The editions 75 and 76 of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future are now on-line available. In these editions: News, Cheats, Interviews with: ACube, Hans-Jörg Frieden, DasTier, Claus Desler and Gareth Murfin, Classic Computing, Pianeta, Evoke, Mattonite, Amiga Forever, AmigaSYS, AmiSoundEd, OWB, netPanzer, NoWinEd, AmyCynixm, AISS, Opus, SAM, S-Video adapter, Indivision AGA, Keyboard interface A1200, GTI Amiga.

The Cracktros web page added more than 30 new cracktros to the database last couple of weeks. A cracktro, also known as a crack intro, loader, or just intro, is a introduction from the cracking crew who removed the copy prevention. The new cractos are from the following groups: World Of Wonders, Accumulators, Ackerlight, ACU, Amaze, Amiga Power Team, Bionic Commando, Crack Inc., Hoodlum, Comax, Crystal, Esprit, Genesis and Angels, The Movers, Interpol, Paradox, Progress, Rainbow Trio, Scotsoft, Skid Row, Tectron, Triangle, TRSI, Bamiga Sector One, Decade, Dytec, Faith, Alpha Flight, Anthrox and Backlash.

AmigaPd has launched a SEUCK competition for the Amiga. The rules for the competition are simple. The game has to be created using SEUCK for the Amiga and it must be an original game you made yourself or with a team. The competition will close on the 1 st of October 2011 and the winner will receive a cash price of £30.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Legacy (Hexodus), Web of Terror (Impressions). Updated: Apprentice (Rainbow Arts), Demon Blue (MicroValue), Creatures (Thalamus), D/Generation (Mindscape), Conflict: Europe (PSS). Fixed: Misja Harolda (MarkSoft), Cannon Fodder 2 (Sensible Software).

A new version of the Amiga emulator for Windows is available. In this version a new AROS ROM and a new auto-fire option. A serial port telnet server was added. The disk emulation accuracy and the CIA timer are improved. And many bug fixes, you can read all the details on the WinUAE web page.

Amiga Mania is a new Amiga magazine (pdf) from Hungary. In this edition: Amiga 1000, Jay Miner, A500+, A600, Hollywood, Alien Breed poster, Tales from Heaven, Duke Nukem 3D, Street Rod and Locomotion.

Version 1.3 of Icaros Desktop is now available. A few examples of this version are: Better looking desktop with new fonts, icons and backgrounds. New AmiBridge. Games: Giana's Return, Sqrzx, Joleem, Eat the Whistle, Foo Billiard and more. Emulators for: Spectrum, Commodore, Mega Drive, Game Gear, DosBox and more. Remote desktop.

Amigan Software released a new version of the AmiArcadia emulator. The version for AmigaOS 3, MorphOS and Windows are now updated to v16.0. With the AmiArcadia you can play games from Signetics-based consoles. A few examples of these consoles are: Elektor, Astro Wars, Malzak 1, Chaos 2 and PHUNSY.

Individual Computers released a successor to the A603 memory expansion for the Amiga 600. The specifications of the A604 are: 1 MB additional Chip RAM, Clock (with battery), Clock-port, Second clock-port for a Subway USB controller (60% faster), Expansion socket for an Indivision ECS. The A604 will be for sale in the near future at the Vesalia.de web shop.

You can now order AmigaOS 4.1 for your classic Amiga. To use Amiga OS 4.1 you will need a A1200, A3000 or A4000 with a Cyberstorm PPC or Blizzard PPC accelerator board. Changes in this version: Improved bootloader, Updated kernel, Support for virtual memory, ZorRAM and DKB 3128, Support for PCI sound card, Native FastATA driver support and much more. AmigaOS 4.1 for classic Amigas will be delivered with two printed manuals, CD and diskette.

Paolo Besser has been working on AmiBridge scripts for Icaros. AmiBridge is used to run AmigaOS 68K applications inside AROS. In a video you can see a demonstration of the improved version of Amibridge. And there is also a hint, that there will be a new version of Icaros in the near future.

The editions 73 and 74 of the English and German A miga magazine Amiga Future are now on-line available. In this edition: News, Cheats, Interviews: Natami, Thilo Köhler, Lunapaint and Metin Seven, Poseidon, WinUAE, Cinnamon Writer, Cave Story, Goldener Amiga, Fritz!Box modem, Hoi, ColorTRack, OWB, Amiga 1200, Deneb, Amiga 600 Projekt.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Megademo 2 (Disorder), Mega Motion (Extend Design/Black Legend), Locomotion (KingSoft), Turrican demo (Rainbow Arts), Lost In Mine (MarkSoft). Improved or updated: Moonstone (Mindscape), Lost In Mine (MarkSoft), Never Ending Story 2 (Linel).

The web page ADA (Amiga Demoscene Archive) has added new demos. The new demos are: Onion (Neural and Rebels), Kheper (Moods Plateau), Massive (Skarla), Spitz (Focus Design), Fourskin (RNO), Human Traffic (Ghostown and Loonies), Shake Off The Dust (Elude) and Swansong (Dekadence).

The web page Recorded Amiga Games added many new longplay Amiga games last couple of months. A few examples are: Spatial Hyperdrive, Cytron, Action Fighter, Psycho Killer, Final Gate, Toado, Town with no name, Psycho, Baba Yaga, Moonwalker, Mega Phoenix and many more.

Jörg Strohmayer released an update of OWB. OWB (Origyn Web Browser) is an web browser for AmigaOS 4.x. In this version: Updates for libcurl and curl-ca-bundle.crt. Fast Mobile Scrolling. NETRC for HTTP authentication. COOKIENAME and COOKIEDOMAIN tool-types. Visit the web page for all the details.

NetSurf is a small but fast web browser for Amiga (OS4), RISC OS and Linux. NetSurf supports HTML and CSS: A few examples of the changes in version 2.7 are: Improved bitmap caching and file-type handling. Better clipboard handling, icon usage, downloading and stability. Added history content menus to back and forward buttons. You can view all details in the ChangeLog file.

TAWS (The Amiga Workbench Simulation) is a JavaScript-Simulation of the Amiga-Workbench for IE, Firefox, Opera and WebKit-Browsers. With TAWS you can work with the Amiga Workbench inside your favorite web browser. In this version many improvements and bug fixes. You can read all the details in the file TAWS/Browsers in the directory Systems.

Thomas Wenzel released an update of his music player for the Amiga. AmigaAMP is a GUI based MPEG audio player using the 68k or PPC processor for the decoding. It can also play AIFF, WAV and 8SVX files. Changes in this version: Removed a bug in the xadmaster.library and in loading of complete directories. Fixed mouse button message handling and UTF support in ID2v3. Improved playlist keyboard navigation and implemented basic ID2v4 support. The minimum requirements are: AmigaOS 3.0 and a 68030-50MHz processor.

André Pfeiffer (Ratte) developed a automatic monitor switch for the Amiga computer. The switch is a "Do It Yourself" project, but there is a very good tutorial on how to assemble the monitor switch. The monitor switch can be used with the Amiga 1200, 3000 and 4000 computers with a IndivisionAGA with CybervisionPPC or BVision. For all the details you can visit the a1k.org web page.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Cap 'N' Carnage (Energize), Neuronics (Thalion), Up Scope - Arcadia (Grand Products). Updated or improved: Never Ending Story 2 (Linel), Toobin (Domark), Kid Gloves 2 (Millennium), Cosmic Spacehead (Codemasters), Portal (Activision), Alien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds (Team 17), History Line 1914-1918 (Blue Byte), Mental Image Game Disk 2 (Mental Images), Baal (Psyclapse), Anarchy (Psyclapse), Atomix (Thalion), Lotus 3 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin).

You can now listen to the episode 14 of BoingsWorlds. The themes in this one hour show are: ToolTime (Tools und nützliche Helferlein), Amiga Games and Amiga vor 20 Jahren. The show is in the German language and is available as .mp3 or .ogg file.

Amigan Software released a update of the AmiArcadia emulator. This emulator is available for AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and Windows. With the AmiArcadia you can play games from Signetics-based consoles. A few examples of these consoles are: Elektor, Astro Wars, Malzak 1, Chaos 2 and PHUNSY. James Jacobs of Amigan Software also released version 8.64 of Worm Wars. This is an advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players.

KeHo Software released the game Bageln for the AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS, Mac OS X, WarpOS and Windows. In the game you must guess the secret code in a maximum of 9 decisions. The computer will help you with 3 hints: PICO, FERMI and BAGELN. The game is a modern version of the BASIC game develop by D.Resek und P.Rowe.

On YouTube you can see a video with an Amiga A4000 running on 90 MHz. This machine is from André Pfeiffer and his the test results with the A4000/060 are: 119,25 Mips and 47,7 Mflops. The specification of the machine are: A4000, 2 MB Chip / 16 MB Fast, Apollo 4060 - 128 MB, Radeon 9250 - 256 MB and a ZoRam 256 MB.

Sqrxz 2 is now available for Amiga OS4 and MorphOS. In this "Jump and Run" game you are going to explore a new location in the universe. You must find your missing emeralds. On your journey you will meet many mysterious creatures trying to hinder you in your search. Sqrxz 2 is also available for Linux, Windows, Dreamcast, Wiz, Caanoo, Pandora, Motomagx and Symbian OS.

Christopher Handley released a new version of PortablE. PortablE is a recreation of the AmigaE programming language with many improvements. The program is available for Amiga OS3, OS4, AROS, MorphOS and Windows.

Advanced AHI Recorder is a program made by Thomas Wenzel and can be used to record audio to a hard-disk and works with any AHI compatible recording device. In this version: Added FLAC for 68K. FLAC compression level to 5 for 68k / 8 for PPC. Limited Gain- and Volume sliders to max. 32 steps and added a few keyboard short-cuts.

There is a new version available of WinUAE, the Amiga emulator for Windows. Changes in this version: Manual filter configuration. Auto-resolution. MIDI device names are stored in configuration file. Directory file-system ACTION_LOCK_RECORD and ACTION_FREE_RECORD. Improved SCSI en custom chip-set emulation. M68K AROS compatible IDE and RTG emulation. For all the details please visit the WinUAE web page.

BetterWB is a new workbench pack, much like AIAB, Amikit, AmigaSYS, ClassicWB, etc. It aims to be an enhancement and an update to AmigaOS 3.1 but without the need of extra hardware. It works on any Amiga, uses less than 7MB on a hard-drive and is available as floppy images. If you want to try BetterWB you will need Kickstart rom 3.1 and a AmigaOS 3.1 disk set. You can read about all the features on the BetterWB web page.

The English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Interviews with Dale Luck, Roman Kargin and Pascal Papara. Reviews: Hydrozone, Cube, Wired Chaos, Tiny Invaders, Crystal Dragon, UAE4Droid, C64 Forever, Gnumeric, Qt4, Hollywood Designer 3, Celistia. Hardware: ACA630, Das Keyboard, Picasso IV. Workshop: AmiFIG, Frotz, Floppy Disk Renovation, C-Workshop. Special: AmigaOne X1000, Kopierschutz.

DigiBooster Pro is a music tracker program for the Amiga. The program can be used to make music using sound samples in various patterns. The features are: 128 tracks, 256 samples, 1024 patterns and 1024 positions. You can download a demo version from the Amigafuture.de web page.

The Natami crew is please to announce that the first NatAmi MX boards are now assembled. The NatAmi MX has the following features: Serial port, Parallel port, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, Floppy disk, Joystick ports, Video, Audio, SyncZorro, PCI, IDE, 3.5", LAN and 512 MB RAM.

Monthly Page is a English pdf magazine about the Amiga. In this edition (#17): Interview with AmigaSoft (Article by Gebrochen), Coming Out Of The Shell Part 1 (Article by Hypex), Advert pictures and the Top ten downloads from OS4depot.

Thomas Wenzel has released a beta version of his AmigaAMP music player for Amiga OS4. Changes in this version: Added support for: AIFF, WAV and FLAC. The equalizer works for AIFF, WAV and FLAC. You can download the program from the web page of Thomas.

WHDLoad offers a way to play diskette games from your hard-disk. New in this update: Virtual Karting and Virtual Karting demo (OTM), Gloom demo (Black Magic), Virtual Karting (OTM), Chaos In Andromeda: Eyes Of The Eagle (On-line), Xenon - Arcadia (The Bitmap Brothers), WARP (Thalion), Xenon - Arcadia (The Bitmap Brothers), Puzznic (Ocean). Fixed: Megatwins (U.S.Gold/SEGA), Count Duckula (Alternative Software), Action Fighter (Sega), Tusker (System 3), Time Soldier (Smart Egg Software), Count Duckula (Alternative Software), Action Fighter (Sega).

Paolo Besser released a new Icaros Desktop (v1.2.6). New or updated in this edition: MESA 7.10, Bochs PC emulator, Dega Txt2Pdf, Hatari, Janus-UAE 0.8, SimpleMail v0.36, Lunapaint, NASM, FUSE, Regina.library, Giana's Return. Improved: Drive information, Icons in Wanderer detailed file view and removed some bugs from the previous version.

Ulrich Beckers has written an introduction about MorphOS. If you want to find out more about this Amiga-like operating system you can find lots of information and links on this web page. MorphOS can be used on a Pegasus I and II, Efika 5200B, Apple eMac, Mac Min G4 and the PowerMac G4.

ACube Systems released AmigaOS 4.1 Update 2 for the Sam460ex. The Sam460ex board is running at 1.15 Ghz and allows all Amigans to use modern graphic cards thanks to its PCI express slot. Other features include: 7 USB ports and Gigabit ethernet.

The Obligement website is organizing another best game of the year competition. You can choose your favourite from the list of games. The best 3 games of each systems (AmigaOS 68k, AmigaOS 4.x, MorphOS and AROS) will be revealed February 9, 2011.

The web page Recorded Amiga Games added 5 new longplay Amiga games last month. Now you can watch: Dalek Attack, Pan VLKU (Lord of the Wolves, Holiday Lemmings 1994, Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel and Wings of Fury.

Did you know that you can play the really good games on the Playstation 3. In this YouTube video you can see a demonstration of the VICE emulator running on the PS3. For the demonstration the game Nebulus was used.

About a year ago Josh started a web page with Amiga manuals. Now there are more than 1500 game manuals and 500 other manuals for the Amiga computer available. The manuals are in the following categories: Ebooks, Games, Hardware, Schematics and others. And if you have a manual that is missing on this web page please contact Josh.

The English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Mega Showreport AmiWest, Interview Carl Sassenrath, Test Super Tux Kart, Test Epiar and many, many more. CoverCD: Erben der Erde, Fantastic Dreams, XTrace and more.

Fuse is a ZX Spectrum emulator for AmigaOS. The 16K, 48K, 128K, +2, +2A and +3 Spectrums are emulated accurately. Changes in version 1.0.x: Improvements for the Amiga port for loading files. NTSC Spectrum support. Improved sound output and Fuller Audio Box support.

The unofficial sequel to the classic Giana's Sisters has now reached version 1.0. In this version the following changes: Palette changes for all tilesets, Four new in-game enemies, Levels are now 320x240 pixels, Modified trainer, New configuration menus for: Music volume control, SFX volume control, Key and Joypad/Joystick configuration. Besides version for Amiga OS4, AROS and MorphOS there are also versions for Dreamcast, Ubuntu, GP2x, Wiz, Caanoo, Pandora, NetBSD, Windows and Mac OSX.

A new version of the Amiga emulator for AROS from Oliver Brunners is now available. In this version the following changes: Minimum blit size is now 64 bits, Window border gadgets are now done as AROS gadgets. Fixed a sound and mouse pointer hide bug. Hotkey for the GUI. New load/save configurations and much more.

In this German pdf magazine the following articles: Bild des Monats, News, Neues von Commodore USA, Drucken mit VICE, Geheimnisse: Max und VIC21, Amiga Elko Problem, C64 DTV Umbau Teil 3, Commodore Stammtisch, Drei schlechte Ideen, Interview mit Michael Tomczyk, Atari Mega ST, Super Zoom / Game Show, Tops und Flops and Bilder zum Schluss.

All the cover disks are now available again on the Amiga Magazine Rack web page. This web page has scans of more than 75 Amiga magazines. A few examples of the magazines are: Amiga Action, Amiga Dream, Amiga Play, Commodore Force, CU Amiga, OZ Amiga, Amiga User International, Zzap, Datormagazin, Amiga World, Info, Power Play and many more.

The AmigaWorld website presents 4 new prototypes for the Amiga. The new devices are: Clockport Duo, Clockport Quadro, Clockport Buffer and the Gayle Adapter. The Gale adapter has the following features: PCMCIA Resetfix, PCMCIA LED connection, Keyboard-reset connection and a FastATA-connection.