AmigaVision 2024.04.04 Released with 543 New PAL Game Settings, Revision 2024 Demos

[limi]

We are happy to announce that the latest release of AmigaVision is available!

AmigaVision is the ultimate, open source Amiga game and demo scene setup for MiSTer and Analogue Pocket FPGAs, emulators, and real hardware.

✅ General Improvements

• For historical reasons, AmigaVision (then known as MegaAGS) had a number of PAL games running at what is called "PAL60" — meaning, they would have the pixel aspect ratio of PAL, but would run at 60hz and 5× scale. This was before MiSTer supported 5×PAL scaling (which we implemented support for), so now that we have control of both the scaling and cropping, we can make these run at PAL settings again — so, we did.
• This means we changed 543 games from PAL60 to PAL, and 5× scaling offsets have been added for MiSTer. If you prefer running these games in 60hz (shooters especially), you can still do that by going to Options → Force NTSC. Please help us test these games, and report bugs if the scaling/cropping is not correct on a given game.
• To solve issues with Super Hi-Res sprites, 28MHz is now the new default pixel clock — which means it is extra important that you update the Amiga.cfg file and MiSTer.ini settings if you are upgrading. You should always replace all files (except your Saves.hdf) and .ini settings when upgrading, and this release is no exception. Back up your existing files if you have custom settings, and re-apply them once everything is working.

🕹️ Game & Demo Highlights

• We have included some of the best demos from last week's Revision 2024 demo party — check out Demos by Year → 2024 to see what's going on in the Amiga demo scene these days.
• Two of the Revision 2024 demos are also 16:9 aspect ratio compatible, without stretching any pixels. To view:
  • Go to the Demos → Widescreen category.
  • Open MiSTer's OSD menu, and under Video/Audio options, select "Full Screen".
  • Start any of the demos in the Widescreen section — "Deep Meet" was this year's #1 demo at Revision, and "Paint" by Melon Design is another demo from revision that looks great in 16:9. But while you are in there, check out the other widescreen demos too! (This assumes your TV/monitor is actually 16:9 ;)
  • (And don't forget to switch it back to 40:27 after you are done with the 16:9 demos — or just re-load the core)
  • Here’s how it looks like in full 16:9 mode, please view in 1080p or 4K full screen, courtesy of the excellent @WalrusFPGA:

• "Dune" is now running the canonical NTSC version with the taller "Sachs" NTSC pixel aspect ratio — your planets are again perfectly round!
• "Powerglove Reloaded" isn't a completely new game, but still is not as well-known as it should be — give it a try!
• "Ports of Call" now has configurations available for German and French.
• "ViroCop" no longer has critical parts of the score/power display cut off.
• Sensible Soccer 2023/2024 season version added! Play as your favorite team with correct names for the players!
• Super Street Fighter II DX has received a descriptive label to make it obvious that it's the improved version.
• Several classic demo scene productions are now available to run from hard disk; some highly recommended favorites:
  • Batman Rises
  • De Profundis
• Game configurations are current with WHDLoad as of 2024-04-03.

🧩 Integrations

While not being part of the release itself, it's worth pointing out that both the excellent TapTo NFC card loader and the equally excellent Super Attract Mode support AmigaVision now. Thank you to everyone involved!

🛠️ Stay Updated & Help Us Make AmigaVision Even Better

If you find any bugs or settings that need improvements, file a ticket on the AmigaVision web site. Especially if you can help test the new 5×PAL scale and crop settings for the 543 games we just changed from PAL60 to PAL, that would be highly appreciated.

AmigaVision is an open source project, and we welcome contributions from the community. GitHub Pull Requests are very welcome!

You can follow us on Mastodon, Twitter or via RSS, and updates will be posted when new releases happen.

Enjoy the best of what the Amiga platform has to offer!

[limi]

And if you want to help test and verify the new 5×PAL zoom/crop settings, pick your favorite games from this list and try them out!

• 1869
• 1869: Hart Am Wind!
• 1869: History Experience Part I
• 1943: The Battle of Midway
• Abandoned Places 2
• Abandoned Places: A Time for Heroes
• Abracadabra
• ADS: Advanced Destroyer Simulator
• Alien Drug Lords: The Chyropian Connection
• Alien Storm
• Alien World
• American Tag-Team Wrestling
• Antago
• APB
• Apocalypse
• Arachnophobia
• Arcade Fruit Machine
• Arcade Trivia Quiz
• Archer MacLean's Le Billard Américain
• Archer MacLean's Pool
• Area 88
• Ashes of Empire
• ATAX
• Baba Yaga
• Baby Jo in 'Going Home'
• Back to the Future II
• Back to the Future III
• Bagitman
• Bandit Kings of Ancient China
• Bangkok Knights
• Banzai
• Barbarian II (Psygnosis)
• Battle Squadron: The Destruction of the Barrax Empire
• Battlestorm
• Beast Busters
• Black Gold
• Black Hornet
• Black Sect
• Black Tiger
• Blades of Steel
• Blinky's Scary School
• BMX Simulator
• Bomb Fusion
• Bonanza Bros.
• Brides of Dracula
• Brutal Football
• Bug Bash
• Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy
• Campaign
• Carthage
• Castles II: Siege & Conquest
• Castlevania
• Catch 'Em
• Centerfold Squares
• Championship Run
• Chaos in Andromeda: Eyes of the Eagle
• Chichén Itzá
• Chrono Quest
• Chrono Quest II
• Chuckie Egg
• Chuckie Egg II
• Citadel
• Classic Board Games
• Clik Clak
• Cluedo: Master Detective
• Cogans Run
• Color Buster
• Cougar Force
• Cover Girl Strip Poker
• Crazy Cars II
• Crazy Cars III
• Crime City
• Crime Wave
• Cubix
• Cubulus
• Cybernetix
• Cybernoid II: The Revenge
• Cytron
• Dan Dare III: The Escape
• Dark Castle
• Dark Fusion
• Darkseed
• Darkman
• Dawn Patrol
• Deathbringer: The Sword of Abaddon
• Demoniak
• Der Patrizier
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder
• Dizzy Dice
• DO! Run Run
• Dog Fight
• Dominator
• Donkey Kong
• Double Dribble
• Dragonflight
• Drip
• Dungeons of Avalon
• Dungeons of Avalon II: The Island of Darkness
• Dylan Dog: The Murderers
• Dyter-07
• Eagle's Rider
• Eco Phantoms
• Edd the Duck!
• Elf
• Elf (MicroValue)
• Enchanted Land
• Enemy 2: Missing in Action
• Enemy: Tempest of Violence
• Erik
• España: The Games '92
• ESWAT: Cyber Police
• Excalibur
• Eye of the Storm
• Eye of the Storm (Intro)
• F1
• Fantastic Voyage
• FIFA International Soccer
• Fireforce
• First Contact
• Flight of the Amazon Queen
• Flink (The Misadventures Of)
• Flip-it & Magnose: Water Carriers From Mars
• Flucht Aus Colditz
• Flug Der Amazon Queen
• Fly Harder
• Football Manager 2
• Football Manager: World Cup Edition
• Footballer of the Year 2
• Forgotten Mine
• Frankenstein
• Freak Out
• Frontier: Elite II
• Frost Byte
• Future Bike Simulator
• Future Classics Collection
• G-LOC R360
• G.Nius
• Gainforce
• Galactic Empire
• Galactic Warrior Rats
• Gear Works
• Geisha
• Gem Stone Legend
• Ghostbusters II
• Giana Sisters: Special Edition
• Giganoid
• Global Trek
• Gobliiins
• Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon
• Goblins 3
• Graham Taylors Soccer Challenge
• Great Courts
• Grid Start
• Gunbee F-99
• Hanse
• Harricana
• Hawkeye
• Heart of the Dragon
• Heavy Metal
• Heavy Metal Heroes
• Hell Raisers
• Highway Hawks
• Hilt: Against the Hoardes
• Holiday Lemmings 1993
• Holiday Lemmings 1994
• Home Alone
• Hostile Breed
• Hot Rod
• Hot Rubber
• Human Killing Machine
• Hyperdome
• Ilyad
• Indigo
• Infestation
• Innocent Until Caught
• Insects in Space
• Intact
• International Ice Hockey
• International Sports Challenge
• Invasion
• Iron Trackers
• Italy 1990 (U.S. Gold)
• Italy 1990: Winners Edition
• Jabato vs Imperio Libertad
• Jahangir Khan's World Championship Squash
• Jetsons: The Computer Game
• Jocky Wilson's Darts Challenge
• Joe Blade 2
• Jungle Strike
• Karting Grand Prix
• Kikstart II
• Killerball
• Killing Machine
• Kinderama: Five Early Learning Games
• Kingmaker: The Quest for the Crown
• L'Amazone Queen
• La Aventura Espacial
• La Aventura Original
• La Diosa De Cozumel
• Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 1
• Labyrinthe D'Anglomania 2
• Lamborghini American Challenge
• Last Ninja 2: Back With a Vengeance
• Last Ninja 3
• Le Labyrinthe Aux Mille Calculs
• Le Labyrinthe D'Errare
• Le Labyrinthe D'Orthophus
• Le Labyrinthe De La Reine Des Ombres
• Le Labyrinthe De Lexicos
• Le Manoir De Mortvielle
• Leavin' Teramis
• Legacy
• Legends
• Legends of Valour
• Lemmings
• Lemmings 2: The Tribes
• Lettrix
• Leviathan
• Line of Fire
• Links: The Challenge of Golf
• Little Puff in Dragonland
• Liverpool: The Computer Game
• Lords of Chaos
• Lords of Time
• Lothar Matthäus: Die Interaktive Fußballsimulation
• Lupo Alberto: The Videogame
• Mad Professor Mariarti
• Magic Boy
• Magic Fly
• Manix
• Master Axe: The Genesis of MysterX
• Match of the Day
• Matrix Marauders
• Maupiti Island
• Mean Streets
• Mega Twins
• MegaBall v4.0
• Metal Warrior
• MicroProse Golf
• Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz
• More! Lemmings
• Mortal Kombat
• Mortal Kombat II
• Mortville Manor
• Motorbike Madness
• Mousetrap
• Mr. HELI
• Murder
• Navy SEALs
• Neighbours
• New Year Lemmings 1991/92
• Nicky Boom
• Nicky II
• Nitro Boost Challenge
• No Buddies Land
• Nobby the Aardvark
• Nucleus
• Obitus
• Oh No! More Lemmings
• Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
• Operation GII (Demo)
• Operation Harrier
• Operation Jupiter
• Operation Neptune
• Operation Stealth
• Oriental Games
• Outzone
• Overdrive (Infacto)
• Overlord
• Pac-Land
• Pacific Islands
• Paragliding Simulation
• Paramax
• Penthouse Hot Numbers
• Penthouse Hot Numbers Deluxe
• PGA European Tour
• Phantom Fighter
• Pharaoh's Curse
• Pink Panther
• Pipe Mania
• Pizza Connection
• Playhouse Strip Poker
• Plotting
• Pool
• Postman Pat III
• Powerglove Reloaded
• Prehistorik
• Prison
• Pro Powerboat Simulator
• Pro Tennis Simulator
• Project 1
• ProSoccer 2190
• Pub Trivia Simulator
• Puzznic
• Quadrel
• R-Type
• RanX: The Video Game
• Rebellion
• Red Zone
• Revelation!
• Revenge of the Mutant Camels II
• Road Blasters
• Road Rash
• Robin Hood: Legend Quest
• Rogue Trooper
• Rolling Thunder
• Rotox
• Sarakon
• Satan
• Shaq Fu
• SideWinder II
• Sixiang
• Skrull
• Smash T.V.
• Soldier of Light
• Sonic Boom
• Sorceror's Apprentice
• Space Assault
• Space Gun
• Special Forces
• Spell Bound
• Spindizzy Worlds
• Spitting Image
• Stack Up
• Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
• Steg the Slug
• Steigar
• Street Gang
• Street Hockey
• Strikefleet
• Strip Poker II
• Strip Poker Three: A Sizzling Game Of Chance
• Strip Pot
• Stryx
• Subbuteo: The Computer Game
• Suburban Commando
• Subwar 2050
• Super C
• Super Monaco GP
• Super Scramble Simulator
• Surf Ninjas
• Swooper
• Sword of Honour
• T2: The Arcade Game
• Taekwondo
• Tangram
• Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
• Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Coin-Op!
• Tennis Cup II
• Terry's Big Adventure
• The Ball Game
• The Cardinal of the Kremlin
• The Enforcer
• The Godfather
• The Gold of the Aztecs
• The Guardian Angel
• The Island of Lost Hope
• The Keys to Maramon
• The Lion King
• The Man From the Council
• The Patrician
• The Playroom: La Chambre De Peppy
• The Quest of Agravain
• The Real Popeye
• Theme Park
• Theme Park Mystery: Variations on a Theme
• Third Reich
• Thomas the Tank Engine 2
• Thunder Blade
• Thunder Burner
• ThunderStrike
• Time Race
• Tiny Skweeks
• Titus the Fox: To Marrakech and Back
• Tom Landry Strategy Football
• Tom Landry Strategy Football Deluxe Edition
• Top Banana
• Top Gear 2
• Top Wrestling
• Tornado Ground Attack
• Torvak the Warrior
• Total Recall
• Tower of Babel
• Transplant
• Treasure Island Dizzy
• Trog
• Tubular Worlds
• Twin Turbos
• U.N. Squadron
• Under Pressure
• Universal Monsters
• Universal Warrior
• USS John Young
• Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
• Utopia: The New Worlds
• Vader
• Videokid
• Viz: The Computer Game
• Vyper
• Vyrus
• Wacky Darts
• Wacky Races
• Wanted
• War in the Gulf
• Warhead
• Warlords
• Warp
• Wild Cup Soccer
• Wild West World
• Window Wizard
• Wings of Death
• Winter Supersports 92
• Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
• Wonderland
• World Championship Boxing Manager
• World Class Soccer
• WWF WrestleMania
• X-It
• X-Out
• X-Out
• Xiphos
• Xmas Lemmings 1991
• Xmas Lemmings 1992
• Yogi's Great Escape
• Zaxxon
• Zeewolf
• Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice
• Zero Gravity
• Zombie Apocalypse
• Zone Warrior

[lagerfeldt]

Awesome!

[meauxdal]

Fantastic work.

[ghini]

Just tried this, working great for me! I started up wizardry, created a party, walked around for a bit with no issues. I did end up removing all the default video processing settings that were applied, it makes the output all grainy and does not take up the entire screen on HDMI 1080.

[rickdangerous]

It's amazing what a machine the Amiga is after so many years, the demoscene and the new releases and remakes are fantastic. Thank you for all your efforts to keep this distribution always perfect and up to date,

Thank you
Ricardo

[LamerDeluxe]

Fantastic how last week's Revision demos are already part of the pack. Also really fun to play them on the Pocket.

[Alkadian]

Fantastic news indeed! Many thanks for this update!

[Monos]

It's amazing what a machine the Amiga is after so many years, the demoscene and the new releases and remakes are fantastic. Thank you for all your efforts to keep this distribution always perfect and up to date,

+1

Fantastic how last week's Revision demos are already part of the pack. Also really fun to play them on the Pocket.

Indeed. Also cool is watching these demos on a big TV.

[heinzgruber]

Big up!

Thanks for the hard work and the PAL optimization.

Edit:
Are there plans to support Direct Video (DV) output with metadata (DV1) to output the native video resolution to a scaler in this case the Retrotink 4K? This would be awesome! So you putting out 240p for example and the Scaler scales to 4K. MiSTers HDMI is maxed out at 1080p.

What is Direct Video?
https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_M ... how-to-use

Retrotink 4K:
https://www.retrotink.com/post/introduc ... trotink-4k

You can use your MiSTER with the RT4K directly using HDMI. As of stable firmware version 1.1.0 the RT4K will automatically engage decimation and cropping features when it detects a MiSTER core transmitting HDMI Metadata.

[segamemister]

@heinzgruber

that is more core question then a game pack question should probley be posted on mister minimig github to become more noticed

amigavision only work on the pack and use setting already available in the core not sure they work on the core

[limi]

Are there plans to support Direct Video (DV) output with metadata (DV1) to output the native video resolution to a scaler in this case the Retrotink 4K? This would be awesome! So you putting out 240p for example and the Scaler scales to 4K. MiSTers HDMI is maxed out at 1080p.

Part of the issue here is that Amiga’s output doesn’t cleanly fit into a 240p frame, which is why we have the per-game offsets and scaling.

I would love to find a way to support this, but none of us have access to a RetroTink 4K.

amigavision only work on the pack and use setting already available in the core not sure they work on the core

Not entirely true. While we are not maintaining the core or anything like that, we do submit code for it, e.g. when we added the 5× Dynamic Crop support, that was code that Optiroc wrote that was merged into the Minimig core on the MiSTer.

[LamerDeluxe]

Indeed. Also cool is watching these demos on a big TV.

For some weird reason, I still haven't used my MiSTer on my 65 inch TV, I really should do that some time soon.

[segamemister]

@ lilimi
that why i said i wasn't - not sure none the less cheers for the response nice to see we got some improvements over time to all to the amigavision team keep up the good work!

[bazza_12]

For some weird reason, I still haven't used my MiSTer on my 65 inch TV, I really should do that some time soon.

a real man doesn't need to brag about the size of his telly..

[LamerDeluxe]

For some weird reason, I still haven't used my MiSTer on my 65 inch TV, I really should do that some time soon.

a real man doesn't need to brag about the size of his telly..

LOL It was relevant though, as Monos was talking about a big TV. Yet, here I am using the MiSTer on my puny 9 inch iPad display exclusively.

[muteki]

Part of the issue here is that Amiga’s output doesn’t cleanly fit into a 240p frame, which is why we have the per-game offsets and scaling.

First of all, thanks a lot for the amazing work you're doing with AmigaVision.

Is it possible to change a game's offset configuration? I just upgraded to the latest version and on my 1440p monitor, Pang has the top cropped. It would be very useful to have the possibility to change it, since it's configured on a per-game basis.

[limi]

The offsets we include should only apply to 1080p (and by extension, 4K), not for any other resolution. Unless there’s a bug in the core that we are unaware of.

[M.Walrus]

Part of the issue here is that Amiga’s output doesn’t cleanly fit into a 240p frame, which is why we have the per-game offsets and scaling.

First of all, thanks a lot for the amazing work you're doing with AmigaVision.

Is it possible to change a game's offset configuration? I just upgraded to the latest version and on my 1440p monitor, Pang has the top cropped. It would be very useful to have the possibility to change it, since it's configured on a per-game basis.

I run 1440p usually also, unless wanting to experiment with the awesome 1920x1080 widescreen demos. I just keep a couple lines commented in the ini to swap between video settings for the core depending on resolution or whether I'm recording or not. You could also make a secondary ini for 1080p that has the normal amigavision recommend settings section for 1080p, and put these in your 1440p ini file instead of the video_mode_ntsc/pal 8/9 entries that are used by default with amigavision:

video_mode_ntsc=1920,1440,60
video_mode_pal=1920,1440,50

Hopefully that works for you. Amiga looks glorious in 1920x1440 on MiSTer

[limi]

Yes, apologies if I was too terse in my response. If you are using a 1440p screen, you should add the relevant default resolutions under the [Amiga] section, and replace the 1080p default PAL/NTSC settings. The 5× Dynamic Crop/Scale only applies when you use 1080p (or, by extension, 4K) output.

[clarkkent]

This game is missing - a really nice Arkanoid clone:
https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=3520

Here is a working download link:
https://www.amigafrance.com/forums/topi ... #post-4293

[lagerfeldt]

Ooh, looks nice - never heard of that one.

[clarkkent]

Jump‘n Bump and Neon World would be nice in the next release, too

https://github.com/earok/jump_n_bump_sc ... LATEST.adf
https://github.com/cobour/neon-world/

[clarkkent]

Would also be nice for the next release:

Absolute Zero:
https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=4888

Ooze The Escape:
https://h4plo.itch.io/ooze

Cyberpunks 2 Next Generation:
https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=4862

[Retro-Nerd]

I noticed that the normal "Alien Breed" WHDLoad version is missing. This one has proper patched CD32 controls and cheats. Only the SE seem to be there, and the Story disk.

[rubberduck]

I am searching for a way to start Leisure Suit Larry 1 (no Enhancements) - i'm stuck at the "The star frontiers" cracktro.

[Orfax]

You should be able to continue by pressing the left mouse button. A lot of intros do this.

[limi]

I noticed that the normal "Alien Breed" WHDLoad version is missing. This one has proper patched CD32 controls and cheats. Only the SE seem to be there, and the Story disk.

File bugs, and we will get to fixing it in upcoming releases:

https://github.com/amigavision/AmigaVision/issues

[clarkkent]

Found another game:
https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/oids

[Retro-Nerd]

Just a little nitpick, not something missing or bugged. Parasol Kids doesn't belong into the Focused -> Arcade Ports selection. PS is an original PC-Engine game that was directly ported to the Amiga then.