AROS – Protrekkr 2.6.4 Released!
Hi everyone, Thanks for visiting the Old School Game Blog. I read that a new version of Protrekkr (2.6.4) for AROS was released. The author, Franck “hitchhikr” Charlet, posted information about this in the AROS World forums. Here is an explanation of what Protrekkr is from GitHub: ProTrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together […]
Amiga CoffinOS R63 is here!
coffin – a ready to boot OS3.9+ distro for AC68080 and PiStorm systems. With some tweaks also works on WinUAE
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!
AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – January 2024
AmigaOS 4 News – January 2024 Hi everyone, Welcome to the first AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup of 2024! 2023 was a busy year in the world of AmigaOS 4. Perhaps not in terms of an official AmigaOS 4 update, but the community and its developers delivered on many fronts. On the hardware side, the A1222+ […]
AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – January 2024
AmigaOS 4 News – January 2024 Hi everyone, Welcome to the first AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup of 2024! 2023 was a busy year in the world of AmigaOS 4. Perhaps not in terms of an official AmigaOS 4 update, but the community and its developers delivered on many fronts. On the hardware side, the A1222+ […]
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.
Virus Killer – A Game Competition on Amigans.net for January 2024
Hi everyone, Welcome to the first game competition on Amigans.net in 2024! We had a lot of fun playing a variety of titles in 2023. Let us aim to make this year just as good, or perhaps even better. We’ll kick off the new year with a shoot ’em-up called Virus Killer, which was developed […]
Virus Killer – A Game Competition on Amigans.net for January 2024
Hi everyone, Welcome to the first game competition on Amigans.net in 2024! We had a lot of fun playing a variety of titles in 2023. Let us aim to make this year just as good, or perhaps even better. We’ll kick off the new year with a shoot ’em-up called Virus Killer, which was developed […]
Atari 2600+ has arrived
Happy New Year 2024 to everyone!
It is kind of strange for me to decide to get an Atari 2600+ system, and yet here we are in 2024!
Games galore #39: Tapper, Galaxian 500, Freak Out, Settle the World, Boxx games, Megafrog
Happy New Year! Tons of new Amiga games have popped up in 2023, and we're still trying to keep up.
Tapper
Very good, in May 2023 another arcade classic got properly ported to the Amiga: "Tapper" from 1983, which was previously available for many other platforms.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy new year!
Amiga A1222 Plus box …
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Hi, Today is December 23rd. Tomorrow is the big day! We’ve spent a lot of time preparing and getting everything set, and now it looks like we’ve reached the goal. The Christmas tree is up, and some of our favorite decorations have found their places (a homemade Christmas house, and a village consisting of different […]
CrowPi Lite laptop running Amikit 12, MIDI and real Amiga floppy disks
Recently I found out about a Raspberry Pi laptop solution called CrowPi Lite. I have seen plenty of these solutions in the past, but they were never truly mobile solutions - but this one is different.
I decided to get one, and get it working with AmiKit 12, with MIDI hardware support and even using real Amiga floppies via drawbridge usb floppy drives! Keep reading for more details!