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Amiga in the movies: Robot Ninja (1989)
An Amiga 500 was spotted in 1989 splatter-comic movie "Robot Ninja" - both on screen, and behind the scenes.
A techno music album created with OctaMED SoundStudio (and Camouflage)
"Breathless" is an album of electro/techno music created on an Amiga computer over the latter half
of the 1990s. All tracks were composed with OctaMED SoundStudio, using Amiga samples and MIDI sound devices.
An Amiga plus a lot of good will equals... Crysis!
Can an Amiga computer run milestone first person shooter "Crysis"?
Well. "Yes it can." But you need some - just a little! - suspension of disbelief. Here's a prototype created by author lifeschool, that uses a slightly different approach to bringing the amazing graphics engine of "Crysis" to the Amiga. System requirements are comparably moderate:
- PAL Amiga
- Kickstart 3.0 or higher
- 1MB Chip and 4MB fast memory
- 500MB free disk space
68030 or better CPU is recommended, though.
Grind - multiplayer!
Spectacular Amiga 500 OCS 7Mhz first person shooter "Grind" is boldly going serial-link multiplayer.
"Grind" has come a long way from the early "Dread" demos. It's becoming a super polished game, with tons of atmosphere, thanks to the fine tuned visuals, and sounds, and of course the stunningly fast Doom-like 3D graphics engine. And it's got what way too few Amiga games, and especially first-person-shooter games have: it's multiplayer!
Games galore #41: Rick Dangerous remake, Hop to the Top, Cube, Connect, CyberPunks 2 release, Space Cavern Blaster
2023 was a great year for Amiga gaming, a lot of games to review, and the stream of new releases doesn't stop. In this issue: Rick Dangerous, a bunny, a long overdue release announcement, puzzles, and multi-platforms.
Software updates (2024-03-14)
A round of notifications about updates to well-known and widely used software titles, that popped up over roughly the last twelve months - just in case you missed something.
AmiSSL 5.14
At the end of Jan. 2024, the latest version of network encryption package AmiSSL was uploaded to aminet.
http://aminet.net/search?query=amissl
https://github.com/jens-maus/amissl/
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Bars&Pipes goes AROS
Outstanding news for Amiga musicians: Professional music program Bars&Pipes has been ported to AROS!
Bars&Pipes is a professional grade MIDI music composition program that was originally developed by Blue Ribbon Soundworks in the 1990s. It supports Amiga audio via AHI and plugins (called "tools" in Bars&Pipes).
The hottest tip ever for playing VirtualGP
Every VirtualGP player has been annoyed by the Amiga Workbench's mousepointer, as it gets stuck on the game screen after clicking the game's menus and entering the race. But there is a surprisingly simple solution!
Games galore #40: Rogue Declan: Zero, Creeping Me Out: Hex Night update, Ring around the World, Final Fight Enhanced update, Geo's Quest: In Search of Queen Lorraine, Memory Lane
Amiga game development has sped up considerably over the last couple of years, with the help of new game engines like RedPill and Scorpion Engine, and many developers re-joining the Amiga scene.