@TheMagicSN

That is great news! Thanks for the update! Looking forward to purchase H2 and playing it when it becomes available.

Thanks for the scores @mcleppa and @328gts!

mcleppa is currently in the lead with 291,262 points!

@MartinW

I'm having the same problems in WinUAE, but when I ran it on the Sam Flex, it never had any problems. I do not know what causes this. Have tried both the full version and demo version.

@levellord

Thanks for the update!

Happy to hear that you are enjoying the game! It is a nice one for sure. I'd play more, but unfortunately it keeps crashing most of the time in WinUAE and I'm without an AmigaOS 4 computer until A1222 arrives.

I see Entwickler-X is on itch.io, so they should definitely get Bubbelsche on there.

The leaderboard has now been updated with the newest scores.

Hi TJ! Thanks for bringing us along for a tour of AmiWest! Nice stuff!

Thanks for sharing the photos, mbrantley! Enjoyed watching them!

Thanks for the high-scores, guys!

In my opinion, AmigaOS 4 is not dead as long as people are using and enjoying it, whether it is on dedicated hardware or through emulation. I'm definitely not going to stop with this hobby just because it is available through QEMU as well.

I'm happy for those who can finally experience it properly without having to pay a huge admission fee. I believe this will bring us new users, who eventually will want to get hold of dedicated hardware. If not, I'm sure some will buy games and software from AmiStore, Alinea, Amedia and so forth.

That AmigaOS 4 is dead has been said for ages now, which is one of the reasons I started writing the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Round-up series. When one looks a bit around, there is plenty of activity, enthusiasm and hopes for what the future can bring. I don't think this will decline with QEMU. I might be wrong of course, this is just my personal view on the situation.

In the end, it is us, the community of AmigaOS 4 enthusiasts, developers and users, that IS the platform. As long as we continue enjoying it, it will continue to live on.

As for the A1222+, yes it is very expensive. A motherboard costs more than the Sam460, but you do get Enhancer, AmigaOS 4 and all the latest graphics drivers included, which costs quite a bit to purchase. If one buys the Sam460, you must pay separately for those (except for AmigaOS 4).

Now, here is an idea (which may be unfeasible, but I'll share it anyhow) I've had pondering this.

One success in the past was the brilliant FlowerPot tool from AmiKit, which made installing and setting up AmigaOS 4 through emulation (WinUAE)on a regular PC very easy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cVnw8Txtg4

Here is the link to the site selling it:

https://www.amikit.amiga.sk/store

You will find it a bit down on the page.

I've used it myself several times and it makes it (almost) hassle free to get started with AmigaOS 4.

Maybe such an approach, only with QEMU and the other stuff, could be something A-EON could consider, or possibly get AmiKit on board to make an AmigaOS 4 QEMU-edition of FlowerPot? It would certainly make the threshold for potential new users and developers much smaller. Let us say this FlowerPot version would set everything up for you during the install and you could for example choose which system to emulate and so forth.

That said, I've never used QEMU and I do not know how hard it is to set it up, but shouldn't it be possible through a good script setting all up?

During the install process one could get an option at the end of turning on "Start AmigaOS 4 directly at boot-up every time" or not.

Consider KX Light from Amiga Forever, which starts the environment directly at bootup on the PC, hiding the minimal host OS in the background.

Sorry for long post, but had a lot on my heart concerning this.

@levellord

Hi! Great to see a score from you in this month's contest! Scoreboard updated!

Hey VooDoo! Scoreboard updated and you are now in the lead!

@Root

Hi! I can see your image now, so the score has been added.

@Antique

Thanks for the score, Antique! Straight into 2nd place!

Hi Maijestro,

I have no experience with QEMU, but I was curious if it is possible to turn on a computer and boot straight into the machine it emulates? Similar to KX Lite on Amiga Forever, where you don't see Linux before the emulated Amiga environment starts. Let us say I have a laptop and want it to run emulated Pegasos 2 straight away. Thanks in advance for your answer.

@TheMagicSN

Glad to read that it'll be out before Christmas! Nice update with the improvement in speed too!

I'm curious about the other game, as I have not figured it out yet, hehe.

Here is the list of the AmiWest livestreams:

https://www.youtube.com/@Amigatekmage/streams

The stream for Devcon Day 1 is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yW7IcpLoeQ

Hi Root,

Thanks for your submission, but unfortunately I can not see the image. It only says "Resized Image". Could you please re-post? Thanks in advance.

@TheMagicSN

Hi! Congratulations on Heretic II! Do you know where (and when) it will be available for purchase? Looking forward to playing it!

The A1222+ itself does not cost 1600 EUR.

You can withdraw about apx. 90 EUR for Enhancer which is included, ca 180-190 EUR for the graphics card (AFox Radeon RX550 4GB), then there is the case it comes in, the SSD, 4 GB of RAM.

Still, the A1222+ does cost, with VAT, 1199 EUR, which is expensive.

The Sam460LE costs 962.58 EUR with VAT right now.

I thought about both options, but ultimately went for the A1222+ as it is new and uncharted territory. The sale of my Flex covered part of the price and I already had savings earmarked a new AmigaOS 4 computer, but I do of course wish that it had been cheaper than this.

I have a fear many in the early adopter group will turn it down, which is probably why AAA is offering pre-orders outside of this group. It will definitely be interesting to follow the developments and the sales.

@Maijestro

I have a feeling we might get to know more about the development of Enhancer, AmigaOS 4 etc. at AmiWest the upcoming weekend.

The presentation from Trevor Dickinson at Amiga38 was ok, but not as news orientated as those he usually deliver at AmiWest. I'm sure there has been a lot of development during 2023 that he wants to highlight at that event either alone or with Matthew Leaman.

Steven Solie will be at AmiWest, so hopefully news about multicore?

All speculation from my side, but time will show.

I do find it a bit strange that pre-orders for a full A1222+ system has opened without a mention in Trevor's speech (sorry if I did not catch it if it was indeed announced) or elsewhere for that matter. I managed to place an order (through e-mail, not at the event) with AAA Technology (through Amedia), so eagerly awaiting a new AOS 4 system to play around with.

@kas1e @Skateman

Thanks for the information concerning Heretic II!

Nice video from "The myWorkspace! Channel" providing a good overview of the different stalls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU7XybBJ9lM

I was not present at the event, but know that AAA took pre-orders for a complete A1222 system at their stall. TribbleSmasher posted a picture of the price at Amiga.org here:

https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=76028.msg857229#new

Anyone knows if the new Heretic 2 for AmigaOS 4 was displayed at the event? I'm interested in the boxed version which I read about on OS4Welt.