22.May.2020
Indie Retro News (Webseite)
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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."
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22.May.2020
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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.
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22.May.2020
MorphZone (Webseite)
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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.
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21.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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.
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21.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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.
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21.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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
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20.May.2020
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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.
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20.May.2020
Amiga Future (Webseite)
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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.
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19.May.2020
Vinnny (ANF), walkero (ANF)
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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.
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17.May.2020
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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
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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
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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
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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:
- 2020-05-16 new: Call It Wot Ya Want (Magic) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2020-05-16 new: Soundtracker Injury 4 (Visual Arts) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2020-05-16 new: Soundtracker Injury (Electronic Artists) done by StingRay (Info, Image)
- 2020-05-15 improved: Moktar / Titus the Fox (Titus) support for blue/second button added, level codes improved, added joypad support (Info)
- 2020-05-15 improved: International 3D Tennis (Sensible Software/Palace) uses less chip memory, fixed title music replay (Info)
- 2020-05-15 improved: Magic Pockets (Renegade/Bitmap Brothers) fixed jump with a helmet, trainer improved (Info)
- 2020-05-15 improved: Flimbos Quest (System 3) joypad/2nd button controls added, manual added (Info)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Megademo 3 (North Star & Fairlight) crash in part 5 on 68000 machines fixed (Info, Image, Image)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Tin Toy Adventure (Mutation Software) supports another version (Info)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Magic Pockets (Renegade/Bitmap Brothers) trainer improved, fixed sound replay, fixed quitkey, improved joypad controls (Info)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Disposable Hero (Euphoria/Gremlin Graphics) highscore table fixed, keyboard handling fixed, uses kickemu instead osemu (Info)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Deconstruction (Brain-Logo) supports another version, new install script (Info)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Danger Freak (Rainbow Arts) fixed sound replay, added quitkey for 68000 (Info)
- 2020-05-10 fixed: Chaos Engine 2 (Bitmap Brothers) joypad detection (Info)
- 2020-05-10 improved: Benefactor (Digital Illusions) fixed slave structure (Info)
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17.May.2020
MorphZone (Forum)
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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.
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15.May.2020
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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).
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13.May.2020
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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.
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13.May.2020
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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.
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