I'm pleased to announce that the new games section has now launched on the site.
This section contains an A-Z directory of Amiga games and each game page includes (where available) screenshots from the game, detailed information about the game, cheat codes and tips, any supporting media such as audio clips and videos, downloads, and soon to be added will be games manuals.
And on top of all this all members can post their own reviews for any game in the directory and the best reviews will be promoted to the editors review for that game and your score will become the official site score for that game.
The Workbench alternative Scalos has been released in the beta version 41.4 for AmigaOS/68K and MorphOS/PPC.
There are some new features
like further parameter options for menu CLI commands, an additional and
faster thumbnail plugin for JPEG pictures as well as immediate window
updates with pictogram movements.
What is Scalos?
"First of all, Scalos is NOT a replacement OS, although the name
suggests otherwise. It is a desktop replacement for the Amiga. It is used instead of Workbench or Directory Opus Magellan.
The original Workbench gets older every day and is being left behind by
other desktop systems. Scalos's original author, Stefan Sommerfeld,
decided that there had to be something new, and so Scalos was born.
Scalos's goal is to integrate a lot of additional functionality and an
enhanced look without losing any of the look-and-feel we all love about
the real Workbench. Yes, Scalos is like Directory Opus Magellan, but
comparing these two isn't really fair. Scalos provides much better
emulation of the real Workbench ("the Workbench experience"), and you
won't notice any difference at first appearance. Up to now Directory Opus Magellan just provides more functions."
RetroSteve has been voted as Poster of the month for September. Appologies for the delay in awarding the winner for September. We had a tie for the winner and were waiting for a deciding vote, which has now been cast. :)
Login and visit the Classicamiga Awards page to see the previous
winners of the award, and to read the posts that won them the prize.
"In an exclusive interview with the magazine Total Amiga, Jens
Schoenfeld reveals our latest project.
For the last year we have been working on a cycle-accurate reproduction
of the Amiga chipset in FPGAs under the codename Clone-A.
The prototype versions of the Clone-A chips mounted on a real Amiga 500 motherboard will be demonstrated at the AmiWest show
on the 21st of October in Sacramento, California. To prove the
compatibility even in the early stage of development, we encourage show
visitors to bring along Amiga 500 compatible disks to try on the
Clone-A. Both developers of Clone-A - Oliver Achten and Jens Schönfeld
- will be in Sacramento to answer your questions.
As Total Amiga issue 25 won't be out until after the show, an
extract of the interview has been published in PDF format for a free
download. Check the Total Amiga website for details."
If you enjoy gaming, and who doesn't, then login and join us in the Games Arcade. We have a large variety of fun games to play. Try to get the highest scores and compete against other members to earn points and work your way up the Hall of Fame to become the classicamiga master of the arcade.
There are games for everyone from fun action adventures and shoot 'em ups, to puzzle and platform. There are also some nicely recreated classic arcade and console games for you to try.
If you haven't already registered with the site then quickly do so to gain access to the arcade and join in the fun. We look forward to seeing you.
Weertzen, September 2006 - Video game pioneers know it - the COMPETITION PRO
for Commodore 64 (C64) and Amiga systems won the hearts of the gaming
community in the eighties and soon became the most successful joystick
of all times. It's extreme durability and the characteristic clicking
of the microswitches ensured its brand recognition.
It's back now! In cooperation with Individual Computers, SPEED-LINK now
re-creates the joystick in its classic form: The Competition Pro with a
plug for Commodore, Amiga, Atari, Amstrad/Schneider CPC and MSX Systems.
When the Competition Pro was re-released for normal PCs in 2004, the
main target was to be true to the original. The design was 100% adopted
and characteristics like microswitches, metal stick and the choice of
colours are identical. All these details paid off: The SPEED-LINK
Competition Pro USB was a huge success.
"As a result of the attention that the re-release of the
SPEED-LINK Competition Pro USB has attracted, we received many requests
for the original version with a plug for the systems of the eighties.
We learned that there are many people who still own the old systems
like the Commodore 64." says Michael Eisenblätter, CEO of Jöllenbeck
GmbH. "This led to the idea of reviving the old Competition Pro. The
final impulse for putting the project into practice was given by the
cooperation with Individual Computers. They have a lot of experience in
the field of retro-computing and were of great help in realizing this
project."
Jens Schönfeld of Individual Computers comments: "My personal
reason for pushing this project forward is that there's hardly any
supply of used Competition Pro joysticks for the C64. Even the best
joysticks have to be replaced after 20 years of hard use. Owners of a
working Competition Pro would not part with it. More and more people
are digging out their C64s and start the old games that - despite
block-graphics - have at least the same fun-factor as today's
photo-realistic PC games. As a direct result, prices on eBay reach
outrageous numbers. This is a very good base for a successful re-launch
of a high-quality product."
More details:
A real classic, an icon of Retro-Gaming
for connection to retro-systems like Amiga, C64, Amstrad/Schneider CPC, Atari, MSX
six microswitches, two axles, four firebuttons
upper firebuttons can be switched off
cable length of two metres (6 ft.)
Powered by Individual Computers, the experts for retro-hardware
The SPEED-LINK Competition Pro
powered by Individual Computers will be available starting mid-october.
The recommended retail price is 12,99 EUR (prices may differ locally
due to VAT differencies).
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