Diskimage.device – Amiga

Diskimage.device is a virtual storage device driver that allows to mount various diskimage file formats and use them just as if they were real disks. Changes in this version: Improvements for TD_ADDCHANGEINT/TD_REMCHANGEINT, FLAC decoder and DOSDrivers. And a VDI plugin is added. Website: http://www.a500.org

EvenMore v0.85 – Amiga

EvenMore is a text viewer for AmigaOS. The features are proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plugins, and more. Recent changes: XPK plugin, updates for AmigaOS directory and document icons. Powerpacker plugin and OpenURL links are now working on AmigaOS 4. Website: http://www.evenmore.co.uk

Atari 600XL + 800XL = Portable 1500XL!

[youtube 7aqvjvpkGe8 nolink] After Ben Heck’s portable ZX Spectrum, and the fancy C64p by The Future was 8 bit, Stefan Niestegge decided to create his own Atari portable. He used parts of an Atari 600XL and 800XL, and came up with this awesome looking laptop, with incredible 576K of memory, CF reader and SIO2PC interface. The author said that it…

New Amiga game demo – Maxwell Mouse

Maxwell Mouse and The Missing Game Mystery is a new platform game for the Amiga, and Remainder Software just released a 29-screen demo of the upcoming platform/adventure game. You can download the playable demo from the official Maxwell House web site, and the developers are asking for feedback, which can be done at their Facebook page. Source: Amiga News Download:…

Factory sealed 1987 Nintendo game bids on eBay reaching almost US$100,000

It is well known and accepted in the gaming community that Stadium Events is the rarest licensed NES game available. According to the seller description, in 1987 Nintendo purchased the rights to the Family Fun Fitness pad from Bandai as well as the rights to Stadium Events. After the purchase, Nintendo ordered a recall and almost *none* of these titles…

The History of Personal Computing Podcast Episode 9: Commodore PET

Learn everything about the Commodore PET in the new episode of The History of Personal Computing Podcast, completing the coverage of the “Personal Computer Trifecta”, or “Holy Trinity”, depending on which host you ask. Link: The History of Personal Computing Source: Vintage is the New Old

The History of Personal Computing Podcast Episode 9: Commodore PET

Learn everything about the Commodore PET in the new episode of The History of Personal Computing Podcast, completing the coverage of the “Personal Computer Trifecta”, or “Holy Trinity”, depending on which host you ask. Link: The History of Personal Computing

Creating a Commodore 64 emulator using GameMaker

GameMaker is a tool that allows the creation of video games using drag and drop action sequences or a sandboxed scripting language known as Game Maker Language. YoYo Games has published in its blog, the first two parts of a series showing how to create a Commodore 64 emulator using its game creation tool. If you are interested on learning…

Creating a Commodore 64 emulator in GameMaker – Part 2

YoYo Games has published the second part of the series showing how to create a C64 emulator using GameMaker. This time, the author shows how to actually emulate the CPU using the tool, but including a lot of background useful information. Link: YoYo Games

Printed magazine: Amiga Future, issue 112

The English and German issue 112 (Januar/Februar 2015) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today, and can also be ordered directly from the editorial office of Amiga Future, and the other Amiga dealers that stock the magazine. This issue content: Test VoxelNoid Test Icaros Desktop Test AmigaOs 4.1 Final Website: http://www.amigafuture.de