Amitopia

Amiga 1600 Project Is Here!

It's time for new Amiga emotions in 2026, and what a first news item that Amitopia can bring to you! The Amiga 1600 Project! The project is called Amiga 1600 (confidentially A1600), which is a project inspired by the historic Amiga 1000, from which it inherits style and philosophy, but in a more compact, more powerful, and richer in modern functionality. If you love the Amiga 1000 from 1985, and if you like to build, fashion, and experiment, then the Amiga 1600 is designed just for you.Prepare your station: the new “classic” generation is coming from Italy with full Amiga…

Swiv music maker Andrew tests GRIND at SpillExpo

The legendary composer Andrew Barnabas. Best known to Amiga enthusiasts as "Nightshade" of the legendary group Crusaders, Barnabas is the creative force behind the iconic, high-energy soundtrack of the 1991 shoot 'em up classic, SWIV for the Amiga home computers. He and many more could try Grind for the very first time in Norway at the SpillExpo event thanks to Grind developer tsak, Amitopia, and Crusaders. People could come to the Crusaders' stand between the 7th and 9th of November 2025 and try Grind! That was a remarkable success for sure! Andrew Barnabas, together with many other visitors at the…

Framethrower is Here! Integrates Native Video Directly into PiStorm’s HDMI

Finally! The long-anticipated Framethrower adapter, an essential add-on for the popular PiStorm accelerator, is now officially available for the Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000! For 30 euros or less... And even cheaper still if you build your own. This is a bargain upgrade for your PiStorm Amiga. The Technical Deep Dive of the Framethrower The Framethrower is developed by Claude Schwarz. This ingenious piece of hardware by him finally solves the long-standing video problem. PiStorm users needed to separate outputs for the Amiga's native chip graphics and the accelerated RTG (Retargetable Graphics) desktop until now. For the technically minded, the…