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[RobinGodd]

Hello im new to Amiga.org Ive been interested in amiga spectrum atari and c64 and other old school computers since i was little.

The very first computers i ever had was the sega master system. Then i had a Nintendo Nes, Mega drive super nintendo. My first actual compter was a tape loading atari my grandad gave me.

I got into the amiga not long after i started high school i origonally owned an A600. I now have the following computers: 2 X amiga 500 1mb, 1 X A600, 1 ZX Spectrum + 3 and a C64. I really would like to develop games for the amiga as i now have a referbisded A1200 from amigakit.com, I reckon if i could learn enough about the amiga i could make some rellay cool games! :-D

[drewz21]

Welcome!  Always good to see fresh faces in the Amiga community!

[RobinGodd]

Does anybody know of a good link to amiga programming articles/tutorials. :-)
Hello Drewz21! :-)

[amigakit]

Welcome to Amiga.org!

[RobinGodd]

Hello  :-D  :lol:

[songoku]

RobinGodd wrote:
Does anybody know of a good link to amiga programming articles/tutorials. :-)
Hello Drewz21! :-)

Yeah, one or two of the Abacus books about Amiga C is a good starting point.  I had both of them but alas when I sold my first Amiga I ... wait I kept them but sold them later on.  Amiga C for Beginners I think was the title of one of them.  Excellent reference.  And just about any Amiga BASIC book is superb.

[Wraith2021]

If you are starting from scratch and don't want to go in to the heavy side of programing for the AMIGA, I would Suggest finding a copy of BLITZ BASIC, its a lot like PASCAL mixed with C and a bit of Basic thrown in, and its fast.

Also was ued to create many published titles after its release. Including Skidmarks/Skindmaks 2.

The other option is the AMOS series, but I would stick with BLITZ as its more of a profesional tool than AMOS could ever be.

If you can't find a copy on ebay, i have come across a web addy that may help, but try and find an original copy because its well worth buying.


http://www.config.freeuk.com/amiga/blitz/

[leirbag28]

@RobinGodd

If you do make any kind of Game.pleae take into account anytme you mak a gam or software that you want your game to be available n as many Amigas a possible.and by that I mean USA NTSC Amigas and UK PAL Amiga (Canada, Japan are also NTSC..the rest of the world is PAL)

by this I mean make the game be able to switch from NTSC to PAL and back without the Game looking funny..then you only have to make the game once.

The BEST Game  I have sen in my life that does the best use of this is:  OUTFALL    get this Game!  it is a Tetris Glob type game.

THis does some SUPERB PAL and NTSC switching

[SamuraiCrow]

If you want to make games on your A1200 using the AGA chipset then Amos isn't going to help.  Mattathias Basic could help, if it were finished, but it isn't ready yet.  To get the latest version of Blitz Basic (called AmiBlitz) download it from here but I don't think it has a manual available for it.

In all, I think the best reference would be to get the Amiga Developer CD version 2.1 from wherever you can find it.  It has rather complete documentation of how to program the Amiga in C and Assembly.  The best C compiler for the classic Amiga is currently VBCC which is a free download.  Unfortunately to get it to work you'll need the Amiga headers which normally come on the Developer CD.  If you are going to program without it you can download the AmigaOS 3.9 Native Developer Kit here.  

There are example source codes in the Aminet archives as well as the LZX decompressor you'll need to unpack the AmigaOS 3.9 Native Developer Kit (linked above).  You'll also find many other programs for the Amiga there.

For help programming I'd recommend looking on UtilityBase but be aware that many of the posts there are for the PowerPC-based AmigaOS 4.0 that is currently in prerelease.

Welcome to Amiga.org and feel free to post about your game development questions in the appropriate forum here as well!

[Plaz]

This has lots of great amiga programming references and links.... Utilitybase.com (Opps, just noticed SamuraiCrow mentioned that too)

And I'm afraid I have to disagree with the Abacus Amiga C programming guide. (But I do like the Inuyasha avatar) I found Abacus incomplete and hard to follow. I would recommend finding a good book for beginners on C programming, then incorporate amiga specific code later as you get better with C. Other opinions will vary.

Plaz

[houbie]

Welcome to the club.

Rg

Houbie