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Archive 01/2024

`04.Jan.2024`	Emulator: Denise V2.21 Denise is a cycle accurate and platform independant emulator which since version 2.0 can emulate an Amiga 500 and Amiga 1000 (Kickstart disks are required) in addition to a C64 (German YouTube video). Three weeks ago version 2.21 has been released. Changes: fixed spanish translation added D3D11 driver openGL has bad VSYNC/VRR behavior on Windows 11 (replace it with D3D11: Options->Video->Driver) ported internal and external openGL shader to D3D11 added italian translation (thanks to Luigi) added an option to rotate the screen (90°/180°/270°) added an option to force a single instance when opening another instance from frontend loader or file explorer fixed Amiga basic volume (louder) improved 1571 emulation added C64 cartridges: Comal-80, Silverrock, RGCD added a more easy way to set stereo separation (Audio -> DSP) added tapes to swapper (mixed disc/tape swapper) added option to decide if manual warping stops automatic warping until next restart added more options to control the screen aspect ratio added button/hotkey to crop the outer frame after resizing or changing "aspect ratio" or emulated border Denise is available cross platform for Windows 32/64 XP and higher, macOS (from version 10.9 on, Intel and Arm), Linux and BSD. (dr) [News message: 04. Jan. 2024, 14:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`04.Jan.2024`	Blog: An ode to Deluxe Paint Carl Svensson's latest blog entry is an ode to the bitmap graphics editor Deluxe Paint (DPaint), the first version of which was developed for the Commodore Amiga 1000 and released in November 1985. (dr) [News message: 04. Jan. 2024, 07:15] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2024` Mastodon	Recovered: Early music programs "Computer Composer" and "Magic Harp" Josh Renaud's blog about BBS history, retro computing and technology reminiscences also manages a curated collection of software believed to be lost by Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen. The collection comprises ten games, demos and experiments on artificial personality and artificial creativity, which also includes the two music programs "Computer Composer" (1986) and "Magic Harp" (1986/87) for the Amiga. Perhaps Kirschen's most ambitious idea was to make software that could generate music autonomously using "artificial creativity". Early versions of the project, called "Magic Harp", were developed for the Amiga 1000, using digital sound samples. The Amiga software was never published commercially, but was profiled in several large newspapers in 1988 under the name "JFY Box" or "Jiffy Box" after it was used to score a BBC TV documentary. "Computer Composer" (demo version) is a colorful early demo of Kirschen's process to generate new music by recombining patterns extracted from existing music. Unlike the later "Magic Harp", which featured large (silent) animated "artificial personalities", this demo uses speech synthesis to announce when it is "writing an original composition". It was probably intended to be shown by Kirschen at technology and music trade shows in summer 1986. This software was created on an Amiga 1000. This demo allows the user to create or play music in four styles: "Maharishi Madness", "Saxman Rock", "Peruvian Indian" and "Bugle Boy Blues". In "Magic Harp" Kirschen arranged the production of two themed music discs ("Pop" and "Baroque") with Irving Gould, which were to be included with the Amiga 1000. Only a beta version of the Baroque version has survived. (dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2024, 11:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2024`	Mailbox: AmiExpress 5.6.0 AmiExpress is a rewrite by Darren Coles of the original Joe Hodge/LightSpeed Technologies mailbox program in Amiga E. It is open source and includes most of the features of the previous version as well as new features and bug fixes. Version 5.6.0 offers improved password encryption, a complete setup editor and installer. (dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2024, 07:53] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2024`	Individual Computers: Buddha Plus One can be preordered Press release: The new Buddha Plus One IDE controller adds new features to a 27-year old design that has been extremely successful over the decades. We're proud to say that even after 38 years of Amiga history, we've introduced novel design ideas how to make installation easier, less error-prone and much friendlier in terms of preservation of the original cases. Read all about the new features and ideas on the Buddha Plus One product page. Shipments will start in late January 2024. If you order a Buddha Plus One and an X-Surf-100 networking card during the pre-order phase, we'll give you 15,- EUR off the total(*). Unfortunately, this shop system can't do that automatically or with a voucher code. If you pay with a wire transfer, just deduct 15,- EUR from the total quoted by the shop, and if you pay with PayPal, we'll make a 15,- EUR refund on the next business day. (dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2024, 07:39] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`03.Jan.2024` Amigans	Demo: THE CURE v1.5 for AGA-Amigas Some time ago, Simone 'saimo' Bevilacqua released a demo called 'THE CURE' (YouTube video) which placed first at the 'Solskogen' demo party 2020 in the category Oldskool (amiga-news.de reported). This demo he keeps on developing and meanwhile has released version 1.5: Improved CPU data cache handling on 68040 and 68060. Ensured the system MMU setup does not affect performance. Ensured the 68060 susperscalar dispatch is enabled. Made some small optimizations. Made startup and cleanup code more robust. Additional to an AGA Amiga the demo requires a 68030 processor with 50 MHz and about 15 MB FAST-RAM. (dr) [News message: 03. Jan. 2024, 07:25] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2024`	Puzzle game: Spheroid In April 2022, we introduced the puzzle game, which was still in development at the time, in detail, and now Andrew Vaisey has published "Spheroid" (YouTube video). He had already started writing Spheroid in AMOS in the mid-90s. When he restored all the data from his old HD some time ago, the AMOS version no longer ran. However, he liked the idea of the game and so he rewrote it from scratch in Blitz Basic 2. It offers 50 levels and requires at least 1MB of RAM. (dr) [News message: 02. Jan. 2024, 12:22] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2024`	Text adventure: Adventure 1 grindercowboy' has published a text adventure created with the ADMS (Amiga Dungeon Mastering System) in which you have to return a stolen painting as a private detective. The author describes the game as a proof of concept that can be solved in 20 to 30 minutes with the appropriate experience. (dr) [News message: 02. Jan. 2024, 12:01] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2024`	Platform game: Dogi (demo version) After NinjFeratu, the next project from Amiten Games is another platform game: in Dogi (YouTube video), the aim is to collect various fruits and avoid obstacles and enemies. A first, early demo version of the game currently in development is now available. (dr) [News message: 02. Jan. 2024, 11:52] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`02.Jan.2024`	Game development: IFF/ILBM exporter v1.3 for Aseprite Recently We introduced a script written by Prismatic Realms for the image editor Aseprite that converts graphics into an IFF/ILBM file. Version 1.3 has now been released with the following changes: Aseprite documents where the cel image size is larger than the sprite size are now exported correctly to IFF. Transparent colour index is now handled properly. You can now draw your sprites using a transparent background if you wish. Those transparent pixels will be translated to the colour index that you've defined as your transparent colour (which you can see/alter in Aseprite by selecting the "Sprite" --> "Properties" menu option.) (dr) [News message: 02. Jan. 2024, 11:37] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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