06.Feb.2025
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Dungeon Crawler: Bolminok's Kingdom 1.02 (update)
Sami Vehmaa's dungeon crawler "Bolminok's Kingdom" requires an AGA Amiga with some fast RAM. The title is available for ¤1.50 at itch.io.
Update: (09.02.2025, 07:10, dr)
Version 1.02 is now available, which saves some chip RAM and contains a few corrections. (cg)
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06.Feb.2025
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Demoparty: Results of the "Gerp 2025"
Last weekend, the "Gerp 2025" demoparty took place in Skövde, Sweden. The results of the demo competitions, including the corresponding demos, are now available at pouet.net. The "Amiga Demo" category was won by Five Finger Punch with their production "Inhuman Defender":
Desire won the "Amiga 40K" competition with "Under the Sycamore Trees":
(cg)
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06.Feb.2025
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Cross compiler/Assembler: Calypsi 5.8.1
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes.
Changes in version 5.8.1:
- Assembly sections using the same name as a compiler data section now sets the corresponding type qualifier. This makes the auto placement in the linker also work for assembly projects.
- Switch statements with a single statement body (not a composite) caused an internal error.
- Correct value in a compound literals casting the address of an external variable to an integer of fewer bits caused a linker range error.
- 6502/65816: Correct spill handling which in some cases could result in an internal error, typically illegal instruction related to using the register.
- 6502: Add a mechanism to restore zero page pseudo registers to allow safe return to Commodore 64 and MEGA65 BASIC. To enable it, place the following line somewhere in your application #pragma require __preserve_zp. Refer to the Target specifics chapter in the user guide for more information.
- 6502: Correct a problem in the peephole optimizer that for multiple successive spill/fill operations with push/pull in an extended block in some situations could rearrange the order of operations with the rest of the code.
(cg)
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06.Feb.2025
Ján Zahurančík, (Philipp Lonke) (ANF)
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Workbench distribution: AmiKit 12.7
Press release: This was a tough one! Months of work, countless interruptions, frustration, and exhaustion - but we did it! Huge thanks to Wiisoldier, Philipp Lonke, and everyone else who contributed to this update!
Why was this so challenging? Because this update spans multiple platforms - Windows, Mac, Linux, Raspberry Pi, PiStorm, and the Bootable USB edition! And for Mac and Linux, there are two different versions for each (one using Wine and another built on Amiberry). On top of that, every single update archive required platform-specific tweaks, as it also enhances the core engines. In total, this release updates 8 different platforms, letting you enjoy your Amiga with AmiKit wherever you choose.
Now, let's dive into the highlights:
- New Core Engines: WinUAE, Amiberry, Emu68
- CPU-A, a new system analyzer
- Online Currency Converter with DOpus GUI
- Tune Finder that lets you enjoy tons of music streams!
- There are also plenty of updates to existing software, including AmigaGPT 2!
- Plus, we’ve placed a new WHDLGames folder on your desktop, featuring the familiar wizard from the Bootable USB edition. Just download pre-installed WHDLoad game/demo archives, drop them into the "Downloaded Archives" folder, and let the wizard handle the rest - automagically!
- Oh, and one more thing - the Raspberry Pi 500 is now fully supported!
(cg)
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05.Feb.2025
AmigaKit (E-Mail)
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A1200NG: New photos of the emulator-based mainboard
At the title link AmigaKit has published further photos of its ARM- and emulator-based mainboard A1200NG (amiga-news.de reported). The latest and probably final revision of the hardware, which corresponds to the Amiga 1200 mainboard in terms of dimensions, has a sound mixing circuit and a CDDA feed, as well as a connection for a 12-volt power supply and the option of connecting SATA and IDE drives to internal USB headers.
Greaseweazle technology for reading and writing various floppy disk formats has been integrated. On the software side, AmiBench is used as the desktop interface, as with the A600GS, and FinalWriter 7.2 will be one of the included application programs - which A600GS owners will receive as a free update. Different operating systems and ROMs can then be used on the A1200NG. (snx)
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05.Feb.2025
Obligement (ANF)
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Obligement: Interview with Simon Neumann (Alinea Computer)
At the title link, David Brunet has conducted an interview for Obligement with the graduate engineer Simon Neumann, managing partner of the Amiga dealer Alinea Computer and partner of the publisher Look Behind You.
In it, he reports that he is able to make a living from these two ventures and announces that the Octodapter - an extension that allows up to ten joysticks to be used for appropriately designed games - will definitely be launched on the market this year. As a publisher, he is disappointed with the sales figures for the Amiga 3.2 Reference Manual, with the German edition in particular falling short of expectations. (snx)
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05.Feb.2025
Spillhistorie (ANF)
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Spillhistorie: Interview with game designer Steve Meretzky (Infocom)
For the Norwegian website Spillhistorie, Joachim Froholt, with the support of Hans Arne Jacobsen, conducted another interview - this time with Steve Meretzky, who designed various text adventures for Infocom, which were then also ported to the Amiga, such as "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". (snx)
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04.Feb.2025
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Demoparty: Pågadata 2025 (1-3 August 2025)
The Pågadata 2025 demoscene party will take place from 1 to 3 August 2025 in Teckomatorp in southern Sweden. Entry is free, but donations are welcome. Participants can stay overnight on site.
The event is open to newcomers and veterans of the demo scene, and is not limited to any particular platform. In addition to competitions for C64 and Wild Competitions, there will also be competitions for the Amiga: AMOS demo, demo, music and graphics. An Amiga 500 with 512 KB and Kickstart 1.3 and an Amiga 1200 with 68060 processor and AmigaOS 3.1.4 will be used as computers for the competitions.
Further information, including the registration list and the option to register, can be found on the official website. (nba)
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04.Feb.2025
bitplan (ANF)
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Managing system variables: GoVars 2.1 (update)
GoVars, developed by Krzysztof Donat (bitplan), is an easy-to-use editor for Amiga environment variables, which is now available in version 2.0. This tool offers a user-friendly interface for managing those system variables in AmigaOS 3.x.
The most important new feature in this version is a dynamic search filter that allows users to quickly find variables by name or value, making workflows more efficient.
GoVars is available free of charge (freeware).
Update: (07.02.2025, 21:10, dr)
Version 2.1, which is now available, contains the following changes:
- Fixed broken scroller (arrow keys were not working)
- Disabled editing of variables identified as regular files
(e.g., binary preference files)
- Improved calculation of windows size and position
- Shortened variable labels
(nba)
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03.Feb.2025
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Review: Checkmate Retro Monitor
The Kickstarter campaign initiated by Stephen Jones to fund his Checkmate 19" IPS Retro Monitor was successfully completed at the end of 2022 (amiga-news.de reported). The Lyonsden Blog has now published a review in which, among other things, various connection variants were tested. (dr)
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03.Feb.2025
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Children's game: New demo version of "The Young Salzgitter Icefighter"
New name, new level: the children's game originally called "The Young Icefighter" (amiga-news.de reported) has now been renamed "The Young SALZGITTER Icefighter", as the ice hockey club "Salzgitter Icefighters" has given permission to use the logo and name of their youth department for the game. In addition, a new level, Chicken World, was created and a new demo version released. (dr)
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03.Feb.2025
MiDWaN
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.8.3 and Amiberry 7.0.2
Amiberry and Amiberry-Lite are Amiga emulators.
While Amiberry is based on the current WinUAE version and is recommended for all platforms that are faster than RPI4 - including all macOS and x86_64 platforms - Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is recommended for slower hardware (up to RPI4), or if JIT for ARM is to be used (Which version should I pick?).
Amiberry now has been updated to version 7.0.2 and Amiberry-lite to version 5.8.3, both of which offer bug fixes and improvements. (dr)
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02.Feb.2025
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Aminet uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to Aminet:
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 6.4M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
Amiga_500_Guide_V2.0.pdf docs/help 4.6M GEN Amiga 500 beginners gui...
The_Bible.zip docs/misc 10M GEN The Bible (Polish)
lide-update.lha driver/med 74K OS3 Open source IDE driver ...
AbsoluteZero.lha game/jump 1.3M OS3 AGA puzzle platformer g...
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 7.9M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
DesignWorks.lha gfx/edit 387K OS3 Structured drawing and ...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 10M MOS Signetics-based machine...
Protrekkr_AROS_i386.zip mus/edit 13M ARO Tracker/Synth hybrid Pr...
sidid.lha mus/misc 59K VAR HVSC playroutine identi...
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02.Feb.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to OS4Depot:
arabic_console_device... dri/inp 3Mb 4.1 An arabic console device, line &...
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 11Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
gluae.lha emu/uti 15kb 4.0 Integrates UAE into AmigaOS
sdl3.lha lib/mis 9Mb 4.1 Simple DirectMedia Layer 3
videovortex.lha vid/pla 5Mb 4.1 A frontend for YT to search/view...
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to AROS Archives:
protrekkr.i386-aros.zip aud/tra 13Mb Tracker/Synth hybrid Program
protrekkr.x86_64-aros-v11... aud/tra 19Mb Advanced Tracker Program
demoeffects.x86_64-aros-v... dem/mis 4Mb Many Demo Effects
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 01.02.2025
The following files have been added until 01.02.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
sidid-1.09.lha Audio/Misc HVSC playroutine identi...
boost-1.87.0.lha Development/Library Boost 1.87.0 for MorphOS
AmiArcadia_33.90.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
Defblade_1.0.lha Games/Platform Port of DefBlade by Pap...
AmiSpeedTest_0.8.lha Network/Test Network speed test utility
PerCIMan_0.7.6.lha Office/Organizer A program to manage con...
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02.Feb.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 01.02.2025
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 01.02.2025:
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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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:
- Super Twintris (8mix)
- Flashback - Ending theme
(snx)
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02.Feb.2025
Mastodon (ANF)
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Music: Crowdfunding of the FastLoaders album "Amiga Rocks Harder"
FastLoaders (Facebook) is a C64 and Amiga remix metal band from Bergen, Norway. As a sequel to their 2020 album, "Amiga Rocks", more than thirty soundtracks of classic Amiga games will be recorded as hard rock versions for "Amiga Rocks Harder". Money is now being collected for this at the title link. (snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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Event: AUGS meeting 2025 in Zurich (Switzerland)
On the weekend of March 15/16, 2025, the next meeting of the Amiga Users Group Switzerland will take place for participants with hardware as well as visitors. Venue is the Hottingen Community Center, which is ten minutes by tram from Zurich main station. (snx)
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02.Feb.2025
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AmigaOS 4: VideoVortex - GUI for searching and watching YouTube videos
Video Vortex is a graphical user interface for YT.rexx for searching and viewing YouTube videos. YT.rexx is a script that provides direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs. VideoVortex, on the other hand, saves the user the cumbersome and tedious task of editing various configuration files and offers a clear and easy-to-use user interface that was written with Hollywood and the MUIRoyale plugin.
With the help of the full version of the media player "Emotion" (amiga-news.de reported) the videos can be played directly. Thomas 'TearsOfMe' Kölsch uses the alternative YouTube frontend Invidious for the search. The author has already gained experience in dealing with Hollywood in his previous projects such as AmigaTText or A Little Remember Game.
Even if some users have already installed YT.rexx on their computer, it is recommended to download it (again) when starting VideoVortex for the first time. Emotion should also have already been started once so that an "APPDIR:" entry can be found. (dr)
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02.Feb.2025
tukinem
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Sokoban conversion in Ultimate Blitz Basic 2: Soko-Ban
Based on a game originally available for MS-DOS with 53 levels, Pawel 'tukinem' Tukatsch had published a Sokoban prototype in October 2022, which he had written from scratch in Ultimate Blitz Basic 2 (amiga-news.de reported). He has now updated it (video) as follows:
- we can at any time during the game switch the color scheme between the original color palette from the PC version of CGA, and the 32-color version
- the game code has been refined so that the game runs on the weakest Amiga 1000 (with additional fast RAM)
- all animations from the original have been faithfully ripped
- we have the possibility to create a tournament for 2-4 players with the possibility to save the game
- we have a board editor for levels 51-99
- we have atmospheric music playing in the background by E!ghtBM
(dr)
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01.Feb.2025
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Video: Booting from Amiga floppy disk with the A600GS
In October, Amigakit released an update for its Linux-based Amiga emulator A600GS that enables the loading of real Amiga disks via DrawBridge. In a video, an A600GS user now demonstrates this exact function: His emulated Amiga 1200 boots from floppy disk directly into the game Roguecraft. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
2Bit Combo
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Run'n Gun: new playable demo for "Operation Steel Rain"
"Operation Steel Rain" is a Run'n Gun for AGA computers, developed with the help of the Scorpion Engine. Inspired by mecha-style games such as "Assault Suits Valken" (SNES) or "Ranger-X" (Megadrive), the game brings a platform shooter feeling to the Amiga screen. The updated demo version offers the following new features, among others:
- a new enemy capable of walking and firing
- jetpack now has a limited duration/overheats, requiring the player to land to recharge (or dissipate the heat)
- Shield Mechs cause damage and push the player, it needs a better implementation
(cg)
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01.Feb.2025
Games That Weren't
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Cult of Speed
"Amiga Games That Weren't" now features information about "Cult of Speed", a bloody motorcycle race that should be set in the Warhammer universe. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Printmagazin: issue 146 of Amiga Future can be read online
The German and English issue 146 (September/October 2020) of the print magazine "Amiga Future" can now be read on the magazine's website in the form of image files of the individual pages. Remaining copies of the magazine and a higher-resolution PDF version can be purchased from the publisher. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
Puni (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: "Monthly Roundup" for January 2025
The blog 'Gaming on AmigaOS 4' has again published a monthly summary of all events and releases around AmigaOS 4. (cg)
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01.Feb.2025
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Individual Computers: known customers can preorder ACA1240/1260
Press release: In recent years, the start of production and sales of the ACA1240/1260 had to be postponed again and again. Last week the time had finally come and we opened pre-orders. Not all of the card's features have been fully developed yet, which is why all models are currently being offered at a reduced price of EUR 59.50 (incl. VAT). As soon as these features are available, they can be retrofitted free of charge with a simple flash update.
The ACA1240/1260 is available with different processor versions at speeds of up to 100 MHz and always comes with 256 MB RAM. A sophisticated cooling system with temperature-controlled fan ensures a stable processor temperature even when overclocked. All technical details were already published in our support forum at the end of October.
Since there have always been market participants in the Amiga sector who have only bought rare hardware with the intention of making a profit (so-called "scalpers" who offer the goods at inflated prices after selling them out), we will only sell the AC1240/1260 to known customers in the first few months. To view and order the ACA1240/1260 in our store, please create a user account and send us an e-mail so that we can activate your account. We hope that this way the small number of 68060-Rev.6 processors can be distributed fairly in the Amiga community and also customers who cannot afford the purchase price immediately have the chance to buy one of these coveted pieces. If you have previously purchased your iComp hardware from dealers, please let us know the Waranty IDs of the products - we will also use these to unlock you. (cg)
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31.Jan.2025
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Image editor: PyDPainter 2.1.0 for Windows
The image editor PyDPainter (new video) is inspired by DPaint and according to its author Mark Riale an attempt to create a usable pixel art program in Python using PyGame that can handle low resolutions and limited colour palettes and which can be as easy to use as possible (amiga-news.de reported). Version 2.1.0, among others, implements animbrushes:
- Faster animated GIF loading
- Preserve palette when converting to fewer colors
- Implement animbrushes
- Load/Save IFF ANIM (ANBR) and GIF brushes
- Grab Frames - grab animbrush from frames in an animation
- Grab Grid - grab animbrush from a sprite sheet on a single screen
- New Brush Grid requestor:
- Number of cells and offset in X and Y
- Flex grid in X and Y for non-uniform sprite sheets
- Align brushes in X and Y for flex grid
- Visual representation with draggable grid
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- Settings:
- forward/backward/ping-pong/random
- set duration (skip or duplicate animbrush frames)
- set current frame
- Add shift-F11 to not grab mouse
- Improve Fill Type requestor:
- Gradient fill direction was rendered backwards
- Added new fill direction gadget
- Ghost controls that don't make sense
- Improve grid:
- Add number spinners
- Add "From Brush" button to Grid requestor to get grid size from the brush
- Shift-G sets grid offset to cursor
- Added ExclBrush pref so a brush grabbed while in grid mode is one less pixel in both X and Y directions
- Added window shade gadget to draggable requestors: Stencil, Palette, and Brush Grid
- Bug fixes:
- fix stencil events falling through requestor
- Fix recovery mode crashing sometimes
- Fix stencil clipping for pictures larger than the screen
- Fix stencil brush pick-up to be like Deluxe Paint III
- Avoid lock-up on flood fill
- fix [ and ] keys for AZERTY and add keyboard F12 debug
(dr)
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31.Jan.2025
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Sound editor: ProTrekkr 2.8.1 for AROS and MorphOS (update)
ProTrekkr is a tracker program that combines a software synthesizer with a traditional sample tracker. It can mainly be used to create electronic music (such as psytrance, trance, goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) for small intros, demos or games. Version 2.8.1 has now been released for AROS (and other systems). Changes:
- Channels LFO carriers are now properly reseted at playing start.
- Channels LFO data can now be sent to the channel filter cutoff, volume and panning.
- Added a channel LFO frequency scaler.
- Added these effects:
- 43: Set channel LFO frequency.
- 44: Set channel LFO frequency scale ratio.
- 45: Set channel LFO amount to send to the channel filter cutoff.
- 46: Set channel LFO amount to send to the channel volume.
- 47: Set channel LFO amount to send to the channel panning.
- Fixed a very old NoiseTrekker bug where LFO values sent to the channels filter were lost because they were too big and clamped.
- Fixed a nasty regression that occurred in 64 bit compiled versions.
Direct AROS download: ptk_v2.8.1_aros_x86.zip (13 MB)
Update: (02.02.2025, 18:46, dr)
Meanwhile 'BeWord' has ported it to MorphOS. (dr)
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29.Jan.2025
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Video: PiStorm68K - Dual 68000 CPU & PiStorm with Physical Switch Demo (update)
The PiStorm68k can accommodate any Raspberry Pi of the generations 3 and 4, and contains an integrated WLAN module and a real-time clock as well as a DIP64 slot to accommodate a 68000 processor. Using a simple switch, it is possible to switch between the emulated and the real CPU.
Ranko Rodic has now published a second video on his project at the title link, which will be made available open source. It shows the aforementioned switching between the two processor types. He has currently ordered the production of 100 PCBs of version 1.2 of the PiStorm68k.
Update: (08:08, 02.02.25, snx)
In the original version of this news item, it was erroneously stated that "any" Raspberry Pi could be used. However, only 64-bit models below generation 5 can be used, whose GPIO lines are controlled via an external chip for the first time, which enables a higher throughput but causes higher latencies. (snx)
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29.Jan.2025
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Do it yourself: Retro joystick USB adapter DualJoy
DualJoy is a firmware for the Rapsberry Pi Pico that turns it into a USB adapter for two D-Sub 9 joysticks, as they are used with the Amiga. (snx)
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29.Jan.2025
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Restoration report: The first perfect computer - Amiga 1000
At the title link, Celso Martinho describes in a longer report with many photos how he restored and upgraded a second-hand Amiga 1000. (snx)
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29.Jan.2025
Facebook
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Announcement: New issue of German print magazine Amiga Joker in October 2025
After the revivals of 2017 and 2019, another special issue of the German print magazine "Amiga Joker" is going to be published in October. They are still looking for letters to the editor, picture contributions for the gallery and a few articles. Interested parties can contact them by e-mail at joker@spieleschreiber.de. (snx)
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28.Jan.2025
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Jump'n'Run: Absolute Zero 1.1.1
In "Absolute Zero", a jump'n'run game created with RedPill, the player has to collect batteries for "climate reactors" in a frozen world (Video).
Version 1.1.1 has just been released. Since the initial version 1.0 in summer 2023, new particles have been added, performance has been improved, a loading image has been added and versions for 68000 and 68020 processors have been made available.
The game can be downloaded for a voluntary fee. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
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Action game: "Operation Steel Rain" playable demo has been released
"Operation Steel Rain" is a new run'n'gun action game in development for AGA Amigas. Inspired by mecha-style games like "Assault Suits Valken" (SNES) or "Ranger-X" (Megadrive), the game brings platform shooter action to the Amiga screen.
The project, created with the Scorpion Engine, is still in its early stages of development, but the recently released demo already allows players to run, jump, fly and even destroy some enemies with a mech. The demo shows the first approaches to the planned gameplay mechanics, even though it is currently still quite simple, but still promising.
The demo version of ‘Operation Steel Rain’ is currently available for AGA Amigas as an ADF file and for the A500 Mini as an LhA archive. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
Games That Weren't
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Darkland
"Darkland" was an advanced action role-playing game developed by New Deal Productions in the early 1990s. The game was intended for the Amiga, but never reached commercial release.
Thanks to the website "Games That Weren't", which specialises in unreleased games, new insights into the development of "Darkland" are now available. The website recently discovered extensive material, including screenshots, concept art and detailed information on the planned game mechanics. The project was heavily inspired by titles like "Shadow of the Beast" and promised a mix of combat, puzzles and exploration. According to "Games That Weren't", it is unclear whether a version of Darkland was released for the Atari ST.
Although the game was never released for the Amiga, the newly discovered materials provide a fascinating insight into what might have been. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
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Demoparty: Lovebyte 2025 (15-16 February)
On the weekend of 15-16 February 2025, the virtual demoparty "Lovebyte" will take place on Discord and Twitch - an event dedicated entirely to so-called sizecoding, i.e. programming with as few bytes as possible. Under this year's motto "Blind Date", all competition entries will be presented anonymously so that the works can be experienced independently of their creators.
The event includes exciting intro competitions in size categories from 32 bytes to 1024 bytes, as well as other competitions such as Tiny Executable Graphics, Bytebeat Music and Wild Showcase. In addition, seminars, a Bytejam, DJ sets and intro shows are offered. The party is open to all interested people and for all platforms, including Amiga. (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
Seiya (ANF)
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PDF magazine: REV'n'GE 166 (Italian/English)
Besides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.
The latest issue 166 contains numerous game reviews for other retro systems as well as a review of the Polish Amiga game "Cyber Kick". (nba)
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28.Jan.2025
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Video: Interview with "Ports of Call" developer Rolf-Dieter Klein
Rolf-Dieter Klein set new benchmarks for manager simulations with "Ports of Call", developed by him and Martin Ulrich and released in 1987 under the Aegis label. In the YouTube video interview with Magisthans Spielekiste, Klein provides insights into the development of this ship management game, the challenges faced during development and the compromises made during the creation process.
Of particular interest are the concept art images, which have not been shown before and are being exclusively presented in the video. The video also offers a glimpse of possible new versions of the game.
The interview is held in German, but subtitled in English, making it accessible to an international audience. (nba)
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27.Jan.2025
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AROS: Sound editor ProTrekkr 2.8.0
ProTrekkr is a tracker program that combines a software synthesizer with a traditional sample tracker. It can mainly be used to create electronic music (such as psytrance, trance, goa, hard acid, IDM, chip, techno, jungle, etc.) for small intros, demos or games. Version 2.8.0 has now been released for AROS (and other systems). Changes:
- Added a function to negate the current palette.
- Added two functions to rotate the current palette on the left or right.
- Re-arranged bitchbiker.ptk and added it into the official list of modules.
- Changed the behaviour of the single step mode, plays only stops when enter (or return) key is depressed and only the current pattern is played
(press Left Shift to go into song mode).
- Added a function to transpose a range of instruments.
- Patterns modifications functions are only active when edition mode is on.
- Transposition functions now keep track of last used instruments to be able
to transpose relevant notes used without instruments.
- Stopping step mode will keep edit mode intact.
- Sample "Maximize" (Max) is now called "Normalize" (Norm) in samples editor.
- More visual feedback for currently played sample in samples editor.
- Added the option to show/clear leading zeroes digits in patterns.
- Added patterns sliders edition mode (check manual for explanations).
Note: This mode can be quite CPU intensive.
- Fixed various bugs in patterns edition.
- Channels VU meters were drawn way to many times over each others, fixed.
- Fixed the audio levels of the channels VU meters.
- Modified the reverb (should sound better (?)) also added a damp parameter
(had to rework some modules due to this).
- Added effect 2C: Set reverb damp ratio.
- Improved the volume ramping.
- Added LCTRL + LALT + HOME / END keyboard shortcuts (jump to top/first track or bottom/last track of a pattern).
- Added Enter or Return keys for single step play.
- Fixed channels multi polyphony allocations.
- Fixed the fullscreen mode switching under AROS.
- Added an OpenGL executable in AROS distribution (ptk_aros_ogl) for some reason i don't explain it may be slower than the regular one,
your mileage may vary.
Direct download: ptk_v2.8.0_aros_x86.zip (13 MB) (dr)
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27.Jan.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 3.2.0 Release Candidate 2 (update)
Just last week SDL 3 was officially released with version 3.20. As usual, Juha 'capehill' Niemimaki is implementing the multimedia library for AmigaOS 4.1 and has now published a first release candidate which contains the following Amiga-specific changes:
- Add localized system menus to SDL windows.
- Prefs program can be started from menu. (Settings are not real-time as they are based on environment variables.)
- Support 4th and 5th mouse buttons.
- Remove MiniGL renderer. (It might make a comeback later if FBO is not required anymore)
- Implement dialog, iostream and process APIs.
AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and optional MiniGL and OpenGL ES 2.0 are required.
Update: (29.01.2025, 19:00, dr)
Meanwhile Release Candidate 2 is available fixing a crash when scanning environment variables on some systems.
Direct download: SDL3.lha (9,2 MB) (dr)
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27.Jan.2025
Patrick Schwedt (E-Mail)
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Amiga-500-Guide: Version 2 of the manual for (re-) beginners (German)
Last year Patrick Schwedt wrote a German PDF file with all kinds of tips for those who have bought an Amiga 500 for the first time or are starting to use it again after a long time. Version 2 is now available on Aminet, which has been expanded and now contains 61 pages. Almost all the pictures have been revised. A new feature is an illustrated guide to installing hardware extensions.
Download: Amiga_500_Guide_V2.0.pdf (5 MB) (snx)
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27.Jan.2025
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Managing ADF files: Rust library "adflib" V0.1.5
In March 2023, we reported on Volker Schwaberow's project to convert ADFlib, written primarily in C by Laurent Clevy, into the Rust programming language, and meanwhile he has gained some progress. He has now released version 0.1.5 with the following changes:
- chore: improve the bitmap handling, replace write_bitmap_blocks with initialize_bitmap and update bitmap initialization logic
- fix: change adf variable to mutable for proper data manipulation
- feat: implement file writing functionality and directory management in ADF
- feat: implement create_directory function and enhance file listing with protection flags
(dr)
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27.Jan.2025
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Strategy game: LightTheLEDs
Rodrigo Vertulo, who previously published "Skinny Marley" (amiga-news.de reported), now wants to remind Amiga fans of their creative spirit with "LightTheLEDs" and offers an "electrifying challenge" with his new game, in which you have to connect batteries to LEDs, but have to go through at least one resistor to ensure that the circuit works correctly.
The game runs on any OCS Amiga and is available for the equivalent of around 2.40 euros. (dr)
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26.Jan.2025
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Aminet uploads until 25.01.2025
The following files have been added until 25.01.2025 to Aminet:
xdump.lha dev/misc 538K OS3 Four AmigaDOS binary fi...
xmdump.lha dev/misc 555K OS3 Analyze AmigaDOS progra...
xrom.lha dev/misc 538K OS3 ROM analyze tool
The_Bible.zip docs/misc 10M GEN The Bible (Polish)
anaiis.lha driver/oth 256K OS3 ANAIIS USB Stack Releas...
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 260K OS3 ANAIIS USB Boot disk Re...
anaiis_massive.lha driver/oth 82K OS3 Massive release 1.25
G-WARS.lha game/shoot 7.9M OS3 Geometry Wars inspired ...
BackdPattGener.lha gfx/edit 66K OS3 Create your own backdro...
AmiArcadia-OS4.lha misc/emu 11M OS4 Signetics-based machine...
AmiArcadia.lha misc/emu 10M OS3 Signetics-based machine...
PrayForLA.lha mods/32bit 738K GEN 16bit 8ch Jazz Noir Cha...
k8-hologram.lha text/bfont 1K GEN Bitmap font encoding KO...
AS_Patch14.lha util/boot 12K OS3 Fix CPU/FPU Bug in Amig...
VATestprogram.zip util/misc 8.5M OS3 Versatile Amiga Testpro...
CPU-A.lha util/moni 500K OS3 System Information Tool
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OS4Depot uploads until 25.01.2025
The following files have been added until 25.01.2025 to OS4Depot:
aos-amigagpt-icons.lha gra/ico 574kb 4.1 AmigaOS 4.1 Style Icons for Amig...
perciman.lha uti/wor 2Mb 4.0 Person Contact and Information M...
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26.Jan.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 25.01.2025
The following files have been added until 25.01.2025 to AROS Archives:
siddump.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/mis 90kb C64 music debug output utility
badapple.x86_64-aros-v11.zip dem/mis 3Mb The famous Bad Apple animation w...
sdllopan.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gam/boa 479kb MahJong clone
potrace.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gra/con 1Mb Transforming bitmaps into vector...
qlview.x86_64-aros-v11.zip gra/vie 261kb Sinclair QL Screen viewer
unlzx.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 60kb Unpack lzx files
untarka.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 63kb unpack tar file
grep.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/mis 57kb GNU Grep
sfsobject.x86_64-aros-v11... uti/mis 77kb Sets SFS object attributes
unmount.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/tex 36kb Device unmounting tool
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26.Jan.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 25.01.2025
The following files have been added until 25.01.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
WaveEdit_1.1.lha Audio/Editor The wavetable and bank ...
jansson-2.14.lha Development/Library C library for encoding,...
CDogs-SDL_2.2.0.lha Games/Shoot2D Classic overhead run-an...
Mahjong_0.17.lha Games/Think Port of Mahjong
OpenKropki_0.4.lha Games/Think Port of OpenKropki by P...
stream-5.10-efika.lha System/Benchmark A Memory Bandwidth Test...
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26.Jan.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 25.01.2025
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 25.01.2025:
- 2025-01-25 fixed: Ghost Battle (Thalion) character position on map when using level select option fixed, unlock door without key with Up fixed (Info)
- 2025-01-23 improved: High Steel (Screen 7) second version supported, multiple game bugs fixed, invulnerability cheat, 2nd button support (Info)
- 2024-12-18 new: Think Twice (Magic Soft) done by DJ Mike (Info)
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26.Jan.2025
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Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32 for the Amiga 3000/4000
KickSmash32, currently available in version 1.4, is a Kickstart ROM replacement module for the Amiga 3000 and 4000, which can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. (snx)
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26.Jan.2025
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Windows: WavConvert4Amiga 1.3 (update)
The Windows program WavConvert4Amiga is used to optimize audio files in Wave format for use on the Amiga or with tracker music programs. The range of functions includes any sample rate when converting to 8-bit mono format, support for both PAL and NTSC frequencies and note conversion from C-1 to B-3 for ProTracker.
Update: (27.01.2025, 07:00, dr)
Meanwhile version 1.3 is already available, which adds the Amiga ST-xx sample format: it is now possible to load 8svx and original Amiga St-xx sample formats directly into wavconvert. (snx)
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26.Jan.2025
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Music competition: Winter edition of the Boozedrome
On February 22nd, the next Boozedrome will not take place on location in Helsinki, but this time purely on YouTube. Music modules of a maximum length of three minutes and a maximum size of 2 MB that can be played by HippoPlayer 2.45 without additional libraries can be submitted. They will then be played on an Amiga 600 with an 68020 processor and some Fast-RAM. (snx)
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26.Jan.2025
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Music: An introduction to Amiga (techno) hardcore
At the title link, Jude Noel has written an overview of the Amiga techno hardcore music scene in English and links to corresponding tracks for direct listening. (snx)
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26.Jan.2025
The Oasis BBS (website)
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Video: Why the Commodore Amiga CD³² failed
In the video at the title link, 'The Matrix' once again addresses the failure of the Amiga CD³². Picking up on this, 'Havok' has also written a text on the subject for The Oasis BBS, which he co-runs. (snx)
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26.Jan.2025
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Picture collection: 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 (amiga-news.de reported).
In this January update, some level graphics were added for the game StarRay and, for comparison, the graphics of the Atari ST version, as these are better than the Amiga version despite the technical disadvantages. (dr)
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26.Jan.2025
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Open source project: IDE driver lide.device 40.9
The open source project lide.device provides a new IDE driver for the Amiga, which offers some improvements (amiga-news.de reported). Now version 40.9 was released:
Driver
- Performance improvements
- Add support for AIDE
Lideflash
- Add support for RIDE
- Add support for Zorro-LAN-IDESATA
- Support bank erase on Matze TKs
- Support more flash models
- Support programming CDFS to 68EC020-TK
- Fix 68EC020-TK detection
- Inhibit DOS devices during programming
- Add version string
(dr)
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24.Jan.2025
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Video player: Amos Anim Player v2025
The "Amos Anim Player" of the group "ELECTRIC BLACK SHEEP" is a very simple IFF-ANIM player that runs on any Amiga. It can play compressed IFF-Anim formats synchronised with a separate IFF Audio Sample (or MOD) (amiga-news.de reported).
The latest version 2025 provides the following changes:
- Palette could change between frames in movie version
- Litle optimization....Proper version a bit faster
- Different timing method?!
(dr)
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23.Jan.2025
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Video analysis: Shadow of the Beast - The Greatest Video Game Tech Demo Ever
In a 14-minute video, the Youtuber "Modern Vintage Gamer" takes a close look at the Amiga classic "Shadow of The Beast" and explains, among other things, how the up to 13 independently scrolling levels or the sometimes over 120 colours on the screen come about - but also why the title sometimes comes across as a bit monotonous in terms of gameplay due to the many technical gimmicks that push the hardware to the limit. (cg)
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23.Jan.2025
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Action game: Amiga Yoomp! 1.07
Amiga Yoomp! is a conversion of an Atari 8-bit game from 2007. In the last few weeks, several updates have been released that bring the following changes:
- Version 1.07: improved save hi-score procedure it is now much faster
- Version 1.06: fixed bug in start script preventing to rung game from Workbench
- Version 1.05: fixes for startup code and file load procedure
- Version 1.04: fixed crash (guru) on WinUAE 5.3.0 when game was loaded from HD
- Version 1.03: removed modification of user-startup file, added "assign" command to game start script (HD installation only)
(cg)
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22.Jan.2025
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Audio playback: Interview on the occasion of version 1.0 of AmiModRadio
Shortly before Christmas - after years of almost asymptotically approaching this version number - AmiModRadio 1.0 was released. Reason enough for us to ask its programmer 'Tygre' for an interview.
About the program: AmiModRadio accesses the more than twenty thousand music modules in Aminet, but also tens of thousands of tracks from Haxor.fi, Modland and Modules.pl, in order to download a piece of music, unpack it and play it on one of the playback programs such as AmigaAMP, DeliTracker, EaglePlayer, HippoPlayer, MultiPlayer or TuneNet. A rating function is also included. AmiModRadio is open source, the files are available on SourceForge and BitBucket. Anyone wishing to report bugs is asked to do so via the official bug tracker. Suggestions for improvement are always welcome.
Thank you for telling us more about your project. For a start, would you like to tell us a bit about yourself?
I'm a Breton, born and raised in Brittany, who has lived in Montréal, Québec, for 22 years (time flies!). I received an A1200 for Christmas 1993 (or was it 1994?), but I was already familiar with that awesome computer series thanks to my brother, who had had a C64 and then an A500 before that. Later, he also bought an A4000. I still have my A1200 and the A4000 (although the motherboard suffered from the infamous leakage of its barrel battery).
I used my A1200 all the way to my engineering school in 1998. I had augmented it with a Blizzard 1230 and two external harddisks connected via a ribbon cable sticking out from the A1200 case. Not very pretty, but working very well! In 2000, I bought my first PC (a Dell Inspiron) and I neglected my Amigas until 2009 or something, when I rediscovered the joy of simple computing. :-) I refurbished my A1200 but also started buying other extensions and Amigas. Now, my main Amiga is an A1200 with a Blizzard 1240, a CompactFlash card, an Ethernet card, and other goodies, all sheltered in a beautiful Evo X500 black case.
When did the work on AmiModRadio start?
In the 2010s, I was looking for a project to pick up and improve my Amiga programming and, of course, to use my A1200! I had always enjoyed Amiga music and realised that there was no convenient way to play all the modules in Aminet - the idea for AmiModRadio was born!
How was this idea implemented then?
Early on, I realised that I didn't want to program a new player (I was just not a good enough programmer!) so I decided to use ARexx, which brought many benefits: AmiModRadio can interact with most module players out there! Also, ARexx is very cool and versatile and I miss it on Linux and Windows.
Besides that, AmiModRadio is entirely programmed in C, and uses its own FTP and HTTP/HTTPS code to download modules. I wanted to learn socket programming and the intricacies of all these protocols! It also includes four different user interfaces: textual (CLI) and graphical (ClassAct, MUI, and ReAction), which share the same base code.
I couldn't have developed AmiModRadio without the community's help, in particular, on EAB, who patiently answered my many questions... or helped with translations and testing (in particular 'AmigaSystem'!).
Did you originally have different plans for the project?
Actually, AmiModRadio today is pretty much what I had in mind these many years ago... I just didn't know that it would take me 13+ years to complete. :-D AmiModRadio grew a little bit beyond what I had in mind at the beginning: it uses different tasks, so that the UI stays responsive even during the download and unarchiving of modules, and it has a companion Web server to store/retrieve/display ratings.
Regarding features: is the project finished?
Yes! I'm pretty happy with the state of AmiModRadio now... I actually use it every day on my A1200 or on the FPGA Arcade in the living room (to my daughters' horror! :-p). It is stable, doesn't crash, and doesn't corrupt the system... as far as I see! I'll improve its user interfaces and inner workings, but nothing major should change... Until someone reviews my code and tells me all the things that I did wrong...
Are there any other plans?
Actually, yes! :-D
First, I'd like to complete the reprogramming/conversions of the programs published in Amiga News Tech (ANT) in the 1990s for VBCC. VBCC is an amazing compiler for the Amiga (and not only the Amiga) and the programs in ANT have a lot to teach (me).
Then, I was talking about Linux and Windows above... One thing that I miss from Windows is the possibility of creating shortcuts simply. I'm currently developing WBShortcutMaker (working title!) that would create, in the WBStartup, shortcuts to any program: You would select a program that you'd like to run at startup and, with a click or a menu or something (I haven't figured it out yet), WBShortcutMaker would create a script in your WBStartup with icon and all.
Also, I have kind of abandoned AmiAutoUpdater for a long while, which was my naive attempt at a kind of package manager... or rather software updater! I'd like to take that up again, but first I should try Grunch, which may do exactly what I want (and more).
Finally, I'd like to fix my A1200, which used to host my website thanks to THTTPd, but that recently stopped working: I suspect that the CF card failed but I haven't taken the time yet to investigate! (snx)
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21.Jan.2025
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Shoot 'em up: Sky Shapers available in a physical box edition
Sky Shapers is a 50 FPS vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from the Norwegian development team Digilicious Nibbles. With three levels and 37 different enemy types, boss fights, weapon upgrades and special weapons, high-quality sound and two levels of parallax scrolling, the game brings arcade flair to the Amiga. Sky Shapers includes an extensive introduction sequence, a bonus point screen and a permanent high score table. The game achieved a positive 88 percent in the December issue of Amiga Addict.
Sky Shapers requires an Amiga with an AGA chipset and Kickstart 3.0 or higher, at least 1877 KB of free Chip RAM, 1 MB of Fast RAM and a hard drive. It is playable on systems with a 68020 processor running at 14 MHz, but a minimum of a 68030 running at 25 MHz is recommended. It can be controlled using a joystick (joysticks with two buttons are supported) or the keyboard.
APC&TCP is now offering the game in a boxed version in its own online shop at a price of EUR 29. In addition to the game on CD, the box contains a printed manual and an A3 poster. With the purchase, a link to the download version is provided. (nba)
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21.Jan.2025
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Flappy-Bird-clone: Happy Bat 1.2
The skill game "Happy Bat" has been developed by Carlos Zener for testing the high score function of the game development tool REDPILL (amiga-news.de reported). Happy Bat has now been updated to version 1.2, which features new graphics by Jordi Palome and a new music track for the initial level. In addition, executable files have been provided for Amigas with 68000 or 68020+ processors. The game requires a real or emulated Amiga with an AGA chipset.
"Happy Bat" is an adaptation of the game "Flappy Bird". The aim is to make a bat flap its wings by pressing the space bar or the joystick button, thus preventing it from hitting the ground or pillars, and guiding it safely through the level.
Happy Bat is provided both as a LhA archive and in ADF format. It can be downloaded in return for a voluntary donation. (nba)
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21.Jan.2025
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Hyperion Entertainment: Press release regarding the new director
As reported, Timothy De Groote has been appointed as the new director of Hyperion Entertainment. The following press release has been officially published by the company at the title link today.
New Ownership of Hyperion Entertainment CVBA – New Director Appointed
Brussels – January 21, 2025
At a general assembly held on December 18, 2024, organized and convened by the temporary administrator, the shareholders of Hyperion Entertainment CVBA appointed Timothy De Groote as the company’s new director.
The general assembly also instructed the new directors to prioritize consolidating the company’s financial situation and restarting development of AmigaOS.
The general assembly followed the bankruptcy of Hyperion Entertainment’s largest shareholder, Ben Hermans BV, which, under Belgian law, resulted in the annulment of its shares. (snx)
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20.Jan.2025
Games That Weren't
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Amiga Games That Weren't: Joy of Killing
"Joy of Killing" was a shoot'em up started in 1996 by the Polish development team S-Crew. The site "Amiga Games That Weren't", which collects information on unreleased Amiga titles, has now restored the demo produced at the time in co-operation with 'Rygar'. (dr)
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20.Jan.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.13.0 for X1000/X5000
Parallel to the release of the Linux kernel 6.13.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled a version for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000. The new kernel fixes, among others, bugs around network, sound and SCSI. (dr)
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20.Jan.2025
Mixel
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Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" 1.0.4
"WiZONK!" (Video) is a single-screen platformer developed with the Scorpion Engine, in which up to four combatants try to kill each other. In version 1.0.4, a few bugs have been fixed and some changes have been made to the functionality:
- More menu controls are now Player 1 exclusive.
- Fixed a lockup if you quit the game in a particular way.
- Made Player 1 mandatory
- Fixed bug where sometimes 2 players were invisible!
- Optimised the Menu Screen (ongoing)
- Improved multitap icon
- Added ability to cycle characters by clicking beside the portraits
In particular, the optimisation of the main menu has not yet been completed and will only improve over the course of the next updates. (dr)
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20.Jan.2025
Kobold_Eduard
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Christmas game: The Young Icefighter, Level 5 and bonus level
"The Young Icefighter" is a Christmas game for children created with the "Shoot'em Construction Kit", for which the developer's eight-year-old son drew most of the graphics (amiga-news.de reported). Now another bonus level and level 5 have been released. (dr)
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20.Jan.2025
Marcel Stritzelberger
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Article: Amiga-Memory - A computer that shaped us (German)
Christian Spanik is an Austrian presenter, film producer and author who has written books about the Commodore 64 and Amiga. He also runs the website Der Digisaurier, where he looks at current topics with the knowledge of the past.
In the recently published German article "Amiga Memory: A computer that shaped us", he takes readers "on a journey through personal memories, quirky details and special moments that make the Amiga an unforgotten classic. And my favourite computer to this day." (dr)
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19.Jan.2025
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Aminet uploads until 18.01.2025
The following files have been added until 18.01.2025 to Aminet:
TuneFinderMUI.lha comm/misc 66K OS3 Search+play online radi...
AFG.sh.zip dev/gg 636K VAR Audio Function Generato...
REDPILLGameCreator.lha dev/misc 6.2M OS3 Game Creator with AGA s...
E-ROMATO.lha dev/src 2K GEN A python script to swap...
anaiis.lha driver/oth 256K OS3 ANAIIS USB Stack Releas...
anaiis_boot.lha driver/oth 259K OS3 ANAIIS USB Boot disk Re...
anaiis_massive.lha driver/oth 82K OS3 Massive release 1.25
HappyBat.lha game/jump 244K OS3 A flappy bird clone for...
3doc_m68020_v1.10.lha gfx/3d 2.2M OS3 3D Object Converter for...
AmiArcadiaMOS.lha misc/emu 9.5M MOS Signetics-based machine...
AmiVms.lha misc/emu 3.8M OS3 Simulates OpenVMS comma...
MuEVD.lha misc/emu 152K OS3 MuLib driven ShapeShift...
ZXLive.lha misc/emu 127K OS3 ZX-Spectrum 48/128k/Pen...
Felicidad.lha mods/midi 59K GEN Felicidad, General MIDI...
NoJob.mp3 mods/mpg 4.1M GEN A motif made by Stefano...
AmySequencer.lha mus/midi 564K OS3 MIDI sequencer for the ...
AMIGA-SCARTRGBcable.jpg pix/illu 26K GEN Schematic for generic A...
AmiTranslateItaCat.lha text/misc 17K GEN Italian catalog for Ami...
MMULib.lha util/libs 789K OS3 Library to ctrl the MC6...
AnalogClock.lha util/time 42K OS3 Resizeable analog trans...
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.01.2025
The following files have been added until 18.01.2025 to OS4Depot:
resrc4.lha dev/mis 128kb 4.1 MC680x0 Disassembler
amiarcadia.lha emu/gam 10Mb 4.0 Signetics-based machines emulator
openjazz.lha gam/pla 883kb 4.1 open-source version of the class...
afa-viewer.lha uti/arc 4Mb 4.1 Browse AmigaFuture Archive-DVD
amitranslate.lha uti/tex 5Mb 4.0 Translate text with DeepL
litexl2.lha uti/tex 2Mb 4.1 A lightweight text editor writte...
(snx)
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AROS Archives uploads until 18.01.2025
The following files have been added until 18.01.2025 to AROS Archives:
alac.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/mis 71kb Apple Lossless Audio Codec decoder
tinysid.x86_64-aros-v11.zip aud/pla 66kb A small, multiplatform SID player
gorillaz_drawer.lha gra/ico 188kb Collection of Drawer Icons for A...
nomarch.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 80kb extract old .arc and .ark archives
zunearc.x86-64-aros-v11.zip uti/arc 301kb a zune front end for archivers
bin2iso.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/fil 45kb convert Bin File to ISO 9660
dirtree.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/mis 49kb Shell command displaying directo...
joytest.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/mis 45kb joypad test prints lowlevel data...
rescode.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/mis 87kb Calculates resistor values (4 an...
diskusage.x86_64-aros-v11... uti/she 49kb Estimates file space usage
timeit.x86_64-aros-v11.zip uti/she 46kb Shell command for timing other c...
dclock.x86_64-aros-v11.lha uti/wor 31kb Utilities Clock for wanderer
skandalfoclock.x86_64-aro... uti/wor 173kb Advanced Analog Clock
(snx)
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.01.2025
The following files have been added until 18.01.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
Physfs-3.3.0.lha Development/Library MorphOS port of Physics...
boost-1.87.0.lha Development/Library Boost 1.87.0 for MorphOS
Freetype-2.13.3.lha Development/Library MorphOS port of LibFree...
AmiArcadia_33.80.lha Emulation A Signetics-based machi...
AmiTranslate_0.5.lha Misc A DeepL interface for A...
Lite-XL_2.1.7r1.lha Text/Edit Lite XL is a lightweigh...
(snx)
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19.Jan.2025
Amiga Boing (website)
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Amiga Boing Blog: Successor wanted
The "Amiga Boing Blog" offers tests of numerous games from the PD/freeware area. In addition, game collections with freely distributable games or games licensed to the operator are compiled, which are already delivered with a fully prepared WinUAE - the user only has to add a Kickstart ROM.
There are also collections in RP9 format, which therefore work optimally with Cloanto's "Amiga Forever" emulator package, and a collection of games that work with the AROS-based Kickstart ROM supplied with WinUAE.
As the blogger will not be able to continue his work in the foreseeable future, a successor will be sought from 2026 on. Plenty of work is available, as there are 3,000 more games ready to be added. (snx)
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19.Jan.2025
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Do it yourself: CompactFlash adapter AmigaCF for Amiga 600 and 1200
The CompactFlash adapter AmigaCF for the Amiga 600 and 1200 is connected to the internal IDE port not by cable like other variants, but is plugged directly into it instead. In addition, noises are made during access, as a substitute for those made when accessing a real 2.5" hard disk inside the computer.
The AmigaCF is intended for use directly on the mainboard - as it is unbuffered, it is not suitable for use on the IDE port of some turbo boards, i.e. those which require a buffered adapter instead. (snx)
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19.Jan.2025
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Financing of a Warp3D driver for the PiStorm32 (PI4/CM4) on IndieGoGo
Steffen Haeuser writes at A1K.org (translated): "Warp3D for PiStorm! Until now, 3D games on Amiga computers with PiStorm were limited to software-only rendering solutions, even though a Pi4/CM4 has a powerful 3D chip (Videocore VI). The aim of this project is to change this. Developer Dennis Boon has offered to create a Warp3D.library for PiStorm systems with Pi4 and Pi CM4 for a fee.
With 3D hardware acceleration, you get higher resolutions, faster FPS and more impressive visuals for 3D gaming on PiStorm-equipped Amiga systems. Additionally, it enables porting of games that require 3D hardware acceleration or games that would be too slow in software-only rendering on a PiStorm Amiga." (snx)
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19.Jan.2025
spillhistorie.no (ANF)
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Spillhistorie: Interview with Michael Haire (Microprose)
Hans Arne Jacobsen and Joachim Froholt have conducted another interview for the Norwegian website Spillhistorie - this time with Michael Haire, the former head of Microprose's graphics department.
Michael Haire worked on classics such as Sid Meier's Pirates! and Civilization. He entered the games industry in 1981 when he created cover art for a series of games for the TRS-80 8-bit computer. He quickly began to create game graphics and worked for the legendary game publisher and developer MicroProse from the mid-1980s. (snx)
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19.Jan.2025
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Video: Data recovery from an Amiga 1000 (German)
In the video at the title link, the home computer and games console museum Yesterchips in Lützelbach (Hessen, Germany) deals with data recovery from the hard disk of an Amiga 1000. As this is not a SCSI or IDE hard disk, but one of the MFM hard disks used previously, the task was somewhat more complex. (snx)
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19.Jan.2025
MiDWaN
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-Lite 5.8.1
As announced, Amiberry 7.0 has now been followed by the release of the slimmed-down version 5.8 of Amiberry-Lite. This version, which is still based on WinUAE 4.4, has now also received selected cherry-picked features from its big brother, insofar as they are still useful on less powerful systems up to and including the Raspberry Pi 4. (snx)
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19.Jan.2025
Mastodon (ANF)
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Game: Tank in a Dungeon 1.1 (update)
In "Tank in a Dungeon" you have to drive a tank through a labyrinth exposed by an earthquake in order to free researchers held captive by alien robots.
An Amiga with at least 1.5 MB RAM and Workbench 2.0 is required, an Amiga 1200 is recommended.
Update: (19.01.2025, 21:27, dr)
Version 1.1 is now available, which fixes a bug (flickering numbers in the score and player ammo have been removed) and also assigns the player a rank based on accuracy after completing all missions. (snx)
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AmigaOS 4: New port of the game engine OpenJazz for Jazz Jackrabbit
OpenJazz is an engine that can be used to play the commercial Sonic clone Jazz Jackrabbit (the original files are required accordingly). It was ported for AmigaOS 4 back in 2012 already by Roman 'kas1e' Kargin. Since then, OpenJazz has undergone several additions and has been converted to SDL2 though.
However, in the current version by George Sokianos, the bonus stages are switched off as they lead to crashes. A problem that also occurs on other platforms. (snx)
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18.Jan.2025
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Operating system: MorphOS 3.19 released
Press release: The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the immediate availability of MorphOS 3.19. This release includes numerous important stability and security improvements.
For a more extensive overview of the changes included in MorphOS 3.19, please read our release notes:
MorphOS 3.19 boot.img Changes
Quark
- Fixed the MAC address reading on dual core PowerMac G5 machines
- Prefer the loader-supplied CPU frequency, if available
- When accessing the regular PCI bus, do a type 1 configuration transaction (Sam460LE)
- Fixed time being off by couple of seconds on Mac systems
Dos
- Improved the ExAll emulation
- Removed unnecessary current directory change in MatchEnd
Intuition
- Corrected the gamma channel handling for copy operation in GetDefaultGammaTables
- Fixed a regression when uncovering hidden windows with Enhanced Display being off
MarvellDMA
- IDMAWaitCopyASync: fixed a race condition
Poseidon
- Fixed a language array overflow error
Ram Disk
- ACTION_END: Improved compatibility
USB
- Improved display of special rawkeys in the keyboard tab
- Fixed initial state of event tracking, action enable/disable buttons
- Fixed a possible illegal access issue for certain HID mouse devices
MorphOS 3.19 Disk Changes
Ambient
- Fixed snapshot/unsnapshot to properly retain metadata for SVG icons
- Fixed snapshot/unsnapshot for dualpng icons
- Added multiple new filetype definitions
- Disabled unconditional debug
- Fixed root view icon unsnapshot issues
- Fixed not to show bogus data in the Information window if a disk icon is missing
- Fixed incorrect logic when locating icon Default Tool
Applications/Flacapella
- Added GnuDB UniqueCode support
- Disabled defunct cover search services
Applications/Hex
- Search is now abortable
- Added Recent Files menu and other UI improvements
- Viewing RAM now starts in read-only mode
Applications/Jalapeno
- Made it possible to ignore a failing disc capacity check on P5020
Applications/RemoteShell
Applications/Transfer
- Fixed local path handling when navigating to parent directory
Applications/VPDF
- Updated to latest libpoppler 25.01.0
- Fixed C++ locale support
- Fixed an exception/exit issue with specific PDFs related to outlines
- Fixed some issue with opening document internal and external links when outline view was enabled
C/HDWrite
- Fixed Start Offset to handle 64bit values
C/Installer
- Fixed memory corruption issue with some scripts
C/Newer
- Added a FILE/S argument to explicitly disable resident and library searches
C/Version
- Improved compatibility parsing content between revision and date
Classes/Frameworks/MUI
- Re-worked separator settings in the ASL requesters
- Use [self new] instead of [class new] in helper constructors to aid with overriding
- MUIList active would return 0 (instead of -1) even if the list was empty early on
- Fixed the MUIA_Poplist_Object getter
Classes/Frameworks/OB
- Added several missing methods to OBQueue
- Reworked all error handling to go through common handlers and provide more data
- Arexx messaging between two ObjectiveC apps bypasses rexx's baked in string length limits and uses UTF-8
- Fixed a memory leak in OBArexxPort
Classes/Mui/Hex
- Exposed 'isediting' state
Classes/Mui/VGraphics
- Don't redraw on mouse moves when MUIA_VGraphics_LightenOnMouse is off
Classes/Reggae/Http_stream
- Fixed memory leaks and other bugs in error code paths
- NetThreadSendRequest: improved handling of network errors
Classes/Reggae/MediaLogger
- Fixed a buffer overflow when rendering long event descriptions
Classes/Screenbar/Netlamps
- Fixed incorrect network traffic statistics in certain conditions
Classes/Usb/Camdusbmidi
- Fixed a bug with SysEx reception handling for multiple in/out DIN interface
Classes/Usb/Xbox360
- Added support for GameSir-G7 SE Controller for Xbox
L/NetworksFS
- Fixed connection error requester message
- Store volume names in bookmarks when using the Connect window
- Added missing MUIA_CycleChains
L/Smb2FS
- Fixed to return error when setting date for a non-existing object
- smb2_futimens: use mtime not atime for last_write_time
L/TrashFS
- Respect DefIcon_Path when loading Trashcan icons
- Hide .mtrash directories as they're created (SFS only)
Libs/Filesysbox
- FbxSetupSystemStart: use GetUTCSysTime to get systemstart time
- FbxDS2Timespec: Fixed tv_nsec overflow when ds_Tick was past the first second in minute
- FbxTimeSpec2DS: Take tv_nsec into account when calculating ds_Tick
Libs/Icon
- Fixed problem with classic icons
Libs/Ixemul
- getcwd: Fixed signal locking
Libs/Lzma
- Updated to liblzma 5.2.12
Libs/OpenSSL3
Libs/Random
Libs/Thumbnail
Data/SSL/Curl-ca-bundle.crt
- Updated root certificates
Devs/Monitors/Radeon
MUI
- Added the Unicode collection to Fontpanel
- Context menus will now open right-of mouse pointer
- Check whether MUIA_Coloradjust_ShowAlpha is TRUE before adding the alpha slider
- Fixed fixed-width font support in ASL requesters
- Fixed dereferenced submenu edge case after some scroll/move operations
Network/Netstack
- Improved errno/h_errno handling
Prefs/OpenURL
Prefs/Printers
- Fixed paper size units from cm to mm
Tools/HDConfig
Tools/IWizard
- Don't overwrite Wayfarer/Iris when updating MorphOS and a newer version is already installed
- Preserve newer Radeon and TinyGL, if installed
- Fixed a bug in path filtering
Tools/Scout
- Improved stability
- Improved task UID display
Utilities/Commodities/Expose
Utilities/Multiview
- Improved detection of text documents
- Fixed a crash when rendering colored AmigaGuide text
(dr)
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17.Jan.2025
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MorphOS: Jump'n Run SuperTux 0.6.3.1549
'BeWorld' has ported SuperTux, a classic, side-scrolling platform game in the style of the original Super Mario games, for MorphOS in its current version. (dr)
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17.Jan.2025
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Platformer: Hotfixes for "Tiny Pixel Adventure"
Tiny Pixel Adventure (video) is a classic platformer. After the final version was released a good week ago (amiga-news.de reported), the author has now added some bug fixes:
- fix some graphics bug in level 23
- Fixed a general bug in the level code display (it could happen that no level code was displayed if you had collected exactly the number of coins)
- Removed the hearts at the beginning of the boss level (was actually only meant to test the level)
- Level 29 small graphic errors fixed
(dr)
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16.Jan.2025
Amiga WARP Organization (ANF)
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Amiga WARP calendar for 2025
As every year, the Croatian Amiga WARP Association has published a calendar for 2025, which this year has the motto "40 years of Amiga". The calendar is available as a PDF file in Croatian and English. (cg)
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16.Jan.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 3.2
vAmiga is an Amiga emulator for macOS. Changes in version 3.2:
Enhancenemts:
- Improved Dashboard (#856)
- User-selectable number formats in inspector (#862)
- Auto-completion for enum-like options in RetroShell (#861)
- Framebuffer screenshots (#863)
Bug fixes:
- The emulator does no longer crash when a dropdown menu in a shrinked toolbar is selected.
Internal changes:
- Switched Swift interoperability from C to C++.
- Encapsulated more data structures and types in the vAmiga namespace.
(cg)
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Text editor: Lite XL 2.1.7r1 for AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
George 'walkero' Sokianos has updated his port of the SDL-based text editor Lite XL. The update makes the changes from the official Lite XL 2.1.7 release now also available for Amiga users, in addition the settings have been significantly revised and some plugins are delivered directly with the editor. (cg)
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16.Jan.2025
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Breakout/Circus clone: Alehop
Alehop (video) is a clone of the arcade classic Circus. Originally released in 2017, the title is now available for download at itch.io. The author recommends an Amiga with at least a 68020 processor. (cg)
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16.Jan.2025
Mixel
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Multiplayer arcade game: "WiZONK!" 1.0.3
"WiZONK!" (video) is a single-screen platformer developed with the Scorpion Engine, in which up to four combatants try to kill each other. Version 1.0.3 includes additional enemies and maps, special weapons, more music tracks, guest appearances and a tournament mode. There are also adjustments to the gameplay, for example projectiles can now bounce off obstacles or destroy each other. (cg)
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15.Jan.2025
MiDWaN
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0 released
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator for ARM-based single-chip systems such as the Raspberry Pi, the Odroid XU4 or the Tinkerboard from ASUS, which comes with some newly developed features such as a "WHDLoad-Booter" or support for controller configuration using RetroArch.
After the third release candidate last week, the final version 7.0 was officially released yesterday. It is not recommended for weaker systems, though; a corresponding update of "Amiberry-Lite" will follow shortly. (snx)
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15.Jan.2025
David Brunet (ANF)
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Obligement: Update of Amiga Games List
The "Amiga Games List" maintained by David Brunet since April 1991 is, by his own account, the most comprehensive of its kind on the internet and was expanded yesterday to include 254 new releases and updates from the past year.
In addition, games in machine language are now included and further publishers of public domain games have been added, such as Software 2000 and the Aminet CD series. Furthermore the Amiga Games List can now also be downloaded as a CSV or Excel file.
The list now comprises 14,648 games, level editors, data disks, expansions and interpreters, which are distributed across the individual categories as follows:
- 13843 games
- 490 expansion or data disks
- 158 game or level editors
- 157 interpreters
(snx)
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15.Jan.2025
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Exhibition "40 years of Amiga ... makes it possible!" in Karlsruhe (Germany)
In the RetroGames e.V. Museum at Schauenburgstraße 5 in Karlsruhe, Germany, the special exhibition "40 years of Amiga ... makes it possible!" can be visited on saturdays from 15 until 22 o'clock until the end of the year. (snx)
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