#amigaos41 — Public Fediverse posts

From Pianeta Amiga this weekend ...
"AmigaLabs table, with Georgios Sokianos (aka “Walkero”, here a link to support his work) and Andrea Palmaté (here a link to support his work). Stopping to talk to them, I discovered one of their latest and extremely fascinating projects: a new kernel, based on a slightly modified version of the open-source AROS operating system,

#Amiga #AmigaOS #AmigaOS41
#AROS

M9 Issues on the Sam440ep running AmigaOS 4.1 FE

Hi, and thanks for visiting my blog!

Recently I’ve been struggling with getting my Sam440ep running AmigaOS 4.1 to work properly. I therefore thought I’d share some information about this in case someone else out there is experiencing the same.

For those wondering what on Earth a Sam440ep is, here you can find more information:

IntuitionBase – Your Guide To AmigaOS4.x And The AmigaOne

What happened is that after the BIOS-screen, the AmigaOS 4.1 splash screen appeared as normal, but once it reached Workbench, it rebooted automatically.

First solution was to boot without startup-sequence. Fortunately, the computer worked fine in AmigaDOS for simple tasks. I therefore deleted screenmode.prefs to get a clean start. Rebooted. Then managed after a while to boot into Workbench and it was set in BootVGA mode. This is a limited screenmode with few colors and low resolutions. No games or programs would work, as it would reboot under heavier graphics load.

Then I removed backgrounds from Workbench and Windows, and finally managed to boot into Workbench in a higher screenmode, but…the Sam rebooted everytime I tried to run something demanding a bit more graphics. However, it did not reboot of itself when reaching Workbench, so it is clear the M9 graphics chips need some support.

As suggestion by several folks on the Amigans.net Discord, such as afxgroup and Elwood, the solution is most likely to mount a small fan directly on the M9 graphics chip on the Sam440ep motherboard.

I have now placed an order for this, and if all goes well, it’ll arrive this weekend. 🙂 Hopefully this will being my trusty Sam back in business again.

ACube Systems did post a recommendation to use a fan on the M9 earlier this year:

ACube Systems Srl

I must admit to not having followed that advice earlier, but hopefully it is not too late. 😉

That was all for now, thanks for reading and I wish you fun with the old computers!

Best wishes,

Puni – AmigaOldskooler

AmigaOS 4 Mesa Demo Runs Six Native Shader Scenes
#Amiga #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS41 #Mesa3D #OpenGL #GLSL #Radeon #Demoscene #RetroComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/amigaos-4-mesa-demo-runs-six-native-shader-scenes/?fsp_sid=12475

EntwicklerX – Radon Break released for AmigaOS4.1

Hi everyone,

Great news for AmigaOne / AmigaOS 4.1 users out there! EntwicklerX has returned with a brand new game for the platform. It is called Radon Break and is a brick breaker game.

Please read on for the full news from EntwicklerX:

EntwicklerX have released the game Radon Break for AmigaOS 4.1!

Radon Break is a classic Brick Breaker / Arkanoid style game for your AmigaOS 4.x Computer. Break bricks by using the ball. Get items like speed, ball splitter and paddle resize to make the game more challenging. Some specials like gun, power ball or block wall helps you while playing your game.

Radon Blast is full packed with randomly sorted stages. Jump from stage to stage, collect bonus items for a better higher score.

Features:

* 40 action stages
* Retro game play with a modern twist
* Clean 3D graphics and nice effects
* Stunning chip tune enhanced music track
* Special Items: split ball, paddle resize, power ball, speed, glue, gun, ball splitter
* Bonus Items: block wall, extra score, next level, extra ball
* AmigaOS: Quality and performance Settings
* AmigaOS:  Warp3D Nova / OpenGLES Support (required!)

More information:

Hardware Requirements: AmigaOS 4.1 F.E. Computer with Warp3D Nova/OpenGLES compatible graphics card

Because of the many different configurations, it is difficult to cover all problems. Just send us an email to [email protected] and we will try to fix bugs.

Also play with the quality and performance settings to adapt the game to your hardware.

The “FPS” setting shows you the current frame rate.

In the ToolTypes you can also activate your own screen mode. If the setting is put in brackets, the Workbench resolution is used.

Default is 1280x720p to make it playable on lower devices too. 

Links:

https://www.amiga-shop.net/Amiga-Softw … le/Radon-Break::1470.html
https://entwicklerx.itch.io/radon-break

Youtube:

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

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

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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – April 2026

Introduction

Hi, and welcome to another edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup!

This time we’ll have a look at what has been going on in the community and on the platform in April.

Without further ado, let us head over to the news!

Software News

AirPrint

This is a printer utility for AmigaOS 4.

According to the author:

“This is only released through the Forum of http://www.amigans.net for Alpha testing. Still early stage, but work is ongoing.”

Release 0.36A:

1. Printer spooler directory should work properly now, this caused a lot of
problems.

2. Printers was found trough search function, but printer properties was not
added correctly or not found. Should be working better now.

3. Added SSL support, but require that you have AmiSSL installed, link to
Os4Depot above. For some of the debug logs I got from you, the printers required
SSL.

4. In the search window I added the possibility to search by manual ip address
in case your printer is located on another subnetwork and my auto search does
not find it.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/print/airprint.lha

AirScan

Version 0.2 of AirScan has been released. This is an Amiga scanner utility based on the ESCL protocol. You can search for scanners in your network with the MDNS protocol. You can also add scanners by their IP address. Works with eSCL 2.5 and 2.62 devices. Tested on Epson XP-322 and Epson ET L3160.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/print/airscanner.lha

AmiArcadia

Version 36.11 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!

You can read about the latest changes and download the package here:

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

AmigaDiskBench v2.8

Derfs is back again with an update to AmigaDiskBench.

AmigaDiskBench is a modern, high-performance disk benchmarking utility specifically designed for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition.

It provides a robust, ReAction-based GUI to measure, analyze, and visualize the performance of various storage devices, filesystems, and hardware configurations.

v2.9 (Current)

– Fixed: Random 4K Write, Random 4K Read, and Mixed R/W 70/30 tests failed on all hardware. ChangeFilePosition() returns -1 on some systems/filesystems despite the seek succeeding. Seek error detection now uses IoErr() instead of the return value.
– S.M.A.R.T. attribute name table expanded from 36 to 68 known attributes. Added SSD-specific attributes (Samsung, Intel, Micron, Kingston), HDD mechanical attributes, extended LBA counters, and missing ID 11 (Calibration Retry Count).
– Build identification: startup banner always prints version and build timestamp to the debug console.
– Module-selective debug: DEBUG_THIS_MODULE opt-in mechanism for focused serial debug output during diagnosis.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/benchmark/amigadiskbench.lha

AmiSSL

Version 5.27 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

The following archive contains developer files and example programs.

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

Arabic Console Device

DRIDI has released version 15.0Final of the Arabic Console Device.

Changes are as follows:

(version 15.0Final) “Version education&legacy” finished – [Arabic] algorithms:
rigorous and handcrafted – Vowels (and tanwin) before alif maqsura + alif suscrit enhanced. The handcrafted
algo[ed, ArabicLauncher] is less rigorous! If the Scribe wants other combination, he can use Capital[starting from 0xC0-0xDF] : an underline begins the arabic word.

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

Audio Convert Manager

Juan Carlos Herrán Martín has released version 1.06 of this utility. You can use this to convert sound files. It supports a wide range of formats, such as 8svx, aiff, mod, med, dbm, mp3, wav, and many more.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/convert/acm.lha

Audiocast Remote

As can be read in the readme:

“Audiocast Remote is a standalone graphical controller for DLNA-enabled Audiocast and compatible audio streaming devices in your local network. It offers basic playback control (play, pause, next, previous, stop) and volume slider. Settings and last used IP address are saved in a simple text file for convenience. Preset buttons for station stored in mobile app.”

Features:

– Play, Pause, Next, Previous, Stop for DLNA device
– Fast volume control via slider
– Remembers last used IP/port in config file
– Simple start with Preset button (station must be stored in mobile app first)
– Simple, clean RapaGUI interface

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

Axion

VirtualAssets is developing a new 3D strategy game called Axion. Amitopia has a long article covering it, which you can find here:

https://amitopia.com/axion-brings-fully-3d-tactical-combat-to-the-amiga/

Ghettofinger Gaming made a video showing the game running on his AmigaOne X5000/040:

Baphomet Screensaver

First up in April is the Baphomet Screensaver by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín. It has a gothic theme with demons and angels, depicting the eternal battle of good and evil on your screen.

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

Depscan

The utility was created by Lorence Lombardo. Version 2.0 is now out and available for download.

Depscan was based on Megacz’s “Depstrack”, but was not translated at all, and was written entirely from scratch.

Depscan is intended for future use with bgpk’s extended information scripts.

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

Dopus5ByAI

A new fork of Dopus 5 has been established. Please read below for more information.

“Directory Opus 5.100 – All Amigas

A modern, actively-maintained fork of Directory Opus 5 Magellan II, the legendary Amiga file manager, ported and updated for all Amiga-like platforms.

This fork (dopus5allamigas) picks up where the 2012 APL open-source release left off, adding bug fixes, new features, and continued platform support.

Supported platforms
– AmigaOS 3 (m68k, including OS3.9/OS3.2)
– AmigaOS 4 (PPC)
– MorphOS (PPC)
– AROS (i386, ARM, and other architectures)”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/filetool/dopus5.lha

Grimorium PDF

Grimorium PDF is a utility you can use to open PDF documents, such as invoices, receipts, blueprints, and so forth.

It can export the pages to formats such as JPG and GIF. Version 2.60 is out now. It has now been compiled with Hollywood 112.0, using the new plugin PDF 2.0.

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

HollyTris

If you like Tetris, you’ll probably be happy to read that a new clone has been released!

It is called HollyTris and was developed by A500Fan. You can download it for free via the link below:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/puzzle/hollytris.lha

Hwp_HTTPStreamer

In the readme over on OS4Depot, we can read the following:

“This plugin enables Hollywood to open and stream files from HTTP sources as if they were stored on a local drive. Once this plugin has been activated, all Hollywood functions that deal with files will “automagically” be able to open files from HTTP sources as well. Starting with version 2.0, HTTP Streamer also supports the hURL plugin, which makes it possible to stream data using lots of other protocols, such as HTTPS or FTP.

HTTP Streamer uses a sophisticated multi-threaded design for highly efficient
streaming. Each connection is managed by a dedicated thread for optimal performance. The
plugin also supports Hollywood 6.0’s new streaming APIs, which means that you will be able to
stream audio and video files from HTTP sources with plugins like avcodec.hwp.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/hollywood/httpstreamer.lha

Hwp_hURL

Another nice plugin for Hollywood.

“hURL is a plugin for Hollywood that allows you to transfer data using many different protocols. Based on curl, hURL supports an incredibly wide range of transfer protocols, e.g., DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, Gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, Telnet and TFTP. Furthermore, hURL supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, HTTP/2, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Plain, Digest, CRAM-MD5, NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and more. It really is the ultimate data transfer engine for Hollywood, leaving nothing to be desired.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/hollywood/hurl.lha

iConecta

This is a small and handy utility that can be used to test your Internet connection. It is being developed by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín.

For the new version, the author has removed the Miniwood system due to visual problems with the clock.

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

MCC_HTMLView

“HTMLview.mcc is a MUI custom class that renders HTML inside any MUI application. The class supports the bulk of HTML 4 and is fast enough to drop into mail readers, news readers, and help browsers without a noticeable parse step.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/mui/mcc_htmlview.lha

NodeAmiga

A complete JavaScript engine and runtime environment for classic Amiga computers. Built from scratch in C, targeting MC68000 and AmigaOS 2.0+. Inspired by Node.js, adapted for the Amiga platform.

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

PolarPaint

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.381 was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on April 17th.

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

– Fix – Check that filename is not same as input file when saving with delay
– RMB button change when switching mode
– Missing filters in save fil requestors

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

RapaTank

With this application, depending on your address, a list of gas stations can be found. A navigation aid is also offered. Version 1.7 is now available for download.

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=utility/misc/rapatank.zip

Rave

Daniel Jedlicka has released an updated version of Rave, his sound editor for AmigaOS 4-compatible computers. It provides functionality for manipulating and storing digital audio files.

Changes since the previous release are as follows:

– A configurable ruler above the waveform display now shows time or sample
position.

– Fixed: After changing the font in the Settings, the font name gadget could
show garbage in certain circumstances.

– Fixed: An off-by-one error introduced in sndeditor.gadget 1.5 could freeze the
system when click-dragging past the gadget’s right border.

– Added a workaround for a bug in button.gadget <54.3 that could trigger a race
condition and result in a crash on AmigaOne X1000 computers.

– Based on a user request, lowered the minimum supported sample rate to 4000 Hz.

– Various other smaller improvements and fixes.

– Updated documentation.

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

ScummVM

Maijestro, who runs the Amiga Retro Channel on YouTube, is working hard to improve the AmigaOS 4 port of ScummVM and keep it up to date. No easy task for sure, but he is doing a great job so far! I’m happy that this version runs fine on my A1222+.

ScummVM is a program that allows you to run many classic point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have the game data files. ScummVM replaces the executables shipped with the original games, allowing you to play them on modern hardware.

This is a native AmigaOS4 PPC port of ScummVM, built with GLES2 support via Warp3D Nova. It runs on AmigaOne X5000 and compatible hardware. For QEMU and Pegasos2 users, Wazp3D is required as a software OpenGL replacement:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=library/graphics/wazp3d.lha

VERSION HISTORY:
2026.2.0-AmigaOS4 – Major update

– Updated to ScummVM 2026.2.0
– 92 engines included (up from 26)
– Vulkan support removed (not needed, GLES2 via gl4es used)
– Mouse Grab support added (Ctrl+M to toggle)
– Startup time reduced to ~1 second
– shaders.dat caching added
– All debug output removed (clean release build)
– Version string cleaned up (no git hash)
– Binary stripped (22MB)
– clib4.library V2.1 included
– FluidSynth MIDI driver added and confirmed working on X5000 (SoundFont .sf2 files go in the soundfonts/ folder in PROGDIR:)
– TiMidity MIDI driver added and confirmed working on X5000
– MM1 (Might & Magic 1) engine enabled
– SCI32 engine enabled (Blue Force, PQ4, SQ6, Phantasmagoria)
– GUI fix: Override settings (Audio/MIDI/Graphics) now correctly initialized when opening Edit Game dialog
– GUI fix: GM Device and MT-32 Device dropdowns are now correctly enabled when the MIDI override is active in per-game settings
– CAMD: MIDI port selection now correctly lists all available ports
– BUG FIX: GUI Scale crash fixed &#8212; switching scale in fullscreen mode no longer causes “Surface::transBlitFrom: bytesPerPixel must be 1, 2, 4” error and quit (3bpp surface is now correctly converted to 32bit)
– BUG FIX: GUI Scale default set to 100% on first launch &#8212; GUI is now fully functional on first start without a config file
– BUG FIX: False “Unknown Level 9 game or version” detection fixed &#8212; games like Necronomicon no longer show a spurious Level 9 entry in the game list. Root cause was a logic error in the Level 9 scanner (present in all ScummVM platforms) which has been corrected.

SerialShell

In the documents, we can read the following:

SerialShell is a lightweight TCP server that runs on AmigaOS 4 and enables remote command execution, file transfer, and program output capture from a host machine.  It is designed for developers who use QEMU or real Amiga hardware and want to automate build-deploy-test workflows from their development PC.

Key features:

– Execute AmigaOS shell commands remotely and capture output
– Upload and download files over TCP (binary safe)
– Run clib4/-athread=native programs with output capture
– Minimal footprint (~70 KB), no external dependencies
– Auto-starts at boot via S:User-Startup

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

Snoopy

If you’d like to have a peek at what actually goes on behind the curtains on your AmigaOS 4 desktop, the utility called Snoopy will be able to help you. Created by Colin Wenzel, this is a SnoopDos-like program that will reveal all kinds of information about what is happening.

Snoopy 54.129 (16-04-2026): CJW
– Bumped Snoopy DOS update version warning to 54.155

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

Vintage Song Player

This is a music player created by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín. It supports a wide range of formats, such as MP3, MOD, MED, XM, S3M, and so forth.

Version 2.75 is out now. The option to raise or lower the volume has been included at the request of Helmut Haake.

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

VirtIO SCSI Device Driver for AmigaOS 4.1 FE

Derf has released version 1.8 of this driver. Virtioscsi.device is a device driver for AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition that gives the operating system access to VirtIO SCSI virtual disks in QEMU virtual machines.

He writes as follows:

“This driver was developed with Claude AI (Anthropic) acting as the primary engineer – writing all C code, designing the architecture, debugging hardware-level issues, and navigating the AmigaOS 4.1 SDK. It is a
practical demonstration of AI-assisted low-level systems programming on a niche, legacy platform with minimal AI training data available.”

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=driver/storage/virtioscsi.lha

WipeOut-RE Fantomas Edition

HunoPPC announced the final version of this game:

“Hello Amigans, Here is the final version of WipeOut-RE Fontômas edition Normal and SPE version. 

This version speeds up the engine by 2.5x and you will be able to take advantage of shaders with effects (CRT, etc.). 

On A1222 + RX480 8GO (native screen) = 200 fps 70% of CPU 

On X5000 + RX560 3GO (native screen) = 400 fps 40% of CPU 

This version is in Beta on my FTP server (named: wipegame_egl). 

This version is hybrid (Normal and SPE) and uses the new version of EGL_Wrap (W.I.P. not distributed). 

The final version should be released soon, and you will be able to fully enjoy it on your NG machines. 

Thank you for your support and patience, as this is a colossal undertaking, especially since I am the only one writing the code and fixing the problems. Have a good day!”

https://ko-fi.com/post/WipeOut-RE-Fontomas-edition-NORMALSPE-Core-final-O4O71WKDTG

On April 27th he announced:

“We’re finally here!! We’re on the home stretch before the release of WipeOut-RE Shaders and WipeOut-RE Fantômas Edition.

Three months of work to achieve this result in my free time

These two versions will be officially released this weekend and will be available for download on my website.”

https://ko-fi.com/post/WipeOut-RE-Shaders-and-WipeOut-RE-Shaders-Fantomas-D1D21YJIW6

Looks like brilliant work once again from HunoPPC!

Miscellaneous News

Amiga Music from Norway

The Norwegian Amiga musician Helge Kvalheim is back with more music!

As far as I know, he made three songs in April, which he uploaded to his YouTube channel. Here is one of them. Enjoy!

Lady Noir – Middle Big Room Reverb (HKvalhe’s 16bit 6ch Amiga Soft Jazz Swing) – Helge Kvalheim

Amiga Future

Issue 180 of Amiga Future has been released!

This May and June issue contains reviews of El Asesino Que Nadie Escucho (EAQNE), Kyvos, Lüttje Bookholler 1.89, and much more!

More information, as well as the opportunity to order, can be found via the link below:

https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/viewarticle?a=11054

Rewriting clib4’s I/O Layer: A Newlib-Inspired stdio for AmigaOS 4

Andrea Palmatè, Amigasoft.net, has published a new post on his Ko-fi-page. Check it out here:

https://ko-fi.com/post/Rewriting-clib4s-IO-Layer-A-Newlib-Inspired-std-P5P11XTKA2

New, QEMU-specific graphics card driver for AmigaOS 4

Amiga-news.de reports that QEMU developer Zoltan Balaton has released ATIRadeon.chip, a replacement for the graphics card driver included with AmigaOS 4. Please visit amiga-news.de to get the full news.

https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-04-00107-EN.html

Huenison by Retream Games Competition

A game competition in Huenison by Retream is currently taking place on Amigans.net.

The contest is being arranged by 328gts. The goal is to score as many points as possible. Everyone is welcome to join in. You can find more details here:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=10088

Kyvos 2.1.0

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

More information can be found via the link below:

https://ko-fi.com/post/Kyvos-2-1-0-hot-released-G2G31YIJTU

Here is a video showing the installation process of Kyvos v2.

YouTube

I Smelled Smoke! First Power On of a RARE AmigaOne XE by BlueBarnTech

AmigaOne XE Repair Part 2: New Parts, Serial Ports, and Zero Luck. (Help!) by BlueBarnTech

Amiga NG na dopingu!!! X1000 – chłodniej – ciszej – szybciej….

nowy80Retro #219, Wings Battlefield – AmigaOS4.1, Pegasos II, PPC 1000MHz, Radeon 9000 Pro

nowy80Retro #220, AmigaOS4.1, Pegasos II PPC z Tunerem TV AVerMedia AVerTV Studio

QEMU 11 – AOS4 A1 Installing the system from the Voodoo3 development device by Marek Glogowski

AmigaOne X5000 Gameplay Los Malditos del Valle del Cerro + Bonus Turrican II (Remake) on AmigaOS 4.1

Until next time

You’ve now reached the end of another AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup. 🙂 Hope you enjoyed the news, and that you found out about something you didn’t know about from before.

Thanks to all of you for reading, and I wish you a great May!

Yours,

Puni / AmigaOldskooler

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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – January 2026

Introduction

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

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

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

Now, let us dive into the news.

Software News

Hollywood 11: Coderise

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hollywood Syntax for Annotate & GEdit

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

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

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

The Cubic IDE add-on for Hollywood 11.0

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

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

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

Hollywood 11 SDK, Hollywood Player 11, UltraEdit Wordfile

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

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

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

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

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

UltraEdit Wordfile

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

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

AmiSSL

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

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

New Iconset and Wallpapers from McFly

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

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

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

ReSrc4

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

https://github.com/rolsen74/resrc4

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

Gabrielle

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

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

Virtual Jaguar

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

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

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

Abuse 2025 SDL2

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

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

More information about Abuse 2025 at:

https://github.com/apancik/Abuse_2025

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

https://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net

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

Zaz

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

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

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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!

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

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!

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!

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)

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On GitHub:

https://github.com/AmigaPorts/SDL

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

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

From their website, we can read:

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

The story

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

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

Three editions for everyone who loves the Amiga

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

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

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

PowerPC version

Minimum system requirements PPC version:

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

Recommended system requirements PPC version:

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

Ola Söder has released InstallerLG version 1.03:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The source code is available here:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bassano del Grappa, Italy – October 18, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoy Amiga40! We certainly will!

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

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

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

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

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

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

What’s new in this Alpha build

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

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

Several internal optimizations to make the browser smoother and faster

Audio and Video playback are currently disabled in this Alpha build

Important Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Misc

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The screenshots above is from his Patreon page.

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

Oct 28th, 2025

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

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

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

For presentations, the show will have unique content:

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

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

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

Contact: Jerry Gray
SACC Vice President
[email protected]

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

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

This game is available for purchase here:

https://retream.itch.io/blastaway

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – September 2025

Hi,

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

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

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

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

Software News

The Settlers 2 is coming…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Changes:

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

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

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

Here is the SDK for developers:

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

Regular package for users:

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

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

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.

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 V35.22:

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!

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!

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

Hi everyone,

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

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

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.

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

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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. 🙂

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!

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.“

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

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!

A new commercial game has been released by EntwicklerX!

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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)

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 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/

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!”

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:

1. “Execute script_file” [no argument permitted] (file contains only lines of command; no interpreted Shell)
2. ScriptFile_with_protection_bit_set [arguments] (all you want but no variable remains because of spawn process – SystemTags)

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

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!

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

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.

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

Hi everyone,

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

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.

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

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

Here is the link:

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

Pre-order is now open.

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

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EntwicklerX – Starfall Defenders released for AmigaOS 4!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting Old School Game Blog. 🙂

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

Here is the news as posted on Amigans.net:

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

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

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

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.

Great to see new games for AmigaOS 4!

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

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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

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.

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)

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:

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

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

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

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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Lite XL – Lightweight and Powerful Text-Editing – Version 2.1.8r1 for AmigaOS 4.1 Released!

Hi there,

Thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

A new version of the lightweight and powerful text-editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.68r1.

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 the hold of the new version, it can be freely download from OS4Depot via the link below:

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

Thanks again for visiting my blog! See you in another post here on Old School Game Blog!

Best regards,

Puni

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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)

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:

• 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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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

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.

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).

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

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:

• 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

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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 Monthly Roundup – January 2025

AmigaOS 4 News – January 2025

Hi,

Welcome to a new edition of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! 🙂 Thanks for visiting my blog. Hope you’ll enjoy the news!

New year, new opportunities. Let’s have a look at what happened on the platform in January.

Software News

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 5.3 sees the following changes:

• Reworked and speededup color remapping algorithms
• Fixed parsing of “COLORSREMAP” ToolType

Smart Filesystem 1.279 by Jörg Strohmayer is available to download on OS4Depot. This version, however, is an older one. The newest is only available through the Enhancer Software package from A-EON Technology. Still, it can be useful for those not using Enhancer. Here is the link to the download.

Frank Wille has released 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. More information is available here:

http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vasm/

Now here is an interesting one. Anyone into the field of genealogy? If yes, then you might find the following software helpful. The application is called AmiGen and it is a genealogist program developed by R. Florac. The author states the documentation and the catalogue is in French only at the moment. If you’d like to AmiGen, here is the download link.

AmiTranslate by Marcus Sackrow is a DeepL interface for Amiga systems with text print and PDF output. Version 0.5 is now available on OS4Depot.

René W. Olsen is back with version 2.12 of ReSrc4, an Mc680x0 disassembler. It was tested against the Amiga game Civilization (ECS) and LightwaveFP for FPU support. The source is available here:

https://github.com/rolsen74/resrc4

A new version of the lightweight text-editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.7R2. The png16 library has now been added to the AmigaOS 4 archive.

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.

Version 1.34 of the AFA-Viewer from A. Pankalla has been released. With this program, you can use the Amiga Future Archive-DVD in a very effective and easy way. Find the item you are searching for, then double-click on the right line to read it straight away.

George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero had released a new game port for AmigaOS 4. This time he brought over Jazz Jackrabbit to the platform! This is a fun and entertaining platform game series that was created and started by Epic Megagames back in 1994. After the first game, others in the series followed such as Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and Jazz Jackrabbit 3. You can read more about this on Wikipedia.

Walkero writes in the documentation:

This is the port of openjazz to AmigaOS 4.

OpenJazz is a free, open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit(TM)
games.

To play, you will need the files from one of the original games.

With the demise of DOS-based operating systems, it has become necessary to use
emulators to play old DOS games. Jazz Jackrabbit(TM) deserves more – and would
benefit greatly from new features.

about:blank

Jazz Jackrabbit(TM) is a PC platform game. Produced by Epic Games (then Epic
MegaGames), it was first released in 1994. The fast-paced, colourful gameplay
proved popular, and the game won PC Format’s Arcade Game of the Year award.
Many people still fondly recall the shareware versions.

If you want to download the AmigaOS 4 port, please head over to OS4Depot by clicking here.

Keep in mind that you’ll need the data files. Walkero has tested the port with the data files from the games from GOG (Good Old Games). They currently have a -84% discount on the Jazz Jackrabbit Collection right now if you are interested.

Roman “Kas1e” Kargin created a port of this game series back in 2012. Since then, the OpenJazz project has received several updates. It now uses SDL2 for example. Due to problems with the bonus stage on many platforms, it has been disabled in the new OpenJazz version. This stage works fine in Kas1e’s old port.

If you are happy about George Sokianos work, you can support him on Ko-Fi. There he shares news and other interesting information about his projects. 🙂

Maijestro has created a video of OpenJazz running on his AmigaOne X5040:

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

IconDesigner has uploaded AOS-AmigaGPT-Icons to OS4Depot. Please click here to check them out.

Ulrich Beckers has released an update to PerCIMan. PerCIMan is a program for managing contacts. It allows you to store phone numbers, birthdays, image files, and so forth. People can be marked as friends, relatives, business contacts, alumni, etc. In the new version, 0.7.6, the beta version validity restriction has been removed.

A minor update has been done to glUAE by Simone Bevilacqua. Legal terms have been clarified in the readme.

Video Vortex is a frontend GUI for YT (.rexx) to search and view YouTube videos. It is developed by Thomas Kölsch and vesion 1.0 is now available for download from OS4Depot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ0xD_SchY4

On January 29th DRIDI released version 5.0Final of the Arabic Console Device.

(version 5.0Final) input in raw mode (Stevie editor) is better during heavy
multitasking, under ArabicLauncher input at beginning with pipes works better.
It remains ARABCON: [hard litterate] to adapt [to parameterize] to ARABCON2:
ARABCON3: .. ARABCONX: in plus.c : “| pl 1” at the end of an ‘Arabic’ pipe,
under “ArabicLauncher [ARABCONX:]”.

You can download it by clicking here.

Dragon Memory NG is a game developed by Santiago Radeff Leria in 2011. HunoPPC has now ported it to AmigaOS 4.1. You can download it from his website here:

http://hunoppc.amiga-projects.net/content/dragon-memory-ng-full-version

amiga-news.de reports that Juha Niemimaki a.k.a. Capehill is working on the new SDL 3.2.0. A release candidate is available. More information can be found here.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-01-00111-EN.html

Version 33.9 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)

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!

Misc

Hyperion Entertainment has posted the following news on their website:

New Ownership of Hyperion Entertainment CVBA – New Director Appointed

Brussels – January 21, 2025

At a general assembly held on December 18, 2024, organized and convened by the temporary administrator, the shareholders of Hyperion Entertainment CVBA appointed Timothy De Groote as the company’s new director.

The general assembly also instructed the new directors to prioritize consolidating the company’s financial situation and restarting development of AmigaOS.

The general assembly followed the bankruptcy of Hyperion Entertainment’s largest shareholder, Ben Hermans BV, which, under Belgian law, resulted in the annulment of its shares.

https://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/

They also state that they are back on social media platforms:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HyperionEntertainment
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hyperionentertain.bsky.social
Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@CreatorsOfAmigaOS

Amiga WARP is back one again with a brand new calendar, this time for the year 2025. Please check it out on their website by clicking here.

https://www.amigawarp.org/

The Norwegian musician Helge Kvalheim is back with a new song called Pra for LA, which was created on an AmigaOne X5000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4WpxZlI69Q

Maijestro, who runs the Amiga Retro Channel on YouTube, has uploaded several videos recently. One of these shows Dosbox in action on the AmigaOne X5000:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIVFiR3KqZQ

The Polish Amiga user Muf has released a new video about the game from Entwickler-X, Super Star Blast. You can watch it below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzJ_AoOB6ls

Ghettofinger Gamer shows his new A1222+ in a recently released YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK5OHRtGto

Until next time

You’ve now reached the end of this month’s news summary.

Thanks to all readers and supporters out there for visiting my blog and for reading the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! It is much appreciated! 🙂

I wish you all a great day and a good weekend!

Best regards,

Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler

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OpenJazz – Jazz Jackrabbit – Released for AmigaOS 4

Hi there,

Thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

When I visited OS4Depot today, I noticed that George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero had released a new game port for AmigaOS 4. This time he brought over Jazz Jackrabbit to the platform! This is a fun and entertaining platform game series that was created and started by Epic Megagames back in 1994. After the first game, others in the series followed such as Jazz Jackrabbit 2 and Jazz Jackrabbit 3. You can read more about this on Wikipedia.

Walkero writes in the documentation:

This is the port of openjazz to AmigaOS 4.

OpenJazz is a free, open-source version of the classic Jazz Jackrabbit(TM)
games.

To play, you will need the files from one of the original games.

With the demise of DOS-based operating systems, it has become necessary to use
emulators to play old DOS games. Jazz Jackrabbit(TM) deserves more – and would
benefit greatly from new features.

Jazz Jackrabbit(TM) is a PC platform game. Produced by Epic Games (then Epic
MegaGames), it was first released in 1994. The fast-paced, colourful gameplay
proved popular, and the game won PC Format’s Arcade Game of the Year award.
Many people still fondly recall the shareware versions.

If you want to download the AmigaOS 4 port, please head over to OS4Depot by clicking here.

Keep in mind that you’ll need the data files. Walkero has tested the port with the data files from the games from GOG (Good Old Games). They currently have a -84% discount on the Jazz Jackrabbit Collection right now if you are interested. 🙂

Thanks for reading. See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

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Super Star Blast – An AmigaOS 4 Game Competition on Amigans.net for January 2025

Hi there,

Thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

328gts, a user on Amigans.net, has launched a new game competition.

For the month of January 2025, you can join in and compete in the game Super Star Blast from EntwicklerX on AmigaOS 4.

Maijestro, who runs the Amiga Retro Channel on YouTube, has posted a video of his attempt at getting the best result:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa_K9cKtLrE

If you are interested in participating, please head over to Amigans.net to find more information. 🙂

Thanks for reading! Have a good weekend!

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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – December 2024

AmigaOS 4 News – December 2024

Happy New Year everyone!

First, I’d like to thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog and checking out this month’s AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup.

Today it is December 30th and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. It’s been a year filled with activity on all Amiga platforms, including the AmigaOS 4 one of course.

We can look back at the release of the A1222+, the new port of Heretic II from Hyperion Entertainment, Super Star Blast from Entwickler-X, the Wipeout Rewrite from HunoPPC, and much, much more. The month of December this year proved to be an eventful one, which you can read more about further down in this roundup.

Without further ado, here is the monthly news summary for December 2024. Hope you’ll enjoy it! 🙂

Software News

First up is JonoF’s Duke Nukem 3D port, jfduke3d, by Jonathon Fowler, with contributions by Ken Silverman and others. The porting to AmigaOS 4 was done by Marek Glogowsky. It requires the original game data to run. Most of you are probably familiar with this classic first person shooter. If you have not discovered this gem yet, please click here to find more information about it.

Now it is time for another classic. PrBoom is a version of the legendary first person shooter Doom, originally written by id Software. I assume most of you are familiar with that game. If you want to read more about it, you can find more information here.

This is PrBoom Plus edition. It was developed by the PrBoom Plus Team. Marek Glogowsky ported it to AmigaOS 4. Here is the link to the GitHub-page.

Version 2.6.6 for AmigaOS 4 is available on OS4Depot. Here is the link. Also, Marek Glogowsky created a video showing it running on AmigaOS 4 through QEMU:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoarvC4qEQA&t=75s

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 December 1st. More information, as well as a download, is available at OS4Depot.

EntwicklerX has returned with a new game for AmigaOS 4.1!

Please read on for their news release:

AmigaOS4: Super Star Blast – Space Shooter
Super Star Blast has been available on PC and consoles for a while now. We are pleased to finally be able to release the AmigaOS4 version of the game. You can get the game as digital download version on your favorite AmigaOS Shop: @AlineaComputer @A-Eon

Super Star Blast is a space based game with challenging levels of increasing difficulty. All enemies must be shot down to finish a level and go to the next one. A scanner around the player tells roughly where the enemies are located. The player ship can fly forwards to attack and backwards to fight during the retreat against the opponents. After clearing a level you can purchase equipment to boost the ship, as well as extra shields and firepower or more ships.

Features:
-Massive challenging levels of increasing difficulty
-Enemies with unique flying and fire characteristics
-Upgrade center (agility, fire power, shield, ships)
-Single player campaign
-Simple and clean 3D space graphics
-Quality and performance Settings
-Warp3D Nova / OpenGLES Support (required!)

Hardware Requirements:
AmigaOS 4.1 F.E. Computer with Warp3D Nova/OpenGLES compatible graphics card

Disclaimer:
Because of the many different configurations, it is difficult to cover all problems. Just send us an email to [email protected] and we will try to fix bugs. Also play with the quality and performance settings to adapt the game to your hardware. The “FPS” setting shows you the current frame rate. In the ToolTypes you can also activate your own screen mode. If the setting is put in brackets, the Workbench resolution is used.

Shop Links:
https://www.amiga-shop.net/Amiga-Softw … per-Star-Blast::1399.html
http://www.amistore.net
https://entwicklerx.itch.io/super-star-blast

Thanks for your support!

Great to see EntwicklerX out with a new release! 🙂

Capehill has released a new version of the AmigaOS 4 port of the renowned music tool MilkyTracker, currently at version 1.05 Release Candidate 1. You can also find a discussion about it in a thread on the Amigans.net forum.

Kjetil Hvalstrand released a new of version 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. It became available on OS4Depot on December 1st.

He also released version 0.5 of ProcessActionReplay, a fun hack that works like an Action Replay trainer. We can read the following in the documentation:

“It can crash your program, it can crash your computer… so your warned! you see this program as something that revels a security hole in AmigaOS. its not intended for evil use, its intended use is for giving player unlimited lifes.”

A new version of the lightweight text-editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.6R1.

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.

We can read the following news at Amigans.net:

“Today I released a new version of Lite XL, the code editor I have ported and maintained for more than 3 years now, for both AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. I love this editor, and I use it for coding on my Amigas all the time. That’s why I keep it up to date with the upstream changes done by the original team for other operating systems.

It was compiled with the latest SDL2 2.30.9 as well, and updated to the latest 2.1.6 upstream code.

Rogue Football Card Game is from the AmiGameJam created by One Joyful Day. According to the author, it was inspired by Tim Blacklock Premier Picks freeware game from 1993 on the Amiga. The game is under development and has no sound and temporary graphics, but the foundation is there. More information is available here.

At Amigans.net, we can read that a brand new version of Dir Me Up has been released!

This program allows users to explore and manipulate files, links, and drawers of their Amiga.

I’ve never tried this program before, but it does definitely look interesting!

Here is the news item as posted in the forum:

Dir Me Up 4.10 released for AmigaOS 4

The modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4.10 to celebrate Christmas… with the preview of MP3 tags and Unicode text files! Merry Christmas!

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

Dir Me Up is, of course, compatible with the brand-new A1222+ from A-EON Technology!

As usual, this update, free for all registered users, has been put online. To install it, just run Dir Me Up.

You can download a demo allowing (only) browsing here or there.

Dir Me Up, enhance your Amiga!

The price is 19.99 EUR. It is available in several languages, including French, English, Italian, German and many more. Requirements are AmigaOS 4.1 FE and a minimum desktop resolution of 1024×768.

LoView Suite – The Easy Viewer and Thumber was released on December 8th by Simone “Tuxedo” Monsignori. The program was designed to let the user choose what to do in a fast and comfortable way. It supports a wide range of formats and may save in JPG, PNG, IFF or BMP.

On December 7th, issue 10 of the Amiga diskmagazine Versus was released for Classic Amiga. On December 8th, the AmigaOS 4 edition became available.

Versus is not only a diskmagazine. It is also a Demoscene chart. The chart includes lists of the presently most popular demos, coders, musicians, and so forth. People have sent in votesheets where they have voted for their favorites. Curious to see who is on top? Then get Versus now… 😉

Two groups, Nukleus and Void, collaborated on this release. As some of you know, I am a member of Void and the Versus Team. I’m thrilled to see this issue finally seeing the light of day. It’s been a long journey. Now it is here. I hope you will enjoy reading it. 🙂

You can download it from Pouet.net.

Version 10.44 of PCRE2 (Perl-compatible regular expression library), libcre2, was uploaded to OS4Depot on December 15th. This is a port by Philip Hazel for AmigaOS 4, as found at the GitHub repository https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2.

Cppcheck 2.16.0r1 has been released. This is a static analysis tool for C/C++ code. It provides unique code analysis to detect bugs and focuses on detecting undefined behavior and dangerous 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.

According to the information on OS4Depot, Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description. Version 5.4.7 is now available for download thanks to the work done by George Sokianos a.k.a Walkero, who ported it to AmigaOS 4. The official website of Lua can be found here.

He also ported Unshield, a tool and library to extract CAB files. It was ported from the v1.5.1 release as found at https://github.com/twogood/unshield.

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on December 16th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Recent changes since 8.61 includes ASCII processor (can now convert to/from HTML entities) and miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes. More detailed information can be found on OS4Depot.

Raziel has been busy with ScummVM in December, which has resulted in version 2.9.0 of the brilliant software becoming available on AmigaOS 4! With ScummVM, you can play legendary adventure games such as The Secret of Monkey Island, Curse of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and many, many more. 2.9.0 brings support for a wide range of new games such as Castle Master, Rise of the Dragon, Thimbleweed Park (wow!) and Moonbase Commander. Especially great, in my opinion, to see Thimbleweed Park support. That was great news!

In connection with the new ScummVM, Raziel released ifarchive.org DL version 0.16, which you can use to download supported games (ScummVM’s Glk engine) from ifarchive.org and put them into their respective sub directories, depending on the engine used. He also released version 2.9.0 of ScummVM-Tools with many improvements. More information is available on OS4Depot.

On December 19th DRIDI released version 4.0Final of the Arabic Console Device. Changes and improvements are as follows:

• More robust
• No more need for s:scripted
• Use ArabicLauncher instead with none or “ARABCON[2|3]:” parameter ;
• Edit by launching “Sys:Arabic/stevie/stevie T:titi” (not stevi_a) or Ed (not ed_a) inside ArabicLauncher ;
• Now, if you want editors in parallel, launch another ArabicLauncher with ARACONX: parameter ;
• Use Arabic pipe a lot like: “dir | pisa 0 | pl 1”.

Here is the download link.

George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero has returned with a brand new port! This time he has brought over Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb Adventure series to AmigaOS 4.

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

Main features are as follows:

• Runs native on AmigaOS 4
• Hardware accelerated 3D rendering via OpenGL, supporting widescreen
  resolutions, a customizable field of view and an uncapped frame rate.
• Player, projectile and monster movement with floating point precision.
• Configurable mouse and keyboard controls.
• Supports all four Catacomb 3D games as included in the Catacombs Pack from
  GOG.com.
• Supports The Catacomb Abyss version 1.13 (shareware).

CatacombGL is available for download from OS4Depot.

If you’d like to read more about the port, please visit Walkero’s page on Ko-Fi.

Juan Carlos Herran Martin has updated iConecta to version 5.50. This is a utility you can use to test your Internet connection. The latest release contains a new intro picture, new themes (Hacker, Pirate, Space) and HD graphics.

An updated version, 3.2, of the YouTube URL Extractor Script was released on the December 22nd. YT.rexx is a script for providing direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs. Changes from the previous version include:

• Compatibility fixes.
• Support /live links as valid YouTube links.
• Added more player client options. Read the docs for more info.
• Fixed minor issue when WEBSAFARI was used in .cfg
  Note: WEBSAFARI only currently working with HLS links.
• Cookies now only used when using COOKIES parameter.

Please click here for more information and to find the download.

Many game related uploads reached OS4Depot in December. Amongst these are two game ports from Daniel Jedlicka a.k.a Trixie and George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero.

If you enjoy a session of Mahjong, I think you will be right at home with Shisen-Seki and Lopan.

Shisen-Seki is a game of Shisen-Sho, a Japanese logic game using Mahjong stones. The goal is to remove all the stones from the table by matching pairs with the same face. According to the instructions, you can only match stones if they can be joined by three or fewer lines. Each line must be either horizontal or vertical and can’t cross other stones on the board. Also, not all games are solvable. The game was created by Artur Rojek (zear) (code and fonts) and Joe Vargas (jxv) (graphics). Port was done by Trixie and Walkero as mentioned earlier. The game should run on all AmigaOS 4 setups.

Lopan is also a game that is similar to Mahjong. The goal here is to remove all the pieces from the table. The game was created by Dave Ashley and ported to AmigaOS 4 by Trixie. It should work on all AmigaOS 4 setups like Shisen-Seki.

If you’d like to try these games, please visit OS4Depot via the links below:

Shisen-Seki at OS4Depot

Lopan at OS4Depot

In previous monthly roundups, we’ve read a lot about the FlashMandelNG tool. Dino Papararo and Edgar Schwan are once again back with an update. Version 5.2 sees the following changes:

• New color palettes and fractals
• New mouse pointers
• Improved and fixed benchmarkmode
• Fixed use of a powerpc condition register in main asm core function
• Fixed speed regression about periodicity check
• Fixed use of middle mouse button
• Code cleanup, minor improvements and bug fixes

Bernd Assenmacher has released version 2.8 of the Image2PDF utility. With this tool, you can convert PNG- or JPG files to PDF. The author labels it as “EmailWare”, so please send him an e-mail if you use the program. Changes and improvements are as follows:

• Localization done
• Added german language
• Added english and german catalog files for translation purpose. So if someone wants another language, just translate and create a specific catalog file. Save the catalog file as UTF8 text file and send it via email to me. I will then compile Image2PDF with it and upload a new version. For the longer sentences do not forget to place the linebreak characters (“backslash”+n). This is important especially for Aros.
• Fixed an issue where the guide file was not found when pressing “F1” or choosing “Help(F1)” in the menu (thanks Daniel :-))
• Fixed a similar issue where pdftops was not found when printing
• Fixed an installer bug where the path was not set correctly in s:user-startup on AmigaOS3/4, MorphOS and Aros
• Other minor corrections were done

He also released version 1.12 of the LhArchiver, which helps you to create LHA archives intuitively, easily, and fast.

Mplayer-GUI, a GUI for MPlayer for OS4, has been updated by Daniel Westerberg. Version 1.62 is now available for download on OS4Depot. This is a stand-alone RA-GUI/launcher for all Mplayers on AmigaOS 4. News and changes:

• NEW * Added new extensions for the file requester since newer MPlayer
  recognizes more formats.
• NEW * Added peg2ide.device, p1022sata.device and p50x0sata.device as options.
• FIX * Some internal size limit fixes to allow longer paths and correct number
  of video drivers.

A new game has been released. It is called PuzzleTiles and was created by Domenico Lattanzi. This is a video game that essentially consists of decomposing an image chosen by the user into pieces, which the user must rebuild by swapping the pieces two by two by selecting them with the mouse.

Features:

• Any image in a format recognised by the system can be used
• Window’s size customisable
• 5 difficulty levels
• A progress bar is available to know the point reached in rebuilding image
• Is possible to peek completed image for 5 seconds to have an hint
• Audio effects who also helps user in rebuilding image

You can download it for free from OS4Depot:

https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/puzzle/puzzletiles.lha

XircomCE2, a driver for Xircom PCMCIA network cards, by Neil Cafferkey was uploaded to OS4Depot on December 29th. Xircomce2.device is a SANA-II network driver for Xircom CreditCard Ethernet PC Cards (PCMCIA cards).

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 2.1.0 became available for download on OS4Depot on December 29th.

Features:

• Generates text based on input prompts
• Generates images based on input prompts
• UI customisation
• Full conversation history
• Text-to-speech

A list of changes can be found in the documention at OS4Depot.

Version 33.72 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 summery of the changes since the last release:

• Debugger: added table tracing option (VERBOSE 1).
• CD2650: added “Settings|VDU|ASCII” option.
• 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/

Amiga-news.de reports that version 9.20 of QEMU has been released. This is an open-source computer emulator that makes it possible to emulate a computer in software, such as the Pegasos 2 and Sam460 for example. The support is provided by QEMU developer Zoltan Balaton, who has set up a dedicated website with helpful information. Amiga-news.de writes that IRQs on the Pegasos2-PCI.0(AGP) bus have been fixed with the new version.

An update has been made to the AmigaOS 4 version of Worm Wars, a freeware arcade game by James Jacobs of Amigan Software. Version 9.36 is available for download here.

That was the software related news for December. Let us move on to other news.

Miscellaneous News

Ktadd has published a new post on his blog. This time it is about using MediaVault & mediavault_script. It is very well written and contains a lot of helpful information. I highly recommend checking this out, especially if you are a MediaVault user.

Amiga 40th in Silicon Valley has been announced! On the official website we can read the following:

It’s been ten years since the highly successful Amiga 30th in Mountain View, California. Over the last ten years, we have seen an incredible vibrancy in the global Amiga community. With projects like the Vampire, Emu68K, and Amiga OS 3.2 combined with AROS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS, never has there been so much activity and energy for the Commodore Amiga and its many derivatives.

July 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the Commodore Amiga 1000 release. To celebrate this milestone the team that brought you the Amiga 30th in Silicon Valley is planning their next major Amiga Anniversary Event.

Martina Hřebcová a.k.a Sailor has once again returned with a great article about the Sam460. It is in Czech, but you can use an online translator tool to get it in your language. It is richly illustrated and provides information about the historical background of the Sam460, technical details and much more.

https://www.amigaportal.cz/node/169580

An interview with Oliver Roberts, the current developer of the IBrowse browser, has been made available in English over at Boing Attitude.

http://glames.online.fr/boing/boing9_itw_oliverroberts.html

This interview was featured in the paper magazine of BOING issue 9, November 2024.

Trevor Dickinson of A-EON Technology has published a new blog post called “Another one bites the dust!”. A great read which is available here:

http://blog.a-eon.biz/blog/index.php/2024/12/19/another-one-bites-the-dust/

Amiga-news.de reports that the Amiga 40 event in Germany has been announced. They write:

“As announced by the organizers at a1k.org (registration required, German), the next edition of “Amiga xx” will take place on 18 and 19 October 2025 at Kunstwerk – das rote Krokodil in Mönchengladbach-Wickrath, admission is from 10 a.m. each day. Some details about the event have already been communicated by the organizers.”

Please visit amiga-news.de here to read the complete article.

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-12-00099-EN.html

Amigatronics has done an exclusive interview with Trevor Dickinson from A-EON Technology. It is available on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnsLOj9Mw9A

EntwicklerX has published a video on YouTube showing Super Star Blast running on the A1222+.

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

The AmigaOS 4 user Maijestro has been very active with his YouTube-channel, Amiga Retro Channel, during the last month. He has published several videos including ones featuring the new Super Star Blast game and the port of CatabomGL. Please visit his channel to see them all. 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUW8LTHXqzU

The Norwegian AmigaOS 4 musician, Helge Kvalheim, is back again with two new songs which are available on YouTube. You can also download his work from Aminet and play it on your Amiga. One of the songs, Santa Zombie, can be seen below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLZKtH2DlM

Hans De Ruiter of the KSD has released a new video called “Hello MUI – Your First AmigaOS App Using MUI”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVxgcK7duRc

The Polish YouTube-channel Amiga bez ściemy has published videos with AmigaOS 4 content in December. Here is one of the videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_HeIA7NCYM

Skateman has published a review of the Alkmaar Amiga Meetup 2024 with focus on next-gen. 🙂 It is available on his blog:

https://www.skateman.nl/index.php/2024/12/11/alkmaar-amiga-meetup-2024-a-next-gen-review/

Until next time

You’ve now reached the end of this years last AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup. I must say the month has been filled with news, that is for sure! 🙂 Hope you have enjoyed reading them!

Thanks to all readers and supporters out there for visiting my blog and for reading the AmigaOS 4 Monthly roundup. Big thanks for all the feedback and comments during the year. It is much appreciated!

I wish you all a Happy New Year 2025! 🙂

Best regards,

Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler

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Dir Me Up 4.10 released for AmigaOS 4

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Thanks for visiting Old School Game Blog. 🙂

Another piece of AmigaOS 4 related news today. At Amigans.net, we can read that a brand new version of Dir Me Up has been released!

This program allows users to explore and manipulate files, links, and drawers of their Amiga.

I’ve never tried this program before, but it does definitely look interesting!

Here is the news item as posted in the forum:

Dir Me Up 4.10 released for AmigaOS 4

The modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4.10 to celebrate Christmas… with the preview of MP3 tags and Unicode text files! Merry Christmas!

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

Dir Me Up is, of course, compatible with the brand-new A1222+ from A-EON Technology!

As usual, this update, free for all registered users, has been put online. To install it, just run Dir Me Up.

You can download a demo allowing (only) browsing here or there.

Dir Me Up, enhance your Amiga!

The price is 19.99 EUR. It is available in several languages, including French, English, Italian, German and many more. Requirements are AmigaOS 4.1 FE and a minimum desktop resolution of 1024×768.

Thanks for reading. See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog! 🙂

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CatacombGL for AmigaOS 4

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Thank you for visiting my blog. 🙂

George Sokianos a.k.a. Walkero has returned with a brand new port! This time he has brought over Catacomb 3D and the Catacomb Adventure series to AmigaOS 4.

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.mobygames.com/game/3120/catacomb-3-d/

Main features are as follows:

• Runs native on AmigaOS 4
• Hardware accelerated 3D rendering via OpenGL, supporting widescreen
  resolutions, a customizable field of view and an uncapped frame rate.
• Player, projectile and monster movement with floating point precision.
• Configurable mouse and keyboard controls.
• Supports all four Catacomb 3D games as included in the Catacombs Pack from
  GOG.com.
• Supports The Catacomb Abyss version 1.13 (shareware).

CatacombGL is available for download from OS4Depot.

If you’d like to read more about the port, please visit Walkero’s page on Ko-Fi.

Thanks for reading. See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

PS: Screenshots were lent from Walkero’s Ko-Fi-page. 🙂

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Super Star Blast for AmigaOS4.1 Released by EntwicklerX

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post tonight. 😉 Here is a news item I just read on Amigans.net. EntwicklerX has returned with a new game for AmigaOS 4.1! Please read on for their news release:

AmigaOS4: Super Star Blast – Space Shooter
Super Star Blast has been available on PC and consoles for a while now. We are pleased to finally be able to release the AmigaOS4 version of the game. You can get the game as digital download version on your favorite AmigaOS Shop: @AlineaComputer @A-Eon

Super Star Blast is a space based game with challenging levels of increasing difficulty. All enemies must be shot down to finish a level and go to the next one. A scanner around the player tells roughly where the enemies are located. The player ship can fly forwards to attack and backwards to fight during the retreat against the opponents. After clearing a level you can purchase equipment to boost the ship, as well as extra shields and firepower or more ships.

Features:
-Massive challenging levels of increasing difficulty
-Enemies with unique flying and fire characteristics
-Upgrade center (agility, fire power, shield, ships)
-Single player campaign
-Simple and clean 3D space graphics
-Quality and performance Settings
-Warp3D Nova / OpenGLES Support (required!)

Hardware Requirements:
AmigaOS 4.1 F.E. Computer with Warp3D Nova/OpenGLES compatible graphics card

Disclaimer:
Because of the many different configurations, it is difficult to cover all problems. Just send us an email to [email protected] and we will try to fix bugs. Also play with the quality and performance settings to adapt the game to your hardware. The “FPS” setting shows you the current frame rate. In the ToolTypes you can also activate your own screen mode. If the setting is put in brackets, the Workbench resolution is used.

Shop Links:
https://www.amiga-shop.net/Amiga-Softw … per-Star-Blast::1399.html
http://www.amistore.net
https://entwicklerx.itch.io/super-star-blast

Thanks for your support!

Great to see EntwicklerX out with a new release! 🙂

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

PS: The screenshots were taken from the news release from EntwicklerX.

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Versus: The Amiga Diskmag and Demo Chart – Issue 10 has been released for Classic Amiga and AmigaOS 4

Hi, and welcome to another post here on Old School Game Blog!

Today I’ve got some Demoscene related news to share.

Yesterday, on December 7th, issue 10 of the Amiga diskmagazine Versus was released for Classic Amiga. Today, on December 8th, the AmigaOS 4 edition became available.

Versus is not only a diskmagazine. It is also a Demoscene chart. The chart includes lists of the presently most popular demos, coders, musicians, and so forth. People have sent in votesheets where they have voted for their favorites. Curious to see who is on top? Then get Versus now… 😉

Two groups, Nukleus and Void, collaborated on this release. As some of you know, I am a member of Void and the Versus Team. I’m thrilled to see this issue finally seeing the light of day. It’s been a long journey. Now it is here. I hope you will enjoy reading it. 🙂

Here is a message from the main editor, Browallia of Nukleus:

Im proud that we made this release. A release I promised to come out this Summer, turned to be a winter saga. Sorry for that, and all the rush with deadlines I couldnt live up to. Without going in to the delays in detail, we are happy to stand here today.

Contributors are like 30-40 people, and anno 2024, we are happy we got 70+ votes. The OS4 is a seperate engine and will join tomorrow 🙂

ARTICLE CONTRIBUTION:
briteLite/Dekadence^RNO, Critikill/SWEET16, Cefa68000/Nukleus, Darkhawk/IRIS, deadguy (interviewed), Ghandy/Nukleus, greippi/Zymosis^Limbo (interviewed), Jazzcat/Ghostown, jPV/RNO, Judge Drokk^ex Anarchy, MDW/Encore (interviewed), Menthos/Nukleus, Puni/Void, Radiant, Ramone B5/Desire (interviewed), Romeo Knight/Brainstorm, saiibot/Nukleus, scamp (interviewed), Smaugur/Nukleus, STI/SCA, tecon/pjz^dsr, truck/Accession, v3nom, Weyland, Wix, Wolfman/Balance, Zerox/Gods and Browallia/Nukleus

SURVEY PARTICIPATION:
Archmage, cheetah, dan dee, Facet, farfar, Frost, malmix, Prowler, Razorback, Slayer, xeNusion

DISKMAG EMERITUS, main-editor appearances from:
D.I.S.C, Eurochart, Jurassic Pack, Stolen Data,
Taboo, Upstream, and Cows n Snakefights

Versus staff:
Balder, cefa68000, Ghandy, Menthos, Smaugur and Browallia of Nukleus
hukka, Emufr3ak, and Puni of Void

more credits in the readme and of course in the magazine,
enjoy and seasonal Xmas greetings!

Screenshot by Puni

Here is the link to Pouet where you’ll find both versions available for download (AmigaOS 4 link is not up yet, but should be there any moment):

https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=101869

Added December 9th – The AmigaOS 4 link is still not up at Pouet, but you can download the AmigaOS 4 version from here instead:

http://www.nukleus.nu/products/vS10_OS4.lha

Personal thanks from me must go to all in the Versus Team and Void. Special greets and thanks to Browallia and Menthos for their amazing work the last days. 🙂 Also greets to MDW for the nice interview I had the pleasure to do of him. Really appreciated it!

Thanks again for visiting my blog. See you in another post here on the Old School Game Blog!

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MilkyTracker 1.05 Release Candidate 1 for AmigaOS 4

Hi there,

Thank you for visiting my blog. 🙂 I just wanted to share some news about a program update I read about today.

Amiga-news.de has announced that Capehill has released a new version of the AmigaOS 4 port of the renowned music tool MilkyTracker, currently at version 1.05 Release Candidate 1. You can also find a discussion about it in a thread on the Amigans.net forum.

To read more about changes, please visit:

https://github.com/capehill/MilkyTracker

Great to see this program getting updated! 🙂

If you are not familiar with MilkyTracker, here’s an explanation from GitHub:

MilkyTracker is an multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.

Thank you for reading and have a good weekend!

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Mini Metal Slug – A Game Competition on Amigans.net for November and December 2024

Hi everyone,

328gts, a user on Amigans.net, launched a new games competition. The competition is for the game Mini Metal Slug. It will take place in the months of November and December. November has already passed and Mr_byte is in the lead with a whopping 48,480 points!

The game was ported to AmigaOS 4 by HunoPPC. It is available for download on his website.

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

If you’d like to read more about the competition and join, please follow the link below:

Mini Metal Slug Competition

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

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AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4 – Version 33.7 Released

Hi there,

Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog.

Version 33.7 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 V33.6:

Summary:

• Improved AOF file format support.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details:

• incorporated Samir’s latest Italian translation.
• arcadia,galaxia: fixed: screen editor was not taking per-row/column scrolling into account.
• fixed: recent files list was not sorted properly and could have duplicates in some situations.
• wa,os4: recent files list now shows per-game glyphs.
• aa: fixed: when auditing, if the path couldn’t be locked, it was never going back to the normal mouse pointer.
• wa: now uses busy mouse pointer while auditing.
• wa: now disallows ctrl+hover feature in 3D mode.
• wa: screen editor: now disallows setting cursor position via mouse in 3D mode.
• wa: 3d mode: now user can zoom in/out using ctrl+home/end.
• pipbug: now inserts a delay after each pasted CR so that eg. microworld basic has time to process the input.
• aa: twin,tr: fixed: pasting of text was not being allowed.
• selbst: fixed: pasting of text was not being allowed.
• pipbug: added autosense support for benchmark and mandelbrot programs.
• pipbug: now when loading basic programs, doesn’t press the ENTER button for the user after the RUN command.
• pipbug,binbug,cd2650,selbst,mikit: added autosense support for AOF files.
• deprecated PGM/PRO format (incl. assembler now generates AOFs instead of PGMs, etc.).
• debugger: SAVEAOF,SAVEHEX commands: now adds CR+LF to end of last line.
• debugger: SAVEAOF,SAVEEOF,SAVETVC: filename argument is now optional.
• debugger: removed SAVEPGM command (format is deprecated).
• fixed: some debugger commands were not listed in all catalogs/manual.
• fixed: audit subwin: wrong numbers for icons, directories and unknown files were being shown.
• phunsy: mini-monitor BINs can now be loaded.
• selbst: removed BIN support (these games are supported as AOFs now).
• aa: various improvements and fixes to icon generation.
• elektor: fixed: loading of EOF files was broken.
• elektor: added TVCs for all remaining games/apps.
• elektor: added overlay for eprom programmer.
• binbug: now autoruns BASIC programs.

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/

Thanks again for visiting the Old School Game Blog. Hope you enjoyed the read. 🙂

Have a great day!

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New Version of Lite XL for AmigaOS 4.1 Released

Hi,

Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog.

A new version of the lightweight text-editor Lite XL has been released for AmigaOS 4.1. This time it is version 2.1.6R1.

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.

We can read the following news at Amigans.net:

“Today I released a new version of Lite XL, the code editor I have ported and maintained for more than 3 years now, for both AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. I love this editor, and I use it for coding on my Amigas all the time. That’s why I keep it up to date with the upstream changes done by the original team for other operating systems.

It was compiled with the latest SDL2 2.30.9 as well, and updated to the latest 2.1.6 upstream code.

As always, the new version is available from my personal Git repository, OS4Depot and the AmiUpdate.

More information and a way to donate, if you find this application useful, can be found at https://ko-fi.com/Post/Lite-XL-2-1-6r1-R6R616ZEC8“

Lite XL is also available for MorphOS. You can find it on the MorphOS Storage website.

That was all for now. Thank you for visiting my blog and for reading. Wish you all a great day! 🙂

#Amiga #AmigaOS4 #AmigaOS41 #applications #georgeSokianos #LiteXL #programs #walkero

PrBoom Plus – Version 2.6.6 – Out for AmigaOS 4

Hi there,

Thanks for visiting the Old School Game Blog. 🙂

PrBoom is a version of the legendary first person shooter Doom, originally written by id Software. I assume most of you are familiar with that game. If you want to read more about it, you can find more information here.

This is PrBoom Plus edition. It was developed by the PrBoom Plus Team. Marek Glogowsky ported it to AmigaOS 4. Here is the link to the GitHub-page.

Version 2.6.6 for AmigaOS 4 came out on OS4Depot today. Here is the link.

Here is a video from Marek Glogowsky showing it running on AmigaOS 4 through QEMU:

https://youtu.be/ZoarvC4qEQA?feature=shared&t=75

That was all for now. Thanks for reading and have a great rest of your day! 🙂

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AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – November 2024

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.

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.

The next one is scheduled for January 2025, a new year with new possibilities!

I wish you all a nice December and see you soon in other post here on the Old School Game Blog. 🙂

Take care everyone!

Best regards,

Puni

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AmigaOS 4 News – April 2024

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting my blog and the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup. 🙂

Another month has soon passed and May will be upon us. As I write this it is April 30th and I’ve just finished writing the monthly roundup. There was a lot to report this time and it has taken a good amount of time to compile the report. I enjoy it a lot and it is fun to discover and learn about all that is happening in our community. Big thanks to all the developers, users, and enthusiasts who keep the flame burning! 🙂

I’m sure you are eager to check out the news, so without further ado, here is the roundup for April 2024. 😉

Software News

On April 1st, DRIDI released version 2.9z7Final of the Arabic Console Device. According to the author, this version contains better vowel and hamza support inference. More information is available on OS4Depot.

The always-active Kjetil Hvalstrand (LiveForIt) is back with a new release. This time it is a utility called Stackdump. It is a security demonstration tool. It will show you a security risk in a hex dump.

In previous 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 is a bugfix release with added support for benchmark mode in ToolTypes and CLI.

Following the release of Heretic II from Hyperion Entertainment comes a massive pack of multiplayer maps compiled by and uploaded to OS4Depot by TheMagicSN. This pack will be needed to play on PC Heretic II servers to avoid maps are downloaded while playing, which is slow. An installer is included.

He also made an archive called H2_Big_Data which is important for playing Heretic II multiplayer games. This one is about 1.6 GB and is available on Aminet. TheMagicSN writes as follows:

“This archive contains an installer to the custom material (maps, models, etc.) which I was given by Paul Gagnon of H2 Vault. To be able to use the PC multiplayer sites with the Amiga port of Heretic 2 he recommends installing this material.

It comes with an Amiga-friendly installer. It also optionally offers to install a new config.cfg for the Amiga version of Heretic II which adds the multiplayer servers of H2 Vault to the address book of the game. Note that when overwriting your config.cfg you overwrite your Video, Sound, and Controls Options.

This archive has some broken models that could crash Heretic II removed.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you already downloaded 1.0.0 you do not need to download this huge archive again. H2_Big_Data_Fix.lha which is only a few Kilobytes in Size contains a script that will delete the faulty models.”

You can download the fix from Aminet:

https://aminet.net/package/game/shoot/H2_Big_Data_Fix

I tried the multiplayer mode in Heretic II during the weekend and it worked fine. 🙂

Open Fodder

Now for news concerning a port of well-known classic that has been ported to AmigaOS 4. Which classic game is that? It is Cannon Fodder and Cannon Fodder 2, and the various specials and demos from cover disks!

Cannon Fodder was one of the most popular games on the Amiga. It was also popular on the PC and probably many other platforms. I remember playing it on my Amiga 500 and later 1200 in the 90’s. I still have the original disks in my collection, but it has been a long time since I checked if they worked.

More information about Cannon Fodder can be found at Hall of Light:

https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/cannon-fodder

In short, it is an action strategy game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive. You are in control of a group of soldiers and the goal is to complete the missions you get assigned for. You control the soldiers with your mouse, controlling their movement by clicking around on the map and using the buttons to shoot and customize formation, etc.

Open Fodder is an open-source version of the Cannon Fodder engine for modern operating systems. It supports not only the Amiga version of the games but also the PC ones.

• Cannon Fodder (Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS CD)
• Cannon Fodder 2 (Amiga, DOS CD)
• Demos (various cover disks from magazines like Amiga Power, The One, Amiga Format, Amiga Action, PC Format, etc.)

Thanks to the porting done by Smarkusg, we can now enjoy Cannon Fodder natively on our AmigaOS 4 systems. 🙂 Here is a link to his Open Fodder GitHub page.

To start playing, you can download the archive from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/action/openfodder.lha

The archive comes bundled with demos you can try, but you’ll need to provide the full version yourself. The files from these must be copied to their appropriate directories in the “OpenFodder/Data/” drawer. You will find one called “Dos_CD”. Here you can copy over the files from the DOS version. The game will then pop up in the menu when you launch Open Fodder.

Cannon Fodder is available for purchase from GOG:

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

I have tried Open Fodder on my Sam460 and also in emulation and it performed very well.

Quake II

Not long ago, Hyperion Entertainment released a new port of Heretic II for AmigaOS 4 by Steffen Häuser a.k.a. TheMagicSN. Häuser has since then been working hard on making various mods available, as well as multiplayer support for the game. Not only that, he’s been working on a new updated port of Quake 2 for AmigaOS 4 as well!

It is available for purchase at Alinea Computer in Germany. Since it is a download, you’ll get access to it very quickly.

The price is 14.95 EUR.

https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-Software/Amiga-Games/Quake-2-for-AmigaOS-4-Download-Version::1361.html

Here’s the information from Alinea Computer:

Quake 2 is without doubt one of the most famous 3D shooters. Quake 2 was released on the PC by id Software in 1997. In 2002, Hyperion Entertainment released a version for AmigaOS 3.x, based on the GPL source code of the game. Steffen Häuser has now created a new version for AmigaOS 4, which also offers numerous improvements compared to the 4.1 Quake 2 update released a few years ago. In particular, the Quake 2 Mission CDs, which offer countless new levels, are supported for the first time in a native OS4.1 version. Warp3DNova (and MiniGL and software renderers) are also supported natively.

This game, based on the GPL source code, also requires the data files of the PC version, either as a CD or the data of the Steam or Gog Classic version (for the latter two, simply copy them to a directory on your hard drive and select this directory during installation).

Features

• AmigaOS 4 native version
• GL4ES, MiniGL and Software Renderer
• full support for mission CDs “The Reckoning” and “Ground Zero”
• Ports to the unofficial mission CD “Zaero” and to about 50 multiplayer mods will be published on os4depot/Aminet soon, these downloads require the new version of Quake 2
• AmigaInput support
• CD Audio works again (in the old version it only worked with older CD drives)
• As an alternative to CD Audio, Ogg Vorbis files can be played as soundtrack, the music files from this version are already pre-installed during a Steam/Gog install
• Installer now works with PC CD of Quake 2 as well as with the Steam and Gog Classic version, when using the Steam/Gog Classic installer the two mission CDs are installed at the same time. We recommend using the Steam version for easy installation.
• As an alternative to the .cin intros, the game now also supports .avi and .mpeg files (a script to convert the .ogv files of the Steam version is included on the ISO if you want the higher resolution video files)

System requirements

• Software: AmigaOS 4.1 and the data files from Steam, Gog or CD version.
• Hardware: At least 150 MHz PowerPC, 32 MB RAM, graphics card, at least
• 1 GB free hard disc space, A1222 is currently not supported, game can also be played on QEmu and UAE PPC

In connection with the new Quake 2 release, TheMagicSN has ported the unofficial mod Zaero by Team Evolution. Team Evolution gave the full game away some years after the initial release in 1998. Note that you will need the new port of Quake 2 released in 2024 to be installed to play it.

TheMagicSN has uploaded several modpacks for the Quake 2 port to Aminet. As the author states, these packs “(…) contains game modifications for the new AmigaOS 4 version of Quake 2 released in 2024. It does not work with other versions of Quake 2, as they either do not support mods or not AmigaOS 4 native compiled mods.”

Q2_Modpack1

Basketball Quake 2, King of the Server, and Weapons Foundry.

Available on Aminet.

Q2_Modpack2

This pack includes the following Quake 2 Multiplayer Mods:

– Action Quake 2

– Annihilation

– Blastchamber

– Catch the Chicken

– Devastation Quake 2

– Headhunters

– Holy Quake 2

– Jailbreak

– Quake Racing

– Tfx (Team Fortress like Gameplay for Q2)

– Total Wars

– UrbanCTF

– UrbanDM

– WarMod

– Wyrm

Available on Aminet.

Q2_Modpack3

This pack includes the following Quake 2 Multiplayer Mods:

– Assault Quake 2

– ChaosDM

– Domination Quake 2

– Faith/FaithDM/FaithTag

– Fireteam

– FreezeTag

– Terror

– Titanic

Available on Aminet.

Q2_Modpack4

This pack includes the following Quake 2 Multiplayer Mods:

– Generations

– Napalm2

– Nighthunters

– Quake&Conquer

– Sniper

– Sog (Both Multi- and Singleplayer)

– StVitus

– TopRung

Available on Aminet.

Q2_Modpack5

This pack includes the following Quake 2 Multiplayer Mods:

– Gloom (do not confuse with the Amiga game of the same name, this is the Q2

Addon Gloom)

– Ltk

– Pig2k

– ProCTF

– ProRocket

Available on Aminet.

Q2_Modpack6

This pack includes the following Quake 2 Multiplayer Mods:

– AirQuake2

– Awaken2

– Battle of the Sexes

– Gangsters

– Gameleader

– Jabot

– Multigrenade

– Q2Comp

– Weapons of Destruction

Available on Aminet.

Q2_Modpack7

This pack includes the following Quake 2 Multiplayer Mods:

– Brazen

– OpenFFA

– OpenTDM

Available on Aminet.

DGen v1.33 is a Sega Genesis / MegaDrive emulator for AmigaOS 4. The AmigaOS 4 port was done by Marek “smarkusg” Glogowski. The GUI was created by Javier de las Rivas.

As mentioned in the roundup for March, DGen allows you to enjoy the amazing library of games released for the platform, including well-known classics such as Golden Axe and the Sonic the Hedgehog games.

Bermuda Syndrome is a game developed by Century Interactive for PC and published by BMG Interactive in 1995. According to Wikipedia, it is similar in gameplay and appearance to the 1992 game Flashback. The player controls the main character from a third-person sidescrolling perspective. This re-upload for AmigaOS 4 has been recompiled by Raziel with the latest SDL2, and a gl4es binary has been added. The launcher has been reworked as well. Version 0.1.7 is now available on OS4Depot.

Liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams. It is released under the terms of the GPL license. The A/52 standard is used in a variety of applications, including digital television and DVD. It is also known as AC-3. Version 0.8.0 was uploaded to OS4Depot on April 14th by Raziel. More information is available here.

AmigaGPT is a text generation program that runs on the classic AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4. Utilizing the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 architectures, this program provides state-of-the-art language modeling.

Features:

– Generates text based on input prompts

– UI customization

– Full conversation history

– Text-to-speech

Changes for April are as follows:

– Fixes the stack size calculation so it will no longer warn you that the stack size is too small if it really isn’t #12

– Send button no longer appears in the top left corner after closing a generated image for Amiga 3.x

Version 1.4.6 is now available from OS4Depot. 

Libcurl has been updated to 8.7.1. “Libcurl is a free and easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP. libcurl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form-based upload, proxies, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, Kerberos), file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more!”.

The same goes for Curl which has been updated to 8.7.1. Curl is a command line tool for transferring data specified with URL syntax.

Version 3.3.0 of libOpenSSL is out. The readme explains: “OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured Open Source Toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol formerly known as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. The protocol implementation is based on a full-strength general-purpose cryptographic library, which can also be used stand-alone. OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young and Tim J. Hudson.” The official Home Page of the OpenSSL Project is http://www.openssl.org/.

WildMIDI is a software MIDI player by Mindwerks. It was brought to AmigaOS 4 by Raziel. It has a core softsynth library that can be used with other applications. It uses Gravis Ultrasound patch files to convert MIDI files into audio, which is then passed back to the calling application. The library API is designed so that it is easy to include WildMIDI into applications wishing to include MIDI-file playback. Version 0.4.6 has now been released.

• A lot of player cleanup and refactoring, thanks to initial work by Azamat H. Hackimov, with the addition of several safeguards and minor fixes.

• Ability to choose which audio output backends to include in the build system: see the cmake script for the relevant `WANT_???` options. Player’s `–help` command line switch lists the available backends. Thanks to initial work by Azamat H. Hackimov.

• New native audio output backends for player: coreaudio for macOS, sndio for OpenBSD, netbsd (sunaudio) for NetBSD.

• Improved pkg-config file generation in cmake script (bug #236).

• Workaround a link failure on AmigaOS4 with newer SDKs (bug #241).

• Other minor source clean-ups.

• CMake project clean-ups. Cmake v3.4 or newer is now required.

AmiELFDisas by Alexander O. Benedictov disassembles standard Amiga ELF files producing an assembler source. Version 1.052 was uploaded to OS4Depot on April 16th and can be downloaded here.

Hollywood Designer 7.0

I’ve been a user of Hollywood and Hollywood Designer for quite a few years now. For those unaware, Hollywood is a programming language that supports many different platforms, such as AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, Linux, etc. It was created by Airsoft Softwair.

One of many excellent features is that you can compile your source code easily for any of the supported platforms. If you’re on MorphOS, you can compile the source for AmigaOS 4 for example, no problem. 🙂

Hollywood Designer is a great addition to Hollywood since it is a point-and-click tool to create everything from presentations to applications without the need to write a single line of code! There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS 3 (m68k), WarpOS (hybrid m68k/ppc), MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS 4 (ppc), and AROS (x86).

On April 14th this year, version 7 of Hollywood Designer was released. Please read on for the full news release from Airsoft Softwair:

20 years ago, on April 14th 2004, Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, released the very first version of Hollywood Designer, the ultimate multimedia authoring system for Hollywood. In the following years Hollywood Designer quickly became the must-have software for all users seriously interested in creating state-of-the-art multimedia applications, be it presentations, slide shows, games, or applications. Now, 20 years later, Airsoft Softwair is proud to present Hollywood Designer 7.0, an epic update with lots and lots of new features to properly celebrate the 20th birthday of this marvellous piece of software.

As already said, Designer 7.0 is a massive update that boasts lots of new features and improvements over the previous version. We do not want to bore you, so here are just some of them:

* Use the full power of Hollywood 10 which was specifically designed for Designer 7!
* Color emojis, CJK text and complex scripts are now supported (using the Pangomonium plugin)
* Multi-selection support for pages and objects in all listviews and the thumbnail viewer
* Operations can be applied to multiple objects and pages at the same time
* Now uses the Hollywood 10 graphics engine for maximum power!
* Objects can be combined into groups
* Many new action events to work with object groups
* Unlimited undo and redo levels
* Executables can also be exported for macOS and Linux arm64
* Support for different font engines
* Graphics can be exported as palette images
* Radically reduced memory footprint, often reduced to just 25% of Designer 6.0!
* Configurable dynamic memory modes
* Custom character spacing support
* Several new example projects are included
* Full support for Hollywood 10’s plugin interface
* Lots of other new features, optimizations and bug fixes

Thanks to Hollywood, all multimedia applications created using Hollywood Designer can be exported as stand-alone executables for the following systems: AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, WarpOS, MorphOS, AROS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. This is a feature that is totally unique in the Amiga world! We would like to emphasize that it is not only suited for personal use, but also for professional commercial customers. Ferrule Media, for instance, have created an info channel containing over 2000 unique slides in a single project with Hollywood Designer. Hollywood Designer was designed to handle these huge projects efficiently so that they can run 24 hours a day and 7 days a week without any visible memory fragmentation! Ferrule Media’s info channel, created with Hollywood Designer, is running in dental clinics all over Norway.

Note that Hollywood Designer is no longer limited to “just” being an authoring software, it can now also be used as a flexible graphics editor because it supports many features of modern graphics editors like multiple layers with over 30 filter effects, vector graphics, image import/export in many formats, and text including support complex scripts such as CJK or right-to-left text and color emojis.

Hollywood Designer 7.0 is available as a CD and a download version. There are native versions of the program for AmigaOS 3 (m68k), WarpOS (hybrid m68k/ppc), MorphOS (ppc), AmigaOS 4 (ppc), and AROS (x86). If you already own a previous version of Hollywood Designer, you can buy a discounted upgrade version. People who bought Hollywood Designer 6.0 in 2024 can request a free upgrade. Also note that Hollywood Designer 7.0 has been specially crafted for Hollywood 10, so Hollywood 10 is absolutely required by Designer 7.0.

Please consider buying Hollywood Designer 7.0 to show your support for our massive Amiga development efforts. Power up your Amiga system with Hollywood 10 & Hollywood Designer 7 and order now!

Libpng is the official PNG reference library. It supports almost all PNG features, is extensible, and has been extensively tested for over 28 years. Version 1.6.43 is now available on OS4Depot. For more information and source code, check http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html.

Version 32.3 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);
• 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!

Changes since V32.2:

 Summary:

• Debugger: added IC, IL, IP commands (for I/O port watchpoints).
• REXX: added OPENDISKDRIVE and CLOSEDISKDRIVE commands.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

 Details:

• fixed a compiler warning.
• twin: fixed: disk loading was broken.
• twin: now emulates 32K of slave RAM (up from 16K).
• changed default for watching of writes to all.
• debugger: fixed: WP with range and condition did not refresh memory subwin.
• debugger: removed L P command.
• debugger: added IC, IL, IP commands.
• debugger: fixed: > and >= breakpoint/watchpoint conditions were swapped around.
• debugger: all commands now understand extended instructions when in extended mode.
• floppy disk subwin: fixed: clicking on “update disk…” and then cancelling was setting the filename.
• fixed: quickload/quicksave didn’t work after inserting a disk.
• incorporated Mikhail’s latest Russian translation.
• aa: fixed icon positions for directory opus.
• aa: fixed: game info subwin was destabilizing the system.
• aa: now uses arexx.class.
• aa: split arexx.c from amiga.c.
• rexx: added OPENDISKDRIVE and CLOSEDISKDRIVE commands.
• arexx: removed WAITFRAME and WAITFRAMES commands.
• localized some more strings.
• incorporated Anthony’s latest Greek translation.
• twin: guest controls subwin: replaced imagery.

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/

HarfBuzz is a text-shaping library. Using the HarfBuzz library allows programs to convert a sequence of Unicode input into properly formatted and positioned glyph output for any writing system and language. Version 8.4.0 can now be found on OS4Depot.

Version 2.22.0 of Libsdl2_ttf is out. This library is a wrapper around the FreeType and Harfbuzz libraries, allowing you to use TrueType fonts to render text in SDL applications.

Also updated is Libz, the Zlib data compression library. zlib 1.3.1 is a general-purpose data compression library. All the code is thread-safe. The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs (Request for Comments) 1950 to 1952 in the files http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1950 (zlib format), rfc1951 (deflate format) and rfc1952 (gzip format).

It is a game called Doom RPG-RE created for mobile phones in 2005. It was developed by Fountainhead Entertainment and published by JAMDAT Mobile. According to Wikipedia, it combines the Doom first-person shooter franchise with role-playing video game elements. The story includes similar events of Doom 3 but involves different characters.

The reverse engineering was done by Erick Vásquez García. You can find more information about this on the official GitHub page.

Doom RPG-RE was ported to AmigaOS 4 by BSzili and Smarkusg. The current version is 0.2.2. The GitHub page of Smarkusg can be found here.

The game is freely available for download on OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/board/doomrpg.lha

I downloaded it this evening and playing it was a matter of unpacking the archive and double-clicking the icon of the game. 🙂 The game worked under emulation.

Bernd Assenmacher has released version 2.6 of the Image2PDF utility. With this tool, you can convert PNG- or JPG files to PDF. The author labels it as “EmailWare”, so please send him an e-mail if you use the program. 🙂 Changes and improvements are as follows:

• Updated guide file
• On MorphOS and AROS the guide file is now copied to the installation drawer
• On MorphOS the “Path” command in s:user-startup is now deactivated. If wanted active, one needs to uncomment it manually, save it and then reboot the computer.
• Added possibility to scale images with all chosen formats
• Added possibility to compress PDF docs when Ghostscript is installed
• The orientation of PDF docs can now be changed (not with ImageSize format)
• A print margin can be set now
• Using commandline will now adapt the orientation automatically (not with ImageSize format)
• Compiled single versions for the supported platforms
• Removed applet from archive

The program can be downloaded from here.

Michael Trebilcock has uploaded several new versions of audio decoders:

• Faad2 – FAAD2 AAC decoder
• Faac – Freeware Advanced Audio Coder
• Libfaac – Freeware Advanced Audio Coder library
• Libfaad – Freeware Advanced Audio (AAC) Decoder library

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

– 2.11 (22nd April 2024):

• FIXED long standing bug: Reading MIDI device name from a project file was not always copied to the name field
• FIXED bug: Cancelling “Save as” menu selection should not save anything
• FIXED bug: Stopping song play should unlit Play
• FIXED bug: Selecting menu New will clear instruments setup as well
• FIXED bug: Fixed one error message
• FIXED: Bring already opened windows to front
• FIXED bug: Wrong Midi Thru setup window shift value
• FIXED: Separated Fill and Part trigger settings to avoid buggy behaviour
• FIXED bugs: Note length handling in various places (should improve stability)
• Refactored the source code for better maintainability and to avoid bugs
• Added option to extend note length to amount of two full bars

Sandro Barbagelata has released version 1.0 of Theme List. This utility lists any AmigaOS 4, AROS, or MorphOS themes in a directory. According to the information on OS4Depot, “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 recognized and treated consequently. The graphic output can be reviewed on the screen and saved on a file. Rename the executable for your system to “ThemeList” to match it with the info file. Default path can be set via tooltypes.”

Thumbnail Maker is an Arexx script for ArtEffect 4 from Haage & Partner. It uses ffmpeg to generate a series of frames from a selected video and paste them onto a canvas to create a sequence of thumbnails. Data about the video is printed at the top, along with a user-definable string. Version 1.04 contains the following changes:

This is version 1.04. 

*New feature*: 

You can optionally burn the timecode into each frame. Thanks to Mick JT for helping me figure out the syntax of this command. Time is in the format hh:mm:ss and will appear in the top left hand corner. You can select either white or black text. Note that the non-altivec version of ffmpeg 6.01 has a bug and won’t work with this feature. If you have this version installed you won’t see the option to apply timecode. I recommend updating to the latest version of ffmpeg.

*Bug fix*:

The default file extensions have been overhauled, so by default more video file types are displayed for selection.

*Improvement*: 

ffmpeg now does the scaling instead of Art Effect. This makes assembling the final image much faster.

*Improvement*: 

The script now looks for ffmpeg in appdir not c, so you can keep your ffmpeg executable anywhere.

*Improvement*: 

A few minor code polishes…

STREAM is a Memory + floating-pt Bandwith Tester created by John D. McCalpin. Version 5.10 was uploaded to OS4Depot by Sailor.

amiga-news.de reports that RadeonHD V5.20 for Sam460 has been released. “The RadeonHD driver software is a graphics driver for RadeonHD graphics cards for AmigaOS 4.1. Version 5 only supports “Southern Islands” cards (HD7000 series), but offers hardware-accelerated video decoding (Enhancer Software 2.2 required).”. For the full story, please visit amiga-news.de here.

Amiga-news.de also reports that version 9.0.0 of QEMU has been released. This is an open-source computer emulator that makes it possible to emulate a computer in software, such as the Pegasos 2 and Sam460 for example. The support is provided by QEMU developer Zoltan Balaton, who has set up a dedicated website with helpful information. Version 9.0.0 contains improvements to the Sam460e emulation (faster, support of short drive options like -cdrom & -drive media=…, SFS fixed) and Pegasos2 IRQ fixes. Here you can read the full story on amiga-news.de.

KT_Scripts by Kevin Taddeucci is a collection of simple Arexx and DOS Scripts to add helpful features to various AmigaOS4 programs and Workbench. v1.2 release adds the following script.

CleanDrawer:

ARexx script to perform Workbech drawer icon arrangments . Arrange the icons by desired order, resize window to fit and snapshot the window all at once. No need to use three menu selections to do it.

At the end of the month, HunoPPC returned with a new release of the Snes 9x, a Super Nintendo emulator.

Version 1.62.3r4 contains a lot of changes. Please read on for the list. 🙂

• Added new renderer : OPENGL 1.3
• Added new renderer : EGL_WRAP
• Added new renderer : SOFTWARE
• Added choice of render: Software/OpenGL/Compositing/EGL_Wrap
• Added SkinFX for renders without Overscan (just on renders: Software/OpenGL)
• Up sound buffer to 210 ms by default
• Added option -displayrenderer for show renderer
• Added option -filterhardware (OpenGL Compositing and EGL_Wrap), LINEAR is activated and by default is NEAREST
• GUI is now V1.0.8
• Added render EGL_Wrap with 5 Filters shaders CRT (effect), please do not use vsync with a low machines

  * “Shader CRT Low”

  * “Shader CRT High”

  * “Shader CRT Scanline Low”

  * “Shader CRT Scanline High”

  * “Shader CRT No Scanline” 

• Added 9 Skins created by me for this engine (internal engine)
• GUI now lock unnecessary options with differents renderers
• Rewrite 3 renderers SOFTWARE/OPENGL and EGL_WRAP
• Added on GUI : “Saved states” with 9 buttons and button “launch selected save”
• Added option QWERTY for keys on AmigaInput parameters
• Now name of Hardware is on display renderer 
• Now show fps is without show name of hardware
• Fixed keyboard wrapper on SDL1
• Fixed GUI crash without ROMS (thanks Alex)
• Added new icon tooltype GUI_FADE_EFFECT for add fade effect on GUI, disabled is (GUI_FADE_EFFECT) 

It’s great to see the development continues on this emulator! 🙂

Juan Carlos Herrán Martín is back with an update to his game called High-Low-Equal Poker. This is the final version which works inside of a window of 800×600. The bugs have been fixed. You can get the game here. 🙂

It also contains environment and graphics from the world of Los Malditos, as well as two exclusive decks with Los Malditos characters.

MCE, Multi-game Character Editor, is a user-friendly open-source editor of character files, saved games, high score tables, levels, and graphics for 117 games. James Jacobs, the author, has now released version 14.8. a SideWinder 1 level and graphics editor has been added.

Raziel released version 0.2 of ifarchive.org DL. Download supported games (ScummVM’s Glk engine) from http://www.ifarchive.org and put them into their respective sub-directories, depending on the engine used.

Supported engines:

adrift (up to v4), advsys, agt, alan(2,3), archetype, comprehend (see below), frotz, glulx(e), hugo, jacl, level9, magnetic, quest (early quest only), scott, zcode (up to v6)

Unsupported engines:

adrift (v5 and higher), Comprehend (see below), quest (later quest games), quill, tads, zcode (v7 or higher)

It is available for download on OS4Depot.

Miscellaneous

Ktadd has launched a new blog called Amiga NG Blog. He presents us with his brand new A1222+! Congratulations on your new computer, Ktadd! 🙂 Please visit his blog to see many pictures of his build and read about the project. Videos are available on his site.

Speaking of the A1222+, Robert Bernardo has also posted about his new computer. He has published an unboxing post on his blog, which you can read here.

We in Void and Nukleus are currently working on the upcoming issue of Versus, the Amiga demoscene charts. It will be available for Classic Amiga, AmigaOS 4, and Android.

To make the charts as representative as possible, we need your support! Please fill out the Online votesheet via the link below. You are not required to fill out all the fields. Vote for your favorites today! 🙂 Thanks in advance!

https://www.nukleus.nu/VersusVote.php

Besides that, we are also looking for article contributions. Please get in touch with me (puni at protonmail dot com) or Browallia of Nukleus (e-mail on the Nukleus website) if you would like to learn more and help make this issue of Versus the best one yet. 😉

A preview of issue 168 of Amiga Future has been released on the official website of the magazine. On the cover, we can see the new A1222+. The magazine can be ordered here.

Helge Kvalheim is back with more music created on his AmigaOne X5000! The first is the LN3 Wind Temple 24, second (which you can check out below) is the Last Ninja 3 Water Temple 24. 🙂

Pavlor, a user on Amigaworld.net, has published a review of Heretic II. Please click here to read it. He covers everything from the purchase, shipping, gameplay, etc.

George Sokianos a.k.a Walkero has been streaming on Twitch during April. In the video below he is playing Heretic II:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2127670826

The Heretic II Multiplayer Event took place on April 27th. Here Amigans were invited to participate. Maijestro and McFly PPC have released videos on YouTube of the gameplay. More events will take place in the future.

Muf has made a video about the new Heretic II and Quake 2 for AmigaOS 4. The video is in Polish, but you can turn on subtitles if you want.

Amigaone.pl uploaded a video showing Quake 2 running on an AmigaOne X5040.

AmigaBezŚciemy episode 24 was published a couple of weeks ago. It features an interview with Marek Głogowski about AmigaOS 4, Qemu, and more. The language in the video is Polish, but you can turn on subtitles.

In April, we will ventured into the world of pinball. We played the classic Space Cadet Pinball!

Space Cadet is available to download from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfil … ion/spacecadetpinball.lha

The goal was to score as many points as possible! The competition is actually not over yet, but will end tonight. Here is the link to the thread of the contest:

https://www.amigans.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=9515

Until next time

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

Big thanks to all of you for supporting this initiative by reading, spreading, commenting, and sending me messages. It is much appreciated, and helps keep me motivated.

If you would like me to mention your project in a roundup, please feel free to contact me. You can also send me news, links to interesting videos, and so forth. Thanks in advance.

I wish you all a great day! See you in next month’s roundup! 🙂

Best regards,

Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler

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Hi everyone,

Thank you for visiting my blog. 🙂

Today, I’ve got news about a game release for AmigaOS 4!

It is a game called Doom RPG-RE created for mobile phones in 2005. It was developed by Fountainhead Entertainment and published by JAMDAT Mobile. According to Wikipedia, it combines the Doom first-person shooter franchise with role-playing video game elements. The story includes similar events of Doom 3 but involves different characters.

The reverse engineering was done by Erick Vásquez García. You can find more information about this on the official GitHub page.

Doom RPG-RE was ported to AmigaOS 4 by BSzili and Smarkusg. The current version is 0.2.2. The GitHub page of Smarkusg can be found here.

The game is freely available for download on OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/board/doomrpg.lha

I downloaded it this evening and playing it was a matter of unpacking the archive and double-clicking the icon of the game. 🙂 The game worked under emulation.

That was all for now. Thanks for reading and for visiting the Old School Game Blog. 🙂

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Hello,

Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog. 🙂

Yesterday, I wrote about a game that had been ported to AROS. Today I’ve got news about a port of well-known classic that has been ported to AmigaOS 4.

Which classic game is that? It is Cannon Fodder and Cannon Fodder 2, and the various specials and demos from cover disks!

Cannon Fodder was one of the most popular games on the Amiga. It was also popular on the PC and probably many other platforms. I remember playing it on my Amiga 500 and later 1200 in the 90’s. I still have the original disks in my collection, but it has been a long time since I checked if they worked.

More information about Cannon Fodder can be found at Hall of Light:

https://amiga.abime.net/games/view/cannon-fodder

In short, it is an action strategy game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive. You are in control of a group of soldiers and the goal is to complete the missions you get assigned for. You control the soldiers with your mouse, controlling their movement by clicking around on the map and using the buttons to shoot and customize formation, etc.

Open Fodder is an open-source version of the Cannon Fodder engine for modern operating systems. It supports not only the Amiga version of the games but also the PC ones.

• Cannon Fodder (Amiga, Amiga CD32, DOS CD)
• Cannon Fodder 2 (Amiga, DOS CD)
• Demos (various cover disks from magazines like Amiga Power, The One, Amiga Format, Amiga Action, PC Format, etc.)

Thanks to the porting done by Smarkusg, we can now enjoy Cannon Fodder natively on our AmigaOS 4 systems. 🙂 Here is a link to his Open Fodder GitHub page.

To start playing, you can download the archive from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/action/openfodder.lha

The archive comes bundled with demos you can try, but you’ll need to provide the full version yourself. The files from these must be copied to their appropriate directories in the “OpenFodder/Data/” drawer. You will find one called “Dos_CD”. Here you can copy over the files from the DOS version. The game will then pop up in the menu when you launch Open Fodder.

Cannon Fodder is available for purchase from GOG:

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

Today, April 11th, it is currently at 75% off. 🙂

I have tried Open Fodder on my Sam460 and also in emulation and it performed very well.

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

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AmigaOS 4 News – March 2024

Hi everyone,

Thanks for visiting my blog. 🙂

It is, like it usually is at the end of a month, time for the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! 

March proved to be a very active month in the community. We got new hardware, a commercial software release, and many updates to everything from applications to games. Thanks to all the developers, users, and enthusiasts who keep the platform alive!

On the personal side, March was also the month I got myself a new AmigaOS 4 system based around the Sam460LE by ACube Systems. Have since then expanded it with an optical drive, as well as added extra storage space.

Without further ado, here is the AmigaOS 4 news from March 2024. 🙂

Software News

Some of you might remember that I did an interview with Steffen Häuser, a.k.a. TheMagicSN, a few months ago about the game he has ported for Hyperion Entertainment to AmigaOS 4, namely Heretic II.

I’m happy to report that the boxed version of the game is now available for purchase from Alinea Computer in Germany! RetroPassion in the United Kingdom had it in stock, but it is currently only available on backorder.

Here is the link to Alinea Computer:

https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-Software/Amiga-Games/Heretic-II-for-AmigaOS-4::1354.html

The price is 44,95 EUR VAT included.

The requirements are as follows:

• AmigaOS ® 4.1 or higher
• PPC (x1000/x5000, Sam, QEmu or older PPC Hardware like Peg2/Classic/A1, no support for A1222 currently)
• 64 MB minimum, more recommended
• 3D acceleration supported through Warp3D/Warp3DNova (OpenGL)
• Soundcards supported through AHI
• 4x CD ROM (only needed for game installation)
• 400 MB free harddrive space

Features:

• Features Quake IITM 3D engine by Id Software ® using OpenGL
• MiniGL(Warp3D), GL4ES (Warp3DNova) and Software Renderer
• Both GL Renderers with Multitexturing
• CD Audio with Game Music (also playable through ISO-mounting, CD does not need to be in Drive while playing)
• Localization (both Text and Audio-Output) to English, German, French, Italian and Spanish
• Improved Quality of Video Intro/Extro
• High Resolutions (1920×1080 and 4K Resolutions) added
• Multiplayer Support (internet or LAN up to 32 players)
• Formidable Enemy AI
• Outstanding player controls (mouse, keyboard, joystick) using AmigaInput
• Expandable with new mission packs like Quake

My original plan was to show you photos of the box, screenshots from the game, and to tell you more about it, but unfortunately, my copy of Heretic II is still in transit. I got a message that it was going to be delivered soon, but suddenly the tracking showed that it was back at customs here in Norway again. Due to Easter, it has gotten further delayed. I’m guessing it will reach me sometime in the middle of April. I will write a review of the game later on when I’ve received it and have had time to play through it. I’m looking forward to that! 🙂

Speaking of Heretic II, Steffen Häuser recently ported THF 3.0 to AmigaOS 4. This is one of the biggest multiplayer mods for the game. You need Heretic II for AmigaOS 4 to run it. This opens the door to some fun multiplayer action for Amigans! You can download it from here.

Unofficial Polish and Russian localization for Heretic II have also been released. 

On March 2nd, DRIDI released version 2.9z5Final of the Arabic Console Device. According to the author, this version contains a lot of fixes. Later in March, on the 31st, another update was published, 2.9z6Final. Please visit OS4Depot to read more about the changes.

René W. Olsen has released version 1.29 of the Amiga VNC Server. Changes from the previous versions are as follows:

– Changed: The Server now only sends GfxTiles that are asked for by the client. This also means the Faster BufferSync=Off is no longer possible.

– Fixed: The Server no longer sends RichCursor if there are UpdateRequest. This fixes the RealVNC logon problem.

– Fixed: The ‘Settings updated, restart required’ message now disappears when you stop the server.

Version 2.9114.523 of the DNetC client was released on March 4th. Distributed.net was the Internet’s first multi-purpose distributed computing project. If you are interested in contributing to the Distributed Amiga team, visit the effort homepage at http://distributed.amiga.org/, it contains all the necessary info along with extensive information on usage, configuration, and troubleshooting. You can download it from OS4Depot here.

Marie Katrine Ekeberg has released version 0.3.0 of AmiEnvMon. This is a utility to call a homemade Pico environment monitor API to fetch information and show this in a GUI based on MUI. Here is the link to the GitHub page.

George Sokianos, a.k.a. Walkero, is back with an update to the Lite XL port for AmigaOS 4. This time it is version 2.1.3r1.

Lite XL is a lightweight text editor written in Lua and SDL2. It is being developed by the Lite XL team. Here is the link to the official page on GitHub.

Here is the changelog:

[2.1.3r1] – 2024-03-09

Added

– Added AmiUpdate support
– Added the Tetris plugin

Updated

– Updated the code to the upstream 2.1.3 release
– Compiled with SDL 2.30.0 that supports editing with ISO encodings, other than English. Now the editor should be able to support any language and in conjuction with the codesets plugin be able to make text encodings conversions.
– Now the codesets plugin supports MorphOS 3.18 and above

Changed

– Changed the way the “Open in system” option executes the WBRun command in AmigaOS 4, with a more secure way
– Did a lot of code cleanup in sync with the upstream, and parts of code that were left over
– Compiled with pcre2 10.42 (MorphOS version only)

Fixed

– I did a lot of changes on path manipulation and usage, fixing scanning the root of a partition or an assign path
– Fixed an error with the codesets plugin, where an empty file could not be opened
– Improved the folder suggestions when opening projects or changing paths. Now even the root folders of a partition are presented
– Fixed ghmarkdown plugin, but now requires a GitHub token to be provided

For more information (and to download the program), please visit OS4Depot.

SDL2 for AmigaOS 4 has received an update. It is now available for download at OS4Depot. Information about the changes for this version can be found on the GitHub page.

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 6.1.1. More information about the program is available on OS4Depot.

On AmigaOS 4 you can emulate many different computers and consoles. One of the systems you can enjoy is the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis. This platform is especially interesting since it contains a vast amount of high-quality games. Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Earthworm Jim, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage 2, and many more, are examples of this. Thanks to work done by Marek “smarkusg” Glogowski (porting) and Javier de las Rivas (GUI), we can enjoy version 1.33 of the DGen emulator on our computers. 🙂

Here is a video created by Rene Engel a.k.a. Maijestro showing DGen running on QEMU (Pegasos II):

Prince of Persia is a classic game first released in 1989 by Broderbund. It was developed by Jordan Mechner, who was the author of another blast from the past, namely Karateka. Prince of Persia came out for many different platforms, including the Amiga. I can remember briefly playing it on an Amiga 500, but nothing more than that. It is a famous game though, well-known in the history of video games.

Let us fast-forward to 2024. An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version, extended with new features, is available to AmigaOS 4 users. The developer behind the original port is NagyD. Responsible for the AmigaOS 4 port is Javier de las Rivas.

On March 18th, version 1.23 of the AmigaOS 4 port was released. You can download it from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/adventure/sdlpop.lha

The open-source variant has many added features compared to the original, such as recording your game. You can find a complete list via the link below:

https://github.com/NagyD/SDLPoP/tree/amigaos4

The game ran fine under emulation of AmigaOS 4.1 FE Classic, so it should run on most, if not all AmigaOS 4 setups. 🙂

Hollywood is an excellent language for developing software. There are a wide range of plugins available handling everything from video to music. Pangomonium is a new plugin for Hollywood that features an advanced text rendering engine that makes it possible to draw text in almost every language of the world. It supports complex layouts like the right-to-left or bidirectional ones found in the Arabic and Hebrew languages or vertical layouts in columns like in Japanese. Pangomonium can also handle complex-text languages like Hindi and fonts that contain colored glyphs (emojis) are supported as well. By giving you full access to the Pango API the plugin also enables you to customize all stages of the text rendering process. Please visit OS4Depot to download the plugin and to read more about it.

Letter Worm is a new game by tickBIT. The goal of the game is to collect enough letters to eventually fly away as a butterfly. Please click here to download it or here to visit the page on GitHub.

Several libraries related to SDL2 have been released. These are:

• Libsmpeg2 (SDL2 MPEG Player Library (SMPEG2)
• Libsdl2_net (SDL2_net portable network library)
• Libsdl2_image (SDL2 image file loading library)
• Sdl2_gfx (Drawing and graphical effects extension for SDL2)
• Libsdl2_ttf (A Freetype 2.0 wrapper for SDL2)

A new version of MPlayer has been uploaded to OS4Depot! This program can play most standard video formats straight out of the box, and almost all others with additional external codecs. MPlayer for AmigaOS 4 is based on MPlayer 1.5 (w/ FFmpeg 6.0), merging code from LiveForIt-MPlayer, MickJT-MPlayer and the Andrea Palmatè’s MPlayer ports, with additional changes and improvements.

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

MPlayer 1.5 RC2 (MPlayer 1.5) – MickJT, Marek, Javier and Samo79 (26.01.2024)
* Based on MPlayer 1.5 SVN-r38440 (FFmpeg 6.0)
From now on, the AmigaOS4 release will follow the official versioning scheme!
* Compiled with GCC 11.3 + LTO (currently compiled with optimisation -O2)
* Added support for append, now dragging more than one file will append them
* Added support for AmiUpdate (yes again!)
* Added amiga video output (a fresh new P96 video output written by Jörg Strohmayer!)
* Added video’s path in all availible video outputs (show file path in MPlayer window)
* Added more audio/video formats in ASL requester and reorder them alphabetically
* Added gadgets for iconification and fullscreen in all availible video outputs
* Added “Iconify” option menu to iconify MPlayer from menu
* Added “Open subtitles” option menu to load the subtitles from MPlayer
* Added “Unload subtitles” option menu to unload the subtitles from MPlayer
* Added “Subtitles size” option menu to increase/decrease the size of the subtitles
* Added “Properties” option menu to show informations about the video playing
* Added “MPlayer-GUI” option menu to open MPlayer-GUI from MPlayer
* Added catalogs for French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish (Credits: zzd10h, Maijestro, Marek, Samo79 and Javier)
* Fixed support for AppWindow, now drag and drop of files over AmiDock really works
* Fixed external windows problems when opened on fullscreen
* Fixed crash on AltiVec version if launched on non AltiVec CPUs
* Fixed crash on quit in the GL video outputs
* PIP: Added support for menu
* Disabled some more debug outputs that were printing to shell
* MPlayer can now be controlled with the Exchanger commodity (Show, Hide and Quit)
* Separation of video outputs for SM502 G4 vo_sdl_sm502.c (Useful in QEMU emulation)
* Made screen/window titles standard in all availible video outputs
* Made drag and drop standard in all availible video outputs
* Improved RegisterApplication support
* New banner and iconsets (thx Mason!)
* A lot of bugfixes and code cleanup

Here is the download link:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=video/play/mplayer.lha

Marek “smarkusg” Glogowski has released Polish catalog files for AmiUpdate, while Marko Raina has uploaded Finnish ones.

It is no secret that many of us played with ProTracker on our Amiga computers back in the day. Countless music modules have been composed since the tracker was first released. Even I (in co-operation with another demoscener) created a tune called TveitaDowntown back in 2000. That song is not very good, but we had fun making it. 😉

PT2 Clone is a ProTracker 2 clone created for Windows, MacOS, and Linux by 8bitbubsy. The goal is to make a highly accurate clone of the classic ProTracker 2.3D. It is, as seen above, available also for AmigaOS 4. This is thanks to Smarkusg who ported it to our platform.

You can read more about it on GitHub:

https://github.com/8bitbubsy/pt2-clone

Here are the changes since the last version:

– Fullscreen mode code has been refactored, as I apparently had coded it the wrong way. “Stretched” mode always fills the whole screen now too, and other issues may have been fixed as well. The “INTEGERSCALING” option in protracker.ini has been removed as it wouldn’t work with the new code anyway.
– Updated SDL to v2.30.1

You can download it from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=audio/tracker/pt2_clone.lha

SDL2_mixer is a sample multi-channel audio mixer library. It supports 8 channels of 16-bit stereo audio, plus a single channel of music. It can load FLAC, MP3, Ogg, VOC, and WAV format audio. It can also load MIDI, MOD, and Opus audio, depending on build options. Version 2.8.0 is now available from OS4Depot.

Liba52 is a free library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams. It is released under the terms of the GPL license. The A/52 standard is used in a variety of applications, including digital television and DVD. It is also known as AC-3. Version 0.8.0 is now available for download.

AmigaGPT is a text generation program that runs on the classic AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4. Utilizing the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 architectures, this program provides state-of-the-art language modeling.

Features:

– Generates text based on input prompts

– UI customization

– Full conversation history

– Text-to-speech

Version 1.4.4 is now available from OS4Depot. 

Changes:

– Fixes a bug in chat mode in AmigaOS 3.X where the send button stays disabled after an error occurs

– Change the stack size in the program .info file to the recommended 32768 bytes

– Fix bug where accents were not loaded properly resulting in the speech to fail. If you get an error when generating speech, go to the menu and set the accent again

Libfreetype 2.13.2 has been uploaded to OS4Depot to fix headers path. According to the readme, FreeType is a software font engine that is designed to be small, efficient, highly customizable, and portable while capable of producing high-quality output (glyph images).

Kjetil Hvalstrand a.k.a. LiveForIt is back with a new release! This time it is a utility called Mem Info. According to the author, it is a small tool to display the memory usage on an AmigaOne. The source code is included if you’re interested in improving or customizing it.

Pankalla has returned with a new add-on for the spreadsheet program Ignition. This tool makes it possible to read and write files with the suffix ods. Well-known programs such as Open Office Calc and Libre Office Calc use this.

Juan Carlos Herrán Martín is a very active developer of games for platforms such as AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, and AROS. We’ve seen plenty of releases from him in the previous monthly roundups. Now he is back again and inviting us to check out a new project he is working on. The game is called Los Malditos, and it is a free adaption of the mythical books from Timun Mas from the 1980s and 1990s related to Dungeons & Dragons, which the author was a fan of. The demo of the game is now available for download at OS4Depot.

Version 32.0 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);
• 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:

Summary:

• Added preliminary Signetics TWIN minicomputer emulation.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details:

• wa: fixed: some non-auditable filetypes were being audited.
• wa: phunsy: fixed: “project|open”: mdcr files were not being considered as signetics files nor as tapes.
• added preliminary emulation of signetics twin minicomputer (incl. added DRIVE debugger command).
• disassembler: now indirect jumps into ROM are threaded as code.
• now CPSL $FF pseudocode is given as PSL = 0 .
• binbug: fixed: floppy drive subwin: block contents gadgets: colours were not always changed when changing sector or track.
• fixed buffer overflow that could result in incorrect next default disassembly address.
• fixed: opcodes subwindow had incorrect information for pseudocode and flags for some instructions.
• enhanced tooltips for opcodes subwindow.
• floppy subwin: now says “sector contents” instead of “block contents”.
• aa: CPU monitor: revised gadget layout somewhat.
• aa: tr: fixed: opening cpu monitor could cause a crash/hang.
• fixed: cpu monitor: flag button was wrong colour.
• wa: floppy drive subwin: thickened current track/sector arc for easier visibility.
• assembler: added support for extended instruction set (as used by signetics RASM assembler).
• pipbug,binbug: fixed: it was temporarily refusing to process guest input in some circumstances.
• assembler: fixed: it was emitting spurious warnings when using indexed addressing.
• localized some more strings.
• wa: fixed: floppy subwin: “insert disk…” button wasn’t localized.
• incorporated Anthony’s latest Greek translation.

Miscellaneous News

Now for one of the biggest news of this month. The A1222+ is now finally available for purchase! It is great to see that the computer is now available. It has been a long journey for Trevor Dickinson, A-EON Technology, and the other parties involved, but now it is finally out in the market. 

AAA Technology is currently working hard shipping out motherboards and pre-built systems to customers around the world.

A complete system costs 1,599 EUR. This price does also include VAT.

The motherboard with 4 GB of RAM costs 1,238.90 EUR. VAT included. Without RAM, it costs 1,1199 EUR.

Please visit the website of amigakit.fr for more information about what the options include in terms of hardware and software. 

Hopefully, we’ll see some reviews and videos about the A1222+ soon. 🙂 In the meantime, I recommend having a look at Epsilon’s look at the A1222 on his blog. He has been a beta tester of the system for many years.

Eldee Stephens updated “The QuickStart Guide for New A1222+ Users” on March 22nd. This is a valuable resource for A1222+ users. It contains information about everything from compatibility to helpful tips and tricks. I highly recommend that you check it out via the link below:

http://eliyahu.org/tabor/

AmiWest 2024 has just been announced! The event will take place on October 25th, 26th, and 27th. It has a new theme, which is “Get your game on!”

Here is the announcement from the official website:

AmiWest 2024 theme is “Get your game on!”. Gaming has been a mainstay of the Amiga platform since before it’s inception. The last few years have seen a resurgence in Amiga games and gaming across all platform flavors. This year AmiWest will focus on a celebration of all things Amiga gaming. This includes HW innovations, the latest modern retro releases, the latest game engines like Redpill, Hollywood, and Scorpion, with the latest tools like UniJoysticle. Watch amiwest.net for the latest updates and information.

Show Dates

AmiWest 2024 will be held October 25th to October 27th, at the Holiday Inn Express Cal Expo, 2224 Auburn Blvd.,Sacramento, California 95821, USA. Tell everyone you know and bring a friend to AmiWest.

Format Change

The show will be three days in 2024. In past years we used Thursday and Friday for the AmiWest on site DevCon. For 2024 we are going to change our format and shift the DevCon to a virtual event, more details will be provided in the coming months. For Friday, October 25th, the show will focus on long form presentations on leading hardware and software projects.

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A new issue (167) of Amiga Future has been released for March and April. Not much AmigaOS 4-related content this time, but still an interesting read; Trevor’s Soapbox, Passione Amiga Day 2023, Dynamic websites with PHP.

As usual, we are running a games contest over at Amigans.net! 🙂 This month we’ve been playing Tap Jewels for AmigaOS 4 by Entwickler-X. This game was suggested by BillE. Many thanks for the good suggestion!

Tap Jewels

Another addictive Match-3 diamond/jewels style game with three great game modes. These are Puzzle Quest, Time Challenge, and Survival.

In this contest we play Time Challenge:

Match 3 or more identical jewels, be fast to get more time to play, because the time goes by. The game is over if the time is up.

The goal is to score as many points as possible. Please post a screenshot of your score in the appropriate forum thread to participate. It is still some time left to play. 😉

Here is the link to the competition thread over at Amigans.net.

Tap Jewels is a commercial game, which you can purchase as a download from Alinea Computer:

https://www.amiga-shop.net/en/Amiga-So … ownload-version::803.html

If you are unsure about whether this is a game for your or not, you can try the demo version at OS4Depot first:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/puzzle/tapjewelsdemo.lha

Videos

Rene Engel a.k.a. Maijestro has created many videos this month. One of these shows the the new Heretic II for AmigaOS 4 from Hyperion Entertainment running on QEMU (Pegasos II):

McFly PPC uploaded several videos in March. One of these shows Gorky 17 running on his AmigaOne X5000:

Never mind what I wrote about videos of the A1222+ above. It turns out that Mister JBAM has released videos of him unboxing the A1222+ and installing it.

Mister JBAM made a video of playing Tower57, too.

The videos are in French, but you can turn on auto-generated subtitles in English.

George Sokianos, a.k.a. Walkero, did a live stream of him installing and playing Heretic II for AmigaOS 4.1. Unfortunately, he had difficulties with his capture card, so he could not record much of the gameplay. It was still a good stream, and he provided helpful information concerning the game. The port of the game, TheMagicSN, was present in the chat.

Until next time

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

I’d like to send a big thank you to everyone for supporting this initiative by reading, spreading, commenting, and sending me messages. It is much appreciated!

If you would like me to mention your project in a roundup, please feel free to contact me. You can also send me news, links to interesting videos, and so forth. Thanks in advance.

I wish you all a great day! See you next month! 🙂

Best regards,

Puni/Void a.k.a AmigaOldSkooler

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Thank you for visiting the Old School Game Blog. 🙂

Prince of Persia is a classic game first released in 1989 by Broderbund. It was developed by Jordan Mechner, who was the author of another blast from the past, namely Karateka. Prince of Persia came out for many different platforms, including the Amiga. I can remember briefly playing it on an Amiga 500, but nothing more than that. It is a famous game though, well-known in the history of video games.

Let us fast-forward to 2024. An open-source port of Prince of Persia, based on the disassembly of the DOS version, extended with new features, is available to AmigaOS 4 users. The developer behind the original port is NagyD. Responsible for the AmigaOS 4 port is Javier de las Rivas.

Yesterday, on March 18th, version 1.23 of the AmigaOS 4 port was released. You can download it from OS4Depot:

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/adventure/sdlpop.lha

The open-source variant has many added features compared to the original, such as recording your game. You can find a complete list via the link below:

https://github.com/NagyD/SDLPoP/tree/amigaos4

The game ran fine under emulation of AmigaOS 4.1 FE Classic, so it should run on most, if not all AmigaOS 4 setups. 🙂

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AmigaOS 4 News – February 2024

Hi,

Welcome to the second AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup of 2024!

It has been yet another active month in the world of AmigaOS 4. We’ve got plenty of updates to software and releases. The A1222+ is not out the door yet, but hopefully, it will be in March. As you’ve noticed, you are reading this on the Old School Game Blog, not on the Gaming on AmigaOS 4 blog. I’ve melted the two together, so from now on the roundups will be hosted here.

Without further ado, let us move on to the news! 🙂

Software News

Let us start with some AI-related news. AmigaGPT is a text generation program that runs on the classic AmigaOS and AmigaOS 4. Utilizing the power of OpenAI’s GPT-3 and GPT-4 architectures, this program provides state-of-the-art language modeling.

Features:

– Generates text based on input prompts
– UI customization
– Full conversation history
– Text-to-speech

Version 1.4.2 (2024-01-31) is now available from OS4Depot. They replaced clicktabs for AmigaOS 3.x since the version is too old and will crash. 3.x users can select the mode at startup.

After hard work, HunoPPC is back with a massive update to the Super Nintendo emulator for AmigaOS4 called SNES9X NG.

Here are the changes from the previous version:

– Added modifications of prefs KEYBOARD on native GUI now!!

– Added on engine, new converter of keys intuition events to keys SDL2 events for new function of keyboard prefs

– Added recognition of duplicates in modified keys

– Added 2 new image for recognition, one for OK (green) and one for NOK (red) 

– Rewinding cool option working now on game :-), use GUI for activate and add number of Mo for rewind dans on game press F12 for a moment to operate rewinding, IMPORTANT!! this hack is very big for your CPU, on X5000 90% of usage with 60FPS  

– Fixed Vsync, now working with -vsync and for disable using -novsync (thanks to Kas1e)

– Fixed limiter of fps without Vsync

– Fixed loading Rom offset “Tintin in Tibet (Europe) (En,Es,Sv) 

– Fixed loading Wild Guns, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – The Fighting Edition with a good IRQ cycles and DMA delay

– Fixed LowMapRom and HiMapRom on memmap functions

– Optimized DSP2 for AmigaOS4

– Fixed small audio Crackling 

– Fixed Speedup audio DSP1 and DSP2   

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– Tipo fixed on locale (thanks Javier)

– Tipo fixed on SuperFX Mhz-> to ->%

– Fixed Run game selected with RETURN now!!

– Fixed quit GUI with ESCAPE

– Added cool sounds effects on native GUI (mario voice and yoshi voice)  

– Added option -interpolationmethod for Sound Interpolation Method, Gaussian=0 / Linear=1 / Cubic=2 (default) / Sinc=3

– Remove Key Q for quit Snes9X

– Added new filters:  

    * 2xBR

    * 2xBR-lv1

    * DDT

    * Scanlines 25%

    * Dot Matrix  

– Fixed draw time with FPS count

– Fixed HACKVIDEO config write

– Fixed INTERPOLATION config write

– Fixed OVERCLOCKCPU config write

– Added button for sounds effects on GUI

– New all catalogs

– Sound now is Threaded 

– Fixed timing for all games with Vsync

– Fixed Joypad2, now working with the GUI launcher

– Added new hack option “-disablespritelimit” disable max sprite tiles rendered per line. Default = 34, Unlimited ~= 128 

– Fixed Mute now working!! 

– On game FULLSCREEN/WINDOW mode now working with = L_ALT + RETURN

– Added new option -emulatedmachine for a virtuel machine, activate a correct software rendering on internal engine (disable: vsync, FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP) 

– Fixed commandline for all filters

– fixed commandline for support optical games: mouse, superscope, justifier and macsrifle.

– GUI is now V1.0.7

– Added to GUI news options: sound thread and Emulated machine (for QEMU and WinUAE machines)

– Fixed Vsync disable if you use emulated machine or rwinding options (thank to Javier)

– Added new images for inputs : Keyboard, joypad, mouse, superscope, justifier and macsrifle

– Now superscope working with a mouse Amiga 

– fixed disabled prefs Buttons of joypad if you use other input

– Center the cursor on screen

– Support all optical games with cursor and mouse for shooting (move working, now i working on the buttons) IMPORTANT: Correctly choose the type of weapon suitable for the game otherwise it may not work correctly, MOUSE ONLY!!!

– Added new folder “Roms-Optical” for copy your games Guns or Optical (Konami Justifier, superscope, mouse and a special MacsRiffle)

– Fixed -nooverscan and center a screen on 320×240 mode (window and fullscreen)

– Fixed on mode -nooverscan and 320×240 centered screen with L_ALT + RETURN

– Fixed Justifier1 AimOffscreen Trigger button, now working with the center button of mouse 

– Added 2 KEYS on KEYBOARD with optical mode:

 * KEY HOME : “Superscope Pause”

 * KEY END : “Superscope AimOffscreen” 

– Fixed mode -emulatedmachine on all renderer

– Fixed if you use optical games with with L_ALT + RETURN disable a pointer on window mode

– Added 3 new images availablecover3dMSU1.png, availablecover3dOPTICAL.png and availablecover3dSUPERFX.png for not available previews 

– GUI checking now all datas dependency for interface on launching and push requester if you have an error 

– Fixed disable vsync on GUI with -emulatedmachine -nooverscan and -rewinding options

– Fix fps limiter on PAL mode

The emulator is available for download on OS4Depot:

OS4Depot – Your one stop for AmigaOS4 files

Rene Engel has created a video showing the emulator running on his AmigaOS 4 setup through QEMU. The footage was created with the previous version of SNES9X NG.

Leu is a spreadsheet application by Marcus Sackrow, which started as an Excel and OpenOffice viewer. Now it also features basic editing functions and a fully working parser.

It supports the loading of Excel (XLSX), Libre/OpenOffice (ods), ASCII (CSV), and TurboCalc (TCD) files. You can export the tables to Excel, Libre/OpenOffice, ASCII, HTML, or wiki tables. Version 0.08 is now available for download at OS4Depot.

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 have 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 1.87 contains several bug fixes and changes:

• Bug: Report account-flow has not offer the last years, only last 12 months.
• Bug: Long catogory names are not shown in ignition tables.
• Changes: Now also the values are shown in ignition pie-graphics.
• Bug: Corrects some little bugs in ignition-sheets.

SDL2 (Simple DirectMedia Layer 2) 2.30 was released in February. You can download it from OS4Depot, as well as find more information about it there:

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

Version 30.81 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);
• 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 V30.8:

 Summary:

• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Details:

• arcadia: improved overlay text for basketball and horse racing.
• wa: arcadia: changed white to grey in sidebar game glyphs (for better contrast against default sidebar background).
• wa: arcadia: fixed: sidebar game glyphs for red clash and robot killer were swapped.
• incorporated Mikhail’s latest Russian translation.
• aa: fixed: it was crashing during exit if eg. a needed ReAction class was not available.
• assembler: fixed: INCBIN directive was broken.
• pipbug: now autostarts biorhythm (300 baud) and life (machine code).
• pipbug: fixed: VDU autoadjustment could result in a mislocated LED display.
• pipbug: adjusted VDU autosense settings for biorhythm, calendar maker, mazemaker.
• fixed: WC,WP command were writing garbage error messages.
• pipbug: improved compatibility (improves random number generator, russian roulette, etc.).
• pipbug,binbug: now silences sound when resetting.
• pipbug: now translates ENTER to Ctrl-L automatically for mastermind and revised mastermind.
• wa: fixed: first string sent to output window was not being displayed.
• pipbug: added knowledge about good dump of RYTMON.
• pipbug 2: added comment support for pipla example.
• pipbug: fixed: baud rate addresses were incorrect after reset (fixes pipla test).
• pipbug: added autostart for Micro BASIC programs.

AmiArcadia is free to download. 🙂 You can grab it from OS4Depot here:

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

Here are the links to the authors websites:

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

http://amigan.yatho.com/

HunoPPC and the Amiga French Team 2024 have ported Wipeout Rewrite to AmigaOS 4!

The rewrite of WipEout was done by Phoboslab. Here is the link to the Github page.

Please read on for more information from HunoPPC:

AmigaOS 4.1 Port by HunoPPC with the Amiga French Team 2024

Important: OpenGL renderer with MiniGL Library (no software)

A big thank you to Samo79 because this port for minigl would never have been made if he had not insisted 🙂

Use glewMGL port and code for minigl by HunoPPC 2024

Use SDL2 port by Capehill

IMPORTANT!! If you use hack GUI please check your DEVS/MONITOR/”driver” for add all new resolutions, thanks.

First release 1.0.0 AmigaOS4

• Added GUI for start a new prefs on live (important !! it’s an hack)
• Added Icon created by me
• Fixed loading texture with glewMGL
• Fixed fullscreen mode on glewMGL
• Added KPH counter on screen (thanks Samo79)

The game can be downloaded from OS4Depot, but the archive does not contain the assets (textures, 3d models, etc.) required to run the game. You can find the download link for the data files in the documentation on OS4Depot. 🙂

http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/driving/wipeout.lha

Version 2.4.6 of the WHD-Load front-end iGame was released in February. 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 include:

– Multiple WHDLoad slaves repositories on hard disk partitions
– On-demand scanning in repositories for installed WHDLoad slaves (games, demos etc.)
– Use game tool types on the run
– Shows game screenshot (screenshot window can be altered through
– tool types/settings use 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

If you’d like to read about the changes since the previous version, please have a look at the appropriate page on GitHub.

An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on February 18th. This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Click here to go to the download page or to find information about the recent changes.

Several language catalog files For AmiUpdate have been uploaded to OS4Depot thanks to the work of Niels Bache (Danish), Samir Hawamdeh (Italian), Michael Merkel and Gerd Frank (German), Petrol (French), Javier de las Rivas (Spanish).

René W. Olsen has released version 1.27 of the Amiga VNC Server. It has been written from scratch, and according to the author, it still needs some work. The source code is available on GitHub. Click here to download the archive. He has also released version 2.7 of ReSrc4, an MC680x0 Disassembler.

Heretic II from Hyperion Entertainment is getting close to becoming available for purchase! I’ve been in touch with the Alinea Computer Shop. They will stock the game. I wrote them and asked them to reserve a copy, which they will. 😉 If you want to know more about Heretic II for AmigaOS 4, I recommend checking out this interview I did a while back with Steffen Häuser a.k.a. TheMagicSN, who ported it to AmigaOS 4.

AmiGemini version 0.11 was released on the February 20th. It was created by Karl Jeacle and uploaded to OS4Depot by Samir Hawamdeh. It is a browser for Gemini, Spartan, Gopher, and Finger. The source code is included.

Kas1e has released version 0.10 of WB2Filer. WB2Filer is a hack that patches Intuition’s functions via SetMethod() to allow transparently run of the Filer binary pointing to the given partition on Workbench’s desktop instead of the original Workbench windows. Please click here to get an overview of the changes since the last release.

HexSee, a hex viewer that displays file contents in blocks of 16 characters per line, has been updated to version 1.1. The author is Retrami Software. It contains a few extra features that are not always available in other AmigaOS hex viewers. It can read any file up to 4 GB in size, while a single file buffer will not use more than 128 KB even for the largest file. Text and background colors can be set to any color, and it was written especially for AmigaOS 4.1.

– Added program information to the Screen Bar
– Added Tool Tips to the gadgets
– Enabled Localisation
– Added Text & Hex Search
– Added Text & Hex selection
– Enabled Home/End/PgUp/PgDown keys

You can download HexSee from OS4Depot.

MCE, Multi-game Character Editor, is a user-friendly open-source editor of character files, saved games, high score tables, levels, and graphics for 115 games. James Jacobs, the author, has now released version 14.61. Changes include a Dungeon Master 2 save game editor, and miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

On February 23rd, Michael Rupp released an update for the SonosController program, which allows you to control your Sonos speakers from any Amiga connected to the same network. The changelog can be found on OS4Depot, along with the program itself.

– NEW: first release for AROS x86
– NEW: ARexx command REINDEX to invoke re-indexing the Sonos music library
– NEW: include all icons in every distribution in new subdrawer “Icons”
– NEW: include additional icons by AMIGASYSTEM (thanks Carlos!)
– IMPROVED: reloading the browser with F5 will not loose the selected position and item anymore.
– FIXED: loading of data (playlists, queues, etc.) is no longer limited to 100 entries (bug introduced with 1.3).
– FIXED: if network is off the app won’t crash on startup but show an error message.
– FIXED: possible crash when clicking the “looking for Sonos…” entry.

A major release this month was the update to Rave. 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 keeps a list of recently opened files and has an associated item in the Project menu for quickly opening these files again.
– Reworked the file requester, which now features a more flexible Access Panel with a user-definable Favourites section.
– Another addition to the file requester is the Browsing History pop-up for selecting recently used paths.
– Fixed a playback-related bug that would make Rave unresponsive, waiting for a signal that never arrives.
– Updated documentation.

Download link:

http://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).

Here is an overview of Rave’s features:

– A modern, configurable graphical user interface (GUI).
– A tabbed environment for managing multiple projects from within a single program window.
– A powerful custom file requester with preview playback and other useful features.
– A wide selection of editing functions with unlimited Undo.
– Asynchronous operation: performing a task in a project doesn’t block the other projects.
– Support for multiple clipboard units.
– Modular design with an object-oriented plugin system, which makes the program easy to extend.
– A wide range of supported audio file types and formats.

Trixie has also published a new post on his blog, Rear Window, which is called Crawling back to life. There you can read more about the development of Rave.

Amiga-news.de reports that AmiUpdate has been updated twice in February. First to version 2.50, then to 2.51. Please visit amiga-news.de here to read the full story.