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10.Jan.2022
Project R3D (ANF)


Sokoban clone: Astro Blox Revisited downloadable for free
Astro Blox Revisited, a variant of Sokoban and basically a 'deluxe' edition of Robert Szacki's Astro Blox, had been released in 2020 at the Polish retro event Decrunch 2020 as a demo version (amiga-news.de reported), which still had - according to the developer - a lot of errors and was impossible to pass. Later commercial distribution as a boxed edition followed.

Since yesterday now also the full version is available for free download at the title link. System requirements are 512 KB of RAM. The game was written by Paweł 'Juen' Nowak, graphics and music are from Zbigniew 'PPILL' Pożoga and Jakub 'Aceman' Szeląg, respectively. (snx)

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10.Jan.2022
Prince (Mail)


Amiga Assembly For Beginners: Let's Make an Amiga Game Tutorial 6
'Prince', founder of the group 'Phaze101', streams the assembler coding course "Corso completo di programmazione assembler in due dischi" in English on Twitch and uploads the respective episodes time-delayed to YouTube (amiga-news.de reports regularly).
In another tutorial Amiga Assembly For Beginners - Lets Make a Game, Prince now explains with concrete examples how to write a game with assembler. Here the sixth episode was published. (dr)

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09.Jan.2022



Aminet uploads until 08.01.2022
The following files have been added until 08.01.2022 to Aminet:
AmiGemini.lha            comm/net   117K  68k Gemini protocol browser
void-dreams36.zip        demo/misc  497K  68k Demopack - January 2022
SteMarRegBlitzSources... dev/blitz  37K   68k 21 Stefano Maria Regattin Bli...
dis8080.lha              dev/cross  21K   MOS Disassembler for Intel 8080 p...
WormWars.lha             game/actio 906K  68k Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWars-AROS.zip        game/actio 700K  x86 Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWarsMOS.lha          game/actio 963K  MOS Advanced snake/Tron game
WormWars-OS4.lha         game/actio 1.1M  OS4 Advanced snake/Tron game
MCE-MOS.lha              game/edit  3.5M  MOS Multi-game Character Editor
Oshogatsu_Breaks_2021... mods/techn 389K      Oshogatsu Breaks 2021
AmigaAMP3-68k.lha        mus/play   384K  68k MPEG audio player with GUI
GF4RSID9.zip             pix/misc   79K       Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
GF4RSIDA.zip             pix/misc   80K       Gradient Fonts for RSI Demo M...
MMULib.lha               util/libs  750K  68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
MuMin.lha                util/libs  73K   68k Minimal MuLib archive for red...
ReportPlus.lha           util/misc  626K  68k Multipurpose utility
ReportPlusMOS.lha        util/misc  742K  MOS Multipurpose utility
ReportPlus-OS4.lha       util/misc  795K  OS4 Multipurpose utility
zencheckerboard.lha      util/misc  38K   68k Display checkerboard for vide...
ScreenTime.lha           util/time  63K   68k Screen clock, configurable wi...
WBDirShell.lha           util/wb    2K        Open shell to current WB drawer
(snx)

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09.Jan.2022



OS4Depot uploads until 08.01.2022
The following files have been added until 08.01.2022 to OS4Depot:
os4weltweihnachtsdemo... dem/mis 4Mb   4.0 Little demo for Christmas 2021 m...
ext2e.lha                dev/lan 14kb  4.0 extended IEEE modules for E
oo.lha                   dev/lib 1Mb   4.1 Bring easier programming to C an...
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb   4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
wormwars.lha             gam/act 1Mb   4.0 Advanced snake/Tron game
odyssey.lha              net/bro 38Mb  4.1 Port of Odyssey from morphos
reportplus.lha           uti/mis 795kb 4.0 Multipurpose utility
litexl.lha               uti/tex 1Mb   4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
amiupdate_dan.lha        uti/wor 20kb  4.0 Danish catalog files for AmiUpdate
amiupdate_deu.lha        uti/wor 20kb  4.0 German catalog files for AmiUpdate
(snx)

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09.Jan.2022



AROS Archives uploads until 08.01.2022
The following files have been added until 08.01.2022 to AROS Archives:
wormwars.i386-aros.zip       gam/act 700kb Advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade...
mplayer-1.0-v5.x86_64-v11... vid/pla 8Mb   Multimedia player with MUI user ...
(snx)

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09.Jan.2022



MorphOS-Storage uploads until 08.01.2022
The following files have been added until 08.01.2022 to MorphOS-Storage:
WormWars_9.25.lha         Games/Action              Advanced snake game by ...
ScummVM_2.5.1.lha         Games/Adventure           2D Point-and-Click adve...
MCE_13.4.lha              Games/Editor              Multi-game Character Ed...
ReportPlus_8.24.lha       Misc                      A Multipurpose utility ...
(snx)

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09.Jan.2022



WHDLoad: New installers until 08.01.2022
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 08.01.2022: (snx)

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09.Jan.2022
Amiga Future (website)


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:
  • Blitzremix
  • Classic Tunes
  • Grand Monster Slam (Menu)
  • A Prehistoric Tale - Main Theme [Atari inspired version]
(snx)

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09.Jan.2022
Amiga Future (website)


Full version for download: Time
On the Amiga Future website the full version of the 2D adventure Time can be downloaded for free. Besides ADF and IPF disk images, also WHDLoad files in German, English and French are available. (snx)

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09.Jan.2022
BitFellas


Intro competition: Nominees of 'Nano Awards 2022'
At the beginning of December, we reported on the intro competition The Nano Awards 2022. Now the nominations have been announced, without Amiga participation:
  • Best Oldschool Tiny Intro
    • Quarter Express, by ilmenit / agenda (256b, Atari XE/XL)
    • Gleest, by Bfox (256b, ZX Spectrum)
    • Metro, by Xeen / Agenda (256b, Atari XE/XL)
    • VIFI Videoram Filler by Busy / BusySoft (256b, ZX Spectrum)
    • Sapere Aude, by Ilmenit / agenda (256b, Commodore 64)

  • Best Hi-End Tiny Intro
    • Lightcrypt, by Gopher / Alcatraz (256b, DOS)
    • Mems, by Digimind (256b, DOS)
    • Sseraf, by Rrrola (256b, DOS)
    • Blake32, by Superogue / Marquee Design (32b, DOS)
    • Up up Down, by Sensenstahl (256b, DOS)
A video summary of the productions is available on the official website of the competition. (dr)

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09.Jan.2022
Retro Commodore


PDF manual: 'ROM Kernel Reference Manual' for AmigaOS 3.2
The 'ROM Kernel Reference Manual' for AmigaOS 3.2, written by Camilla Boemann and Jason Stead, is updated continuously and is oriented to the 'Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals' from the 80s written by Robert Peck.

This book aims to represent all programming topics of the Amiga operating system since release 2 up to 3.2. The challenge is to cover features that are 30 years old as well as things that would only be added in the last few years. The authors write the following about this:

"This book is initially published as a PDF as it is more important to get the information out quickly than for it to be complete. Over time it will be improved and more information will be added. Thus initially you may find several topics lacking, but please keep an eye out for updates. This book is meant to help you expand your knowledge of programming the Amiga. It assumes you have previous experience with programming the Amiga, and it all but assumes you have all the books in the Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual series. Like the books in that series a knowledge of the C programming language is not required, but will make it much easier to understand the material in this book." (dr)

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08.Jan.2022
IndieRetroNews


New preview video: Remake of Rick Dangerous
Already at the end of last year a new preview video of the remake of the game 'Rick Dangeous', developed by 'Z-Team', was released, which is registered as an entry for the current AmiGameJam (amiga-news.de reported). The new video features some cut scenes, some corrections, dynamite, the beginning of the second level and background music. (dr)

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08.Jan.2022
(ANF)


Philosophy: The Amiga as "a computer built to last 50 years"
In early 2021, engineer, writer and lecturer at the École Polytechnique de Louvain, Lionel Dricot, wrote an essay titled 'The computer built to last 50 years' in which he ponders how a long-lasting computer could be developed to save both one's finances, but also resources, and thus the planet.

Carl Svensson, well-known our readers by his ARexx-Tools 'RxEnv', Carl Svensson has now written a rebuttal: 'The Amiga as "a computer built to last 50 years"'. In it, he claims that the '50-year-old computer' already exists - in various forms and designs - and that we just need to find it in attics and restore it: the Amiga.

A computer that has been in use for around 30 years would literally stand for sustainability. Its longevity makes up for what it lacks in energy efficiency. (dr)

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08.Jan.2022
https://blog.alb42.de (ANF)


AmiTube 0.7: YouTube client for 68k-Amigas (update)
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's AmiTube enables watching YouTube videos on an 68k Amiga. To do so, they are converted to Commodore's CDXL format and downloaded (video).

Now version 0.7 is available which among others allows you to download the original video from YouTube in different resolutions or as audio file. Detailed changes:
  • New CDXL Option 320px and AGA colors
  • direct download from youtube without conversation
  • select resolution on direct download
  • Update checking
  • Download latest version
  • Question before delete movie
The latest version always is available on the AmiTube website.

Please not that conversion is executed on the developer's personal server, thus he asks to restrict oneself to few and short videos. Furthermore the program must not be shared but always be downloaded from the author's website at the title link.

Update: (09.01.2022, 06:39, dr)

In his new blog entry, yesterday Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow pointed out that an (untested) guide published on the official AmiTube website now describes how to set up your own 'converter server'. (dr)

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