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BoingsWorld #26 | You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: UHF, Viva Amiga, MAS Player Evolution, Updates from Rupert Hausberger, Amiga Future Full versions, RadeonHD, A-EON, X1000, ACA 1231-Turbokarten, FastATA, KryoFlux ADF, Commodore Amiga Mini, HTPC ITX2 Silver, DoReCo 31, DC2SNES, SD Card HXC Floppy Emulator, Amiga 600, BSC Colormaster 24, Amiga 3000 UX, Vermeer, Heretic II, Blood Money, Roll or Die, Animators, Esteregg agme and the BoingsWorld Forum.

Amiga exe games | The Company is a group Amiga enthusiast from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download a exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: X8, Brutal Football: Brutal Sports Series, Stunt Car Racer (2), Push-Over, One Step Beyond, Means Arena, Uridium II, Globdule, Shufflepuck Café, Naughty Ones, Testament I and II.

Asm-Pro | Asm-Pro is a MC680x0 macro assembler with integrated editor, debugger, linker and monitor for our Amiga. Changes in this version: Added the Apollo CPU with many new instructions available for the assembler, disassembler and debugger. Fixed for the 020 CPU with inderect addressing modes. Solved the problem with pasting an empty clipboard. Commandline buffer is now 256 lines. Added support for Integer Constants in Floatingpoint Expressions.

WinUAE - v2.4.0 | A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows is available. New in this version: VSync support for the fastest CPU and JIT modes. Built-in CD file system. Commodore A2024 monitor, Graffiti and PCMCIA IDE hard file emulation. PC keyboard mode. Input configuration qualifier key / button support. Many improvements and bug fixes.

SketchBlock v1.3 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. Changes in this version: Bitmap brushes with small previews. Tool presets with the help of a ARexx scripts. Custom Start-up and exit scripts can be made and used. Many bug fixes, tweaks and new commands.

ATI Radeon 9200 - Amiga 4000 | Mfilos is working on a new project for one of his Amiga's. He installed a ATI Radeon 9200 (256MB RAM) graphics card in his Amiga 4000. The main problem with this type of graphics card is that the card needs a 3.3 VDC power supply. Mfilos added a LM1084 3.3V regulator to the card and now the card is recognised by the Amiga 4000. You can see a series of photo’s with detailed information on his blog how to adapt this graphics card.

Sqrxz 3 | Sqrxz 3 is now available for Amiga OS4 and AROS. Sqrxz and his girlfriend were on a romantic adventure journey in a jungle somewhere here on our planet. All of a sudden Yve gets kidnapped by an evil power and Sqrxz is forced to collect dozens of shiny little rings to free her. The old ruins he has to explore are anything else than safe. Traps are spread all over the place, and Sqrxz is not alone!

Flower Way - Amiga | Mrdarek made a new game for Amiga OS4 called Flower Way. In the game you need to escape a labyrinth with many doors. You can push a door open, it can close behind you and the doors can even change position. You can play the game for free, but if you want more options like save-game a small donation is required.

AmigaScene.nl - Viva Amiga | On the 7th of April 2012 Zach Weddington will be doing a film-shoot for the movie Viva Amiga in the Netherlands. On this special day AmigaScene.nl will organise an Amiga Party.
The venue for the party will be the big theatre hall of CKC in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. There will be a big screen with demo's, graphics and other Amiga related content. The hall will have a demo-scene look, and yes you can bring your own Amiga. The more the better! There will be people from the Amiga world in the Netherlands such as Jan van Die (Amiga Magazine) and François Boulangé (Lingo).

Icaros Desktop 1.4 | Paolo Besser released a new update of Icaros Desktop. Changes in this version: Improved version of Wanderer. Odyssey Web Browser v1.16. FryingPan. Audio Evolution 4. Printing system for PostScript printers. Mark Sheeky's Games for Amiga m68k. SDL-Quake. Insolit Dust graphic effects and tutorials. SCANdal, Flipbook, AbkViewer. Net-Bubble and Dragon Memory. AviBuild. Convierteme. PXDrum and mp3player.

Bobbo - Amiga (Preview) | Asman is working on a Amiga version of the 8-bit Atari game Robbo made by Janusz Pelc. Bobbo is a game that combines elements from Boulderdash and Sokoban with laser-guns, bombs and teleports. You can now see a preview on Youtube.

Cinnamon Writer v0.80 | Claus Deslers has improved his Cinnamon Writer for AmigaOS 4. Cinnamon Writer is a compact and efficient word processor. In this version spell checking and support for .docx files. The most recent version can be downloaded from the web page of Claus.

Amiga Future #95 | A new edition of the English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: News, Up2Date, 1980s Football Manager, AmigaOne X1000, FPGA Arcade, Dragon Memory, Kyrandia 3, Mr Beanbag, Astaroth, Tunnel Run, Low View, AmiKit, SimpleMail, YAM, Amiga 600 RTC, Kickstart change, C-Workshop (12), AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench (7), Classic Reflection (3), Interview: Stephen Fellner, GPFax, XCopy Pro sourcecode, The Copyist, Keyboard Controlled Sequencer, Midi Recording Studio, Tiger Cub, Tiger Samples.

Oricutron v0.9 | Oricutron (formerly known as Oriculator) is an emulator for the Oric series of computers. This emulator is available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, MacOS and Windows. Changes in this version: Icons for OS4, MorphOS and AROS. 6502 emulation now includes all illegal opcodes. CPU speed: 1 - 64 Mhz. Tape save is now implemented. Added NMI, reset and IRQ vector display in the debugger. Added experimental snapshot functionality and the Oric light pen is now emulated.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added more long-play Amiga games last month. Now you can watch: Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken, Ganymed, Tetris Pro, Flintstones, Big Red Adventure, Space Ace II: Borf's Revenge, Space Ace, Dragon's Lair: Escape from Singe's Castle, Monster Business and Mystical.

TAWS v0.19 | TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.x - 3.x for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favorite web browser. Changes in this version: New Windows layouts with transparency and drop shadow. Bug-fixes in all browsers for more accurate emulation. New Presets.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Improved: TV Sports Football (Cinemaware). New: Purple (The Warfalcons), Digital Sounds Volume 1 (The Warfalcons), Expressions (Timecircle), D.I.S.C. 8 (Level 4), Gunboat (Accolade) and Ebonstar (MicroIllusions).

PortablE - r6 | Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows. You can find a complete list of new and improved items on the PortablE web page.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. In the last weeks they added the following Amiga music: Stryx Intro (Oxidize Mix), Desert Dream Part One (Radio-Overkill-Mix), Leander World Two (AS2011), Benefactor Forest Level - Odee Remix, Turrican 2 - The Wall (Faithful A500 Mix), Cream of the earth (HardCopy), First Samurai Remix, Lethal X-cess - Lethalness, Chuck Rock 2012 (New Guitars RMX), Alien Breed 2012, Total Tekkno Xstacy, Do It Now, Goldrunner - daXX Orchestra Surprice RMX and Flower Power / Anarchy Main remix.

BoingsWorld #25 | You can now listen to a new episode of BoingsWorlds (German language). You can listen to the following articles: Turbokarte ACA-1231/42, Amiga Games Award 2011, SMB Mounter 1.0, The Future was here, Mr. Beanbag, Sam 440EP, HD-Rec, Timberwolf, Audio Evolution 4, Geit @ Home, Hollywood 5 Infinity, Malibu Plugin, Amiga News Benchmarks, AmigaONE X1000, Commodore Gaming Gehäuse, AmiCygnix, AbiWord, Gimp, MuiOWB, ClipDown, Breathless AGA, Turrican II, Quake II, FPSE, ScummVM, BoingBall, ATI Radeon HD4650, Amiga Netbook, Icons Reworked, Art Effect 4, Define R3 Tower and Cord Hagen.

FastATA controllers - Amiga | Elbox has introduced a new FastATA controller. With this FastATA you can use SATA, ATA and EIDE devices like hard drives, CF, CD, DVD, ZIP etc. The features are: Transfer rate 16.6 MB/s, Automatic configuration of devices, Supports PIO-0, 3, 4 and 5 modes, Compatible with ATA 33/66/100/133 devices. The controller comes with a Software pack (AllegroCDFS and FastATA), cable and a user Manual.

ACA-1231/42 | The ACA-1231/42 is a turbo card for the Amiga 1200, the card has a 68030 CPU and a MMU. The ACA-1231/42 is an improved version of the ACA-1230. The specifications are: 42 MHz CPU, 64 MB RAM (1 MB for Kickstart), Real Time Clock, Improved hardware and software compatibility.

Hollywood 5: Infinity | Airsoft Softwair released Hollywood 5: Infinity for AmigaOS. In this update more than 120 new functions, many new features and general improvements. A few examples in this version are: Video streams, Internet and network support, Vector graphics and vector image support, Built-in synthesizer functions and much more. Hollywood can make executables for: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS, Windows and Linux.

Amiga exe games | The Company is a group Amiga enthusiast from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download a exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: Theatre Of Death, Mr Beanbag!, Syndicate (2x), Paradroid 90, Titus The Fox, Pirates (2x), UFO and TV Sports (4x).

Whdrunner | Marcel Unbehaun released whdrunner for Linux. With this program you can easily start Amiga games on your PC. Just double click on the zipped WHDload file and the program will start the game inside the fs-uae emulator. All the necessary settings for the emulator are set automatically when the game is started.

Audio Evolution 4 | The program Audio Evolution 4 for the Amiga is now available for free. AE4 is an digital audio recording and editing system on the Amiga with a wide range of effects, including compression, noise gate, delays, re-verb, chorus and 3-band EQ. The source code will also be made available soon.

SketchBlock v1.2 - Amiga | SketchBlock is a new drawing program for AmigaOS. The aim of this project is to create a sophisticated application for digital painting. The features will be: support for graphics tablets, layers, a wide variety of tools, configurable interface, full arexx script support, a plugin API and much more.

A600: Internal MAS-Player | Mfilos started on a new project for one of his Amiga's. He installed a MAS-Player inside his A600. The MAS-Player is normally connected to the parallel port, needs +5V and provides two extra audio outputs. He first installed a CF2IDE, put the MAS-Player on top of it and installed an internal mixer for the audio outputs. You can see the complete build on his blog.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added more longplay Amiga games last month. Now you can watch: Spaceball, Spaceballer, Chines Karate, Scorpio, Pro PowerboatSimulator, Speedboat Assassin, Live and let Die, Turbo Out Run, Cisco Heat, Vroom,Leisure Suit Larry 1-5, Continetal Circus, Moonshine Racers, Phantom Fighters, Foundation's Waste, Sci-Fi, Sky High Stuntman, Space Day, Simpsons, Dominator, Cash Crisis, Tubular Worlds and Starush.

Best Amiga game 2011 | The result of the best Amiga game of the year 2011 are published. AmigaOS 68k: Mr Beanbag (Jigsaw Lounge). AmigaOS 4.x: 1941 Extreme Deluxe Dual Players 2.0 (Badblocks, Hugues Nouvel). MorphOS: Return To Castle Wolfenstein (ID Software, Gray Matter Interactive). AROS: UFO: Alien Invasion UFO (Alien Invasion Team). The complete results can be read on the Obligement web page.

FS-UAE | FS-UAE is a multi-platform Amiga emulator based on UAE/WinUAE, specially made for playing diskette and CD-ROM games. The emulator can be controlled with a gamepad using a on-screen GUI. This emulator has many default settings making it easier to use. FS-UAE can be used on a Linux, Windows or Mac OS X computer.

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