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Amiga E Compiler: E-VO 3.9.3

"E-VO Amiga E Compiler" is a derivative of the original E compiler by Wouter van Oortmerssen, adding new features, bug fixes and optimisations. Changes in version 3.9.3:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00034-EN.html

#Amiga #compiler #E

FPGA-based Amiga clone: AmiCUBE 1200 becomes MiST ITX - Gerber files and circuit diagrams for the MiST ITX published:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00035-EN.html

#Amiga #FPGA #MiST #AmiCUBE

Music tip: New @lukhash@mastodon.social track "Megawave"

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00036-EN.html

#LukHash #chiptune #track

An alle Gartenexperten:
unsere schwarzen Johannesbeersträucher sind uralt...da wachsen kaum bis keine neuen Triebe von unten nach. Macht es Sinn, da nochmal radikal zu kürzen, um die Sträucher nochmal zum Austreiben zu animieren....? Also, einen alten Trieb gekürzt stehenlassen und den Rest bis unten weg...? Danke!

(Amiga-)BASIC Compiler: ACE 3.0

Manfred Bergmann has released an update for his AmigaBASIC compatible compiler "ACE". He describes the update as "a big update with extensive expansions of the language and several very interesting 'submods' (i.e. libraries)". The new features are explained in detail in his blog.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00031-EN.html

#Amiga #programming #Baic #compiler

Windows tools: png2iff 0.3, IFFView

Dan ‘zooperdan’ Thoresen's IFFView displays IFF-ILBM images under Windows; the program has no external dependencies. The author has also updated his png2iff tool, which converts indexed or 24-bit PNG images to IFF-ILBM format. New in version 0.3:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00033-EN.html

#Amiga #Windows #tools #IFF #png

PowerPC board Mirari: Benchmarks under MorphOS 3.20

Various benchmarks for the announced PowerPC board Mirari running MorphOS 3.20 have been published by Martina Hřebcová at the title link. In the Dhrystone test, for example, it is beaten by a slightly higher-clocked Mac mini, but in terms of memory speed, it is sometimes ahead of and sometimes behind a significantly higher-clocked iMac G5 in second place.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00029-EN.html

#Mirari #PowerPC #MorphOS #MorphOS320

AmigaAI: Claude agent for AmigaOS 3.x

AmigaAI is an agent for Anthropic's Claude language engine. It requires AmigaOS 3.x and at least a 68020 processor. Communication with the Claude interface is handled by the Amiga's TCP/IP stack using HTTPS, requiring version 5 of AmiSSL and MUI 3.8 with TextEditor.mcc.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00028-EN.html

#Amiga #AI #Claude

Windows: Using the Rust programming language for AmigaOS 4 programs

The Rust programming language can now be used under Windows to also write programs for AmigaOS 4. The corresponding GitHub project "Rust for AmigaOS 4" was created using Anthropic's language engine Claude.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00027-EN.html

#AmigaOS4 #Rust

Emulator: WinUAE 6.0.3

In addition to bug fixes and among other new features, version 6.0.3 of the Amiga emulator WinUAE now offers the option of using multiple emulated CD drives and CD images simultaneously.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00026-EN.html

#Amiga #WinUAE #emulation

Event: Demoparty Revision 2026

The Revision demo party, traditionally held at the "E-Werk" in Saarbrücken, Germany, over the Easter weekend, will once again be taking place in 2026, thus from April 3 to 6 this year.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00025-EN.html

#Amiga #demoparty #revision2026 #demoscene

Audio filter switch: AFSwitch 1.7

Patrick Düren's AFSwitch turns the audio filter on, off or changes its status. The dos.library is required, but otherwise the program should run on all Kickstart versions. The author hopes that, following the latest bug fixes, the current version 1.7 will be the final one.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00024-EN.html

#Amiga #audio

DiagROM: Another beta version of version 2.0

DiagROM is diagnostic software that is burned into an EPROM by the user and then replaces the regular Kickstart ROM of an Amiga. Several alpha and beta versions of the future version 2.0 have been released over the past year. The latest innovation: more or less all general functions are now available in the C programming language.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00023-EN.html

#Amiga #diagnostic #ROM

SCSI-Emulation: BlueSCSI V2026.03.01

BlueSCSI is a SCSI hardware replacement for the Amiga and other retro systems. It emulates SCSI drives such as hard disks or optical drives using the Pi Pico PR2040 and Pico 2 RP2350. The recently released firmware version 2026.03.01-RC2 for BlueSCSI v2 and Ultra/Ultra Wide includes bug fixes and enhancements, and in particular significant optimizations for WLAN speed and AmigaNET support.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00019-EN.html

#BlueSCSI #SCSI #AmigaNET #WLAN

New articles on the Obligement website and FTP problem

Over the past two months, the website of the French AmigaOS and MorphOS magazine Obligement has been expanded to include the articles listed below. Due to FTP issues with Obligement's internet provider (Free), the website has not been updated since February 24, 2026. The latest articles can be read at the temporary address http://agcweb.free.fr.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00020-EN.html

#Amiga #MorphOS #magazine #Obligement

Video: MiSTer Floppy - using real floppy drives on the MiSTer

A new YouTube video by developer Robert Smith shows how real 3.5" floppy disk drives can be used on the MiSTer FPGA system, including a look at installation steps and practical use in the MiSTer retro setup.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00022-EN.html

#Amiga #video #floppy #MiSTer

Arcade shooter: Echodrome 0.10

In Echodrome, a kind of "psychedelic Asteroids", the aim is to defeat waves of enemies in individual arenas, dodge mines and take out bosses. Shortly before the AmiGameJam submission deadline, Pixel Plop Games updated its game once again. Changes:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00012-EN.html

#AmiGameJam #games #asteroids

Hollywood: ZIP plugin 2.1

Version 2.1 of the ZIP plugin for Hollywood is now available for download. This is a minor update which contains a few new features and bugfixes. Also, the plugin is now available in a version for the Linux arm64 platform.

#Hollywood #programming #developer

A600GS/A1200NG: AmiBench 46.2.1425

AmiBench is a desktop environment provided by AmigaKit for the A600GS and A1200NG computers. It is based on AmigaKit's "System Release V46" distribution, supplemented by several AROS components. The following updates have been provided:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00014-EN.html

#AmiBench #A600GS #A1200NG

Side-scrolling game: Burn

Shortly before the deadline, 'ripper253' submitted his entry for the AmiGameJam: "Burn", a Commander Keen-inspired side-scrolling game in which you have to fight demons. The developer wrote the game entirely in 68k assembler for the first time.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00016-EN.html

#Amiga #games #AmiGameJam #sidescrolling

AmigaOS 4: Video Vortex 1.3 - GUI for searching and watching YouTube videos

Video Vortex is a graphical user interface for YT.rexx for searching and viewing YouTube videos. In the new version 1.3, Thomas Kölsch has revised the download function and added a menu item that allows you to select the video resolution before playing the video.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00017-EN.html

#AmigaOS4 #YouTube

Preview video: Tap Jewels

Following their first game for AmigaOS 3, "Dodge These Balls", Frank Menzel and Thomas Claus, alias EntwicklerX, are working on another project, the implementation of their game "Tap Jewels", originally released for AmigaOS 4: a match-3 game.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/tap-jewels-amiga-152053857

#Amiga #games #match3games

AROS Portable: Update with AROS One 1.3 (64 Bit)

AROS Portable by Andrzej 'retrofaza' Subocz allows you to test AROS from a USB stick without having to install it on a hard drive or find a compatible computer. The AROS distribution AROS One is used for the content, and AROS Portable has now been updated to version 1.3 of it.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00007-EN.html

#Amiga #AROS #retrocomputing

Game: The Osiris Infection

In "The Osiris Infection", the goal is to reconnect network nodes. The game is a mixture of puzzle and action, although depending on the mode, you can also focus on just one of these two components.

The Osiris Infection was created with the Scorpion Engine, runs on any Amiga with 1 MB of RAM and can be played alone or with a partner.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00006-EN.html

#Amiga #games #AmiGameJam #puzzle #arcade

Game: Strike Force Omega - Urban Chaos 0.8

Strike Force Omega is a top-down shooter for AGA Amigas that is still in development and therefore initially limited to three levels. It is inspired by games such as Commando, Mercs, Ikari Warriors, Chaos Engine and Smash TV.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00005-EN.html

#Amiga #games #AmiGameJam #actionAdventure #topdownshooter

For ReA4091, the open source replica of Commodore's Fast SCSI2 controller A4091, an open source software package is also available, which includes AmigaOS drivers, a ROM image, a test program and software for debugging the driver.

Contrary to what the minor change in the version number to 42.36 might suggest, there are a lot of changes, including increased Zorro II card compatibility and improved support for the new A4092 SCSI controller.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00004-EN.html

#Amiga #retrocomputing #A4091

Developer tool: AssPack 1.0

AssPack is a small tool that combines game components into a single file, an asset package, and loads them at runtime. The author himself uses it with AmiBlitz 3, but according to him it can also be used with other programming languages.

AssPack can be used on image and sound files, modules and executable programs; files compressed with StoneCracker are supported.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00003-EN.html

#Amiga #tools #developer #gameDev #assets

Book crowdfunding: The story of Ocean Software - Gold Edition

The book on the history of Ocean Software, published in 2013, is to be reissued with crowdfunding and expanded by around 35-40 pages. The additional content is based on the memories of thirteen former employees. "The Story of Ocean Software - Gold Edition" is scheduled for release in June this year.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-03-00001-EN.html

#retrocomputing #Amiga #C64 #OceanSoftware #books

Endless Runner: Backflip Endless

The game "Backflip Endless" is an endless runner in which the character can also perform backflips. Created for "AmiGameJam 2025", the title requires at least 512 KB of chip RAM and fast RAM.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00127-EN.html

#Amiga #games #AmiGameJam #action

Single-screen arcade action: Blue And Red - Fight The Robots

Blue And Red - Fight The Robots is a single-screen platformer inspired by arcade classics such as Rainbow Islands: enemies must first be stunned and then knocked out of the level by jumping on them. There are 40 levels to complete, the game offers single-player and cooperative two-player modes.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00126-EN.html

#Amiga #games #platformer #AmiGameJam

Platformer: Beta version 2 of Double Baboon Ninja

The developers of the platform game "Double Baboon Ninja" have now made the second level available to play and have also added improvements and a new enemy. The game requires AGA, a 68020 processor and Fast RAM. It is a submission to the AmiGameJam 2025.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00119-EN.html

#Amiga #games #platformer #AmiGameJam

7-bit: KickSwitcher and Wicher 520i

7-bit introduces two new products: the Kickstart ROM switch "KickSwitcher" and the accelerator board Wicher 520i, designed for the Amiga 500/500+.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00114-EN.html

#Amiga #hardware #accelerator #Kickstart #ROM

Remote access to AmigaOS: amigactl 0.7.0
Amigactl is a small Amiga-side program that allows you to access an Amiga with at least AmigaOS 2.x, 68020 CPU and TCP stack from a modern computer via a Python library and a command line program.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00113-EN.html

#Amiga #remote

Bomberman clone: Demo version 1.1 of Kaboomania for AGA Amigas

The demo version 1.1 of Axel Friedrich's Bomberman-style game Kaboomania is now available. It includes the first ten levels of the single-player campaign and, with the update, has received a new piece of music by Chris Hülsbeck for the game over screen.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00112-EN.html

#Amiga #games #bomberman #retrogaming

Programming language: AmiBlitz 3.11.3

Sven 'honitos' Dröge has released further updates for his BlitzBasic successor "AmiBlitz". In addition to bug fixes, versions 3.11.2 and 3.11.3 now offer support of the identify.library.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00111-EN.html

#Amiga #programming #AmiBlitz #Basic

Blog article on creating a directory bomb

In his latest blog entry, Alexander Grupe describes how to create subdirectories on the Amiga in such a way that listing them with the dir command causes the computer to crash.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00110-EN.html

#Amiga #blog

Javascript: TAWS - The Amiga Workbench Simulation 0.40

TAWS ("The Amiga Workbench Simulation") is a Javascript simulation of the Amiga-Workbench 1.0 - 4.1 FE for Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Apple-WebKit-Browser (including Odyssey and Wayfarer).

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00109-EN.html

#Amiga #AmigaOS3 #AmigaOS4 #MorphOS #AmiBench #JavaScript

WAV to 8SVX converter: AmigaAudioConverter 0.62 for Windows

Following his small graphics converter png2iff, Dan 'zooperdan' Thoresen has released another command line tool for Windows called "AmigaAudioConverter", which can be used to convert WAV audio files to 8SVX.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00108-EN.html

#Amiga #Windows #audio #converter #WAV #8SVX

Boléro reinterpreted on C64, Amiga, and NES
German IT magazine heise online reports on an unusual interpretation of Ravel's Boléro, which was recorded exclusively with retro hardware. Swedish sound tinkerer Linus Åkesson used a Commodore 64, an Amiga 600, and a Nintendo NES, among other things, as well as his own hardware modifications and homemade synthesizers to completely recreate the approximately 14-minute piece.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00107-EN.html

#C64 #Amiga #NES #bolero #Ravel

Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.4b7

Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.4b7 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS. Since the last beta version, mainly bugs have been fixed and minor changes made.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00106-EN.html

#Amiga #emulation #macOS #vAmiga

The website #gamesthatwerent featured another unreleased game project from the early 1990s called "Teeny Weeny Western". The Western title was originally planned for multiple platforms, including Super Nintendo, Amiga, CD32, PC, and CD-i, but was never completed:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00105-EN.html

#Amiga #games

Status report of the Warp3D driver for the PiStorm32 (PI4/CM4)

In an update from yesterday, Steffen Häuser describes the current status of the project to create a Warp3D.library for PiStorm systems equipped with Pi4 and Pi CM4:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00103-EN.html

#Amiga #Warp3d #PiStorm

Windows: Emu68-Imager 2.1.1.7

The Emu68 Imager enables PiStorm users to prepare an SD card with the Motorola 68K emulation Emu68 and a preconfigured AmigaOS 3 installation under Windows. The new version 2.1.1.7 is available:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00102-EN.html

#Amiga #Emu68 #PiStorm

MacOS/Linux: Amifuse 0.3.0 for using Amiga file systems

As the name suggests, Amifuse allows you to mount Amiga file systems on MacOS and Linux using FUSE. To achieve this, the original driver for the respective file system is used via 68k emulation.

Version 0.3.0 offers innovations in RDB handling, SCSI commands, and signal processing.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00093-EN.html

#Amiga #Amifuse #macOS #Linux

Version 5.1 of the Hollywood APK Compiler was released today, which contains an important bug fix.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00101-EN.html

https://www.hollywood-mal.com/index.html

#Amiga #Hollywood

Mini-game: Dodge These Balls 1.3

Press release: The first EntwicklerX game for Amiga computers has received an update: The game can now also be controlled using the arrow keys and the Return key to confirm inputs. It is also now possible to enter the player's name in the high score list using the keyboard; previously, this could only be done with a joystick. The update is available free of charge on Aminet.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00089-EN.html

#Amiga #games #retrogaming

"GCC Pack" is designed to simplify the installation of GCC under AmigaOS. The package contains an installer that installs the GCC 2.95.3 compiler on the hard drive, ready for use.

The author @rastport@mastodon.social expressly points out that compiling on real Amigas is only for enthusiasts. It is significantly faster to work on a modern system with a cross-compiler, which would also be a up-to-date version - GCC 2.95.3 dates from 2000.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00090-EN.html

#Amiga #programming #gcc #AmigaOS3

Sci-Fi Dungeon Crawler: Cyber Blast-X (AGA)

"Cyber Blast-X" is a dungeon crawler in the style of Black Dawn. It requires at least an A1200 with 8 MB RAM and can be downloaded for free or for a voluntary donation.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00091-EN.html

#Amiga #retrogaming #AGA #DungeonCrawler #games

Youtube proxy: AmiTube server updated

Marcus ‘ALB42’ Sackrow has updated the server software for his Amiga-compatible YouTube proxy “AmiTube”: A small bug in the server setup stopped the Linux tool yt-dlp from updating so after a while Youtube compatibility would break again.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00092-EN.html

#Amiga #retrocomputing #YouTube #AmiTube