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GrafX2 AmigaOS 4.x | GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program. It's available for Amiga OS 3 / 4 and MorphOS. Visit the web page for all the changes and improvements of the AmigaOS 4.x version.

Abuse - AmigaOS 4.1 | The classic shoot 'n' run game Abuse is now available for AmigaOS 4.1. The Amiga version is made by Johan Samuelsson. To play the game you need the sdl.library 1.2.13. Read the details on the web page about installing the game and the required datafiles. The game is also available for Apple and Linux.

NetSurf v2.1 - 68k | NetSurf is a free, open source web browser with CSS support. Changes in this version: Added Window title caption, better pointer support, nicer tool bar icons, home page button and favorite sites panel. To run Netsurf you need: AmigaOS 3.x, Ixemul 61.1 (included) and P96 / CGX.

Amiga Forever 2009 | Cloanto released the 2009 version of Amiga Forever. There are 3 different versions available: Value Edition, Plus Edition and the Premium edition. Depending on the version you get: Amiga emulator with 1.3 or 3x roms, Amiga Explorer software, videos and games. Visit the web page for all the details.

AmigaOS 4.1 Quick Fix | The new Quickfix package is available for registered users of AmigaOS 4.1. Features include: Improved overall system stability. Fixed shared object handling, Radeon Warp3D graphics drivers. Improved: IDE drivers, JXFileSystem and Sam440ep ethernet driver. Check the Hyperion web page for all the details.

Scacom #12 | In this German pdf magazine the following articles: Bild des Monats, Computer Collection, News, Feedback / Neuer C64 Emu am PSP, Commodore Meeting Wien, HomeCON, Trash Course, Atari STf, Commodore's CD Produkte, Arkanoid 1 and 2, Wussten Sie?, Computermuseum Ebenthal, Bilder-Rätsel / Game Show, Tops und Flops / Bilder zum Schluss.

WinUAE 1.6.1 | A new version of the Amiga emulator is now available. In this release the following new features: Added disk image and configuration file icons, file extension association improved. Added button/key toggle mode to Input panel. Also a number of bugs were fixed such as the Magic mouse and the Gzip decompression. For more details visit the WinUAE web page.

OWB 3.14 | Jörg Strohmayer released a new version of his web browser for the Amiga. In this new version: Fixed the progress bar and several cookie bugs. Implemented HTTP authentication. Added support for scrolling with space and backspace, ToolType DOWNLOADDIR, ToolType DISABLEGIFANIMS and Accept-Language. Updated SplashLauncher to version 1.3. Added new toolbar images and updated scripts from Martin Merz.

VICE PSP v2.2.21 | Akop Karapetyan released the VICE emulator for the Sony PlayStation Portable. A virtual keyboard is included in this version of VICE. The emulator and the source code can be downloaded from Akop's web page.

GenesisPlus - AmigaOS 4 | GenesisPlus is very compatible and accurate Sega Genesis/MegaDrive emulator. Thanks to the emulator, the Sega consoles only games like Ristar, Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets of Rage can be played on the Amiga. The emulator features full-screen support, Amiga Joystick recognition, automatic recognition of cartridge type, automatic decompression of zip compressed cartridges, turbo mode and save states support.

AMIGIFT 2.0 | AMIGIFT is a peer-to-peer filesharing application which can connect to several networks at once by using plug-ins. This is a 100% AmigaOS native application with a full-featured Graphical User Interface. The requirements for AMIGIFT are: Amiga OS3.0 or higher, 68020 CPU (68060 is prefered), 32 MByte RAM, 8 MBytes hard disk space.

Amitopia TV 05-2009 | A new episode of Amitopia TV (English) is released. In this 30 minutes episode the following items: Amiga News, AmiParty #7, Netsurf 2.2, Transplant CD3 - Dark Creatures, Amiga.org, Titler guide and Amigaklubben. You can download the episode as a DivX (317 MB).

Claws Mail Amiga OS4 | Claws Mail is an email client based on GTK+. Besides an email program it also has plug-ins, like a calender or a RSS system. The supported protocols are POP3, SMTP and SSL/TLSv1. If you want to use the program you have to install AmiCygnix v1.0 (or higher) first. Claws Mail and AmiCygnix can be downloaded from the OS4 depot.

WHDLoad | Many games for the Amiga can not be used with a hard disk. The WHDLoad web page fixes these games, and makes them compatible with a hard disk. With this update there are 6 new, and 17 improved games available. The new games are: MegaBlast, Super Skweek, Dragon Tales, Star Command, Discovery: In the steps of Columbus and Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe.

Minimig update | Jakub Bednarski released new firmware for the minimig. The new features are: Improved compatibility. Support for 2 floppy drives. Hard disk emulation for the ARM mini-board. 28 MHz CPU turbo mode. Fast blitter mode. PAL and NTSC mode selection via OSD menu. support for 2 MB of Chip and 1.5 MB of Slow RAM. Scan-line emulation effect. Jakub also made an article about expanding the RAM of the minimig with 1 Mbyte.

Stratagus 2.2.4 | Arti made a Amiga OS3 version of the real-time strategy game Stratagus. It is possible to play against human opponents over LAN, internet or against the computer. Besides the Amiga OS3 version, there are also versions for Amiga OS4, MorphOS, MacOS X, BeOS, Linux and Windows. Stratagus is free and can be downloaded from Arti's web page.

Lzip 1.5 | Antonio Diaz Diaz released an update for Lzip. Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm. This command line file compressor is available for AmigaOS, AmigaOS, AROS Linux, Mac OSX en Windows.

Aros for AmigaOS 4.4 | Aros for AmigaOS (AfA) brings the components of AROS to AmigaOS 3. In version 4.4 the following items are changed: Fixed a bug in the screen title if skins are used. NewInstaller shows the pictures correctly. The DeletePool function is improved. AfA_OS_Libs, AfA_Prefs and AfA_OS_Loader are updated. Residentmodul morelibspace_module is added. The zune_lib.exe is updated. The documentation is updated.

GVP products | Software Hut is selling GVP products. This are newly made original products. The available items are: GVP 4MB and 16MB 60ns RAM Module, GVP 4060DT, GVP A2000 060 Accelerator, GVP Spectrum Graphics Board and the GVP Typhoon A1200 030 40MHz Accelerator.

Indivision, A600 memory expansion | Two new products are available from Individual Computers. With the Indivision AGA you can use a modern monitor with the Amiga 4000 and CD-32. Indivision AGA can display PAL at more than 60Hz, flicker-free and 24 bits. The A600 memory expansion has 1M additional chipmem, real-time clock and a clockport. There is also a socket for installing Indivision ECS.

Merlin | Merlin is a simple web browser for AmigaOS4 PPC, Amiga 68K, Apple macintosh and Windows made by Arend-Paul Spijkerman. It is a work in progress, CSS and JavaScript are implemented but are not fully working.

SMSPlus | SMSPlus is a Sega Master System (SMS) and Game Gear (GG) emulator for Amiga OS4. The SMS is a 8-bit game console developed by Sega in 1986. The GG is a portable hand-held console developed by Sega in 1990. This emulator supports all the hardware features of the consoles, all the video modes, the sound generator and has save states support.

SRec | SRec is a program for recording videos from your computer screen. It is done entirely in software and requires AmigaOS 4.1+. Features: Records video and audio. Outputs XviD or MJPEG encoded AVI files. Audio stream can be encoded as PCM or MP3. It can produce video 640x480 with 5 fps.

Scalos V41.6 | A new version of Scalos is available for Amiga OS3.x/68k, Amiga OS4/PPC and MorphOS/PPC. Scalos is a workbench replacement for the Amiga computer. In this new version lots of bug fixes and improvements.

ProTrekkr 1.98d | ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional samples tracker which can be used to create electronic music. This program is based on the program NoiseTrekker written by Juan Antonio Arguelles Rius. The program can be used to make music for small sized intros, demos or games. The Amiga OS4 version is made by Fredrik Wikstrom. ProTrekkr is also available for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.

Amitopia TV 4-2009 | A new edition of Amitopia TV is released. In this episode the following: Amiga News, The Mysterious Cities of Cold, MusicBox: PsyKicko, Pijanist, AmiReporters von Kiel, Warsaw and London. You can watch it via Vimeo as a stream or download the episode as a avi file (600 MB).

AmiKit 1.5.6 | A new update package for AmiKit is available via the AmiKit Live Update program. In this update: AmigaAMP 2.20, bzip2 1.0.5, p7zip 4.65a (and Magellan's menu and 7z filetype), SabreMSN 0.42, vorbistools 1.2.0e, WHDLoad 16.9 and xad_7z 1.9.

LQS #107 | A new track from Liquid Skies Records. The mp3 is called Atmosphere Of Energy and is made by Alex West. The music is in the drum 'n' base style. The cover is made by Flintstone.

The Crypt #54 | This on-line English magazine is about computers in general but has a decent Amiga part. In this issue: Hardware acess using AmigaBASIC and ARexx part 1 and 2, The Newbie A500 User. The magazine also has other sections such as: Linux, Windows, Cuisine Corner, Women Only, Gadget Corner and Jokes.

Giddy3 | Giddy3 is a retro-style scrolling puzzle / platform game. As Giddy, the egg-shaped super hero, you must solve a load of puzzles. You will meet odd characters and use strange objects. But avoid the giant robot stompers! This game is available for AmigaOS 4, Windows and the Nintendo Wii.

AmigaOS4 - ctorrent | A new version (2.0) of ctorrent is available for download. This is a client for the BitTorrent p2p-network. Changes in this version are: New layout, The drag'n'drop issue is fixed, Total download and upload statistics are added, Horizontal resize of window added. To use ctorrent you need AmigaOS4.

AmigaSYS 4 - Xbox version | AmigaSYS 4 is now available for the Xbox. The AmigaSYS is a fully pre-configured AmigaOS system. To install, you'll need an original AmigaOS CD. The AmigaSYS pack contains every important program, which could be required by the user. Besides the Xbox version the SYS 4 package is also available for AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Linux, MacOS, PDA and Windows.

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