Category: Commodore Amiga
New Amiga releases aren’t as plentiful as they were 20 years ago, but fans are keeping the platform’s spirit alive with new titles like Retroguru’s puzzle-platformer Sqrxz 2, which made its debut at the fourth Viennese Retro-Market last weekend.Promising that players will experience “mindblasting frustration” due to its difficulty, Sqrxz 2 is compatible with OCS (original chipset) Amiga systems, including…
– Internal mouse counter under/overflow fixed, while moving mouse far enough, mouse jumped in opposite direction. (old bug)– Directory filesystem file modification date resolution support is now 1 microsecond (was 1 second). AmigaDOS file time 1/50s “tick” resolution is now fully supported (if NTFS, FAT only has 2 second resolution)– 1G RTG RAM was detected as “too large”. (early 250…
Hyperion Entertainment has released update 6 for AmigaOS 4.1. This update will not improve the operating system, but installs a new update system (AmiUpdate). With AmiUpdate all future updates will be installed automatically. Website: http://blog.hyperion-entertainment.biz/?p=775Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Olaf Schönweiß started a new forum for people who develop software or hardware for the Amiga. The forum is for all Amiga platforms and for people who want to help each other with developing for the Amiga. The forum sections are: Cross-platform Development, OS specific Development, Projects, Hardware-Development, Utilitybase, Other languages, Members, General Category and Site. Forum: http://www.amigacoding.deSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Layer and Paint Tool blend modes (Normal, Multiply, Divide, Add, Subtract, Difference, Hue, Saturation, Color and Value) Extended Path support. Two new plugins: Curves and Filled Boxes. Website: http://www.broad.ology.org.uk/amiga/sketchblock/index.htmlSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Codetapper’s Amiga Retro Site! had an interview with Ned Langman. Ned was the graphic artist behind many Amiga games: Silkworm, Ninja Warriors, Judge Dredd, NARC, SWIV, Saint Dragon, Double Dragon 3, Rod-Land, Big Run and Indy Heat. Website: http://www.codetapper.comSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Sqrxz Amiga OCS v1.2 version has been released. Sqrxz is a nice little jump and run game for Amiga, AROS and PC. They also now offer a CDTV/CD32 image of the game too as well as other platforms such as Linux, MorphOS and even Dreamcast! So what you waiting for get over to www.sqrxz.de and download a free copy!
The Amiga Lore web page had an interview with the people that developed the game Ziriax for the Amiga. Erlend Robaye (Rataplan) made graphics for Ziriax, Peter Verswyvelen (Chatterbox) did the programming of the game and Kim Goossens made graphics and animations. You can read all three interviews on the Amiga Lore web page. Website: http://www.abime.netSource: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl
Taran im Abenteuerland is an adventure game (German language) for the Amiga (68k) and PC. Achim Kern of KeHo Software is now using Hollywood5 for the game, and now there is also an AmigaOS 4 version available. In the game you are Taran and you have to defeat the dark forces and help your king to regain his kingdom. Website:…
The game 7boings, made by mrdarek, is now available as free-ware. In the game you must drop balls in to a 7×7 grid. When the ball are matching they will explode and disappear. The balls near an explosion will be changed. The game is made with the help of the PortablE programming language and can be used with AmigaOS4. Download:…
