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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – January 2026

Introduction

Hi, and welcome to the first AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup in 2026! Thank you for visiting my blog. 🙂

I’ve implemented a few changes thanks to suggestions from readers. The most important one this time comes from Erikorh in the Amigans channel on Discord. He suggested headlines for each news item. I thought that was a great idea, so in this roundup I’ve given this a try. I hope this will make the text easier to navigate than previously. Thanks Erikorh!

If you have feedback of any kind concerning these roundups, please contact me through the Amigans forum or on the Amigans Discord. 🙂

Now, let us dive into the news.

Software News

Hollywood 11: Coderise

The biggest news in January was probably the release of Hollywood 11: Coderise. Here is the official press release from Airsoft Softwair.

Hollywood 11: Coderise is a massive update with lots of new features, optimizations and bug fixes. The most important new feature is that Hollywood 11 finally introduces a modular build system which will only link the libraries actually required by a script to the compiled program. This can drastically reduce executable sizes and is especially important on Amiga systems where memory is often limited. Hollywood 11 finally makes it possible to compile programs that fit on a single 880kb disk and run on a vanilla A1200! The new modular build system is made possible by a brand-new subsystem called Miniwood which, in contrast to Hollywood, allows scripts to only link the libraries actually required by the script to the output executable. Using Miniwood doesn’t only have advantages for Amiga users but also for users of other platforms: For example, if scripts don’t decide to load the display library, the program will also work on systems without X11, e.g. on pure terminal servers which was previously impossible.

Of course, the introduction of Miniwood isn’t the only new feature in Hollywood 11. There are many other exciting new things in Hollywood 11. Here are just a few of them:

introduction of Miniwood to massively reduce executable sizes
sound stream export is now possible
lots of new AmigaOS 3.2 features now supported
new AmigaOS-specific extensions like backdrop windows
support for the Linux arm64 platform
several improvements concerning layer grouping
audio recording support in different formats
samples can be extracted from music streams
optimized for Hollywood Designer 7
much more convenient capture of console output
much more effective compressor for smaller executables
lower memory consumption (important on classic AmigaOS)
tray menu support
monolithic compilation now supported for macOS arm64 systems
console mode supported on macOS as well now
GDK support on Linux
great enhancements for Android (scoped storage and MediaStore support)
implemented several new plugin interfaces
ready for at least 3 new Hollywood 11-exclusive plugins
over 100 new pages of PDF documentation, 1380 pages altogether!
lots of other changes, optimizations and bug fixes

Hollywood 11 is the ultimate Multimedia experience and a must-have for all creative people. Hollywood is available on CD and as a download version. Both versions include Hollywood for all supported platforms. Buying Hollywood gets you a single-user license for all 17 platforms supported by Hollywood. If you already own Hollywood, you can buy a discounted upgrade version.

Hollywood is the ultimate bridge between all the different AmigaOS compatible platforms and the other three modern desktop systems, Windows, macOS, and Linux! Additionally, Hollywood also supports the Android and iOS platforms. A truly unique feature is the ability to cross-compile native executables for many different platforms including: AmigaOS3, AmigaOS4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS (x86), Windows (x86, x64), macOS (x86, x64, arm64, ppc), Linux (x86, x64, ppc, arm, arm64), and Android/iOS with optionally available add-ons. You don’t even have to own these platforms in order to compile executables for them. It’s enough to run Hollywood on one of the supported platforms and then compile programs for all the others! Only Hollywood makes it possible. If you want to learn more about Hollywood, please visit the the official Hollywood portal which also has a forum for all questions concerning Hollywood.

All this makes Hollywood The Cross-Platform Multimedia Application Layer. Join the Multimedia revolution and get your personal copy of Hollywood 11: Coderise now!

This release was brought to you by Airsoft Softwair – the hardest working men in code business.

https://www.hollywood-mal.com/

https://www.hollywood-mal.com/purchase.html

Hollywood Syntax for Annotate & GEdit

On Aminet, we can find Hollywood Syntax for Annotate & GEdit by Nathan Hesterman.

https://os4.aminet.net/package/text/edit/AnnotateHollywoodSyntax

Included are Hollywood syntax highlighting files for Annotate and GEdit. They correspond with Hollywood version 11.0.

The Cubic IDE add-on for Hollywood 11.0

The Cubic IDE add-on for Hollywood 11.0 is now available. According to the readme:

“This add-on allows you to use Cubic IDE as an IDE for Hollywood. The complete Hollywood command set is imported into Cubic IDE so you’ll get syntax highlighting, quick command information, hotkey links to the documentation for command under cursor, function list, direct access to the compiler, auto complete and intellisense functionality and much more.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/cubicide_hw.lha

Hollywood 11 SDK, Hollywood Player 11, UltraEdit Wordfile

The Hollwood 11 SDK can be downloaded from OS4Depot. This package contains all the necessary information and files to write your own Hollywood plugins. Plugins can greatly enhance Hollywood’s functionality.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/hollywood_sdk.lha

Here is also the Hollywood Player 11.0. As stated in the readme:

“(…) is a program which can run applets created by the full version of Hollywood. Applets are compiled Hollywood scripts and can contain data sections as well. The advantage of the Hollywood Player is that people who want to publish their own projects can now simply save them as Hollywood applets, and these applets can then be started on every platform that the Hollywood Player supports.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/hwplayer.lha

UltraEdit Wordfile

Last, but not least, here is the UltraEdit wordfile for Hollywood 11:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/ultraedit.zip

AmiSSL

Version 5.26 of AmiSSL has been released! As mentioned in earlier editions of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, the AmiSSL project is a collaborative effort to develop a port of OpenSSL in a shared library for Amiga-based systems. It is a must-have if you use AmigaOS 4 to browse the web!

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/libs/AmiSSL-v5-OS4

New Iconset and Wallpapers from McFly

McFly has created a new set of icons. This one contain folders and icons for 44 different games. Rise of the Triad, Nitro Racers, Warzone 2100, and many more. They look very nice in my opinion! 🙂 The icons can be found on his website:

http://g-a-p.me/inside/icons.html

He also released a package consisting of six abstract wallpapers in 1920×1080 resolution. These are also available from the website above.

ReSrc4

Version 2.18 of ReSrc4 from René W. Olsen has been released. This is a portable Amiga 68k hunk file disassembler. The source code is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/rolsen74/resrc4

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/resrc4.lha

Gabrielle

Remember the Xena XMOS XS-1 chip from the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000? This is a multi-core microcontroller acting as a user-programmable co-processor. Joakim Nordström has released Gabrielle, a set of tools that will help you to utilize the power of the chip.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/gabrielle.lha

Virtual Jaguar

HunoPPC is back with an update to Virtual Jaguar. More information can be found on his website here:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/virtual-jaguar-amigaos4-ng

Here is a recent video showing it with SPE support for A1222.

Abuse 2025 SDL2

The port of Abuse 2025 SDL 2 has been released by HunoPPC and AOS4 fans from Mars.

“Abuse is a great side-scrolling action game that uses a unique system to control your character. You use the keyboard to move around and the mouse to aim your gun. It works pretty well, and the game can be great fun to play, since it has nicely done graphics and sound effects, as well as many non-linear levels and powerups.”

More information about Abuse 2025 at:

https://github.com/apancik/Abuse_2025

HunoPPC will make this port later available on his project page:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net

Thanks to Huno and “Os4 fans from mars” for this great port.”

Zaz

We can also read on HunoPPC’s Ko-Fi page that the port of the puzzle game Zaz has been updated:

Screenshot lent from HunoPPC’s Ko-Fi.

Zaz version 1.0.4 EGL, MiniGL and SPE is Out !!!

Download this on my Site and private FTP.

Thank you for thanking the donors or contributing to the donations, because without them you wouldn’t have these large-scale projects and new games. Thank you for your understanding.

Important: wav datatype is Hyperion and not A-eon, thanks

WHAT’s NEW in version 1.0.4 (compiled 18-01-2026)

Compiled with CLIB4 GCC 6.4.0
3 versions
*EGL_Wrap
*SPE
*Minigl
Added 8 news sounds FX .wav
Added code for sounds Fx with Datatype for low Cpu
Now is threaded
Usage Cpu on X5000/40 with EGL_Wrap is 28% (convert to a shaders)
Usage Cpu on X5000/40 with MiniGL is 20% (native)

https://ko-fi.com/hunoppc

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel provides us with a great video showing this game in action!

Ubek

Version 1.1.2 of the first person shooter Ubek became available on OS4Depot on January 6th. There, we can read the following:

“Ubek is a remake of a commercial fps game released for classic Amiga in 1995 by Twink Spark Soft. The main idea behind the remake is to make it convenient and pleasing to play on modern systems, while preserving 100% of the original graphics, puzzles and story.

The main programmer, author of the original and remake is Szymon Ulatowski, Marek “Smakrusg” Glogowski helped in porting the game to AmigaOS 4. In addition, musicians Albert Czochara and Remigiusz Kolasa also contributed to the sound design of the Ubek. The game’s beta tester was Rafal Chyla, who also created the icons and helped prepare the documentation.”

Features of the new version include:

Modern high resolution, 60 fps
3D hardware acceleration (using GL4ES)
Graphics improvements, including a better look for weapons or hero characters (you can switch to classic mode, which looks like the 1995 original)
New extended music setting and better sfx effects
Control enhancements – keyboard plus mouse or optional (tooltype option) gamepad using analog knobs
The location of the level exit is visible on the radar
Improvements in better weapon range and effectiveness
Hitting enemies partially visible around corners is now allowed (in the old version, if the center of an enemy’s body was obscured by a wall, he was completely immune to hits).
Added safeguards against accidental destruction of critical objects (e.g., keys) needed to complete a level.
Added option to quickly save and load
Many other minor fixes and improvements to make gameplay easier and the game better in general

The final version is now out. Here is the changelog for the release since 1.1.2:

Final

Added support gamepad for SDL3 version.

1.1.3
Added compilation using SDL3 and GLES2.
The SDL3 version supports better 48 kHz music quality and supports shaders to
help achieve the CRT monitor effect.
SDL3 version does not support gamepad
The compilation for SDL 2 uses lower quality music from the music_22k directory.

1.1.2
Added VGA and PAL mode in graphics options (pixel effect in the atmosphere of the 1995 original).

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/fps/ubek.lha

Memory Schmemory

Memory Schmemory version 1.01 has been released! This game is a remake / clone of the Amiga game with the same name created by Zooperdan (https://zooperdan.itch.io/memory-schmemory).

The AmigaOS 4 version was created by Achim Kern and developed using Hollywood 10. This is the classic memory game where you have to find two equal cards.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/puzzle/schmemory.zip

RNOEffects

Version 2.1 of the brilliant RNOEffects by jPV^RNO has been released. 🙂

RNOEffects is an image processing program with a focus on good batch conversion options and alpha channel-based effects.

It runs on AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AmigaOS 3 (68K/WOS), and AROS.

Version 2.1 includes the following changes:

Added a new view mode to display images at their actual resolution in a
scrollable window area
Graphical displays are hidden during window resizing, which improves speed
and flexibility on systems that resize windows with full contents
Added the “Palette editor” tool for modifying, setting, or removing palettes
Whole directories can be added into the batch conversion list with the Add
button or just drag’n’drop from OS windows
Batch resizing can keep the aspect ratio of an original image
Added an option to disable redrawing during a batch conversion to speed up
the process on lower end setups
Added a progress gauge in the batch conversion window
Zoom level can be changed in the Pixel Editor
Pixels can’t be drawn “out-of-bounds” in the Pixel Editor window
Palette images are converted to RGB images only when needed or requested
Added a setting to reload saved images back into the editor to reflect
changes caused by any image conversion process during saving
Added an option to convert RGB images to palette images with Quantize effect
Window title indicates if an image is an (A)RGB or Palette image
Almost all effects work with palette images now, though some options may not
work exactly as with RGB images
The Clear option detects the image colour format
The Color Picker tool shows the palette pen alongside the RGB values
Brush and text drawing can be locked to borders/corners/centre, which makes
it easier to add watermarks, etc. to varying image dimensions
Setting co-ordinates for the Draw effect by mouse over the image can be
constrained vertically or horizontally by pressing Shift or Ctrl keys
The “j” key swaps main and buffer images (as used in DPaint and PPaint)
Added presets for Amiga WB 1.x, 2.x, Rebel, and PeterK/IconLib palettes
Added presets for resolutions on Resize and Crop windows, the last applied
resolution is shown as the first item in the preset list
Width and height values can be swapped in Resize and Crop windows
A cropped image can be copied to the internal buffer instead of applying the
effect to the current image
Buffer changes are refreshed on effects that use the buffer image
Color Picker and Area Selector tools broke some effects like elliptical crop
Transparency level can be set on the Background effect
Improved error handling
Other minor fixes and changes

You can download the AmigaOS 4 version for free here:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/rnoeffects.lha

You can find more information (and downloads) on the official webpage:

https://jpv.amigaaa.com/RNOEffects/

Vault 1.2.0

George Sokianos has released version 1.2.0 of Vault.

He writes as follows:

Vault is an application for AmigaOS 4.1 FE that helps users discover useful and well-tested applications for their systems, either if they are native PPC or 68k classic applications. Consider it as an application store, but with the minimal of the features.

Vault retrieves information from IntuitionBase.com and the “Featured software” section. The list of applications is the same.

Slowly, more applications will be added in the list. If someone would like to help make this list bigger, please contact me.

Please visit his Ko-Fi page for more information.

Changelog

[1.2.0] – 2026-01-18

Added

Added a search field at the top to search for applications among all the categories
Added a new Highlighted section that promotes some applications. This is the default view when Vault starts
Added a Preview window, showing a bigger application image when the user clicks on the small screenshot
Added AutoInstall script for using it with AmiUpdate

Changed

Changed the left sidebar to have the categories in their own group
Compiled with Hollywood v11

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/misc/vault.lha

PolarPaint

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.275 was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on January 24th.

There are currently two versions available, one regular and one small. More information about changes can be found on OS4Depot.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/polarpaint.lha

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/polarpaint_small.lha

Changes since the last release:

v75
Added spraypaint effect (same button as multidot)
Compiled with the Miniwood edition of Hollywood 11, smaller executables except for the WarpOS version whicj is yet not supported by Miniwood

This is a nice paint program with many functions. Well worth checking out!

By the way, the author has uploaded a manual for the program on Aminet. That one should come in handy!

https://os4.aminet.net/package/gfx/edit/PolarPaint_manual

Deepscan

Deepscan 1.8 lists dependencies in a binary. The utility was created by Lorence Lombardo. Deepscan was based on Megacz’s “Depstrack”, but was not translated at all, and was written entirely from scratch.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/shell/depscan.lha

AmiArcadia

Version 36.0 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

From an older release.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982);
Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978);
Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
Signetics TWIN minicomputer (1976);
Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984);
Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);
Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1981);
Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);
AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen TVG-201, etc.) (1976-1977);
VTech Type-right machine (1985)

It is packed with features, far too many to list here. Examples include ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, and windowed and fullscreen modes. Other features are CPU tracing, trainer, and drag and drop support. Additionally, it offers graphics scaling, PAL/NTSC modes, and frame skipping, among many other features!

Here is an overview of the changes since the last release:

Changes since V35.9:
Summary:

Arcadia: added “Settings|Sprites|Transparent” option (WinArcadia only).
Elektor: enhanced “Help|Game information…” subwindow.
Debugger: added WARN command/toggle.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

If you want to download the program, it can be found on OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/amiarcadia.lha

Theme List

Theme List is a utility made by Sandro Barbagelata. The program requires a directory to scan for any theme, indifferently it is for OS4 or AROS or MOS. Themes can be mixed, they will be recognized and treated consequently. The graphic output can be reviewed on the screen and saved on a file.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/theme_list.lha

AIChat

Luca De Giovanni has released version 1.1 of a program called AIChat.

This is a native MUI interface for Google’s Gemini AI. It allows you to chat with the Gemini Flash model direction from the AmigaOS 4 desktop.

Features:

Native MUI Interface (Multithreaded, non-blocking)
Sidebar Chat History (JSON-based, persistent)
Automatic saving and loading of multiple conversations
Google Search Grounding (Live Web Search integration)
Manual Chat Renaming and Deletion
Gemini 3.0 Flash Preview support
Built-in GUI for API Key configuration (ENVARC: support)
Markdown rendering (basic)
Fast and lightweight
Proper UTF-8 to Latin-1 character conversion

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/aichat.lha

A video of the program running can be found here on YouTube:

SDL 3

A new update to SDL3 is out, more precisely version 3.4.0.

More information is available here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/sdl3.lha

Sfputc

Lorence Lombardo has released sfputc, a scrip implementation of fputc.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/script/sfputc.lha

Omanko

Templario is back again, and this time with a program called Omanko version 1.30. This is a small utility that you can use to test MD5, CRC32 and SHA checksums.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/filetool/omanko.lha

Misc

Moonlight by Helge Kvalheim

The Norwegian Amiga musician, Helge Kvalheim, has been busy lately. His latest song is called Moonlight. 🙂

You can find more music on his YouTube channel, but also on Aminet, for example. Here is a link to the one above:

https://os4.aminet.net/package/mods/8voic/Moonlight

BOING – Issue 10

On Amigans.net we can read that issue 10 of BOING is now available digitally due to high demand.

https://www.amigans.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3418

News from ACube Systems about the Sam440EP

ACube Systems, creators of hardware such as the Sam motherboards, wishes us a Happy New Year, but also informs us with some advice concerning the Sam440EP. They strongly advise owners of this motherboard to mount a fan on the M9 graphics chip.

Screenshot lent from the website of ACube Systems

You can find the complete text over on their website:

https://acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=166

Amiga Future Issue 178

Issue 178 (January and February 2026) of Amiga Future has been published.

Here you can read a show report from Amiga 40 Mönchengladbach, an article about AmigaOS 4.1 Update 3, interviews with Bjørn Lynne and Allister Brimble, and much more.

https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/viewarticle?a=10934

Kickstart Expo 3.0

Amiga-news.de reports that the Kickstart Expo 3.0 has been announced! It will take place in the UK on August 7th-8th 2026.

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-01-00056-EN.html

New Calendar for 2026

They also bring news about the yearly calendar from the Croatian Amiga WARP Association:

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-01-00090-EN.html

YouTube

Amigame has uploaded a video where he does an unboxing of AmigaOS 4.1 FE.

Marek Glogowski has uploaded many videos lately, one of them shows Chocolate Quake in action:

Here is a very interesting video about the top 10 games for AmigaOS 4 in 2025! The video has been created by Mufa. It is in Polish, but you can turn on auto-translation to another language if you want.

Ghettofinger Gaming has released a video showing his collection of original games, including Heretic II.

A video of Quake 3 Rally has been published by HunoPPC:

The Lost C is back, and with a great video! This one compares WipeOut on Nintendo 64, Amiga 1200 PPC, and AmigaOne A1222!

Hirudov has uploaded many videos to his YouTube channel lately. One of these shows the demo Wake Up.

Until next time

Thanks for reading, and see you in the next AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! Hope you enjoyed this news summary. 🙂

I wish you all a great weekend!

All the best,

Puni – AmigaOne, Sam, and AmigaOS 4 enthusiast

#Amiga #AmigaNews #AmigaOne #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS41 #PowerPC #PPC

The Oasis BBS Dec 5

Lilium Voyager AmigaOS Multiplayer Release
#LiliumVoyager #AmigaOS41 #HUNOPPC #RetroGaming #MultiplayerShooter #ioquake3
https://theoasisbbs.com/lilium-voyager-amiga-multiplayer-release/?feed_id=6911&_unique_id=6932ef04cce4e

Lilium Voyager AmigaOS Multiplayer Release - The Oasis BBS

Lilium Voyager AmigaOS brings multiplayer shooter action to AmigaOS 4.1, with A112-22 SPE support and fast gameplay by HUNO PPC.

The Oasis BBS

Old School Game Blog Oct 31

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – October 2025

Introduction

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting my blog, and for checking out this new issue of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup!

My A1222+. Photo by Puni.

If you are new to this series (hi, and welcome!), it’s essentially a summary that covers the previous month’s news related to the AmigaOS 4 platform.

This month, October, has been jam-packed with events and news, almost too much to keep up with! News is spread on many channels, so there is a lot to keep track of, but that is part of the fun, and the reason they end up in a roundup like this. 😉

Anyway, October has been a FANTASTIC month for the AmigaOS 4 community, I dare to state that. It will be hard to top this for a while, I think!

Without further ado, let’s dive into what October was like in the world of AmigaOS 4!

Software News

First up is ReSrc4 from René W. Olsen. This is a portable Amiga 68k hunk file disassembler. The source code is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/rolsen74/resrc4

The archive can be fetched from OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/resrc4.lha

Screenshot by Puni

AmiBrixx is a puzzle game for the Amiga, ported from the PC version called Joemine. It was brought over by Joerg Renkert. Version 2.31 is now available for download from OS4Depot. It supports skins, which means that you can change how the game looks in many ways!

Screenshot by Puni

In a field of stacked stones, your target is to eliminate groups of stones of the same color. Thereby, the other stones will fall down and form new groups. The game ends when no more groups can be eliminated.

The game works very well, and I enjoyed testing it. I recommend that you give it a try if you enjoy puzzle games like this!

Screenshot from an older version – By Puni

Version 35.31 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982);
Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978);
Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
Signetics TWIN minicomputer (1976);
Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984);
Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);
Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1981);
Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);
AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen TVG-201, etc.) (1976-1977);
VTech Type-right machine (1985)

The new version contains miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. To read more about this, or to download the game, please head over to OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/amiarcadia.lha

Screenshot lent from the website of Hyperion Entertainment

Now for some really big news… Are you ready? Hyperion Entertainment is back! Yes, they are back in full gear with a brand new update to AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition! This time it is Update 3. Let us have a look at what this one has to offer us:

Brussels, Saturday, October 18, 2025

Hyperion Entertainment BV is proud to announce the release of Update 3 for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition. Update 3 is a maintenance and stability update for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition and includes more than 60 new features, 70 updates, and over 135 bug fixes across the system.

Some of the most notable improvements include:

The TCP/IP stack Roadshow has been updated to version 1.15, which among many other things greatly improves network stability and speed.

New, updated kernels for the X5000, X1000, AmigaOne, Pegasos II, Sam460, Sam440, and Classic Amiga systems, featuring upgraded cache handling and DMA operation on supported hardware.

An updated and improved USB stack which, among many other new features, performance improvements and bug fixes, now supports isochronous transfers for streaming devices.

An updated version of AmigaDOS with new features, enhancements, and numerous bug fixes.

An updated graphics library that now supports automatic detection of 4K/UHD monitors.

Updated versions of elf.library, intuition.library, and newlib.library, all featuring many new functions and bug fixes.

And many, many more new features, updates, and bug fixes.

Update 3 is available via AmiUpdate. Registered users can also download Update 3 from the download section at www.hyperion-entertainment.com.

Hyperion Entertainment would like to thank all the hardworking developers and testers for their dedication to this release. You keep the dream alive!

People who enjoy Minecraft and games similar to it should be happy to read that HunoPPC and the group titled “AOS4 fans from Mars” have brought ClassiCube to AmigaOS 4!

This is a custom Minecraft Classic-compatible client written in C from scratch. It aims to replicate the 2009 Minecraft Classic, while offering optional enhancements to improve the gameplay. Two versions are currently available for download: EGL_wrap and SPE. The SPE version is aimed at A1222+.

On the website of HunoPPC, you’ll find more information about the game, as well as downloads, and an option to support his work.

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/classicube-amigaos4-version-aos4-fans-mars-and-hunoppc

Here is a video of ClassiCube running on the A1222, courtesy of Mr Byte:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nTUC11uhBQ

HunoPPC has also released a new version of wipEout Rewrite Enhanced Fantômas Edition for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 1.0.6. For those of you not aware, this is basically a re-implementation of the classic Playstation 1 game wipEout.

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

Changes are as follows:

Now working with Shaders, NORMAL or CRT mode
Fixed change resolution on live
Added shakers on shaders mode
Fixed opengl filter on shaders mode
Added 3D objects : Mouse, keyboard and joypad of WipeOut2097 datas
Added 1 letter of name saved on list of score
Added mouse support (W.I.P)
Saves prefs for ForceFeedback and mouse support added
Online scores

You can find more information, as well as the download here:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/wipeout-rewrite-enhanced-fant%C3%B4mas-edition-amigaos-41

Screenshot by Puni

Juan Carlos Herrán Martín is an active software developer for platforms like AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, and AROS. We’ve seen many releases from him in the previous roundups. Now he has returned with a new version of the game, Los Malditos. It is a free adaptation of the mythical books from Timun Mas from the 1980s and 1990s. These books are related to Dungeons & Dragons. The author is a fan of these works. It is now available for download at OS4Depot.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/adventure/losmalditos.lha

Screenshot by Puni

Changes for the new version is as follows:

The extended the story for the chapter 1, with new enemies and places to visit.
Removed bugs.
Rewrote the dialogues to better suit the personality of each hero/heroine.
New graphics and sounds.

If you’d like to have a closer look at what goes on behind the curtains on AmigaOS 4, the utility called Snoopy will be an excellent choice. Created by Colin Wenzel, this is a SnoopDos like program that will reveal all kinds of information about what is happening when you run a program, for example.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/filetool/snoopy.lha

Screenshot by Puni

A new version of the lightweight and powerful text editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.8r2.

The port is being maintained by George Sokianos a.k.a Walkero. The program itself was created by Francesco Abbate and the Lite XL team.

Changes are as follows:

Added support for the GLSL language
Added the dragdropselected plugin
Added the tab_switcher plugin
Added the titleize plugin
Added the togglesnakecamel plugin
Added the typingspeed plugin
Added the unboundedscroll plugin
Added the wordcount plugin

The program is available for download from OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/text/edit/litexl2.lha

George Sokianos’ Ko-Fi page is available here:

https://ko-fi.com/walkero/posts

Screenshot by Puni

Kevin Taddeucci has released version 2.6 of his program VideoClipper in October. This is an extensive update, and it contains a wide range of bug fixes and changes.

VideoClipper version 2.6 includes enhancements to help speed up encoding. MPlayer v1.5 is now supported. Also supports .ass format subtitle file encoding. Many other user-requested enhancements and a few bug fixes are included. See below for the full list of changes.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/edit/videoclipper.lha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCq2o-BKKJU

Liblua 5.4.8 and Libffmpeg 8.0 have been uploaded to OS4Depot by Michael Trebilcock. Downloads are available below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/libffmpeg.lha

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/language/liblua.lha

DRIDI has released version 14.3Final of the Arabic Console Device. Changes are as follows:

(version 14.3Final) “Version education&legacy” finished (for me) –
ArabicLauncher – Concurrency with run and cmd on error – Almost perfect!

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=driver/input/arabic_console_devicepro2.lha

A new build of FFmpeg 8.0 from Michael Trebilcock has been released. This one will only run on the A1222, but it is not e500 / SPE optimized. Despite this, it is significantly faster than the generic FPU build when run on the A1222.

FFmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample rates and resize video on the fly with a high quality polyphase filter.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/convert/ffmpeg_a1222.lha

Screenshot by Puni

Kikems is back with version 1.0R7 of the next generation pixel editor for Amiga called Pixy. The original concept was created by Sinisrus, who worked on it in the years 2016 to 2020. Kimens from AmigaWave is now improving it further.

Pixy is a drawing program dedicated to pixel art and graphics with alpha channel transparency. It allows you to create several animations in a single project, and each image of each animation sequence contains its own layers. This makes it possible to work on all the animations of a character when creating video games, for example. The interface is intentionally inspired by Photoshop.

More information about Pixy, as well as a download, can be found here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/pixy.lha

A new update to SDL3 is out, more precisely version 3.2.24. More information is available here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/sdl3.lha

On GitHub:

https://github.com/AmigaPorts/SDL

The Settlers is now out for AmigaOS 4 (and other Amiga platforms)! It is available for purchase from Look Behind You:

https://lookbehindyou.de/en/product/thesettlers2amiga/

From their website, we can read:

The Settlers II is regarded as the pinnacle of the series and a milestone in the building strategy genre. The game perfected everything that made the first part awesome: the bustling inhabitants, the complex economic chains, and the unique charm. Now, finally, it’s where it belongs – on the Amiga.

The story

A storm casts Roman captain Octavius onto a mysterious island. From a simple emergency shelter, you build a powerful empire. Starting with a single tent, you develop a complex civilization with over 30 building types and just as many professions.
Extensive game content

thousands of lovingly animated settlers
over 30 different professions, including 6 types of soldiers
4 different races with different character types: Romans, Asians, Nubians, and Vikings
various landscapes such as lava, ice fields, swamps, forests, and much more, including the stunning winter scenery from The Settlers II Mission CD
10 Roman campaigns and 9 world campaigns
130 free bonus maps
integrated in-game help and optimized game interface
4 languages: fully in English and German, with French and Polish available in-game

Three editions for everyone who loves the Amiga

Box Edition (available from October 18, 2025): This physical edition will feature a classic box format with a slip lid for € 49.90 and will include a DVD plus download option, the colored world atlas, manuals in German and English, as well as four exclusive and collectible retro-design postcards.

Collector’s Edition (available from December 1, 2025): The game’s deluxe version will be available for € 99.90 as a wooden box in the original Settlers II design; it will be limited to 100 copies and will also include an exclusive metal magnet (8×5 cm) with the iconic castle motif from the first Settlers game—a real gem for every Amiga enthusiast and box collector.

Digital Edition (available from October 18, 2025): For immediate gaming fun, a download-only version will also be available for € 29.90.

PowerPC version

Minimum system requirements PPC version:

PPC Amiga with AmigaOS 4.1 or AmigaOS 3.1 with WarpUP
603e/175 MHz
32 MB RAM
AmigaOS 3.1 with WarpUP or AmigaOS 4.1
AHI
500 MB free hard disk space

Recommended system requirements PPC version:

PPC Amiga with AmigaOS 4.1 or AmigaOS 3.2 with WarpUP
G3 800 MHz or higher
for resolutions higher than 640×480, a graphics card (PCI, AGP, or PCIe) is recommended
64 MB RAM
AmigaOS 3.2 with WarpUP or AmigaOS 4.1
AHI
500 MB free hard disk space

Ola Söder has released InstallerLG version 1.03:

A reimplementation of the ‘Installer’ utility included with AmigaOS as of version 2.1. InstallerLG aims to be fully compatible with the original as described in the V44.10 documentation. Most resource limitations found in the Commodore implementation are gone, and the GUI has been replaced by a MUI / Zune based one.

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/sys/InstallerLG.ppc-amigaos

The text editor Vim has also received an update from Ola Söder, bumping it to 9.1.1869. It is available for download from Aminet:

https://os4.aminet.net/package/text/edit/Vim_9.1-ppc-amigaos

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. Vim is rock stable and is continuously being developed to become even better. Among its features are:

persistent, multi-level undo tree
extensive plugin system
support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats
powerful search and replace
integrates with many tools

Please note that this is not a straight port of the upstream version. It includes a full MUI GUI with most of the bells and whistles found in Vim on any of the major platforms.

The source code is available here:

https://github.com/sodero/MUI-Vim
https://codeberg.org/sodero/MUI-Vim
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mui-vim/

On Aminet, we can also see that A. Pankalla has released a set of special mouse drivers. He writes as follows:

This mouse drivers based on open-source code from diverse authors and was changed in two manners.

First, some functions are changed, because they deprecrated and second i changed some lines of codes to fit to severale mouse types. The changed source code you find in the source directory, it is based on the xero-driver from W. Hosemann. You can recompile it with different constants to genrate the special drivers.

The main new function of the driver’s is to provide a possibility to scroll also in horizontal direction, this is usesd, for example, in the directory windows or the notepad. This function is mapped to special hardware buttons. Check the hardware id’s with tools like usbinspector or devinfos(ng). the driver only works with this deticated hardware!

https://os4.aminet.net/package/driver/input/MouseDriver

Version 1.14i.1 of LHa for UNIX for AmigaOS 4 has been released! You can find it for download on Aminet:

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/arc/LHa_4U4A-ppc-amigaos

Version 5.25 of AmiSSL has been released! As mentioned in earlier editions of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, the AmiSSL project is a collaborative effort to develop a port of OpenSSL in a shared library for Amiga-based systems. It is a must-have if you use AmigaOS 4 to browse the web!

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/libs/AmiSSL-v5-OS4

The very active developer Steffen Häuser is working on porting ScummVM 3.0.0.git to AmigaOS 4. It is currently in beta state. You can find out more by visiting amiga-news.de, who published this news:

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-10-00042-EN.html

ACube Systems, the creators of the Sam 440 and Sam460, has announced the Sil3132 SATA2 driver for AmigaOS 4:

Bassano del Grappa, Italy – October 18, 2025

ACube Systems is proud to announce, as a special gift to the community on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the launch of the Amiga and during the Amiga40 Germany event in Mönchengladbach from October 17–19, 2025, the release of the AmigaOS4 driver for the SiI3132 SATA2 controller.

With the latest U-Boot update already adding support for the SiI3132 controller, this new driver – developed in collaboration with Alfredo Amendolagine – enables AmigaOS 4 to fully utilize the Silicon Image 3132 controller, featuring two SATA2 ports on a high-performance PCIe bus. It delivers top speeds and broad compatibility with modern SATA devices, including HDDs, SSDs, and CD/DVD drives.

Most importantly, this driver will be offered completely free of charge – an exclusive gift from ACube Systems to the entire Amiga community in celebration of this milestone.

You can download the driver from the “Latest files” section on our homepage or by directly clicking on this link:

https://acube-systems.biz/download.php?file=sii3132sata_dev_v1.0.lha

Enjoy Amiga40! We certainly will!

It is great to see ACube Systems actively support the platform, which they’ve done consistantly for many, many years! 🙂

Now, over to another piece of very interesting news. An alpha version of the web browser Odyssey has been released! Please read on for the full news as posted on Amigans.net:

Odyssey Web Browser is back on AmigaOS4, rebuilt and reborn with major under-the-hood improvements — now powered by the latest clib4 runtime library and GCC 11.

This is a first Alpha version, a big milestone toward a fully optimized and modern browsing experience on AmigaOS4.

Odyssey Web Browser is back on AmigaOS4, rebuilt and reborn with major under-the-hood improvements — now powered by the latest clib4 runtime library and GCC 11.

This is a first Alpha version, a big milestone toward a fully optimized and modern browsing experience on AmigaOS4.

What’s new in this Alpha build

Compiled with GCC 11 (with –enable-sjlj-exceptions disabled), resulting in a noticeable speed boost

Integrated with the new clib4 memory allocator, improving memory handling and stability

Several internal optimizations to make the browser smoother and faster

Audio and Video playback are currently disabled in this Alpha build

Important Notes

This is an Alpha version, and it’s still under active development.
That means some features may not work correctly or may cause crashes in specific conditions.

You can find the current list of known issues (and add your own reports) here:
https://github.com/AmigaLabs/OdysseyWebBrowser/issues

Please make sure to read the included README file for more detailed information about installation, usage, and limitations of this build.

Copy PROGDIR:Libs/clib4.library into LIBS: folder. If you are using already version 2.0 just overwrite older version.
If you are using the old 1.6 version, just backup it and copy new version

Your feedback is incredibly valuable — every issue reported helps make Odyssey better and faster for everyone in the Amiga community.

You can follow development here: https://github.com/AmigaLabs/OdysseyWebBrowser/
and get the latest build here: Odyssey_300a1.lha

I’ve installed it myself on the A1222+, and I’m looking forward to trying it out further. Congratulations, and thanks to Andrea for his hard work on this project!

In this video you can see the YouTuber TJ Ferreira checking it out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMIWt5D6Zaw

Misc

There is currently a poll running on Amigans.net. The aim of this one is to gauge what systems people are running AmigaOS 4 on. The poll is on the front page, on the right-hand side. I just submitted my votes, and I hope you will do the same. I’m curious how this one will end up!

A new issue of Amiga Future is scheduled for release in November.

Issue 177 will contain information about Settlers II, a game which was released in October.

https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/viewarticle?a=10933

Michal Schulz, the man behind Emu68, made an announcement on his Patreon that has sparked a lot of discussion recently. Emu68 goes PowerPC! What this will mean for AmigaOS 4 remains to be seen, but it is intriguing to say the least! Please follow the link for the full post from Michal Schulz:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/one-more-thing-141985279

George Sokianos has released version 1.7.0 of Kyvos. This is a user-friendly graphical frontend for QEMU, which makes it much easier to set up and run AmigaOS 4 on various platforms.

Please head on over to Mr. Sokianos’ Ko-Fi page to get the full details on the new version:

https://ko-fi.com/post/Kyvos-1-7-0-released-R6R81NHQWD

The screenshots above is from his Patreon page.

AmiWest 2025 is scheduled to take place this upcoming weekend. A press release was recently published on Amigans.net in connection with this:

Oct 28th, 2025

SACRAMENTO, California – The Sacramento Amiga Computer Club is proud to present AmiWest 2025 on Nov 1st and 2nd. This is a special year for the Amiga Computer, launched by Commodore in 1985, marking the platform’s 40th anniversary. So far this year, Amiga enthusiasts have been treated to the AMIGA/040th in Silicon Valley and the Amiga40 in Germany, along with a host of other special events.

AmiWest, the longest-running Amiga show in the world, will be celebrating the Amiga’s 40th anniversary with a focus on the community. In place of a traditional show floor banquet, we will be traveling to a local Sacramento Burgers and Brew. In place of a conventional speaker, we will allow the attendees to share their Amiga Computer journeys and experiences.

The show floor will see several new exhibits joining our long-time supporters. We will have the Amiga “Lorraine” wire-wrap prototypes, the AMIGA/040th FutureWall, Tunefinder – Marcin Spoczynski, and more. We will also present AmigaOS 4 Update 3, the new Mirari PPC board, and AmigaOS 3.3 beta. To top it off, the A-Eon A1222+, motherboard and complete tower systems will be on sale at the AAA table!

For presentations, the show will have unique content:

Carl Sassenrath presents the history of the Amiga
Jason Neus talking about AmiPCI
A-eon updates from Trevor Dickinson and Matthew Lehman
Steven Solie is providing an update on AmigaOS 4 multicore
And more!

Like AmiWests in the past, we will have the Raffle, Games Competition, and live internet broadcast!

Check amiwest.net for the latest details on the show!

Contact: Jerry Gray
SACC Vice President
[email protected]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyRmgkjT5E

The gaming competition on Amigans.net for October and November is currently ongoing. These months, we are playing the brilliant arcade shoot’em up game Blastaway from Retream!

This game is available for purchase here:

https://retream.itch.io/blastaway

At the moment, Walkero is in the lead, followed by 328gts. I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I’m currently in the last position, but that will hopefully change during November. 😉 Time will show!

If you’d like to take part in the competition or to read more about it, here is the link to the appropriate thread on Amigans.net:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9943

The show Amiga 40 was held in Germany from October 17th to 19th.

Many reports from the event have been published, but for us AmigaOS 4 enthusiasts, I recommend heading over to the Rear Window blog to read Trixie’s “Glad in Gladbach” post.

There, he gives us a detailed travel report, packed with photos of many people in our community attending the event, either as visitors or as exhibitors.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Glad-in-Gladbach-N4N21N487C

To complement this, there are many videos on YouTube covering the event. Here are a couple:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8MS8HCXVT8

Also, McFly PPC has released his video (part 1) of the event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RPPLdcGUs

I’d also like to mention that AmigaNG has created a great summary of the event, which you can find here:

https://amigang.com/amigaos3-3-os4-1-update-3-pistorm-ppc-coming-to-eu68-mirari-execsg-multicore-amiga40-event/

Now, at Amiga 40, we were presented with some very interested news concerning the Mirari, but also multicore. Please have a look at these two images:

This is for sure, great news, and very exciting! 🙂

Skateman, who is part of the Mirari project, shared some images to use in this roundup.

Thanks to Skateman for the photo! Mirari for Frieden! – Photo by Skateman

This shows the Mirari computer that has been shipped to Thomas Frieden, and the board to Steven Solie. Many thanks to Skateman for supporting the monthly roundup!

YouTube

TJ Ferreira has ventured out on more AmigaOS 4 adventures lately. In this video, he he takes a look at the Infinite Icons 1.1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUNu8Sk0-k

Ghettofinger Gaming is very active on YouTube, promoting the Amiga and the AmiWest event. In one of his videos, he looks at game ports on his AmigaOne X5000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5bRb_RVy4

Please visit his channel for many more AmigaOS 4-related videos. 🙂

Davebraco is back again with several nice videos. Have you, for example, seen 26 HD videos running at once on an AmigaOne X5000? Well, if not, here is your chance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neb4x3kWDlc

Another video he did was showing how you can do fast backups with the Mirror command on AmigaOS 4.1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tjBq5u6YU

Marek Glogowski has also been very active as of late, and one of the videos can be found below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCEo7-KSRmk

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel has published a new video – Serious Sam The First/Second Encounter Amiga 40:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HYYQBHq9YU

If you’d like to see more of the AmigaOne X5000, Mufa has made a video in Polish, which you can find here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQv1novc-SU

Until next time

I say it again, what a month! 🙂 I’m sorry if I’ve missed some news this time, but I think I’ve managed to cram in all there is. 😉

That was all for this time. Hope you enjoyed the news for October 2025!

Thank for reading and for visiting my blog!

Also thanks to everyone who supports this initiative, it is very much appreciated!

I wish you all a nice November, and see you in the next AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup!

Best regards,

Puni

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Old School Game Blog Oct 1

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – September 2025

Hi,

Thanks for visiting, and welcome to a new post here on the Old School Game Blog!

Today, on October 1st, it is once again time for a new AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup.

Many are probably looking forward to the Amiga40 event, which takes place in Germany on October 17th to 19th. More information is available here. I’m hoping for some news on the Mirari board and about AmigaOS 4 in general. 🙂

Now, let’s take a peek at the AmigaOS 4 news for September 2025.

Software News

The Settlers 2 is coming…

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

On Paddy’s Retro Kanal, you can check out an interview with Steffen Häuser in relation to this game. This is a German podcast. Subtitles in English are available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzgl3xtzEZo

Amiga-news.de reports that a port of Serious Sam to AmigaOS 4 is in progress. Steffen Häuser is currently working on this. Please visit amiga-news.de for the full news. Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel has uploaded a video showing the beta version in action.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzPmPZhJ1Q

Next up is version 1.1 of ShaderNova from Juha Niemimäki. This application can mirror content from other windows and render it using fragment shaders. This enables various post-processing effects. Normal mouse and keyboard events are forwarded to the original window. The input window and shader program can be chosen using the RMB menus.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/misc/shadernova.lha

Domenico Lattanzi has released version 1.0 of the game Connect 4. It is powered by Fairy Stockfish, a multi-purpose engine derived from the famous Stockfish that was created for Chess. You can find the game for download here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/board/connect4.lha

George Sokianos is back with a new release of Kyvos. This time it is version v1.5.0. This is a smaller release with a couple of features implemented and a reported bug fix. Sokianos created Kyvos as a means to make it easy to use AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS through QEMY.

Cppcheck 2.18.0 has been released. This is a static analysis tool for C and C++ code. It provides unique code analysis to detect bugs, focusing on identifying undefined behavior and hazardous coding constructs. The goal is to have very few false positives. Cppcheck is designed to be able to analyze your C/C++ code even if it has non-standard syntax (common in embedded projects). It was developed by the Cppcheck team and ported to AmigaOS 4 by George Sokianos. It has now been synced with the latest upstream version.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/utility/cppcheck.lha

Would you like to have your Google Calendar displayed on AmigaOS 4? With the tool iCalVortex from Thomas Kölsch, this is now a possibility. Version 1.0 is out now, and the author has fixed an alarm and a time zone bug.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/icalvortex.lha

Steffen Gutmann released version 1.2 of BeeBase for AmigaOS 4. This is a relational, programmable database system with a GUI for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Amiga. It is well-suited for managing structured data with clear semantics that can be organized into tables and fields. It can be regarded as an application development environment. You can find more information about the program on its website. https://beebase.sourceforge.io/index.php.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=office/database/beebase.lha

DRIDI has released version 11.6Final of the Arabic Console Device. Changes are as follows:

(version 11.6Final) “Version education&legacy” finished (for me) –
L/arabcon-handler – bug with Ctrl_C in input stream fixed.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=driver/input/arabic_console_devicepro2.lha

Version 53.4 of A1222Mix has been released by Lyle Hazelwood. This is an audio mixer for the A1222+.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/misc/a1222mix.lha

AmigaGPT is a versatile ChatGPT client for AmigaOS 3.x, 4.1, and MorphOS. It is being developed by Nightfox. This powerful tool brings the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT to your Amiga system, enabling text generation, question-answering, and creative exploration. AmigaGPT can also generate stunning images using DALL-E and includes support for speech output, making it easier than ever to interact with AI on your Amiga. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your system, AmigaGPT delivers modern AI technology while embracing the timeless Amiga experience. Version 2.11.2 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

Changes:

– Improve handling of server disconnections
– Fix occasional crash downloading chat responses
– Startup script for the daemon in AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS no longer causes errors
– The say.rexx script now works with the daemon

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/chat/amigagpt.lha

Version 5.23 of AmiSSL has been released! As mentioned in earlier editions of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, the AmiSSL project is a collaborative effort to develop a port of OpenSSL in a shared library for Amiga-based systems. It is a must-have if you use AmigaOS 4 to browse the web!

Here is the SDK for developers:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/amissl-sdk.lha

Regular package for users:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/amissl.lha

RetroArch in action – Screenshot by Puni

Steffen Häuser a.k.a TheMagicSN has returned with a new version of RetroArch, 1.21.0R1.4, for AmigaOS 4! With RetroArch, you can enjoy many different systems on your computer, like the Nintendo Entertainment System, SEGA Genesis, and many, many more! It certainly opens up gaming possibilities on your computer!

New in this release:

– A version for QEmu is included (for QEmu Version 1.20.0 is used, for other OS4 Targets 1.21.0, 1.20.0 does not use Compositing and 16 Bit Color Depth). This version should also work for UAE OS4 Emulation.

Thumbnail Maker Amiga, created by David Woolley, is an application for creating thumbnails from a video. This is version 1.10, the first public release.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/misc/thumbnail_maker_amiga.lha

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on September 24th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Changes since 8.67 are miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/reportplus.lha

VBCC is a portable and retargetable ISO/ANSI C compiler. Frank Wille has done version 0.9h patch2, which is available on Aminet.

https://aminet.net/package/dev/c/vbcc_bin_amigaosppc

Chris Young has released version 3.1 of Avalanche, a ReAction unarchive GUI for xfd/xadmaster. Please check out Aminet for the download.

https://aminet.net/package/util/arc/avalanche

Deepscan 1.5 lists dependencies in a binary. The utility was created by Lorence Lombardo. Deepscan was based on Megacz’s “Depstrack”, but was not translated at all, and was written entirely from scratch.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/shell/depscan.lha

Screenshot from an older version.

MediaVault is an open-source desktop application for AmigaOS 4, which can be used to discover online audio and video content.

With MediaVault, you can discover radio stations and podcasts and listen to them using your audio player of choice. There are different ways to search and filter results, based on language and category/genre. The program has been developed by George Sokianos a.k.a Walkero. Version 1.6.0 is out now and contains the following changes:

v1.6.0 – 2025-09-27

– Added Autoinstall script for AmiUpdate
– Compiled with gcc11
– Disabled the self-update process
– Fixed the radio stations discovery
– Updated the list of supporters in the About window
– Updated used libraries

You can download the package from OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/misc/mediavault.lha

SDL3 has received an update, bumping it to version 3.2.22.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/sdl3.lha

Version 35.23 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

Screenshot from an older version.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982);
Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978);
Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
Signetics TWIN minicomputer (1976);
Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984);
Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);
Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1981);
Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);
AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen TVG-201, etc.) (1976-1977);
VTech Type-right machine (1985)

Changes since V35.22:

Summary:

Enhanced “Peripherals|Printer(s)…” subwindow.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

AmiArcadia is free to download. You can get it from OS4Depot via the link below:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/amiarcadia.lha

Here are the links to the websites of the author:

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/

http://amigan.yatho.com/

FFmpeg is a fast video and audio converter that can also grab from a live audio/video source. It can also convert between arbitrary sample rates and resize video on the fly with a high-quality polyphase filter. MickJT has released a new update that brings it to version 8.0. More information about the program is available on OS4Depot.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/convert/ffmpeg.lha

Version 1.1 of the Infinite Icons Theme Pack by JTDigital Designs is now available for purchase from AmiKit.

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

The price for the package is 12.95 EUR.

That was the software news for this time. Let us move on to other news!

Misc

Issue 176 of Amiga Future has been released!

The picture was lent from the official website of Amiga Future.

More information about the magazine can be found on the official website:

https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/viewarticle?a=10932

Hyperion Entertainment finally have made AmigaOS 4.1 FE for Pegasos 2 available digitally!

Screenshot lent from the website of Hyperion Entertainment

This is excellent news, especially for those interested in running AmigaOS 4 through QEMU as a Pegasos 2 setup.

According to Hyperion, more AmigaOS 4 versions will follow as physical stock runs out in stores. A price adjustment has also been made.

Please read on for the press release published on their website:

AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Pegasos 2 is now available digitally

Brussels – September 9., 2025

Over the past few months, we have seen a massive increase in demand for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Pegasos 2. Since all physical copies are sold out, we have decided to make the ISO available for digital purchase.

The ISO can be purchased via 2Checkout. Once you have purchased your copy, you will receive a serial number that can be used to register at www.hyperion-entertainment.com.

As stock of the other versions of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition runs out, they will also be made available for digital download.

The price of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition has not been adjusted for almost 20 years, even though inflation and rising production costs have increased considerably. Therefore, the price of the digital download version of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Pegasos 2 is €39.95 including VAT.

The price of the digital version of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Classic has also been adjusted to €39.95 including VAT.

Thank you for your continued support of AmigaOS.

Ghettofinger Gaming has published many videos on his YouTube channel during September. He’s now doing a weekly show called Boing & Beyond, which takes place on Wednesdays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jivV1-sQh3g

Helge Kvalheim is back again with a brand new song called Your Beautiful Smile. This was composed using an AmigaOne X5000/020 running OctaMED SoundStudio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=787wCGLKCzU

More AmigaOS 4 videos can be found on Maijestro’s Amiga Retro Channel. This month, he has uploaded a video showing Browservice in action, a trailer of Siedler 2 (The Settlers 29 and Serious Sam: The Second Encounter/First Encounter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VzPmPZhJ1Q

In his latest video, Muf@ takes a look at the Nano Model 979 and how it works with Amiga NG. This video is in Polish, but you can turn on English subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfs9UK_AGSM

Davebraco’s YouTube channel has been updated with several videos in September. One of these shows his A1222+ in action outdoors!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6g3nTZqzF8

Hirudov has also been busy in September with many AmigaOS 4 related videos. In this one, we can see him emulating Windows 3.11 on his AmigaOne X1000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2sTgTJdYT8

Interested in how to build Raylib on AmigaOS 4? In this video from KSD – Amiga Corner, you can find out how to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6LYzYgvrS4

Until next time

That was all for this time. Hope you enjoyed the news for September!

Thank for reading and for visiting my blog! Also thanks to everyone who supports this initiative, it is very much appreciated!

I wish you all a nice autumn, and see you in the next AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup!

Best regards,

Puni

#Amiga #AmigaNews #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS4MonthlyRoundup #AmigaOS41 #PowerPC #PPC

Old School Game Blog Sep 11, 2025

AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Pegasos 2 – Now available digitally!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting my blog! This morning while browsing through recent Amiga news, I was happy to discover that Hyperion Entertainment finally have made AmigaOS 4.1 FE for Pegasos 2 available digitally!

This is excellent news, especially for those interested in running AmigaOS 4 through QEMU as a Pegasos 2 setup. 🙂

Screenshot lent from the website of Hyperion Entertainment

According to Hyperion, more AmigaOS 4 versions will follow as physical stock runs out in stores. A price adjustment has also been made.

Please read on for the press release published on their website:

AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Pegasos 2 is now available digitally

Brussels – September 9., 2025

The ISO can be purchased via 2Checkout. Once you have purchased your copy, you will receive a serial number that can be used to register at www.hyperion-entertainment.com.

As stock of the other versions of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition runs out, they will also be made available for digital download.

The price of the digital version of AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition for Classic has also been adjusted to €39.95 including VAT.

Thank you for your continued support of AmigaOS.

That was all for now. Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

#Amiga #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS41 #HyperionEntertainment #OperatingSystems #PowerPC

Old School Game Blog Aug 31, 2025

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – August 2025

Hi there,

Welcome to a new post here on the Old School Game Blog!

Today, on August 31st, it is once again time for a new AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup.

Like last month, it is impressive and delighting to see how much is happening on the platform these days!

Without further ado, here’s the AmigaOS 4 news covering August 2025. 🙂 Enjoy!

Software News

Let us start with some game related news. 🙂

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

The Settlers II Gold Edition is coming to AmigaOS 4! Yes, you read it correctly, we’ve got a port of this legendary game coming to the platform! 😀 It is scheduled for an Amiga release on October 18th.

With an official license from Ubisoft Entertainment, the game will be available natively for the Amiga. Not as a quick port, but as an optimized version that shows what the Amiga is really capable of!

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

I quote from the thread on Amigans:

“After nearly 30 years, the classic city-building strategy game The Settlers II is finally coming to the Amiga with an officially licensed, fully optimized release from Ubisoft. The Gold Edition features four civilizations, 30+ professions, expansive campaigns, and richly detailed environments.

Available in Digital (€29.90), Box (€49.90), and limited Collector’s Edition (€99.90). Pre-orders before September 18, 2025 include an art print and five bonus maps.

System Requirements – 68k (Min): Amiga AGA, 68040 @ 40 MHz, 32 MB RAM, OS 3.1, AHI 4.18, 600 MB HDD. PPC (Min): PPC-Amiga, 603e @ 175 MHz, 32 MB RAM, OS 3.1+WarpUP or OS 4.1, AHI, 500 MB HDD.”

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?start=0&topic_id=9913&order=ASC&status=&mode=0

From the official webpage:

“The legendary city-building strategy classic is finally coming to the Amiga!

In 1993, The Settlers revolutionized gaming on the Amiga and invented a whole new genre: the city-building strategy game. When the even more ambitious and still-fan-loved sequel, The Settlers II , was released in 1996, the king of home computers didn’t get it. Almost 30 years later, this gaming history is finally being rectified!

Officially licensed by Ubisoft Entertainment, The Settlers II Gold Edition will be available natively for the Amiga starting October 18, 2025. Not as a quick port, but as a lovingly optimized version that showcases what the Amiga is truly capable of.“

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

For us, the PowerPC version is the most interesting. 😉 Here are the requirements and recommended hardware information in more detail:

PowerPC version

Minimum requirements PPC version:

PPC Amiga with AmigaOS 4.1 or AmigaOS 3.1 with WarpUP
603e/175 MHz
32 MB RAM
AmigaOS 3.1 with WarpUP or AmigaOS 4.1
AHI
500 MB of free hard disk space

Recommended system requirements PPC version:

PPC Amiga with AmigaOS 4.1 or AmigaOS 3.2 with WarpUP
G3 800 MHz or higher
For resolutions above 640×480, a graphics card (PCI, AGP or PCIe) is recommended
64 MB RAM
AmigaOS 3.2 with WarpUP or AmigaOS 4.1
AHI
500 MB of free hard disk space

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

In the news article on amiga-news.de, we can read the following:

The Settlers II Gold Edition for Amiga is much more than a simple conversion. The development team has optimized the game specifically for Amiga hardware. To see the cute little settlers busy at work, it only takes an Amiga with an AGA chipset and a 68040 processor running at 40 MHz. An additional graphics card is not needed, but recommended. PowerPC Amigas with AmigaOS 4.1 or AmigaOS 3.1 with WarpUP are also natively supported.

“Our goal wasn’t just to prove that porting The Settlers was technically possible,” said Amiga developer Steffen Häuser. “We wanted to make its unique gaming experience available on the Amiga as well—exactly as it should have been in 1996.”

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-08-00050-EN.html

This is brilliant news, and I’m looking forward to the game being released!

Screenshot lent from the webshop of Alinea Computer

A new commercial game has been released by EntwicklerX!

It is called Starfall Defenders and it is a classic tower defense game.

Screenshot lent from the webshop of Alinea Computer

Here is the news as posted on Amigans.net:

“Starfall Defenders is a classic tower defense game that features unique towers and enemies. It also has an in-game shop system that allows players to purchase better towers, upgrade existing ones, and buy special items like the Atom Bomb, Splash Bomb, and Air Supply.

Players can earn coins for the shop by defeating boss enemies, saving lives, and unlocking new maps.

But Starfall Defenders offers more than just placing, upgrading, and selling towers. Players can also improve their gameplay by placing mines, blocking walls and electric fields directly on the path, and taking control of a tower’s direction and target. This player-controlled action is a unique feature within a defense game that allows players to directly hit their enemies.

Shop system for buying and upgrading towers, buy specials
8 upgradable towers (2 power-ups each)
Support towers, special attacks, path-placed items
Unique enemies
Unlockable levels
Tower Control Mode: Take control over the target and direction of a tower
Towers: Gun, Laser, Fireblaster, EMP, Cannon, Rocket, Flak, Artillery
Power-up for each tower: Damage, Fire rate, Range
Path-placed items: Mine, Electro Field, Block Wall
Support Towers: Power Enhancement, Range Enhancement

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/entwicklerx/posts

Thomas and Frank from EntwicklerX have started a Patreon page to share early information about game development, with a focus on games for AmigaOS4 and classic Amigas. Development for the original Amiga computers will proceed gradually, from free mini-games to larger commercial products. These small games serve as the basis for larger projects and integrate new features that will be incorporated into the more comprehensive games. Every donation allows us to invest more time in the projects and advance them.

You can also support the developers by purchasing the games here on Itch, Steam, the Google Play Store, or various game consoles.”

Fantastic work by EntwicklerX! 🙂 Congratulations on this release!

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel has published a great video showing the game in action!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1YauTcwerU

SDL2 for AmigaOS 4 has received an update. It is now available for download at GitHub.

https://github.com/AmigaPorts/SDL/releases/tag/v2.32.8-amigaos4

AmigaOS 4 changes:

Build with -O3
Add some surface tests to sdl2benchmark tool
Restore constructor / destructor workarounds
Prefs: support MenuImageSize env variable

SDL3 has also received an update, bumping it to version 3.2.20.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/sdl3.lha

The developer, Capehill, posts news and information about SDL on Amigans.net. If you’d like to visit his thread, please click on the link below:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?start=1480&topic_id=7039&order=ASC&status=&mode=0

Photo by Puni

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on August 6th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more.

Photo by Puni

Recent changes since the previous version include miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. More detailed information can be found on OS4Depot.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/reportplus.lha

Michael Trebilcock has uploaded several SDL2 libraries:

libSDL2_net – SDL2_net portable network library
libSDL2_ttf – A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2
SDL2_mixer – Mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 2.x
libSDL2_image – SDL2 image file loading library
sdl2_gfx – Drawing and graphical effects extension for SDL2

ZDR by Vicente Gimeno is a lens tool that makes use of the compositing engine on AmigaOS 4.1 and upwards. Version 53.13 is now out and can be downloaded from OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/workbench/zdr.lha

Elfpipe has released favApps, a package containing a bunch of apps which the author are sure you will like. 🙂

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/text/misc/favapps.lha

He also uploaded a set of Qt6 demos. These are available here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/cross/qt6demos.lha

Juan Carlos Herrán Martín a.k.a Templario is back! This time he has released a new version of his Cards Making Kit.

With this tool, you can create your own decks for the following games:

HLE Poker Card
BlackJuan
Siete y Media
Baccarat
BlackIvan Card

Improvements:

Fixed little bug in the Tester Decks
New PNG transparent templates to make three Baphomet decks.

The new four templates are:

Two to make russian decks with the spanish suits.
One a full mixed with spanish suit and french suit more the value of the cards in french and russian mode cards
One spanish suit in transparent mode.

Cards Making Kit is available in both Spanish and English.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/utility/cardsmakingkit.lha

Version 5.21 of AmiSSL has been released! As mentioned in earlier editions of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, the AmiSSL project is a collaborative effort to develop a port of OpenSSL in a shared library for Amiga-based systems. The download is available here. If you are interested in the SDK, it can be found here. It is a must-have if you use AmigaOS 4 to browse the web!

Photo by Puni

Janggi is a chess program made to play Janggi, Korean chess, by making use of chess engines UCI compatible for the moves played by computers.

It was created by Domenico Lattanzi. A chess engine is a console program who play chess, receiving strings as commands and producing strings in output as result of computation. If you want to test your skills against the computer, you’ll need to download the chess engine from another location.

Features:

UCI chess engines support
Ask hint from computer
Repetition moves automatically detected
Bikjang detected and managed
Start from a specific position if needed
Set computer’s strenght by choosing between time per move or fixed depth
Engine’s output expressive, showing which color is in advantage, the nodes computed per second and the main line
Customisable graphics and sounds

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/board/janggi.lha

MCE, Multi-game Character Editor, is a user-friendly open-source editor of character files, saved games, high score tables, levels, and graphics for 125 games. James Jacobs, the author, has now released version 15.6, which provides miscellaneous improvements, as well as save game editor for Space Quest I.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/utility/mce.lha

Photo by Puni

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.169 was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on August 16th. There are currently two version available, one regular and one small. Both are available for download from OS4Depot. Information about the changes can be found there as well.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/polarpaint.lha

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/polarpaint_small.lha

AmigaGPT is a versatile ChatGPT client for AmigaOS 3.x, 4.1, and MorphOS. It is being developed by Cameron Armstrong a.k.a. Nightfox. This powerful tool brings the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT to your Amiga system, enabling text generation, question-answering, and creative exploration. AmigaGPT can also generate stunning images using DALL-E and includes support for speech output, making it easier than ever to interact with AI on your Amiga. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your system, AmigaGPT delivers modern AI technology while embracing the timeless Amiga experience. Version 2.10.0 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/chat/amigagpt.lha

Andrea Palmatè and the AmigaLabs team is back with a new version of the clib4 library. This time it is version 2.0.0. This is a fork of official clib2 present in adtools. The point of this library is to make it Amiga OS4 only to maintain it easily and add all the missing clib2 features that are difficult to add also on classic Amigas. The goal is to try to make it POSIX compliant and fix all the C++ problems with newer compilers. All warnings (except really few) produced by GCC 10 and above are now gone.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/library/misc/clib4.lha

Screenshot from an older version by Puni

Version 34.9 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982);
Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978);
Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
Signetics TWIN minicomputer (1976);
Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984);
Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);
Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1981);
Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);
AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen TVG-201, etc.) (1976-1977);
VTech Type-right machine (1985)

Changes since V34.8:

Summary:

Arcadia: added “Settings|Emulation|Frame/line-based emulation?” toggle.
Interton: added “Settings|Colours|Artefacts?” toggle.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

AmiArcadia is free to download. You can get it from OS4Depot via the link below:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/amiarcadia.lha

Here are the links to the websites of the author:

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/

http://amigan.yatho.com/

Photo by Puni

Here is a cool, new program! It is called RNOSoundboard and was created by the well-known developer jPV^RNO.

This is an application that can play audio files with keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks. As the author states, “Tune up your party with a pre-defined set of music and samples!”

Photo by Puni

Features:

MUI GUI for arranging sound sets
Full screen soundboard mode with graphical buttons
Loads embedded cover images from MP3, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis files for soundboard button graphics
Internal playlist loading and saving
Teachable hotkeys, also looping and volume options for each audio file
Drag’n’drop support for loading files, directories, and playlists
Supports MP3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, AIFF, WAV, Protracker, DigiBooster, SID, AHX, FastTracker II, ScreamTracker, OctaMED, The Player, NoisePacker, ProRunner, Oktalyzer, Impulse Tracker, Ultra Tracker, Ice Tracker, Liquid Tracker, Quadra Composer, and many other formats
ARexx, Command Line, and tooltypes support

The download and more information is available via the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/play/rnosoundboard.lha

Daniel Jedlicka, a.k.a. Trixie on Amiga forums, has released an updated version of Rave, his sound editor for AmigaOS 4 compatible computers.

Changes since the previous release are as follows:

The program now uses sndfile.library (needs to be installed in LIBS:) for sample loading and saving, instead of a custom module.
Added support for Microsoft ADPCM compression in the loader and saver code.
New function in the Edit menu: “Set selection”, which allows making precise selections based on user input or pre-defined ranges.
The item “Extend selection” in the Edit menu has been renamed to “Modify selection”, and its submenu contains two new commands, “Halve” and “Double”.
Fixed the “Create new drawer” function in the file requester, which would cause a lockup if the “Enter created drawer” option was selected.
Fixed a small bug introduced in V1.7 which would leave certain menu commands available even if no sample was loaded.
Across all program components, reworked memory allocations to make them more consistent and less error-prone.
When loading the list of recently opened files, Rave now checks the list and removes all items that are no longer available.
In the file requester, the file name gadget wouldn’t accept more than 127 characters; the limit has been increased to MAX_DOS_NAME (255 characters) to support long file names in modern filesystems.
Various other smaller improvements and fixes.
Updated documentation.

Download link:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/edit/rave.lha

Rave requires AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition Update 2 or newer. It also requires Enhancer Core classes (toolbar.gadget, infodata.gadget, select.gadget, shared.image).

On August 30th, DRIDI released version 10.8Final of the Arabic Console Device. Changes are as follows:

(version 10.8Final) “Version education&legacy” finished (for me) – Error messages added to ArabicLauncher

For Scripting use:

“Execute script_file” [no argument permitted] (file contains only lines of command; no interpreted Shell)

ScriptFile_with_protection_bit_set [arguments] (all you want but no variable remains because of spawn process – SystemTags)

Tetris 2 for the Nintendo Entertainment System running on RetroArch! Photo by Puni

Steffen Häuser a.k.a TheMagicSN has once again brought something brilliant to AmigaOS 4! This time he has ported RetroArch to the platform!

Photo by Puni

RetroArch is a modular Emulation System. In short:

Functions like Video Refresh, Sound, Gamepad etc. only are implemented once, in the central exe
The central exe is highly optimized, with a multithreaded Approach (often faster than individual Emulators)
It is much easier to port “Cores” (the Modules) than a fully new Emulator of some System
A large amount of “Cores” is already available (see also the separate Archives with Cores on this site)
All under a common GUI. So no longer GUI-less Emulators.

With RetroArch you can enjoy many different systems like the Nintendo Entertainment System, SEGA Genesis, and many, many more!

Tetris 2 in action! Photo by Puni

Häuser has made the program available for free on OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/retroarch.lha

Please consider donating if you enjoy this software. A donation button is present on the OS4Depot download page.

Capehill has released the first version of ShaderNova. It can be downloaded from his website:

https://capehill.kapsi.fi/

The author writes:

“ShaderNova can mirror content from other windows and render it using fragment shaders. This enables various post processing effects.

It’s a bit similar to ShaderGlass on Windows. Warp3D Nova is required. New shaders can be added.

Please check the readme, it should cover the details. And please post your shaders, if you write some!”

Marek Glogowski created a small video showing it running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9sCNcEEfIU

The website amiga-news.de reports that SDK-Addon 1.5 has been released. They write:

“For the official AmigaOS 4 developer package, George ‘walkero’ Sokianos has published a supplement at the title link that adds newer versions of the GCC compiler (11.5.0) and clib4 (V2.0.0) for AmigaOS 4 to the SDK.”

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-08-00081-EN.html

They also report that Andrea ‘afxgroup’ Palmatè has released version 0.1 of apt-os4, a package manager for clib4 packages. Find out more here:

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-08-00110-EN.html

AmigaDream 0.3 is a program created by Marcus Sackrow a.k.a. ALB42. This tool is based around Stable Diffusion, which is an open-source AI designed to generate images from text. You can input a request using natural language and the AI will interpret and generate an image from this.

More information is available here:

https://blog.alb42.de/2025/08/29/amidream-0-3/

George Sokianos a.k.a Walkero is back with a new release of Kyvos. This time it is version v1.3.0.

Sokianos writes:

“Great news people. One more update for Kyvos, full of new features, is already out. Reaching v1.3.0 Kyvos is becoming more mature and more useful to those who would like to use it for development.”

Please visit his ko-fi page to read the whole news:

https://ko-fi.com/post/Kyvos-v1-3-0-released-H2H31KCCKF

A good summary is available on amiga-news.de:

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-08-00114-EN.html

On Aminet.net you will find an updated version of the LimipdClock by Thomas Rapp. Version 1.17 was released on August 19th.

https://aminet.net/package/util/wb/limpidclock

New in version 1.17:

added anti aliasing for analog clock
added new clock hand type (squares)
added possibility to scroll through months
added ability to change behaviour of calendar (sticky popups, different highlighting etc.)
added texteditor.gadget replacement for OS 3.1 (use only on OS 3.1 and below!)
fixed multi-select handling for menu items
changed error message to list the missing ReAction/ClassAct classes
changed about window to work correctly with PowerIcons and OS4.

It does not seem it has found its way to the holy shrine that is OS4Depot yet, but in the meantime, Aminet is the place to go for this application.

Miscellaneous News

Screenshot lent from https://passioneamiga.it/

Issue 27 of the Italian Amiga magazine Passione Amiga has been released! I’m not sure how much AmigaOS 4 content it has, but I noticed GemRB RPG and Stratagus mentioned. It was available from August 21st and has 48 pages. The price is 9 EUR.

Lent with permission from Trixie from his blog (thanks! :-))

The Rear Window is a blog by the developer Trixie, well-known for his work on the sound editor Rave for AmigaOS 4. On August 22th he made a new blog post called “Tangents and meanders”. Please check it out here:

https://ko-fi.com/post/Tangents-and-meanders-G2G71JS8V6

A preview of the upcoming issue 176 of Amiga Future is out. Please see the image below for more information. Not much AmigaOS 4 related on the cover this time, even though there has been a lot of activity on the platform during the last months.

The development of the Mirari board is going on full steam! As many of you know, MorphOS is running on it now, but after what I’ve read on Discord (in the Amigans.net channel), a new batch of boards has been received by Skateman and will be forwarded to appropriate AmigaOS 4 developers. Exciting news for sure! I think this board will bring many new users to the platform, and I’m very interested in getting hold of the board once it becomes available for purchase. Now, for those lucky enough to be at the upcoming show Amiga 40th in Mönchengladbach, Germany, they can look forward to seeing the Mirari on display! It will be shown at the MorphOS booth by Skateman and the creator Geennaam.

Speaking of Amiga 40th, Marcian reports on Amigans.net that you can now vote for the nominees. You can find the complete list in the following thread:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9883

Happy to see many familiar names there and wish them the best of luck! I’ve submitted my votes and hope you will too. 🙂

Elfpipe has launched a competition different from many otheres. It is the AmiQute Challenge 2025! He writes:

“So here is the proposal: We will host a challenge consisting in a run to port and create the most Qt6 software for AmigaOS4. It will take place over the next few months, and there will be points given and prizes taken. The points will be given by a panel of judges, and the prizes will be financed by the donations made through the AmiQute Ko-fi page. The more software we make, the more popular we are, the more donations will come, the more prizes will be available, the more motivation for creating more software etc. etc.”

The whole news item is available here:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3358

YouTube

More and more AmigaOS 4 related content finds its way to YouTube these days, and one of the most active creators is Ghettofinger Gaming from the US. His channel can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/@GhettofingerGaming/videos

He has published many videos in August. Here is one covering the upcoming AmiWest 2025 event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPB5CTxfjbQ

A video with photos from Amiga/040th Anniversary VCF West:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRtnna-xdw0

Marek Glogowski has published three videos in August. One of these shows a clib4v2 test with VisualBoyAdvance SDL2:

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

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel has made a video showing Browservice under AmigaOS 4.1 running the Odyssey web browser.

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

The Lost C is back with a new video! This time he shows his new Chieftec case and the assembly of the AmigaOne A1222+. The video is in Italian, but subtitles can be applied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyT-7QWluU

Mufa has returned and this time published a cool video showing the recently ported Doom64 EX Plus in action. The video is in Polish, but as with the previous video, you can use subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnU8ztf6h8o

Hirudov has uploaded a vast amount of videos in August of all kinds of things running on his AmigaOne 5000. Here is one of them. It shows the gameplay of Game & Watch: Donkey Kong running on AmigaOS 4.1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0nxM0PdKM

The Spanish YouTube channel Amiga Wave has done several livestreams lately. One of them shows Gorky 17 from Hyperion Entertainment running on an Amiga X5040.

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

Until next time

That was all for now. Hope you enjoyed the news for August! 🙂

Thank for reading and for visiting my blog! Also thanks to everyone who supports this initiative, it is very much appreciated! 🙂

I wish you all a good September and see you in the next roundup!

Best regards,

Puni

#Amiga #AmigaNews #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS4MonthlyRoundup #AmigaOS41 #computing #PowerPC

Old School Game Blog Aug 13, 2025

The Settlers II Gold Edition Comes to Amiga on October 18th 2025

Hi everyone,

Today I have some great news for all of you who are enjoy playing games on your Amiga! The Settlers II Gold Edition is scheduled for an Amiga release on October 18th 2025.

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/ Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

It will be available for both 68k based systems and PowerPC, such as systems running AmigaOS 4.1.

Picture lent from https://lookbehindyou.de/produkt/diesiedler2amiga/

On amiga-news.de you can read the official press release that goes into details concerning this upcoming game.

Here is the link:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-08-00050-EN.html

Pre-order is now open.

That was all for now. Thanks for reading, and see you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog! 🙂

#Amiga #AmigaOS41 #games #Gaming #TheSettlers #TheSettlersIIGoldEdition #Ubisoft

Old School Game Blog Aug 8, 2025

EntwicklerX – Starfall Defenders released for AmigaOS 4!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting Old School Game Blog. 🙂

Today I’ve got some exciting news for AmigaOS 4 users out there! A new commercial game has just been released by EntwicklerX! It is called Starfall Defenders and it is a classic tower defense game. Please read on to find out more.

Here is the news as posted on Amigans.net:

Screenshot lent from the webshop of Alinea Computer

Currently the game is available on Alinea Computer Shop and itch.io. Later on AmiStore too….

https://www.amiga-shop.net/Amiga-Softw … fall-Defenders::1426.html

https://entwicklerx.itch.io/starfall-defenders

Screenshot lent from the webshop of Alinea Computer Screenshot lent from the webshop of Alinea Computer

Starfall Defenders is a classic tower defense game that features unique towers and enemies. It also has an in-game shop system that allows players to purchase better towers, upgrade existing ones, and buy special items like the Atom Bomb, Splash Bomb, and Air Supply.

Players can earn coins for the shop by defeating boss enemies, saving lives, and unlocking new maps.

– Shop system for buying and upgrading towers, buy specials
– 8 upgradable towers (2 power-ups each)
– Support towers, special attacks, path-placed items
– Unique enemies
– Unlockable levels
– Tower Control Mode: Take control over the target and direction of a tower
– Towers: Gun, Laser, Fireblaster, EMP, Cannon, Rocket, Flak, Artillery
– Power-up for each tower: Damage, Fire rate, Range
– Path-placed items: Mine, Electro Field, Block Wall
– Support Towers: Power Enhancement, Range Enhancement

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/entwicklerx/posts

You can also support the developers by purchasing the games here on Itch, Steam, the Google Play Store, or various game consoles.

Great to see new games for AmigaOS 4!

Thanks for reading, and see you in another post here on Old School Game Blog. 🙂

#Amiga #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS41 #entwicklerx #games #Gaming #PowerPC #StarfallDefenders #towerDefense

Old School Game Blog Jul 31, 2025

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – July 2025

Greetings,

Welcome to a new post here on the Old School Game Blog!

Today, it is time for another edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, where we will be looking into what has been happening in the community during July.

Even though it is summer time in the Northern hemisphere, there has been a surprisingly large amount of activity on several fronts.

I don’t want to spoil any news here in the introduction, so let’s get cracking with the roundup!

Software News

July started off with version 5.21 of AmiSSL being released. As mentioned in earlier editions of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, the AmiSSL project is a collaborative effort to develop a port of OpenSSL in a shared library for Amiga-based systems. The download is available here. If you are interested in the SDK, it can be found here. It is a must-have if you use AmigaOS 4 to browse the web!

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/amissl.lha

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/misc/amissl-sdk.lha

Those of you enjoying pixel art will probably be thrilled to read that version 2.9 WIP of GrafX2 is available for download from OS4Depot, thanks to the work by Kas1e and smarkusg.

I did write about this version last month, but a new one appeared on the depot some time later, so I believe there have been some changes. Either way, I highly recommend downloading and checking it out; it is a great program.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/grafx2.lha

AmiUpdate V2.58 has been released! A new full archive is available from the official downloads page.

http://codebench.co.uk/amiupdate_website/index.php?page=downloads

For those interested, the release notes are available here:

http://codebench.co.uk/amiupdate_website/txt/release_notes.txt

An updated version, 3.5, of the YouTube URL Extractor Script by Michael Trebilcock was released on July 4th. YT.rexx is a script for providing direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs. Changes from the previous version include:

3.5 – 4th Jul 2025:

Compatibility fixes.
Added TVSIMPLY client.
Fixed DualPlay to work with captions
Updated bundled cURL to 8.13.0 (using AmiSSL)

More history within the archive.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/misc/yt.lha

Version 2.5 of Avalanche, a GUI for xadmaster.library using the ReAction gadget set, has been released by Chris Young. An overview of the changes since the last version can be found on OS4Depot. For full history, see documentation inside the archive.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/archive/avalanche.lha

A new version of the lightweight and powerful text editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.8r1.

The port is being maintained by George Sokianos, a.k.a Walkero. The program itself was created by Francesco Abbate and the Lite XL team.

George Sokianos writes as follows about the new release on his Ko-fi page:

This new version is the first one that uses SDL3, the latest version of the SDL framework that powers it. Unfortunately, with that, there comes some slowdown in the editor that is visible with an increased CPU usage and having the scrolling and animations being slower. I put great effort the past 3 weeks profiling the code and providing all the necessary information to the original Lite XL team, as well as Capehill who is responsible for the SDL3 port to AmigaOS 4, and BeWorld who does the same for MorphOS.

If you’re interested in getting hold of the new version, it can be freely downloaded from OS4Depot via the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/text/edit/litexl2.lha

Quite some time ago, I published the article OS4Depot Adventure – Part 2, where I looked into random games on OS4Depot. Here I made the discovery of an interesting game… It was part of a small bundle called Crap Games Vol. 8. Spot from Up Rough! has released 21 such compilations of software he has ported to AmigaOS 4. As it turns out, not all games included in the bundles are bad, since there are some gems in between! Hence, PC Maziacs. Due to the game itself being quite good (in my opinion), I felt it needed its own upload to become more visible and accessible. On Amigans.net, I received Spot’s permission to do this, so here it is, repackaged and with a new icon, hehe. 😀

PC Maziacs is a remake created by S. Romero for Windows and Linux in 2002.

Please click on the link below to visit the webpage of the project:

https://www.sromero.org/wiki/spectrum/proyectos/pcmaziacs

New mode

Being a remake, the game has an old-school mode where you can play the game like it was back in the day. It also has a modern mode with updated graphics.

Old-school mode

The game takes place in a randomly generated maze. Your goal is to find gold and then exit the level. To find the route to the gold, you can lean on specific icons of human prisoners in the maze, and then parts of the route will light up for a limited time. You can also find food that increases health, as well as swords. Beware, though, there are monsters everywhere, and if you lose the fight, you are dead. If you are uncertain where you are (it is a maze after all), you can press M to see a map.

If you want to check it out, please click on the link below.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/action/pcmaziacs.zip

Version 34.7 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machine emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982);

Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);

Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);

PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978);

Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);

Signetics TWIN minicomputer (1976);

Central Data 2650 computer (1977);

PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);

Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer (1984);

Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);

Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by Zaccaria (1979-1981);

Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);

AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen TVG-201, etc.) (1976-1977);

VTech Type-right machine (1985)

Here is an overview of the changes since the last release:

Summary:

BINBUG, CD2650, PHUNSY: added “Settings|Emulator|Frame-based
emulation?” option.
Debugger: added INJECT and RENAME commands.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/amiarcadia.lha

Frank Wille has released an updated version of vasm m68k std, vasm PPC std, and vasm 68k mot. vasm is a portable and re-targetable assembler to create linkable objects in various formats and absolute code. Multiple CPU-, syntax, and output-modules can be selected.

A new version of the V.A.M.P. multimedia player has been released by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín a.k.a. Templario.

V.A.M.P. displays the next multimedia formats currently:

Amiga Anim formats: anim, anim5, ham6, ham8, yafa.
MovieSetter movie format.
Web animation formats: gif, apng.
Show pictures: jpg, png, gif, lbm, bmp, svg, jp2(jpeg 2000), tiff, pcx, webp (with Datatypes).
Video formats: cdxl, ogg, avi, mpeg, mpg, wmv, flv, mp4, mov, 3gp, m4v.
Music&Sound files: mp3, mod, med, 8svx, 16sv, iff, aiff, wav, ac3, wave, riff, ogg, flac, m4a, wma, dbm, hvl, aiff, s3m, xm, sid.

Supported languages: Spanish, English, Italian, French, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, and Greek.

Improvements in this version:

Fixed bug with the configuration file.
Again fixed some problems with the special video sizes to play the videos downloaded from: Facebook Reels, Tik Tok, CapCut, Instagram Reels, Kwai and Whatsapp videos.

NOTE: The video sizes recommended are 360xNNN pixels, sizes greater than Width of 360 will be play slow depending on CPU speed.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/play/vamp.lha

UHC Tools is a collection of programs and scripts for Amiga computers and their offspring to simplify daily usage and the Amiga more independent. The authors, Patrik Axelsson and David Eriksson released version 2.1 in July.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/uhctools.lha

SQLite is a Self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine. For information about SQLite, see the main README or check the site here: http://www.sqlite.org

This is small update to sqlite-3.34.0-amiga with a fix for obtaining the current date and time. The previous version was off by 8 years which is the difference between AmigaDos function DateStamp and Unix gettimeofday. Now ‘select CURRENT_TIMESRAMP’ returns the correct value.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/library/misc/sqlite.lha

On July 25th, DRIDI released version 9.0Final of the Arabic Console Device.

(version 9.0Final) “Version education&legacy” finished (for me) – CTRL_P for Parallel, launch a CLI[ArabicLauncher]. Don’t use RUN command and if changing the priority do that for the CLI process before launching the command. No more use “ArabicLauncher ARABCONX:” with a parameter, because CTRL_P do that. For changing the priority of the editor: “ChangeTaskPri 1 process=8” and in process 8 do: “Stevie/src/stevie” (put it in C: if you prefer).

Furthermore:

Add additional entries (duplicate lines) in L/mountlista i.e ARABCON4: to ARABCON9: are allowed.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=driver/input/arabic_console_devicepro2.lha

Picture lent from GOG – https://www.gog.com/en/game/doom_64

Now for some exciting gaming news… Doom 64 has been ported to AmigaOS 4! This is a special version of Doom developed and published by Midway Games for the Nintendo 64 back in the 1990s. According to Wikipedia, it is “(…) the second spin-off in id Software’s Doom series after Final Doom (1996), and the fourth game in the series overall.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_64).

Doom 64 EX+ is a community-driven continuation of Samuel “Kaiser” Villarreal’s original Doom 64 EX project. The primary goal of Doom 64 EX+ is to faithfully recreate the classic Nintendo 64 experience while incorporating modern features, extensive modding capabilities, and performance enhancements.

OS4Depot lists the author of the port and game to AOS4 fans from Mars… hehe.. 😀

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/fps/doom64ex.lha

To run the game, you need the original Doom64.WAD file from the GOG or Steam version of Doom64.

GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/doom_64
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148590/DOOM_64/

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel on YouTube has created a nice video of the gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHx_fv-F4rI

Version 1.11.4 of XORSearch has been released. Search for an XOR encoded string in a file.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/xorsearch.lha

AmigaGPT is a versatile ChatGPT client for AmigaOS 3.x, 4.1, and MorphOS. It is being developed by Cameron Armstrong a.k.a. Nightfox. This powerful tool brings the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT to your Amiga system, enabling text generation, question-answering, and creative exploration. AmigaGPT can also generate stunning images using DALL-E and includes support for speech output, making it easier than ever to interact with AI on your Amiga. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your system, AmigaGPT delivers modern AI technology while embracing the timeless Amiga experience. Version 2.7.0 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/chat/amigagpt.lha

On Amiga.org, the artist JTDigitalDesigns announced the following:

On July 19, 2025, a massive Icon Theme Pack by JTDigitalDesigns (Jari Tuovinen) is released, called Infinite Icons Theme Pack.

It features nearly 6,000 brand-new DualPNG icons, primarily designed for AmigaOS 4,
but also perfect for AmiKit users and other platforms that support this icon format.

See more about what it’s all about and order for yourself here:

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

I’ve ordered this one myself and look forward to checking it out. 🙂 The icons look very, very nice!

In earlier monthly roundups, we’ve read a lot about the FlashMandelNG tool. Dino Papararo and Edgar Schwan are once again back with an update. Version 5.4 sees the following changes:

Fixed AllocAslRequest function call TAGS
Recompiled with last Walkero SDK update GCC 11.3.0

Steffen Häuser, a.k.a. MagicSN, has made available cores for the soon-to-be-released RetroArch. The archive contains the following cores:

PicoDrive
GenesisPlus GX (only OS4)
SNES9x 2010
Mame 2003
Mame 2003 Plus
Mame 2009

Here is the download link:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/gamesystem/retroarchcores_installer.lha

Now, this is something completely new to the platform. George Sokianos, a.k.a. Walkero, has released a program called AuraFly! According to the author, this tool helps you focus better and feel more relaxed by using the sounds of nature. It lets you mix up to three different sounds to create the perfect escape when you need it. This sounds brilliant to me, and I’m looking forward to checking it out further, since I often listen to ambience while working.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/misc/aurafly.lha

https://ko-fi.com/s/2984266dd5

The website amiga-news.de reports about the further development steps for the clib4 library from Andrea Palmate a.k.a. afxgroup. You can read it about it here.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-07-00013-EN.html

Version 0.60 of the PDF generator Compression has been released. This tool is being developed by Achim Pankalla. The goal is to make a PDF generator that is complete with WYSIWYG. Progress has been made since the last version, and many errors have been fixed. You can download it from OS4Depot, where there’s also information about all of the recent changes to the program.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/compression.lha

Elfpipe has ported several demos of Qt6 for AmigaOS 4.1. These can be downloaded here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/cross/qt6demos.lha

Screenshot lent from George Sokianos Ko-fi page

Kyvos, the new QEMU frontend, is released!

Here is the description straight from the author, George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero:

Kyvos is a user-friendly frontend for Qemu, designed to streamline the creation of AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS emulated environments on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Pronounced “kee-vos,” this name is inspired by the Greek word “κύβος,” meaning cube, symbolizing these virtual systems running within the host OS.

Setting up an AmigaOS 4 or MorphOS system is effortless with Kyvos—just a few clicks, and you’re ready to go. A helpful wizard guides users in locating or downloading necessary dependencies, including Qemu and 7zip binaries.

Kyvos comes with a comprehensive 100-page manual, offering step-by-step guidance through the installation process, complete with detailed screenshots. It also explores Qemu incompatibilities, ensuring a smooth experience—don’t forget to check the FAQ section.

For those eager to explore AmigaOS 4 or MorphOS on any system, Kyvos offers an intuitive and efficient solution on Linux, macOS x64, or Windows. Give it a try and unlock new possibilities today!

https://ko-fi.com/s/6476fdadd2

Miscellaneous News

First up is the Norwegian musician Helge Kvalheim, who is back with a brand new song on YouTube! This one has been created in connection with his 50th birthday! Congratulations, Mr. Kvalheim! 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeADAey2cNA

BOING, a 10th Anniversary Issue

Boing Attitude never does things halfway, and this time, it’s going even bigger! You’ll get a 104-page issue, instead of the usual 52… And BOING is not only in French, but also in English! Oh my gosh! No, you’re not dreaming: you’ll have 104 pages all about the Amiga in every possible form to read. Why? Because a tenth anniversary is something to celebrate, but also, and especially, because in 2025, the Amiga turns forty!

In this issue, you’ll find an exclusive interview with Timothy De Groote, the new head of Hyperion Entertainment. This is his first public statement since taking over as head of the publisher of AmigaOS 3.2 and 4.1, and we asked him all the questions—even the tough ones (justice, THE A1200…). There’s also a feature on Mirari, the new PowerPC motherboard designed for AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS 3.20. We’ve also tested the A600GS and even compared it to the THEA500 Mini. Hot off the press, we’ve also played the brand-new Krogharr. And of course, the demo scene is not forgotten with an interview with the Batman Group and the legendary Moby… El Mobo!

Of course, there are tons of other articles to read in what is the largest print magazine fully dedicated to the Amiga in at least twenty years. So, what are you waiting for to join us?!

BOING is a magazine dedicated to the Amiga computer, whether original (“classic”) or new generation. It deals with all its variations or rather variants ;): AmigaOS (1.x, 2.x, 3.x), AmigaOS 4.1, MorphOS, AROS, and ApolloOS.

BOING, the Amiga in all its variants!

More details here.

http://glames.online.fr/boing/boing10.html

Amiga Future issue 175 released

Amigans.net reports that a new issue of Amiga Future has been released!

The English and German issue 175 (July/August 2025) of our print magazine Amiga Future has been distributed today, and can also be ordered directly from our editorial office at Amiga Future, and from other Amiga dealers that stock it.

Magazine Content:

Review Aminer
Review Board Game vs. Amiga: Ramses
Review AmigaOS 3.2.3
Review Mechanical Keyboard Amiga 1200
Workshop Knowledge 8: The third dimension: 3D graphics on the Amiga
Workshop Setting Up Samba
Special Beyond the Screen: Cinemaware
Special Amiga HAM-E
40 Years of Amiga – Part 2
Interview Jon Bohmer Part 2
Interview Tim Wright

And so much more … if you haven’t already, right now might be the best time to get your collectable copy ordered, before they’re all sold out!

For a more detailed description of its contents and previews of this issue click-on link of the Amiga Future magazine hompepage.

Information: https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/index?c=13
Orders: https://www.amigashop.org https://www.amigashop.org

The blogger Epsilon has published a massive blog post about the AmigaOne A1222+. It is crammed with images and information, so I highly recommend checking it out here:

https://www.epsilonsworld.com/2025/07/amigaone-a1222-in-2025.html

Trixie, the author of Rave, but also blogger of Rear Window, has been posting several texts recently. 🙂 You can read them here:

https://ko-fi.com/rearwindow

Amiga-news.de reports that the Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) multimedia library is now available for AmigaOS 4 in versions 2.32.8 and 3.2.18. You can read more about it on their website:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-07-00068-EN.html

The American YouTube Ghettofinger Gaming has been very active in July. He has published many videos, some documenting his new AmigaOne X5040 build, others about events he has been visiting. You can find all the videos on his channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions/UC8kkj-qQ-b2r0Cw1-Lmkq9A

His Red Dragon A-EON X5000/40 AmigaOne is now completed:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9DcFr2sXkUA

Maijestro has made a video showing is favorite tools under AmigaOS 4.1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IALnt36oAgQ

Muf@ has released a new video of Medal of Honor Allied Assault. The video is in Polish, but translation is available through YouTube preferences.

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

Bill Borsari will be streaming the Amiga/040th 2025 event. The Friday evening event is scheduled for streaming on August 2nd. Here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzfpEDI4_PA

Bernardo and the AmigaOne A1222+ (redux) – PaCommEx 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS0fbucjNtM

TJ Ferreira is back with a new video, with him checking the temperature of his AmigaOne X5000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEDCL-DCvZw

Hans de Ruiter has released a video called Building a Raylib App for AmigaOS4 via cross-compiler. You can check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOJ7eZSp9Dw

Until next time

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and for reading the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup of July 2025. It has been an active month for sure, and I’m really looking forward to what autumn and the coming months will bring on the platform. 🙂

Thanks as always to all readers and supporters out there!

I wish you all a great August and see you in the next roundup!

Best regards,

Puni

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