OMG, it's been a long time since the previous issue - again we have a lot of catching up ahead: Huge names in this issue! First-person-shooters, arcade, movie tie-in!
I’m not a frequent Amiga party-goer. I had my fair share when I was younger, but I no longer see much point in going to far-away places only to find, typically, a dozen tables with old machines running old games. So the Amiga37 party announcement in April left me somewhat indifferent, all the more so when I realized that the venue was located over a thousand kilometres from my hometown.
Creating your first action game from scratch can be quite a challenge, and cause severe frustration. But at some point you begin to see some light at the end of the tunnel - and that's where the real fun part begins.
My experiments in creating something that might become... a game?! ...have reached a stage where (except for sound) pretty much everything is in place: timing, user input, movement, graphics, limits, ...and it seems to work! Stably!
To achieve this within a somewhat tolerable time frame (= this lifetime), some fundamental decisions had to be made:
This week I received another Amiga 1200! This is my second A1200, but hear me out before you judge, there is a method to the madness!
Hi everyone, Today I’d like to inform you that I’ve decided to merge my two blogs into one. This means that Gaming on AmigaOS 4 will become part of Old School Game Blog. I have transferred the content so that you can find all blog posts from Gaming on AmigaOS 4 on this site. The […]
AmigaOS 4 News – October 2022 Hi there, Thanks for visiting my blog, and welcome to the 10th edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! This edition has been published on my main website, Old School Game Blog, first. The reason is that I’m considering merging the two blogs since I want to save some […]
AmigaOS 4 News – October 2022 Hi there, Thanks for visiting my blog, and welcome to the 10th edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! This edition has been published on my main website, Old School Game Blog, first. The reason is that I’m considering merging the two blogs since I want to save some […]
This week saw the release of a new commercial Adventure game for the Classic Amiga called AquAbyss by developers Aged Code, which is delivered over the network your Amiga and utilises network game functionality as well!
Hi everyone, Encore is back with another great demo for MorphOS! It is called Morphever and was released at the Decrunch Party this weekend in Wroclaw, Poland. The demo got 1st place in the Wild Demo competition. A video of the demo has been uploaded to YouTube by MDW/Encore: You can download it from MorphOS […]
Hi there, Episode 372 of the Amigos: Everything Amiga Podcast has been released! In this episode, Boat and Aaron have a look at the classic game Cannon Fodder from Sensible Software. They also talk about recent Amiga news, such as the Amiga37 event in Germany. If you want to listen to the podcast instead of watching it, […]
Hi everyone, Episode 372 of the Amigos: Everything Amiga Podcast has been released! This time they (Brent and Aaron) discuss the well known fighting game Mortal Kombat II from Acclaim. They also talk about recent Amiga news. I have included the video from YouTube below: The podcast is also available on Anchor if you prefer […]
Hi everyone, There has been confusion about whether the Sam460LE was in stock and available for purchase or not. I was under the impression that one could buy these boards from ACube System’s webshop and other retailers, but this was incorrect. ACube Systems has now posted news concerning the availability of the board, which you […]
Hi everyone, There has been confusion about whether the Sam460LE was in stock and available for purchase or not. I was under the impression that one could buy these boards from ACube System’s webshop and other retailers, but this was incorrect. ACube Systems has now posted news concerning the availability of the board, which you […]
