22.Sep.2025
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AI chatbot: AmigaGPT 2.12.0
Cameron Armstrong has developed a chat program called AmigaGPT, which is based on ChatGPT. The software supports the latest OpenAI models including the o1 family and runs on AmigaOS 3.1 and above (including 4.1) and on MorphOS. The source code of the tool can be downloaded separately.
The new version 2.12.0 has been now released. Changes:
- Add "verse" OpenAI voice
- Add ability for ARexx command "SPEAKTEXT" to save audio to file of various audio formats
- The say.rexx script now asks if you want to play the audio or save to a file with audio format selection
- Improve display of Text To Speech errors
- Most ARexx parameters now use sensible defaults instead of reading from AmigaGPT config
- Fix bug where conversation titles and ARexx SENDMESSAGE responses were enclosed in quotes
Download: AmigaGPT.lha (4,3 MB) (dr)
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22.Sep.2025
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Email client: First test version 0.1.1 of AMail available
Ryan 'bluewizard' Stapleton has released a first test version 0.1.1 of "AMail", his implementation of a modern email cleint for AmigaOS 3.2 that supports IMAP and SMTP (video).
As he writes, AMail would no longer work with Yahoo and Gmail. If anyone manages to get it working, he asks for feedback. Some features have not yet been implemented, and the developer does not expect to have them ready by the end of the Amiga 40 Tools Jam. These include, among others:
- Add input Blocking when the machine is doing something in addition to the stopwatch
- When Reply include at least some of the body message
- Reply to a message
- CC addressed to the reply
- Settings to enable Re: in the subject line
- enable start StartTLS
- Add option to verify SSL cert, currently it accepts any as ok
- Add setting to enable or disable cert based on needs
- Message Body is limited to 4k
- Add ability to use IMAP Folders
- Identify unread messages
At least AmiSSL 5.22 or later is required. (dr)
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22.Sep.2025
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Amiga emulator: Amiberry-lite 5.9.0
Amiberry-lite is an Amiga emulator based on WinUAE 4.4 and, unlike its big brother Amiberry, is designed for slower hardware – down to the Raspberry Pi 4. New features in version 5.9.0:
- Fixed 3.2.3 ROM IDs in detection
- Improved AHI implementation
- replace .ico with .png in the GUI
- GUI updates
- updated tinyXML2 library to latest version
- merge bsdsocket implementation from Amiberry
- P96 improvements
- Implement partial renders in amiberry_gfx
(dr)
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22.Sep.2025
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AmigaOS 4: SDL 3.2.22
Juha 'capehill' Niemimäki has released version 3.2.22 of the SDL multimedia library for AmigaOS 4. Changes:
- Fix fullscreen mode switching
- Add global property SDL_PROP_IOSTREAM_AMIGAOS4_USE_BUFFERED
Direct download: SDL3.lha (10 MB) (dr)
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22.Sep.2025
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MorphOS: Unreal Engine 1.2 (update)
Bruno 'BeWorld' Peloille and Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró have released a MorphOS port of Unreal Engine 1 (video). The game was released free of charge on the Internet Archive at the end of October 2024 (see also the corresponding PCWorld article).
Only the original retail version v200 of Unreal works; later versions or Unreal Gold do not work. You will need the latest version of SDL2 (v53.20), the latest TinyGL version 53.10, an OpenGL-capable graphics card, and MorphOS 3.19.
Update: (24.09.2025, 21:04, dr)
Version 1.1 has since been replaced by version 1.2: the editor part was missing from the build in the former. (dr)
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22.Sep.2025
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Blog: The golden age of point-and-click adventure games (Spanish)
The latest entry on the Retro Tech & Café blog (in Spanish) looks at the golden age of point-and-click adventure games: from "the pixelated charm of Monkey Island and The Legend Of Kyrandia to the sarcastic brilliance of Simon the Sorcerer".
In his article, the author is not only concerned with nostalgia, but "it's a look at how these games taught us to think with the mouse, not just click." (dr)
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21.Sep.2025
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Aminet uploads until 20.09.2025
The following files have been added until 20.09.2025 to Aminet:
AMIGA_40th.zip dev/c 459K VAR AMIGA_40th_Anniversary_...
Sevgi_Engine.lha dev/c 910K OS3 Open source video game ...
c2plib.lha dev/misc 190K OS3 chunky2planar as an Ami...
toolbox.lha disk/misc 3K OS3 Communicate with SCSI e...
F1GP2025Carset.lha game/data 10K GEN 2025 Carset for F1GP
shotglass.zip mods/crash 309K GEN Hiphop/Groove. 6 channe...
GF4RSIDG.zip pix/misc 77K GEN Grad. Fonts for RSI Dem...
MisterMartin.zip text/tfont 477K GEN Mister Martin Font
lhasa.lha util/arc 4.3M MOS Free Software LHA imple...
AmiSSL-v5-OS3.lha util/libs 4.0M OS3 OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
AmiSSL-v5-OS4.lha util/libs 3.7M OS4 OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
AmiSSL-v5-SDK.lha util/libs 2.5M VAR OpenSSL as an Amiga sha...
AmigaGPT.lha util/misc 4.3M VAR App for chatting to Cha...
isomount.lha util/rexx 107K GEN Mounting ipf,dms,adf,hd...
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21.Sep.2025
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OS4Depot uploads until 20.09.2025
The following files have been added until 20.09.2025 to OS4Depot:
amissl-sdk.lha dev/mis 2Mb 4.0 SDK for AmiSSL
amissl.lha lib/mis 4Mb 4.0 OpenSSL as an Amiga shared library
amigagpt.lha net/cha 4Mb 4.1 App for chatting to ChatGPT
depscan.lha uti/she 8kb 4.0 lists dependencies in a binary
(snx)
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21.Sep.2025
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WHDLoad: New installers until 20.09.2025
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 20.09.2025:
(snx)
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21.Sep.2025
Paddys Retro Kanal (ANF)
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Videos: Trailer of The Settlers II for Amiga & Interview with Steffen Häuser
In just under a month, on October 18, 2025, "The Settlers II - Gold Edition" will be released for the Amiga (amiga-news.de reported). A trailer has now been published by the publisher Look Behind You at the title link.
In addition, Paddy da Linco talks on his Retro Channel to Steffen Häuser about this port — for example, how the idea came about, how the implementation took shape and what hardware requirements the game has. (snx)
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21.Sep.2025
Amiga Future (website)
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AmigaOS 4: Serious Sam port in the works
Following the MorphOS port by Bruno 'BeWorld' Peloille and Szilárd 'BSzili' Biró, Steffen Häuser is currently working on an implementation of Serious Sam for AmigaOS 4, which will be made available at OS4Depot also free of charge. The CD of the PC version of the game is required. Ported are the first two parts from 2001 and 2002: The First Encounter and The Second Encounter.
A (very) stable beta version would already exist, and interested further testers are welcome to make contact by e-mail. The first-person shooter would be running "super smoothly" on an AmigaOne X1000, with tests on Sam4x0 computers still to follow. However, it does not run in emulation under QEmu due to the required 3D hardware. On the software side, NovaBridge is expected to be required, as it would run under GL4ES but look "unattractive", at least at present. (snx)
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21.Sep.2025
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Video: Molyneux - The Nobody
At the title link the first part of a Video series has been published which dignifies Sir Peter Molyneux, father of games that were succesful also on the Amiga like Populous (1989) and Powermonger (1990). (snx)
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21.Sep.2025
Amigaworld.net (forum)
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Photos from the Dutch HomeComputerMuseum
Robert Bernardo has visited (again) the HomeComputerMuseum (amiga-news.de reported) in Helmond, The Netherlands, and presents his photos of the Commodore computers there, including the Amiga models, spread over seven pages. He also mentions that these exhibits have been reorganized and are now presented even more impressively.
Part 1 of the photos, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6 and part 7. (snx)
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20.Sep.2025
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TPUG Magazine is looking for Amiga-related submissions
Dr. Myles Skinner writes: "I normally hang out with the C64 folks, but I'm hoping to reach our Amiga friends. The venerable old Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG) has asked me to go ahead and post a small announcement: We're thrilled to announce that the TPUG magazine is returning and will be available in print for the first time in ages at World of Commodore 2025.
We have a little extra room for a couple more articles, so we're accepting proposals. Because of the Amiga's 40th birthday, we would especially like to have Commodore Amiga-related submissions. If you have an idea for an article, please send your proposal to tpug_magazine@tierceron.com.
To keep up with all the latest news on the magazine's relaunch, be sure to visit our website. I'm the editor of this beast, so if there are any questions, I'll do my best to answer." (cg)
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20.Sep.2025
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Platformer: Bouncy Bonzo's Space Journey (AGA)
In "Bouncy Bonzo's Space Journey" (video), the aim is to guide the constantly bouncing character Bonzo through 17 levels spread across three worlds, with bosses and bonus levels also featured. The title, created with the Scorpion engine, requires an AGA Amiga with at least 0.5 MB of Fast RAM and a hard drive or CD drive, although progress cannot be saved with the latter. On joysticks and joypads with two independent fire buttons, the second button is used for jumping.
Configurations with a Pistorm or (quote) 'similar, "modern" Amigas' may experience unspecified problems. "Bouncy Bonzo's Space Journey" is available for download for USD 7.50 at itch.io. (cg)
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20.Sep.2025
Youtube (ANF)
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Title song from "Return to Monkey Island" as a Heavy Metal version
The Band "Trick or Treat" has its very own contribution the the Monkey Island legacy: Their cover of "Return to Monkey Island" is described as a "Happy Power Metal" version and comes complete with a Monkey Island style music video. (cg)
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19.Sep.2025
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Game engine: Sevgi Engine V0.183
Sevgi Engine is a new open source game engine for creating of powerful Amiga games using the C programming language (video) and based on the ScrollingTricks archive by Georg Steger (amiga-news.de reported). Version 0.183 provides the following changes:
- Add slider gadget implementaion to UI
- Implement held key repeat in system.c
- Add full keyboard and joystick control to UI
- Fix the compiler warnings for ui.c
- Fix the logic in setIntegerValue()
- Fix the deactivation of an integer gadget using the mouse not updating its value bug
- Rewrite display_menu.c to make better use of UI features
- Fix the error strings that are not ending with a new line
- Update documentation to reflect changes
(dr)
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19.Sep.2025
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Linux: Kernel 6.12.47 LTS for X1000/e5500
Christian 'xeno74' Zigotzky has compiled the Linux kernel 6.12.47 LTS ("long-term support") for the AmigaOne X1000 and e5500 machines (X5000/20, X5000/40, Mirari, and QEMU VMs). Changes:
- X1000: Adding builtin support for newer Sound Blaster cards (Audigy Fx) CONFIG_SND_HDA_CODEC_REALTEK=m (Thanks to Julian). It is already activated for e5500 machines.
- Compiled with GCC 11.3.0
(dr)
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19.Sep.2025
Amigatronics
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Apollo Team: New keyboard computer "Apollo A6000"
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Amiga, the Apollo team presented a limited and already sold-out edition of 40 units of a new Amiga-compatible keyboard computer called the "Apollo A6000" (video). The price was ¤999.60.
The Apollo A6000 is said to be a further development of the compact Amiga 600 and is based on the architecture of the Apollo V4 platform. In addition, the new model offers 2 GB of RAM, two SD card slots, a USB-C power connection, an analogue audio connection, an expansion slot and a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX switches.
(dr)
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17.Sep.2025
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Amiga emulator for macOS: vAmiga 4.3.2 (update)
Dirk Hoffmann has released version 4.3.1 of his Amiga emulator "vAmiga" for macOS. A bug with the sprite collision in "Aunt Arctic Adventure" and a problem with the game controller have been fixed. At least macOS 13.5 is required.
Update: (19.09.2025, 21:16, dr)
With version 4.3.2, the 68010 emulation is now fully compatible with run-ahead mode. In addition, a game controller button mapping issue has been resolved. (dr)
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17.Sep.2025
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Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.23 (AmigaOS 3/4)
Version 5.23 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.5.3 (16.9.2025) of OpenSSL and provides updated root certificates.
Downloads:
AmigaOS 3: AmiSSL-5.23-OS3.lha (4 MB)
AmigaOS 4: AmiSSL-5.23-OS4.lha (3,6 MB)
SDK: AmiSSL-5.23-SDK.lha (2,5 MB) (dr)
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17.Sep.2025
Gameday (ANF)
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Event: Gameday#6 at the Wolfsburg indoor swimming pool (Germany)
For two years now, the Wolfsburg (Germany) indoor swimming pool has been hosting "Gamedays", where the Amiga is also represented in the home computer area. Gameday#6 will take place on October 26, 2025.
There will also be a large virtual reality area, Mario Kart on the cinema screen, a driving simulator, several retro consoles and various replicas of arcade machines. Visitors can tinker, try things out or even make their own hardware available to other guests. Before the doors open to all visitors at 3 p.m., the home computer area will start at 10 a.m. with a small group.
Admission to Gameday#6 is free. Anyone interested in participating as an exhibitor in the home computer area can still register. (snx)
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16.Sep.2025
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Pacman meets Asteroids: Arcade game "Jurl" in development
Jurl is a new action game currently in development that can be played in an early version and combines elements of Pacman and Asteroids. The goal is to collect all the space diamonds while avoiding alien enemies.
Jurl is currently in early access status, which means it is playable, but issues such as collision detection problems and a few graphical bugs still exist.
The game, which is being developed by Tonsomo Entertainment for various retro systems, is available for download on itch.io on a "name your price" model. (nba)
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16.Sep.2025
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Video documentary: AmigaOS as a multitasking model for Windows
David "Dave" Plummer, a former Microsoft employee who worked as an operating system engineer, regularly reports on technology topics on his successful YouTube channel "Dave's Attic". In his new episode entitled "The Secret History of Windows Multitasking", he describes how preemptive multitasking found its way into the Windows operating system. Not surprisingly, he describes the influence of AmigaOS as a source of inspiration for Microsoft developers. Plummer provides a detailed insight into this from a technical and historical perspective. (nba)
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16.Sep.2025
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Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.12
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source code is not freely available and use of the tools is only permitted for private purposes. Changes in version 5.12:
News
- 65816: Adds support for Super Nintendo Entertainment System with --target=SNES option. When enabled the code generator will utilize the hardware multiplier and divider. By default the PPU multiplier is also used, unless the option --no-ppu-mul is specified.
Corrections
- Fixed a problem with initializing a static array with a string literal causing an internal error.
- Fix an internal error related to initializing a char array with a string literal surrounded by redundant curly braces.
- Fixed a register spill issue that in some rare situations could omit doing the spill operation.
- 65816: Fixed a problem accessing the upper byte of a 16-bit value read from a memory location resulting in that it read the value from the following location.
- 68000: Correct installation directories A2560K and A2560U targets so that header file can be found.
(nba)
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15.Sep.2025
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A600GS and A1200NG: AmiBrowser V46.20 (Pre Release 2)
AmigaKit has released Pre Release 2 of its AmiBrowser for its emulation-based systems A600GS and A1200NG. Changes:
- Add support for downloading files: currently supports downloading to drawer based and true disks only. RAM: and hardfile based disks will not work, but will fail silently. Hopefully this will be resolved at the next prerelease stage.
- Adds a simple downloads manager window: files downloaded in any given AmiBrowser session are listed, along with full file path and current status. Double click on file entry will open the AmiBench window containing the download.
(dr)
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15.Sep.2025
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8-/16-Bit emulator for macOS: Clock Signal V2025-09-14
Thomas Harte's Clock Signal is an emulator for various 8- and 16-bit platforms aiming to be invisible to the user. The idea is to simply start the source medium without configuring the emulator oneself. Clock Signal is available for Mac OS and Unix-compatible systems. Amiga emulation is included as well. Changes of the latest version:
- corrects palette selection in 1bpp modes and improves timing slightly, while also bringing it into the club of machines that automatically reload tapes/disks/etc if they change outside of the emulator on macOS;
- makes various minor improvements to PC emulation;
- corrects an error with automatic typing into the ZX80 and ZX81.
(dr)
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15.Sep.2025
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DiagROM 2.0 Beta
DiagROM is a diagnostic software that is burned into an EPROM by the user and then replaces the regular Kickstart ROM of an Amiga. After alpha version 2.0, now beta version 2.0 is available. Changes:
- 2025-08-30: Improved NTSC Support. Now should print statusline and keep text within NSTC borders during NTSC mode.
New RTC Test function. We now have TWO highly experimental RTC tests. the old one will soon be removed.
Added a experimental way of timing time between seconds in RTC. not sure if useful yet :) requires working CIA.
Some changes in CIA test routine. working on finding a way to detect the TOD bug. do NOT rely on that at the moment.
more cleaning up in source. planning to open up the source in time (VIEWING only!) hopefully quite soon
Decided to go to BETA stage. There are most likly still small bugs in this convertingstage! as always PLEASE report!
- 2025-08-05: More changes to the new CIA test. First fixed my small "oopsie" of naming ODD/EVEN CIAs incorrect. fixed now.
Added test for the TOD (Time of Day) ALARM Function. This requires INT2/6 to work aswell (from CIA)
Also added support for 60Hz screenmode in the test so now machines that are not able to switch to PAL will show if a CIA is OK
IF You have a NTSC machine reporting CIAs as not ok even if they are, please send me a screenshot.
old CIA test will soon be removed when this test shown reliable!. more improvements will come soon.
- 2025-07-05: ok sorry for being messy! Changed back baudrate to 9600 is I felt menus etc more unresponsive on slower machines. what do you think?
Send me a report if you want me to go back to 19200.
Added a new CIA test that I am still working on will be way more in depth now. can find if a CIA cannot trigger IRQs.
something several youtubers have found missing but NOT REPORTING IT!.
to those I would like to send you a VERY VERY deep THANK YOU for NOT REPORTING!. as why would you?
That would make me find out things and improve the software. right?
anyway enough nagging!
also more internally swapped out VBCC to GCC as C Compiler as VBCC simply did not cut it.
- 2025-03-19: Fixed bug that if there was no ram at beginning it did not scan for more ram. not finding working ram later in block if there was any.
Fixed bug that if there was no ram at all it actually halts system and try to show biterrors on screen with rastertricks
(dr)
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