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SUPER SKIDMARKS RACING GAME BUNDLED ON THE A600GS
Cardiff, 13 August 2024
Amiga Indie Games developer, Chris Blackbourn has given approval for his
classic Amiga game, Super Skidmarks to be pre-installed on the new A600GS.
Super Skidmarks is now installed ready to play on the A600GS. Existing A600GS users can download a free update directly from Amisphere.com to install the games to the games menu.
Skidmarks was a multiplayer top down racing game created by New Zealand programmer, Chris Blackbourn. It was released for the Amiga in 1993 to much acclaim from users and magazines. The game featured 3D cars that could race around a selections of track. The graphics pushed the Amiga's capabilities at that time. The gameplay was enjoyable especially when playing in multiplayer mode with up to four friends. Super Skidmarks followed as an update in 1995 with more tracks and vehicle types. Players could add caravans hitched to their cars or even race cows on wheels!
Chris is reviving the Skidmarks game by developing a new internet multiplayer version named Epic Skidmarks. Matthew Leaman, MD of AmigaKit Ltd commented on the collaboration: “We are grateful to Chris that he has given his approval to include his much loved racing game with the A600GS. I know many of our users will be so pleased to relive this classic racing game. Chris new project, Epic Skidmarks looks great!"
Chris Blackbourn remarked: "It's fantastic to see the Amiga community enjoying these classic games, and sharing them with a new generation of gamers. Thanks AmigaKit Ltd for supporting the community!"
The A600GS computer system is available now from AmigaKit.com and AmigaKit.fr
Additional Information about A600GS and it's components can be found on these websites:
A600GS: www.a600gs.com
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Hyperion is excited to unveil a brand-new port of Heretic II (2024) developed by Steffen Häuser, tailored specifically for high-performance 68K Amiga systems.
About Heretic II
Heretic II is the highly acclaimed conceptual sequel to the Hexen and Heretic series by Raven Software ®. Heretic II relies on a modified version of the Quake IITM engine by Id Software and plays from a behind-the-back third-person perspective as in the Tomb Raider series but still controls a lot like a first-person shooter.
Features
- Quake II TM 3D Engine from Id Software ®
- Software renderer and MiniGL renderer (MiniGL renderer can only be used when 3D HW drivers are available for PiStorm). The software renderer runs 25 fps on 640x480 on Pi CM4, 21 fps on Pi4, 19 fps lowres on Pi3. For Pi3 there are also 480x270 and 640x360 resolutions.
- Atmospheric game music via Ogg Vorbis Replay
- Localization (both text and audio output) in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish
- Improved quality of the video intro/extro
- Multiplayer support (Internet or LAN for up to 32 players)
- Impressive enemy AI
- Excellent player control (mouse, keyboard, joystick), optional PSXPort support
- Expandable with new mission packs such as Quake
Technical requirements
- AmigaOS ® 3.x PiStorm (Pi3, Pi4 or CM4) or via emulation such as UAE
- 64 MB RAM minimum, more recommended
- Picasso96 with chunky 16 bit modes (no AGA)
- AHI 4.18
- mpega.library (game installer can install it)
- 400 MB free hard disc space
This new version of Heretic II is available at the distributor Alinea Computer and other Amiga dealers.
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Hi all!
I'm happy to release AmiModRadio, v1.0β! It fixes #7, #8, #82, #111, #136, #137, #138, #139. More importantly, I revised the design of FTP and HTTP(s) clients so that tasks have their own SocketBase and other data. This revision should prevent bugs if, for example, the rater finishes while the fetcher is still fetching data, let's cross fingers  . Most importantly, I provide now five different versions: all-in-one or with only the CLI, ClassAct, MUI, or ReAction user interfaces. More choices, fewer resources!  (It uses but doesn't require AmiSSL v5.16.)
As usual, it can be downloaded, along with its source code:
- Via HTTP, on my Amiga Web server  ;
- Via HTTPs on Aminet of course ;
- Via HTTPs on BitBucket;
- Via HTTPs on SourceForge.
Please contribute by asking for features, reporting bugs, or offering translations!
Cheers!
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WhatIFF? Issue 14 is now available from the www.whatiff.info website and will soon be on Aminet. Following that, you will also be able to view the latest issue on TAWS. The magazine contains the following content:
Reviews:
SDBox v2
TF536
Amiga GPT
Backdrop Pattern Generator
Redit
Retronics Plastic Covers
ApolloExplorer
Game Reviews:
Cecconoid
ZombieSurvivor
Shift
Guides:
Blitz Basic Basics Part 1: Introduction and Setup
How to Setup WPA2 Encrypted WIFI on PiStorm32
More on Noise Reduction
ApolloBoot: Getting Started
Creative Graphics: Creating Custom Brushes
First Time: Creating MagicWB Backdrops from Modern Photos
Articles:
Show Report Kickstart 02
Old Computer Challenge 2023
The Elements of the Game
FPU or not FPU
Full Circle
Interviews:
karri-Pekka Koljonen: Hippo Player
Cameron Armstrong: AmigaGPT
Wayne Ashworth: Scourge of the Underkind
Michael Rupp: TAWS
Badgerpunch: Henning and Ricki - Roguecraft
Shell Talk
Invents Corner
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Starting Friday 9th August Heretic 2 68k will be available at Alinea Shop (and possibly soon other resellers as well).
Minimum requirements are a PiStorm based Amiga or a strong emulation system (UAE etc also supported).
Speed Data:
Pi Cm4 2.2 GHz: 25 fps in 640x480, 19 fps in 800x600
Pi4 1.8 GHz: 21 fps in 640x480
Pi3 1.5 GHz: 19 fps in 320x240, 12 fps in 640x360
This is timedemo data, timerefresh values are higher.
Different to the old WarpOS Version the fps-rate is extremely stable, no fps-drop on heavy action scenes.
The game is prepared for MiniGL (above values are software rendering), so if a 3D HW Driver appears for PiStorm (or other 68k hardware) it should work on it (assuming it supports MiniGL).
Background music is played in Ogg Vorbis instead of CD Audio. So no CD Drive needed.
I assume Warp3D should be possible with UAE with Voodoo-Emulation though this has not been explicitely tested.
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VIRTUAL GRAND PRIX AND THUNDERHELL GAMES BUNDLED ON THE A600GS
Cardiff, 4 August 2024
Famous Amiga games developer, Paolo Cattani has provided his classic Amiga games to be pre-installed on the new A600GS computer.
Virtual GP and Thunderhell are installed ready to play on the A600GS. Existing A600GS users can download a free update directly from Amisphere.com to install the games to the games menu.
Virtual GP was sadly Paolo's last production for the Amiga range of computers shortly after Commodore's bankruptcy. He wanted to to contribute to the Amiga games scene so started the development of Virtual GP (codename AlienF1). VGP would have to accomplish two missions: on the one hand, it would implement a fast 3D engine aimed at hi-specification Amigas (AGA and 68030 required) featuring gouraud shading, texture mapping, billboarding, curved surfaces and all the things that were “hot” at those times; on the other hand, it had to be the most realistic simulation of a Formula One car available on the Amiga.
Thunderhell is a classic shoot-em-up game. The game is an horizontal scrolling (with three levels of parallax), fast paced shoot’em up full of enemies, bullets, explosions and all the bells and whistles that one could expect from a game of that genre.
Matthew Leaman, MD of AmigaKit Ltd commented on the collaboration: “We are thrilled that Paolo has agreed to include his great games with the A600GS. We are grateful for his support of our project.”
Paolo Cattani added: “As a pioneer in the development of video games for the Amiga range of computers I'm very glad and honoured to give my contribution to an amazing project which keeps alive the memory of a machine that was such a glorious milestone of the IT history.”
The A600GS computer system is available now from AmigaKit.com and AmigaKit.fr
Additional Information about A600GS and it's components can be found on these websites:
A600GS: www.a600gs.com
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The Fastest Amiga Experience on Raspberry Pi |
| software Classic posted by AmiKit on 4-Aug-2024 12:23:41 (1636 reads) |
I'm thrilled to announce the release of a brand-new AmiKit installer for Raspberry Pi 5/400/4, now based on Debian (goodbye Manjaro!). This installer is designed to adapt seamlessly to whichever Raspberry Pi model 5, 400 or 4 you use, ensuring the best performance every time.
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Dir Me Up 4 released for AmigaOS 4.1 |
| software OS4 posted by Glames on 27-Jul-2024 16:04:37 (808 reads) |
 Five years after its last update, the modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4... with more than 130 new features, optimizations and fixes! More than ever, it will be your faithful companion to explore, copy and transform your data.
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LOAD Issue #01 - 2nd Edition is available |
| News posted by AndreasM on 27-Jul-2024 14:05:25 (831 reads) |
The 2nd edition of issue 01 of the German-language magazine LOAD is now available in our online shop.
As always, we pass on all profits directly to the Association for the Preservation of Classic Computers.
And of course there is also the recently published issue 10 of LOAD.
The German issue 4 of VD aktuell has also recently become available from us. The official magazine of Virtual Dimension.
A limited number of copies of the previous issues are still available.
And don't forget: Amiga Future issue 169 has also been available in the online shop for a few days. As always, in German and English.
https://www.amigashop.org
https://www.amigafuture.de
http://www.apc-tcp.de
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| Only four months after its initial release, Pangomonium, the Hollywood plugin that contains a state-of-the-art text and graphics engine including full support for color emojis and exotic scripts, is now available in a brand-new version 2.0. This is a major update which now adds SVG support to the plugin. In comparison to the dedicated SVG plugin which has been available for Hollywood for over a decade, Pangomonium's SVG renderer supports more SVG features because Pangomonium's text and graphics engine is much more powerful than the one used in the other SVG plugin for Hollywood. Pangomonium 2.0 is now available for free download for various platforms from the official Hollywood portal. Note that Hollywood 10 is strictly required by Pangomonium 2.0.
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