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Version 30.9 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 V30.81:

Summary:

• Arcadia, Interton, Elektor: enhanced “Help|Guest controls…”
  subwindow.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

 Details:

• aa: incorporated Stefan’s latest MOS fixes.
• incorporated Stefan’s latest German translation.
• arcadia,interton: guest controls subwin: added “large image?” option.
• arcadia,interton: guest controls subwin: revised imagery for small images.
• arcadia,interton: guest controls subwin: now games can be loaded by clicking the cartridge slot.
• arcadia,interton: guest controls subwin: now clicking the power switch will reset the machine.
• arcadia,interton,elektor: guest controls subwin: now shows information about the key under the pointer.
• interton: added knowledge about fruit machine homebrew.
• aa: moved help_about() and help_reaction() from aa-modal.c to aa-help.c.
• cd2650: fixed: chessman/lowercase was not being configured properly when autosensing.
• incorporated Anthony’s latest Greek translation.

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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Have a nice evening!