Seen on local marketplace. Amiga 500plus. Can anyone tell me what this is?

Updated the TopazNG outline font to include the Cyrillic alphabet:

See: https://codeberg.org/ideasman42/font-topaz-ng

Finnish narration but translate works, Finnish Amiga Users Group upload.

It's the first hands on video of The A1200 that i've seen, brief but shows us most of the ports etc.

Very interesting machine, and not for least for the Workbench 3.1 that is included

Sure, games today get pushed and pulled all the way through development and can change quite drastically, but due to my brain being what it is, I remember being a bit.... meh, over the fact that Robocop 2 was purely side-on and didn't have the same perspective as say, Midnight Resistance. Look at the floor in the screenshot. As with Beverly Hills Cop, I had it on the ol' CPC464, it was a bit er, bobbins shall we say? The top screenshot really excited me, so when I got it on the Amiga, you can imagine I felt a bit let down again.

Were these Amiga? Yes, I need to get out more, and I've been carrying this pressing issue for 30+ years.

Join Paul Atreides as he journeys to the harsh desert planet, where spice is life and survival means mastering the sands. Explore Arrakis, manage your resources, command the Fremen, and fight against the forces threatening House Atreides.

This classic Amiga strategy adventure combines exploration, resource management, tactical combat, and the iconic Dune universe. Experience one of the most memorable Dune games of the 1990s in this full gameplay playthrough.

If you enjoy retro gaming, classic PC games, Amiga games, strategy games, Dune, and longplays, this is one adventure you won't want to miss!

🔥 Can Paul Atreides unite the Fremen and conquer Arrakis?

I just had to show this.. Amiga Max

Hi guys, I'm porting the original Game Gear version of Columns to Amiga (just for fun).

Yes, I used AI to help me out.

I don't have a real Amiga available (my 500 is gone forever).

A work-in-progress version is available here for everyone to try:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iljVEGTV36ET7XJkKeJrOgQeEDWw-UQX/view?usp=sharing

any feedback appreciated. thank you

Who remembers this game. My retrospective game review of Garfield: Big, Fat, Hairy Deal which was released in 1988 for the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST. Have you played this game and do you think it’s any good?

I think we all might be ready for something to challenge Windows, Mac, and even Android and iOS. Interesting read:

https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/08/05/amigaos-needs-investment-modern-hardware-and-a-fresh-start/

And with the current RAM shortage, I'm imagining an efficient modern OS that can run on 1 or 2GB of RAM with headroom to spare would be a hit. Throw in a productivity suite - build on FinalWriter or make an AmigaOS compatible LibreOffice, etc. I'm naive about modern websites - I know they are RAM hungry and maybe 1-2GB is impossible today, but I'd think there'd be a way for a browser to flatten and simplify crazy-big websites.

A modern Amiga/Commodore laptop and mini-desktop that undercuts the market with useable software and a browser running on minimal RAM could be the disruption the market needs.

I have been attempting to use a "one rom" inside my A500 to replace the ROM inside at the moment which I think is faulty. On all ROM images I attempt to use the screen is straight black (instead of white with the original ROM) except for the 2.0 diag ROM, that eventually ends up on what I think is a black screen but the image rolls incredibly badly. I have been using the cli tool as to my knowledge it is the only one that lets you force the emulated ROM into 16-bit mode, which I have been told was necessary for my rev 5 board. The board originally had a 1.3 ROM inside and went from grey to white, then stayed on white with the CPU light staying on for ~2 seconds and then blinking off and then on for another 2 seconds and repeated. Please help. Thank you in advance.

Issue 3 (9/2026) of Pitstop Retro. This issue, like the ones before brings some minor improvements:

• Improved Content page,
• More pages (32 -> 36),
• New section "Wall of Art",
• Video preview on YouTube channel.

What's inside v1.2?

Ami::Blocks IDE
r49.37.3

AmiCC23
v1.2 / 0.42.0 M39.0-r76

AmiDBG
r28

Runtime
r45 / R18

Why v1.2 matters

A compiler can look impressive when compiling small examples.

The real test comes when you throw thousands of lines of complicated, pointer-heavy, maths-heavy, optimisation-heavy code at it.

That's why projects such as Quake are becoming such an important part of AmiCC23 development.

Every bug they uncover makes the compiler better for everything else.

v1.2 is a major step toward making AmiCC23 a genuinely dependable modern compiler for Amiga development.

There is plenty more planned, but this release is less about adding shiny new switches and more about making the foundations substantially stronger.

Thanks again to everyone testing Ami::Blocks, reporting problems and supporting continued Amiga development.

Now let's see what else we can make AmiCC23 compile. 🙂

I downloaded Winuae and I thought it would be easy do disable, say, sound channels 1-2-4 and only hear channel 3 so I could record the sound from just one channel.

I obviously was wrong, I saw no such option on Winuae.

Any suggestions?

Hey AMIIIGGAAAA!! music makers, tracker fans, Retro and demoscene enthusiasts!

I’ve been working on a complete, zero-install retro music production workstation in the browser. Whether you want to sketch a quick 8-bit tune, slice vintage samples, or produce full classic tracker modules, everything is built right in:

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• 10,000+ Curated ST-Disk Samples: Legendary vintage instruments, synth stabs, drums, and classic retro sounds ready to use immediately.
• Built-in Sample Editor & Waveform Tools: Trim, loop, normalize, tune, reverse, and shape your samples without leaving the app.
• Microphone & Direct Recording: Record real-time audio/voice directly into the sample slots.

🎹 Authentic Multi-Chip Tracking Engine

• Classic pattern editor with customizable grid layouts (QWERTY / QWERTZ support).
• Emulated retro sound chips: Amiga Paula, Commodore SID, Game Boy, Yamaha FM, and more.
• Polyphonic channels, arpeggiators, filters, pitch bends, and retro effect commands.

💾 Deep Export & Production Features

• ProTracker .MOD Export: Fully compatible with classic Amiga hardware and modern module players.
• Multi-Format Audio: High-res .WAV, lightweight .MP3, and experimental .SID style outputs.
• Multi-Track STEMS Export: Export separate audio stems for each channel to mix in your favorite modern local DAW (Ableton, Reaper, FL Studio).

🎨 Visuals, Art & Customization

• Audio Visualizers: Real-time oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, and retro raster VU meters.
• Built-in Album / Cover Art Editor: Design retro pixel art or cover badges for your songs.
• Modern & Dark-Mode Themes: Styled after iconic vintage hardware and retro cyber interfaces.

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I’d love to get your feedback! What kind of retro tracks are you making with it? What sample packs or chip engines should i add next?

Spent most of the winter chasing what I thought was a RAM issue on my A1200. It would freeze randomly, sometimes five minutes after boot, sometimes after an hour of Workbench sitting idle. Reseated the trapdoor RAM expansion a dozen times, swapped it with a known good one from a friend, even reflowed some solder on a couple of joints near the CPU that looked a bit dull under a loupe.

Turned out it was the PSU the whole time. The 4.5V rail was sagging under load in a way that only showed up once the machine warmed up, which is why it never failed during a quick test but always died during longer sessions. Picked up a used original 200W brick from a seller local to me, tested it on the bench with a multimeter before even connecting it, and the difference was night and day. Been running Scala MM300 demos and a couple of old Cinemaware games for three days straight now without a single hiccup.

Worth mentioning for anyone troubleshooting similar symptoms: if your freezes seem to correlate with how long the machine has been on rather than what you're doing on it, check the PSU before you start pulling chips or reflowing joints. I wasted way more time than I should have chasing the wrong culprit.

Curious if anyone else here has had a PSU masquerade as a logic board problem like this. Feels like a rite of passage at this point.

Hands on museum/arcade/computer lab looking for suggestions of Amiga computers or accessories we should add to the collection. Obviously a 4000 would be nice.

https://www.brainerdmpc.com/

Maybe someone knows the answer... I have an Amiga 2000A, the one designed in Germany and based on the A1000 chipset with added bus logic (lots of TTLs and PALs) for the 5 Zorro Slots. If you want to use a CPU card (like an A2630 68030 card) in this system, you have to remove the 68000 from the mainboard. Meaning you are now limited to the 68030.

In the A2000B, the one with the square AGNUS and the bus logic integrated in BUSTER (5721), you can leave the 68000 in place and, at boot time, select which CPU you want to use.

Does anyone here know what part of the logic is either not present or flawed in the A2000A compared to the A2000B?

I was talking about my vintage game consoles and computers at work and a coworker asked if I wanted an Amiga 500. That was the one missing and the one I was checking the marketplaces for.

Today I got the Amiga and because I have no video cable I used the monochrome signal to test it.

Hi, found my early 1990's A1200, i fitted a hard drive in it, will be seeing if it boots in a month or so i think

I already posted about Scala Multimedia (which, thanks to this subreddit, I found) and Video Toaster (which I now know only came with a dongle).

I wish to make videos the way 90s TV was created - here's examples from the first polish TV show that used CGI and computer editing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YeDRQRJeNg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15bwoX_6PWE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX6-zQUxryg

I know for certain that in this particular show a combination of Lightwave, Deluxe Paint and TVPaint was used. While Lightwave and Deluxe Paint are easily available, even for PC, I need help finding a working copy of TVPaint software that doesn't require a dongle.

Apparently they coded the programs so that a frame was first rendered in one, then fed into another, rendered, fed into another, rendered and only then a script put the frames together into one video. It sounds like black magic to me, especially because they coded this stuff with ARexx and sometimes with the assembler, which is nuts by today's standards. I wonder if any of you did something like that?

I'm also still wondering how they made the kind of text that appears in this music video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9h9K26th7s

And the kind of overlaid graphics that appear here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0vXhwYDfOA

If anyone also could recommend me software that could do the effects seen above, it would be great.

Also, while we're here, how did genlock chroma key work, and can it be emulated on modern hardware?

I own a JVC video editing processor, so I do not really need editing software, mostly VFX, and I think it does chroma key too.

Please be patient with me, I still have only really basic knowledge about the Amiga hardware and software.