25.Aug.2024
Andreas Falkenhahn (ANF)
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Hollywood: GUI plugin RapaGUI 2.2
Press release: Airsoft Softwair is pleased to announce the immediate availability of RapaGUI 2.2. RapaGUI is one of the most popular Hollywood plugins as it can be used to create graphical user interfaces for a variety of systems (AmigaOS, Windows, macOS, Linux and even Android). RapaGUI always uses the native controls of the respective operating systems so that the GUIs do not feel like a foreign body. GUIs can be easily defined via XML files.
Version 2.2 contains mainly bug fixes, but also a few new features such as support for the arm64 platform of macOS. RapaGUI 2.2 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal.
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25.Aug.2024
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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AROS: Demo version of word processor Final Writer 7.1
Nine years after the initial announcements, the word processor Final Writer
is now receiving its first update since 1997: The new rights holder Timothy
"terminills" Deters is offering free demo versions for AROS-68K, AROS-x86-64
and AROS-x86 ABIv0 (registration required).
The most important new features in Final Writer 7.1 are:
- New , MySpell-based real-time spell checker, compatible with OpenOffice dictionaries, for example. This function is not available in the demo version.
- Native PDF export (libharu)
- AmigaOS compliant localization
- Printing via FTP/IPP
- Updated support for RTF
It is not yet clear when the full version of Final Writer 7.1 will be available. Deters has held out the prospect of ports for AmigaOS and MorphOS in the past, but has always emphasized that the AROS version should be completed first.
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25.Aug.2024
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools: FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.8 for Windows
'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.7 and 5.0.8 of his graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools V1.19 (see also the video Setting up a Greaseweazle V4). Changes:
- Requires Greaseweazle 1.19
- New image format: T98-Next (nfd) (Read only)
- New disc formats: Epson QX-10: ".320", ".396", ".399", ".400", ".booter", ".logo"
- New disc formats: "apple2.nofs.140"
- Updated "diskdefs.cfg" (2024-08-20)
- Read/Convert: Fixed SuperCardPro (SCP) disktypes
- Read/Write/Convert: New option "--reverse"
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25.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 5 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 5 offers the following changes:
- Ladder bug fixed (you can no longer go through the walls)
- If you stand on the ladder you no longer die when you press the fire button
- Level 8 a few changes
- If you enter the level code and then complete a level and die, you stay in the level and don't have to repeat the previous level (it worked during testing)
- Layers deleted in some levels
- Fixed bug in level 5 (it's now easier to get over the platform - I played it all the way through and now there should be no more problems)
- Level 8-12 balance in the game changed
- Changed start screen level code to enter code (should be easier to understand now)
- Changed in-game music (not the final version and there will be more music tracks in the game)
- changed some codes
- Changed memory allocation of some enemies (more space in memory and hopefully less problems)
- New enemy added (bat)
- Added level 15 and 16
- Fixed some bugs
- If you find a level code you get an extra life - so look for them all and write down the codes ;)
This version has not yet been tested on a real Amiga, but only on an emulator. The developer asks you to report any errors.
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25.Aug.2024
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Logic game: Untangle V0.5
Grzegorz Kraszewski is in the process of writing the logic game Untangle for the Amiga. The player has a number of dots in front of him, which are connected by lines and cross each other. The aim of the game is to untangle the lines by moving the dots so that no line intersects another.
The developer has set itself the following goals:
- Game should be system friendly, working in a window on Workbench, using only documented APIs.
- Minimum system version is 3.0.
- RTG (graphic cards) should be supported out of the box. Without dedicated code paths and explicit opening of RTG libraries, if possible.
- Would be nice if it works on MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, AROS using M68k emulation built into these operating systems.
- Should be comfortably playable on stock A1200, stock A500 is not a Holy Grail, but why not.
The game is being developed on an Amiga 1200 with 68020 @ 28 MHz and 64 MB Fast RAM. It currently has over 100 levels, a highscore list and level selection.
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25.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 24.08.2024
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25.Aug.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 24.08.2024
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25.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 24.08.2024
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25.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 24.08.2024
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25.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 24.08.2024
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 24.08.2024:
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25.Aug.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Full Contact Intro Tyros Edition
- Planets live performance
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[News message: 25. Aug. 2024, 09:14] [Comments: 0]
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25.Aug.2024
ANF
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Video: AmiGameJam candidate Anguish as spiritual successor of Agony
Topic of this year's AmiGameJam, which runs until December 1, are sequels to Amiga games from the old days. With a video of the current state of development, Adrian Browne presents his candidate "Anguish" at the title link, which is to continue the game Agony, a horizontally scrolling shooter by Art & Magic from 1992.
The spiritual successor is created with Scorpion Engine, it is an AGA game with 64 colors. Two collaborators are contributing the actual programming and the music.
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25.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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iOS app: 4champ 3.7.0 for accessing Amiga Music Preservation
The iOS program 4champ is a user interface for corresponding mobile devices to access the Amiga Music Preservation database.
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24.Aug.2024
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Demoparty: Deadline 2024 (Berlin, 4.10.-6.10.)
The tenth anniversary edition of the Deadline Demo Party will take place from October 4-6 in Berlin and will feature classic demoscene competitions, seminars, fun competitions, retro computing, DJs and live sets and much more. Amiga entries can be submitted in the Oldschool Demo, 4K Executable Graphics and 256 Byte Intro competitions.
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24.Aug.2024
heckmeck!
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Demoparty: Results of Evoke 2024
Last weekend this year's Evoke demoparty took place. In the competition "Alternative Platforms" the following Amiga productions ranked the following places:
But there are also other interesting contributions, for example Steffest's winning entry "Evoking Magic for Dummies" in the "Pixel Graphics Compo" competition (time-lapse video of the creation), which he drew with his own web-based image editor "DPaint.js" (amiga-news.de reported).
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23.Aug.2024
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Shoot'em Up: Demo version of QuasaurusX
After "Holy Warrior" (amiga-news.de reported), the latest project from Amiten Games is the shoot'em up "QuasaurusX", a demo version of which has now been released (YouTube video). The player has the task of defending the X-19 sector, which is threatened by an enemy space fleet and has long been a bastion of peace and prosperity for mankind.
The game is currently not yet optimised, so that at least an (upgraded) Amiga 1200 is required.
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23.Aug.2024
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Video: Installation of a MiSTer FPGA in a GameCube
Under the title link, Wolfgang Kierdorf shows how he installs a MiSTer FPGA in a GameCube with the help of just a few cables, two 3D-printed parts and a few standard PCBs and finally boots it into the Workbench.
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23.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3" V1.01
For the third and last part of his text adventure series (amiga-news.de reported), 'grindercowboy' has released a small update that fixes a bug with the rope. However, this means that the hammer in the rubbish bin no longer exists because the developer had reached the upper limit of possible items.
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23.Aug.2024
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Video: Can the iPhone magnet damage the data on a disc?
In his latest video, Robert Smith explores the question of whether the magnets on the back of the iPhone, which act as part of the charging system, are strong enough to damage data on a disc.
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23.Aug.2024
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Video tour of the "ZZAP! Live 2024"
Last Saturday, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) hosted the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum (amiga-news.de reported). The YouTube channel "SpectrumNez" now shows the exhibitors and exhibits in a video tour under the title link.
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22.Aug.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.19
Keir Fraser's "Greaseweazle" does - similar to Kryoflux - read the magnetic information on a floppy disk independently from the format used and saves as much information as possible to generate a so-called "Flux Level Image" in Supercard format (SCP), which enables reading and back-writing of copy-protected disks (amiga-news.de reported)
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21.Aug.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 170 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 170 (September/October 2024) have been published online at the title link. Content includes interviews with Jennifer Diane Reitz and 'Tigerskunk', previews of Krogharr and The Lost Pixel as well as a workshop about HAM games.
Amiga Future magazine is available as an English and a German printed magazine and can be bought directly from the magazine's editorial office as well as several Amiga dealers.
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21.Aug.2024
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Linux: Stable long-term kernel 5.10.224 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the current kernels (amiga-news.de reported), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky also provides the latest version of the stable long-term kernel for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. It is suitable for old Linux distributions that do not work with the latest kernels, such as Ubuntu 10.04, or if users have problems with the latest kernels. He has now released version 5.10.224, which adds a driver for the Ethernet PHY of the X5000 (issue 3) and supports the Network File System (NFS) in version 4.
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20.Aug.2024
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 8.11
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released versions 8.10 and 8.11 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS in quick succession, which is now based on the latest, stable WebKitGTK version 2.44.3. In addition, a rare crash when pressing the back/forward buttons has been fixed and cURL has been updated. In addition, version 8.11 offers a small bonus: an HTML API is activated, which is required for Meta AI. This means that it is now possible to chat or generate images with the open source AI model Llama 3.1 under MorphOS.
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20.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Survival game: Zombie Survivor V2.04 (update)
Sami Vehmaa continues to work on his current project "Zombie Survival", a game for Amigas with a graphics card in which you have to fight off an endless army of the undead. In addition to many new features and improvements, the jump to version 2.00 has also prepared support for DLC, additional downloadable content (in progress). The changes:
- fps is set to 25
- default weapon sword is carried
- speed up zombies to match player speed
- Zombies during stay tent / house is moving on
- added coins to buy things
- hole in ground image done
- some tents offer work, you can accept/decline
- you can buy food / weapons
- added system for "offers" like job/deals
- coin pickups
- 4x mapsize (a limit set, easy to expand)
- Map editor upgraded to edit background tiles
- Game upgraded to new map system
- Added road/stone ground tiles
- Bosses appear at locations and can re-appear
- Added new groundtile with stones
- Added new object, fire place for tents
- Moved out tent/house settings to file, DLC friendly
- tile gfx adjustment
- added delivery jobs
- added compass helper
- added notification window
Update: (06:49, 23.08.24, dr)
Version 2.04 is now available, which for the first time also includes the previously announced additional downloadable content (DLC): undergrounds. While the game character had previously refused to jump into the hole in the ground, this is now possible and a new, "gigantic map" in a dark environment awaits the hero! There are candles to find to expand your view or tents to visit to get jobs.
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20.Aug.2024
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Retro Games: New Amiga "console" to be released in Q1 2025
Retro Games Ltd, developer of the THEA500 Mini, has published a new schedule for the presentation of new products (YouTube video), which shows that the release of the "New Full Size Amiga Console" has been postponed from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025. It is speculated that this model will be a full-size desktop Amiga with a keyboard, as was previously the case with the re-released THEC64 Maxi.
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20.Aug.2024
Commodore International Historical Society
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Computer history: User manual for the Amiga 300
A user manual dated November 1991 for the computer designed as the Amiga 300 but ultimately named the Amiga 600 has appeared on Archive.org, contributed by Randell Jesup. Photos of this scanned manual can be seen on the Commodore International Historical Society page. This manual, entitled "Introducing the Amiga 300", provides an insight into the functions and compact design of the official successor to the Amiga 500. The sudden and secret renaming by Commodore's top management shortly before the market launch remains an interesting chapter in the history of the Amiga. The subject was taken up by ex-Commodore UK boss David Pleasance in his book "Commodore: The Inside Story" (30 untold stories about a computer giant) in the section "The Amiga 600 Debacle".
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20.Aug.2024
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Fake company: Amiga Technologies UG registry has been deleted
Salvador Fernandez Gomez, a former employee in the support department at phase5, had made numerous entries of companies in recent years, including the registration of a large number of website domains and the registration of word marks such as Amiga Technologies or Kickstart, which were intended to suggest a claim to the rights of various current and former Amiga brands. After the "phase 5 digital products UG" registered by him has been deleted on November 4, 2022, the "Amiga Technologies UG", which was also founded by Salvador Fernandez Gomez, has been deleted on July 17, 2024. So far, the "Commodore Büromaschinen UG" and the "Concorde Media UG" remain, for which a deletion notice also exists.
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20.Aug.2024
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Coding workshops: Amiga 500 programming at hardware level
Michael Martin shares detailed insights into his experimental programming projects for the Amiga 500 on his Bumbershoot Software Blog. Over the past few weeks, he has created a small, coherent series of practical courses in English. He explores advanced techniques of direct hardware programming and experiments with effects such as the Copper Bars.
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20.Aug.2024
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Classic remakes: Project X: Lightyears and X-OUT: Resurfaced
A small glimpse over the edge of the plate: the popular Amiga games "Project X" and "X-Out" are to be re-released in updated versions for current gaming platforms, with the help of renowned artists in the gaming industry.
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19.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 4 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). The new version 4 offers the following changes:
- Home screen changed
- In-game music can be switched on and off with the M button
- New title music added
- In-game music added
- Story for the game (I hope you like it)
- Added in-game music (not the final music)
- Level 1-6 changed a little
- Added some new graphics
- Added end intro + story (is only for testing)
- Level 12, 13, 14 added
- SFX adjusted
- loading times improved (thanks earok/Scorpion engine)
- Fixed many bugs
- Level 5 now playable (you couldn't go any further at the beginning)
- adjusted some enemies (some of them look behind the player)
- Intro removed the Game Ui
- Colors adjusted
- code blocks tidied up
- added level codes from 1-14 (so write them down when you find them)
- For each level code you find you get one life
- Game UI changed
- Amiga Workbench version LHA added (not tested)
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19.Aug.2024
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Music tips for the start of the week
Grazia Pizzuto is a church musician in Bonn and teaches piano and improvisation. She also runs a YouTube channel where she presents piano arrangements of game music, including Amiga games. Since our news item, she has published the following pieces:
Bert 'D4XX REMIX' Brüggemann has also chosen a piece of Chris Hülsbeck's music for Turrican 2 for his new remix (amiga-news.de reported): The Wall (YouTube link).
And at the end of June 'no9' had already published a short track called Filteririum on his YouTube channel (amiga-news.de reported).
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18.Aug.2024
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Aminet uploads until 17.08.2024
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18.Aug.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 17.08.2024
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18.Aug.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 17.08.2024
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18.Aug.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 17.08.2024
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18.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 17.08.2024
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18.Aug.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further file added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 file has been added:
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18.Aug.2024
Commodore News (website)
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Crowdfunded book: Retro Gaming Library - Amiga Edition
The already fully financed project for printing of the book "Retro Gaming Library - Amiga Edition", which is still running for more than two weeks, promises over 400 pages in almost A4 size (8x10") with short reports and photos on over 300 selected Amiga games released from 1985 to 1997.
Depending on the prominence of the game, it is presented on either one or four pages. One or more screenshots, title screen and packaging are shown in each case. Including worldwide shipping, which is estimated at an average of 20 US dollars, the book costs the equivalent of around 51 euros, including an additional PDF version.
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17.Aug.2024
IntuitionBase
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AmigaOS 4: IntuitionBase updated
George 'walkereo' Sokianos has extensively updated the IntuitionBase website, which provides an overview of AmigaOS 4 compatible software and hardware: it is now based on what he considers to be one of the best CMS available, Drupal 10, which makes the site easier to manage and at the same time offers a high level of security.
A new section called "Featured Software" has been added: it lists the software that will help the end user to have the best experience with their new system, in an easily accessible way. All applications are logically categorised based on their use and have all the information about who created them, where to find them, how to buy them or how to support the developer. Furthermore, software and hardware lists are now searchable, and there is also a global search function.
Users are asked to write manuals or transfer some of their old manuals here. Entries in the new "Featured Software" section are welcome, as well as documents related to the AmigaOne systems, e.g. technical data sheets for the CPUs and hardware, hardware fixes etc.
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[News message: 17. Aug. 2024, 19:43] [Comments: 0]
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17.Aug.2024
itch.io
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Text adventure: The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor v14
Stefan Vogt has released another update to his text adventure with graphics, "The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor" (amiga-news.de reported). This wil fix a bug in the game that affected all versions of the game. All users are recommended to install the update.
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[News message: 17. Aug. 2024, 10:22] [Comments: 0]
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16.Aug.2024
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Video tutorial: Using speech in AMOS programs
In another video in his series of tutorials on AMOS Pro, retro and Amiga fan 'Yawning Angel' shows how to use speech in AMOS programs using the Say, Set Talk, Talk Misc and Talk Stop commands.
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16.Aug.2024
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.33
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.33 of his e-mail client Iris for MorphOS. Changes:
- Restored context menus over folder and message list title rows
- Narrow view message list title row now has a sleeker menu for quicker access to sorting and filtering modes
- Implemented the ability to add a custom button to the toolbar
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14.Aug.2024
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Adventure: "Geo's Quest" box set
Paul Golian's graphic adventures Geo's Quest 2 - In Search of Queen Lorraine and Geo's Quest 3 - Gateway to Nowhere can now be purchased as a box set for 22 euros plus 18 euros shipping to Europe. The colour-printed box and glossy sleeve contain:
- CD with both full games (GQ2 & GQ3) in PAL & NTSC and PDF's of each Manual
- SD with both full games (GQ2 & GQ3) in PAL & NTSC and PDF's of each Manual
- Color Glossy printed 9" x 6" Game Manuals for both Games
- Color Glossy 9" x 17" Game Maps for both Games
Once Chapter 6 "There be Cows" is completed, (anticipated to be Early 2025) the Box Set purchaser will be emailed a zip of the Chapter along with a PDF of the Chapters Manual for free.
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13.Aug.2024
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Amiga Kit: Super Skidmarks now pre-installed on the A600GS
The classic Amiga racing game "Super Skidmarks", developed by Chris Blackbourn, will now be pre-installed on the new A600GS from AmigaKit. Users who already own the A600GS system can add the game to the game menu via a free update.
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13.Aug.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Issue 144 of Amiga Future readable online
The German and English issue 144 (May/June 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine as well as a higher resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher.
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13.Aug.2024
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Operating system for the Amiga: Second alpha version of "Serena OS"
At the end of 2022, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. The developer has since renamed his project "Serena OS" and released a second alpha version, which is now available as a fully compiled ROM. Basically, all Amigas with a 68030 (or faster) processor are now supported. He has kindly provided us with the following comments on the new version:
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12.Aug.2024
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Online chiptune and music module player: Pixeltune
Back in 2014, Tomás Pollak, a journalist, developer and musician, released a first version of Pixeltune: a web-based player for chiptune and video game music that builds on a large collection of music that has been carefully archived over the years and indexed for quick and easy access. The sound is generated directly from the original files by emulating the sound chips that were actually used to render these files in the good old days.
He started his project because he loves music and MIDI and nerdy chiptunes on the one hand, and because he's a big fan of the demo scene and tracker music on the other. They would all "bring fond memories from the early days of the Internet-- the era of guestbooks, webrings and beautifully ugly pages, when it was a crazy place filled with weird and cool stuff!"
But also, there's a secondary goal and that is preservation. A big chunk of the music you'll find was hosted on websites that no longer exist. He wants to help preserve the history of sequenced music, and to honor all the incredibly talented composers whose creations still blow our minds decades later.
Under the title link you can find more than 250 pieces of Amiga music. Playing tip: Xenex (xenextitle.mod)!
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12.Aug.2024
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Puzzle game: AmiBrixx v2.3 for all Amiga systems
Jörg 'Evil' Renkert has released version 2.3 of his puzzle game AmiBrixx. The player's task is to eliminate the stones stacked on the board by clicking on groups of the same colour. In doing so, the tiles above fall down and form new groups. The game ends when no more groups can be eliminated (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version was released due to some server updates. Some minor bug fixes and speed improvements are also included. The author welcomes feedback and is open to suggestions and requests for improvement.
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11.Aug.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 10.08.2024
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 10.08.2024:
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11.Aug.2024
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MorphOS: Continued GMail support by Iris questionable
As Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek, author of the e-mail program Iris, reports in a forum post at title link, continued support for the American e-mail service GMail is questionable. Programs that are allowed to access this Google service are subject to certain requirements, including an annual security assessment.
This external audit would cost the programmer an additional 500 US dollars every year. Although currently evaluating options he does not believe that it is worth paying this much money per year just to keep frictionless GMail access in the app.
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11.Aug.2024
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Paper: Trackers - The Rise, Bloom and Later Developments of a Paradigm
Markku Reunanen, a lecturer at Finland's Aalto University, has published a paper in English on tracker music programs at the title link, examining 60 trackers and interviewing six developers. As he summarizes, his findings would illustrate the close connection between trackers and computer hardware, the reasons why the authors wanted to develop such software and the gradual development of the paradigm.
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11.Aug.2024
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Team Hoi: Old sketches of the game Hoi and collection of magazine reports
Metin Seven from the Dutch game development group Team Hoi has collected on Archive.org old computer magazine reports on their Amiga and PC games published between 1988 and 1997. Two years ago, he also published five ballpoint pen sketches of the 1992 game Hoi on LinkedIn.
A report on the development of Softeye/Team Hoi he had already published as a PDF file three years ago.
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10.Aug.2024
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Arcade game: Holy Warrior
Amiten Games has released the arcade game "Holy Warrior" (YouTube video), in which you have to defend yourself as a knight against skeletons and fallen soldiers in order to recover the six holy books. These books had been scattered and hidden by evil forces and are the key to restoring balance and peace.
The game runs on ECS Amigas with 1MB chip RAM and 512 KB Fast RAM or 2MB chip RAM and is available for just under 3 euros. Kickstart 3.1 is required.
You can also pre-order the physical version for around 35 euros. The DVD box contains an automatically starting CD32-compatible CD, a USB stick, a copy of the game on disc and a 3D-printed figure of the Holy Warrior. It also includes a colour manual in PDF format and the digital download. The copies will be sent out from September 2024.
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Developer log: Core functions of the game "The Gate" completed
At the beginning of October last year , we introduced the AMOS game "The Gate" by Fabio 'Allanon' Falcucci, a mixture of "Impossible Mission" and "Project Firestart" with his own ideas and concepts. The developer now describes the current status of his project in a detailed article on Patreon, including a video: all core functions have been implemented.
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10.Aug.2024
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.6.0 for AmigaOS 3 and 4
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Originally written for AmigaOS 3.2, the programme meanwhile also supports AmigaOS 3.9, Cloanto's Workbench 3.X and AmigaOS 4.1. Changes of version 1.6.0:
- Add the GPT4o Mini model
- Remove the unused Accent menu item from OS4 version
- Fix bug where some voice menu items in the OS4 version fail to display a checkmark after you select it
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (221 KB)
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09.Aug.2024
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Print magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 18
The current issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga" once again comprises 48 colour pages and is available in printed or digital form:
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09.Aug.2024
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Event: 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster (Germany)
From October 31 till November 3 the 25th Amiga-Meeting Nord will take place in Neumünster, Germany. Details can be found at the title link or in our German news-item.
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09.Aug.2024
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Text adventure: "Adventure 3"
After "Adventure 1" and "Adventure 2", 'grindercowboy' has now released the third and final part of his text adventure series. "Adventure 3" is inspired by "The Hobbit", among other things: the task is to find the three rings of power and destroy them.
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08.Aug.2024
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.41
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.99, which allows the development of games from various genres (e.g. Agonman). RedPill (YouTube video shows improved support of moving platforms) is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the finished creations requires a total of 1.5 MB RAM. Jens 'Farbfinsternis' Henschel has written a tutorial.
All changes of updated version 0.9.41:
- Image to tiles now can open a large image containing a map, extract its
tileset, and optionally recreate this map in the current level.
- Image to tiles checksum has been improved to avoid duplicates.
- Now you can select the spritesheets to use for each Level, saving some
valuable Chip Memory.
- The used spritesheets in the level can be automatically calculated by the
editor.
- In Tileset Menu, Image to tiles can now be used to open a large image with a
game map. The routine will generate all the tiles for this map, and will give
the possibility to generate the level map as well.
- In Objects Menu, in the Advanced section you can define the maximum speed you
want your object to move. Useful for example, when you do not want your object
to fall too fast.
- Fetch mode Quadruple can now be used with Screen Widths: 320, 288 and 256.
Using it will speed up games for AGA Amigas without FastRAM.
- Added a project named BobPerfTest to be able to check performance with the
different fetch modes.
- Added action trigger Follow Object Free, works as previous one but instead of
using 8 directions for moving, movement is smooth vector based.
- When using Help key or ? button to get screen information, now you can click
More button that will open the HTML help with detailed info.
- The tool to open HTML files can be defined in the REDPILLEditor Icon.
- Project ex_mapenemies has been updated win new graphics and using the new
Follow Obj Free trigger.
- ECS parallax now supports vertical movement.
- Red CD32 button is now equivalent to normal Joypad first button.
- Vampire can usage can now be detected using the condition trigger Processor.
It will return 8 for 68080.
- Fix Triggonometry startup issue that caused Trig funcions to not work.
- Fix weird behaviour when static objects are deleted from the level.
- Fixed issue when using Inv Speed triggers.
- Giving more info about the errors in Level Properties screen.
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08.Aug.2024
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AmigaGuide magazine: Issue 14 of "WhatIFF?"
"WhatIFF?" is an Amiga magazine in AmigaGuide format. The topics of the thirteenth issue include reviews of hardware (e.g. TF536) and software (e.g. Amiga GPT, ApolloExplorer), tutorials (e.g. Blitz Basic Basics Part 1: Introduction and Setup) and interviews (z.B. Michael Rupp (TAWS)).
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Using image files and discs in PC drives: DiskFlashback v1.0.2
Developer Rob Smith has written DiskFlashback, a convenient software for Windows 10/11 (64-bit) that enables PC floppy drives to read and write image files such as ADFs (Amiga Disk Files) during operation. It also allows you to process real discs in Amiga or Atari format, with the appropriate hardware extensions. To use it, you need the FloppyBridge plugin, which in turn requires additional hardware (amiga-news.de reported). Now he has released version 1.0.2 of the software. Changes:
- Sped up the Greaseweazle track reading speed by almost double
- Sped up the Supercard PRO track reading speed by almost double
- Small speed up for DrawBridge reading too!
- Sped up disk writing as well!
- Added special message for people just trying to run the DiskFlashback EXE and wondering why it doesn't do anything
- Added new "Clean Drive Heads" option for real floppy drives (cleaning disk required)
- Re-arranged all physical drive related commands into its own menu
- Added option to toggle the auto-starting up the system tray icon with Windows
- Changed how new versions of the application are detected to hopefully get around some previous false positives
- Mount physical Amiga HD/Memory Card disks as drive letters (OFS/FFS/PFS only)
- Can now detect Amiga hard disk partitions when RDSK block is not on the first block (can be upto 64 blocks in)
- Better / quicker cooldown if disk is removed from physical drive while its being read
- Added support for DSK (MSX) files as they're basically FAT12 PC disks
- Fixed a bug with some DMS files where the total number of cylinders was incorrectly read
- Fixed potential re-entry bug from aborting some operations and turning off the drive motor
- Fixed issues with SuperCard PRO board not seeking to the correct track [FloppyBridge]
- Fixed an issue where some SCP files wouldn't load at all
- Fixed some issues with some dual-format disk images not showing both parts
- Fixed issues with Tri-format disks (they're actually dual-format really)
- Fixed an issue with dual-format disks where number of heads was incorrectly used for PC/Atari side
- Fixed issue where re-reading bad Amiga sectors didn't work properly
- Fixed a strange seek issue when ejecting real floppy disks
- Fixed issue with some dialogs disappearing behind explorer after message was shown
- Fixed an issue where changing file attributes (Amiga) caused the Readable/Delete attributes to become unset
- EXEs etc are now digitally signed
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07.Aug.2024
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Workbench distribution: New Raspberry Pi installer for AmiKit
Ján Zahurančík's workbench distribution AmiKit now includes a new, Debian-based installer for the Raspberry Pi. It adapts to the actual Raspberry Pi device used, be it model 5, 400 or 4.
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07.Aug.2024
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AmigaOS 4: Internal 10-watt amplifier for the A1222 Plus
Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci has purchased an A1222 Plus in addition to his existing AmigaOS 4 hardware (MicroA1, AmigaOne X1000) and reports on his experiences in a blog. Having recently tested various audio players, he now takes a short detour back to the hardware and reports on how he has equipped his A1222 Plus with an internal 10-watt amplifier and loudspeakers.
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06.Aug.2024
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Game: Heretic II (2024) to be released for high-performance 68k Amigas
Press release: Brussels – August 05, 2024. Hyperion is excited to unveil a brand-new port of Heretic II (2024) developed by Steffen Häuser, tailored specifically for high-performance 68K Amiga systems.
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06.Aug.2024
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Book: German edition of "The Making of Prince of Persia" now available
Jordan Mechner is an internationally renowned game designer whose best-known work is probably "Prince of Persia". Mechner recorded the creation of this global hit in his memoirs, which he wrote down during development and published in 2020 (amiga-news.de reported). The book has now been published in German, translated and edited by Stephan Freundorfer: "Jordan Mechner: Die Erschaffung von Prince of Persia – Tagebücher 1985-1993" (original title: The Making of Prince of Persia) invites the reader into the wild, golden 8- and 16-bit era and lets them participate in the restless life of a young creative who is looking for his place between screen and pixels – and becomes famous. Mechner's memories and sketches are historical documents, very personal insights into early game development and the emergence of digital narratives.
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Blog: The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art
The Swedish technology nerd and software developer Carl Svensson has published a new article entitled "The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art" on his website datagubbe.se. In it, he discusses how CRTs smoothed out the hard edges and block structures of old video game graphics through their blurring and artefacts such as scan lines and colour overlays. Svensson also points out that modern techniques such as anti-aliasing and dithering, which contribute to smoothing and colour blending, enhanced the visual experience on CRTs, which is often misunderstood when pixel art is displayed on modern flat screens. To visualise these effects, Svensson also shows images from games and applications for the Amiga, including Ruff'n'Tumble, Monkey Island, Silkworm and Deluxe Paint IV.
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05.Aug.2024
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Gimmick: Humourful assessment of a GitHub account
To "roast" someone means to mock and belittle them in a humorous way and is usually meant in a nice way. This tradition became particularly popular in the USA through the "Dean Martin Show" (see Wikipedia article). The user 'codenoid' has now applied this concept to GitHub accounts: all you have to do is enter the username of an account on the website set up under the title link and you will receive an amusing summary of the activities and projects (including translation into the desired language) with the help of AI.
We have been reporting on Richard Körber's projects, who also has a GitHub account, for some time now. He has kindly agreed to let us take the piss out of him here... Thank you! :)
"Richard Körber, huh? "Open Source developer and Java professional"? More like a wannabe coder stuck in a retro time warp! Your "little private computer museum" sounds suspiciously like a last-ditch attempt to gather all the discarded tech you couldn't bear to part with. With 71 public repos, it's impressive how you've managed to wring out so little attention – a whopping 0 stars on your computer museum? That's some real dedication to mediocrity!
Your stargazers count speaks volumes: maybe a grand total of 501 on "acme4j," but let's be honest; it's not like you're pulling in celebrity-level applause. A whopping 57 followers? It seems like half of them must've hit that follow button on accident! Java enthusiast? More like Java aficionado of obscurity. And what's with the retro obsession? Are you trying to resurrect the 80s or just desperately holding on to some nostalgia? Get it together, Richard - it's time to evolve from your basement's computer graveyard."
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Video: Image and music editing possible with the A600GS?
YouTuber 'Proteque' took a look at the now available A600GS computer (amiga-news.de reported), particularly with regard to image and music editing. His conclusion: he has high hopes for the future and is happy to support the project, but currently it was not in a state he can enjoy it. In his opinion, the computer is not intended for the "casual gamer", but for Amiga enthusiasts. What bothers him most at the moment are the slowdowns in the desktop environment due to the 68k emulation and the fact that OctaMED does not start, but this should be fixed this week.
As Amiga Kit explains in response to our article, four system updates have been released since the video was published, which have fixed most of the bugs. OctaMED, for example, is now running smoothly again, as a problem with the stack of fonts in the disc font library has been fixed.
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master v3.7 R104 for Windows 10/11
Raster Master (amiga-news.de reported) is a sprite/icon/map editor for Windows 10/11 which generates RayLib-, PutImagedata and Map code for gcc, AmigaBASIC, Amiga C, Amiga Pascal, QuickBasic, QB64, Quick C, Turbo Pascal, freepascal, Turbo C, Turbo Basic, Power Basic, FreeBASIC, GWBASIC, BASICA, and PC-BASIC (YouTube video of version 3.7).
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04.Aug.2024
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Amiga Kit: A600GS available / Paolo Cattani games pre-installed
Press release (PDF): Cardiff, 4th August 2024
Famous Amiga games developer, Paolo Cattani (interview from 2019) has provided his classic Amiga games to be pre-installed on the new A600GS computer.
Virtual GP and Thunderhell are installed ready to play on the A600GS. Existing A600GS users can download a free update to install the games to the games menu.
Virtual GP was sadly Paolo's last production for the Amiga range of computers shortly after Commodore's bankruptcy. He wanted to to contribute to the Amiga games scene so started the development of Virtual GP (codename AlienF1). VGP would have to accomplish two missions: on the one hand, it would implement a fast 3D engine aimed at hi-specification Amigas (AGA and 68030 required) featuring gouraud shading, texture mapping, billboarding, curved surfaces and all the things that were "hot" at those times; on the other hand, it had to be the most realistic simulation of a Formula One car available on the Amiga.
Thunderhell is a classic shoot-em-up game. The game is an horizontal scrolling (with three levels of parallax), fast paced shoot'em up full of enemies, bullets, explosions and all the bells and whistles that one could expect from a game of that genre.
Matthew Leaman, MD of AmigaKit Ltd commented on the collaboration: "We are thrilled that Paolo has agreed to include his great games with the A600GS.
We are grateful for his support of our project."
Paolo Cattani added: "As a pioneer in the development of video games for the Amiga range of computers I'm very glad and honoured to give my contribution to an amazing project which keeps alive the memory of a machine that was such a glorious milestone of the IT history."
The A600GS is available for around 130 euros (plus shipping) at AmigaKit.com or for around 155 euros (plus shipping) at AmigaKit.fr.
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WHDLoad: New installers until 03.08.2024
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AmigaRemix: Further files added
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news-item, the following mp3 files have been added:
- Castlevania Vampire Killer Tyros Edition
- Thexder (Dark Side of the C)
- Formula One Grand Prix Tyros 3 Edition
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AROS: Review of July 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of July at the title link.
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Tutorial: Creating a Kickstart disk for the Amiga 1000 with WinUAE (German)
Already in mid-July Domingo Fivoli has described how to create a Kickstart disk for the Amiga 1000 in his german Commodore blog at the title link. For this he used the emulator package Amiga Forever and the Amiga Explorer, whereby the kickstart data was read from an Amiga with GrabKick, transferred with CrossDOS and finally written to a disk image file using the program WriteKickDisk.
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04.Aug.2024
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Game announcement: Video about "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" (update)
Adrian Cummings (Mutation Software) has published a short video at the title link on the current state of development of his game "Dungeonette - The New Adventure", which is announced to be released at the end of the year for AGA Amigas including the Amiga CD³².
In a forum the author explained: "It will run on stock Amiga AGA and CD³² with 2 MB Chip-RAM and of course [on THEA500 Mini] etc. It is a hybrid of many games in reality and has some roots in Diablo for sure but also many others as a hack & slash dungeon crawler. Just for the record... Originally the basic game was written for Apple Watch many years back and then also a version was released for Spectrum Next back in 2017/18. This version is all new just for Amiga however and only resembles those previous titles in name only."
Update: (18:54, 07.10.24, dr)
The release date has now been specified as Friday, 6 December 2024. Since the video under the title link is no longer availale, this Video introduction was done by the German YouTube channel 'MagisthansSpielekiste'.
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02.Aug.2024
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Tutorial: Setting up a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4
Around three months ago, Hans De Ruiter announced a membership programme in which software and electronics tasks are to be discussed and solved (amiga-news.de reported). He has now launched this programme with Kea Campus and, as promised, has also set up an Amiga corner on YouTube in which instructions etc. will be published at different times.
The first post he has published there is a video explaining how to get a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4 up and running quickly. He has also published a short summary in text form under the title link.
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[News message: 02. Aug. 2024, 08:37] [Comments: 0]
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02.Aug.2024
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MorphOS: E-Mail client Iris 1.32, Contacts 1.40 (update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 1.31 of his e-mail client Iris and version 1.4 of the contact manager Contacts for MorphOS. Detailed changes:
Iris V1.31
- Don't show a 'Failed to obtain message body' error message if message doesn't have a body
- Updated cURL
- Implemented folders list context menu
- Mail list context menu improvements
- Implemented attachment icons in message lists
- Delete/Backspace keys may now be used to quickly delete messages (disabled by default)
- Added more spacing before quoting the original mail in replies
Contacts V1.40
- Fixed a bug that prevented various I/O operations from working after transitioning from a background service to a full-blown MUI application
- Contact editing fixes and improvements
- Fixed a regression when editing a photo of a contact
- UI layout fixes in main window
Update: (08:12, 03.08.24, dr)
The developer has released Iris version 1.32 which fixes a regression with read/unread flags not being updated correctly when the remote state changed. Additionally the folder list context menu was improved.
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[News message: 02. Aug. 2024, 08:13] [Comments: 0]
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01.Aug.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Python program: Pymod plays Amiga modules
The Python program Pymod, released in version 1.1.1, uses PortAudio (via PyAudio) to connect to the respective audio hardware. The emulation of ProTracker's behavior goes so far that even its bugs are optionally taken into account when playing music modules.
Thanks to Python's "import" function, Pymod can also be used by other programs to play modules.
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01.Aug.2024
Nils77 (e-mail)
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Debbie Harry portrait by Andy Warhol and picture files resurfaced
Following the discovery of further computer graphics on the Amiga of pop art icon Andy Warhol ten years ago, one of the presumably only two copies of the Debbie Harry portrait that have been printed back then has resurfaced now, created at the presentation of the Amiga 1000 in 1985 - the other one is owned by the Blondie singer herself.
Jeff Bruette, a Commodore technician at the time, who lives in the US state of Delaware and taught Andy Warhol how to use the computer, is going to sell the painting that has been hanging on his wall for almost forty years now. It also includes an original floppy disk with pictures created later by the artist.
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01.Aug.2024
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Platform game: Test version 3 of "Dr. Dangerous"
Inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous, hoogames has released another playable test version of "Dr Dangerous" (new YouTube video), which was created with the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported).
The new version 3 adds three more levels (9 to 11). The code system for the in-game codes has also been revised: you now have to find the codes in each level (big computers). In addition, a new enemy and a small intro have been added and levels 1 to 8 have been revised.
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01.Aug.2024
Deadwood
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AROS: First public version of Odyssey browser (64-Bit)
For the first time, the beta version of the 64-bit Odyssey browser is available for those who want to try it either hosted on AROS or directly on Windows 11 or Linux. Detailed instructions for installation on each of the supported platforms have been prepared under the title link.
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01.Aug.2024
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Game: Agent 357
José 'jojo073' Gonzáles has released another game, "Agent 357": Agent 357 has received a tip from headquarters asking her to investigate a company facility deep in the forest. It is an area that is difficult to access and it is rumoured that there are underground laboratories where experiments are being carried out with drugs. She needs to get there to confirm this.
The game has 3 levels and different types of enemies. In addition to zombies, you also have to avoid other dangers. The game is created in 32 colours and can be controlled using both the keyboard and the joystick. You can also find sketches of the game by the graphic designer on the game website.
If you would like to have the ADF file or buy the physical edition of the game, please send an enquiry to the email address shown in the picture. The physical edition contains a 3.5" disc, manual and a coloured slipcase.
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31.Jul.2024
itch.io
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Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan v1.3.1 and demo version (update)
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games continues working on its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video) and released version 1.3.1 with fixes, optimisations and refinements. Detailed Changes:
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[News message: 31. Jul. 2024, 06:17] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jul.2024
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 31
Issue 31 of the British magazine "Amiga Addict" is now available at the newsstands in the UK and directly from the publisher addict.media. The cover story is the Amiga's history with wargames and military titles, from early strategic titles like Gettysburg to more light-hearted affairs like North and South. The magazine also includes reviews of new games (Geo's Quest 3 and Glubble) and tools (Final Writer 7.0), an interview with journalist Matt Bielby (Amiga Power), the story of Immortal Joysticks, a catch up with the Amiga-inspired rock band Fastloaders and lots more. Three downloadable coverdisks feature full versions of Tanks Furry and Bridge Strike.
Amiga Addict is published every six weeks and is available as a single issue or as a subscription, either in printed form or as a PDF document.
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[News message: 30. Jul. 2024, 15:01] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jul.2024
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Podcast: The Retro Hour talked to Bart van den Akker
In the latest episode 438 of The Retro Hour podcast, the hosts talk to Bart van den Akker, the founder of the HomeComputerMuseum in the Netherlands, about his impressive collection of retro computers.
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[News message: 30. Jul. 2024, 14:46] [Comments: 0]
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30.Jul.2024
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Crono 3: Creation of printable calendars
Crono is a program for quickly and easily creating calendars for printing on an A4 or A3 page in portrait or landscape format.
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29.Jul.2024
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Beat'em Up: Demo version of "Metro Siege"
The side-scrolling beat 'em up "Metro Siege" was announced at the end of 2019. Following various status updates and further preview videos, a playable demo version is now available, which contains three playable levels with a choice of two characters (YouTube video). The gameplay and assets in this preview are still a work in progress and will be subject to change until the final release.
Three versions of the game are included in the archive:
- (1) The ADF version suitable for any 1M Amiga
- (2) The Hard Drive version suitable for 020+ Amigas with MB of RAM
- (3) The CD32 version - suitable for CD32 consoles
In addition, the impatient or all those who do not want to start the Amiga or the emulator can now play the demo directly in the browser.
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[News message: 29. Jul. 2024, 20:53] [Comments: 0]
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29.Jul.2024
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Video: AmiKit for PiStorm
Even though George 'walkereo' Sokianos mainly focuses on the development of AmigaOS4 software, he also has classic hardware at his disposal. In a detailed Twitch recording, he takes a look at the AmiKit workbench distribution for his Amiga 1200 upgraded with PiStorm.
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[News message: 29. Jul. 2024, 08:31] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jul.2024
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Aminet uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to Aminet:
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[News message: 28. Jul. 2024, 11:22] [Comments: 0]
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28.Jul.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to OS4Depot:
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28.Jul.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to AROS Archives:
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28.Jul.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 27.07.2024
The following files have been added until 27.07.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
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28.Jul.2024
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 2.30.5 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published a first release candidate of version 2.30.5 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1 (amiga-news.de reported). The library is intended to make it easier for programmers to develop portable applications and is used by numerous open source games. SDL requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and optionally OpenGL ES 2.0. Changes: Änderungen:
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[News message: 28. Jul. 2024, 07:28] [Comments: 0]
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27.Jul.2024
Boing Attitude (Mail)
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AmigaOS 4: File manager "Dir Me Up" V4.00
Press release: Five years after its last update (amiga-news.de reported), the modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4... with more than 130 new features, optimizations and fixes! More than ever, it will be your faithful companion to explore, copy and transform your data...
Dir Me Up now has a new graphic theme, Retro, which smells of the original Workbench. The standard theme has been completely redesigned and redesigned accordingly. And of course, AISS aficionados will still be able to use it. The software is now also available in Portuguese, making it accessible in nine languages!
Dir Me Up now has a cache to store thumbnails in order to greatly speed up the display of photos, even in very high resolution (such as 4000x3000 for example). You can of course choose the reserved disk space, purge it or disable it if necessary. Other optimizations have been made to the icon view to make it even more pleasant to use. The internal viewer has also been extended with zoom or full-screen display options. As you can see, the visuals have greatly improved!
Copying has also been optimized, especially for small files: the gains observed range from 20 to 50%. The replacement confirmation window in the event of a conflict now allows you to replace a file only if it is more recent. Favorites management has been improved with the ability to give a personalized name to each location. The preferences window has been extended and redesigned.
The list of new features is far too long to mention them all here, but you can read an (almost) exhaustive list under the title link.
Dir Me Up is, of course, compatible with the brand-new A1222+ from A-EON Technology!
As usual, this update, free for all registered users, has been put online. To install it, just run Dir Me Up.
You can download a demo allowing (only) browsing or purchase the full version for 19,99 Euro. Dir Me Up, enhance your Amiga!
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[News message: 27. Jul. 2024, 23:06] [Comments: 0]
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26.Jul.2024
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Game: Snake conversion for the Amiga 1000
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch has written a simple Snake game in Blitz Basic 2, which only runs on a standard Amiga 1000 with Kickstart 1.2 or Kickstart Disk 1.2.
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[News message: 26. Jul. 2024, 22:53] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2024
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.37
TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey). Any kind of feedback the author Michael Rupp would very appreciate. His work can be supported by a little donation from inside TAWS or via this link.
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[News message: 25. Jul. 2024, 22:47] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 160 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
Amiga-related, the current issue is about The Pursuit to Earth.
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[News message: 25. Jul. 2024, 10:48] [Comments: 0]
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25.Jul.2024
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Event: Guest list for the "ZZAP! Live 2024" in Kenilworth (England)
On 17 August 2024, The Holiday Inn in Kenilworth (England) will host the second "ZZAP! Live" event, organised by Fusion Retro Books, the South West Amiga Group and Retro Computer Museum, will take place (amiga-news.de reported). Only 100 tickets are still available for the event. There are currently no plans to sell tickets on site.
Further guests have now been announced. Among others, the following are expected:
- Rob Hubbard (Komponist, u.a. Budokan, Hard Nova, International Karate)
- Barry Leitch (Komponist, u.a. Lotus, Super Cars II)
- Jon Hare und Stoo Cambridge von Sensibe Software (u.a. Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder)
- Andy Davidson von Team17 (Game Designer, u.a. Worms)
- Mark Knight (Komponist, u.a. Wing Commander)
- Peter Clarke (Komponist, u.a. Bubble Bobble)
- Mike Dailly (Game Designer, u.a. Lemmings)
- Jeff Minter (Game Designer, u.a. Llamatron)
- Andrew Braybrook und Steve Turner von Graftgold (u.a. Uridium, Fire and Ice)
- Paul Docherty (Grafiker, u.a. Apocalypse, Last Ninja 3)
- David Jones (Game Designer, u.a. Lemmings, Menace)
- Mike Clarke (Komponist, u.a. Last Ninja 2, Hired Guns)
- Paul Hughes von Ocean (u.a. Batman the Movie, Jurassic Park)
- Stephen Thompson (Grafiker bei Ocean Software)
- Barry Thompson (Komponist)
- Jogeir Liljedahl (Komponist)
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[News message: 25. Jul. 2024, 06:21] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jul.2024
Indie Retro News (website)
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Game: Droid
Droid is a run-and-gun platformer that appeared in 1992 as a cover disk of the Atari magazine "ST Format" and has now been ported to the Amiga (video). The version of the game released today, which is only available in PAL resolution, trades as version "Beta 2", but is considered by the programmer to be finished.
While the article on Indie Retro News still makes the previous version available for now, the current one can be accessed via the forum discussion which is linked there as well.
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[News message: 24. Jul. 2024, 21:45] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jul.2024
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PDF magazine: Commodore Free, issue 99
In its latest issue 99, the English-language PDF magazine "Commodore Free" reports on the "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" currently being developed by Mutation Software, which is scheduled for release at the end of 2024, in a separate chapter entitled "News Amiga". The story of the game Elite is also told.
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[News message: 24. Jul. 2024, 17:54] [Comments: 0]
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24.Jul.2024
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Preview video: Dungeon Crawler "The Cthulhu Project"
In a new preview video (amiga-news.de reported), developer Maurice Doerr explains what he has been working on recently: optimising the engine and adapting the dialogues and selection options. Feedback on the interface or elements of the game is welcome.
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