09.Nov.2023
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MorphOS: PolyOrganiser 1.25
Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault's PolyOrganiser is a 'Personal Information Management' tool that features a calendar, an address book and ToDo lists. Changes since version 1.22a:
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08.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: DrawerGenie V0.4
For the Amiga Tool Jam, Rob 'daedalus2097' Cranley has written the commodity "DrawerGenie" for AmigaOS 3.5 or higher (amiga-news.de reported) and updated it once again. Among others, DrawerGenie allows you to add simple toolbars to the Workbench drawer windows. Changes of version 0.4:
- Added Sort by Type option
- Added support for popup items to be used in main toolbar
- Changed OS version check from exec to workbench to suit some hybrid 3.1 / 3.9 installations
- Fixed occasional misalignment of gadgets in drop-downs
- Adjusted layout in preference and toolbar editing windows
- Added *experimental* option to adjust windows to accommodate toolbar
- Added HELP: to documentation search path
- Added workaround for icon-only files preventing file operations (fallback method using ARexx added)
Direct download: DrawerGenie.lha (163 KB)
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08.Nov.2023
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Video: Installation of a ZuluSCSI
In the first part of a video series (with English subtitles), the French YouTuber 'stephbb75' introduces the ZuluSCSI-RP2040 card, which makes it possible to operate SCSI drives on an SD card, and shows its installation using the example of an A4000T. In the second part, he sets up the SD cards.
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08.Nov.2023
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Desktop widget: RNOWidgets 1.6 for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4
RNOWidgets combines several utilities (widgets) in a single application and is available for MorphOS and AmigaOS 4. RNOWidgets contains widgets for calendar (ISO), analog clock, digital clock, notes, pictures (local and net), RSS feeds, sticker, and weather. Changes of version 1.6:
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07.Nov.2023
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AmigaOS 4: CompareDirs V1.12
Using CompareDirs the directory structure of two directories can be compared, including all files. The result window shows the files with size and date. Alexandre Balaban's tool can be controlled either from the shell or via Reaction GUI. Version 1.12 was released at Micro Alchemie VII which took place last weekend. Changes:
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07.Nov.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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APC&TCP: Boxed version of Boxx 4 released
Press release: APC&TCP is pleased to announce that the boxed version of Boxx 4 online shop is available today.
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07.Nov.2023
Michael Rupp (ANF)
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Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.36
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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06.Nov.2023
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 12.3
AmiKit has released version 12.3 of the workbench distribution AmiKit XE. Among other things, handling of ADF files has been simplified and diverse software updated. Detailed change logs for Windows/Mac/Linux and for the Raspberry Pi 4/400.
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06.Nov.2023
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Do it yourself: Revision 4.0.1 of N2630 expansion board for Amiga 2000
Parallel to his project of a replica of the A2000 motherboard in ATX form factor, "Amiga-2000-ATX" (amiga-news.de reported), the developer Jason 'jasonsbeer' Neus has another one : the N2630 is a further development of the original Commodore A2630 expansion card, offering an Amiga 2000 a 50MHz Motorola 68030 CPU card with additional RAM and IDE device connector, and is installed in the CPU slot (amiga-news.de reported).
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06.Nov.2023
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Do it yourself: RGB to VGA adapter AMI-RGB2VGAULTIMATE
The RGB2VGAULTIMATE is an adapter for the RGB output of the Amiga 500 to 4000, which is designed to prevent vertical lines on LCD screens and take impedances into account, is double buffered and offers a choice of four filter settings.
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06.Nov.2023
Simon Adolf (ANF)
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Event: AmigaWinterTreffen 9.-11.02.2024 in Großensee (Germany)
Details about this event, taking place February 9-11 in Großensee, northern Germany (federal state Schleswig-Holstein), can be found in our german news-item.
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06.Nov.2023
Sven Scheele (ANF)
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Event: Interface XXXVI in Kiel, 25.11.2023
Details about this event, taking place November 25 in Schwentinental, near Kiel in northern Germany (federal state Schleswig-Holstein), can be found in our german news-item.
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06.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: AmiAuthenticator V1.1.0
AmiAuthenticator was also written for the Amiga Tool Jam and is a 2FA (two-factor authentication) code generator for the Amiga that is compatible with many websites that use 2FA. It generates TOTP (Time based one time passwords) codes with SHA1 or SHA256. Similar (non-Amiga) applications are Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and FreeOTP. These codes can be used to secure access to various websites, e.g. GitHub, LastPass, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 1.1.0:
- Added 'Copy' menu item to copy the current values to the Clipboard (05-Nov-2023)
- Added clarification of the SHA type (SHA1 is the standard default option used by 2FA TOTP)
- Allow spaces in the secret
- Internet time not always read correctly
- Minor UI bug fixes
Direct download: AmiAuthenticator-1.1.0.lha (79 KB)
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06.Nov.2023
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.28
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.98, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill 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. Changes of version 0.9.28:
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06.Nov.2023
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Programming language: Amiga C/C++ Visual Studio Code Extension 1.7.5
Bartman', member of the demo group 'Abyss', provides with 'amiga-debug' a 'Visual Studio Code' extension for "compiling, debugging and profiling Amiga C/C++ programs compiled by the bundled gcc 13.1 with the bundled WinUAE/FS-UAE and GDB." (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.7.5:
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05.Nov.2023
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 in the last two months. Readers willing to help out with translating articles into other languages are asked to contact David 'Daff' Brunet.
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05.Nov.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 165
The English and German issue 165 (November/December 2023) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed. It can be ordered directly from its editorial office and from Amiga dealers that stock the magazine.
Content of the current issue includes, besides various reviews, a preview of Roguecraft and a show report about Amiga38.
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05.Nov.2023
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Aminet uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to Aminet:
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05.Nov.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to OS4Depot:
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05.Nov.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to AROS Archives:
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05.Nov.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 04.11.2023
The following files have been added until 04.11.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
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05.Nov.2023
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Racing game: Rally Cross V1.0
Developer and Resistance member Alessio 'OzzyBoshi' Garzi released his Amiga version of Fabio Antoniazzi's PC shareware racing game Rally Cross at Flashparty 2023 and has now made it available to the general public.
Direct download: rc.adf (880 KB)
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05.Nov.2023
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Weather data: AmiWeatherForecast V1.2
AmiWeatherForecasts is a weather forecasting application that provides the latest weather information for any location. It was written in the C programming language under Amiga OS 3.2 and uses data from OpenWeather (amiga-news.de reported). Changes in version 1.2:
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04.Nov.2023
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Chat software: AmigaGPT V1.2.1
Cameron Armstrong has written AmigaGPT, a chat program for AmigaOS 3.2 that uses the power of the chatbot ChatGPT (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.2.0 added backwards compatibility to AmigaOS 3.9 and the new version 1.2.1 adds this for Cloanto's Workbench 3.X shipped with Amiga Forever.
Direct download: AmigaGPT.lha (206 KB)
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04.Nov.2023
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THEA500 Maxi: Release planned in the 4th quarter of 2024
In a YouTube video under the title link, Retro Games Ltd. not only summarises the past development phase 1, which also included the release of the THEA500 Mini 2022 (amiga-news.de reported), but also announces the release of the "New Full Size Amiga Console" for the second phase in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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04.Nov.2023
Dietmar Planitzer (Mail)
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Operating system for Amiga 3000/4000: Status update of "Apollo"
About a year ago, we reported on the start of Dietmar Planitzer's project to write "Apollo", an experimental operating system for the Amiga 3000/4000. We asked the developer what the current status of the work is, and he kindly summarised the following for us:
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04.Nov.2023
George Sokianos (ANF)
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Event: AmiCamp 2024 on April 13/14 2024 (Athens)
We are delighted to inform you that we are organizing the next AmiCamp for 2024, the biggest Amiga event in Greece, which will take place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of April 2024. Over the weekend, friends and fans of the Amiga computers are going to get together in a great place to celebrate the best computer in the world, its next generation and its alternative systems.
Amiga compatible computers, including the AmigaOne 500, PowerMac, Vampire, and Pi Storm, will be available among the finest Classic Amiga models, and will be readily available for use and testing.
Younger and older children can enjoy many old and new Amiga games, but the star of the show is Sensible World of Soccer with its Sensible Days competition, which is going to happen on the second day.
People from the Greek Amiga community will present their creations and their love for Amiga computers.
AmiCamp is an inclusive event that provides free fun and free celebrations for everyone.
More information you can find at the official website at the title link as well as on Facebook and Twitter.
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04.Nov.2023
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WHDLoad: Graphical user-interface iGame 2.4.5
iGame is a MUI-based frontend for starting WHDLoad games (amiga-news.de reported). George 'walkero' Sokianos has released version 2.4.5 for AmigaOS 2.04 and higher, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. Changes:
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03.Nov.2023
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Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan V1.2.0
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games continues working on its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video). Changes of version 1.2.0:
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03.Nov.2023
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CLI command: sysvars V0.10
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.
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03.Nov.2023
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Tool: Mnemosyne V1.1.1
Mnemosyne is a tool for AmigaOS 3.x that shows how much space files and folders take up on the hard disk. It is supposed to help manage the space on the hard disk better. Mnemosyne is written in C and uses ReAction. ClassAct is required under AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.1.4.
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03.Nov.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Status update of WebKit port
George 'walkero' Sokianos describes the current status of the Webkit port in a forum post on Amigans (amiga-news.de reported):
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03.Nov.2023
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Programming: Web based m68k assembler editor v3.0.0
Under the title link you can find a webapp to write, run and learn M68K assembly code based on the framework SvelteKit and the programming language Rust (amiga-news.de reported).
Version 3.0.0 provides performance improvements and bug fixes:
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02.Nov.2023
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Tool: SpriteSplitter V0.4
The basic idea of a spritesheet is to pack a series of images together into a single image. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen's "SpriteSplitter" reverses this: it is a simple tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images that can be used in the Scorpion Engine. This allows the user to save time when updating spritesheets by automating this process.<
In version 0.4 a -file parameter was added which let you specify a text file which contains a list of command operations. This is much faster than calling SpriteSplitter multiple times.
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02.Nov.2023
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Dungeon Crawler: Shadowmage - The Cursed Village
"Shadowmage - The Cursed Village" is set in a medieval world where the player is hired by some villagers to find a sacred stone that has been stolen by an evil mage. In search of it, you have to face giant wasps, skeletons and evil spirits. Main features of the game:
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01.Nov.2023
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Competition: Deadline for "Amiga Tool Jam" extended by one week
At the beginning of May indie game developer Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen started the "Amiga Tool Jam", which was originally supposed to end yesterday (amiga-news.de reported). Because of the continuing interest - we already presented some submissions - it was decided to extend the competition. Now tools written for the Amiga can be submitted in the categories "Utility", "Tool", "Commodity", "GUI interface", "Most Useless Tool" and "Other" until 08 November.
Submissions must be written explicitly for the competition, updated or modified versions of an existing utility or tool are excluded. More detailed conditions under the title link.
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01.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: Wallpapers
'grindercowboy' has published special wallpapers for the Amiga Tool Jam: famous pictures such as the Marilyn Monroe portrait by Andy Warhol are "hulkified", that is, given a green coat of paint.
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01.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: Aurora Mystica
'Amiga Cammy' has written "Aurora Mystica" in E for the Amiga Tool Jam: after starting it, a picture opens and random quotes are displayed. MUI is required.
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01.Nov.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: Colour Mapper
'LateBit' has written "Colour Mapper" for the Amiga Tool Jam: a tool for the Workbench that can reduce the number of colours in an image. It is aimed at programmers who create their graphics for Amiga games under Windows, for example with software like Pro Motion NG, and then export them. Currently, only iff images with 256 colours can be exported here.
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31.Oct.2023
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Blog summary for October
For the month of October 'Puni' has again published a news summary in the areas of hard- and software for AmigaOS 4 at the title link.
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31.Oct.2023
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Platform game: Agonman V0.99
Agonman is a platform game inspired by a picture by Edwin van den Heuvel and the Psygnosis game Agony and is supposed to be a homage to the game studio (YouTube video). It was created with the Game Construction Kit RedPill in 16 colours. A version with 32 colours is in the pipeline.
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31.Oct.2023
Christian Zigotzky (E-Mail)
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Linux: Kernel 6.6 for AmigaOne X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.6, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finally compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000 after numerous tests.
Download: linux-image-6.6-X1000_X5000.tar.gz (60 MB)
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31.Oct.2023
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Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.27
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.98, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill 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.
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30.Oct.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: WhiteboardAGA
For the Amiga Tool Jam, Alys Medi Jones has released WhiteboardAGA for AmigaOS 3 using Hollywood: a whiteboard on which you can draw and write freely. The tool requires the AGA chipset and 4 MB RAM, the codesets.library V6.21 and the Plananarama-Plugin for Hollywood.
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30.Oct.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: SORThodontist
'Fab Dynamic' has written "SORThodontist" in E for the Amiga Tool Jam, which is used to sort lists consisting of one item per line according to personal preferences. To do this, click on the file whose contents are to be sorted and then double-click on it while holding down the Shift key to start the tool. "SORThodontist" was tested under AmigaOS 2.1 as well as 3.1.
The author has added some examples to the archive, such as the best Amiga adventure games or the best cinema films of the 80s.
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30.Oct.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: AmiAuthenticator v1.0.2 (update)
AmiAuthenticator was also written for the Amiga Tool Jam and is a 2FA (two-factor authentication) code generator for the Amiga that is compatible with many websites that use 2FA. It generates TOTP (Time based one time passwords) codes with SHA1 or SHA256. Similar (non-Amiga) applications are Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and FreeOTP. These codes can be used to secure access to various websites, e.g. GitHub, LastPass, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram.
Depending on preference or installed GUI, the tool can be started as a MUI-, ReAction- or Gadtools-based version. All versions require at least Kickstart/Workbench 2.0. Since a UTC time source is needed, it is important that the system clock is set accurately and it is preferable to have a real-time clock installed or to synchronise the system with the internet. The source code is available on GitHub.
Update: (31.10.2023, 21:00, dr)
Version 1.02 released:
- fixed invalid memory access error on first startup causing a crash for some users
- the items saving was completely broken and was saving blank string
Direct download: AmiAuthenticator-1.0.2.lha (75 KB)
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30.Oct.2023
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Amiga Tool Jam: DrawerGenie
For the Amiga Tool Jam, which ends tomorrow, numerous contributions have been submitted recently, which we would like to present briefly in individual messages.
Originally running under the working title "Drawer Helper" (amiga-news.de reported), Rob 'daedalus2097' Cranley has released the commodity "DrawerGenie" for AmigaOS 3.5 or higher. DrawerGenie allows you to add simple toolbars to the Workbench drawer windows. These provide some simple DOpus-like Workbench functions, such as defining a target window and sending selected files to it, copying and pasting files, switching view modes, sorting files, handling archives and more. File operations show a progress bar, are asynchronous and can be cancelled.
Drawer Helper was written in AmiBlitz, the source code is available on GitHub.
Direct download: DrawerGenie.lha (158 KB)
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29.Oct.2023
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8-/16-bit emulator for Mac OS and Linux: Clock Signal v2023-10-29
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. While there is also an Amiga emulation included, it "remains wilfully inaccurate" for now.
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29.Oct.2023
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Weather data: AmiWeatherForecasts V1.1
AmiWeatherForecasts is a weather forecasting application that provides the latest weather information for any location. It was written in the C programming language under Amiga OS 3.2 and uses data from OpenWeather.
The weather forecast information is automatically updated every 15 minutes, but can be updated immediately if required via the menu Tool/Update.
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[News message: 29. Oct. 2023, 21:04] [Comments: 0]
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29.Oct.2023
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Tool: identify-library 43.2
A few moments ago, Richard Körber has released version 43.2 of his identify.library (amiga-news.de reported). Changes:
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29.Oct.2023
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Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 16
The sixteenth issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available as usual with 48 colour pages both as a booklet and as a PDF file, deals with the following topics:
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Platform game: Update for Amiga port of Electro Man
Paweł 'tukinem' Tukatsch is porting the game Electro Man, originally published in 1992 by Polish programmers Maciej Msik and Janusz Pelc for MS-DOS, to AGA Amigas (amiga-news.de reported). The current update adds the fourth level and improves the controls.
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29.Oct.2023
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Demo: "Castlevania AGA" now with 15 stages
Dante Mendes has released an update for his conversion of Konami's NES action adventure Castlevania, originally named "Akumajou Dracula" (amiga-news.de reported). The game, now called "Castlevania AGA", has a total of 15 stages with many new enemies.
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29.Oct.2023
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Aminet uploads until 28.10.2023
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29.Oct.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 28.10.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 28.10.2023
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29.Oct.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 28.10.2023
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 28.10.2023:
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29.Oct.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
- Unsuspected Puost
- Cadaver Main Theme Music (Remake)
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29.Oct.2023
BBS Index (ANF)
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Event: Video report from Amiga38 by BBS Index (German)
Another German video report from Amiga38, which took place October 6/7 in Mönchengladbach, Germany, has been released by BBS Index at the title link.
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29.Oct.2023
Robosaurus Spielothek (ANF)
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Soundtrack of the Amiga38 report by Robosaurus Spielothek available
Dominic Ortmanns of Robosaurus Spielothek writes: "A few people had asked if one can get the song from the credits of my Amiga38 video somewhere. That is possible now! We have set up an extra page for it at the title link.
The song can be downloaded for free and listened to and used as you like. If someone likes it so much that they want to support the artist in upcoming developments, there's also a Paypal donation link there. Have fun with it!"
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29.Oct.2023
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Browser extension: AGuide Viewer 0.3
AGuide Viewer is an open source reader for AmigaGuide documents implemented as a browser extension. It works with Firefox and Chromium on all platforms (amiga-news.de reported).
The project moved from GitHub to Sourceforge. Version 0.3 handles an exception that could occur when scanning a page to determine if it is an Amigaguide document.
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29.Oct.2023
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Tool: Mnemosyne shows used harddisk space (update)
Mnemosyne is a tool for AmigaOS 3.x that shows how much space files and folders take up on the hard disk. It is supposed to help manage the space on the hard disk better. Mnemosyne is written in C and uses ReAction. ClassAct is required under AmigaOS 3.1 and 3.1.4.
Update: (30.10.2023, 21:40, dr)
Version 1.1.0 has been released. Changes:
- Added -g flag to open a window for scans from the shell.
- Using proper Semantic Versioning now.
- Current version moving to 1.0.2 -> 1.1.0
- Made Mnemosyne program from: 32.440B to 32.504B
- New Guide images updated to fit the version
- .guide finally has a proper icon now.
- Fixed Duplications in scanning procedure code.
- Prevent wrongful appending of file path.
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28.Oct.2023
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Floppy emulator: GoDrive600 and GoDrive1200
Already at Kickstart 01, DigitalRetroBay presented its floppy emulator GoDrive, which is available as GoDrive600 for the A600 and as GoDrive1200 for the A1200 or A500/A500+. The Flashfloppy firmware is used for operation in each case.
After installing the GoDrives (YouTube video on the 1200 installation), both the floppy drive and the floppy drive emulator can be used, but not both at the same time.
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28.Oct.2023
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Rogue-like: Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge
As announced a few days ago, Robert Smith has released his game "Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge", as a follow-up to his Easter game "Hop to the Top!".
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27.Oct.2023
MorphZone
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 6.5
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.5 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. Changes:
- Updated User-Agent code, Safari is now the default user-agent on new installs
- Fixed a crash if ahi.device has failed to open
- Fixed a problem with AdBlock code blocking all requests if loading of its data has failed
This should also fix problems with accessing the PayPal website.
Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB)
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27.Oct.2023
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Preview video: Platform game "Deathmine"
In the middle of last year, we reported on an early version of the game "Deathmine" as an entry for the Amiga Blitz Basic Jam. The developer 'pixelplop' has now converted the game into C/C++ code and plans to continue working on it.
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27.Oct.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware V2023.10.31 (update)
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.10.26 which only applies to the ZuluSCSI RP2040:
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26.Oct.2023
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USB-C power supply: PowerShark to come in 2023
At the beginning of April, we reported on the announcement of the "PowerShark": a USB-C-based power supply for the keyboard case Amigas 500, 600 and 1200. As the developers now inform us in a short status update, the originally envisaged release target (3rd quarter 2023) has not been reached, but an important milestone has been reached with the receipt of a samples of the injection-moulded enclosure, which "require only a minor fix". Orders cannot yet be accepted, but the company is confident that the PowerShark will be released in 2023.
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26.Oct.2023
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Demoparty: Results of the TRSAC
Last weekend, the last edition of the TRSAC demo party took place in Aarhus, Denmark. The organisers have now published various recordings and offer all entries of the various competitions for download. The results lists have also been published on Pouet.net. Here are the rankings of the amiga entries of the Oldskoolintro competition:
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26.Oct.2023
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CLI command: sysvars V0.9
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.
Version 0.9 now also adds limited AmigaOS 1.3 support:
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25.Oct.2023
WhatIFF? (ANF)
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WhatIFF magazine asking for recomemndations for best new releases of 2023
The AmigaGuide magazine "WhatIFF" is asking for recommendations for best hardware and software products released in 2023, the nominations will be described in detail in the magazine's next issue which will be released in December.
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25.Oct.2023
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE #151 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in Italian and English editions. The magazine's game reviews compare ports of a title to different platforms (if available) and often focus on lesser known games. Th current issue contains review of two Amiga games: The shareware adventure "Catacomb" and the Jump'n Run "Absolute Zero" which was created with RedPill.
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25.Oct.2023
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Web browser: IBrowse 2.5.9
Today version 2.5.9 of the web browser IBrowse has been released as a free update for existing customers. Changes:
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25.Oct.2023
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Bachelor thesis "Amiga ASCII Art"
Glyph Drawing Club is a free, modular online design and text art tool suitable for creating custom type design, illustrations, patterns and more. The origins of the tool, developed by Heikki Lotvonen, go back to his bachelor thesis "Amiga ASCII Art" written in 2015 (see also the Wikipedia article), which is now available in English translation.
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25.Oct.2023
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.12 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.12 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version OpenSSL 3.1.4 (24.10.2023) and thus provides various bug and security fixes.
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25.Oct.2023
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Fantasy shooter: Fourth level for "Project - Quest"
ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP' have now released a fourth level for the fantasy shooter "Project - Quest" (amiga-news.de reported), which is currently in development (YouTube video).
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24.Oct.2023
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Frogger clone: Frogger500 V1.1 (update)
After several beta versions (amiga-news.de reported), the final version 1.0 of the Frogger clone "Frogger500" has been released.
Update: (25.10.2023, 05:18, dr)
Version 1.1 fixes a graphic error.
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24.Oct.2023
itch.io
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Rogue-like game: Rogue Declan v1.1.3
After winning AmiGameJam 2022, Nivrig Games has released a major update to its twin-stick shooter (YouTube video):
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24.Oct.2023
Vitno
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Platform game: Capitan Trueno
"El Capitán Trueno" is a video game for 8-bit systems released in 1989, based on the Comics of the same name published between 1956 and 1968. The Amiga port of the game was created using the Game Construction Kit RedPill and requires at least a 68020 processor and 2 MB RAM (YouTube video).
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23.Oct.2023
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Preview video: Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge
Following on from his Easter game Hop to the Top!, Rob Smith has announced the sequel Hop to the Top - Bunny's Revenge for Halloween, for which he has already set up a separate website.
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23.Oct.2023
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Game: Beat Cancer 1.03
The eponymous "Beat Cancer" is just one of four scenarios in which you compete against the computer with the joystick. In front of the respective background image (the human body or a map of Europe), you have to get on the same field as your opponent to destroy him.
The game requires at least 1 MB of Chip RAM and 3 MB of additional RAM, as well as Kickstart 3.x. 2 MB Chip RAM and at least an 68020 CPU are recommended.
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22.Oct.2023
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Aminet uploads until 21.10.2023
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22.Oct.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 21.10.2023
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22.Oct.2023
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AROS Archives uploads until 21.10.2023
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22.Oct.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 21.10.2023
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22.Oct.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 21.10.2023
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 21.10.2023:
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[News message: 22. Oct. 2023, 10:30] [Comments: 0]
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22.Oct.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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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22.Oct.2023
MorphZone (website)
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MorphOS: Web Browser Wayfarer 6.4 (Update)
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.3 of his Wayfarer web browser for MorphOS. Besides bug fixes, the audio decoder has been rewritten to use AHI's device interface, and moreover, the presence of the Core web fonts is now checked and otherwise the WebFontsInstaller is executed.
Update: (23.10.2023, 21:18, dr)
Version 6.4 fixes a race condition in audio playback initialization.
Download: wayfarer.lha (35 MB)
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22.Oct.2023
Amiga.org (forum)
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Event: World of Commodore 2023 in Toronto (Canada)
On December 2 and 3, 2023, the "World of Commodore" will take place again in Toronto, Canada. Organized by TPUG (Toronto PET Users Group), a user group founded in 1979 and, according to its own information, being the oldest continuously active Commodore user group, the organizers welcome Amiga engineer RJ Mical as featured guest this year.
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22.Oct.2023
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Music: Guitar Rock covers of Turrican tracks
'BadHairlineProductions' plays music from video games. Now he has also recorded some tracks from Turrican I and II as guitar rock versions, which are available as videos under the title link.
As the artist told us, he started playing some Mario, Pokémon and Zelda tracks with his fusion band a few years ago because, as jazz musicians, they liked the vibe of the early Mario music. Then, during the pandemic, he had started digging deeper and eventually did a lot of academic research on the history of video game music. Among other things, this also gave him the chance to talk to Chris Hülsbeck twice last year (BOING magazine's interview with him from issue #6).
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22.Oct.2023
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Tool: SpriteSplitter v0.2 (update)
The basic idea of a spritesheet is to pack a series of images together into a single image. Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen's "SpriteSplitter" reverses this: it is a simple tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images that can be used in the Scorpion Engine. This allows the user to save time when updating spritesheets by automating this process.
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21.Oct.2023
Amigafrance-Forum
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Preview video: "New Bubble Story" coming 2024
"New Bubble Story" (video preview of level 16), a clone of the Accolade classic Bubble Ghost, was to be released in 2021 (amiga-news.de reported). In a small preview video, Alain Treesong now not only presents the more or less final version of the game menu, but also announces the availability of the game for 2024.
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21.Oct.2023
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Video: Comparison of A1200-PiStorm32 and A3000/A4000 with 060 processor
In its latest video, the YouTube channel "Hold and Modify" compares an Amiga 1200 with PiStorm32-lite and the latest Emu68 update with an Amiga 3000 or Amiga 4000 equipped with a 68060 processor using a "Star Trek Voyager" animation.
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21.Oct.2023
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Status report: Doom clone "Grind"
Just a few days ago, there was a new preview video for the Doom clone "Grind". Now the developer has published a detailed report on Patreon in which he goes into detail about the features that have already been implemented, but also gives an outlook on the tasks that still need to be completed.
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21.Oct.2023
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Theme set: 32se and 32se lite V7.20 for AmigaOS 3.2
AmigaOS 32se" is a supplement of themes for AmigaOS 3.2, which is available free of charge in a "lite" version (video) or in a full version (video) for about ten US Dollars. It was tested by the developer Sami Vehmaa under emulators.
In the new version 7.20, the demo "Human Traffic" and the game DeluxePacMan 1.6 AGA was added and iRipple was reconfigured.
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21.Oct.2023
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SCSI-SD adapter: ZuluSCSI firmware v2023.10.20
ZuluSCSI is a new generation of file-based SCSI hard disk and CD-ROM drive emulators (review of an user). ZuluSCSI emulates a SCSI-I or SCSI-2 hard disk using an SD memory card (amiga-news.de reported). Changes of version 2023.10.20:
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20.Oct.2023
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 165 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 165 (November/December 2023) have been published online at the title link. Content includes a show report from Amiga38, a preview of Roguecraft and a review of the German computer magazine "ASM" game.
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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20.Oct.2023
Jérôme Senay (Mail)
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Print magazine: Boing #7 (French)
"Boing" is a French print magazine by Boing Attitude (e.g. Dir Me Up and Word Me Up XXL) for all Amiga systems on 52 A4 color pages.
The seventh issue among others includes an Amiga buyer's guide, listing the different solutions available today, information on the A1222+ and interviews with AAA Technology and George Sokianos.
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20.Oct.2023
Hackaday.com (ANF)
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Amiga-compatible mainboard: Denise
For about 90 Euro the Amiga-compatible mainboard "Denise" from the Swedish developer Enterlogic should be available in principle, plus e.g. 14 Euro shipping costs to Germany - but currently it is listed as sold out since the end of June, a new batch is announced. Besides the bare board, one gets another PCB for the RAM and two microcontrollers including firmware to use also PC keyboard and mouse besides the original Amiga ones.
Once all other components, including the 68000 processor and the Amiga custom chips, have been found and soldered, the fully assembled Denise is said to be most comparable to an Amiga 500+ with two Zorro II slots.
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20.Oct.2023
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CLI command: sysvars - system information as environment variables
The sysvars command creates environment variables with system information in order to make it dependent on these, for example, in the startup sequence, which patches are included. So far there is information on the CPU and FPU, the chipset, the vertical frame rate (PAL/NTSC) as well as whether the emulator UAE is used - and if so, in which version.
AmigaOS 2.x is required, a future version for operating system version 1.3 is being considered.
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[News message: 20. Oct. 2023, 10:53] [Comments: 0]
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20.Oct.2023
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Do it yourself: amiga-DSKRDY PCB for floppy disk drives
If no original Amiga disk drives are used, the "RDY" signal that the floppy disk drive is ready is usually missing, which can cause problems with some programs.
The 15x20 millimeter board amiga-DSKRDY provides the corresponding signal for such drives, assuming that readiness actually exists after 500 milliseconds.
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20.Oct.2023
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Alien Breed clone: new playable demo for 'Chaos Guns'
Chaos Guns started life as a mashup of 'Alien Breed' - running and gunning from a top-down view - and 'Hired Guns' - four indepently playable characters. A first tech demo, written in the rather exotic programming language 'PowerD', was released in 2014. After loosing the only coder and realizing that engine as originally envisioned would be too taxing for the Amiga, the team created several prototypes including one created with Backbone that was released to the public in 2016.
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19.Oct.2023
Stoo Cambridge
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Poster: Cover of AmigaAddict #19
Stoo Cambridge was a graphic designer at Sensible Software, who had also published the game Cannon Fodder, among others. For the cover picture of AmigaAddict #19 he used the game theme and added himself and Jon Hare in pixel portrait style. This picture can now also be ordered as a poster in his webshop.
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19.Oct.2023
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Video talk: The "Amiga Game Framework"
In mid-August we introduced Janne Peräaho's "Amiga Game Framework" in a detailed article. Last weekend, the traditional developer conference (DevCon) took place during the AmiWest, where developers report on their projects. Janne Peräaho kindly provided us with download links to the slides and the video presentation of his planned contribution:
Video talk (zip archive with avi video, 43 MB)
just the slides (zip archive with jpeg files, 3 MB)
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18.Oct.2023
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Truxz
Additional to Fatal Mission, there is another Amiga game started by Ola Zandelin (and Rodrigo Perez) that he did not finish: "Truxz" was supposed to be a 3D racing game with texture mapping. Planned were about nine different types of weapons, many different tracks on different terrain, raytraced graphics and a shop. Again, the developer provides some graphics on his website.
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18.Oct.2023
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Video: Converting PC disk drives for operating on Amigas
In his latest video, Jan Beta shows how to modify standard PC floppy drives to work with Amigas and other retro systems.
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18.Oct.2023
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3D action adventure: Bugdom 2 for Linux and MorphOS
Similar to the first part of the 3D action adventure game "Bugdom", the second part of the game originally published by Pangea Software was ported to modern OS by 'jorio'.
Afterwards, 'BeWorld' compiled Bugdom 2 for MorphOS (the latest SDL archive is required) and Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky for LinuxPPC-32Bit. The game runs on the Linux PowerPC distributions Void PPC, MintPPC, Fienix.
Download: Bugdom2_4.4.0-linux-powerpc.tar.gz (133 MB)
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18.Oct.2023
Amigaworld.net (website)
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AROS distribution: AROS One 2.2 (x86)
"AROS One", a distribution based on the AROS binary interface ABI v0, is now available in version 2.2 for x86 computers. It can be downloaded as DVD ISO file or as USB flash image at the title link, where you can also find video recordings.
Besides updates of the included programs and games as well as bug fixes, also new functions have been added. The changes in detail:
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18.Oct.2023
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Motorola68k emulation: Emu68 v1.0 Release Candidate 2
A month ago, Developer Michal Schulz had released Release Candidate 1 of version 1.0 of his Motorola68K emulation Emu68 for the ARM architecture, focusing on the PiStorm and PiStorm32lite (amiga-news.de reported). Emu68 1.0 Release Candidate 2 contains all fixes from RC1. Additionally it contains two changes improving the support for old games and demos massively:
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17.Oct.2023
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GUI for Greaseweazle Tools : FluxMyFluffyFloppy v5.0.2 for Windows
Just the other day, in an article about setting up a Greaseweazle V4, we mentioned the graphical user interface FluxMyFluffyFloppy for the Greaseweazle Tools. Now 'FrankieTheFluff' has released version 5.0.2. Changes:
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17.Oct.2023
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Frogger clone: Frogger (beta version 3)
Frogger (YouTube video) is supposed to be a 1:1 conversion of the 1981 Konam game (amiga-news.de reported). As the developer reports, the third beta version of the game is technically 100% complete and a small trainer has also been integrated. He was also able to inspire a musician for the project who will compose 20 musical sequences. For now, beta version 2 stays available, since the changes will added to the final version.
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17.Oct.2023
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Video: Procedurally generated levels in AMOS
The procedural generation of levels is a technique for creating game worlds in which one does not create each individual level by hand, but uses algorithms to construct the levels programmatically. This allows for almost unlimited variation and can shorten development time (see the explanatory article on the example of Unity).
In his latest video, Rob Smith explains this technique using the example of a future AMOS game for which he has to generate a large number of levels. He also shows how to speed up the algorithm and finally create a simple maze.
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17.Oct.2023
Mastodon
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Image Gallery: Update of the "Amiga Graphics Archive"
The "Amiga Graphics Archive" is dedicated to all kinds of pixel graphics created with the Commodore Amiga between 1985 and 1995. According to the operator, quite a number of remarkable images were created during this period, which he believes should not be gathering dust on some hard drive, hidden in an extra level in a game that is never played, or on a PD collection disk that is almost unknown. These graphics should be accessible to all by presenting them on his website.
Somewhat deviating from his own credo, pixel graphics by the Danish graphic artist Facet have been added in the latest Update.
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16.Oct.2023
Forum 64 (Webseite)
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Joystick repairs: Replacement PCB for the Competition Pro Mini
The "Competition Pro Mini" is a miniaturized version of the well-known Competition Pro joystick. Thanks to their small size, the micro switches used in these joysticks aren't really up to the mechanical stress they're put through while playing games - which is why many surviving Minis are only partially functional these days: Some of the directions or fire buttons are not working anymore.
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16.Oct.2023
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"Making Of"video: AmiFox Amiga38 Boxed Special Edition
The Amitopia AmiDev Team gave away boxed special editions of AmiFox on the Amiga 38 last weekend, like reported in a previous news. Now there is also a "Making Of" video available with details on how it was produced and what was learned in the process. The video also includes footage of the actual event.
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16.Oct.2023
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AmigaOS 4: Update to Heretic II nearing completion (Update)
Since the beginning of the year Steffen Häuser has been working on an update for Heretic II for AmigaOS 4, which among other things should support HD modes. At the Amiga38 a preview of the game was already shown at the stands of Alinea Computer and HunoPPC (amiga-news.de reported). As he now informs us, he worked on the game again after the fair and created a new version. The most important changes:
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16.Oct.2023
Daniel "DNA" Voelkel (ANF)
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Diskmag: 'Amiga Rulez' now available in English
A week ago, the first German issue of a new Diskmag called 'Amiga Rulez' was published, now the English translation is available. The next issue will be released in mid December, after that new issues will published every quarter. From now on, the German and English editions will be released simultaneously.
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16.Oct.2023
amigaworld.net (Webseite)
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MorphOS: PolyOrganiser 1.22a
Frederic 'Polymere' Rignault's PolyOrganiser is a 'Personal Information Management' tool that features a calendar, an address book and ToDo lists. Changes since version 1.21:
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15.Oct.2023
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Amiwest: Presentations from Amigakit, A-EON and ExecSG
This weekend, "Amiwest 2023" took place in Sacramento, USA. As usual, all presentations from the show were streamed live over the internet - the recordings of the streams from the first and second day are available on Youtube. The following is a brief summary of the important points discussed in the presentations from Trevor Dickinson (A-EON), Steven Solie (ExecSG) and Matthew Leaman (Amigakit):
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15.Oct.2023
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.16.1 (update)
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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15.Oct.2023
Robosaurus Spielothek (ANF)
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Video: Show report Amiga38 by Robosaurus Spielothek (German)
Dominic Ortmanns from Robosaurus Spielothek writes (translated from German): "I consider today's video to be a great moment in my work so far. On the one hand, this is due to the topic. After the relative success of my Amiga37 video, I didn't want to let myself down for the Amiga38 and pulled out all the stops. It has been a long time since I had so much fun making and editing a video.
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15.Oct.2023
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Aminet uploads until 14.10.2023
The following files have been added until 14.10.2023 to Aminet:
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15.Oct.2023
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OS4Depot uploads until 14.10.2023
The following files have been added until 14.10.2023 to OS4Depot:
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AROS Archives uploads until 14.10.2023
The following files have been added until 14.10.2023 to AROS Archives:
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15.Oct.2023
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 14.10.2023
The following files have been added until 14.10.2023 to MorphOS-Storage:
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15.Oct.2023
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WHDLoad: New installers until 14.10.2023
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 14.10.2023:
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15.Oct.2023
Amiga Future (website)
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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:
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15.Oct.2023
Amiga.org (forum)
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AmiWest 2023: First photos
Robert Bernardo is documenting again the AmiWest 2023 taking place this weekend and has published first photos. Among those from friday the Ranger prototype can be seen.
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15.Oct.2023
GAP (ANF)
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German Amiga Podcast: Issue 16
The sixteenth edition of the "German Amiga Podcast" (GAP) is about Amiga38, that took place October 7 in Mönchengladbach (Germany).
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14.Oct.2023
MorphZone (Forum)
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MorphOS: Web browser Wayfarer 6.2
Jacek 'jacadcaps' Piszczek has released version 6.2 of his web browser Wayfarer for MorphOS. Changes:
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14.Oct.2023
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Preview video: Doom clone "Grind"
John 'Tsak' Tsakiris has published a new preview video for his Doom clone "Grind" (amiga-news.de reported).
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14.Oct.2023
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Theme set: New wallpapers for 32se (AmigaOS 3.2)
Sami Vehmaa has released another theme pack to his theme set for his AmigaOS 3.2 extension 32se or the free 32se-lite which adds ten different wallpapers, boot logos and sounds from his new game Mansion of Madness 2.
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[News message: 14. Oct. 2023, 06:33] [Comments: 0]
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14.Oct.2023
Simon Neumann (E-Mail)
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Neues von Alinea Computer: Wodem, KickRom-Flash und KickRom-Progger
Press release: Alinea Computer presents three new products that were presented to the public for the first time at Amiga 38:
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14.Oct.2023
commodore.news (Webseite)
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PDF magazine: AMI Tech Gazette, issue 5
The "AMI Tech Gazette", edited by Eric Schwartz and Michael Barclay, is a bi-monthly English PDF magazine. The fifth issue offers current short news and a review of the British print magazine "CU Amiga" as well as the first part of a course in which Eric Schwartz describes his approach to creating illustrations and animations on the Amiga.
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13.Oct.2023
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Visual Novel: Mansion of Madness 2
After the first part, Sami Vehmaa now continues the story of the Visual Novel game with "Mansion of Madness 2" (YouTube video). According to the author, the game offers an average playing time of 20 to 30 minutes with five different endings. You need at least an Amiga with a 68030 processor and 30 MB RAM. The game is available for download for at least around 2 Euros.
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13.Oct.2023
AmiKit (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit for PiStorm released
In addition to the already existing versions for Raspberry Pi, Windows, Mac and Linux, the workbench distributions AmiKit are now also available for the PiStorm or PiStorm-lite (YouTube video). Ján Zahurančík writes about this:
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13.Oct.2023
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Demoparty: TRSAC 2023 in Denmark
The probably last edition of the TRSAC demo party will take place from 20 to 22 October 2023 in Aarhus, Denmark. TRSAC is an acronym for "The Real Scene After Christmas". TRSAC was started in 2000 by a few friends from the demoscene who thought that demoparties were too much about games.
Among the various competitions is Oldskool, which is primarily reserved for the Amiga. On the timetable, one can find precise information about the different programme items.
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12.Oct.2023
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ACube Systems: Sam460LE boards at a reduced trade fair price
Press release: Dear valued customers,
We have returned from the amazing Amiga38 exhibition, where we had the pleasure of meeting many fellow Amiga enthusiasts. We sincerely appreciate your support and the enjoyable moments we shared, all centered around our shared passion.
During the exhibition, we presented our Sam460LE board at a discounted price. We are excited to announce that we have decided to extend this special offer to coincide with the upcoming Amiwest event! Although we will not be physically present at the event, you can still take advantage of purchasing the Sam460LE from our store at the exclusive price of 729 Euros (excluding VAT) or 890 Euros (including VAT).
Thank you for your continuous support, and we look forward to serving you!
ACube Systems
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12.Oct.2023
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Arcade classic: Bagman500
Jean-François Fabre ported his SDL-based clone of the arcade classic Bagman to the Amiga, which required SDL libraries and thus a graphics card. In late 2019, he released a real port that directly used the Amiga's chipset graphics (amiga-news.de reported), but required a 68020 processor and was "still slow," according to the author.
Now Bagman 500 was transcoded to 68000 and should run on any A500.
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11.Oct.2023
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AmigaOS 4: MilkyTracker 1.04 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has again cross-compiled the source code of MilkyTracker for AmigaOS 4 with GCC 11.3.0 and linked it with the last stable version of SDL 2.28.0..
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10.Oct.2023
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AmigaOS 4.1: SDL 2.28.4 Release Candidate 1
Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki has published the first release candidate of version 2.28.4 of the multimedia library SDL for AmigaOS 4.1. 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:
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10.Oct.2023
Misja van Laatum (Mail)
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Pixelart: Designs for unreleased game "Conflict
Misja van Laatum had recently reported in a Mastodon article that he and a friend played a lot of Empire: Wargame Of The Century in the 90s and had then made the "half-hearted plan" to make it "bigger and better". Unfortunately, nothing came of that plan. Misja, however, still owns some of the graphics he had already started, which he released to us for publication upon request: Combat backgrounds, user interface designs, a title logo and some Sculpt-3D images for an intro sequence.
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