10.Nov.2024
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Aminet uploads until 09.11.2024
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to Aminet:
amigassh.lha comm/net 108K 68k SSH2 for the Amiga
getopt_long.lha dev/c 21K 68k GNU conform ReadArgs wrapper
xlink.lha dev/misc 33K 68k Virtual linking of AmigaDOS m...
TheLostPixel.lha game/jump 432K 68k The Lost Pixel
labyrinth64.lha game/misc 137K 68k Remake of Commodore 64 game L...
FlashMandelVE.lha gfx/fract 28M 68k FlashMandel "Vamped Edition" ...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 9.2M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.5M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 9.8M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
ctools.lha misc/emu 123K MOS Manipulate C64/C128 CP/M disk...
MagicUAE-Legacy.zip misc/emu 50M 20 Optimized configurations f...
TaterTerrorCancel.lha mods/misc 2.9M Tater Terror Canceled Tracks ...
GF4RSIDE.zip pix/misc 85K Grad. Fonts for RSI Demo Make...
pOS_A4000.jpg pix/misc 977K A4000 Emulator - 68040 mit MMU
NAFCYI1991S3-B01.zip text/bfont 2.0M NAFCYI Fall 1991 (BMP Fonts)
CharacterMap.lha text/misc 72K 68k Browse character set and copy...
CPU-A.lha util/moni 460K 68k System Information Tool
isomount.lha util/rexx 96K Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hdf,iso ...
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10.Nov.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 09.11.2024
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to OS4Depot:
ugtablet.lha dri/inp 149kb 4.1 Driver for UGTABLET based tablet...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 10Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
twinvncgui_ger.lha net/ser 684b 4.0 german catalog for twinvnc_gui
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10.Nov.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 09.11.2024
The following files have been added until 09.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
AmiBlitz_3.9.10.lha Development/AmiBlitz Amiblitz is the further...
ctools-0.4a.lha Emulation/Misc Manipulate C64/C128 CP/...
AmiArcadia_33.50.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
CannonBall-Shooter_0.1... Games/Misc Port of CannonBall-Shooter
TBFTSS_1.5.1.lha Games/Shoot2D Port of TBFTSS (The Bat...
OpenMoHAA_0.80.0-alpha... Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
SimplePool_1.0.lha Games/Sport Port of SimplePool
OpenRCT2_0.4.16.lha Games/Strategy OpenRCT2 is an open-sou...
Maze-Runner_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of Maze-Runner
SET_1.0.lha Games/Think Port of SET game by Pap...
FFmpeg_6.1.2.lha Multimedia FFmpeg is a collection ...
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10.Nov.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 09.11.2024
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 09.11.2024:
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10.Nov.2024
GitHub (ANF)
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Internet radio: TuneFinder 1.0
Marcin Spoczynski's TuneFinder enables users to search internet radio stations with various filter options. Results are displayed in a list with detailed station information, and the app includes options to save selections as either a complete PLS playlist for playing them via AmigaAMP directly from within Tunefinder or as individual station files.
Download: TuneFinder.lha (51 KB) (snx)
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09.Nov.2024
itch.io
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A500 Plattformer: 2tinycowboys version 35 - "Challenge Update"
2tinycowboys (video) is a single screen platformer created with the Scorpion Engine, that has two characters battling it out in single screen levels. The new "Challenge Update" cotains the following improvements:
- Added 'rounds' to complete in single-player, rather than collect goldbars, you are to kill all the enemies on the screen, in order to advance to the next round and so on and so forth.
- Tweaked the enemies, Zombies can now only be killed by stabbing, sherif can be shot (4 bullets), single-player mode (solo) is also available as 2-player (2psolo).
- Added an extra option in the 'more' screen
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08.Nov.2024
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Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.9.10
Version 3.9.10 of the AmiBlitz programming language has just been released. As the developer Sven 'honitos' Dröge writes, he has now taken the time to move the current development tree into a final release version. The editor now consists of pure Basic code and can be easily improved. He is now in the process of revising the REDDebugger, but this is a long way off.
Download: AmiBlitz3910final.lha (11,2 MB) (dr)
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08.Nov.2024
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Print-/PDF magazine: Komoda & Amiga plus #26 (English/Polish)
"Komoda & Amiga Plus" is dedicated to retro gamers and deals mainly with Commodore's 8-bit computers and Amigas. The topics of the current issue 26 include various game reviews, for example on Cecconoid or Holy Warrior, as well as background articles on the game Tony and the financial aspects of Commodore's history.
The magazine is available as printed edition for 12,75 Euro (plus about 5 Euro shipping) as well as digital edition (PDF) for 3,48 Euro. (dr)
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07.Nov.2024
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System-friendly Pac-Man game: Part 4 of the video series
Thomas Cherryhomes is working on an Amiga implementation of the game Pac-Man, which is using operating system calls only (amiga-news.de reported). Meanwhile part 4 of his video series has been published at the title link, showing how to add a MessagePort to a task, so that other tasks can change the score by sending messages.
The source code shown in the videos is published at GitHub.
Previous parts:
- Teil: Introduction
- Teil: Testing sound waveforms
- Teil: Blinking power pellets and timer.device
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07.Nov.2024
itch.io (ANF)
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Rogue-like game: Roguecraft updated (WHDLoad configuration fixed)
The Rogue-like game Roguecraft has been updated: Besides extended troubleshooting in the readme file, the WHDLoad configuration file has been fixed, enabling usage on THEA500 Mini and other unconventional systems. (snx)
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06.Nov.2024
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Audio player: UADE-Plugin 0.12.2 for Audacious (Windows, Linux, macOS)
"audacious-uade" is a plugin for the audio player Audacious (Windows, Linux, macOS), which allows the use of the Unix Amiga Delitracker Emulator as an input filter. (nba)
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06.Nov.2024
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 171
The German and English edition 171 (November/December 2024) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been published and can be ordered directly from its editors and from Amiga specialist retailers. The topics of the issue include:
- Interview Simon Phipps
- Interview Carlo Pastore
- Interview Achim Pankalla
- Review SkyShapers
- Review The Ruin of 0ceanus Pr1me
- Review Roguecraft
- Review Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan
- Review Hell Bent
- Review Holy Warrior & Raffle
- Review Agente 357
- Review ignition
- Review X-bEnCh
- Special Amiga Usergroups
- Special myTOOLS
- Special Knowledge 4: Amiga vs. Atari - Which was the better gaming machine
- Special A1222 from a coder's perspective Part 2
- Special Classic Reflections - Whatever Happened to MacroSystem? Part 1
- Special Demoscene: The Colour Out Of Space
- Special Demoscene: As Good As New
- Special Demoscene History: The last diskmag of the 1990s
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06.Nov.2024
Simon Neumann (ANF)
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Alinea Computer: new versions of KickRom-Progger and KickRom-Flash
Press release: We are pleased to present two of our popular products in version 2.
KickROM Flash Rom V2
The KickROM Flash Rom V2 is a programmable Flash-Rom replacement for EPROM devices (e.g. 27c400) or Kickstart-Roms in the Amiga computer. Up to 4 Kickstarts (512 kb each) can be loaded onto one device and switched via jumpers or a switch.
The special feature of version 2 is that the respective active block is also displayed via the LED display on the top. Version 1.x will continue to be sold until it is completely replaced by version 2.
A KickRom flash can be purchased from 29.95 euros. A programming service is also available for customers without a programming device.
Features
- Fits all Amigas (a separate version for the Amiga 600 is available)
- Holds up to 4 Kickstart roms on one chip
- Switchable via jumpers or an optional rotary switch
- New in V2: Active bank is indicated by an LED display on the top.
To the product
KickROM Flash Progger Programmer V2
The KickRom Progger v2 is a programming device for programming the KickROM flash devices. In addition, commercially available 27C400 modules can be read out. The programmer can be operated via the serial interface directly on your Amiga or via USB on more modern computers. From V2 the Progger has a new firmware with some new features and instead of a MicroUSB interface a USB-C socket for data transfer and power supply.
The KickRom Progger V2 can be purchased without accessories for 49.95 euros. A zero-force socket and a serial cable for BigBox Amigas are available as options.
As of V2, the Y-modem is also supported via its own firmware in addition to the X-modem protocol.
The programmer has the following additional capabilities with the Y-modem protocol:
- File size of the file to be programmed is checked before the programming process
- Support for packet sizes of 1024 bytes. This enables faster transmission.
- All 4 blocks can be read out directly and are automatically divided into four files and named according to the block numbers (rom_x.bin).
- All 4 blocks can be written directly to the respective block by naming the block number in the file name (file_[1-4])
- A byte swap is automatically performed for .rom based on the file extension
To the product
Upgrade service for customers of version 1 of the programmer
For customers of V1 of the KickRom Flash Progger we offer an inexpensive upgrade service. Customers who want to upgrade the programmer to V2 simply contact us via e-mail. For an upgrade price of 10 Euro plus shipping costs we will replace the control chip and flash the new firmware. (cg)
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06.Nov.2024
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Pacman variant: Fast Food 2 (AGA)
The Pacman variant “Fast Food 2” (Video) is the unofficial successor to the Codemaster classic Fast Food, written with the game construction kit Scorpion Engine. It offers 25 stages, 3 different levels of difficulty and saveable high scores. The soundtrack has not yet been completed; a final version with all the music tracks will be released shortly. (cg)
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05.Nov.2024
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MOD player: rePlayer V0.16.6 for Windows
The new version 0.16.6 of rePlayer, Arnaud Nenys' versatile audio player for Windows (amiga-news.de reported), offers Amiga fans and music enthusiasts a wealth of convenient features and some major updates. The tool, originally developed to play Amiga music modules without any problems, allows to play modern standards such as MP3 or OGG, and is now also able to handle the XMP format. (nba)
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05.Nov.2024
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Java tool: ham_convert 1.10.3
Sebastian Sieczko's Java-based tool ham_convert converts modern graphic formats into the Amiga's HAM format and is now available in version 1.10.3. Changes:
- Improved Dynamic Hires OCS palette generation.
- Dynamic Hires and Atari 8-bit post-conversion screen allowing user to modify iff saving, enable opening output image, enable opening source directory (palettes file is always saved).
- Fixed broken CIEDE Dynamic Hires switch.
- HAM6: improved extra triple mode.
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05.Nov.2024
YouTube
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Game: Hyper Wings 1.2
Christian Geldmann's Hyper Wings (amiga-news.de reported) is an Asteroids-like space shooter (video). The game, which is written in assembly and offers various levels of difficulty, is still in active development despite the version number 1.2. A "Best of 5" mode and sound options have now been added, and improvements have been made to the graphics and game engine.
Download: hyperwings_v1.20.adf (880 KB) (nba)
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05.Nov.2024
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.
- News for September/October 2024.
- Old articles from Génération 4 23 to 25: Review of Operation Stealth, Review of Wipe Out, File: Cabal, the movie, the video game, News: Disney turns to microcomputing, Review of Battlemaster, Reiew of Back To The Future Part 2, Review of Flood, File: Dick Tracy, the movie, the video game, Interview with Jim Walls, Review of Wings Of Fury, Review of Neuromancer, etc.
- Interview with Cyril Houzé (Dune AGA graphic designer).
- Interview with Steve Hammond (game designer from DMA Design).
- The best of Byte from February to August 1990.
- File: The "Who's who?" of Commodore and the Amiga.
- File: David Plummer's biography.
- File: Tracking routines in Graftgold's Amiga games.
- Tutorial: Installing Odyssey 64-bit on AROS as a Linux host.
- Tutorial: How to configure and use Synergy Server and Synergy Client on MorphOS.
- Tutorial: How to create a Kickstart diskette for the Amiga 1000 with WinUAE.
- DIY: Restoring two Amiga 4000s.
- Programming: Assembler - Programming a cracktro on the Amiga.
- Programming: Creating a demo - chapter 3, part 2, the sprites.
- Special quiz about the A600GS.
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04.Nov.2024
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Cowboy/shootout game: Full version of Duel released
In "Duel", two cowboys (or a cowboy and an alien) that can be controlled up or down shoot at each other, with various obstacles providing cover (video). In the now finalised version (amiga-news.de reported) you can choose from 29 characters. (dr)
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04.Nov.2024
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Preview video: Platformer "Robot Jet Action 2"
Tomasz 'Carrion' Mielnik is in the process of porting his platformer "Robot Jet Action", originally released for the C64, to the Amiga as "Robot Jet Action 2" using the Scorpion Engine (amiga-news.de reported). In a new preview video #5 under the title link, among others transparency effects are demonstrated. (dr)
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04.Nov.2024
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AROS: Review of October 2024
In his blog, Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz has published a summary of AROS/x86 news for the month of October at the title link. (dr)
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04.Nov.2024
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Preview video: Danmaku #6
Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener is in the process of continuing a project that was started four years ago and interrupted in the meantime. Now that the complete, new development team is together - graphics: Holger Crome, music: Roland 'Triace' Voss, code: Daniel 'Daytona675x' Müßener - the original name of the game "Hyperborea" (amiga-news.de reported) has been discarded in order to finally decide on a common title. Until then, the Japanese name of the game genre for Bullet Hell, Danmaku, will be used as the working title. Changes to the sixth preview video:
- new WIP stage 1 background graphics: a preview of Crome's great level 1 artwork!
- new animated player ships: the original ship asset was bought from Matt and reworked by me to fit the palette restrictions.
- new explosions: same for the new explosions which have a lot more animation frames now.
- new spread-shot gfx: there was rightful criticism that it looked a bit too much like an ice-cream cone, so I threw it away and made a new one.
- new additional animated bonus stars: IMO the bonus stars were a bit too static, so I added a smaller animated variant.
- bonus star magnetism: it's just a much more satisfying game experience if you collect lots of bonus stars instead of missing most.
- new sparks on hit: when you hit an enemy there are procedural "sparks" now, for additional feedback and to make it more vivid.
- animated bullets (not really new but for the first time in a WIP video): it's no real bullet hell game without those famous rotating oval bullets ;)
- shadows for all floating enemies / player ships: I'm a big SWIV fan, so this was kind of mandatory ;)
- fresh set of enemy placeholders: no more BS :) The current placeholders' originals have either been bought from Matt or lent from a Dezaemon spritesheet before quickly being tweaked for the engine.
- title screen placeholder: the name "Hyperborea" is no more. And until we found a new one, I asked some AI to generate a title screen for a classic shmup named "Placeholder" using Japanese for the title...
Well, good enough for now (and better don't try to translate it ;) ).
- player ship / shot coloring configurable in main menu: was so quick and easy to add, so why not!
- shadows and sparks can be enabled / disabled in main menu: in case somebody doesn't like the eye candy.
- further really massive bullet code / memory optimizations: the more bullets the better, so...
- new bullet patterns: still rather simple because it's a WIP demo.
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04.Nov.2024
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Diskmag: Amiga Rulez 24-02 (English/German)
The third issue of the diskmag “Amiga Rulez” is available simultaneously in German and English versions. For the first time, the current issue features game tests (Sensible Soccer) and a review of the best scene productions of 2023. (cg)
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03.Nov.2024
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Aminet uploads until 02.11.2024
The following files have been added until 02.11.2024 to Aminet:
COP.lha dev/debug 167K 68k Low Level Debugger
MusicPort-AHI.lha driver/aud 7K 68k AHI driver for Trinity 1240/1...
F1GP2024Carset.lha game/data 10K 2024 Carset for F1GP
MCE.lha game/edit 4.1M 68k Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-MOS.lha game/edit 4.5M MOS Multi-game Character Editor
MCE-OS4.lha game/edit 4.8M OS4 Multi-game Character Editor
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 8.7M 68k Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.1M MOS Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 9.3M OS4 Signetics-based machines emul...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
NAFCYI1991S2-B00.zip text/bfont 1.2M NAFCYI Summer 1991 (BMP Fonts)
CompressionOS4.lha text/dtp 2.3M OS4 A PDF generator
MMULib.lha util/libs 787K 68k Library to ctrl the MC68K MMUs
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 17M 68k Versatile Amiga Testprogram
BaseConv.lha util/wb 66K 68k Convert numbers between bin/o...
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03.Nov.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 02.11.2024
The following files have been added until 02.11.2024 to OS4Depot:
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 9Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
wipeout-re_fe.lha gam/dri 9Mb 4.1 WipeOut RE Fantômas Edition
wipeout-re_fe-data.zip gam/dri 137Mb 4.1 Datas for WipeOut RE Fantô...
a_little_remember_gam... gam/mis 8Mb 4.0 A Simon Says (Senso) like game
mce.lha gam/uti 5Mb 4.0 Multi-game Character Editor
rvncd.lha net/ser 124kb 4.1 Amiga VNC Server
compression.lha uti/mis 2Mb 4.1 A PDF generator
legadon.lha uti/tex 280kb 4.0 A simple ePub reader (Text only ...
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03.Nov.2024
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AROS Archives uploads until 02.11.2024
The following files have been added until 02.11.2024 to AROS Archives:
kmusicplayer.i386-aros.zip aud 11Mb kMusicPlayer is a visual music p...
rfxgen-aros.zip aud 796kb A simple and easy-to-use fx soun...
perl-5.7.2.x86_64-aros-v1... dev/lan 11Mb Perl 5.7.2 x86_64 ABIv11
lib_glfw_3_4.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 926kb GLFW is an Open Source, multi-pl...
lib_raylib5.i386-aros.zip dev/lib 22Mb A simple and easy-to-use library...
libmad-0.15.1b.x86_64-aro... dev/lib 118kb Libmad
raygui.i386-aros.zip dev/mis 7Mb raygui is a simple and easy-to-u...
residualvm-0.3.1-1.x86_64... emu/mis 4Mb ResidualVM x86_64 abiv11
scummvm-1.9.0-1.x86_64-ar... emu/mis 17Mb ScummVM x86_64 abiv11
koala_seasons.i386-aros.zip gam/str 4Mb game compiled using raylib..
owb-2.0.i386-aros.zip net/bro 50Mb Odyssey Web Browser
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03.Nov.2024
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 02.11.2024
The following files have been added until 02.11.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
glib-2.0.lha Dependencies/Library/Misc A second experimental M...
ATasm_1.09.lha Development/Cross Mac65 compatible 6502 c...
libwebp-1.4.0.lha Development/Library WebP codec is a library...
glib-2.6.0.lha Development/Library Low-level core library ...
fluidsynth_2.4.0.lha Development/Library fluidsynth_2.4.0.lha
libFLAC-1.4.3.lha Development/Library MorphOS port of LibFLAC...
SDL2-demo_1.0.lha Development/SDL2 Port of SDL2-demo
SDL2-Demokit_1.0.lha Development/SDL2 Port of Patater SDL2 de...
AmiArcadia_33.42.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Arinoid_1.0.lha Games/BrickBreaker Port of Arinoid
MCE_15.21.lha Games/Editor Multi-game Character Ed...
OpenMoHAA_0.80.0.lha Games/Shoot3D OpenMoHAA 0.80.0 for Mo...
Mutatris_1.3.0.lha Games/Think Port of Mutatris by Pap...
Untangle_1.1.lha Games/Think A logic puzzle, where t...
FFmpeg_6.1.2.lha Multimedia FFmpeg is a collection ...
Legadon_0.3.lha Office/Show A new simple ePub Reader
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03.Nov.2024
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WHDLoad: New installers until 02.11.2024
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 02.11.2024:
- 2024-10-31 updated: Pop-Up (Infogrames) manual included, publisher corrected (Info)
- 2024-10-29 new: Charly (Magic Soft) done by DJ Mike (Info)
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03.Nov.2024
Amiga.org (forum)
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Event: Videos of AmiWest 2024
As usual Robert Bernardo presents several videos of AmiWest again:
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02.Nov.2024
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Action adventure: October update for Castlevania AGA
Dante Mende has released another update to his conversion of Konami's NES action adventure “Castlevania”. He adjusted the moving platforms on level 2 to align with the floors in the level (so the player sprite don't appear with "feet sunk" in the floor if he just walks out of them). DJ Metune is now in charge of the music department, about half of the soundtrack is still currently finished. (cg)
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02.Nov.2024
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GUI for identify.library: Huh? 0.1
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's “Huh?” is a MUI-based graphical user interface for Richard 'Shred' Körber's identify.library, which can read built-in extensions and other properties of the system. (cg)
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01.Nov.2024
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Module player: NostalgicPlayer 2.5.0 for Windows
NostalgicPlayer is a program for playing Amiga music modules under Windows, based on APlayer. The development of the player had been started by the author Thomas Neumann in 1993 on the Amiga, later continued on BeOS and now on Windows (amiga-news.de reported).
In addition to updating important programme components, version 2.5.0 now makes it possible to have a question mark in the file name (to separate the file name and the standard sub-song) and to drag and drop a link to a module into the module list.
An installation package can be found on Microsoft Store, the ".NET Desktop Runtime V8" is required. (dr)
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31.Oct.2024
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Universal PCI driver system: OpenPCI 9.2
To stem the proliferation of incompatible, vendor-specific software solutions for PCI extensions, Benjamin Vernoux introduced his “OpenPCI” system in 2003 and actively developed it further until 2007. However, the original OpenPCI was only a wrapper that continued to rely on the original, proprietary libraries of the respective hardware provider.
Thomas 'Thor' Richter (e.g. mmu.library, P96, ViNCEd...) tries to solve this problem by implementing the OpenPCI.library from scratch: his version no longer needs the original, hardware-specific driver systems but communicates directly with the hardware.
Thanks to compatibility with the original OpenPCI solution, existing drivers should continue to work with this newer system. On the hardware side, all known PCI bus boards are supported: GRex, Prometheus including its offspring Firestorm and Firebird as well as the various Mediator busboards from Elbox.
OpenPCI has been undergoing rapid development since the beginning of the summer, with three new versions being released in the last seven days alone. (cg)
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31.Oct.2024
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AmigaOS 4: DTP program Compression 0.4 (Beta)
Achim Pankalla's DTP program 'Compression' allows graphics and text to be placed on printed pages and generates PDF documents from them. New features in version 0.4:
- now catches another two error codes during PDF generation
- shows an error message when existing file can not be verwritten
- always shows only a sequence of 12 pages now, a chooser lets you select which 12 pages
- removed wrong status messages
- content display now refreshed when pages are added or removed
- removed style names from the font name
- added ToolType for default PDF directory
- corrected some problems of the GUI when using the DEL-key
- rewrote the font-handling to use TrueType informations
- better WYSIWYG
- sped up PDF generation again
(cg)
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31.Oct.2024
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Block diagram from 1991: the Amiga 5000
The “Commodore International Historical Society” regularly publishes official Commodore documents provided by former employees and other insiders. A block diagram from 1991 by Commodore engineer Dave Haynie shows a design for an “Amiga 5000” in which the CPU/RAM/ROM module is connected to the other system modules - including an “Amiga module” containing the AAA chipset, as well as a “Zorro bridge” - via a PCI bus. (cg)
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31.Oct.2024
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Jump'n Shoot: La Noche de los Pequeños Espectros
La Noche de los Pequeños Espectros (“The Night of the Little Ghosts”, video) is a Halloween-themed platform game. The title, written with Amiten's “AmiGen” engine (including NinjFeratu) runs on any ECS Amiga with at least one megabyte of memory. A user-defined fee must be paid for the download, but a free download is also possible. (cg)
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30.Oct.2024
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AROS: Web browser Odyssey 2.0 for AROS 32-bit released
Following appropriate tests, version 2.0 of the Odyssey web browser for the 32-bit version of AROS has now been officially released (video). Yesterday's second update for this ABI v0 version of AROS is required.
New features of version 2.0 of the browser include in particular an updated WebKit engine based on the February 2019 version, the porting of the media player from Wayfarer 1.21 and SSE acceleration for media playback, so that YouTube can be used again. (snx)
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30.Oct.2024
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ePub reader: Legadon 0.3
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow's reader for e-books in ePub format, Legadon, has been updated for all Amiga systems.
Besides bug fixes, version 0.3 of the reader transforms some UTF-8 characters that have no direct equivalent in the Amiga character set into corresponding characters - for example various forms of quotation marks, dashes and accents. (snx)
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30.Oct.2024
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Halloween Pac-Man: Pumpkin
Friends of Pac-Man-like games can find a Halloween version at the title link, called "Pumpkin". (snx)
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30.Oct.2024
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Video series: AmigaOS - A Project with Sina & Paddy (German)
In a German video series with nine parts so far, Paddy da Linco and the developer Sina explore the Amiga:
- Folge: Betriebssystem und Shell
- Folge: Amiga 500, Kickstart & Workbench 3.1
- Folge: Big-Box-Amigas und WHDLoad (Teil 1)
- Folge: WHDLoad (Teil 2)
- Folge: WHDLoad (Teil 3), XFDMaster und NDK
- Folge: ADF-Abbilder und Workbench 1.3
- Folge: Interview mit dem WHDLoad-Entwickler
- Folge: OCS, ECS und AGA
- Folge: PAL und NTSC
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30.Oct.2024
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Video: Developer at AmiWest gives preview of his game "Magicore Anomala"
At the title link Robert Bernardo's video of Dan Salvato's presentation of his OCS game "Magicore Anomala" at AmiWest can be found. The game is still work in progress. (snx)
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29.Oct.2024
deadwood (E-Mail)
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AROS/x86: Update of the ABI v0 version
In February Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz ported version 20220318-1 of AROS/x86 for 32-bit systems back to the original binary interface ABIv0. Now at the title link as well as on GitHub a second update for it has been published (release notes).
The archive contains just the updated components which can be copied directly onto an existing installation of the operating system. (snx)
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29.Oct.2024
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Do it yourself: Action Replay III cartridge with case
The ar3 project is a remake of the Action Replay III cartridge for the Amiga and offers modern features to use the legendary hardware module for the expansion port on original hardware. The replica provides the original functions of the module. With the open-source approach, ar3 enables expansion and adaptation to current needs. The GitHub project initiated by Nicola Avanzi provides the data (including Kicad and JED files), ROM binaries and component lists required for the replica in the ar3 repository.
The user fongo2k has provided a template for a 3D-printable case for the Action Replay III replica. The required STL or STEP files can be downloaded for free from the Amiga Action Replay 3 Replica – Case project website.
About the Action Replay Cartridge
The Action Replay III cartridge was a popular add-on for the Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000 that offered developers and gamers various functions for accessing the system's hardware more deeply. The main function was to use the hardware as a cheat module, with which the Amiga could be "slowed down" using a potentiometer to successfully complete tricky game situations. Game data stored in the main memory of a game that was currently running could be changed, for example to give yourself more lives. But the Action Replay III and its predecessors on the Amiga also allowed you to bypass copy protection mechanisms or "rip" music, samples or images, as well as many other functions.
Current lawsuit between Datel and Sony
Just two weeks ago, the “Action Replay” brand from the manufacturer Datel was in the spotlight: on October 17, 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that offering cheat software such as Action Replay for consoles does not necessarily violate copyright law (case C-159/23).The plaintiff, Sony, thus lost a legal dispute against the British company Datel, which offers cheat software for PlayStation. With this ruling, the ECJ clarifies that the use of such software does not violate copyright protection provisions under certain circumstances. (nba)
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29.Oct.2024
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Documentary: The Making of Worms (1995)
The documentary "The Making of Worms (1995)" on YouTube provides a comprehensive insight into the creation of the cult game Worms by Team 17. The one-hour film shows the history of the game, starting with developer Andy Davidson's idea and ending with its implementation and release in 1995.
In addition to game designer Andy Davidson, who recently announced a free new edition of "Worms: The Director's Cut" to mark the game's 30th birthday (amiga-news.de reported), producer Martyn Brown, graphic artist Cris Blyth and musician Bjørn Lynne also have their say in the documentary. The creators provide special insights into the mechanics, music and legacy of Worms, which has become one of the most famous classics in video game history. (nba)
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29.Oct.2024
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A600GS: Update 46.1.864 with floppy drive support
With the new update v46.1.864 for the A600GS computer, manufacturer Amiga Kit is introducing, among other things, support for floppy drives via Drawbridge (amiga-news.de reported). The changes in detail:
System-v46-updates:
- ARM Graphics Library: Add Text backend function to support generate to the antialiased text alpha template. Give 10% additional speedup on text rendering. BugFix: RGB src image with no mask was not handled correctly, resulting in no rendering at all in some cases or incorrect alpha in others.
- ShowSlide v46.1 added to C directory.
- AmiBench: Migrate to using an intermediate AmiBench-Startup script before the traditional User-Startup and filter the latter from update archives. Now the user can edit and customise this without having customistions overwritten
- AmiSSL v5.18 updated
- Icon Library v51.4.589 updated
- Version command v46.21 updated
- CLI v46.10 updated
- Add def_DF0.info et al and snapshot the lower half of screen under current disks.
- AB-Dock: Use custom rendering to draw IntuiText based lables, cacheing the font etc to try and reduce text flicker.
- SetGadgetAttrs( node, GA_Selected,....) caused TWO refreshes under AROS (and none under OS3.x); Replace with SetAttrs() followed by RefreshGList()
A600GS-updates:
- Add support for Floppy disk drives through Drawbridge.
- Add note about pressing fire button to enable DB9 joysticks
(nba)
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29.Oct.2024
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Scene World Podcast Episode #201 - Charles Cecil (Revolution Software)
In the 201st episode of the Scene World podcast, the team welcomes Charles Cecil, founder of Revolution Software and an icon of British video game development. Cecil, known for some classic adventure games that are still popular today, talks about his career and the development of these influential games. Revolution Software brought many point-and-click adventures to the Amiga, including "Lure of the Temptress" (1992) and "Beneath a Steel Sky" (1994), and also ported the Sierra classic "King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow" to the Amiga. The interview starts at 1:03:08. (nba)
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29.Oct.2024
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Educational game: Simons Siffror / Simon's Numbers (Swedish)
A playful introduction to numbers and math is provided by the new educational game "Simons Siffror" ("Simon's Numbers") for the Amiga - but only in Swedish text and speech. Players can solve various simple math problems designed especially for children. The user interface is tailored to a young audience, making learning easy and fun.
Simon Siffror was originally programmed by Sami Vehmaa in 1998 for his then two-year-old son. The educational game is currently available in version 1.11 and requires AmigaOS 3.x, 2 MB RAM and a resolution of at least 640x256 pixels with 32 colors (640x480 pixels RTG with 8 colors are recommended). It can be purchased for a small fee of $0.99 from the project website under the title link. (nba)
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29.Oct.2024
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Print magazine: Boing #9 (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 ninth issue includes, among other things, the cover story on "Amiga and the Internet" ("Amiga et Internet"), an interview with Oliver Roberts (IBrowse), a preliminary report on Dune AGA, reviews of "Tony - Montezuma's Gold" and "Glubble", a workshop on developing cracktros and a presentation of the A1K SimpleClock, a real-time clock for the Amiga 1000. (nba)
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28.Oct.2024
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Hyperion continues to be managed by court-appointed administrator
“Ben Hermans BV” (hereinafter: BHBV) was a private company with limited
liability owned by Ben Hermans, which has held
97% of the shares in Hyperion
since 2019 and subsequently also acted as a ‘director’ of Hyperion. In March,
bankruptcy proceedings were
opened against BHBV for the second time and
shortly afterwards, at the request of BHBV's liquidator, a “provisional
administrator” was appointed for Hyperion to manage the company's business
until further notice.
According to a decision by the Commercial Court of Brussels
(automated translation), the provisional
administrator's mandate, which was due to expire at the end of September,
will be extended indefinitely: he will remain in office until any
uncertainties surrounding Hyperion's ownership have been resolved and a new
official director has been appointed. Hyperion will have to bear the costs of
the administrator for this period, as BHBV does not have any funds that could
be used for this purpose.
The BHBV liquidators had requested this extension because, on the one hand,
the shares in Hyperion are the only property of BHBV worth mentioning and, on
the other hand, the intangible assets of Hyperion Entertainment BV continue
to generate income and the interests of the company, its (other) shareholders
and creditors must be protected.
For his part, the administrator has already received assurances from the
other Hyperion shareholders that they do not want to collect outstanding
payments for the time being in order to prevent the company from going
bankrupt and are themselves interested in taking over BHBV's Hyperion shares.
BHBV, on the other hand, is finally bankrupt: Ben Hermans had lodged two
objections to this, but did not appear at the first hearing and withdrew his
objection at the second hearing. The decision is therefore legally binding.
But Ben Hermans is contesting the sale of the Hyperion shares which, according to
the bankruptcy trustees (and the latest available BHBV annual report from 2021),
were owned by BHBV. According to his account, the 2165 shares have since been returned to
his private ownership. The bankruptcy trustees had then initiated proceedings
to legally clarify the ownership of said Hyperion shares.
Editor's note: We have contacted both the liquidator Charlotte Piers
and Ben Hermans to clarify some points that are unclear to us and to give the
parties involved the opportunity to comment. We will provide any feedback as
soon as we receive it. (cg) (Translation: cg)
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28.Oct.2024
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Sprite/Icon/Map editor: Raster Master v4.9 R116 für Windows 10/11
Raster Master 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).
After our last news item, bugs have been fixed and the program "Sprite Animation" can now export C/Pascal/Basic code of all animation frames. In a recent YouTube video he shows how he created a simple platform game with the help of Raster Master and raylib (GitHub). (dr)
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28.Oct.2024
ALBs Blog
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Video: Client for chatbot "Ollama"
In a short video, Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow presents his client for the chatbot Ollama (German), which he wrote at an Amiga meeting in Berlin. You can install this model on your own server using a Docker container and then access it from a small Amiga programme. He wrote this client with FreePascal. (dr)
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27.Oct.2024
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News from AmiWest 2024, AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 3 announced
At AmiWest, which took place this weekend in Sacramento (USA), Steven Solie
and Trevor Dickinson were again present to give presentations and answer
questions about AmigaOS 4 related products. Just like last year, no Hyperion representative was
attending. Instead Bill Borsari from the organizing team announced
during the opening speech that Hyperion “plans” to release an update 3 for
AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition.
According to Borsari's announcement,
Update 3 includes the following improvements:
- Updated version of AmigaInput which fixes some bugs with certain types of controllers
- Latest and stable single core kernel for all hardware platforms including CyberstormPPC/BlizzardPPC for Classic Amigas.
- New set of backgrounds from Martin Merz (Mason Icons).
- Updated versions of several C commands
- Updated datatypes (AIFF, JPG & PNG)
- Several updated system libraries
- Several Prefs updates (such as URL, Time, Font and Workbench)
- Renewed USB stack including:
- USB Stack is more stable and handles "quirky" & "stubborn" USB devices better
- Support for gamers (now a lot of multiple keys at once are supported)
- Bootkeyboard & bootmouse drivers
- HID drivers
- Improved EHCI Asynchronous hardware driver
- Improved OHCI hardware driver with improved cache handling
- Updated USBInspector
- A lot of bugfixes and improvements in general.
- Other system components updates i.e. SObjs, Find system tool, Utilities
Dickinson and Solie were very cautious with other statements. According to
the A-EON owner, a second batch of A1222+ motherboards will be produced,
Solie announced an updated A1222+ kernel with “faster CPU cache”, and an
updated version of the boot media (a USB stick) will be released.
In the subsequent Q&A session, the audience asked about LibreOffice and the
multicore support in the AmigaOS kernel that was announced years ago. The
port of the office suite - which was announced in 2012 - “mostly” works, but there are "a couple of major problems" with C++ exceptions and the rendering of the graphical user
interface. The team consists of Hans-Jörg Frieden, Dickinson and “maybe”
Solie (“I don't do much...”) and they are looking for volunteers who want to
work on the project. The source code is available in a private Github
repository.
The multicore support in ExecSG, which Solie had already stopped mentioning
last year, is “not functional”, but the team is “getting closer every day”.
The plan is to write a kernel-level debugger to get to the bottom of the
problem: Multicore support is running, according to Solie - but they are having problems
getting it to "stay running". (cg)
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27.Oct.2024
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Aminet uploads until 26.10.2024
The following files have been added until 26.10.2024 to Aminet:
AmigAtari.zip demo/sound 882K 68k 12+ hours of Atari Demoscene ...
ATasm.lha dev/cross 180K 68k Mac65 compatible 6502 cross-a...
Amiga_500_Guide_V1.2.pdf docs/help 3.5M Amiga 500 beginners guide (Ge...
anaiis_lowlevel.lha driver/oth 34K 68k Anaiis lowlevel release 0.03
HalloweenX_Demo.lha game/demo 655K 68k HalloweenX AGA Game, Demo
untangle.lha game/wb 32K 68k Untangle set of dots joined b...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M 68k Simulates OpenVMS commands
kg97-4ch.zip mods/sets 4.7M All 4-channel mods from KG97
TonyMontezumasGold.lha pix/icon 69K 4 colour icons: Tony Montezum...
WorldClassLeaderboard... pix/icon 93K 4 colour icons: World Class L...
univers-font.lha text/bfont 9K Univers font
AmiSSL-v5-OS3.lha util/libs 3.8M 68k OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-v5-OS4.lha util/libs 3.5M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
AmiSSL-v5-SDK.lha util/libs 2.4M AOS OpenSSL as an Amiga shared li...
IconLib_46.4.lha util/libs 1.8M 68k free icon.library in optimize...
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27.Oct.2024
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OS4Depot uploads until 26.10.2024
The following files have been added until 26.10.2024 to OS4Depot:
libcuefile.lha dev/lib 41kb 4.1 part of the musepack suite
libmpcdec.lha dev/lib 63kb 4.1 Musepack decoder library
libreplaygain.lha dev/lib 8kb 4.1 part of the musepack suite
amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
nblood.lha gam/fps 27Mb 4.0 Reverse-engineered ports of Blood
amissl.lha lib/mis 3Mb 4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
legadon.lha uti/tex 280kb 4.0 A simple ePub reader (Text only ...
edilana.lha uti/tex 1Mb 4.1 Interactive anagram generator
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 26.10.2024
The following files have been added until 26.10.2024 to MorphOS-Storage:
Cnake_1.0.lha Games/Misc Port of Cnake
EkoScape_2.0.lha Games/Misc Port of EkoScape
PekkaKana2_0.190.lha Games/Platform Pekka Kana 2, a platfor...
SDL-Platformer_1.0.lha Games/Platform Port of SDL-Platformer
fheroes2_1.1.3.lha Games/Strategy fheroes2 is a recreatio...
Legadon_0.2.lha Office/Show A new simple ePub Reader
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WHDLoad: New installers until 26.10.2024
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 26.10.2024:
- 2024-10-24 fixed: Wiz'n'Liz (Psygnosis) graphics glitches in two-player mode fixed (Info)
- 2024-10-24 improved: Ghost Battle (Thalion) hiscores are not used anymore to check game version, CD32 buttons and trainers added (Info)
- 2024-10-24 improved: Commando (Elite) adapted for whdload v19 (Info)
- 2024-10-24 improved: Cadaver (Imageworks/Bitmap Brothers) adapted for whdload v19 (Info)
- 2024-10-24 improved: All Terrain Racing (Team 17) adapted for whdload v19 (Info)
- 2024-10-23 improved: Nicky II (Microïds) graphics bugs, music speed and keyboard fixed, second version supported, CD32 controls added (Info)
- 2024-10-23 improved: Ruff'n'Tumble (Renegade) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-10-23 improved: Turrican II: The Final Fight (Factor 5/Rainbow Arts) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info)
- 2024-10-23 improved: Smarty and the Nasty Gluttons (Eero Tunkelo) adapted for WHDLoad 19 (Info, Image)
- 2024-10-20 improved: RoboCop (Ocean) supports Data East disk version, detect corrupted packed data while depacking (Info)
- 2024-10-20 improved: Animatunes (NGC) restore current screen display when quit, slave rewritten (Info, Image)
(snx)
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27.Oct.2024
Mastodon (ANF)
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Do it yourself: Video adapter Spite Sprite and mouse adapter Toxoplasma Gondii
Spite Sprite is an Amiga RGB to composite/S-Video adapter, while Toxoplasma gondii is not just a parasite that also infects mice as an intermediate host, but in this case an adapter that converts the analog signals from PC mice into digital signals for the Amiga and thus makes them usable there as well. (snx)
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27.Oct.2024
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File manager: New test build of Directory Opus 5.92
After eight years a new test build of version 5.92 of the file manager Directory Opus 5 (previously: "Magellan") is available at the title link. Directory Opus 5 became open source in 2012. (snx)
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27.Oct.2024
spillhistorie.no (ANF)
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Interview with Linus 'lftkryo' Åkesson
At the title link Jon Håvard Gundersen has conducted another interview for the Norwegian site Spillhistorie, this time with Linus 'lftkryo' Åkesson. The Swede is known for numerous demos and music disks for the Amiga and the C64 and probably above all for the conversion of Commodore hardware into musical instruments (amiga-news.de reported). (snx)
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27.Oct.2024
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Proof of concept: Image display without RAM
With his proof of concept "Amiga CPU Blit Read-Only" 'nicodex' shows how to display an image on the Amiga without write access to the RAM. His ROM requires a PAL Amiga with a 68000 or 68010 processor clocked at 7 MHz. (snx)
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27.Oct.2024
Look Behind You (ANF)
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Pre-order sale: Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual - AmigaDOS as a printed book
Press release: The "Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS" by Thomas Richter will be published in a strictly limited print run - a project that does not pursue any commercial purpose, but aims to offer the PDF reference manual created by Thomas 'ThoR' Richter as a high-quality, printed book at an affordable price.
Interested buyers can pre-order the English-language paperback book (exp. 392 pages) until 18 November 2024 - the print run is strictly limited and there will be no reprints. The price is ¤29.90 plus shipping (worldwide delivery is offered). Delivery is scheduled around Christmas time.
For the serious programmer who wants to take full advantage of the Amiga's impressive features, the "Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS" is an indispensable source of information on how to use the AmigaDOS file system, how to interact and implement handlers and file systems and how to make productive use of the AmigaDOS Shell. This volume covers the latest version of Amiga's operating system.
Preorder and further information at the title link. (snx)
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27.Oct.2024
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Real-time strategy: Vanilla Conquer Red Alert 1.7.2
Artur Jarosik's port of "Command & Conquer: Red Alert", designed for Amigas with powerful turbo cards such as PiStorm/Emu68, Apollo/Vampire V4 or Warp1260, is now available in version 1.7.2.
The new features since version 1.5 include bug fixes, a reduction of the CPU load during video playback, accelerated movement of the map when the right mouse button is pressed and an SDL-less CGX/AGA variant. (snx)
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27.Oct.2024
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Print magazine: Amiga Future, issue 171 - preview and excerpts
Preview and excerpts of Amiga Future issue 171 (November/December 2024) have been published online at the title link. Content includes interviews with Simon Phipps, Carlo Pastore and Achim Pankalla, several reviews, e.g. of ignition and X-bEnCh, and various specials, for example about MacroSystem, usergroups and the history of the demo scene.
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. (snx)
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26.Oct.2024
ALB-Blog
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ePub reader: Legadon v0.2 for all Amiga systems
Marcus 'ALB42' Sackrow has released Legadon, a simple ePub reader for all Amiga systems (YouTube video), which makes reading e-books on the Amiga possible for the first time. (dr)
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26.Oct.2024
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Platform game: 2tinycowboys now with single-player mode (update)
2tinycowboys (YouTube video) is a game developed with the Scorpion Engine for the Amiga 500, in which two players compete against each other on a single screen in arcade platformer style. Since our last news item, numerous changes and improvements have been made, including the addition of a single-player mode.
Update: (14:16, 28.10.24, dr)
With version 28 released yesterday, some bugs have been fixed. It is now possible to start a single player mode with both characters. (dr)
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26.Oct.2024
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Dungeon Crawler: Halloween X released
After a demo version (amiga-news.de reported), Sami Vehmaa has now released the full version of his dungeon crawler "Halloween X" (neues Twitch video), which can currently be purchased for around 4.60 euros. A fast AGA Amiga and AmigaOS3.x are required.
At the same time, he also updated the demo version. Version 1.06 offers bug fixes, a better user interface, adjusted difficulty levels and timing for traps, etc. (dr)
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25.Oct.2024
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE! 163 (Italian/English)
The PDF magazine REV'n'GE! ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is available in both the Italian original and an English translation (right-hand side). The current issue 163 also contains three reviews of Amiga titles: the classic "Crystal Dragon", the new release "Dr. Dangerous" and the CDTV title "Gardenfax: Trees & Shrubs". (nba)
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25.Oct.2024
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Emulator: Denise v2.4
Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Numerous amiga-specific changes have been made since our last report on version 2.21: among other things, emulation has been improved, especially the disk drive, and a 4-player adapter is now supported. Detailed changes:
Version 2.4
- support macOS Metal graphics driver with shaders
- added Cocoa as a keyboard driver for macOS (avoid the system dialog to allow input)
- added BSD UHID joypad driver, supported on FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
- reworked on-screen status messages
- separated(C64/Amiga) file dialog preview options and moved to Software UI
- improved openGL shader cache
- improved handling of shader UI
- added possibility to assign a different floppy sound profile for external drives
- Amiga: added new floppy sound profile
- Amiga: emulate Blitter<>Copper conflict
Version 2.3
- added RetroArch Shader support
- Amiga: improved emulation, especially the disk drive
- Amiga: emulated Bitplane <> Refresh conflicts
- Amiga: Final Fight Enhanced supported by temporary option to fake ECS Denise
- Amiga: written floppy disks are now saved in a second file (this does not apply to uncompressed ADF (don't worry, emulator asks if ADF can be changed)
- Amiga: added 4-player adapter
- Amiga: added copy protection dongle support
- fixed a bug not finishing Drag'n'Drop in Linux GTK
- fixed some OSX bugs/crashes [looking for tester]
- improved mouse capture handling for all OSes
- UI changes (volume slider has moved to status bar, added option to capture pointer by left mouse button)
- changed BuildSystem to CMAKE
- added Linux/BSD XCB input driver for keyboard/mouse
- improved GTK window resizing in some desktop environments
Version 2.2
- added D3D11 driver
- added italian translation (thanks to Luigi)
- added an option to rotate the screen (90°/180°/270°)
- added an option to force a single instance when opening another instance from frontend loader or file explorer
- fixed Amiga basic volume (louder)
- added a more easy way to set stereo separation (Audio -> DSP)
Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm) and Linux (Ubuntu).
(dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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PDF document: The Amiga 500 beginner's guide (German)
In a 46-page German PDF document, Patrick Schwedt has written both his personal Amiga story and, above all, lots of tips and hints for those who have bought an Amiga 500 for the first time or after a long time. There are chapters on drives, memory expansions, turbo cards, operating systems, mice and software, among other things. (dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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Arananet: Accelerator Trinity 1240-60 can be pre-ordered
After four years of development and extensive testing, "best accelerator ever built for the Amiga A1200" has been finalised. The Trinity 1240-60 supports 68040-68060 CPUs and is compatible with all A1200 revisions. According to the developer, great care has been taken to optimise access to the chip memory, regardless of whether it is equipped with a 68040 or 68060 processor. It can now be pre-ordered for 369 euros.
According to the developers, numerous tests were carried out in which the Trinity was compared with the Blizzard 1260. The Trinity performed better in all the demos tested. The Trinity can be used with any MC68060/040 CPU (EC, LC or Full). When using a 68040 processor with 25MHz, please note that the Trinity automatically overclocks it to 33MHz. The use of a heat sink is recommended. The exact specifications:
- 128MB SDRAM Fast memory
- Optimized chip memory access at any CPU clock speed
- 68040/68060 compatible (via jumper)
- Onboard I2S 16-bit stereo sound card compatible with AHI
- Includes a 3.5mm jack Paula PassThrough
- Software interface for changing speed (MHz)
- Expansion connector for future upgrades
- Compatible with any A1200 motherboard revision
- Compatible with PCMCIA
- Compatible with Kickstart 3.1 (recommended 3.1.4 / 3.2)
- Black PCB color on this batch
- Fits in your old or new old stock A1200 case!!!
- A1100 friendly, of course.
(dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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Blog: Different versions of Amiga Topaz font
In his latest article, Alexander 'Losso' Grupe, member of the demo group AttentionWhore, reports on his journey of discovery regarding the different Amiga Topaz fonts of the respective Kickstart ROMs: while browsing through Cloanto's collection of Kickstart ROMs and looking at the screenshots, he noticed that Topaz font of the Kickstart intermediate version 1.4 Alpha 18 was already a sans serif, but would not look quite like the 2.0 version of Topaz.
Incidentally, when trying to load the Workbench under Kickstart 1.4, he discovered that a green "Recoverable Alert" with a "Guru Meditation" message appeared. (dr)
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24.Oct.2024
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Blog: Installing a TF1260
Under the title link, Didier Malenfant describes his findings and experiences with the installation of a TerribleFire 1260 turbo card (see also turbo card comparison (German)). The article will be continuously updated. (dr)
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23.Oct.2024
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Floppy disk images on PC and Mac: Greaseweazle Tools 1.21
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.
Version 1.21 of the Greaseweazle Tools provides the following changes:
- micropolis: Codec for Micropolis hard-sectored MFM disks
- gw reset: By default do not reset configured "gw delays"
- Fix setup.py installation: Require bitarray earlier than v3
(dr)
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23.Oct.2024
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.18 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.18 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.4.0 (22.10.2024) of OpenSSL. Changes:
- Switched to OpenSSL 3.4, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.4.0 (22.10.2024) version, which includes new features, improvements and bug fixes.
- Updated root certificates to latest Mozilla-based bundle, dated 24.9.2024.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.18-OS3.lha (3,8 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.18-OS4.lha (3,46 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.18-SDK.lha (2,4 MB) (dr)
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22.Oct.2024
WinUAE Homepage
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Emulator: WinUAE 5.3.1
The Amiga emulator WinUAE has been released in version 5.3.1. Changes:
New features
- Added Picmatic Marbelle Vice and Tierras Salvajes 100Hz TV laser disc arcade game support.
Updates
- Implemented OpalVision undocumented automatic VRAM bank switch. King of Karate demo now have working scrolling background.
- Implemented Mediator 1200TX 2x4M PCI window mode.
- Serial port emulation updates: transmit speed is now more accurate, receive speed is throttled if data is arriving too quickly.
- CTRL+F12 windowed/fullscreen switch now remembers previous fullscreen mode (fullscreen or full-window) and it is stored between sessions in registr/ini.
Bug fixes
- Fixed GamePorts panel “Swap ports”.
- Some screen resolution/font combinations caused crash when on screen keyboard was opened.
- Fixed music glitch in James Pond 2 (non-AGA). Most likely also affected some other interrupt based music players too.
- Golem SCSI II HD controller configuration didn’t load correctly.
- Fixed SPRxPOS modification in last possible moment being missed causing sprite to be disabled. (Fixes Reshoot R background flickering)
- Fixed possible crash when AmigaOS 4 resets during boot and switches to PPC mode if directory filesystem emulation was in use.
- SCSI CD audio PLAY AUDIO TRACK/INDEX returned error if end track was higher than last track. SCSI spec allows it and it should not cause error.
- Prometheus Firestorm PCI bridge interrupt state bit was inverted.
(nba)
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22.Oct.2024
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Print/PDF magazine: Amiga Addict, issue 33
Issue 33 of the English-language magazine Amiga Addict is now available from the publisher addict.media and in British newsstands. In the cover story, the editorial team discusses the influence of the Amiga on virtual reality systems.
This issue also contains reviews of the new games Dr. Dangerous and Droid Special Edition and the classic games Donk, Deuteros and The Chaos Engine, a feature on the Dune II Remaster project, a story about games that should have been ported to the Amiga, a downloadable cover disk with Alien Fish Finger and much more.
Amiga Addict is published every six weeks and is available as a single issue or by subscription, in either printed or PDF format. (nba)
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22.Oct.2024
EAB (Forum)
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Videogames studies: Experimental action game "Squarez" now available
The recently released Squarez is a remake of the Flash game SQUARES 2 and was developed as part of the CHLudens research project (amiga-news.de reported). This abstract action game is controlled entirely by mouse and offers minimalist, rectangle-based graphics. The aim of the game is to catch grey rectangles while avoiding the yellow ones in various levels.
It is interesting to note that Squarez was designed as a research game to explore why abstract games were rare in the home computer era, even though 1970s art was increasingly moving in this direction. While video games have become increasingly realistic, this game questions the urge for hyperrealism and invites players to enjoy a visually reduced experience.
The game was developed using the so-called cryAEngine and is available to download as freeware. The source code and the "Processing" development tool are also provided. Squarez is an exciting example of how creative research and video games can go hand in hand. (nba)
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22.Oct.2024
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Developer log: Creation of demo "New Art" (1st place at Deadline 2024)
In a detailed article, Alexander 'Losso' Grupe, member of the demo group AttentionWhore, describes the creation of the demo New Art, which won first place in the "Three Dee" category (3D effect using red/cyan-coloured glasses) at this year's edition of Deadline (amiga-news.de reported). (dr)
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21.Oct.2024
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Blog: Comparison of Push-Over versions (Amiga, Atari ST, PC, Super Nintendo)
The "Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog" compares and reviews games "as unbiased as possible". The current article compares the Amiga, Atari ST, PC and Super Nintendo versions of the Ocean classic Push-Over. (dr)
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21.Oct.2024
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Developer log: Amiga Game Scripting Languages
In a recent developer diary entry, Nivrig Games discusses The Bitmap Brothers' own scripting language called "Adventure Creation Language" (ACL) used in the game Cadaver and possible alternatives. This is completed in a second entry. (dr)
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