24.Oct.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 3.2.24
Juha 'capehill' Niemimäki has released version 3.2.24 of the SDL multimedia library for AmigaOS 4. Changes:
- Set mouse focus on window activation: fixes issue with hidden mouse cursor
- Add Spanish locale
- Improve debug logging
Direct download: SDL3.lha (10 MB)
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[News message: 24. Oct. 2025, 22:22] [Comments: 0]
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24.Oct.2025
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Source code editor: Scorpion Engine extension 1.0 for Visual Studio Code
Kåre 'Docster' Johansen has released an extension for Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (Windows, Mac OS, Linux) that enables the reading and writing of .codeblock2 code from the Scorpion Engine game construction kit using the free source code editor.
Code blocks are essentially groups of instructions that are executed in a linear sequence. This largely corresponds to conventional code.
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[News message: 24. Oct. 2025, 22:15] [Comments: 0]
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24.Oct.2025
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Emulator: Mame106Minimix 1.7
Mame106Minimix is a port of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator to AmigaOS 3, which requires a very fast 68k computer - the author is primarily targeting PiStorm cards. Changes in version 1.7:
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[News message: 24. Oct. 2025, 06:25] [Comments: 0]
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24.Oct.2025
Andea Palmatè (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4: Web browser Odyssey 3.00 alpha
In June of this year, Andrea 'afxgroup' Palmatè reported that work was underway on further developing the Odyssey browser for AmigaOS 4 based on Krzysztof 'deadwood' Śmiechowicz's AROS port (which was derived from the MorphOS code base) of the WebKit engine.
Now, an initial alpha version has been released, which, like the AROS port, is based on the WebKit engine 2.24.4 from 2019. It was compiled with GCC 11 (with --enable-sjlj-exceptions disabled), resulting in a noticeable increase in speed. The new clib4 memory allocation (amiga-news.de reported) is integrated, improving memory management and stability. The version also contains several internal optimisations to make the browser smoother and faster. Audio and video playback is currently disabled in this alpha version.
The current list of known issues can be found on GitHub, along with the option and request to report any errors you may have discovered yourself.
Download: Odyssey_300a1.lha (80 MB)
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23.Oct.2025
a1k.org (Webseite)
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Picture gallery: Amiga prototype "Lorraine" at the Amiga 40
Dale Luck from the original Amiga development team has preserved the very first Amiga prototype, which used three huge stacks of well-equipped breadboards instead of custom chips. The computer was on display in Germany for the first time last weekend at the Amiga 40 event. Amiga user ‘Pittrock’ took pictures of the exhibit and kindly gave us permission to publish them here:
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23.Oct.2025
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Emulator hardware: RetroGames Ltd. announces THEA1200
Via a teaser video and a press release, RetroGames Ltd. (THEC64, THEA500) is announcing THEA1200:
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23.Oct.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Commercial Breakout clone: "Freak Out" available in digital or "Boxed" editions
Press release: The classic Breakout game is back - with a twist! Clear all blocks across 100 levels solo or in two-player co-op mode, and don’t freak out by the various enemies! Explore the old factory and uncover its dark secret! Spend your hard-earned points between levels in the shop to unlock helpful bonuses! And if you still want more, use the convenient and intuitive Construction Set to create your own levels.
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23.Oct.2025
Andreas Magerl (ANF)
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Print magazine: Amiga Future 177 - previews and excerpts
The reading samples and previews of issue 177 (November/December 2025) of Amiga Future are now online. The issue features the following topics, among others:
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23.Oct.2025
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Real time strategy: Settlers II DVD not readable under AmigaOS 3.2.3
The AmigaOS versions 3.1.4 and 3.2 released by Hyperion contained a backport of the CDFS from AmigaOS 4 as the CD file system. This was created by Jörg Strohmayer, who left the OS4 team a good 15 years ago due to non-payment and, according to his own statements, had prohibited Hyperion from continuing to distribute his code. Furthermore, he says the licence that Hyperion had for his OS contributions was limited to systems with PowerPC processors, which meant that distribution of a 68k port was not legal anyway. After Strohmayer made his claims public, the AmigaOS 3.2 team announced (German, local copy) that it would remove his code from the distribution. This change was implemented with the update to 3.2.3 released in April: the previous CD file system was replaced by a slightly revised version of the original Commodore CDFS, which had been developed for the CD32, among other things.
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22.Oct.2025
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SDBox Multiboot 0.7.1
SDBox allows SD cards to be used via the parallel port. At the title link, SDBox-Multiboot version 0.7.1 of a disk image is now available, which can be used to start Workbench on any Amiga model from SDBox. It is also possible to store multiple Workbench installations so that the one corresponding to the Kickstart ROM installed will be selected.
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[News message: 22. Oct. 2025, 09:36] [Comments: 0]
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22.Oct.2025
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Do it yourself: Adapter for up to three external floppy drives (incl. Gotek)
The "Amiga-external-3x-FDD" adapter allows you to connect up to three external floppy drives, of which one can also be emulated (Gotek SFR1M44-U100 or SFR1M44-U100K). Both unmodified 1.44 MB PC 3.5" drives and those that have already been adapted for the Amiga can be used.
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21.Oct.2025
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Amiga40: Insights into the upcoming AmigaOS 3.3
The AmigaOS development team has announced that the new AmigaOS 3.3 will be released in 2026. At Amiga40, developer Camilla Boeman took to the stage to present the new features of the upcoming version for 68k Amigas. Many new features have already been completed, including AmigaGuide with title bars and improved links, and a new HD partitioning program called PartitionEdit, which is designed to make partitioning data carriers much easier. A new Prefs tool will combine eight old Prefs and centralize the settings. Furthermore, the menu and the information requester are to be improved, and IconAssist is to be introduced for exchanging icons. Screen gadgets such as clocks and other extensions are firmly planned, and a new Moonlight icon set will also be included. In addition, AmigaShell windows will be equipped with a scroll bar and tabs. The release of AmigaOS 3.3 is planned for sometime next year – "when it's done".
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21.Oct.2025
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Amiga40: Video impressions from the event
Last weekend, amiga40 took place in Mönchengladbach, offering visitors an impressive stage program as well as many new products and interesting exhibits. Among other things, Lorraine, the prototype of the Amiga 1000, was on display. Several video reports give an impression of the fair for those who were unable to attend in person:
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21.Oct.2025
Kymon Zonias (ANF)
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Crowdfunding: SDL2 or even SDL3 for AmigaOS/68K & WarpOS (update)
At the title link, Kymon 'z!Erec' Zonias is soliciting donations for a port of the SDL2 (Simple DirectMedia Layer) multimedia library for AmigaOS/68k and WarpOS - the minimum goal for this has already been almost reached at the time of publication of this news item. If funding exceeds that amount, extras such as SDL3 and additional libraries (SDL2_mixer, SDL2_image, SDL2_net, MiniGL integration) may also be possible. Steffen 'MagicSN' Häuser has agreed to carry out the work.
The reason for this is that many open source games now require SDL2 - however, only SDL 1.2 is currently available for AmigaOS/68k and WarpOS. If crowdfunding is successful, the developer also wants to look into porting Stratagus immediately afterwards.
Update (October 21, 2025, 8:42 p.m., nba):
The crowdfunding goal has already been reached, and the development of SDL2 for AmigaOS 3.x is now financially secure. According to organizer Kymon Zonias, porting has already begun. The goal has been increased to 1200 Euro and currently stands at 1600 Euro. For every additional 100 Euro raised, an additional SDL2 library will be added: mixer, gfx, sound, image.
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[News message: 21. Oct. 2025, 08:30] [Comments: 0]
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21.Oct.2025
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Feasibility study: AMOS game GhostLight
In his latest video, matching the season, Robert Smith explains how he wrote the AMOS game GhostLight, which is also available with source code. In the game, you move through a maze in which you find matches to light your way. If your match goes out, the ghosts return, which you have to avoid.
The challenge of this feasibility study was - in addition to the algorithms for generating the maze and controlling the ghosts - to make only a moving part of the maze visible and to create a brightness gradient in the peripheral area.
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21.Oct.2025
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Video: The new mechanical keyboards from A1200.net
At the title link, Jan Beta presents the prototype of the new mechanical keyboards from A1200.net. The nearly 25-minute video shows the assembly of the keycaps and the subsequent test in an Amiga 1200.
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[News message: 21. Oct. 2025, 08:29] [Comments: 0]
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21.Oct.2025
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Event: 34th Retro Exchange on May 16, 2026, in Oberhausen (Germany)
The next Retro Exchange at the Altenberg Center in Oberhausen, Germany, will take place on May 16, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The admission price remains at 6 Euro.
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20.Oct.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Video editing with VideoClipper 2.6
VideoClipper is a program for cutting and optionally joining various video files (using ffmpeg) while converting the files to a common format. During converson several adjustments (video effects) can be made to the individual files, e.g. adjusting brightness, contrast, gamma. You can also add a subtitle and audio file to the joined video.
The new version 2.6 includes enhancements to help speed up encoding. MPlayer v1.5 is now supported as well as .ass format subtitle file encoding. Many other user requested enhancements and a few bug fixes are included. Developer Kevin 'ktadd' Taddeucci welcomes any feedback and suggestions for improvement.
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20.Oct.2025
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Installer replacement: InstallerLG 1.0.4 for AROS, AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS
Ola 'sodero' Söder's InstallerLG is a reimplementation of the "Installer" tool that came with AmigaOS version 2.1 and later. InstallerLG aims to be fully compatible with the original and to remove most of the resource limitations of the Commodore implementation. The GUI has been replaced by an MUI/Zune-based one (amiga-news.de reported). Version 1.0.4 provides the following changes:
- AROS x86_64 support.
- AmigaOS4 version built with Newlib to reduce binary size.
- Version requester shown when started as a tool from Workbench.
- (getversion) bugfix.
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19.Oct.2025
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Aminet uploads until 18.10.2025
The following files have been added until 18.10.2025 to Aminet:
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19.Oct.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 18.10.2025
The following files have been added until 18.10.2025 to OS4Depot:
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19.Oct.2025
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AROS Archives uploads until 18.10.2025
The following files have been added until 18.10.2025 to AROS Archives:
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19.Oct.2025
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MorphOS-Storage uploads until 18.10.2025
The following files have been added until 18.10.2025 to MorphOS-Storage:
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19.Oct.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 18.10.2025
Using WHDLoad, games, scene demos and intros by cracking groups, which were originally designed to run only from floppy disks, can be installed on harddisk. The following installers have been added until 18.10.2025:
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[News message: 19. Oct. 2025, 06:53] [Comments: 0]
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19.Oct.2025
Kikems from AmigaWave team (ANF)
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Graphics program: Pixy development resumed
The graphics program "Pixy", developed by Tony 'Sinisrus' using Hollywood and released in various alpha versions via OS4Depot and MorphOS Storage, will be continued by Enrique 'Kikems' Martos. The sixth alpha version, which has now been released, is primarily intended for debugging. In addition, the shareware program can now be registered free of charge until version 1.0 is completed.
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18.Oct.2025
jPV (Mail)
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Event: Brief report and photos from Saku 2025 in Finland
In September, the annual meeting of the Finnish Amiga User's Group took place in Oulu (Finland), and this year it also served as a celebration of the 40th birthday of the Amiga. The official website features a gallery with pictures from the event, and ‘jPV’ was kind enough to send us a short report:
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[News message: 18. Oct. 2025, 22:26] [Comments: 0]
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18.Oct.2025
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AmigaOS 4: Sil3132 SATA2 driver from ACube
Press release: 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.
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[News message: 18. Oct. 2025, 22:17] [Comments: 0]
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18.Oct.2025
Benny Damsgaard (ANF)
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AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition: Update 3 available
Press release: 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.
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