The "Amiga Games List" (http://obligement.free.fr/articles/listejeuxamiga.php), maintained by David Brunet since april 1991 has been updated in its 39th edition. The total now reach 11192 entries distributed as follows :

- 10143 games.
- 887 data disks or extensions.
- 127 games or levels editors.
- 35 interpreters.

This 39th edition has declined since the vast majority of interpreted games (platform independent games playable via an interpreter) were removed in order to keep only pure "Amiga" games.

In addition, the games created in 2009 have been added. The list recognize now also the "Creative Commons" license and the "AmiBlitz" programming language.

  EasyADF, the archiving program for the Amiga, has been updated.

New features include:
- Backup your whole System partition or selected drawers easily with a few clicks (see Backup with EasyADF tutorial)
- EasyADF can now start iconified so may be placed into the WBStartUp drawer

New customers can either purchase EasyADF Software Disk or EasyADF PCMCIA CF Transfer Kit

Existing customers of EasyADF upgrading may either purchase the EasyADF Update Disk or contact us through Support Ticket system.

EasyADF can only be purchased from www.amigakit.com

It took me some time, but I did it. It was the only app on my computer that wasn't in portuguese.

If you want it, you can get it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ymnjyo2ugny


I won't be doing any more translations. This is my first and last WinUAE translation.

  The last version of WinUAE (2.0.1.0) has been translated to spanish. You can download from www.winuaespanol.com

Yes, that's right, the long-awaited update to AmigaOS 4.1 is now available to registered users.

Visit Hyperions website for more information and for download.

Hi,

I have written a small tool for manipulating extended (or raw) adfs created with tools like rawread (http://www.aminet.net/package/disk/bakup/rawread). Among other features it is capable of merging two partial images together.

I would be greatful for any help anyone could give me in testing the tool before I release it to a wider audience.

Redwood

  At the start of this journey, we posed the question 'what is X?' The answer is that X is many things. X is the Xena/XMOS chip, and the Xorro slot that accompanies it. X is the mystery CPU, and above all, X is the AmigaOne X1000, the new complete desktop computer system from A-EON.

It's almost 25 years since Commodore released the A1000 model that launched the line in the summer of 1985, and with the launch of the X1000 we will usher in a new beginning for the AmigaOS platform. Just as Commodore did with the A1000, we're aiming at the high-end first, with a powerful desktop computer aimed at the professional and serious hobbyist markets (although you won't have to wait until summer, and it should be a little cheaper!) The launch of the A1000 offered something new, and the X1000 will do the same. The world has moved on and custom chips no longer make much sense, but the X1000 offers a customisable chip as standard instead - 'Xena'.

Thanks to Xena and the Xorro interface, the X1000 offers extraordinary flexibility. We believe that with this easy gateway to the world of 'Software Defined Silicon' and a path to massive parallelism, the X1000 will once more make the AmigaOS platform the best choice for truly creative and unique applications. For custom hardware control from robotics to theatrical lighting, for hobbyist creativity, for hardware hacking and for a multitude of applications we haven't even imagined yet, the X1000 is a dream platform - and therein lies another meaning of 'X', the unknown. It is you, not us, who will define the future.

Of course that's far from all there is to the X1000. Even if you have no interest in the co-processor concept, the X1000 is by a large margin the most powerful and up-to-date platform for running AmigaOS. With a fast dual-core CPU and a full range of modern interfaces such as PCIe x16, SATA and USB 2.0, the already extremely responsive AmigaOS will at last have a truly high-end platform to run on. While AmigaOS has progressed massively over the last few years (and continues to develop more and more features at an impressive rate), the hardware to run it on has not kept pace. There was a time when we had great hardware as well as a great Operating System, and with the AmigaOne X1000, we can finally say that time is come again. While the entry level is currently well catered for by ACube's SAM motherboard, it is this return of AmigaOS to the high-end that truly ushers in a new beginning.

Specifications
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ATX Formfactor
Dual-core PowerISA™ v2.04+ CPU
"Xena" XMOS XS1-L1 128 SDS Customizable Chip
7.1 channel HD audio
4x DDR2 RAM slots
10x USB 2.0
1x Gigabit Ethernet
2x PCIe x16 slots (1x16 or 2x8)
2x PCIe x1 slots
1x Xorro slot
2x PCI legacy slots
2x RS232
4x SATA 2 connectors
1x IDE connector
JTAG connector
1x Compact Flash

  Boing Bag 3 is a community effort that has accomplished the difficult task
of upgrading, enhancing and bugfixing AmigaOS 3.9. Between many important
goals achieved, we can mention the following features which may give you a
quick overview of this project:

* Large hard disk support, LBA48 support, extending the possible disk
sizes to 128 petabytes (131,072 terabytes).
* A more robust and faster TCP/IP stack
* New video drivers for wide screen monitor support and enhanced graphic
modes
* A fully working web browser
* Huge amount of bugfixes that improve system stability and behaviour
* Impressive update of system components, adding a lot of new features

And much more...

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/

  News issued from this topic: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=627825#post627825
(Thanks Delauvive & Graham Humphrey!)

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Hello

Final version of AmiGame V2 is available since December,24th 2009
Please have a look at the presentation trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oj9Yhx05Gw&fmt=18
(english version)

and download it at: http://www.amigame.fr/

Quickly, some new features:
- adf & whdload scanner
- video player (YouTube video: speedrun and longplay)
- Audio player with playlsts
- articles reader (french only but if we can include English reviews, we would be interested!)
- multilingual (still looking for a german translator)
- new database (new games, new datas included and new search engine)
- notation of your games + charts
- partnerships links for reviews and test
- direct download with legal links only
- ect...

Have fun!

http://www.amigame.fr/
http://www.amigame.fr/Forum/

English speakers are welcome!

We're a bit in a hurry with english website and documentation but we'll provide help, dont' worry! (for the moment, we use Google Translator but web pages are in construction)

Merry X-Mas!

WinUAE 2.0.1 released (23.12.2009)

http://www.winuae.net/

Major 2.0 bugs fixed:

- Random interference in some AGA screen modes.
- Blitter onedot line drawing mode was partially broken in non cycle exact modes.

Other changes:

- Screenshot and AVI recording "capture before filtering" options.
- Tar archive support added to "archive" harddrives.
- Custom chipset emulation compatibility updates. NOTE: ECS Denise undocumented feature is now emulated and some demos have blank screen if chipset configuration is set to ECS Denise/Full ECS.
- More compatible directory filesystem character set translation.
- Mouse driver (tablet) mode didn't work without magic mouse.
- Ignore unrar.dll versions that do not support unicode.

(hopefully this one does not have any critical bugs..)

EDIT: Installer version number fixed.

Some of you may already be aware of the excellent site http://bitworld.bitfellas.org/. It contains a large comprehensive database of Amiga demos, but with a somewhat limited search facility. To remedy this we have created an alternative search interface to the collection here at ExoticA - Amiga Scene Demo Database (Beta). Like the Modland and HVSC Search it includes a variety of ways to browse and search through the information. We only display a small subset of the data at Bitworld, but provide a link to their site for further information. Please give it a try and give us any feedback on the ExoticA Forum. It is marked as beta for now, as there might be bugs, and new features are likely forthcoming. Many thanks to zeg, Asle, Curt Cool and Menace (and the rest of the Bitworld team) for their help and co-operation.

  Exclusive AmigaSYS 5 presentation (AGA, WinUAE)!

Soon the year is over and holidays are coming...
I've read forums and received many emails since I announced the development of AmigaSYS 5.
I felt from the words from many of you that you have doubts regarding the release of AmigaSYS 5, since the whole project is surrounded by a great silence as if nothing had happened. Of course this is not the case

Now as Christmas is near, I will give some information about the current state of AmigaSYS5 AGA and WinUAE versions. This is a Christmas gift to you and the sceptics

I will not reveal many extra information (it will come later) but some screenshots to show how it will look like. There's plenty of work to be done, I'm not in a hurry, no deadlines, but it's for sure that AmigaSYS 5 will include huge changes compared to the previous versions.

I spent a lot of time in version 5 with creating wallpapers, boot images, program configs, scripts and ideas. I think the amount of time spent on it can be seen on the pictures.

More information:

http://amigasys.extra.hu

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Amiga users!

Dary

http://www.winuae.net/

WinUAE 2.0.0 (13.12.2009)
====================

Main new features:

- Huge A500 cycle exact mode compatibility improvement.
- Improved unexpanded A1200/CD32 emulation compatibility. Approximate cycle-exact 68EC020/68020 emulation implemented, includes emulated 68020 instruction cache, approximate prefetch emulation.
- 68040 MMU emulation (from Aranym) For example Enforcer and M68K Linux compatibility. Not compatible with JIT.
- A2065 Zorro II hardware ethernet card emulation.

Other updates:

- CD32 drive emulation compatibility improved, includes animation CD streaming.
- Old game protection dongles emulated (Leaderboard, Robocop3, etc..)
- Built-in Vista/Windows 7 WASAPI sound API support.
- Real harddrive safetycheck only complains if drive is mounted read-write and has mounted Windows partitions.
- Full NTSC timing implemented (long/short line toggle etc..)
- "AutoVSync" mode that change native refresh rates automatically.
- Basic CPU frequency/bus multiplier configuration option added.
- Gayle IDE emulation compatibility improved.
- Single sided PC/Atari ST disk images supported.
- AVI and wave sound recording improved.
- File paths support http, https and ftp protocols.
- Automatic split DMS support.
- File dialog file type setting is stored to registry/ini.
- Display width is not anymore restricted to values divisible by eight.
- Bsdsocket emulation MSG_WAITALL implemented, CVS compatibility fix.
- Uaescsi.device TD_REMOVE implemented.
- DMA cycle debugger implemented.
- RTG screen mode on-screen leds.
- "Add PC drives at startup" does not mount drives that are also configured as real harddrives.

Bugs fixed:

- Programmed refresh (non-PAL or NTSC) rate modes had bad sound.
- Right border background color error in some programs.
- On the fly USB input device insert changed unrelated keyboard layout settings.
- Non-DMA mode sprites work again (broke long time ago)
- 5.1 sound mode had wrong center and sub mixing ratio.
- CD32 pad default mapping green and yellow, RDW and FFW reversed.
- Uaescsi.device TD_GETGEOMETRY off by one error and no media status fixed.
- Directory filesystem ACTION_FH_FROM_LOCK notification bug fixed.
- Some types of serial ports were not detected.
- Randomly appearing single jumping black scanline finally fixed.
- Command line quote parsing was not compatible.
- Mouse didn't capture properly in mouse driver (tablet) mode.
- Directory harddrive duplication was possible in configuration file if path included national characters.

and much more than ever before.. (probably bugs too..)

This is an impressive release, largely due to the ADF support. Those wanting a portable Amiga might want to check it out. Heck, anyone that runs a virtual machine (VirtualBox, VMWare, VirtualPC, etc) might want to download the live CD and boot it up, just for kicks.

For those that have no idea what Icaros is:
Icaros Desktop is a pre-configured AROS desktop environment for the PC platform, distributed on a bootable live-DVD running on real hardware or in a virtual machine. The AROS Research Operating System is a open source lightweight, efficient and flexible desktop operating system, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 at the API level, while improving on it in many areas.

Anyway, the official press release:

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Source: http://vmwaros.blogspot.com/2009/12/...-download.html

It's been a long time since our latest "point release" (v1.1), and now I am proud to announce the immediate availability of the new one. Version 1.2 introduces lots of new programs, features and graphic enhancements, leveraging Icaros Desktop to a new level of realiability and user experience and so on (please insert any attractive marketing stuff you like here, I'm just too tired to do so). Seriously, there's really much to discover in this new release. Retro-gamers will surely love AmiBridge's brand new ADF support, which allows playing old Amiga games and demos straight from their ADF files. Just double click on them, answer to a pair of simple questions, and you'll be ready to play again your favourite classics! But AmiBridge has introduced also some enhancements for workbench applications: from now on, AROS and AmigaOS pointers will be syncronized under Janus-UAE (thanks to Oliver!), and brave people can even discover its latest steps toward full integration (beware: it might be still unstable). GeForce card users may like to test their hardware with GLExcess and some other MESA (OpenGL) demos running with Gallium 3D, an accelerated graphic framework currently being ported to AROS. Again: it's w.i.p.-state code only, it will work under some precise conditions and only with GeForce 3, 4, FX, 6 and 7 cards, not with models that are just too old or too recent. Compatibility will be extended in a (hopefully near) future to other cards, but not for now: take it as a demo only, and in the Live! version only (there was no space for it on Light, sorry). Thanks to ZuneARC, AROS (and Icaros) finally got a proper way to handle archive files: so you'll be able to manage zip, tar, bz2, lha, rar and other archives with a single, powerful GUI. And, obviously, Icaros Desktop includes also new games and applications. There's even a demo of the first commercial game for AROS, BOH. Moreover, if you have a netbook and a external DVD-ROM unit, there are good news for you: you'll be able to install Icaros Desktop on your little laptop, making it a fairly good Amiga-like computer. You won't get wi-fi and sound for now, but there are really good chances that everything else will be supported. Last but not least, Damir has created some really nice decoration themes for Icaros, and your distribution now includes also a new collection of desktop wallpapers. Enjoy!

New from Icaros 1.1.5

- new official Icaros Desktop themes and theme manager
- Updated SDL, MESA and many other libraries
- Grub2 hack to use netbook resolutions on Intel GMA900 GPUs
- Poseidon now available as kernel module
- Improved 68K apps integration in AmiBridge
. no double pointer anymore using workbench applications
. added more uaegfx resolutions in full integration mode
. Added Amiga games/demos ADF support with sound
- added ZuneARC to manage zip, lha, rar, tgz and other archives
- updated PortablE
- updated development chain with newer include files
- updated wookiechat to latest beta
- added support for audio CDs (PlayCDDA)
- added desktop wallpapers from artist Wilhelm Steiner
- added desktop wallpapers from abraXXious
- added many new games and emulators
- updated DosBox to latest revision
- added BOH demo from Simone Bevilacqua
- updated NoWinED to latest version
- added first Gallium3D demos for GeForce cards
- updated OWB to release 0.9.9
- added SDLBasic 1.0.2
- system files updated to December 2nd, 2009

  May be of some use to some....