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LQS #97 | A new track from Liquid Skies Records. The mp3 track is called Happy Flower and is made by Maxus. The cover is from DaFreak.

Amiga Game Compo. | What is the best AmigaOS/MorphOS game of the year 2006 ? You can give your opinion about the best AmigaOS or MorphOS game of the year 2006.

Blade MP3 Library | With this library it is possible to generate mp3 data out of a program without using the command line or the function Execute() to use an external mp3-encoder. This library can handle RAW-Data (8 or 16 bit - 32000 Hz, 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz - mono or stereo). These could be encoded in mono or stereo mp3 data 32 - 320 kbits. Buffers are used for input and output. Furthermore all mp3s get a ID3-V1.1 Tag. Requirements: Amiga OS2.0, MC68020 and MC68881.

WookieChat 2.5 | WookieChat allows you to connect to Internet Relay Chat networks (IRC) and chat with other users in a text medium in real-time. Some of the server groups are pre configured to join an Amiga chat channel upon successful connection. This program will work on AmigaOS 3.x and 4.0. Look at the web site for the changes in version 2.5.

Amiga Remix | This web site has many MP3s remixes of classic Amiga game tunes. Recently there were many new additions. There is also a forum, charts and a Remix64 section.

AmigaAMP update | Thomas Wenzel released an update of AmigaAMP. AmigaAMP is a powerful realtime MPEG audio player for Amiga computers. It can do realtime decoding on 50 MHz processors and up. There are versions for the classic m68k Amigas or Amiga emulators and for MorphOS and Amiga OS4.

Potrace | Potrace is a utility for tracing a bitmap, which means, transforming a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image. The input is a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP format), and the default output is an encapsulated PostScript file (EPS). A typical use is to create EPS files from scanned data, such as company or university logos, handwritten notes, etc. The resulting image is not jaggy like a bitmap, but smooth. It can then be rendered at any resolution. The program is available for Amiga OS4, Linux and Windows.

Total Chaos update | Total Chaos is a strategy game light enough for the whole family! There has been a update of this game with the following changes: UNDO Button: Easily undo your last move. You can always see what you are standing on. Better explanations and examples. 22 Tutorials for new players. To play the game you need a an Amiga from 1992 or newer. OS 3.0 or higher. 68020 processor or higher. 16 megs of fastram or more, 2 megs of chipram or more. An AGA display. 69 megs of free hard drive space.

IBrowse 2.4 | Stefan Burstrom and the IBrowse Team are pleased to announce the release of IBrowse 2.4. IBrowse makes surfing the net with your AMIGA a breeze. Features include comprehensive JavaScript support, tabbed browsing, a customizable GUI layout. IBrowse brings web browsing under AmigaOS and MorphOS to a new level. You can download a demo for free but if you want to use it you will have to buy the program.

Aros for Amiga | The AfA OS Project was started in November 2005 by Bernd Roesch. The goal of AfA OS is to bring modern features like Antialiasing (AA) to the AmigaOS since there is no further development for the 68k AmigaOS since OS3.9. AfA OS replaces AmigaOS core libraries with their more advanced AROS counterparts.

Tunenet v0.84 | Paul Heames the maker of the mp3 player Tunenet has released a update. Improvements are: CLI commands to be able to control TuneNet from 3rd party apps. MP3 file streaming straight from the web. Improved plugin API and new AIFF encoder. Shuffle play, volume boost, more stations, better quality recording... and more.

Webworld 6 | There is a new version of Webworld. This program can be used on the Amiga to make HTML pages. One of the new features is the use of PHP is now possible. Also a complete manual is included.

MorphOS for the Efika | The MorphOS Team announced that the next public release of MorphOS will support the EFIKA. MorphOS is a lightweight and flexible operating system and EFIKA is a low-power and silent miniature mainboard based on the Freescale PPC5200.

Pegasus book v2.2 | On the wiki site for the Pegasus system you can download the new version of the Pegasus book. This is a 7 Mbyte PDF file with all info about the Pegasus computers. (GB)

New Amiga Forum | There is a new Amiga forum called amigans.net. This site is for the promotion and support of AmigaOS4 and beyond only! Including the associated hardware. The forum is in the English language.

Do the Amiga Quiz | If you want to test your Amiga knowledge go to this web site and do the quiz. There is a High Score so you can see how good you are against other Amifans.

Amiga Games That Weren't | Some 5,000 Amiga games were released commercially. However, there are a significant number that were never released. The aim of this site is to find out what happened to them and (if possible) allow them to be released. Expect many to be lost forever. It'll be an interesting journey nonetheless.

Minimig | Dennis van Weeren has made his first production ready Minimig. It's called the Minimig rev 1.0. And... it works!!!! The specs are: Processor: 20Mhz MC68SEC000, RAM: 2Mbyte 70ns SRAM, FPGA: 400Kgate Spartan-3, Boot/system controller: PIC18LF252, Mass storage: MMC flash card, Power: +5VDC, I/O: dual PS/2 port (mouse/keyboard), dual 9-pin joystick port, VGA port, RS-232 port.

NetBSD/amiga | NetBSD/amiga is the port of NetBSD to the Amiga line computers. Development activity on NetBSD/amiga continues at a speed dependent on people's spare time. Currently, NetBSD/amiga runs on a Amiga that has a Motorola 68020 or better CPU with some form of MMU. For the Amiga's that don't have a MMU you will have to a CPU board on them to run NetBSD.

Amigafan | There is a new web site for Amiga fans. Jörg Klopsch has build a web site with information on every Amiga system. But also information on the WinUAE emulator. And there is a forum if you have any questions or comments. The web site language is German.

The Crypt #46 | In this issue: Exclusive interview with Jan Zahurancik, Amikit and The Event Detector Project. Not only Amiga articles but much more in this (online) HTML magazine.

Demo version of Mr Beanbag. | Mr Beanbag is a fast-paced platform adventure for AGA Amigas (A1200/A4000 or a recent emulator). Rescue Mr Fizzy Pop from the evil Count Gazpacho! Explore the world, from Mr Beanbag's home in Verdant Valley. The game is still in development but you can download a demo to see how it's going to look like.

Clone-A | Jens Schönfeld and Oliver Achten have been working on a new project the last 12 months. They recreated the custom Amiga chips inside a FPGA. This means that you can replace broken chips with these FPGA's. But it could be possible to place the FPGA's on a PCI card. Then you could use the custom chips in any PPC system. Proto types were tested in a real Amiga 500 without problems.

PSPUAE v0.60 | There is a new version of PSPUAE available. Changes / improvements are: New auto frame skip logic with fps limiting for both PAL and NTSC, Real 4 channel stereo, Added new Menu User Interface, Immediate Blits, Blitter Cycle Exact, High Density Floppy possible. The read me has also been fully reworked, to explain this emulator. The Amiga emulator for the SONY PSP is available from the web site.

Commodore Amiga Retro Sounds | The web site www.modcast.de plays the sound files that where made on a Amiga. They update the site almost daily. There are 70 mp3's available at the moment. The music comes from demo's, games and composers.

Lunapaint v0.2.5 | Lunapaint is a paint and animation program for AROS, focusing on making the paint process fun and intuitive. Being inspired from DeluxePaint and TVPaint on Amiga, it aims to be a complete graphics solution for AROS users.Fixed: optimized scrolling. Bug fixes: Better centering on zoom in/out, optimized redraw. New: Recessed buttons if active tool, Colorpicker tool, Dotted line around active color in palette.

SDLjump | Herbert HAK Klackl made a port to MorphOS for the platform game SDLjump. The goal in this game is to jump to the next floor so you don't fall down. As you go up in the Falling Tower the floors will fall faster. You can download the game from the web site.

Biedronka Zuzia | This is a arcade game (Little Susan the Ladybug) for MorphOS. It's a simple game without violence for small children. The program is made by Rafal Zabdy, ukasz Zabdyr, Pawel Pajor and Michal Szynol. It's freeware and will run on MorphOS 1.4 (+PowerSDL).

Lemon Amiga | There are 111 games added to the games section of Lemon Amiga. Visit the website and you can choose from the 2765 games, 23701 screens. But also look through scans of boxes, adverts, cheats and videos. Or you can vote for a game or write a review if you want to contribute to the web site.

Big Book of Amiga Hardware | The well know web site for information on Amiga Hardware has been moved. Ian Chapman who runs the web site for seven years has turned over the site to a new group of people.

BeepEm | There is a BBC Acorn emulator available for the Amiga. The emulator runs on OS4. It is a pre release but you can use it to play games or use software for the BBC Acorn computer.

7-Zip | For the archive (zip) program 7-Zip is a MUI interface available. It is made for the Amiga Operating System. The MUI uses the latest version of LZMA by Igor Pavlov.

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