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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 20.04.2014 - 08:09 |
A Backbone game "Marco Gregorio's Adventures to Unusual Places" is released for your enjoyment.
The game features 5 levels, 3 of them are location levels and 2 are walking levels.
The music has been used from Sound Terrific MOD compilation with author credits acknowledged in the game.
Tiles and sprites were created be me, my friend and heavily modified Cammy tiles.
Sound FX are made by me and some are from Backbone.
The game was tested on A1200 68030 50MHz and it runs fine.
To install the game, just decompress it to HD and click on Marco icon.
Few tips and quirks:
1. Because there is a small problem with Backbone when you die over "Danger Area" like water, you will respawn to the beginning of a level and restart. So, you need to finish the level w/o dieing.
2. I limited fire/throw axe speed, so it's harder to kill enemies, you can't just blast through enemies.
3. You need to collect all items before advancing to the next level.
4. In the Mayan level not all gates open.
5. I used the same fire button to Throw and Open Doors, I found out that assigning keyboard press to open the Door was disrupting the flow of the game. So, you can't shoot next to the door, you need to move away some before shooting.
https://www.copy.com/s/THvPKbOLsUFaEbhQ/marco.lha
Source: http://www.amiga.org |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 18.04.2014 - 09:26 |
EvenMore released in the Version 0.80
Changes:
Created outline text style. ESC[52m turns on outline text, and ESC[53m turns it off again. For use in the new PageStream plugin.
Created basic PageStream2Text plugin. Still to implement all of the text styles and colours that it offers.
Fixed bug. Shadow text and strikethrough styles would not carry over to the next line.
Optimized RTF2Text plugin a little. Fixed bug where a line break instead of a space between a command and ordinary text would cause the plugin to skip a word. Also patched a bug in the RTF code generated by LibreOffice on Linux. LibreOffice stores pen 1 as 0, but other pen numbers start at 2.
HTML2Text plugin will now display preformatted text as the system default font.
A bug in the highlighting caused the system default and screen fonts over several lines to be rendered in all the same font.
Added docx to the list of filenames opened by Arc2Text plugin, as these are Zip compressed XML files.
Rewrote HTML conversion routine. This uses Strnicmp() now to search for commands. This is case incenstitive string comparison. Saves having to copy the HTML and do uppercase and then check. Also properly parses the ordinary text between commands, so conversion is much faster now.
Added two new escape codes for the strikethrough text style now used by the HTML2Text plugin. ESC[58m turns on strikethrough and ESC[59m turns it off again.
Added OpenOffice file extension to the Arc2Text.plugin so it will be able to open them (the documents are compressed Zip files). May eventually change this so the Arc2Text plugin checks the file header instead.
Arc2Text plugin will now extract files to a standard memory buffer, to be more compatible with the rest of the plugins. It will still use exec lists for the archive directories though.
Sped up Dir2Text plugin by using pattern matching for the info files instead of StrCmp on each filename.
EvenMore is a textviewer for the Amiga written in AmigaE and ECX.
EvenMore is freeware. This means you can use EvenMore as much as you like without having to pay anything.
Some Features are:
- Plugin system for viewing many different file types, such as AmigaGuide, HTML, WordWorth, MSWord, RTF, directories, etc.
- Supports ANSI escape code sequences for text formatting, including full colour text for certain file types
- Links are clickable in HTML, AmigaGuide, directories and other file types
- Font-sensitive user interface
- Drag and drop files on the window to open them
- ARexx port for remote control
- Search function
- Configurable menus for frequently used documents
- Clipboard support
- Locale support
http://www.evenmore.co.uk |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 18.04.2014 - 09:26 |
BetterWB released in the Version 3.6.
Changes:
- Full 68040, 68060 and ACA accelerators autodetection and driver support with the new HardWiz
- Rebooter is a new very handy application for restricted memory systems
- EnvHandler will save quite a lot of ram by optimising envarc (Thanks PeterK)
- Easily customize and lock palettes with FullPalette
- Updated icon.library to version 46.4.339 which is faster and less memory hungry
- Updated PFS3 aio to latest build (19-march-2014)
- Updated DMS to version 1.53
- Added a small text with a couple of tips after switching to GlowIcons
- Gzip is back. It is required for ADZ support in TSGUI (Thanks Jost)
- Added missing deficons (tool & project)
- Changed default position of the global trashcan whenever it is activated, so it doesnt get in the way
- For the love of the boing ball: replaced workbench´s glowicon to suit Jarek´s taste
- Replaced the standard trashcan icon with one that looks more elegant
- BetterWB has now its own envarc drawer with wich you can easily check wether BetterWB is installed, which version is it, and the extensions it has enabled (FullPalette, GlowIcons, Rebooter)
- Plus a few more minor fixes and tweaks
BetterWB is a new workbench pack, much like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB, etc. but applying a totally different aproach. It aims to be much like an enhancement, an updated extension to AmigaOS 3.1, without all those hardware requirement penalties typically associated with these kind of packs. It is indeed a better 3.1 than 3.1 itself!
http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/BetterWB.htm |
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| Amiga Future looking for Copyright Holder |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 16.04.2014 - 15:38 |
As you all certainly know, on the Amiga Future homepage and cover CD we publish full versions of commercial titles. But even shareware full versions are always included again.
It does not matter whether it is games, applications, drivers, or CDs. We want to get all commercial titles.
In order to do this legally, we always need a permission of their respective owners.
The biggest problem is to find these owners. The next problemthen is to get a contact with the respective rights holders.
We ask you therefore for your help.
Do you have contact with rights-holders of shareware or commercial software?
Do you know any personally or did you havecontact recently with someone?
Then write us an email: redaktion@amigafuture.de
We're also looking for someone who can help us to get in contact with some Italian,French and American companies.
Ideally one who comes from these countries and possibly can make a call.
http://www.amigafuture.de |
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| Commodore Free Magazine Issue 79 released |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 15.04.2014 - 10:28 |
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Commodore Free Magazine
http://www.commodorefree.com/
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Issue 79
Free to download magazine
dedicated to Commodore computers
Available as PDF, ePUB, MOBI, HTML,
TXT, SEQ and D64 disk image
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CONTENTS
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* Editorial
* Reader's Comments
* Commodore Free E-Cover Tape #12
* General News
- Source code for ssg
- RECOIL
- ACME Cross-Assembler
* C64 & 128 News
- C64 Take-Away Podcast 52
- C64FC Flash Cartridge
- Digital Talk Issue 98 Released
- Web SID Experiment Released
- geoSpecific GEOS CD
- Another Day, Another Zombie
- Multicart 64 Now Available
- EyeToy Kinetic Combat PS2 & C128
- Developing A C64 Emulator
- Website GEOS Info & Program Code
- Knights & Demons Released
- Hero Time 2 SEUCK Game
- Nordic Scene Review #8
- Scene World Issue 22 Released
* C16 & Plus/4 News
- Club Info 133 Released
- Flashback Demo for the Plus/4
- Saboteur Released For The C16
* Amiga News
- Amiga Future Issue 106 and 107
- Ranger
- AresOne (2014) Available Now
- Amiga games on iPad/iPhone
- The King of Chicago out now
- AROS Vision 2.3
- New ACA500 Packs Available
- New Articles on Obligement
- AEROS for Pi beta7 available
- Hollywood available again
- Amigatronics 1x02 Podcast
- Hyperon FUSE and NTFS for AmigaOS
* Review: Cassiopei
* Interview with Kevin Tilley
* Games That Shouldn't Have Been
* Review: A.R.C.O.S.
* Review: Flappy Bird
* Review: ViccyBird
* Review: Pulse
* Review: Panicman - For the VIC 20
* The Assembly Line - Part $02
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| Amiga Future search editors and translators |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 11.04.2014 - 09:32 |
We are looking for assistance for the Amiga Future magazine.
We are looking for editors with good knowledge in the Amiga demo scene.
Also, an editor must have sufficient experience in the user area with the Amiga.
Interest? Get in touch with the Amiga Future editors.
However, you should own the following:
- An Amiga 
- Fundamental knowledge of Amiga
- Very good spelling in your native language (German or English!)
- Experience in writing a test report
- And of course, time and interest
We are also looking for translators for the magazine.
German -> English
English -> German
You should Speak your language (german or english) very well and have very good spelling in your native language, also understanding the other language well.
And of course, you should also understand what you translate.
So basic knowledge on the Amiga are needed on each case.
We are also looking for assistance for the Amiga Future homepage.
We want to expand the download area of the Amiga Future homepage. Especially the area with the full versions.
For this, we need users to test the full versions, take screenshots, and write a short description and system requirements.
http://www.amigafuture.de
http://www.apc-tcp.de |
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| AmigaOS4: New Games From Huno |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 10.04.2014 - 09:40 |
During the Amigâteries event which was held in Velliers-Les-Pots in France (near Dijon) last week-end, organized by Club Evolution 4, Huno presented new games for AmigaOS 4.1.
These games are now available!
Frogatto 1.2.2 can now be played fully on Low Mem Configurations (such as Sam440ep and µAOne). New versions for high end systems are also present. Warp3D or WaZp3d is required.
Zelda Solarus DX and Zelda Solarus XD have been updated to complie with the latest releases. And a new Zelda ROTH Jumper (think about the movie) Edition is also available.
Gish 0.2 has also been ported by Huno and is fully optimized for our systems. It needs the full commercial datas and requires Warp3D.
A new engine from PoufPouf Productions is now available and allows the venue of some nice litlle games : Hocoslamfy (a Flappy Bird clone), Gnu vs zombie rotten Tomatoes (a shoot'em up), Gemgem (a very nice Bejeweled clone) and Titrus (a Tetris clone)
Super Mario War 1.8 is available and contains lots of new characters, maps, musics, sounds and levels.
GPmark is a simple benchmark tool that was 1st devlopped for handheld systems.
Last but not least, two huge First Person Shooter are now available for your powerful systems : Smokin'Guns and Urban Terror will make use of all the power of your G4 or PA6T with a Warp3D supported card. A lot of memory is also required.
All these games are available on Huno's portal site. If you appreciate the Huno's intensive work to bring all these games on AmigaOS 4.1, feel free to donate to him at nouvel.hugues(AT)free.fr
Source: http://www.amigaworld.net |
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| WHDLoad: New packets online |
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| .: Posted: AndreasM @ 10.04.2014 - 09:40 |
WHDLoad is a shareware program for using disk games and demos installed on harddisk.
Therefor you need so called install packs and the original disks.
The install packs can be downloaded here: http://www.whdload.de kostenlos geladen werden.
These packs have been added since last news:
- 2014-04-09 new: Nuxelia (Craze & Pelegolas) done by Wepl (Info,Image)
- 2014-04-09 new: Bombfusion (Virgin Mastertronic) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2014-04-09 fixed: Viaje Al Centro De La Tierra (Topo Soft) install script fixed, trainers improved and more (Info)
- 2014-04-08 new: MegaBall (Ed Mackey) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 2014-04-08 new: Croak 2 (Selwyn Stevens) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 2014-04-06 fixed: Robbeary (Anco) install script corrected (Info)
- 2014-04-05 fixed: Alien Breed 3D (Team 17) CPU caches issues and some bugs fixed (Info)
- 2014-04-05 new: Oblivion (Mark Sibly) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2014-04-04 improved: Kick Off 96 (Anco) ButtonWait support for title pictures added (Info)
- 2014-04-01 improved: Space Harrier (Elite) supports another versions and more (Info)
- 2014-03-31 new: Dance Trance (Interactive) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 2014-03-30 new: Robbeary (Anco) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2014-03-30 improved: Rock Star (Infomedia) supports original version (Info)
- 2014-03-28 new: Dance Trance 2 (Interactive) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 2014-03-27 improved: SWIV (Sales Curve) CD³² joypad supported and more (Info)
- 2014-03-27 new: Croak (Selwyn Stevens) done by StingRay (Info,Image)
- 2014-03-26 new: The Scene 4 (Prophecy) done by Dr Cinicus (Info,Image)
- 2014-03-25 new: Dark Castle (Three-Sixty) done by StingRay (Info)
- 2014-03-24 improved: Pushover (Red Rat Software/Ocean) one-more timing problem fixed, decruncher relocated (Info)
- 2014-03-23 updated: Pushover (Red Rat Software/Ocean) reworked, timing problems fixed, trainers added, intro skip option added (Info)
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