Category: Commodore Amiga
[youtube KTWd_eyAmgQ nolink] It came from the Desert is a 1989 action-adventure game by Cinemaware. It was originally released for the Amiga, but later ported to MS-DOS, as well as released in distinctly different forms to consoles. The two console versions, for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive (unreleased) and TurboGrafx-16, are very different from the versions released for computer platforms, in…
– Fixed harddrive config parse crash. (b8) – Blizzard SCSI Kit was always enabled if compatible accelerator board was selected. (b8) – Accelerator board with SCSI and “IDE (auto)”: HD was mounted as accelerator SCSI. (b8) – Accelerator board ROM selection is not anymore in SCSI/Boot ROM list. – Added autoboot disabled jumper option to harddrive controllers. Not all devices…
[youtube FuXE1fHBBGU nolink] Amicast is a new podcast about the Amiga, covering everything about the platform – past and present! For the debut episode, they are bringing an interview with Jan Zahurancik (Workbench distribution AmiKit). Above you can check the promotional video for the podcast. Link: Amicast
On February 7th 2015, the french magazine Obligement announced the results of the Amiga Games Award 2014. This represents the best Amiga games voted by Amigans from all Amiga platforms. For the Amiga OS 68k, the winners are: 1. Tales Of Gorluth: The Tear Stone Saga (Amiworx Software, Patrick Nevian) 2. Renegade Deluxe 2014 (Kevin Darbyshire, Wayne Ashworth) 3. Smurf…
Issue 26 of the italian PDF magazine REV’n’GE (“Retro Emulator Vision and Game”) has been translated into english and can be downloaded at link below. The game reviews do also compare the releases for different platforms of the 1980s and 1990s. Download: REV’n’GE
– 53c710 software reset bit emulated. – Cirrus Logic register memory banks should not be marked thread safe. – Show ‘?’ instead of ‘E’ in harddrives list if hdf can’t be opened because of access fault, for example if it is already open and emulation is running and show ‘!’ if open failed because of write protection. – Rewritten expansion…
A new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Geit @ Home # 1, Amiga 30 Years in Amsterdam, AmigaOS4.1, Warning for backbone-game WinUAE 3.0.0 PPC emulation, A-EON buys ImageFX 5. Amiga meetings Ost, External Amiga drive development and Tutorial: OS4.0 / 1 Classic with WinUAE. Website: http://boingsworld.de
Worm Wars is an advanced Tron / Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players. There are 36 types of creature and 32 types of Power-Up objects. There is also a level editor for making your own levels. New in this version: New bonus level: “enrage the bulls”. And miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. Website: http://amigan.1emu.net
According a post on The Commodore Computer Club – USA website, due to personal matters the club is going on a brief hiatus, during which there won’t be any regular meetings. C64 Club members will continue attending various expos and events, staying in contact, and the club website will still be updated with random bits of retro Commodore computer goodness….
Wednesday 4th February 2015, 19:00 USRT: Boz – BBB – It’s the Taint of the Week™ again, so it’s time for Boz to utter complete bollocks in between your requests. Let’s hope his monitor doesn’t unnecessarily shut down due to “overheating” this time! All aboard the Train-Wreck, WOO WOOH! Listen: SLAYRadioWebsite: BozRetro.com
