AmiMag #03

AmiMag is a French pdf magazine for the Amiga user. In this edition: News, Amiga facing the PSX and Saturn, The Walker, Learn to master Wordsworth, Uropa2, Max games Public Domain, The Pin-Up and a comic. Website: http://aminet.net

VU-sette

Jani was making backups of old turbo-tapes to disk and noticed that the quality was very poor on some tapes. He needed a method to adjust the head alignment and see if the signal was better. He built an analogue VU-Meter inside a Datassette. On Jani’s blog you can see the new system. Website: http://blog.worldofjani.com

Disk Image Device – AmigaOS 4

This is a new version of the program that was made for Amiga OS 3 by Thore Boeckelmann. The supported formats are: adf, adz, bin, ccd, cso, cpr, cue, d64, daa, dax, dmg, dms, dsk, flac, g64, gi, hdf, img, ipf, iso, isz, mdf, mds, nrg, raw, sad, toast, uif, vdi, vmdk, wv and xiso. Recent updates: Improved MDS plugin…

FinalBurn Alpha – Amiga

[youtube bhuQ7SE3a30 nolink] HunoPPC made an AmigaOS 4.1 version of FB Alpha, the arcade emulator. The following hardware platform are supported: Capcom CPS-1, 2 &3, Cave, Data East DEC-0, DEC-8 & DECO IC16, Galaxian, Irem M62, M63, M72, M90 & M92, Kaneko 16, Konami, Neo-Geo, Pacman, PGM, Psikyo 68EC020 & SH-2, Sega System 1, 16 & 18, X-Board, Y-Board, Toaplan,…

Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium

The book Commodore 64: a visual Commpendium is a now available at online stores. The book celebrates the beauty of the greatest home computer ever made; the Commodore 64. The focus of the book is on the beautiful loading screens and game images. Website: https://www.kickstarter.com

Amiga CD32 – RGB modification

[youtube CosmnuWvQ0Y nolink] RetroGameModz has made a video about the modification of an Amiga CD-32. The modification is an RGB connector at the back-side. During the modification RetroGameModz discovered a few defective capacitors. In the video you can follow the whole repair and the modification. Youtube Channel

BetterWB v3.8

BetterWB is a new workbench pack, like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. The new programs are: Charmap, Prepcard+, Ned and Freewheel. And there are updates for HardWiz, icon.library, pfs3aio, HDToolBox, WhichAmiga and EnvHandler. Website: http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net

Smokin' Guns – AmigaOS4

Smokin’ Guns is a first-person shooter in the Old West. This game is converted to the Amiga, included weapons created with historically correct information about damage, rate of fire, reload time, etc. Requirements: Fast CPU, 1GB RAM and Warp3D with 128MB RAM. Website: http://www.os4depot.net

TED part 2 – Bil Herd

This is the second part of the story about the 30 year old TED chip. The TED chip was used in the Commodore C16, C116, Plus/4 and the 364. Bil Herd was in charge of the development of these computers and he implemented the TED (Text Editing Device) chip in the design. The TED chip was used for the video,…

Boxx – Amiga

[youtube -oQqgxfF1p0 nolink] Lemming880 made a new game for the Commodore Amiga. The game is a platform game and is made in Backbone. An Amiga A1200 or higher is recommended, but it will run on an A500 at a slower speed. In the game you must collect all coins, kill the enemy and eliminate the boss! Website: http://aminet.net