Parallel to the release of Linux kernel 6.19.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finalized the compilation for AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00046-EN.html

#Linux #AmigaOne #AmigaOneX5000 #QEMU #AmigaOneX1000

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – January 2026

Introduction

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

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

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

Now, let us dive into the news.

Software News

Hollywood 11: Coderise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hollywood Syntax for Annotate & GEdit

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

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

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

The Cubic IDE add-on for Hollywood 11.0

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

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

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

Hollywood 11 SDK, Hollywood Player 11, UltraEdit Wordfile

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

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

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

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

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

UltraEdit Wordfile

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

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

AmiSSL

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

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

New Iconset and Wallpapers from McFly

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

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

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

ReSrc4

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

https://github.com/rolsen74/resrc4

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

Gabrielle

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

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

Virtual Jaguar

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

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

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

Abuse 2025 SDL2

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

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

More information about Abuse 2025 at:

https://github.com/apancik/Abuse_2025

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

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net

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

Zaz

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

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

Download this on my Site and private FTP.

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

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

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

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

https://ko-fi.com/hunoppc

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

Ubek

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

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

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

Features of the new version include:

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

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

Final

Added support gamepad for SDL3 version.

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

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

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

Memory Schmemory

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

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

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

RNOEffects

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

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

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

Version 2.1 includes the following changes:

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

You can download the AmigaOS 4 version for free here:

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

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

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

Vault 1.2.0

George Sokianos has released version 1.2.0 of Vault.

He writes as follows:

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

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

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

Please visit his Ko-Fi page for more information.

Changelog

[1.2.0] – 2026-01-18

Added

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

Changed

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

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

PolarPaint

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

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

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

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

Changes since the last release:

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

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

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

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

Deepscan

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

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

AmiArcadia

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

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

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

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

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

Changes since V35.9:
Summary:

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

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

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

Theme List

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

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

AIChat

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

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

Features:

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

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

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

SDL 3

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

More information is available here:

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

Sfputc

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

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

Omanko

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

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

Misc

Moonlight by Helge Kvalheim

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

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

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

BOING – Issue 10

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

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

News from ACube Systems about the Sam440EP

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

You can find the complete text over on their website:

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

Amiga Future Issue 178

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

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

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

Kickstart Expo 3.0

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

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

New Calendar for 2026

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

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

YouTube

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Until next time

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

I wish you all a great weekend!

All the best,

Puni – AmigaOne, Sam, and AmigaOS 4 enthusiast

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

“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

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

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

#Amiga #AmigaNews #AmigaOne #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS4MonthlyRoundup #PowerPC #PPC

Linux: Kernel 6.12.62 LTS for X1000/e5500
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled the Linux kernel 6.12.62 LTS ("long-term support") for the AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs). A Docker file is now also included for easily creating a Docker container for cross-compiling Linux PPC kernels.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00081-EN.html

#Amiga #AmigaOne #Linux

Parallel to the release of Linux kernel 6.18.0, Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has finalized the compilation for AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-12-00004-EN.html

#Linux #AmigaOne #QEMU

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

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! 😉

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.

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!

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

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)

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!

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/

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.

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

#amiga #amigaNews #amigaone #amigaos4 #amigaos4MonthlyRoundup #powerpc #ppc

Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled the Linux kernel 6.12.47 LTS ("long-term support") for the AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-09-00069-EN.html

#Linux #kernel #LTS #AmigaOne

Linux: Kernel 6.16.0 for X1000/e5500

Parallel to the release of Linux kernel 6.15.0, Christian ‘xeno74’ Zigotzky has finalized the compilation for AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs).

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-07-00116-EN.html

#Linux #AmigaOne

A week after the release of the Linux kernel 5.10.240 LTS ("long-term support"), Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled it for the AmigaOne X1000 and X5000.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-07-00100-EN.html

#AmigaOne #Linux #Kernel

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – May 2025

Hi,

Welcome to the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup covering May 2025! Thanks for visiting my blog, and hope you’ll enjoy the read.

At the time of writing it is now June 1st and a new month lies ahead of us. Who knows what it will bring to the world of the Amiga? Will we see development starting on bringing AmigaOS 4 to the Mirari board?

Time will show.

As of now, MorphOS is now booting and working to some degree on it. Whenever I visit Discord or forums, it looks like there are updates on their progress porting it.

I’m very impressed by the work of the Mirari team, and also the MorphOS group, and look forward to following their work in the coming months. It will be very interesting to see what will happen in the AmigaOS 4 camp when boards are available to their developers.

With that said, let us now move on to the news from May. 🙂

Software News

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 2.6.0 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.057 was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on May 7th. If you are interested in checking it out, please click here. Another version called PolarPaint Small can be downloaded via this link. A list of changes can be found on OS4Depot.

Video Slot Machine is a game developed by Juan Carlos Herran Martin. An interesting addition is that you can customize the slot machine with your videos and watch them when you earn money from your spins. The latest version, 1.20, includes new background graphics and melodies, bug fixes, and Spanish language support.

Fractal Nova is a real-time Mandelbrot / Julia fractal calculated by the GPU requiring the Warp3D Nova library version 54. It is being developed by Juha Niemimaki and version 1.1 is now available on OS4Depot.

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on May 19th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Recent changes since 8.65 include miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. More detailed information can be found on OS4Depot.

Kjetil Hvalstrand has been working on improving the Classic Amiga emulation package E-UAE. Version 1.1.1 has been released and includes several improvements:

• Fixed two issues with bdsocket.library
• Fixed issue with stretching in 16-bit AGA screens
• Created accelerator.library

Download is available here.

Maijestro of the Amiga Retro Channel on YouTube gave this one a run:

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

RdrPrep is a program that prepares an ASCII file for submission to a Hercules virtual card reader. It reads the input file, and provides a mechanism to include other (ASCII or EBCDIC) files. It is being developed by James M. Morrison.

TMSColor is a converter from BMP to TMS9928 format developed by Oscar Toledo G. Version 3.1 is now available on OS4depot.

Steffen Häuser a.k.a. MagicSN is working hard on bringing RetroArch, a modular emulation system that can emulate a wide range of systems, to AmigaOS 4. On OS4Depot you can now find cores for the soon-to-be-released emulation package.

There you’ll find the following cores:

• PicoDrive
• GenesisPlus GX
• SNES9x 2010
• MAME 2003

The Amiga Retro Channel follows the development close and has recently published a video of the beta version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJY5gWPYAtQ

On May 29th, DRIDI released version 7.342Final of the Arabic Console Device, which contains a bug fix. It can be downloaded from OS4Depot.

Version 2.5.2 of the WHD-Load front-end iGame was released in May. 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. Changes are as follows:

Fixed

• Fixed the execution of whdload that broke on v2.5.1 for those that use an old icon library

iGame 2.5.1 – [2025-05-29]

Added

• Added a file requester in the Properties window, which can be used to set a different WHDLoad slave file for an item. This is useful when a game/demo changed place on the hard disk. (#174)
• Based on the selected file by the new field, the tooltypes text is updated, enabled/disabled, based if the selected file is a WHDLoad slave one.

Changed

• Moved the Properties window code to its own files
• Added the “Open game folder” menu in the MorphOS version, that was missing
• Disabled the gamepad usage on MorphOS because it was reported giving problems while playing a game

Fixed

• Fixed starting WHDLoad games in MorphOS using WHDLoadopener (#253)

iGame 2.5.0 – [2025-05-12]

Added

• Added a new “Information” window that includes the “Released date”, the “Released by”, the “Chipset”, the links to external websites and most of the fields from the properties window.
• Added the option to use repositories based on assigns (fixes #240)

Changed

• The “Properties” window has only the tooltypes of the selected item available to change.

Fixed

• Fixed a potential crash on exit, happening mostly on AmigaOS 3.1 systems (fixes #239)

BreakHack is a small, roguelike game. It was developed by Linus Probert. You can find it for various platforms on Steam. This game was ported to AmigaOS 4 by George Sokianos, also known as Walkero. The new version contains the following changes:

[4.2.1r1] – 2025-05-31

Changed

• Updated to the latest upstream code and now it uses SDL3

FrozenAt is a utility developed by Kjetil Hvalstrand. It is a small command line tool to find out where a program is hanging. Version 1.1 is now available for download.

Michael Trebilcock has uploaded a vast amount of updates to libraries and more to OS4Depot! It is a huge list, so I recommend you visit there and have a look. Here is the link.

Version 34.2 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 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 a summary of the changes since the last version:

Changes since V34.31:
Summary:

• TWIN, PHUNSY, Selbstbaucomputer: added “Settings|Input|Queue
  keystrokes?” toggle.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Please click here to be taken to the download page.

Amiga-news.de reports that that “The Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) multimedia library is now available for AmigaOS 4 in versions 2.32.6 and 3.2.14.” More information is available on their website here.

Miscellaneous News

A new issue of Amiga Future has been released! This time it is number 174.

More information is available here. You can order the magazine from your favorite Amiga shops or directly from the publisher.

Trixie of the Rear Window blog has published a new post. It looks at the SATA PCI card from Rabbit Hole Computing.

YouTube

The Norwegian musician Helge Kvalheim has returned with two new songs for us to enjoy! He creates his music on an AmigaOne X5000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy6i10WWl3g

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

A video from CLASS 2025 features Robert Bernardo. He is the organizer of the show and leader of the Fresno Commodore User Group and the Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network. The video shows AmigaOS 4 demos running on an AmigaOne 1222+.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_rvKvziBB8

He also did a presentation of the A1222+:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeL2OKtxFLw

Ghettofinger Gaming is back again and this time with a new unboxing video! From Relec in Switzerland comes his second A1222+ in form of The Red One. I must say that this computer looks very, very nice. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAe5K1K4Qwg

He also made a video showing his two systems:

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

Anouk33 has created a video showing a comparison of AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS 3.19 on a Pegasos 2 in relation to Petunia and Trance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L-bYMQvQnI

AmigaWave episode 393 includes a comparison between AmigaOS 4.1 and MorphOS. It is in Spanish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdtLk3bYk-A

TheLostC is back with a new video, this time about updating UBoot on his Sam460cr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny0QfSqkgWY

Until next time

You’ve now reached the end of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup for May 2025.

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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