Word processor: Update of FinalWriter in progress
In 2015 the new copyright holder Timothy "Terminills" Deters for the first time announced an update of Finalwriter. And obviously still it is in progress: In a thread on amigaworld.net Deters has linked a Youtube video demonstrating the new spell check.
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Preview videos: Souverän Soccer, Creeping Me Out Hex Night
Daniel Müßener is developing a soccer game with 3D effects which currently is named "Souverän Soccer". In a video for the first time the 3D engine is demonstrated. The game is supposed to be run on an Amiga 1200 without upgrades.
'Creeping Me Out Hex Night' written by Michael Dawes is supposed to become a new jump'n run game developed with the Construction Kit Scorpion Engine. A new preview video presents the changes added since January.
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WHDLoad: New installers until 06.03.2021
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 06.03.2021:
2021-02-28 improved: Super Cars 2 (Gremlin) joypad handling improved (Info)
New preview videos of Super Metal Hero
Three new preview videos (1, 2, 3) of the jump'n run game 'Super Metal Hero' has been published presenting diverse new features.
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Creating Aminet info files: Report+ 8.03
Using Report+ you can create bug reports, Aminet info files ("Readme") and similar texts as well as showing and editing IFF/RIFF picture files. The programis based on ReAction, the source code is included. The new version 8.03 is available for AmigaOS 3.x, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS.
Shooter: Reworked version of 'Citadel' in progress
According to the developers of the first person shooter Citadel (1995),they are working on an improved version of their Doom clone which among others is supposed to provide a better performance on fast Amigas and better animations within the game. Additionally known bugs will be fixed, e.g. the installation on harddrive. Two new videos shows the latest developer version in UAE and on an A3000 with 68030@25 Mhz.
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MorphOS: e-mail client Iris 0.114
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek's "Iris" is going to be the standard e-mail client for MorphOS. It supports IMAP and is able to display as well as create HTML e-mails.
Print magazine: Passione Amiga (Italian)
Passione Amiga is an Italian print magazine, planned to be published quarterly. Issue #1 is available for five Euros, information regarding the amount of pages is not available. It is possible to purchase single issues or proceed with an annual subscription and be able to download the back issues in PDF format, if they are no longer available in paper form. (snx)
Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 149
The English and German issue 149 (March/April 2021) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Among others this latest issue includes an interview with Stefan Vogt and reviews of Akiko32 und "Tristam Island".
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Tetris clone: Crazy Columns 0.98 (beta)
Jochen Hoffer has released the new beta version 0.98 of his clone called "Crazy Columns" of the classic Sega game 'Columns' (video). Now it is possible to play all four modes which are impemented.
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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.
January/February 2021 news
Old articles from Joystick 16 to 18:
News: Rebirth of Activision
Interview with Philippe Agripnidis
Review of Bard's Tale 3: Thief Of Fate
Review of Cohort: Fighting For Rome
News: Full fire on Virgin Games
Interview with Richard Joseph
Review of Cybercon 3
Review of Quest For Glory 2: Trial By Fire
Interview with Frédéric Raynal and Frank Girolami
Review of The Secret Of Monkey Island
Review of Cadaver: The Pay Off
Review of F-15 Strike Eagle 2
Interview with Éric Luczyszyn (Amiga Impact)
Interview with Perry Kivolowitz (ASDG)
Interview with Kim Lemon (Lemon Amiga)
Review of Boxx and Boxx 2
Review of AOrganiser 1.2
Hardware: KingSpec Industrial Disk On Module IDE 4 Go
File: Amiga Games List (update)
Tutorial: How to program a game in assembler (1st part)
Practice: Exploitation of a relational database with SQLite on MorphOS
