Category: Commodore Amiga
A message from David Pleasance for all orders who ordered his german book of “Commodore the inside story”: English translation (thanks to amiga-news.de) Due to e-mail losses, he asks for the current delivery address for sending the printed version to amiga@lookbehindyou.de with the subject: “INSIDE STORY GERMAN VERSION”. Subscribers of the e-book version, on the other hand, should send their current e-mail…
RetroRGB is THE portal to learn all about how to get the picture the best way out of such retro consoles to your modern TVs! Robert Neal is the master behind behind this portal which is the go-to address for console info of all kind as well, thanks to its extensive Wiki which is a whole database, YouTube videos, podcast…
After many months of development, a new version of WinUAE has been released. Version 4.10 brings now 100% cycle accuracy for the 68000-based unexpanded configuration. Also, initially planned for this release, the pixel-perfect OCS and ESC Denise mid-screen resolution was pushed for the upcoming 5.0 release. Here are the details: New hardware emulation features and update 68000 emulation is finally…
The AmiGameJam contest has started! Hosted by Underground Arcade, this year the theme is “Sword & Sorcery” where you will have the opportunity to create a game for the Amiga. The rules don’t allow ports this time around, only original games. The games can be entered into two different categories: Classic OCS/AGA and Next-Gen Amigas (Aros, MorphOS, OS4 and Vampire)….
It was announced at the Amiga 37 event in Germany that Blaze Entertainment and Amiga are partnering to bring Amiga games to Evercade devices, a modern console targeting retro games that uses cartridges as media. Although the line-up is not confirmed yet, the agreement will let Blaze Entertainment license and publish Amiga games from multiple publishers for Evercade. The work…
As usual (at least before the pandemic), World of Commodore is scheduled for this next December 3rd and 4th, 2022. The event will take place in Toronto at the Admiral Inn Hotel and, if you cannot be there, everywhere else via Zoom. This year, there is a special guest, the former Commodore UK Managing Director, David John Pleasance, who is…
In our new episode we welcome Floppy Totaal . These amazing people from the Netherlands are 100% into floppy disks! They are keeping the spirit alive with events and even a book called ‘Floppy Disk Fever’. Enjoy! Interview starts at minute 19:08 Listen or watch the video version at: https://scene.world/floppytotaal
Scorpion Engine 2022.7 is out, including: Mouse support (including two-player) New ability to assign assets specifically to AGA or OCS builds Another round of significant performance optimizations Many minor fixes and improvements What is it? The Scorpion Engine is a fast and flexible game creation kit for Amiga, offering a modern Windows IDE for development (The editor itself is not…
The Retro Hour podcast, although it has most of its focus on retro gaming news and interviews, it also covers, from time to time, different technologies from the old days. I guess on could say that one of the advantages of being a very professional and well-known podcast (well-deserved btw) is the ability to attract very important guests, usually figures…
How about a relaxing game where your objective is only to take care of and develop your farm? I know there are plenty of these games for modern platforms and mobile phones, but maybe you want to try it using your ol’ pal Amiga! Farmiga has been in development for a while by the Polish developer Tukinem using AMOS, and…
