An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: Beret_1.2.1.lha, ibFLAC_1.3.2.lha, ScummVM_2.0.0.lha, MCC_TheBar_26.19.lha, MCC_TextEditor_15.50.lha, MCC_BetterString_11.32.lha, MCC_NList-0.124.lha, AmiZIP_1.0.lha, Optipng_0.7.7.lha, IRSSI_1.1.0.lha, AmigaCloudHandlers_0.9.lha, Gigalomania_1.0.0.lha, SuperMarioWar_2.0wip.lha, libyaml-cpp_0.5.2.lha, mos2wos_0.3.lha, The_Legend_of_Edgar_1.28.lha, Simplemail_0.44.lha , Vim_8.0.1422.lha, AmigaRacerLeaderBoard_1.0.lha and Vim_8.0.1422-src.lha.

A new edition of the English and German Amiga magazine Amiga Future has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Playfield, Killer Bees, Schütze Mike and the Treasures of the Inkas, Flug der Amazon Queen, Crazy Priest, Astate, AKReal, Codebench, Aminet, MorphOS Camp, OS4 Depot, Just to say a big thank you, Trevors Soapbox, Virtual drives (3), Demoscene, FreePascal (1), Blitz Basic (9), Amiga32, botfixer@home and an interview with Andreas Magerl.

GadgetUK164 made a video about the TF328 from Terrible Fire, and a quick look at games "Time Gal" and "The Dream of Rowan" too.

Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: FM Radio - C64, Roadshow TCP/IP stack, LoadModule, IRIS, DizzyTorrent, MMULibs, SimpleMail, WiModem232, DGen, ScummVM, RNOWidgets, Gideon Zweijtzer (1541 Ultimate & Ultimate C64), Quake 3, NinePin, International Karate Ultimate, Dreams of Rowan, Captain Cloudberry, Sam's Journey, Worthy, Commodore: The Amiga Years - Brian Bagnall, Amigos Podcast , RetroMurcia, DiHalt - Nizhny Novgorod and the Scottish Amiga Users Group.

Amiga User is an English paper magazine for all Amiga users - Classics and NG systems, emulators enthusiasts, gamers and demo scene fans. In this edition: Editorial, Savyna 68k, Amiga 600 first aid pack, ACA500 plus, Tandem controller, Amiga CD32 expansions, Playing SID on Paula and AHI, Create your own localization files, Audio software tips, Casablanca software (3), Advanced features in YAM, ScalOS - the better desktop, Lightwave 3D (2) File managers over the years, 8-bit entertainment for Amiga, Adventures for free, Best classic strategy games, Camera support in several ways, Booting problems on Amiga Classic, Network environment Mobile and modern -Amiga NG vs Android.

Gigalomania is an Open Source 2D Real Time Strategy game. You must research and develop new technology to conquer your enemies. You start with rocks and sticks and you can develop nuclear weapons and spaceships.

The AmigaVibes team made a mix of the music from the Solskogen 2016 compo Nuskool: jingle, gloom - T-808, Nainain / Resistance - The Moon - High Orbit, Bitbear featuring Modulo One - Pixel Perfect, Hansee - Music for Nerds, Proper dISCO - Roku Shi, T-101 - Escape, INVESTOR! - Poison, phobium - Minute Man, xeche - 7.5 x 253, Xerxes - In Bed with Leo, corpsicle INSAne ^ - Taktlos and RbR - Worst Played Intro Ever Reggae.

Bill and Anthony dig out their collection of genlocks for the Commodore Amiga and demonstrate why the Amiga was a huge advancement in desktop video production.

Modern Vintage Gamer made a video about at a new internal accelerator card for the Amiga 500 - The Wicher 500i Ex.

A new version of the Amiga emulator WinFellow is now available. Recent changes: Improvements for the disk-drive, DirectDraw, screenshot, region/size settings, CPU instructions and the CIA.

Vasm is an assembler to create linkable objects in various formats. The following CPUs are supported: M680x0, ColdFire, 80x86, PowerPC, ARM, Jaguar RISC, Z80, C16x/ST10, 6502 and the 6800. Visit the web page to read about the changes in this version.

New version of Vlink.

NetBSD/amiga is the port of NetBSD to the Amiga computers. Currently, NetBSD/amiga runs on any Amiga with Motorola 68020 or better CPU with some form of MMU. In this version a number of errors are removed and the security has been improved.

You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: Gods - Into the Wonderful, Wings of Death - Level 2, Stardust Memories (MDK remix), Memorial Theme (Before and After) and Cousin's Song (Megaforce).

AmiModRadio is a system that makes it possible to play all 20,000+ mods on Aminet. AmiModRadio is composed essentially of four parts: A small FTP client (download), a XAD client (unarchive), a ARexx program and a MUI interface to control the various parts of AmiModRadio. In this version several small errors are removed.

GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Amiga CD32.

Else we get mad is a new Amiga game for 1 or 2 players. The game is made by Alex Brown, Jojo073 and Estrayk. The game is made for Amiga computers with 1 MB of RAM. A limited boxed version is also available.

AMIGArama is a weekly podcast about the classic line of Commodore Amiga computers. Covering games, utilities and all sorts of extras. The recent episodes are: Flight of the Amazon Queen, Xmas Lemmings, Worms, Ork and Dungeon Master.

The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Game of the Year and 2018 Predictions, Christmas Special, Shaq Fu, The Double Dragon Series, John Madden American Football and Kick Start 12.

On the "Games Coffer" web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: ACE Cheat Disk I, Cheat Em Up 1 (DE), Cheat Em Up 2 (DE), Orient Cheat Disk, The Ultimate Cheat Disk, Asokoban & SS Wars, Crave, Blockster and Mugsies Revenge.

I wish all Commodore users a very happy 2018. I hope that we all can enjoy our Commodore hobby in 2018, play games, develop software or hardware, watch demos, visit meetings or just chat about Commodore.

Richard

The program of the demo.

X-Bench can be used to replace the Workbench when you only want to load games with WHDLoad. You can use X-Bench with all Amiga's, OCS or AGA and with 68000 to 68060 CPU's. Changes in this version: Improvements for speed and error handling, more screenshots and better support for the Vampire.

There is new software available for the Wicher 500i. The Wicher 500i turbo card has been designed for installation inside Amiga the A500 / A500+ computer. Features: 68000/68010 CPU, 50 MHz, 8 MB Fast RAM (SIMM72), IDE controller and SPI controller.

A new episode of BoingsWorld (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: Amiga News, Ernie & Locke (14), Alex Engelhardt (Acryl A500), Malibu 1.4, Roadshow CD-Version, Heroes of Gorluth, FPGA 68080 and MIGs Yesterchips - PET 2001.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Read & Rhyme, Kinderama, Curiosity, One to One Match, Decimal Dungeon and Math Wizard. Update: X-Pose, B.A.T. 2, Flimbos Quest, Blastar, Enigma, Impossamole, Risky Woods, Alcatraz and Scooby-Doo.

AMIcast is an English podcast about the world of Amiga. In this episode a text interview with HunoPPC - game ports for the Amiga.

Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: RetroWars, AmigaOS 3.1.4 beta, AmigaUser, MorphOS 3.10, K1208 RAM+IDE, Commodore Amiga Creative Stream, Acrylic cases A500 & A500Plus, IRIS, A500/500+ cases, Christmas Mod collection - digituba, Alco-Copter, Naev:Sea of Darkness, Tales of Gorluth 2, International Karate Ultimate - c64, Heroes of Gorluth, Dreams of Rowan, Mirror, Alarcity, Bugz, Summer of SID, Lotek 64, THTTPd, Amiga City, Spritemate.com, Checkmate A1500 Plus and Fairy Tale of New York.

An update for the Hall of Light web page: Stomper, Astrokid in the Battle of Planet Funk, Vampire's Empire, Super Bubble Remix, Failed Negotiations, Buzzy, Sylvain Eydieux, Julien Riet, Anonym, Amiga Fans, Szalter, Czesław Mnich, Shiftrix, Femme Fatale Version 3.0, William Crowther, Syndicate: American Revolt Mission Disk, Vengeance Of Excalibur, The Humans, Asterix: Operation Getafix, Battle Isle & Data Disk 1, BiFi: Snackzone, Action Masters / NRJ La Compil'Action Vol. 3, Alcatraz, Cannon Fodder, Erben Der Erde: Die Grosse Suche / Inherit The Earth, Sink Or Swim, Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe, No Greater Glory: The Civil War and Donald's Alphabet Chase.

An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: StoWaSta_0.8.lha, PushOver_0.0.5.lha, CrispyDoom_4.3.lha, AmiArcadia_24.65.lha, BeebAsm_1.08.lha, MCE_10.09.lha, HWP_ZIP_1.0.lha, UAEmremover_1.2.lha, AutoVisible_1.2.lha, SacrificioPagano_1.30.lha, mos2wos_0.1.lha, Envy24HT_5.15.lha and IRSSI_1.0.5.lha.

BlobWars - Metal Blob Solid is a new game for the Amiga, developed by Parallel Realities. In the game you are a Blob agent called Bob. You must rescue as many MIAs as possible from the evil alien leader, Galdov.

Another game from Parallel Realities: The Legend of Edgar.

Hocoslamfy is a new game for AROS developed by Nebuleon Fumika, hi-ban and jxv. The game is based on Flappy Bird which is made by Dong Nguyen. In the game you are a bee that must fly through bamboo shoots.

In this episode of the Guru Meditation: Bill does photo retouching on 2 of his photographs using his Commodore Amiga 1200, Deluxe Paint V, ADPro 2.0 and ImageFX.

FLOD is a JavaScript/AS3 module written by Christian Corti. With this module it is possible to play back music from the Amiga in a modern browser. FLOD is also used in all the Flashtro intros.

FSID 1.0

Dan Wood from kookytech.net made a video about the Commodore Amiga CD1200.

WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. Update: Hero Quest, Prophecy: The Viking Child, Grapevine 16, Switchback, Scooby-Doo, Lords of the Rising Sun, Pushover, Dogfight, IK+, Sly Spy Secret Agent, The Blues Brothers, Shadow Dancer and Monster Business.

AmiBOX is a logic game made by Robert Krajcarz (code) and Czesław Mnich (graphics). You can rotate elements in two direction, left and right. To complete the level you have to connect all receivers with the transmitters using all the elements on the screen.

The web page Amigos added new articles last month: Theme Park, Vroom, F1, F1 World Championship Edition, Top Banana, Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II, Double Dragon, Killer Bees, Rally Cross Challenge and Kick Start 11.

On the "Games Coffer" web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The new additions for this month are: Bambers Fighting Clone, Genocide Earth, Martial Morphers, The Party II, Final Analysis, Back To Eternity, Cover-Show #01, Worlds Beyond Disk 1, Worlds Beyond Disk 2, Worlds Beyond Disk 3, Weird Science (Space), Runerealm, SMAU 92, Dragon, Dungeon Delver, Hakari Chess and Mamba Move.

Retro Asylum Podcast is an English podcast for the retro computer fans. In this episode: Matt Wlsher, Steve Erickson & Mads Kristensen play nine beautiful Commodore Amiga games.

AMIGArama is a weekly podcast about the classic line of Commodore Amiga computers. Covering games, utilities and all sorts of extras. The recent episodes are: Rome AD92, The Secret of Monkey Island and DreamWeb.

Paolo Besser wrote a blog about 10 years of Icaros desktop. He writes about the beginning with VMWare virtual machine to run AROS then Vmwaros Live!, VmwAROS 1.0 and Icaros desktop 1.2, 1.5 and 2.0.

You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. The following Amiga music is added to the web page: AckerLight - The Last Star, Final Fight - Lost in Time, Mad Scientist, Loveland (Mr. Oli), Platoon - Level 1 Combat Zone Remix, Nearly There and Mega-Lo-Mania Ingame medley.

Fish Fillets is a puzzle game for AROS made by Ivo Danihelka. In the game you must solve puzzles and find the exit. The game has an excellent in game tutorial.

Amiga Users Ireland makes podcasts for Commodore and Amiga users. In this episode: Terrible Fire’s Stephen Leary.

New additions to the Big Book of Amiga Hardware web page: Alfa Data - Auto Mouse/Joystick Switcher, MacroSystem - Harddiskadapter, Dr Ts Music Software - Phantom, Virgo - A500 2.0mb memory expansion, Surf Systems - Arcadia / Surf System A500, GVP (Great Valley Products) - TekMagic / QuikPak 4060/60Mhz (w/SCSI) and Cortex - Cortex 512K.

Wei-ju Wu made another video about programming the Amiga in the language C. This episode is about how to display images and how to convert PNG images for use in your own programs.

The Checkmate A1500 was a desktop upgrade to the Amiga 500. Stephen Jones is now designing a new version of the Checkmate A1500.

Dan Wood from kookytech.net made a video his new Commodore Amiga 3000 workstation from the year 1990. He tells about his plans to upgrade and restore it.

Arananet-net made a custom adapter for the Gotek. Features: 3 buttons, USB port, screen (segments, LCD or OLED), loudspeaker connection and LED indicators.

An update for the Hall of Light web page: Where In Europe Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where In The USA Is Carmen Sandiego?, Soko, Indoor Sports, CarVup: The Final Frontier, Act Out, Vigilante, Treasure Trap, Interplay, Jayesh J. Patel, Michael Quarles, Bruce Schlickbernd, Todd J. Camasta, Hard 'n' Heavy, Victory, Battle Chess, Max Knight, More! Lemmings, Castle Master & Castle Master II: The Crypt, Ninja Remix, IK+, Insanity Fight, Defender Of The Crown, Black Shadow and Lollypop.

An update for the MorphOS Storage web page: IRSSI_1.0.5.lha, AmiArcadia_24.63.lha, HWP_Malibu_1.4.lha, MCE_10.08.lha, File_5.32.lha, FontWalker_1.2.lha, Aquaria_1.002.lha, Report+_7.12.lha, Greedium_1.4.lha, MUIbase_4.0.lha , RNOComics_1.1.lha, MCC_Webp.1.0.lha, lcal_2.1.0.lha, HWP_MUIRoyale_1.7.lha, Gnuplot_5.2.0.lha, MCC_Reggae_1.0.lha, Indent_2.2.10.lha, MCC_Epub_0.4.lha, MCC_Wmf_1.0.lha and HWP_RapaGUI_1.2.lha.