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Version 33.7 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

• Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982);
• Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
• Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
• PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978);
• Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
• Signetics TWIN minicomputer (1976);
• Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
• PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
• Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984);
• Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);
• Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1981);
• Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);
• AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen TVG-201, etc.) (1976-1977);
• VTech Type-right machine (1985)

It is packed with features, far too many to list here. Examples include ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, and windowed and fullscreen modes. Other features are CPU tracing, trainer, and drag and drop support. Additionally, it offers graphics scaling, PAL/NTSC modes, and frame skipping, among many other features!

Here is an overview of the changes since the last release:

Changes since V33.6:

Summary:

• Improved AOF file format support.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details:

• incorporated Samir’s latest Italian translation.
• arcadia,galaxia: fixed: screen editor was not taking per-row/column scrolling into account.
• fixed: recent files list was not sorted properly and could have duplicates in some situations.
• wa,os4: recent files list now shows per-game glyphs.
• aa: fixed: when auditing, if the path couldn’t be locked, it was never going back to the normal mouse pointer.
• wa: now uses busy mouse pointer while auditing.
• wa: now disallows ctrl+hover feature in 3D mode.
• wa: screen editor: now disallows setting cursor position via mouse in 3D mode.
• wa: 3d mode: now user can zoom in/out using ctrl+home/end.
• pipbug: now inserts a delay after each pasted CR so that eg. microworld basic has time to process the input.
• aa: twin,tr: fixed: pasting of text was not being allowed.
• selbst: fixed: pasting of text was not being allowed.
• pipbug: added autosense support for benchmark and mandelbrot programs.
• pipbug: now when loading basic programs, doesn’t press the ENTER button for the user after the RUN command.
• pipbug,binbug,cd2650,selbst,mikit: added autosense support for AOF files.
• deprecated PGM/PRO format (incl. assembler now generates AOFs instead of PGMs, etc.).
• debugger: SAVEAOF,SAVEHEX commands: now adds CR+LF to end of last line.
• debugger: SAVEAOF,SAVEEOF,SAVETVC: filename argument is now optional.
• debugger: removed SAVEPGM command (format is deprecated).
• fixed: some debugger commands were not listed in all catalogs/manual.
• fixed: audit subwin: wrong numbers for icons, directories and unknown files were being shown.
• phunsy: mini-monitor BINs can now be loaded.
• selbst: removed BIN support (these games are supported as AOFs now).
• aa: various improvements and fixes to icon generation.
• elektor: fixed: loading of EOF files was broken.
• elektor: added TVCs for all remaining games/apps.
• elektor: added overlay for eprom programmer.
• binbug: now autoruns BASIC programs.

AmiArcadia is free to download. You can get it from OS4Depot via the link below:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/amiarcadia.lha

Here are the links to the websites of the author:

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/

http://amigan.yatho.com/

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