Category: Commodore Amiga
There is a new game for iOS devices that is all about knowing your retro computers. ‘Retro PC Mania’ tests your knowledge with three game modes: Identify the model looking at the pictures Tell the brand name of the machine displayed Try to select the year of introduction of a computer The game doesn’t have the most incredible graphics but…
AMICast, the Amiga Podcast has published a text interview with a someone well-known by the Amiga community. Frank Wille is anywhere cool in the Amiga realm. He’s behind Solid Gold and Sqrxz games and other projects like NetBSD for 68k Amiga! The interview is very extensive and will please the retro and modern-ish Amiga fans out there. Browsing about the…
That is an interesting move made by the Amiga Future people. The issue 93 (Dec/2011) is sold out and because of that, you can read the magazine in full, for free. Although it is an old issue, people that were always on the fence and never bought any issue, it is a great opportunity to see how the magazine is made…
Directly from Amiga CD32 Alternate Covers, Jay has released The Ultimate Amiga Dizzy Collection. This release contains all 11 Dizzy related games that were released on the Amiga; Fast Food Spellbound Dizzy Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Fantastic Dizzy Fantasy World Dizzy Magicland Dizzy Prince Of The Yolkfolk Treasure Island Dizzy Bubble Dizzy Dizzy Panic Kwiksnax But that is not all, as…
There is a new device for Amiga 500/500+/2000, called A500Flash, that allows you to load another Kickstart image by running additional software on the same Amiga computer and subsequent switching between available ROM. There are two different models, A500Flash 5k and 1M – The first one features 512Kb of built-in flash memory and the second one, as you can guess,…
Amiga Future #119 is planned to be available in March, but you can check what they are baking for you. Previews: Playfield, Spice Obsession Mod for Dune 2, Amiga Racer. Reviews: Elves Dreamland, Shokaku, Beam, Zerosphere, Kikugi, Luettje Bookholler, Simplemail, OS4 Depot, Redit, AISS, MorphOS Software Development Kit 3.10, DosBox pn AmigaOS 4, XBench, Portable AmiKit MK2, C64 Forever 2016, KMTech…
RGCD has a post an article entitle “Developer Diary: Powerglove (Amiga)” telling details of the effort Lazycow is putting to develop a port of his own game for the C64 with the same title. If you are interested in Amiga development, the article covers some tricks the developer is using to accomplish the incredible visuals that are shown in the article….
To English Amiga Board forum users have been busy discussing and testing the upcoming release of WinUAE, the version 3.3.0. This new version will focus on AmigaOS 4-specific features. New features: New optional “indirect” UAE expansion trap system, fully compatible with OS4.x, virtual memory and some debugging programs. PC Bridgeboard disk drive raw image support. (ipf, ext adf,…) Monochrome video out…
Sometimes it is hard to come up with a good headline, therefore, some sensationalism had to be used to catch your interest! It was for a good cause if you are interested in retro computer history. The website Big Book of Amiga Hardware has added several pictures and a lot of information of the less-known Amiga of all times, the A2200. It…
Obligement Amiga website has published an extensive interview with Christoph Gutjahr, one of the guys behind Aminet and Amiga-News.de, two of the most important websites about the Amiga. The interview is fascinating, showing the site’s importance, the work needed to keep them running and other interesting information. I found the interview even more interesting due to the fact I face a lot of the…
