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MorphOS 2.7 | The MorphOS team released a new version of their operating system. In the Boot.img there are 8 changes and more than 30 disk components are updated or new. The trail version of MorpOS 2.7 can be downloaded to try out the new system. Visit the MorpOS web page for all the details.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added 18 new longplay Amiga games last two months. A few example's are: Entity, Fly Harder, Wing Commander, Armalyte: The Final Run, Bobo, SAS Combat, Pink Pather, Super Cauldron and many others. You can watch the longplay and after watching you can rate it or leave a comment.

Only Amiga | Eric Schwartz is celebrating 25 years of Amiga animation. He made a tribute to the graphic possibilities of the Amiga computers, and also our friends PC and Apple are present in the video. In his tribute you will see well know pieces of Amiga art. And don't forget: Only Amiga makes it possible!

UFO: Alien Invasion - Amiga OS4 | UFO: Alien Invasion is now available for Amiga OS4. In this game you are in the year 2084 and you lead a secret organisation that defends Earth from an alien enemy. You can build bases, prepare your team and go to battle.

Amiga Future #70 | The 70th edition of Amiga Future is now online. In this edition: News, The Tamar Hero, Interview with Mathias Parnaudeau, Cheats, Halloween Nightmare, Reviews of Aunt Artic Adventure, Kwasimodo, Mindspace and IGame, Delfina, Sun Amiga Workstation, Amiga 4000 conversion and much more. If you want to keep up with the latest Amiga news you can take an subscription on the paper version including a cover disk in the English or German language.

A600, A1200 Turbo card | Individual Computers has been working on a new turbo cards for the Amiga 600 and 1200. The Internet shop Vesalia released info on these new turbo cards and the cards can now be pre-ordered. The specifications of the A1200 version (expansion slot) are: CPU 68EC030 at 28 MHz, 64 MB RAM, MapRom function and optional RTC. The specifications of the A600 version (internal installation) are: CPU 68030 at 25 MHz, 32 MB RAM and MapRom function.

Cube | kas1e made a Amiga OS4 version of the game Cube. Cube is a First Person Shooter (FPS) game and has more than 100 maps. The game has many outside maps and can be played in single or multiplayer mode. Because Cube is very small and efficient it will run good on older video cards. kas1e is also working on a Amgia OS4 version of Cube 2.

AmiArcadia - v15.1 | AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Changes in this version are: Improved PHUNSY emulation. SAVEAOF command added in Debugger. And many miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. The emulator supports multiple languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

SuperTuxKart v0.6.2 | SuperTuxKart is a 3D kart racing game. In the game you can see the great lighthouse or drive through the sand and visit the pyramids. Race underground or in space, watching the stars passing by. The game is available for AROS, Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Amiga Magazines (Dutch) | You can now download the Dutch Amiga Magazine (1-45) from the AmigaSnene.nl web page. Amiga Magazine was a Dutch magazine about the Amiga computer from 1989 until 1997. On this web page you can also download the Amiga X magazine with 13 editions from 1994 until 1995. The downloads are .pdf files (60-150 MB).

Pack Ultimate 1.6.2 - MorphOS | Yannick Buchy made a new Pack Ultimate for MorphOS. This Pack can be used after installing MorphOS. It installs various programs for music, video, email, chat, paint and many others.

Protrekkr v2.5.1 | Franck Charlet released a AROS version of his Protrekkr music program. Protrekkr is a tracker program combining a software synthesizer together with a traditional samples tracker which can be used to create electronic music for intros, demos or games. Protrekkr is also available for: Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.

SuperTux - Amiga | SuperTux is a classic 2D jump and run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original Super Mario games. The features of SuperTux are: 9 Enemies, 26 Playable levels, Configurable joystick and keyboard input, New music, Completely redone graphics. The game can be downloaded from the OS4Depot web page.

Hostile Breed | The web page Amiga Games that weren't has found a new game called Hostile Breed. The game was made in 1992 by Jo Walker (Graphics), Rob Stevens (Programming), Sonix Systems (Music and Sound effects) but was never released. The game-play is both tactical and action-based. You must protect your base but you can also fly to the threat and attack it. You can read more information and download the game on the Amiga Games that weren't web page.

Monthly Page - Amiga magazine | Monthly Page is a English pdf magazine about the Amiga. In this edition (#15) an interview with Discreet FX (Article by Gebrochen), Getting to Grips with Hollywood (Article by MickNish), advert pictures and the top ten downloads from OS4depot.

WinUAE 2.3.0 | There is a new version of WinUAE available. With WinUAE you can emulate the Amiga 68k on your Windows PC. A few examples of the changes in this version (2.3.0) are: CDTV and CD32 CD+G audio CDs support. Borderless/minimal/normal window modes. SCSI emulation, including full CD audio support. Cycle exact audio and disk DMA sequencer. Improvements of the 68000, 68020 and 68040 MMU emulation. Please visit the web page of WinUAE to read about all the changes.

GnGeoNG v0.8.0 | GnGeoNG is a fast and powerful command line Neo Geo emulator for Amiga OS4. Neo Geo is a cartridge based game computer for arcade halls and for home use. The Neo Geo has a Motorola 68000 processor (12 MHz), Zilog Z80 processor (4 MHz) and dedicated video / audio chips. The Neo Geo has a resolution of 320x224 pixels, 4096 colors (65536 pallet), 380 sprites and 15 channels of audio.

NetSurf v2.6 | NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for the Amiga (OS4), RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports: HTML 4.01, CSS 2.1, Images: png, gif, jpg and bmp, HTTPS, Unicode text, URL completion, Text selection, Scale view, Page saving and much more. If you want to know about the changes and improvements in version v2.6 please read the change log on the NetSurf web page.

MPlayer v1.50 - OS4 | Daniel Westerberg from OnyxSoft released version 1.50 of the MPlayer GUI for Amiga OS4. The changes in this version are: Drag 'n' drop files to the play list. Automatic queuing of dropped files. Added a Next button. Added an OSD setting so MPlayer can be started with a specific On-Screen Display. Update of the file patterns. Changed arexx handling and allocation of argstrings.

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: The Clue! (Neo),Khalaan (Rainbow Arts), Das Boot (Three-Sixty), Day of the Pharaoh (Rainbow Arts), Mikro Mortal Tennis (Skywards Software), Kajko I Kokosz (Seven Stars) and Humans III: Evolution - Lost in time (Gametek). Improved: Operation Firestorm (F1 Licenceware), Never Ending Story 2 (Linel), Back To The Future 3 (Imageworks/Konami), Eye of Horus (Logotron), Art Of Chess, The (SPA), Infestation (Psygnosis), Kajko I Kokosz (Seven Stars), Baal (Psyclapse) and Rogue Trooper (Krisalis).

Audio Evolution 4 for MorphOS | After the release of Audio Evolution 4 for AROS, AE4 is now also available for MorphOS. It is a port from the AmigaOS4 version and has almost identical features. Audio Evolution is a multi-track audio and MIDI recording system. You can download a demo version or buy the full version.

NetSurf 2.5 | Artur Jarosik released an update of the Amiga 68k web browser NetSurf. In this update the support for cookies is now included. NetSurf is a HTML 4.01 and CSS2.1 compatible browser with Bookmarks, Theme and Favorite buttons, Unicode support, Getvideo plugin, Site downloads and a Search bar. Requirements are: AmigaOS 3.x, Picasso/CGX, 64 MByte and a 020 CPU or better.

SCACOM #18/19 | In this German pdf magazine the following articles: Bild des Monats, AmigaONE X1000, Interview mit Güther Walter, Commodore USA, Joystick reparieren, Drei schlechte Ideen, Power Knete Tips, Trash Design, Commodore Meeting 2010, Leser-Diskussion, Spectrum Magazin Interview, Commodore Vorseriengeräte, Compitition Pro, Amiga 3000T and Burning Rubber.

Amiga Future 86 | On September 3rd the 86th edition Amiga Future will be available. In this printed magazine: News, Reviews, ZorRAM, Amiga Retrospective Part 20, Interview with Petro Tyschtschenko, Amiga Event Essen, VCF UK and lots of Public Domain software on the CD-ROM.

UFE v2 | UFE is an SD/MMC floppy drive emulator for old computers. It connects to the floppy drive port of the host computer and behaves like a real floppy drive. The UFE has Read/Write access for Commodore AMIGA, Atari ST and Amstrad CPC computers. On-board support for ADF, DSK, ST and MSA images. Can emulate two floppy drives. Video overlay user interface. Firmware update (SD Card). Visit Retromaster's weblog for all the details.

Fortis | Fortis is a game for MorphOS. The game has 36 levels in 3 stages. The game increases in difficulty when you get to higher levels. It has great sound effect, weapons store, changeable back-grounds, diversity of enemies, pick-ups in the bonus levels, three language interface and much more. The full version can be downloaded from the web page.

EvenMore v0.69 | There is an update available of Evenmore. EvenMore is a text-viewer for the Amiga made by Chris Pervers. EvenMore offers functions such as proportional font support, multi-coloured text, file conversion plug-ins, and more.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added 30 new longplay Amiga games last month. A few example's are: Banana Island, Booze-O-Meter, Popeye 2, Cedric, New Year Lemmings, Renegade, Vigilante, Window Wizzard, Doofus, Surf Ninjas and many more. You can download the longplay from the web page and after watching you can rate it or leave a comment.

Montly Page - Amiga magazine | Montly Page is a English pdf magazine about the Amiga. In this edition (#13) an interview with Guido Does from Vesalia. Damien wrote an article about UnoKrappe which is a new game for the Amiga. The game is being developed by the team from BlitterWolf.com an will be available for all Amiga's. And 1Mouse wrote a article about the X1000 VCF Show.

25 Years Amiga | It is 25 years ago (24-07-1985) that the Amiga 1000 computer was introduced at the Lincoln Center in New York City. The first Amiga had 256 kBytes RAM, a Motorola 68000 CPU at 7 MHz and three custom chips: Agnus (blitter, copper), Denise (video) and Paula (audio, disk). The A1000 was followed by new models like: A500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A600, A1200, CD-32 etc.

The SEUCK Vault | The SEUCK Vault had a major update. The Amiga section of the SEUCK Vault, a web page dedicated to games created with Sensible Software's Shoot Em Up Construction Kit has doubled in size with this update. A few examples are: PeeBee, Skyflyer 2 and three of the four games in Andrew Fereday's Raid series.

A.M.C. | On YouTube you can watch a video from Pascal Papara. In this video the A.M.C. (Amiga Media Center) is demonstrated. With the Amiga Media Center you can view your images, videos, web TV and audio. With the built-in database you can search or organize your media. The A.M.C. has many options and has a plug-in system. When the system is finished it will be available for MorphOS, AmigaOS 4.x and AROS. You can watch the video for more information.

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