MOS query some PPC cpu proprieties
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 950K 68k free icon.library in optimize...
perciman_68k.lha util/wb 1.4M 68k Tool to manage contact and ot...
perciman_MOS.lha util/wb 1.4M MOS Tool to manage contact and ot...
perciman_OS4.lha util/wb 1.8M OS4 Tool to manage contact and ot...
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03.Nov.2019
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OS4Depot-Uploads until 02.11.2019
The following archives have been added to OS4Depot until November 2nd, 2019:
asciimandelbrot.lha gra/mis 75kb 4.0 Bench a Mandelbrot set in a cons...
mindspace.lha gra/vec 10Mb 4.1 Create MindMaps, UML and quaint ...
deark.lha uti/arc 3Mb 4.0 Extracting data from various fil...
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03.Nov.2019
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AROS-Archives-Uploads until 02.11.2019
The following archive has been added to AROS-Archives until November 2nd, 2019:
hivelytracker-1.8-i386-ar... aud/tra 1Mb SDL version of Amiga AHX module ...
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03.Nov.2019
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MorphOS-Storage-Uploads until 02.11.2019
The following archives have been added to MorphOS-Storage until November 2nd, 2019:
lariad_pl_1.0.lha Games/Platform Polish translation for ...
aha_0.5.lha Text/Misc Ansi HTML Adapter
PerCIMan_0.6.lha Office/Organizer A program to manage con...
f64summer.lha Development/Cross Checksummer for BASIC l...
Iris_beta69.lha Email New email client suppor...
AsciiMandelbrot_2.0.lha Graphics/Mathematics Draw a Mandelbrot set i...
SacrificioPagano_1.60.lha Misc A special app to people...
Python_2.7.6-16.lha Development/Python Python_2.7.6-16.lha
Chrysalis_3.12.iso Chrysalis This pack allows you to...
Morpheus_1.0.lha Office/WordProcessor Word processor
PPCCpuInfo_1.2.lha System/Monitoring AmigaDOS command to que...
HWP_AHX_1.3.lha Development/Hollywood/... Hollywood plugin for AH...
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03.Nov.2019
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.11.2019
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 November 2nd, 2019:
- 2019-11-01 improved: Shadow of the Beast 2 (Psygnosis) skip intro added, joypad support added, quitkey on 68000 supported (Info)
- 2019-11-01 improved: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Ultra Games) unlimited energy added, supports SPS 2994 version, BoxIcon added (Info)
- 2019-11-01 fixed: Dyna Blaster (Hudson Soft) fix an access fault in battle mode (Info)
- 2019-11-01 fixed: Tintin on the Moon / Tim und Struppi auf dem Mond (Infogrames) sub-folder "data" used as CurrentDir (Info)
- 2019-10-30 improved: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) new imager, new install script, borders fixed on AGA (Info, Image)
- 2019-10-29 improved: Rygar (Seismic Minds) runs on 2MB chip, added joypad support, added trainer (Info)
- 2019-10-28 improved: Soccer Kid (Krisalis) 68000 quitkey support, works without PreLoad, uses less chip memory (Info)
- 2019-10-28 improved: Shadow of the Beast (Psygnosis) fixed sprites in main multi scrollings screen (Info, Image)
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03.Nov.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Announcement: New FPGA Amiga implementation M5
Under the title link Jesús de la Torre - among others developer of a laser upgrade for Amiga mice - has announced a new Amiga FPGA board in Mini-ITX format called M5 for 224,95 Euro. A Kickstart-ROM chip provided by Cloanto is included but alternative versions can be loaded as well.
The used FPGA is a Spartan 3 XC3S400 (PDF survey), for the emulation of the 68000 processor and the Custom chips are separate softcore and a revision of the Minimig implementation will be used (blog entry with comments, automated English deutsche automatisierte translation).
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03.Nov.2019
Amigaworld.net (Forum)
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Computer case: Second batch of Checkmate 1500 Plus can be preordered
As announced, Stephen Jones will produce another batch of maximal 500 pieces. From the first batch, still 100 cases have to be delivered. These cases for the keyboard Amigas A500, A600 and A1200 now can be preordered. The delivery time is three up to six months. In a video Jones provides further details.
(snx) (Translation: dr)
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03.Nov.2019
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Software collection Chrysalis 3.12
Yannick 'Papiosaur' Buchy's "Chrysalis" is a preconfigured collection of programs, games and emulators and now is available in version 3.12 for MorphOS 3.12. An unchanged basic installation of the operating system is required.
Updates:
- Iris-Betaversion 69
- MPlayer 1.3.0
- WebRadio 1.10
- VidentiumPicta 2.0
- RNOTags 1.0
- RNOPDF 1.3
- ScummVM 2.1.0
- ACE 1.19
- WHDLOpener 1.3
- ModernArt 3.0
- Polybios 1.2
- HollywoodPlayer 8.0
- RNOInfoScreen 1.7
- AHX-1.3 plugin for Hollywood
Download: Chrysalis_3.12.iso (710 MB)
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01.Nov.2019
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Acquisition of Amiga: Summary of Mike Battilana's speech at Amiga34 (Update)
At the "Amiga 34" in Neuss, Mike Battilana spoke at last. On the timetable he was not announced as "Cloanto" but due to his acquisition of the rights from Amiga Inc. as "Amiga". We want to summarize the most important facts of his speech:
Mike Battilana underlined his efforts of collecting the whole Commodore heritage to establish a reunited company "Commodore-Amiga". Again he suggested the idea of a foundation as a possible legal form for a new "Amiga" parent company as well as to release the source codes of software developed by Commodore.
About all other plans he has to remain discret but probably he could help developers by providing free licences. To be on the safe side, he acquired the domain amiga.com twice - for the first time in the course of Amiga, Inc.'s acquisition but also for the second time from Vince Pfeifer.
He is not offended by AmigaOS 3.1.4 at all but he would have preferred to be released after the lawsuit. Besides, he thinks that it should be available for free because the developers also have not get any money. Finally it should lead to an open source project.
With regard to the legal dispute he has emphasized his interest of coming to an agreement and that he commnunicates with Hyperion's CEO Timothy de Groote daily and meets him on a monthly basis. They were on good terms.
With regard to P96 he explained that in his conversation with Jens Schönfeld a settlement has not been reached but he is glad that they talked and at least could clarify some details. Furthermore he pointed out that he himself would have never spoken about lawsuits. Instead, he would prefer to solve problems quietly.
He has also told how interesting it was having a look at the Commodore documents because the business processes in many ways were ahead of the times. His company has a large archive of internal, electronial Commodore documentation and communication but having an eye to the privacy of the parties involved it would be difficult to make it available. Maybe step by step the archive can be partly published.
Update: (18:23, 02.11.19, snx)
Correction of the final sentence about P96, which had been interpreted more liberally before. (snx) (Translation: dr)
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01.Nov.2019
David Brunet (ANF)
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New articles on Obligement website
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information.
- September/October 2019 news
- Old articles from Joystick Hedbo 16 to 33
- News: Deluxe Paint 3, the pixels masters
- News: Behind The Scene of Drakkhen
- Reviews: Hollywood Poker Pro, Circus Attractions, The Kristal, Robocop, Wrangler, Steve Davis World Snooker, F-16 Combat Pilot, News: Philippe Agripnidis manage Infogrames' products, Super Hang-On, Cosmic Pirate, etc.
- Interview with Matt Furniss (musician of Mortal Kombat and Speedball 2)
- Interview with Mark Ritter (developer of Workbench Explorer)
- Review of MorphOS 3.12
- Review of Spencer
- Review of OSMoSe 0.9.2
- Tutorial: installation of MorphOS (update)
- Tutorial: utilization of Flacapella
- File: the Amiga history of Team 17
- File: the Amiga on TV and cinema
- Point of view: my job at Commodore as Regional Product Demonstrator
- Special quizz about Aegis Development
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