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Version 30.81 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);
• 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 are ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, windowed and fullscreen modes, CPU tracing, trainer, drag and drop support, graphics scaling, PAL/NTSC modes, frame skipping, and much more!

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

Changes since V30.8:

 Summary:

• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details:

• arcadia: improved overlay text for basketball and horse racing.

• wa: arcadia: changed white to grey in sidebar game glyphs (for better contrast against default sidebar background).

• wa: arcadia: fixed: sidebar game glyphs for red clash and robot killer were swapped.

• incorporated Mikhail’s latest Russian translation.

• aa: fixed: it was crashing during exit if eg. a needed ReAction class was not available.

• assembler: fixed: INCBIN directive was broken.

• pipbug: now autostarts biorhythm (300 baud) and life (machine code).

• pipbug: fixed: VDU autoadjustment could result in a mislocated LED display.

• pipbug: adjusted VDU autosense settings for biorhythm, calendar maker, mazemaker.

• fixed: WC,WP command were writing garbage error messages.

• pipbug: improved compatibility (improves random number generator, russian roulette, etc.).

• pipbug,binbug: now silences sound when resetting.

• pipbug: now translates ENTER to Ctrl-L automatically for mastermind and revised mastermind.

• wa: fixed: first string sent to output window was not being displayed.

• pipbug: added knowledge about good dump of RYTMON.

• pipbug 2: added comment support for pipla example.

• pipbug: fixed: baud rate addresses were incorrect after reset (fixes pipla test).

• pipbug: added autostart for Micro BASIC programs.

AmiArcadia is free to download. 🙂 You can grab it from OS4Depot here:

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

Here are the links to the authors websites:

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

http://amigan.yatho.com/

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Have a good weekend!