n be configured)

* scripts can now be edited directly from the Amiga GUI

* support for subsong handling in plugins

* *.hwa files can be started directly from other apps in Android now
(Hollywood acts as a viewer then)

* various other new features and bug fixes

A complete list of changes can be found in the history section of the documentation. Hollywood 5.3 is a joint release of Hollywood for both desktop and mobile platforms. Users of the Android version can conveniently update to 5.3 via Google Play play.google.com/s tore/apps/details?id=com.airsoftsoftw air.hollywood while users of the Amiga and Windows versions can download
update archives (35 to 50 MB in size) free of charge from the official Hollywood portal. www.hollywood-mal.com/

Please note that Hollywood 5.3 is currently only available for existing customers and cannot be purchased at this time but here is some good news for all people planning to buy Hollywood: Both Hollywood and Hollywood Designer will soon be available for purchase from Airsoft Softwair again.


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WRITERS' GROUP FILM CORP ANNOUNCE
THEY HAVE ACQUIRED AMIGA GAMES
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LA firm announce that they are to buy Amiga Games and bring slew of classic titles to consoles, phones and tablets. Writers' Group Film Corp., is a small and little-known LA, California-based entertainment production company, who have announced that it has signed a binding term sheet to acquire Amiga Games.

The latter company licenses classic video game libraries and re-publishes the most popular titles for smartphones, modern game consoles, PCs and tablets.

Leveraging the IP of Amiga Inc., Amiga Games says it builds on the familiar brand and technology (and if you're not familiar with it, educate yourself on the Commodore PC family now) to create new revenue from publishers' dormant game libraries. Amiga Games (the company) gives classic Amiga games - of which there are literally tons - and other old-school titles new life on the gaming platforms of today across big, medium and small screens.

Unfortunately, the names of the games were not revealed, though Amiga Games is said to be able to distribute 300+ gaming titles under existing licensing agreements with a variety of intellectual property owners.

The transaction consists of the acquisition of 100 percent of the common stock in Amiga Games Inc. in exchange for Writers' Group common stock and cash
valued at approximately $500,000.

thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/08/la-firm-to-buy-amiga-games-and-bring-sle w-of-classic-titles-to-consoles-phones-and-tablets/?fromcat=insider


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HYPERION ENTERTAINMENT BLOG
New AmigaOS Core Developers
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Frank Menzel

We are pleased to announce that we have joined the AmigaOS development team.
We hope that we are able to contribute some good things to AmigaOS using our skills in coding (Frank) and graphics (Thomas).

The follow is a short description of us and our products.

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ENTWICKLERX:

We are currently working full time, self-employed, developing our games on multiple platforms (AmigaOS, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Xbox Indies) as EntwicklerX. For about 10 years we have worked together on various software projects in our spare time. The focus in the last 5-6 years was to earn some money with the small bonus that it has allowed both of us to live from it (not enough for a Ferrari but enough to have fun at work). A strict separation between design and programming logic helped us build our products in an effective way with our limited time. While Frank takes care of programming, Thomas builds the graphics. Our subsystem is so sophisticated that Thomas can create and test Layouts without the help of Frank and Frank can use this directly in his code. This saves a lot of time and nerves. Before this, Frank had to compile every time if Thomas wanted to move a graphic a few pixels.

Our Amiga platform AmiBoing is used to bring an online connection to our games for high scores and achievements and it is also used for distributing our games. With more than 200 Users we can say this is the leading online gaming community on the Amiga platform.

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THOMAS:

I care about what the user sees, how users interact with a game, paint graphics, create the levels and take care of our website. I have invested a
lot of time into understanding how to create themes for AmigaOS and am still learning. The seamless design of an operating system is very important to me and I hope to play a part in this within AmigaOS.

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FRANK:

I try to bring Thomas' graphics to life and love to get the maximum out of AmigaOS using any available techniques to optimize (e.g. compositing). In our projects, I take care of all the programming. Together with Thomas, I am working on the game play and new game ideas. I can do my part in helping the Amiga in all areas of coding and to help current developers.

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WE ARE A TEAM:

Even with the split of responsibilities we will usually work as a team because ideas and their implementation always occur together. We look forward to working with the existing developers and also contributing to any interesting discussions. We will do our best but please note that we are only human and have a finite amount of time to work on everything. Give us time to understand how things work within the developer team.

Best regards and let us say thank you for adding us to the list of AmigaOS
core developers,

Thomas "Imagodespira" Claus and Frank "Goos McGuile" Menzel.

SOME LINKS:

* EntwicklerX: www.entwickler-x.de
* AmiBoing: www.amiboing.de
* Themes: www.amiboing.de/themes.php


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OS4 OPENLINUX
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www.os4online.com/

OS4 OpenLinux is a new web page that wants to combine the Amiga OS and Linux. The web page made a special Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and Debian for the Amiga user. OS4 OpenLinux can be downloaded or purchased on USB. The web page will also work together with hardware partners to bring new Amiga / PC hardware.


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BOINGSWORLD ISSUE 41 RELEASED
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A new episode of BoingsWorld's (German language) is now available. You can listen to the following articles: More A1200 Packages available, AresOne 2k13, Amiga 550, Amy the Dream, A604n, Indivison AGA Mk2, IComp 100 MBit, FlashKick 1200, Amiga-/Atari ST: MiST, MorphOS 3.2, ApolloFix, AmigaOS 4: WLAN Driver, AmigaOS 4 Netbook, Geit@Home #2 2013 and MorphOS W-LAN.

boingsworld.de/


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AMIGA FUTURE ISSUE 103 RELEASED
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A new edition of the English and German Amiga (paper) magazine Amiga Future
has been released. In this edition: Editorial, News, Previews: Alien Breed 3D, Odamex, Reviews: Thylacine Clone, Giga-Lo-Mania, The Incredible Adventures Of Moebius Goatlizard, International Karate, FreeSynd, Nicky Booom, Nicky 2, Amiten Software Compilation, D1X-Rebirth, Netsurf 3, Cinnamon, Jack, Amiga Forever 2013, Amiga Forever Essentials, C64 Forever 2013, Icaros Desktop, MorphOS 3.2, Audio-CD PaulaAgnusDenise. Special: Klassische Besinnungen (10) Mick Tinker/Index Information/Access Innovation, Sonstiges: Interview Cloanto, AmigaOS 4 Entwicklertreffen, Programming with AmigaOS4 (1), GUI-Programs with PortablE.

www.amigafuture.de/viewtopic.php?t=33866


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AMIGA FORUM ISSUE 5 RELEASED
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suga.se/amigaforum/index.html

Amiga Forum is a Swedish (printed) magazine for Amiga users. In this edition
of the magazine we have : News: SAPPHIRE, MorphOS Nordic, SUGA and Amiga
Forum. Articles: Envoy - Network Support for the classic Amiga, BBS for beginners, browser test AmigaOS 4, Fastest Amiga with G5 and MorphOS. SUGA meetin

--- MBSE BBS v1.0.01 (GNU/Linux-i386)
* Origin: Dragon's Lair (39:901/280)