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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – December 2025

Introduction

Hi everyone,

Thank you for visiting my blog. 🙂

Another month, another massive amount of news. I’m so impressed by all the work that people are doing on the platform! 🙂 Thanks to all developers for their amazing dedication!

And by the way, if someone tells you in a forum that there is nothing happening on AmigaOS 4 / AmigaOne, and that it is a dead platform, well, please feel free to show them all the roundups on this site, for example those covering the last two-three months. Chances are they will be a extremely surprised… 😉

For the next year, I hope that magazines such as Amiga Addict and Amiga Future will cover more AmigaOS 4 news. There is so much happening on our platform, so I think readers would be interested in reading about new games, programs, and other developments. 🙂 Now with the Mirari gaining traction and clever minds getting AmigaOS 4 to run on it, it will be even more interesting and relevant.

Since the last roundup, I received feedback about the embedded YouTube videos. These are very demanding for the browser, and when there are many of them listed on the same page, it causes problems when you try browsing the blog on an Amiga. Thanks to nbache on Amigans for the feedback here, which is to include image snapshots of the videos, with a direct link to the videos on YouTube instead. This solution has now been implemented, and I hope it helps. 🙂 Also thanks to George Sokianos for suggestions for tools for this purpose.

Without further ado, let’s get cracking with the news!

Software News

First up is a piece from Amiga-news.de, who reports that HunoPPC has released yet a new port. This time of the game, Lilium Voyager. This is a fork of Ioquake 3 for running Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Holomatch (multiplayer).

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00011-EN.html

Here is the link to the appropriate page on HunoPPC’s site:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/lilium-voyager-amigaos-41

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

They also report that the MorphOS port of the racing game OpenMRac 1.1 has been released for AmigaOS 4.

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00012-EN.html

OpenMRac is a split-screen racing game, a tweaked source release of MultiRacer.

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/openmrac-split-screen-racing-game-it-tweaked-source-release-multiracer

In previous reports, I’ve written about Seq, a MIDI sequencer by Tuomas Hokka. A new update is out with the following changes:

FIXED bug
Project files version increased to 11
Added fill selection to onetime long mode
Changed button layout for the onetime long mode
Fixed this readme
Added MIDIText to the archive (MIDIText is really barebone, take it as
experimental)

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

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

Ola Söder has released InstallerLG version 1.0.4, which is 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://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/installerlg.lha

IMP3 from Juen became available on OS4Depot on December 6th.

Version 3.457 contains one update: IMP3 will also auto-update in rescue (climp) mode.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/play/imp3.lha

Asum from Patrik Axelsson and K-P Koljonen is a very fast MD5 checksum tool. It uses highly optimized PPC MD5 code. Version 1.1 is now available for download.

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/misc/asum

Screenshot by Puni

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.272 (r72) was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on December 6th. 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

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

Screenshot by Puni Screenshot by Puni

A. Pankalla has released an update to Luettje Bookholler, which is a personal finance program. For those of you who are curious about what “Luettje Bookholler” means (I’ve mentioned this in an earlier roundup, but will repeat it for new readers), I can tell you that it is German and means “Little Accountant”. Version 1.89 can be found here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=office/misc/luettjebookholler.lha

VLink by Frank Wille is a portable linker, written in ANSI-C, that can read and write a wide range of object and executable file formats. It can be used to link a specific target format from several different input file formats, or for converting, stripping, and manipulating files. Version 0.18a is now available.

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

Frank Wille has also 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. Here is the download link for the PPC version:

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

Screenshot from an older version by Puni

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/

Here is the download:

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

WHDLoad to E-UAE is a wrapper tool created by Kjetil Hvalstrand. This replaces the native 68k version of WHDLoad. Instead of running it directly on AmigaOS 4, this utility launches E-UAE, then starts up the real 68k WHDLoad inside the emulator, using the included WHDLoad boot disk. Version 3.2 is out now:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/utility/whdload-to-uae.lha

Domenico Lattanzi has released version 1.0 of Serial Door. According to the author, this is a program that allows to transfer files directly from one computer to another, using a serial connection. It has been designed to work with heterogeneous systems, both equipped with a RS-232 serial port. The mechanism works by launching Serial Door on both computers, connected to each other via serial port (e.g. with a null modem cable), and managing both ends of the communication with just a few settings (essentially, the port to be used and the transfer speed). The mechanism implemented has been designed to be as simple as possible, so is not reserved to advanced users.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/communication/serial_door.lha

Interested in more racing games? If so, I can tempt you with a new pack of such games from HunoPPC. This one contains three titles:

Screamer 1
Screamer 2
Screamer Rally

According to HunoPPC, a good system configuration is required to run the games, which must have the ogles2.library and the warp3dnova libraries installed. Recommended graphics cards are the RX480 8 GB and RX580 8 GB.

This pack does not contain AmigaOS 4 ports, but a setup using DOSBox to run them.

More information is available here:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/screamer-pack-amigaos4

The Amiga Retro Channel is always on the ball, and provides us with a great video here:

The same setup is used for Nitro Racers, which is a video game developed by the Derry-based game studio Torc Interactive and published in Europe by Studio 3DO for the PC. HunoPPC has now made this one available on AmigaOS 4 as well.

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/nitro-racers-amigaos4

An updated version, 3.6, of the YouTube URL Extractor Script by Michael Trebilcock was released on December 7th. YT.rexx is a script for providing direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs.

Changes from the previous are as follows:

3.6 – 7th Dec 2025:

DualPlay can be set as a .cfg option (requires AutoPlay enabled in .cfg)
Fixed autoplay not always selecting original audio language
Minor bug fixes

More history within the archive.

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

Screenshot lent from George Sokianos

Now for some more gaming-related news! George Sokianos has released an updated version of the OpenGW port to AmigaOS 4. He writes as follows on Ko-fi:

“Now, I am releasing an update because to be honest, I was not happy with the performance, and the MorphOS version turned out to be better.

So, I grabbed their code and applied most of the changes into my port, to speed it up. Many of the changes were about the maths calculations, but the most significant improvement in speed comes from the way the grid is drawn.”

Added a configuration screen where the different options can be set
Now the configuration is saved and will be used on every game load

More information is available here:

https://ko-fi.com/post/opengw-v1-2-for-AmigaOS-4-released-Z8Z71PV6HS

Here is the download for the game:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/shmup/opengw.lha

Allkeys is a program by Daniel Westerberg that enables you to use all possible rawkeys on your keyboard. This means that you can use the keys on PC-keyboards that doesn’t have a name yet, like PrtScr/SysRq, Pause/Break, Play, Stop, Previous, Next, Menu, and many more.

Changes in version 2.41 are as follows:

NEW * Added a switch to let AllKeys ignore the qualifier from the numpad. A bug in OS4 makes the numpad qualifier stick for other multimedia keys if the numpad was the last to be used. (Didn’t test FEu3 yet, maybe it’s fixed.)

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

Screenshot from an older version by George Sokianos

In December last year, George Sokianos released a port of CatacombGL for AmigaOS 4. This year he is back once more with a new version, this time 0.5.7.

Catacomb 3D was originally released for PC back in 1991. It was developed by iD Software, Inc., known for classics like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. It is a first-person fantasy shooter.

The port for AmigaOS 4 requires the original data files, which can be obtained from GOG (Good Old Games):

https://www.gog.com/en/game/catacombs_pack

Mr. Sokianos writes as follows on his Ko-fi page:

“A year ago, I ported to AmigaOS 4 the CatacombGL engine. That was a challenging port for me because it was the first one that I had to fight with endianess. It was not a perfect port, since it still had issues with the music and switching to full-screen, that I needed to resolve at some point. And that time is now.

I am delighted to say that today I released a new version of the port, having the music working fine. To enable the music, go to the menu and select AdLib for the music.

And finally, I included all the latest changes Arno Ansems did in the official repository.”

https://ko-fi.com/post/CatacombGL-0-5-7-release-B0B51PZQ0D

The changes for the new version of the port is as follows:

0.5.7 (2025-12-09)

Fixed the game music
Fixed the game being able to be played in full-screen
Updated to the latest upstream code

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

Version 1.1.2 of the first person shooter Ubek became available on OS4Depot on December 10th. 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

Changelog

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

A video of the game in action is available on YouTube thanks to Muf@:

More information about the release can be found on the Polski Portal Amigowy:

https://www.ppa.pl/aktualnosci/ubek-remake-dla-amigaos-4.html

Ticklish is a to-do list tool by Gero Birkenfeld. It includes sub-items/steps and notes for each to-do item. Due dates and moving items from one to another. List is also supported. Version 1.0 can be found here:

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

Version 2.17 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

Screenshot from Amiga Retro Channel’s video (can be found below).

We’ve seen many new games appearing on the platform this year, and amongst these is Dark Salvation from HunoPPC. As amiga-news.de reports, “The game Dark Salvation is an originally commercial gothic horror first-person shooter that was released for Windows in 2009 (Wikipedia) and has been available on itch.io since 2017, meanwhile free of charge.”

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00047-EN.html

Wikipedia writes as follows:

“Dark Salvation is a gothic horror first-person shooter video game created by the now defunct American developer Mangled Eye Studios, released on July 28, 2009 for Microsoft Windows. The game follows the story of Talia, a young woman whose family is killed in the service of the demon Lucafix. After being trapped in his realm, she becomes possessed by the Spirit Crystal and must use its powers to escape from the underworld.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Salvation

According to the website of HunoPPC, this game is for AmigaOS 4 EGL_wrap, SPE machine and MiniGL. For an SPE machine (A1222), a GPU with minimum 6 TFlops (RX480 with 8 GB works great!) is highly recommended.

The official website of the game is here:

https://mangledeyestudios.itch.io/dark-salvation

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel has made a video of the game in action:

McFly PPC created a video of the game lasting for apx. 15 minutes:

rVNCd by Rene W. Olsen is a native Amiga VNC server rewritten from scratch. Version 1.44 can be downloaded from OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/server/rvncd.lha

A new update to SDL3 is out, more precisely version 3.2.28.

More information is available here:

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

Screenshot by Puni Screenshot by Puni

George Sokianos has released version 1.1.0 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.”

Features are as follows:

List of software grouped in nine different categories
Download and show a screenshot of each application, as well as information
Multiple links for the selected applications are listed, opening the equivalent URLs in system browser
It is possible to download applications.

A great tool, and maybe something for Hyperion Entertainment to consider including in the AmigaOS 4 OS? It would, in my opinion, be a helpful and valuable tool for people new to the platform, but also to others as well. 🙂

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

YouTuber TJ Ferreira has created a video showing Vault in action. 🙂

A neat little tool is CapsLock by Rene W. Olsen. This is a small commodity that came to life to filter those typos where you press the Caps Lock key by accident.

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

Dir Me Up 4.20 has been released for AmigaOS 4!

This program allows users to explore and manipulate files, links, and drawers of their Amiga. Here is the news as posted on Amigans.net:

“The modern explorer for Amiga, Dir Me Up, comes back for Christmas on AmigaOS 4.1… but, as you know, it’s also available for AmigaOS 3.2 RTG!

The list of new features is available on our dedicated page.

This update, as usual, is free for all registered users and has been made available online. Each user should
have received an email from us. If not, please check your SPAM folder.

The demo, which allows navigation and theme changes, has also been updated.: AmigaOS 4 and AmigaOS 3.2 RTG. The version for OS 3.2 RTG requires a powerful machine. TEST the demo before purchasing!”

Please visit the official page.

https://www.boing-attitude.com/en/produits/dirmeup.html

Here is the page on OS4Depot. There you can find the demo version.

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

Screenshot from the archive on OS4Depot

Here is something interesting for those who’d like to watch TV on their AmigaOS 4 system. McFly has released IPTV85, which contains a whopping 85 (!) free German channels for the Emotion video player. As the author states, simply double-click to start. I tried it, and it works fine! You can try it for yourselves by following the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/misc/iptv85.lha

The AOS4 fans from Mars have once again travelled to Earth to bring us more software for our AmigaOS 4 setups. 🙂 Not many computer platforms can brag that they have support outside of Earth!

This time, they’ve filled their cargo space with the Flare game engine. Version 1.4 became available on OS4Depot on December 21st.

A list of game modules on the website of Flare – Screenshot by Puni

“Flare (Free Libre Action Roleplaying Engine) is a simple game engine built to handle a very specific kind of game: single-player 2D action RPGs. Flare is not a reimplementation of an existing game or engine. It is a tribute to and exploration of the action RPG genre.

Rather than building a very abstract, robust game engine, the goal of this project is to build several real games and harvest an engine from the common, reusable code.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/action/flare-game.lha

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

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 2.17.0 is now available from OS4Depot. There you can also read about the changes since the previous version.

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

Screenshot by Puni

Marek Glogowski brings us a nice gift for December, namely version 3.9.3 of Stella, a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator! This one works very well, and I recommend that you check it out if you are looking to play some old classics. 🙂 One of my favorites is Freeway, a different take on the Frogger game.

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

Screenshot from an older version by Puni

Version 35.8 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)

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 V35.7:

Summary:

Arcadia: enhanced “Help|Game information…” subwindow (WinArcadia only).
Added “Settings|Graphics|Full screen?” toggle (AmiArcadia).
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

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

Deark is an application that can extract data from a wide range of file formats. Developed by Jason Summers, this tool can help you get data from everything from AMOS ABK files to Doom WADs. You can read more about supported formats, as well as download the utility from OS4Depot. Version 1.7.1 became available on OS4Depot on December 28th.

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

I don’t know about you, but I enjoy changing icons and improving the look of my Workbench. However, with new games and programs being released, one does not always find suitable, cool icons for the drawers. Fortunately, McFly is here to help us with a great package of icons for many new releases, such as Disasteroids, Serious Sam, and Dark Salvation. You can get the icons from OS4Depot by following the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/icon/iconset_44.lha

Patchelf by Eelco Dolstra is a tool to modify an ELF file’s attributes. Version 0.18.0 is now available for download:

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

The website amiga-news.de reports that HunoPPC is working on an EGL-OpenGL-Wrapper based on Warp 3D Nova/OpenGL-ES combination. According to the news, the wrapper is supposed to simplify porting modern OpenGL based games. Please head on over to amiga-news.de to find out more.

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00005-EN.html

They also report that “A pre-release version of amiga-qt6 as a native build environment for AmigaOS 4 has been released on GitHub. This is a port of the C++ class library Qt6 for AmigaOS 4.1 (Final Edition).”

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00108-EN.html

From Digital Designs comes a new version of the Infinite Icons set!

Here is the news from the author as posted on Facebook:

“Infinite Icons 1.3 is here.

This is a free update for anyone who has bought version 1.1 or 1.2

– 1 new def icon in all (7)

– 15 new utilities application icons in all (112)

– 5200 Infinite Icons for Amiga OS3.2 made by Michael Becker

(7 color options and 2 drawer types split&full)

– Several bug fixes to existing icons.

That’s pretty much it for this year, thank you all for your support.

Since it´s release, the product has received 5 updates this year.

I haven’t thought about compulsively updating every month, but I have released an update when I feel like there is enough material to publish.

I will probably continue on the same path next year.

Huge thanks to the people who have been part of getting this product out to Amiga users!!!!”

Here is the link to the icons on AmiKit:

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

The Settlers 2: Festive greetings with an exclusive Christmas map! On Amigans.net, we can read the following:

The Settlers II Gold Edition is one of the most popular building strategy games of all time: detailed, charming, and full of hustle and bustle. In the official Amiga version from Look Behind You, you can finally experience the game where it all began: on our favorite computer!

Look Behind You expresses its gratitude for the holiday season with a small surprise: Starting now, you can download an exclusive Christmas card for free and play with the original version of The Settlers II – inspired by the holiday season, it features a decorated Christmas tree with ornaments and plenty of gold to discover.

Happy holidays and happy hustle and bustle!

Download of the Christmas map: https://lookbehindyou.de/download/27298/?tmstv=1766520711

The Settlers II for Amiga: https://lookbehindyou.de/en/product/thesettlers2amiga/

Miscellaneous News

Mistletoe Pepper is a new song by the Norwegian Amiga musician Helge Kvalheim. He uses his AmigaOne X5000/20, running the NSM patched version of OctaMED SoundStudio v1.03c, to create music. Mistletoe Pepper is part of his Romantic Christmas collection of 10 Christmas related Amiga music.

George Sokianos has written a blog on his Ko-fi page providing information about writing code on any system for AmigaOS 4 and how to test it easily. It covers code written in C or C++.

https://ko-fi.com/post/How-to-cross-compile-for-AmigaOS-4-A0A71Q3K74

A new issue of the Amiga Future magazine will be out in January. Issue 178 covers the months January and February 2026. From the cover, we can see that it will contain an article about update 3 for AmigaOS 4.1 FE.

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

From amiga-news.de comes news about a new article about the Pegasos II written by Sailor. It demonstrates how to install a faster 1.8 GHz CPU in the computer.

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00111-EN.html

Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology is back with a new blog post called “Forty Fever”.

http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/index.php/2025/12/22/forty-fever/

The Amiga developer Trixie wishes us Merry Christmas in the blog post Looking Back, Looking Ahead, but also informs us of some great news… 🙂 I will not reveal this news here, but you can find out by following the link below:

https://ko-fi.com/post/C-W7W81QWG3Y

If you are interested in running the raytracer LightWave 5 on AmigaOS 4, then I’m happy to report that George Sokianos has written a guide showing you how to accomplish this. The guide is available on the IntuitionBase website.

https://intuitionbase.com/articles/running-lightwave-5-amigaos-4

The Disasteroids 3D games competition on Amigans.net is still ongoing (at the time of writing). Currently, Tuvok helds 1st place with 58,640 points, with yours truly at the bottom of the list with a meager 17,660. 😉

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?start=0&topic_id=9993&order=ASC&status=&mode=0

YouTube

GhettoFinger Gaming has published many videos on his YouTube-channel in December. One of them shows the game Dark Salvation:

Auzie Morgan created a video showing his work on AmiWriterMUI, a lightweight MUI text editor for AmigaOS 4.1.

Amiga Bill has been busy making many videos in December. You can find them here.

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

HunoPPC shows Lilium Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Holomatch on an A1222 with SPE executable:

A test of Open Tyrian SDL 2 done on QEMU on a Mac Mini M1 running as Pegasos 2 has been performed by Marek Glogowski.

A video about Ubek, the first-person shooter, has been published by Muf@:

The very active Hirudov has published many AmigaOS 4 related videos lately. One of them shows the gameplay of Abbaye des Morts, a platform game.

Until next time

That was all the news for this. 🙂

As mentioned earlier, it has definitely been a great year for the platform, and looking back, it is so much news that it is hard to remember it all. 🙂 Thanks to all of you, developers, readers, users, enthusiasts, forum dwellers, everyone who keeps the flame of our platform burning!

I wish you all a Happy New Year! Looking forward to more AmigaOS 4 action in 2026!

All the best,

Puni – AmigaOne, Sam, and AmigaOS 4 enthusiast

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Old School Game Blog Dec 1

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – November 2025

Introduction

Hi there,

Welcome to a new monthly roundup of AmigaOS 4 news!

Thank you for visiting my blog and for checking out this article. Hope you’ll enjoy the read!

Last month, in the October edition, I wrote that it would be hard to top all the news and information presented that month. Well, I might have been wrong, because it turns out that after a very busy October, the community had an extra gear to set in…

Yes, November was another fantastic month for our platform! The developers and content creators have been very, very busy, and we can see the results below. A big thank you to all of you!

As for hardware, we know that the Mirari project is making progress. What will next year bring? I’m optimistic, that’s for sure!

Thanks again, and enjoy the roundup! 🙂

Software News

Steffen Häuser is back with a game port, this time of the first-person shooter Serious Sam TFE/TSE!

The port includes:

Binaries for Serious Sam “The First Encounter”
Binaries for Serious Sam “The Second Encounter”
Binaries for Serious Sam “The First Encounter” Demo Version
Installer so that you can directly install from the CD or Steam, or Gog Version data (Steam/Gog needs preinstall on PC, CD-Version can be installed directly on the Amiga from the CD)
Both MiniGL and GL4ES are supported (Demo Version only supports MiniGL)

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

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel on YouTube has created a video showing the gameplay. The video is available below. Enjoy! 🙂

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

On the Polski Portal Amigowy, we can read that a remake of Ubek is coming soon to AmigaOS 4! This is thanks to the cooperation between Szymon Ulatowski and Marek Glogowski in this project. A video showing the game running on an AmigaOne X5000 has been released:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az97mNH0ll8

The news can be found here:

https://www.ppa.pl/aktualnosci/remake-ubeka-wkrotce-dla-amigaos-4.html

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 2.13.1 is now available for download from Aminet:

https://aminet.net/package/util/misc/AmigaGPT

A new version of Dir Me Up has been released! This program allows users to explore and manipulate files, links, and drawers of their Amiga. This time it is also available for AmigaOS 3.2 RTG. Please visit the official homepage for more information:

http://glames.online.fr/products/dirmeup.html

Fredrik Wikstrom, Scott A. Cabit, and Ryan Dixon have released version 1.4 of AmigaKeyRemapper. This program lets the user remap qualifier keys. The changes from the previous version is that it now accepts multiple arguments and allows Caps Lock to be mapped to CTRL.

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

DRIDI has released version 14.5Final of the Arabic Console Device. Changes are as follows:

(version 14.5Final) “Version education&legacy” finished (I hope) – stevie[edit.c] –
Big regression fixed (one letter + <return> will clear it).

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

A game running on the EasyRPG Player – Screenshot by Puni

Do you enjoy playing role-playing games? If yes, then you should be happy to read that version 0.6.2.3 of the EasyRPG Player is now available on AmigaOS 4!

This program allows you to play games created with RPG Maker 2000 and 2003, of which there are quite many available, and some of them look very interesting.

For more information, I recommend you check out their website at https://easyrpg.org/.

For downloading the EasyRPG Player, please click on the link below to OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/roleplaying/easyrpg.lha

McFly PPC has created a video showing it in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhN8WqYntbA

Like ScummVM, the EasyRPG Player opens up a whole new range of games for the platform!

HexView is a utility to view a file in hexadecimal way. It has been developed by Tjitte “OldFart” de Wolff. Version 3.0 is now available.

Here are the changes since the previous version:

V3.0 (November 2025)
Introduces some kind of ‘tabbed browsing’ (or better: chooser-controlled browsing) through a list of opened files
*** switching between opened files may be too fast to be noticed! ***
Trying to load a file for the second time, will result in showing the already available version (this can be noticed by the entry number not being ‘1’)
Lets you save either full qualified path or directory to the clipboard
Introduces keyboard shortcuts for controlling the listbrowser
Overall, HexView has gained considerable increase in speed
As HexView sports a screen of its own, ‘Iconification’ and all the virtues coming with it are no longer available (makes little sense)

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

Apart from this, he also released version 2.0 of the utility AlignWindows. This is a Workbench tool that you can use to stack windows. More information is available here:

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

Amiga-news.de reports that Rene Olsen ” (…) provides templates with his ‘AmigaOS 4 Skeletons’ that are designed to make it easier for developers to create their own libraries and device drivers.” More information is available on their website here and over on GitHub.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-11-00005-EN.html

https://github.com/rolsen74/amy_skeletons

HunoPPC strikes back with a new game release! This time it is a port of Cannonball, an Outrun engine for AmigaOS 4. We can read the following on his website:

“CannonBall is an souped up game engine for the OutRun arcade game. The original 68000 and Z80 assembler code has been rewritten in C++. This makes it possible to make improvements suitable for modern platforms, including a higher frame-rate and widescreen support. It requires the original ROMs, as these contain elements including the graphics and audio data.”

As for OutRun, I believe it does not need much introduction, since this is a title familiar to most who is active on the Amiga. 🙂 The classic Amiga version was released back in 1989, and according to reviewers on Lemon Amiga, it was not very good.

https://www.lemonamiga.com/game/out-run

The AmigaOS 4 version, however, should be in a completely different league… 😉

It is worth mentioning that a special version for the A1222+ is available.

Speaking of which, here is a video of Cannonball – OutRun running on the A1222+, courtesy of Mr. Byte.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypNtPdak9-w&t=92s

Another game port recently released is Disasteroids 3D. It was brought to the platform by “AOS4 fans from Mars”. A very original team name, to say the least! It is nice that we have interplanetary support in the community! 😉

Image lent from the website of HunoPPC

Anyway, this is an OpenGL remake of an Asteroids game ThomW wrote back in the year 2000. ThomW writes on itch.io:

Disasteroids 3D was a personal research project to learn how to write simple games using Visual C++ and OpenGL. Programming started on February 16,2000, and the game rapidly took shape. I had a rough game that was playable in less than a week, and since that time, I’ve added a lot of cool effects to make the game more polished.

The game features:

OpenGL 3D graphics
DirectSound support
DirectInput support for joysticks and force-feedback devices
A very low sticker price (it’s free)
I owe a great deal of thanks to Jeff Molofee of nehe.gamedev.net for his OpenGL base code, as well as his encouragement throughout the project. Without his help, Disasteroids 3D wouldn’t have even been started.

I hope this game serves as an inspiration to anyone out there who has wanted to program a game to go ahead and do it.

The AmigaOS 4 version is now available to download from the website of HunoPPC:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/disasteroids-3d-fore-amigaos4-aos4-fans-mars

Looks fun!

Asum from Patrik Axelsson and K-P Koljonen is a very fast MD5 checksum tool. It uses highly optimized PPC MD5 code.

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/misc/asum

Patrik Axelsson also released version 1.0 of NOP-Handler. He writes:

“This handler serves reads and writes instantly, without touching the data. Additionally, the size can be specified. This is useful for performance testing, as it can be used to remove the overhead of the underlaying I/O solution.”

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/misc/NOP-Handler

Chris Young has released version 3.2 of Avalanche, a ReAction unarchive GUI for xfd/xadmaster. Please check out Aminet for the download.

https://os4.aminet.net/package/util/arc/avalanche

HunoPPC has made an update for Me and My Shadow, a platform game. This time, there are two versions available, one for fast AmigaOS 4 systems and one for A1222+ SPE. More information, as well as the download, is available here:

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/me-and-my-shadow-ng

Here is the official trailer for the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUcdtxoO5Lw&t=3s

From amiga-news.de comes news about the Boulder Dash clone Diamonds and Dust by Juha Niemimäki, which is now available for download from OS4Depot.

Screenshot by Puni Screenshot by Puni

Please have a look here for more information.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-11-00023-EN.html

The goal of the game is to collect diamonds while avoiding enemies, poison, and falling objects. I’ve heard talk about a possible games competition on Amigans.net in this game, which should be fun if it happens. 🙂

Another piece of news from amiga-news.de is that more Collector’s Edition boxes for The Settlers 2 will become available. A press release from Look Behind You about this can be found via the link below:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-11-00037-EN.html

Daniel Westerberg of OnyxSoft has released the Amiga Development Environment ++. According to the official website, here are the features:

“This release of the ADE package comes preinstalled with:

GCC 3.4.0 (and all its bugs, see NOTES-3.4.0)
NDK3.9 includes with working inlines for 3.4.0, and autodocs.
MUI38dev with working includes and autodocs.
The two most used MUI MCCs: TextEditor and NList includes and autodocs.
newmouse.h for mouse wheel and 4th, 5th mouse buttons.
SDI includes for multi-amigaos-development.

I put this package together since I was missing a complete package
that can build MUI applications like Annotate for 68k.”

https://onyxsoft.se/ade_ndk_mui.html

Doug Bakewell (original author) and Daniel Westerberg (maintainer and successor) have released version 3.1.1 of Annotate, a comprehensive text editor written for AmigaOS 3.0 and up, and ported to AmigaOS 4.

Amongst its features are syntax highlighting with links to autodocs, multi-file search, can use screens, printing, macros, and much more!

Please follow the link below for more information about the program and for the download link.

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

LiveForIt has been working hard on improving E-UAE on AmigaOS 4. According to the documentation on OS4Depot, 10 years have passed since the last release! He now thought it was time to do another release, containing changes that have happened in the background for quite some time. The new version, 1.1.2, contains the improvements:

Auto center window in AmigaGFX mode
New console_output option
On full-screen mode, now use window size to find a screen mode that matches.
AGA might be a little faster, (Edge detection, scanline change check, code unrolled)
In early early pre-alfa AHI driver support.. (Is not recommended to install.)

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=emulation/computer/uae.lha

It’s great to see E-UAE getting some attention on AmigaOS 4!

Screenshot lent from George Sokianos

Now for even more gaming-related news! Yes, if all those above were not enough to satisfy your thirst for gaming, then this one should help. 🙂 This is Open Geometry Wars for AmigaOS 4.1 FE!

Open Geometry Wars aims to be an extremely faithful recreation of Geometry Wars Retro Evolved.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengw/

George Sokianos writes the following on his Ko-Fi page:

Today, I released a new port of the Open Geometry Wars for AmigaOS 4.1, which was created more than 10 years ago by Peter Hirschberg.

As the original developer mentions:

“Open Geometry Wars aims to be an extremely faithful recreation of Geometry Wars Retro Evolved.

Since then, the code was maintained by Juha (capehill) Niemimäki, and was ported by BeWorld and papiosaur to MorphOS. So I thought to give it a try and port it to Amiga OS4 as well.

(…)

OpenGW is a great and fun game, especially for game contests, like the ones we run at amigans.net. Hope to see people having a round of it in the future.”

Please follow the link below to visit his Ko-Fi page to read more:

https://ko-fi.com/post/opengw-released-for-AmigaOS-4-1-I2I61OY0AW

Once again, we turn to Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel, who has created a video of this game in all its glory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49KhlZbZpWA

Here is the game on OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/shmup/opengw.lha

A. Pankalla has released MouseDriver 1.4. The drivers are based on open-source code from various authors and changed in two ways. Please follow the link below for downloading the drivers and for more information:

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

Screenshot of an older version – By Puni

Version 35.4 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)

Screenshot of an older version – By Puni

Changes since V35.33:
Summary:

PIPBUG: added “Peripherals|Industrial/scientific…” 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/

Screenshot lent from George Sokianos

George Sokianos has released version 1.8.0 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-v1-8-0-released-C0C01P93IV

Miscellaneous News

Helge Kvalheim is back again, after a nearly 2-month break, with a new song called “My Love Is Real”! It is a 16-bit 4-channel relaxing reggae song and the first from the “Romantic Christmas” collection from him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11rx72mIZdA

If you want to download the song to play it on your own Amiga, you can grab it from Aminet:

https://os4.aminet.net/package/mods/misc/MyLoveIsReal

A new issue of Amiga Future has been released! This time it is issue number 177 (November, December 2025). Both The Settlers 2 and Starfall Defenders are featured in the magazine. More information, with the option to purchase, can be found here:

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

AmiWest 2025 took place on November 1st and 2nd. The event was a big success with many exhibitors, speeches, and visitors. On the AmiWest Broadcast Page, you can watch a ton of footage from the event.

https://amiwest.net/broadcast2025/

Ghettofinger Gaming has created a roundup of the event in episode 11 of Boing & Beyond, which you can watch below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v0gaIj9-I4

From Andrea Palmatè comes news about Waffle Copy Professional.

Screenshot lent from Andrea Palmatè

He writes as follows on his Ko-Fi page:

I’m excited to share some amazing progress on Waffle Copy Professional – we’ve just completed a massive localization effort that makes this essential floppy disk tool accessible to users worldwide! 🎉

Full AmigaOS localization system integration using locale.library

Compiled with latest clib4.library (included)

340+ translated strings covering every part of the interface

Dynamic language switching support

Proper catalog system implementation for seamless translations

Enhanced installation process with multi-language catalog support

Please visit his Ko-Fi page for more information:

https://ko-fi.com/post/HUGE-Localization-Update-for-Waffle-Copy-Profes-S6S31PAY82

Now I’m hungry for waffles for some strange reason, hehe. 😀

On the 26th Amiga-Meeting Nord in Neumünster, Germany, the AmigaOS 4 user and developer Turbo4.1 held a presentation of Lüttje Bookholler (kleiner Buchhalter). You can watch the video below. It is in German language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcqt-YfO-0M

The Blastaway games competition on Amigans.net is coming to an end.

At the moment it looks like Walkero will take away the victory trophy, closely followed by Tuvok. At the bottom of the list, you will find yours truly. 😉 Yep, no whopping score from me this time! But, I will do better (I hope) in the contest for December. If you want to join in the fun, please head over to the games competition sections at Amigans for some AmigaOS 4 gaming action!

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewforum.php?forum=42

The last piece of news is from Hans de Ruiter. On Amigans.net he writes:

“The Kea Campus is closing, but before it’s gone, here’s your chance to get an archive of the whole campus, including exclusive content such as my “Saving AmigaOS” series. This is a gift for all of you who love AmigaOS and my work, but hate subscriptions. You can now get it all for a one time fee. Yours forever.”

For the full story and the archive, please follow the link to Amigans below:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3397

YouTube

Mikael Burman has published a video showing how to share a folder on Windows 11, and how to mount it as a drive on AmigaOS 4.1.

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

Ghettofinger Gaming has been busy creating new videos on his YouTube channel. One of these is called “Bringing Point-and-Click Legends to Life on the X5000!”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPWhTQQlH0E

Radzik and Adam Mierzwa discuss Amiga 40 and AmiWest 2025 in episode 97 of AmiWigilia:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ6NAIgIMsE

The podcast is in the Polish language.

Auzie Morgan has created a new video called “AmiDev take2 Native tools and examples”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kOw22hO9XM

Amiga Bill has returned with a new video where he delivers sad news (RIP Rebecca “Burger Becky” Heineman), but also a lot of focus on games and software for AmigaOS 4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9TO88dtd0

Mr Byte is back with a new video featuring his A1222+. In this one, we get a look at Infinite Icons 1.2, video playback, and different games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3pgEFY_liY

HunoPPC has published a video of Dark Salvation for AmigaOS 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-W9QV_RyE

He also published a video called “Lilium Voyager Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Holomatch AmigaOS4 on local mode.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIj7n6mCNe8

Hirudov has created many AmigaOS 4 video lately, one of them contains gameplay from Dodge These Balls from EntwicklerX.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyI6gB5q4Xs

McFly PPC has made a video showing The Settlers 2 on his AmigaOne X5000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVgP97V3kaw

Maijestro has made a video showing the developer version of Radon Break for AmigaOS 4.1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7ZsqmwRJc

Mufa has tested the Competition Pro Manix Twins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPA-4aJZgE

George Sokianos has made a video showing Open Geometry Wars on AmigaOS 4:

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

Until next time

That was the news for November 2025. December is already here (December 1st today), and both Christmas and a new year is on the horizon! 🙂

Thanks to all of you who read this blog, helps me with news, screenshots and much more. Also big thanks, again, to the developers and content creators keeping our platform going! Cheers! Keep up the good work!

I wish you all a nice December, and see you in the next AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup, due for release on December 31st!

Have a great day everyone!

Best regards,

Puni

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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

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

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

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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

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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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Old School Game Blog Jun 30, 2025

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – June 2025

Hi,

Thanks for visiting my blog! 🙂

Summer is here and it’s time for a news update covering June 2025. As often happens this time of year, summer is not the most active season. This is especially true when it comes to news about software and hardware. Still, there’s activity on several fronts, which you can read more about below. 😉

Software News

Version 77.1 of libICU became available on OS4Depot on June 2nd. ICU is a mature, widely used set of C/C++ and Java libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications. ICU is widely portable and gives applications the same results on all platforms and between C/C++ and Java software.

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

Also, version 1.0.16 of libfribidi arrived a couple of days later. This is the Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm. According to the authors, one key issue hindering the penetration of free software in the Middle East is the lack of support for the Arabic and Hebrew alphabets. This support is crucial. To have proper Arabic and Hebrew support, the bidi algorithm needs to be implemented.

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

DeepL, a small tool for online translation, has received an update and is now at version 0.93. It is based on the DeepL REST API and supports up to 500,000 characters a month. The author, root, has fixed the version string and changed hURL post mechanic.

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

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 AmigaOS 4)
MAME 2003
MAME 2003 Plus
MAME 2009

Here is the download link:

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

Acuario is a portable screensaver featuring exotic fish and mermaids. It was developed by Juan Carlos Herran Martin, a.k.a. Templario. The final version was released in June and became available on OS4Depot on June 10th. Changes include being compiled with Hollywood 10, cleaning up and optimizing the code, guppy fish now available again, new backgrounds, new cover and back cover, new free fonts for texts, and more. For more information, please follow the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/screenblanker/acuario.lha

He also released version 2.25 of his kit to make your own decks for these games:

HLE Poker Card
BlackJuan
Siete y Media
Baccarat
BlackIvan Card

It is available in both Spanish and English.

Improvements include:

New PNG transparent templates to make three Baphomet decks
New tester decks to test the Spanish suits

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

On June 28th, DRIDI released version 7.5Final of the Arabic Console Device.

(version 7.5Final) “Version education&legacy” finished (for me) – big regression 2025 estWriteOnly – during writing no read interrupt is permitted [arabcon-handler]

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

New versions of SDL 2 and SDL 3 are now available for download over on OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/misc/sdl2.lha

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

Version 2.6.0 of the WHD-Load front-end iGame was released in June. The AmigaOS 4 port is maintained by George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero. This is a front-end application for launching WHDLoad games and demos.

Features

Multiple WHDLoad slaves repositories on hard disk partitions
On-demand scanning in repositories for installed WHDLoad slaves (games, demos, etc.)
Use games tooltypes on the run
Shows game screenshot (screenshot window can be altered through tooltypes/settings uses datatypes to load foreign formats)
Categorization of the games and filtering
Manual addition of non-WHDLoad games, demos, etc.
Simple statistics
Find-as-you-type search filter

The download is available here:

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

MEncoder version 1.5 is now available on OS4Depot. It has been updated to the latest SVN version and recompiled for the most recent SDK.

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

In previous reports, I’ve written about Seq, a MIDI sequencer, by Tuomas Hokka. A new update is out with the following changes:

3.2 (19th June 2025):

FIXED drawing one-time track steps

3.1 (4th June 2025):

NOTE! Changed how MIDI devices are selected, changes to the project file format
requires re-saving all projects
loading project will try to get the correct MIDI device selection automatically
NOTE! CAMD might put your multiple MIDI devices to different order after each boot/power on, that’s the reason to change how to set the devices! This way one will need to change the devices in one place only.

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

Version 53.10 of SMB2FS has been released. smb2-handler is a filesystem for accessing files remotely using the SMB2/3 protocols. The protocol implementation is based on the latest git version of libsmb2 (https://github.com/sahlberg/libsmb2).

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=network/samba/smb2fs.lha

Version 34.5 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)

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

Debugger: added DRAW command.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Please visit OS4Depot for the full list.

If you enjoy creating pixel art, you’ll be happy to hear that version 2.9 WIP of GrafX2 has been ported by Kas1e and smarkusg. The program is similar in style to programs like Deluxe Paint and Personal Paint. It works great and has a lot of functions and possibilities. Grab it from OS4Depot here:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=graphics/edit/grafx2.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 15.5, which provides miscellaneous improvements, as well as save game editors for King’s Quest 2 and 3.

Amiga-news.de reports news concerning a project by Kas1e to create a new text editor. It is called DumbPad and already runs stable. Please head over to amiga-news.de for the full story.

They also report that Snork 0.1, a new tracer/logger for AmigaOS 4 is now available. You can find more information on their website.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-06-00108-EN.html

The developer Andrea Palmate has written a post describing a new chapter for the AmigaOS 4 web experience. The text starts with “After years of silence, a new version of the Odyssey Web Browser is being developed for AmigaOS4, reigniting hope for modern web browsing on our beloved platform.”. You can find it here:

https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Return-of-Odyssey-A-New-Chapter-for-AmigaOS4-W7W71G4B2G

He has also published a video of Odyssey Alpha 1 running on QEMU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddKNJwVl858

Miscellaneous News

Trixie, developer of Rave for AmigaOS 4, has published a new post on his Rear Window blog. The title of the text is The power of being abandoned. It was a great read in my opinion, and I’d like to quote one passage from it (hope you don’t mind, Trixie!):

The OS4 community should start arranging for itself the things it can arrange, and focusing on the things it can influence. We may not be the largest of the Amiga platforms, but the blood, sweat, and tears poured into it make it something worth looking after.

Well said, Trixie!

Here is the link to the post:

https://ko-fi.com/post/The-power-of-being-abandoned-X8X11H22ZG

The Amiga Retro Channel has published a new video showing OpenLara running on AmigaOS 4.1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akbB4Oysc3s

The Norwegian musician Helge Kvalheim is back with a new song. This one is called Rasta Man. You can check it out here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0rFtTTSsts

McFly PPC has released a new video showing footage from the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention V3 (June 21st, 2025).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UB_38Xrei0

Shoe’s Workbench has made a video called AmigaOne X5000 via NanoKVM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkW9h79JrR8

Until next time

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

Thanks as always to all readers and supporters out there. Thanks for visiting my blog and see you in the next roundup! 🙂

I wish you all a great summer and hope you’ll have a good time. 🙂

Best regards,

Puni

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Old School Game Blog May 3, 2025

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – April 2025

Hi,

Welcome to a new edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! 🙂

The month of May has arrived. Spring is in the air! It is time to look at what has been happening in the community during April.

Thanks for reading and for visiting my blog. Hope you’ll enjoy the news!

Software News

First up is some gaming news! Hold on to your horses!

Warcraft-2-Engine: Stratagus 3.3.3 for AmigaOS 4

Press release from amiga-news.de

Picture from the webshop of Alinea Computer

Alinea Computer is pleased to be able to offer another port by Steffen Häuser. Steffen has taken care of the porting of the latest version 3.3.3 and the installation routines for easy installation under AmigaOS 4. Stratagus is the port of the engine in version 3.3.3, which makes it possible to play the game Warcraft 2 from Blizzard Entertainment natively on the Amiga under AmigaOS 4.

The archive contains an installer with which it is possible to install the game directly from the PC CD without pre-installing it on the PC. At least for the Warcraft 2 Classic PC CD, for the Battle.Net CD or the Gog version it is necessary to unpack a file with a Windows tool, but with the Classic CD you can install directly on the Amiga.

Picture from the webshop of Alinea Computer

Warcraft 2 is one of the most famous strategy games of all time, practically the prequel to the famous MMO “World of Warcraft”. In addition to the base game “Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness”, the add-on CD “Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal” (already included in the Battle.Net CD and Gog version) is also supported.

Stratagus is based on the current “latest Git” version of the Stratagus project (version 3.3.3). In contrast to an earlier implementation, 3.3.3 offers the following features:

Iconic game music and not just sound effects (the music files are only installed with the Warcraft 2 Classic CD and the Battle.net CD, but can be copied manually afterwards when using the Gog version).
The game’s video sequences (video sequences not available on AmigaOne A1222)
A functional level editor
Numerous bug fixes

Of course, the localisation of Warcraft 2 into different languages is also supported.

Stratagus is under GPL licence, the source code of the Amiga version will be integrated into the github of the PC version in the foreseeable future, but is also available as a request by e-mail (see readme for details).

Picture from the webshop of Alinea Computer

The minimum requirements for Stratagus are:

A computer with AmigaOS 4.1 FE Update 2 or higher
Special executables optimised for the respective platforms (x1000, x5000, Sam 440, Sam 460, G3 and A1222) can be selected during installation.

https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-Software/Amiga-Games/Stratagus-3-3-3-for-AmigaOS-4::1412.html

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 earlier monthly roundups. Now he is back with a new version of the game Los Malditos. It is a free adaption 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.

Improvements since the previous version:

Improved on-screen text
Improvement of the game speed, removing the delay refresh in the game window
Bugs fixed
Removed the option to exit the game when you are in a fight and you are in places preventing you from running away from the enemy
New cover
The game has been made free, but donations are welcome

He also released version Final2 of High-Low-Equal Poker. This is a special version to promote the game Los Malditos del Valle del Cerro and a way to show the possibilities of his games to promote magazines, books, movies, and other games and programs, even hardware.

Screenshot by Puni from an earlier version

The game has the exclusive Baphomet deck with the Heroes from the game “Los Malditos’ del Valle del Cerro”
Bug fixed with card engine
Two game modes: A=1 Ace equals 1 and Poker A>K Ace as in poker is the highest card
Now the game cans open and play with Baphomet decks
New screen to exit the game instead of the window requester
Small improvements

If that was not enough, he updated his utility Cards Making Kit to version 2.20. With this program, you can make your decks for the following games:

HLE Poker Card (High-Low-Equal Poker Card)
BlackJuan
Siete y Media
Baccarat
BlackIvan Card

You can make your decks using pictures from your family, pets, hobbies, etc.

Screenshot by Puni from an earlier version

Here is another one from the same author. Version 2.05 of a game called Baccarat has been released. This is a tribute to the mythical card game, popularized by the James Bond movie Dr. No with Sean Connery. The author has added a new exit cover (more James Bond style), and fixed a bug with the Baphomet decks and the overload in the game screen that slowed down the game.

Screenshot by Puni from an earlier version

Blackjuan Poker Card has been updated to version 2.00. This is another card game from the author above. The development of the game started back in 2012. This release includes new graphics and bug fixes. The game now supports Baphomet decks.

Screenshot by Puni from an earlier version

Last, but not least, he has updated the game Siete y Media to version 2.00. This is a Spanish Blackjack version with a Spanish deck of 40 cards. The aim of the game is not to get 21 which is common in Blackjack, but the sum of 7.5. You can read more about this in the readme. An SDK is included for those interested in making their decks of cards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J67WwNSgq3A

Amifish is a chess program made to play chess with Amiga-like systems. It exploits the power of one of the most powerful chess engines in the world: Stockfish. This engine was developed by Tord Romstad, Marco Costalba, Joona Kiiski, and Gary Linscott. A chess engine is a console program that plays chess, receiving strings as commands and producing strings in output as a result of computation. Stockfish and many other engines are compatible with a standard named UCI (Universal Chess Interface). The name Amifish is obtained by joining the words ‘Amiga’ and ‘Stockfish’. However, the project is open to all engines compliant with the UCI standard. It is a light program for amateurs. It is made to have fun with chess. Only the most important options are implemented. Version 2.1 is out for AmigaOS 4 and can be downloaded from OS4Depot.

Version R19 of iMage, a fast image viewer by Lazi has been released. According to the author, it handles JPG files very fast.

MCE, Multi-game Character Editor, is a user-friendly open-source editor of character files, saved games, high score tables, levels, and graphics for 122 games. James Jacobs, the author, has now released version 15.31, which provides miscellaneous improvements, as well as an enhanced Goal! Team editor.

Lorence Lombardo released version 1.0 of chklib. It is currently used in the “amiaudcomp” lib project. He also released version 1.0 of flushmem, which in theory flushes all flushable items from memory.

AmiSSL received an update to version 5.20. 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!

An updated version, 3.4, of the YouTube URL Extractor Script by Michael Trebilcock was released on April 16th. YT.rexx is a script for providing direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs. Changes from the previous version include:

3.4 – 16th Apr 2025:

Compatibility fixes.
Removed MEDIACONNECT client as it was no longer supported.
Added ANDROIDVR client. This is the default in a new YT.cfg. Please note that
YouTube Kids videos are incompatible with this client.
DualTagVid / DualTagAud settings in the .cfg can now have multiple tag
numbers in order of priority, for use with the dualplay option.

More history within the archive.

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.055 was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on April 18th. If you are interested in checking it out, please click here. Another version called PolarPaint Small can be downloaded via this link.

Deark is an application that can extract data from a wide range of file formats. Developed by Jason Summers, this tool can help you get data from everything from AMOS ABK files to Doom WADs. You can read more about supported formats, as well as download the utility from OS4Depot. Version 1.7.0 became available on OS4Depot on April 18th.

George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero has released a new version of aiostreams. “All In One streams” (aiostreams) is a pack of scripts, written in Python, that can be used to stream and watch videos from different online networks, like Twitch.tv, YouTube, and Vimeo.com. Please click here to download it or to read the changelog.

Version 3.451 of IMP3, a utility created by Juen a.k.a Pawl Nowak, has been released! The program was originally meant for 68K but does run OK on AmigaOS 4. With IMP3, you can listen to over 168.000 music files through the Internet. These are ProTracker modules, SID tunes, and so forth. Besides this, it has cloud storage and Online gaming with high scores.

The source code for AmiCraftNova has been released to the public domain by Caras Ghant.

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.

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 2.5.0 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups, and other obnoxious Internet junk. It is being developed by Mark Mansnerus. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has applications for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. Version 3.0.6 is now out and available for download.

WormHole allows you to transfer files to another computer within the same LAN without having to make any adjustments. It is being developed by Lazi. The main advantage of using WormHole between Amiga systems is that it can handle icons and all AmigaOS file attributes in one step.

Main features:

Transfers all Amiga file attributes
Transfers icons automatically
Zero configuration
Transfers files bi-directional at the same time
Transfer multiple files parallel at the same time
Multiplatform

Version 0.5 has been released. Please click here to download it.

AStone is a picture viewer created in Hollywood by Sandro Barbagelata. Version 1.0 was released on April 26th. It is heavily inspired by the utility Fastone on Windows.

The AmigaOS 4 port of Open Medal of Honor is now available on OS4Depot. The porting has been done by Ryan Dixon a.k.a. rjd324. The main goal of OpenMoHAA is to ensure the future and continuity of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (including Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions) on all platforms/architectures by providing new patches/features.

The source code for the AmigaOS4 port can be found at:

https://github.com/3246251196/openmohaa

The download is available here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhvT-h2jk0

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on April 27th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Recent changes since 8.64 include miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. More detailed information can be found on OS4Depot.

Screenshot by Puni from an older version

Version 34.3 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)

Here is a summary of the changes since the last version:

TWIN: added emulation of high-speed papertape reader.
CD2650, PHUNSY: added “Tools|Sprite/character editor/viewer…”
command.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Please click here to be taken to the download page.

Xiangqi is a chess program made to play Xiangqi (Chinese chess), by making use of chess engines UCI compatible with the moves played by computers. A chess engine is a console program that play chess, receiving strings as commands and producing strings in output as a result of computation. The program is developed by Domenico Lattanzi. More information is available on OS4Depot.

That was the software news for this time. Now let us move over to hardware! 🙂

Hardware

I first heard about the new PPC hardware on Discord and was very surprised, to say the least! amiga-news.de has an extensive article about the subject. It will explain the project much better than I would be able to do. 🙂 I recommend you pop over to them and have a look at what this new PPC hardware is about.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-04-00129-EN.html

The Sam460. Photo lent from the official website of ACube Systems

Here are two announcements from ACube Systems about UBoot updates! 🙂

UBoot 2015.d for Sam460EX / Sam460CR / Sam460LE boards available
Bassano del Grappa, Italy – 08 April 2025

ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the UBoot firmware for its Sam460 line of motherboards.

For the first time in Amiga history, it is now possible to boot from an NVMe SSD.

This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the Amiga platform. Thanks to recent advancements, users can now experience dramatically improved boot speeds and data access times by utilizing modern NVMe solid-state drives—bringing the Amiga into a new era of performance and reliability.

This development not only enhances the capabilities of current NG systems but also demonstrates the ongoing innovation and dedication within the Amiga community. Booting from an NVMe SSD was once considered impossible—today, it is a reality.

This update is completely free for all users.

We are excited to announce a new version packed with important features and improvements—available as a free download.

New in this release:

NVMe SSD driver – For the first time ever, you can boot from an NVMe drive using a standard NVMe-to PCIe adapter.
PCIe SATA2 support – Added driver for the Silicon Image 3132 controller, allowing booting from both SATA SSDs and DVD drives.
DDR2 timing adjustments – Fine-tune DDR2 RAM timings for faster memory access.
Customizable USB stack – Choose between EHCI (faster for mass storage) or OHCI (greater compatibility with keyboards).
Enhanced “sata” command – Now displays more detailed information about drivers and connected devices.
Improved serial console navigation – Navigate menu items using W and S keys.
General bug fixes and improvements.
Unified source code – Now streamlined for both 460ex and 440ep platforms.
An updated installation guide is included, covering the standard ISO image method as well as alternative installation methods via TFTP and USB.
Updater tool can be downloaded from:
https://acube-systems.biz/download/Sam460_updater_2015d.zip

If you are not comfortable installing UBoot yourself, we also offer fully updated UBoot chips through our online store.

Additional information:
Please note: UBoot and UBoot updater make use of GPL code and thus are both published under GPL.

Sources can be downloaded from:

UBoot & UBoot updater
https://acube-systems.biz/download/u-boot-2015.d_prod.tar.gz

Parthenope
https://acube-systems.biz/download/ub2lb_0.94.tar.gz

The Sam440EP Flex – Photo by Puni

UBoot 2015.d for Sam440ep mini-itx and Sam440ep flex boards available
Bassano del Grappa, Italy – 14 April 2025

ACube Systems is pleased to announce a new release of the U-Boot firmware for its Sam440 line of motherboards.

Following the recent update for the Sam460, the Sam440 now also benefits from enhanced support, including compatibility with NVMe SSDs. Additionally, this update introduces support for Radeon RX and Radeon HD graphics cards.

This release represents a significant investment of time and resources. Nevertheless, we have chosen to offer it at the symbolic price of €3.99.

Highlights of this release include:

Support for Radeon RX graphics cards () Improved support for Radeon HD graphics cards ()
NVMe SSD driver: boot directly from NVMe devices using a PCIe adapter () Driver for the PCIe SATA2 Silicon Image 3132 controller, with support for booting from SSDs and DVDs ()
Enhanced RAM access speed on Sam440ep-flex boards
New graphical interface style
Revised ‘sata’ command, now displaying more detailed information about drivers and connected devices
Serial console improvements: menu navigation via the W (up) and S (down) keys
General bug fixes and overall improvements
Unified source code for the 460ex and 440ep platforms

Note:

Features marked with an asterisk (*) require a PCI-to-PCIe bridge.
Radeon RX and Radeon HD graphics cards also require a specific driver (to be sold separately by A-EON Technology once available) for use with AmigaOS 4.

Purchase the update:

The update is available through our online store.
For those not comfortable performing the update themselves, we also offer pre-programmed, fully updated U-Boot chips.

Additional Information:

UBoot makes use of GPL-licensed code and is therefore released under the terms of the GPL.

Source code downloads:

U-Boot:
https://acube-systems.biz/download/u-boot-2015.d_prod.tar.gz
Parthenope:
https://acube-systems.biz/download/ub2lb_0.94.tar.gz

YouTube

Marek Glogowski has published a new video showing Super Star Blast running on AmigaOS 4 through QEMU 10 and GPU Passthrough:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_a9kpbXtQ

HunoPPC shows DOSBox Enhanced running on AmigaOS 4 with 3dfx support and shader effects:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCPkfZ-pVo

Here is a video of Baldur’s Gate running on AmigaOS 4. The video was created by anouk33.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UT8a-33z2o

Here is another video, but this time of WarCraft II:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5ktfyiK7o

And one of Quake II:

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

Amiga Wave has made a long video. It lasts for more than 2 hours and covers his experience with AmigaOS 4 on the Sam460LE. The video is in Spanish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nVsxjDwqHM

Mr. Byte shows Stratagus 3.3.3 running on his A1222+:

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

The Lost C is back with a new video. This time he does a test of the A1222 with a Radeon HD7750. The vide is in Italian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLYq27YKxls

He also created a video with the A1222 and AmiCygnix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCDn4hMeabY

TJ Ferreira is back once again. This time, he takes us on a journey through his experience with playing Glubble on his AmigaOne X5000. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72WX8T2Lsd4

Until next time

You’ve now reached the end of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup for April 2025. I had not expected it to be this extensive. There is a clearly a lot happening in the world of AmigaOS 4 and Amiga in general these days!

Thanks as always to all readers and supporters out there. Thanks for visiting my blog and see you in the next roundup! 🙂

Best regards,

Puni

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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – March 2025

Hi,

Welcome to a new edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! 🙂

This time we’ll have a look at what has been happening on the platform in March 2025.

Thanks for reading and for visiting my blog. Hope you’ll enjoy the news!

Software News

Andrea Palmatè has created the Waffle Floppy Disk Reader. This enables you to read floppy disks using an Arduino. It supports various disk formats and provides a simple interface for reading and writing data. Waffle Copy Professional is now available for everyone.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Creating-Waffle-An-Arduino-Floppy-Disk-Reader-for-Z8Z11BLU6M

You can buy it starting from 3,99€ on his Ko-Fi page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR6R0ly8MHw

Steffen Häuser and Alinea Computer are pleased to present the GemRB RPG package in version 0.8.8 for AmigaOS 4.

Screenshot by MagicSN

Steffen Häuser is responsible for porting and making the package easy to install.

Screenshot by MagicSN

GemRB allows you to play the famous PC role-playing games Baldur’s Gate 1, Baldur’s Gate 2 (often called “the best PC RPG of all time”), Icewind Dale 1, and Planescape: Torment on an Amiga running AmigaOS 4.

More information can be found on Amigans.net.

You can buy the package from Alinea Computer here:

GemRB RPG package (0.8.8) for AmigaOS 4/WOS – Amiga Shop

The price is 19,95 EUR. It is available for AmigaOS 4 and WarpOS.

Lazi has released version 1.03 of MailSender, a program created to reduce the effort needed to send files or images by email. It can convert image files to the JPG format, resize them on the fly, and optionally pack them to a ZIP archive, or even create a PDF document before sending. A download, as well as more information, is available here:

MailSender on OS4Depot

Ryan Dixon a.k.a rjd324 is working on a port of Open Medal of Honor for AmigaOS 4. It is currently in the BETA stage. More information is available in the appropriate thread on Amigans.net.

Open Medal of Honor (BETA) [AmigaOS4] – The Amigans website

Version 2.9 of Prism II, a driver for 11 Mbps wireless network cards, was uploaded to OS4Depot on March 6th. This driver supports PCI cards in all AmigaOS 4 systems (according to the readme). It has WPA and WPA2 encryption, including both TKIP and CCMP/AES modes. There have been a lot of changes since the last version, which you can read via the link below:

Prism II on OS4Depot

SDL 3.2.8 has been released for AmigaOS 4. Changes have been made since the last time:

Fix issue with window size after SetWindowPosition

Prefs: add AISS images to menus (#48)

Ignore destination alpha for target textures (#150)

Remove constructor / destructor workarounds

Improve OS4_DebugPrintF

sdl3benchmark: reset random seed before every test

Support SDL_PROP_APP_METADATA_NAME_STRING and SDL_HINT_APP_NAME (#115)

Improve timer resolution from milliseconds to microseconds

Cleanup code and makefiles

https://github.com/AmigaPorts/SDL/releases/tag/v3.2.8-amigaos4

The source code for Blender 2.48 has been uploaded to OS4Depot. More information can be found on OS4Depot.

In previous reports, I’ve written about Seq, a MIDI sequencer, by Tuomas Hokka. A new update is out with the following changes:

3.0 (1st March 2025):

– FIXED one major bug in saving project: Too many bytes were written so it was filled with zero bytes and that will break reading one integer value in the project file. This will be fixed automatically in loading project. User will be prompted to choose to save the project immediately after.

– Fixed bugs

– New song (long) mode to One time track, added One time banks

– Increased number of song steps to 96, project files version increased to 9

– Added more settings to alt/double note

– Alt notes displayed in steps better

– Some font sizes increased

– Added new tooltype to set large font

– Refactored some parts of the source code for better maintainability and to avoid bugs

Seq on OS4Depot

Apart from the program above, Hokka also released version 2.1 of Viivi, a picture viewer. Changes can be found below:

2.1 (8th February 2025):

– Fixed iconification/uniconification in full screen mode

– Fixed drag&drop with multiple files

– Don’t show popup menu when activating the window if it was inactive

You can download the program on OS4Depot.

Video Vortex is a frontend GUI for YT (.rexx) to search and view YouTube videos. It is developed by Thomas Kölsch and version 1.1 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

Version 1.5 of AmigaTText, which makes it possible to view ARD/ZDF teletext from the Internet, has been released. It is being developed by TearsOfMe. The author has fixed HR3 and WDR sites.

PNG 2 Amiga is a program that converts PNG icons to Amiga icon format. The utility was developed by Kjetil Hvalstrand. Version 1.3 is available for download at OS4Depot.

Version 0.51 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.

AmigaGPT is a text generation program that runs on the classic AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4 by Cameron Armstrong (Nightfox). Utilizing the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 architectures, this program provides state-of-the-art language modeling. Version 2.3.1 became available for download on OS4Depot on March 30th.

Features:

Generates text based on input prompts

Generates images based on input prompts

UI customization

Full conversation history

Text-to-speech

Changes:

Fix broken error requester in MorphOS

Fix incorrect language name for English-British for OS4

Running the “Version” command on the AmigaGPT executable will now report the version and build date

The installer in MorphOS will now properly ask where you want to install the readme

On March 30th, DRIDI released version 6.1 of the Arabic Console Device. The author has been trying to fix a regression – 0xA6 becomes 0xE1 when double input alif suscrit on a letter d (0x4A) before.

Version 34.1 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

Screenshot by Puni – 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 V34.02:

Tape deck subwindow: added waveform display
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

Misc

A brand new issue of the Polish magazine AmigaNG has been released.

https://sklep.amiga.org.pl/wp/produkt/magazyn-amiga-ng-nr-12/

You can read about the Sam460LE, the A1222 Plus, THEA500 Mini, and much more. It is in Polish language.

Celebrate 40 Years of Amiga Innovation at the Computer History Museum! On Amigans.net we can read that the AMIGA/040th Silicon Valley organizing team is excited to announce, in partnership with VCF West, an epic event on August 1st and 2nd, 2025, at the renowned Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA. More information is available here.

The English and German issue 173 (March/April 2025) of the print magazine Amiga Future has been published. It can be ordered directly from the editorial office of Amiga Future or from various Amiga shops stocking it. In this issue, you’ll find reviews of games such as Super Star Blast and Battle Squadron 2, as well as an interesting article called AmigaOS 4.1: The Troubled Life of a Beta Tester.

Screenshot by Puni

George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero has published a review of the Silicon Image Sil3112 PCI SATA card on the IntuitionBase website.

The Norwegian Amiga musician Helge Kvalheim is back with more music for us to listen to. Two new videos were released on his YouTube channel in March. One of these is a recreation of the theme from the film Karate Kid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCy6oSmvE9c

McFly PPC has created a new video about WormHole, a program for easy transfer of data from one system to another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbS0_n5rxic

TJ Ferreira has published a ton of videos lately, some containing AmigaOS 4-related content. Please have a look via this link:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKt9VkTTR54

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel published two videos in March. One about WormHole, another about DosBox-Staging with 3dfx (Voodoo) support.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZZnjKB104w

The winner of the gaming competition at Amigans.net for February and March 2025 was 328gts with 8,805 points. Players competed in the game A Frog Game from EntwicklerX.

Until next time

You’ve now reached the end of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup for March.

Many thanks to all readers and supporters out there for visiting my blog and for reading the AmigaOS 4 Monthly roundup. Huge thanks as always for all the feedback, comments and encouragement.

Have a great day everyone! 🙂

Best regards,

Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler

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AmigaOS 4 News – November 2024

Hi,

December 1st is here and it is (finally) time for a new post on this blog.

Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog and checking out this month’s AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup.

Some of you have noticed that I haven’t released any roundups for several months. There are many reasons, personal, health, and work-related, but now I’m back and ready to continue where I left off (almost). I’ve got less hardware than before, but I’m looking for a new, affordable setup to remedy the situation.

Now, let us have a look at the news. 🙂

Software News

First up in November was version 0.40 of the PDF generator Compression. 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 here.

TwinVNC is a VNC client, or viewer, allowing control of a computer running a VNC Server. A German catalog has been created for TwinVNC GUI by McFly.

http://twinvnc.free.fr/AuSujetDe.php?menu=2&lang=eng

Andy Broad has released version 1.8 of the driver for UGTABLET base tablets, such as XP-Pen. It has specifically been tested with the XP-Pen Deco01 tablet, and according to the author, other tables with the same ID should work.

SilkRAW is a program developed by Domenico Lattanzi that allows you to work with RAW files generated by digital SLR cameras, acting as an interface to the dcRAW program written by Dave Coffin. Version 3 is out now and can be downloaded from OS4Depot.

Features:

– Thumbnail thumbnail exports, individual RAW files or groups, with metadata extraction and rotation capabilities

– 25 dcRAW options supported

– Batch processing of RAW files, with saving in TIFF, PPM, JPG, PNG, ILBM

– Further postprocessing beyond dcRAW

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on November 13th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Here are the recent changes:

Changes since V8.6:

– Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details:

– f3: fixed incorrect library base name.

– os3: now linked with small.lib rather than amiga.lib.

– f7: fixed: unwrapping: some spaces were being converted to EOLs when they should not have been.

– f3: added import and export buttons.

– f3: improved error reporting for nonvolatile.library operations.

– f3: now user can deselect items.

– f3: revised gadget layout somewhat.

SDL2 for AmigaOS 4 has received an update. Version 2.30.9 is now available for download at OS4Depot.

For more information about the project, please visit the GitHub page:

https://github.com/AmigaPorts/SDL

mGBA is an emulator for running Game Boy Advance games by Jeffrey Pfau. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, as well as adding features that other emulators lack. It also supports Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. The port to AmigaOS 4 was done by Marek Glogowski and version 0.10.3 was released on November 21st. More information, as well as a download, is available at OS4Depot.

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 a new version in November.

Screenshot from an older version taken by Puni

Version 33.6 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)

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

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

Changes since V33.5:

Improved Galaxia emulation.
Added ASM and DISGAME CLI arguments.
Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Kevin Taddeucci has released version 1.6 of his script aimed at MediaVault 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 allowing the user to choose the stream player or to download a stream via a requester.

Version 1.6: (Nov. 25, 2024)

Added “User Settings to choose ffplay display mode.

1 – Waveforms. Used to much CPU on slower systems.

2 – Frequency band. Uses much less CPU time.

Added “User Settings” to set ffplay window size.

Made corrections to “User Settings” Player variable comments.

Added keyboard shortcuts to player requester.

The developer Kjetil Hvalstrand is back with a new utility. GIF2ABK is a program for converting GIF animations to AMOS ABK or BOBS.

He also released version 1.1 of IFF-Converter, a replica of a program created many years ago by Metallion of Kefrens. Hvalstrand has added major improvements including DataTypes support for filetypes like PNG, GIF, and others, as well as zooming and drag-and-drop support.

On November 26th, the Sacrificio Pagano magic tool from Juan Carlos Herran Martin became available on OS4Depot. This is a special program for people believing in the magic of Wiccan practices providing a virtual altar.

MCE, Multi-game Character Editor, is a user-friendly open-source editor of character files, saved games, high score tables, levels, and graphics for 121 games. James Jacobs, the author, has now released version 15.23, which provides miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Misc News

Issue 171 of the Amiga Future magazine was released at the beginning of the month. There you can read articles such as A1222 from a Coder’s Perspective, Classic Reflections – Whatever Happened to Macrosystems? – Part 1, interviews, game reviews, news, and much more.

The magazine can be purchased from here:

The Amiga Future Website

Francis G. Loch, the author of PowerReboot for AmigaOS 4.1, has published a report about his experiences with the A1222+ on the website of amiga-news.de.

He presents solutions to problems others might encounter when first setting up and getting to know the computer. Highly worth checking out if you are a new A1222+ owner.

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-11-00057-EN.html

There is currently a games competition being held on Amigans.net. For November, participants compete to get the highest score in Mini Metal Slug, an action game brought to AmigaOS 4 by HunoPPC.

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

Currently in the lead is Mr_byte with a whopping 48,480 points!

Hans de Ruiter of KSD – Amiga Corner has published a new video on YouTube called Quick Guide: Cross-compiling to AmigaOS 4.x+ the easy way:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5j6Ycc4-6o

The author writes: “Setting up a cross-compiler for AmigaOS 4 used to be a painful task because you had to build the cross-compiler yourself following complicated instructions. Now, there’s a much easier way: using pre-built Docker containers. This video shows you how it’s done…”

You can visit his website here.

The Amiga Retro Channel, hosted by Maijestro, has published a video looking at 3D gaming on the AmigaOne X5000. Here he shows games like Quake 3 and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy running.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpe4hiM9rPo

Maijestro recently bought an AmigaOne X5000 and informed us that he will be publishing more videos showing this computer in action in the future.

Skateman has written a post on his blog titled “rVNCd 1.38: A New Era of Remote AmigaOS4 Control”. You can read it here:

https://www.skateman.nl/index.php/2024/11/03/rvncd-1-38-a-new-era-of-remote-amigaos4-control/

Robert Bernardo has published many photos from the AmiWest 2024 event on his blog:

http://blog.retro-link.com/2024/11/more-amiwest-show-2024-photos.html

Not only that, you can watch his videos from the same event on his YouTube-channel:

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

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

Well worth checking out for sure! 🙂

Until Next Time

You’ve reached the end of this month’s AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup.