AGS 3.0 What’s New
Version v3.0 – Release 24-12-25
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Fixes
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Fixed ‘Favourites’ script in top 200.
Fixed ECS startup script
Fixed Kindwords menu on ECS.
Fixed Hatari (Atari ST Emulator) (Emulated Versions)
Fixed Hide/Show My Programs
Fixed Workbench backdrops on real hardware versions. (Thanks Dirk Vogel)
Fixed Shared drawer on real hardware and Pistorm32 releases.
Fixed Emulators filter script changing the adult filter.
Fixed mystery bug in game boot script.
Fixed launcher music script bugs (too many to list!)
Fixed ‘My Programs’ script bugs.
Fixed ‘Add Favourite’ script bugs.
Fixed WHDLoad save path changing if you set a new WHDLoad quit key.
Fixed ‘Add Programs’ script bugs.
Fixed EmuCPC startup script.
Fixed missing language catalogs in locale.
Fixed ADF mounting in real hardware version.
Fixed text alignment in launcher information text.
Fixed fail 216 error when closing an AmigaGuide on ECS release.
Changes
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* Updated ECS WHDLoad executables.
* Moved AGS-Stuff script to new S:AGS drawer and renamed to ags.script on the
emulated versions of AGS.
* Split the AGS HDD images to create modular system on emulated versions.
* Changed AGS scripts to use UnSet for environment variables rather than
deleting them.
* Changed Reboot and UAEQuit to pause before acting so disk buffers can flush.
* Removed MCP as it broke on Kickstart 3.1.4 up.
* Moved Premium Games to main list.
* Moved expert mode check to before game boot mode to fix expert mode showing
if it was disabled.
* Improved the sound quality on AmigaAmp
* Removed expired WarpDT datatype
* Removed ‘Delete Program’ from Expert Mode if the program has been added to
favourites to avoid confusion.
* Removed adult games and demos from the random scripts.
* Hints & Cheats will now stop the launcher music on the A500 mini.
* Updated icon.library to the latest release. Added the archive contents to the
drivers drawer.
* Music options scripts now detect whether a module is active before running.
* WHDLoad save backup script now allows you to copy the lha to a shared drive.
* WHDLoad restore script now allows you to delete the backup file.
* Moved Docs Disks to AGS/WHDLoad drive and made path local.
* All scripts now adjust for different HW variables.
* Changed “Pi” HW variable to “Amiberry”
* Updated the MMU libraries and added install folder to the drivers drawer.
* Move Beta WHDLoad drawer to WHD_Demo: to free up some space.
* Updated Retro Games theme images.
* Updated amigaguide to a more compatible verion on the ECS release.
* Add the ability to play a game directly from the AmigaGuide search database.
Additions
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Added ECS images to Deluxe Paint.
Added Modular script for drives.(Emulated Versions)
Added Script to change the WHDLoad save path from the launcher.
Added Clover Icons to real hardware versions.
Added Modular script to create Workbench menus based on which drives
are installed.
Added Premium Games filter to filters.
Added Edit Icon Tooltypes to expert mode.
Added Create/Mount/Remove ADF to launcher disk options.
Added AGA Only and ECS Only lists to IGame.
Added AutoUpdateIcon to WBStartup to refesh drawers and icons when you make
changes to them from the cli or directory opus.
Added Refresh Icons to the settings menu to update the desktop icons if you
change the Workbench colour depth and the icons corrupt.
Added SoftIEEE to real hardware editions to simulate an FPU on a non FPU system.
Added “FSUAE” HW variable.
Added new enviroment variable for PiStorm to work along side “Real” HW variable.
Added low res topaz based file type select to all button menus.
Added WhatIFF Issues 16 & 17.
Added Amplifier v1.55 MP3 player to emulated version.
Added more skins and plugins to AmigaAmp.
Added the Amiga Rulez disk magazine collection.
Added over 100 Roger Dean images to the Media drive.
Added 68060 MMU library checks to emulated versions of AGS.
New Themes
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Amiga 1200 v2
Amiga 4 Ever Nottingham Expo
Amiga 40th Anniversary
Chaos Engine Fan Art
Kickstart Amiga Group BBQ 2025
New AGS Themes (14 Different Colours)
Stamford Peterborough Amiga Group
Westchester Amiga Group v3
West Midlands Amiga Group
Amiga Survivor
Dirk Vogel’s Complete Theme Pack
New Games
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A100
Alien Olympics (Demo)
AmiKlotski
AmiTamagotchi (WB)
Angel of Death (Scala)
Anguish AGA (Bonus Level)
Anguish AGA (Demo)
Arpegio
Arpegio AGA
Asteroids II
Asymmetry (ZX Spectrum)
Axion (Demo)
Better Dead Than Zed (Demo)
Bit By Bit AGA
Blaze (Demo)
Blitz Ways
Block Cannon
Blok
Blues Brothers 2 – Jukebox Adventure
Boing Ball Demo
Boom! AGA
Breakout Legacy
Bruce Lee C64 (Multiplayer)
Callback AGA (Demo)
Cat & Mouse Demo
Chaotic Crazy Castles
Creeping Me Out Xmas Demo
Cubix (ZX Spectrum)
Dodge These Balls
Donkey Kong (ZX Spectrum)
Doom 8088 (Demo)
Doom 8088 Mono (Demo)
Duel
Final B Hangman
Geo’s Quest 3 (Part 2)
Ghostlight
Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins AGA (Demo)
Go! Tony Go!
Go! Go! Gold!
Happy Bat AGA
Hundra AGA
Hunter Killer
In the Dead of Night
International KopyCat Plus
Jack Nicklaus Major Championship Courses ’89
Jack Nicklaus Major Championship Courses ’90
Joy of Killing (Demo)
Jump ‘n Bump (Demo)
Jump ‘n Bump AGA (Demo)
Klirk, The
Last Door (Demo)
Lefty’s – Stired not Solved
Legacy AGA (Demo)
Lumberjack Revision
Master of Minefields AGA (Demo)
Mean 18
Mega Frog (Demo)
Mutant Monty
Ninjyations AGA
Noisy Rabbit
Open Lara AGA (Demo)
Ole Toro (Demo)
Phantasy Star 2 (Demo)
Phantom Leap (Demo)
Pitfall 2 (Alpha)
Pjusk
Press Fire Pong
RCross AGA Extra Tracks
Renegade AGA
Revenge of the Grinch
Rex & the Galactic Plague (Demo)
Robo Jet Action 2 (Demo)
Rogue 2023
Rueda
Run Barbarian Run
Santa’s Chimney
Santastic (Demo)
Sentinel X AGA (Demo)
Shanghai 98
Shanghai 98 AGA
Sir Redford (Demo)
Skidmarks (Torti Edition)
SlotTastic Pirates
Soltys AGA (Demo)
Speed Haste AGA (060)
Star Dust Wars DC (Ham Version)
Steel Rain AGA (Demo)
Submarine Attack AGA
Switcher Boy AGA
Talmino 1 AGA
Talmino 2
Tank Attack AGA
Tank in a Dungeon
Temptations AGA
The Gate (Demo)
Tie Fighter Simulator
Tombstones
Tracker Hero AGA
Trapped in the Tomb
Turbo Sprint AGA
Turbo Tomato (Demo)
Wardner AGA (Demo)
Whack-A-Skull
Wheelchair Gladiators
Wheelchair Gladiators AGA
White Lion (WB)
Wings of Fear AGA (Demo)
Wordle
Wordz
Xenomorph AGA (Demo)
Yeet
ZorkLand (Demo)
Game Updates
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Alien Breed 3D 2 New
Alien Breed 3D 2 Redux
Absolute Zero AGA
Ambermoon Advanced
Aminer
AmiSeaFox
Barbarian Plus
Creeping Me Out (Demo)
Earth Defense Force AGA (Demo)
Ecliptic (Demo)
Electroman AGA
Fast Food Dizzy 2 (AGA)
G-Wars v1.2.04 (RTG)
Geo’s Quest 1
Geo’s Quest 2
Geo’s Quest 3
Hundra
Heart of the Alien
Master of Minefields (Demo)
Mini Slug (24/32 bit Screen Fix)
Mirror
Monsters of Terror
Neo Noir AGA
Rintivoorh (Demo)
Scorched Tanks v1.9
Settle the World (Demo)
Shadows of Sergoth (Demo)
Star Dust Wars DC
Star Wars Holiday AGA
Sybil
Tale of Evil
Vigilante SMS (Demo)
Yoomp!
Games Removed
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Evil’s Doom (Official WHDLoad)
Dylan Dog 1-16 (Official WHDLoad)
International Karate (Beta WHDLoad)
Joust (Beta WHDLoad)
Karateka (Beta WHDLoad)
WHDLoad Updates
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Abu Simbel Profanation (Spanish)
Academy : Tau Ceti 2
Advanced Fruiit Simulator
Air Supply
Apidya (Kaiko)
Arena
Batman the Movie
Battle Command
Black Dawn II
Brat
Castlevania AGA
Chase H.Q. 2 (Virus Fixed)
Crime Time (De)
Cruise For A Corpse
Defender
Elevator Action
Elf (Ocean)
Eliminator
Emerald Mines
Elvira (De)
Evil’s Doom
Exodus 3010
F29 Retaliator
Femme Fatale & Data Disks
Final Assault / Bivouac / Chamonix Challenge
Future Wars (Italian)
High Steel
IK+
It Came From The Desert / Antheads
Magnatron
Millennium 2.2
Moon Patrol
Mouth-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
North & South
Oswald of the Ice Floes
Paradroid 90
Phoenix
Powermonger
Quadralien
Rampage (The Electronic Knights)
S.D.I.
Sidewinder (NTSC)
TinyUS
Top Wrestling
Trolls
Trolls AGA
Trolls CD32
Universal Military Simulator
Uridium 2
Xenomorph
WHDLoad New
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3D Demo 3 : The Last Drop
A-10 Tank Killer Extra Missions
Arena (Defcom)
Arena (NTSC)
B.A.T. II (Spanish)
Batman the Movie (NTSC)
Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja AGA
Breach + Data Disk
Bush Buck
Challenge Golf
Crime Time (DE)
Diabolik 01
Diabolik 02
Diabolik 03
Diabolik 04
Diabolik 05
Diabolik 06
Diabolik 07
Diabolik 08
Diabolik 09
Diabolik 10
Diabolik 11
Discovery & Data Disks
Dungeons of Avalon (German)
Dungeons of Avalon 2 (German)
Dylan Dog 01
Dylan Dog 02
Dylan Dog 03
Dylan Dog 04
Dylan Dog 05
Dylan Dog 06
Dylan Dog 07
Dylan Dog 08
Dylan Dog 09
Dylan Dog 10
Dylan Dog 11
Dylan Dog 12
Dylan Dog 13
Dylan Dog 14
Dylan Dog 15
Dylan Dog 16
F29 Retaliator NTSC
Forgotten Mine 2 (Preview)
Frutis
Future Sport
Grimblood
Gyrex
Gyruss
Hyper Sports
Hyper Sports AGA
Iridon
Joan of Arc
K C Munkin
Lock ‘n Chase
Mad Bomber Version II
Millenium (German)
Moon Patrol OCS
Mouth-Man
Muscles AGA (Demo)
Oilmania
Out Run Amiga Edition AGA
Outfall
Paladin + Data Disk
Powder
Pulsar
Pulse (Nerve Axis) (Demo)
Pursuit to Earth
Quicksilva
Rampage (TEK) (Demo)
Realms (NTSC)
Regresja (PL)
Relic (Nerve Axis) (Demo)
Rogue Declan Zero (Amiga Addict Edition)
Super Tennis Champs & Data Disks
Tactical Transmissions
Theme Park Xmas Demo
Track & Field
Transarctica (Spanish)
U.S. Championship V’Ball (AGA & ECS)
Universal Military Simulator + Data Disk
Vector Battleground
Whale’s Voyage
Wizmo
Works Team Rally
Premium Games New
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Carmageddon & Splat Pack
Doom Attack
Open Dune 2 (AGA & RTG)
Abuse AGA
AmiDuke (AGA & RTG)
FreeSynd (AGA & RTG)
BOOM (AGA & RTG)
PrBOOM (RTG)
Premium Game Updates
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Descent (DX1-Rebirth)
Red Alert (Vanilla RA)
Command & Conquer (Vanilla Conquer)
ScummVM Games New
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Beneath a Steel Sky
DreamWeb
Eye of the Beholder
Eye of the Beholder 2
Gabriel Knight
Gobliiins
Gobliins 2
Goblins 3
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
King’s Quest 1
King’s Quest 2
King’s Quest 3
King’s Quest 4
King’s Quest 5
King’s Quest 6
Lands of Lore
Leisure Suit Larry 1
Leisure Suit Larry 2
Leisure Suit Larry 3
Leisure Suit Larry 5
Leisure Suit Larry 6
Police Quest 1
Police Quest 2
Police Quest 3
Police Quest 4
Quest for Glory 1
Quest for Glory 2
Quest for Glory 3
Quest for Glory 4
Space Quest 1
Space Quest 2
Space Quest 3
Space Quest 4
Space Quest 5
Space Quest X
Waxworks
Zak McKracken
New Applications
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Music-X v2.0 (RHW only)
Assign Wedge
WBTitle
SmartCrash
AmiGet v1.8
ANesPro v1.19
ReqAsk
MakePath
Art Department Professional v2.5.1 (Real Hardware Version)
Protracker v3.15 (Real Hardware Version)
Brilliance v2.0 (Real Hardware Version)
VincED (Real Hardware Version)
DevEx
Morph Plus v1.1.2 (Real Hardware Version)
Mame v1.06
Clover Icons (Real Hardware Version)
Protracker v3.15 (Real Hardware Version)
Redit v2.0
Amplifier v1.55
FreePascal v3.2.1
Deluxe Paint
Deluxe Paint II
Deluxe Paint III
Deluxe Paint IV
Photo Album (RHW)
Updated Applications
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AmiGPT v2.13.1
Redpill v0.9.59
Hippoplayer v2.65
AmiChatGPT v2.8.1
ZX-Live v0.58
VirusX XVS Library v33.49
MMULibs v47.10.1
WHDLoad v19.2
ScummVM RTG v2.5.1.08
ScummVM AGA v2.5.1.01
DOSBox RTG v0.74-3.19
DOSBox AGA v0.74-3.04
AmiBlitz v3.11
New Documents
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WhatIFF? Issue 16
WhatIFF? Issue 17
WhatIFF? Issue 18
Amiga Rulez 23-01 to 25-01
Amiga Rom Kernel Reference Manual PDF
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