Open Geometry Wars Lands on AmigaOS 4.1 FE
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Lite XL – Lightweight and Powerful Text-Editing – Version 2.1.8r1 for AmigaOS 4.1 Released!

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Thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

A new version of the lightweight and powerful text-editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.68r1.

The port is being maintained by George Sokianos a.k.a Walkero. The program itself was created by Francesco Abbate and the Lite XL team.

George Sokianos writes as follows about the new release on his Ko-fi page:

This new version is the first one that uses SDL3, the latest version of the SDL framework that powers it. Unfortunately, with that, there comes some slowdown in the editor that is visible with an increased CPU usage and having the scrolling and animations being slower. I put great effort the past 3 weeks profiling the code and providing all the necessary information to the original Lite XL team, as well as Capehill who is responsible for the SDL3 port to AmigaOS 4, and BeWorld who does the same for MorphOS.

If you’re interested in getting the hold of the new version, it can be freely download from OS4Depot via the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/text/edit/litexl2.lha

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Best regards,

Puni

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OpenJazz – Jazz Jackrabbit – Released for AmigaOS 4

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When I visited OS4Depot today, I noticed that George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero had released a new game port for AmigaOS 4. This time he brought over Jazz Jackrabbit to the platform! This is a fun and entertaining platform game series that was created and started by Epic Megagames back in 1994. After the first game, others in the series followed such as Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and Jazz Jackrabbit 3. You can read more about this on Wikipedia.

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Walkero writes in the documentation:

This is the port of openjazz to AmigaOS 4.

OpenJazz is a free, open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit(TM)
games.

To play, you will need the files from one of the original games.

With the demise of DOS-based operating systems, it has become necessary to use
emulators to play old DOS games. Jazz Jackrabbit(TM) deserves more – and would
benefit greatly from new features.

Jazz Jackrabbit(TM) is a PC platform game. Produced by Epic Games (then Epic
MegaGames), it was first released in 1994. The fast-paced, colourful gameplay
proved popular, and the game won PC Format’s Arcade Game of the Year award.
Many people still fondly recall the shareware versions.

If you want to download the AmigaOS 4 port, please head over to OS4Depot by clicking here.

Screenshot by Puni

Keep in mind that you’ll need the data files. Walkero has tested the port with the data files from the games from GOG (Good Old Games). They currently have a -84% discount on the Jazz Jackrabbit Collection right now if you are interested.

Roman “Kas1e” Kargin created a port of this game series back in 2012. Since then, the OpenJazz project has received several updates. It now uses SDL2 for example. Due to problems with the bonus stage on many platforms, it has been disabled in the new OpenJazz version. This stage works fine in Kas1e’s old port.

If you are happy about George Sokianos work, you can support him on Ko-Fi. There he shares news and other interesting information about his projects. 🙂

Thanks for reading. See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

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Shisen-Seki and Lopan – Two Mahjong Games for AmigaOS 4

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During the last week or so, quite a few uploads of interesting software has reached OS4Depot. Amongst these are two game ports from Daniel Jedlicka a.k.a Trixie and George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero.

If you enjoy a session of Mahjong, I think you will be right at home with Shisen-Seki and Lopan.

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Shisen-Seki is a game of Shisen-Sho, a Japanese logic game using Mahjong stones. The goal is to remove all the stones from the table by matching pairs with the same face. According to the instructions, you can only match stones if they can be joined by three or fewer lines. Each line must be either horizontal or vertical and can’t cross other stones on the board. Also, not all games are solvable. The game was created by Artur Rojek (zear) (code and fonts) and Joe Vargas (jxv) (graphics). Port was done by Trixie and Walkero as mentioned earlier. The game should run on all AmigaOS 4 setups.

Lopan is also a game that is similar to Mahjong. The goal here is to remove all the pieces from the table. The game was created by Dave Ashley and ported to AmigaOS 4 by Trixie. It should work on all AmigaOS 4 setups like Shisen-Seki.

If you’d like to try these games, please visit OS4Depot via the links below:

Shisen-Seki at OS4Depot

Lopan at OS4Depot

That was all for now. Thanks for reading! See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

#Amiga #AmigaOS4 #games #Lopan #Mahjong #OS4Depot #ShisenSeki #Trixie #walkero

CatacombGL for AmigaOS 4

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George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero has returned with a brand new port! This time he has brought over Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb Adventure series to AmigaOS 4.

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Catacomb 3D was originally released for PC back in 1991. It was developed by iD Software, Inc., known for classics like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. It is a first-person fantasy shooter.

Screenshot by Walkero

The port for AmigaOS 4 requires the original data files, which can be obtained from GOG (Good Old Games):

https://www.gog.com/en/game/catacombs_pack

Main features are as follows:

• Runs native on AmigaOS 4
• Hardware accelerated 3D rendering via OpenGL, supporting widescreen
  resolutions, a customizable field of view and an uncapped frame rate.
• Player, projectile and monster movement with floating point precision.
• Configurable mouse and keyboard controls.
• Supports all four Catacomb 3D games as included in the Catacombs Pack from
  GOG.com.
• Supports The Catacomb Abyss version 1.13 (shareware).

CatacombGL is available for download from OS4Depot.

If you’d like to read more about the port, please visit Walkero’s page on Ko-Fi.

Thanks for reading. See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

PS: Screenshots were lent from Walkero’s Ko-Fi-page. 🙂

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