61 Messages found

FPGA: Apollo-Core-Update GOLD 2.17 "Bronto" (19. Jul. 2023)
The Apollo-Core is a FPGA reimplementation of the m68k series produced by Motorola which also provides a separate graphics driver called SAGA. The core is used in the Vampire accelerator boards 600 V2, 500 V2+ and 1200 V2. Changes: Car...

Video: ApolloBoot Omni 9.1 released (30. Mar. 2023)
ApolloBoot is a preconfigured utility for easier installing and booting of several operating systems from different AmigaOS variants over AROS to Atari TOS and Mac OS on FPGA turbo boards with Apollo core. Free for all registered users versio...

Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 160 - 25 years - preview and excerpts (18. Dec. 2022)
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 160 (January/February 2023) have been published online meanwhile at the title link. Content includes a preview of Reshooot Proxima 3, a review of Apollo Manticore and an event report from Amiga37. Amiga F...

Print magazine: Boing #5 (French) (11. Dec. 2022)
"Boing" is a French print magazine by Boing Attitude (among others Dir Me Up and Word Me Up XXL) for all Amiga systems and contains 52 A4 pages in colour. The fifth issue contains among other things an interview with the musici...

Advent Calendar: Door 4 - The Apollo team (04. Dec. 2022)
For the fourth door and thus for the second Advent, the Apollo team contributes an anecdote. Their approach of FPGA-based turbo cards for Amigas represented a new alternative in terms of upgrading aged hardware besides the accelerator boards carrying a re...

Trading simulation with RPG elements: Aquabyss (17. Oct. 2022)
The game 'Aquabyss', first announced in 2018 with a teaser video, was released on Amiga 37 last weekend in a pre-release version. The game is a trading simulation in the style of Elite - without 3D sequences, but with various RPG elements. The game is set...

Amiga37: Information on exhibitors and its booths (update 5) (24. Sep. 2022)
There are still three weeks to go until Amiga37 in Mönchengladbach. For all those who were able to get hold of a ticket, we asked some exhibitors what visitors can expect at the respective booths, if there are any special events planned etc. AAA Tech...

Apollo-Core: Pre-Release 2.16 for Vampire accelerator boards 600 V2 and 500 V2 (28. Aug. 2022)
The Apollo core is an FPGA reimplementation of Motorola's m68k series. This update brings version 2 of the Vampire accelerator boards closer to version 4. Changes: ColorPort: fixes incorrect color display in certain games TEX: AMMX instruction for d...

Music Tracker: MilkyTracker V1.03.01 (19. Aug. 2022)
MilkyTracker is an open source, cross-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the DOS application Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improve...

Apollo-Team: Manticore accelerator board for Amiga 600 announced (13. Jul. 2022)
In addition to the currently already available turbo cards FireBird (for the Amiga models 500, 1000 and 2000) and IceDrake (for the Amiga 1200), which are based on the core of the Vampire 4 (amiga-news.de reported) the Manticore for the Amiga 600 is now a...

Apollo Space Invaders: Eighth developer version of the remake (08. Jul. 2022)
Arne von Boehn is writing a Space Invaders remake in 68K assembler on a Vampire4 standalone (amiga-news.de reported). Besides a new preview video there is also a new developer version for testing. As Gunnar explains, the game is playable,...

New articles on Obligement website (02. Jul. 2022)
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information. May/June 2022 news. News : Apollo, ...

Workbench distribution: AmiKit XE 11.5.0 for Vampire V2 (21. May. 2022)
Version 11.5.0 of the Workbench distribution AmiKit specially adapted for Vampire processor cards has just been released (amiga-news.de reported). The AmigaOS files, Kickstart ROMs and the Picasso96 graphics drivers are required. The update includes the f...

Vampire V4+ Standalone: Mini-ITX I/O Board (11. May. 2022)
Matthias 'DJBase' Münch has designed a simple, modular and cost-effective I/O Board im Mini-ITX Format for the FPGA-based motherboard Vampire V4+ Standalone, which facilitates installation in standard desktop or tower cases. Those who want to rebuild...

Apollo Team: Deluxe remake of Menace in development (28. Apr. 2022)
Already in August last year Kevin Saunders, graphic designer, artist and game designer (Boss Machine and RESHOOT PROXIMA 3), announced the HD conversion of the Menace game for Vampire Amigas with an animated end boss on his homepage (amiga-news.de reporte...

Minimig: Revision 1.8 (update) (20. Mar. 2022)
In 2005 we reported on the start of the Minimig project by Dutch electrical engineer Dennis van Weeren: the reimplementation of the one Amiga 500 in an FPGA. Based on this approach there were other projects like the Mist, which uses its own hardware but f...

Apollo-Team: Icedrake accelerator board for A1200 available (05. Mar. 2022)
As Gunnar von Boehn announced in the Apollo forum earlier this week, the Icedrake turbo card for A1200 can be ordered now for 570 Euros (incl. VAT). The specifications: Apollo 68080 CPU Performance is application dependent up to ~ 1000MHz 68030 /...

Apollo-Team: Apollo V2 Accelerators Support Statement (06. Feb. 2022)
Press release: Dear V2 users, Apollo V2-series have been an extremely successful and hugely loved Amiga accelerator since 2014. Vast amounts of Amiga’s were resurrected from a lonely existence in the attic by “Vampirising” with the ...

Vampire 1200 V2 accelerator board: Availability, reviews (12. Dec. 2021)
In summer the Apollo team had announced two new accelerator boards: the FireBird (A500/A1000/A2000) and the IceDrake (A1200). Meanwhile, a third card has been added, the Apollo Kraken V4 (Amiga 3000/4000). While the latter is announced for the fourth quar...

Scene World Podcast Episode #128 - Gunnar von Böhn (Apollo team) (05. Dec. 2021)
In episode 128 of the Scene World Podcast, Jörg Dröge and Arthur Heller talk to Gunnar von Böhn of the Apollo team, programmers of the FPGA implementation of an 68k-like CPU used for the "Vampire" accelerator boards. Interview starts at 37:38 minutes...