AmigaOS4.1 Games released and holiday

Today I thought some quick updates on some new AmigaOS4.1 game releases - Quake 2 High Definition Edition from HunoPPC on AmigaOS4.1 with Warp3D, The Secrets of Middle City Demo Version, and more.

First, a look at a upgraded Quake2 High Definition release from HunoPPC for AmigaOS4.1, which was quietly released recently.

It definitely improves the look of Quake 2 on AmigaOS4.1 with higher HD resolutions, but of course you need to have Warp3D working on your system.

You can download the 400MB+ archive from HunoPPC's website here. You also need to copy some of the original Quake2 files from your original Quake 2 CD. The instructions on HunoPPC's website explain which file to copy where.

On the Sam460CR I find that running the game in 1024x768 gives the best results, but I am sure on an X1000 I could run much higher resolutions. Here is the title screen:

Video options screen:

Of course, I need some in game screenshots to show the game off. Here are some screenshots in the game to whet your appetite while waiting for it to download:

Definitely worth the sizeable download in my opinion. Thanks to HunoPPC for his efforts with this.

Also released recently is a demo of the upcoming The Secret of Middle City game for AmigaOS4.1 (and MorphOS) by GDG Entertainment. Their website is here.

I ran the game demo of The Secret of Middle City on my Sam460CR system to bring you some screenshots of what you can expect from the game. Here is the title screen:

There is an intro sequence that provides the background to the mystery to solve:

The game is broken into several parts:

As the game opens you head into the Police Entrance Hall:

As is usual with this type of game, you can interact with various people and objects on the screens, to progress to the next part - you cannot save your progress in the demo version:

 I quickly move onto to the Sheriff's office for more story and interactions as more information is revealed for the next steps in the story:

You get different responses depending on which questions you ask - in my case it seemed I had to click on them all before I could progress but maybe I was just unlucky with my choices:

 Clicking on the Map shows the Middle City area to explore:

Exiting the Police building, I head to the bar for more clues (where better!):

Some screenshots from the bar:

Clicking on the box icon with the ? on it (on the right side) reveals what items you have collected or want to give/use to progress further:

The Windows/Mac version of this games was released this week, so the boxed AmigaOS4.1 version should not be far away hopefully so everyone can try this game out.

Last, but not least I received my purchased boxed copy of Wings Battlefield in the post this week.

It also gave me the opportunity to try out the Warp3D version of Wings Battlefield for the first time, now that I have Warp3D running on my Sam 460CR.

Up until now I have run the compositing version of the game, but now I can try out the Warp3D version:

Certainly it looks nicer, but people running the compositing version are not missing out on much in my opinion - the impressive work on making the compositing version as nice as possible has really paid off. Both version looks great. Here is some photos of the Warp3D version in action on my Sam460CR:

Until now I have been using the pre-release version I was testing, so it is great to have the final release version! There was an upgrade to install on first run after installing from the CD. The updates are downloaded from the internet and installed automatically, and the game then run again.

Playing this game again made me release how great it is to have new release AmigaOS 4.1 games in 2015.

There is also a Windows version included on the CD (haven't tried it yet), along with AmigaOS 4.1 (Compositing and Warp3D versions), AROS, MorphOS versions, and some extra goodies too.

Please note that I will be on holiday for a while from this week, with no access to my Amiga systems during that period. I am looking forward to doing some train trips of a lifetime! I would expect plenty of coverage on my Interesting Trains Blog once I return!

I also hope to have some updates for you on my X1000 and what has happened in Amigaland while I am away, when I return.

Accordingly, in the meantime the blogs will pause for a bit, but should be back in mid August.

Until then I hope you continue to enjoy using your Amiga systems, Next Generation or Classic!

Adelaide Amiga 30 Meeting Report

On Monday May 25th from 7:30pm we had the Adelaide Amiga 30 Meeting, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Amiga in Adelaide! This was hosted by the Adelaide Amiga User Group at Clarence Park Community Centre.

With the introduction of the Adelaide Retro Computing website to promote the event, as well as promotion via amiga.org and Retrospekt (who sent three members to our gathering tonight), we had a full room and lots of people and lots of Amigas on show!

There really was a lot of interest in the Next Gen Amigas I brought to the meeting, Sam 460CR running AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition, Powerbook G4 running MorphOS 3.8 as well as the CDTV running music, and booting games and demo disks from the Gotek Floppy drive emulator during the evening:

Of course there were other Amigas on display too, with plenty of interest too:

Amiga 3000 on display here, in need of some work though:

An Amiga 1200 as well - Plenty of Strider and Turrican 3 was played on this machine tonight.

An Amiga 4000, Amiga 500, Amiga 1000, Amiga 1200 and Amiga 3000 on display:

Not Amigas related, but Commodore related - a Commodore PET computer was being demoed as well:

I had never seen a PET in the flesh before:

Some more photos of the A1000, A1200 and A4000:

It was great to see so many Amigas on display tonight - a fitting tribute to the 30th Anniversary of the Amiga:

What was truly great was we had plenty of people and lots of positive interest in the new developments in the Amiga, particularly Next Generation Amiga systems:

There was even a Chameleon 64 running C64 emulation on the night too:

I opened up the Sam460 CR and there was plenty of interest in it, and lots of questions about AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS, where to buy them and questions, questions, questions! It was great though, and I hope a few people decide to try these new systems out themselves - they prove that Next Generation Amigas are still fun in 2015:

I was showing a demo of the recently released Swamp Defense 2 game on the Sam 460CR:

Shadow of the Beast running on an Amiga 1200:

People were happy to play with the machines and try things out which was great to see:

I then started up a Wings Battlefield LAN gaming session between the Sam 460CR AmigaOS4.1 Final edition machine and Powerbook G4 MorphOS 3.8 machine - the game was very popular and I had lots of very positive feedback on how much fun it was to play and how easy to get into - the game is due to be released very shortly:

Close ups of the action as the rounds continue in Wings Battlefield LAN game:

I think LAN gaming has a real future on Amiga systems - and especially when setup at meetings:

I had a quick look at an Amiga 4000 that was not very happy - it booted ok, but no fast memory recognised.

Closer inspection of the board revealed extensive battery corrosion, which I suspect is the cause of the issue - unfortunately I couldn't fix that!

Adelaide Amiga 30 was a truly great event and a lot of fun! I was so happy to see a lot more people there than the last meeting, and continued interest in the latest developments on the Amiga.

Can't wait for the next meeting!