3/x

i began to suspect the 25+ year old firewire cables i was using were half-dead.

time for some web sleuthing: "imac g5 firewire not working"

just a bunch of the same idiotic posts from wannabe apple store techs: "did you zap the PRAM" "did you unplug the computer for 5 minutes".

the two most common answers to any apple computer question, and they make me instantly irate when i see them. signs of a novice repeating the same bad advice they learned in 1995 from an apple dealer.

it's never the pram. it's never the smc.

did the Command-Option-P-R pram reset. no difference.

fine. unplugged the iMac from the wall for 5 minutes. rebooted.

............ it detected the iPod

....... it detected the Sony DCR-IP5 camera (!)

it is always the pram.
it's always the fucking smc.

😩

#vintageApple #sony #macintosh #powerPC #vintageComputing #retroComputing

A little known fact about the Power Mac G5 is that it's actually a space heater masquerading as a computer. :blobfoxgooglymlem:

#Apple #Mac #PowerMacG5 #PowerMac #PowerPC #RetroComputing #Retro #Silly

První návrhy desktopové desky Powerboard Tyche
#PowerPC #PowerProgressCommunity
https://alt-f4.cz/prvni-navrhy-desktopove-desky-powerboard-tyche

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – December 2025

Introduction

Hi everyone,

Thank you for visiting my blog. 🙂

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

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

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

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

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

Software News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ola Söder has released InstallerLG version 1.0.4, which is a reimplementation of the “Installer” utility included with AmigaOS as of version 2.1. InstallerLG aims to be fully compatible with the original as described in the V44.10 documentation. Most resource limitations found in the Commodore implementation are gone, and the GUI has been replaced by a MUI / Zune based one.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PolarPaint is an experimental paint program made in Hollywood by Anbjørn Myren. Version 1.272 (r72) was uploaded to OS4Depot and became available on December 6th. There are currently two versions available, one regular and one small. More information about changes can be found on OS4Depot.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frank Wille has also released an updated version of Vasm m68k std, Vasm PPC std, and Vasm 68k mot. Vasm is a portable and re-targetable assembler to create linkable objects in various formats and absolute code. Multiple CPU-, syntax, and output-modules can be selected. Here is the download link for the PPC version:

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

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

• Persistent, multi-level undo tree
• Extensive plugin system
• Support for hundreds of programming languages and file formats
• Powerful search and replace
• Integrates with many tools

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

The source code is available here:

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

Here is the download:

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Screamer 1
• Screamer 2
• Screamer Rally

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

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

More information is available here:

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

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

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

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

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

Changes from the previous are as follows:

3.6 – 7th Dec 2025:

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

More history within the archive.

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

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

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

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

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

More information is available here:

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

Here is the download for the game:

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

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

Changes in version 2.41 are as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

0.5.7 (2025-12-09)

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

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

Version 1.1.2 of the first person shooter Ubek became available on OS4Depot on December 10th. There, we can read the following:

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

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

Features of the new version include:

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

Changelog

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

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

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

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

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

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

Version 2.17 of ReSrc4 from René W. Olsen has been released. This is a portable Amiga 68k hunk file disassembler. The source code is available on GitHub:

https://github.com/rolsen74/resrc4

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

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

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

Wikipedia writes as follows:

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

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

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

The official website of the game is here:

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

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

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

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

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

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

More information is available here:

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

George Sokianos has released version 1.1.0 of Vault. He writes as follows:

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

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

Features are as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dir Me Up 4.20 has been released for AmigaOS 4!

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

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

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

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

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

Please visit the official page.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AmigaGPT is a versatile ChatGPT client for AmigaOS 3.x, 4.1, and MorphOS. It is being developed by Nightfox. This powerful tool brings the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT to your Amiga system, enabling text generation, question-answering, and creative exploration. AmigaGPT can also generate stunning images using DALL-E and includes support for speech output, making it easier than ever to interact with AI on your Amiga. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your system, AmigaGPT delivers modern AI technology while embracing the timeless Amiga experience. Version 2.17.0 is now available from OS4Depot. There you can also read about the changes since the previous version.

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

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

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

Version 35.8 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machine emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

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

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

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

Changes since V35.7:

Summary:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Infinite Icons 1.3 is here.

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

– 1 new def icon in all (7)

– 15 new utilities application icons in all (112)

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

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

– Several bug fixes to existing icons.

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

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

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

I will probably continue on the same path next year.

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

Here is the link to the icons on AmiKit:

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

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

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

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

Happy holidays and happy hustle and bustle!

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

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

Miscellaneous News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Until next time

That was all the news for this. 🙂

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

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

All the best,

Puni – AmigaOne, Sam, and AmigaOS 4 enthusiast

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

@mrmasterkeyboard @hexaheximal In terms of architectures I'm mostly limited by time, hardware that I have access to and toolchain support.

• If @musl / #musl (or rather the musl-cross binaries) and #toybox as well as #Linux and #Clang / #LLVM or #GCC support go and #boot is documented porting is relatively "easy"…

• _OS/1337 OFC doesn't have much to it so compared to #AdelieLinux, it should be straightforward.

#OS1337 on #Xenon is quite low on the list but still not on the bottom because I have systems in my possession. Unlike "normal" #32bit #PowerPC systems.

• Mind you I have exactly 0 "#PowerSaving" or other energy optimizations in _OS/1337 (or even multithreading) support built-in, which on most modern systems results in dogshit performance below rated base clock because modern CPUs and Chipsets expect the OS to communicate with them and if it doesn't they gonna assume the OS is fubar and drop into failsafe modes. With some luck they may even prevent the CPU from frying itself and turn on the fan on their own.

I don't have much hands-on aside from mainstream #ix86 / #x86 / #amd64 Systems and #ARMv5r11 / #ARM64 SBCs.

We got there in the end.

This took a couple of days to figure out how to boot custom code and even get away from Open Firmware’s tight clutches.

I hope that #Fedi is proud of me for dealing with the bullshit of Open Firmware.

#Kernel #iBook #Apple #OSDev #KernelDev #OperatingSystems #Tech #Technology #Programming #Fediverse #Mastodon #PowerPC

This was my first #mac. It’s been a part of my collection for around 13 years now! #vintagemac #oldmac #vintageapple #oldcomputer #powerpc #powerpcmac #powermacg4 #powermac #macosx #macosxtiger #spacehey

#QEMU 10.2 Expands RISC-V, PowerPC, and s390x Emulation Capabilities

https://linuxiac.com/qemu-10-2-expands-risc-v-powerpc-and-s390x-emulation-capabilities/

#RISCV #powerpc #s390x

Bạn muốn host trang statik trên Mac Mini G4 20 năm lân? Mặc dù OS X Server 10.4 có lỗ hổng bảo mật, dùng sau Nginx reverse‑proxy sẽ giảm rủi ro, nhưng vẫn không 100% an toàn. Lựa chọn khôn ngoan hơn: cài OpenBSD – hỗ trợ phần cứng, bảo mật cao, dễ quản lý. Cho trang HTML/CSS, OpenBSD + Nginx là giải pháp phù hợp nhất. 🚀

#MacMiniG4 #MacOS10.4 #OpenBSD #WebHosting #PowerPC #StaticSite #ReverseProxy #CyberSecurity #ĐặtWeb #CôngThuật

https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1puboz8/hosting_

#XMAS Special ;)
#RunCPM v6.9 on my
#Apple #Powerbook #G4
Running under
Unofficial #debian 13.0 #Trixie #32Bit #PowerPC
Snapshot (06.12.2025)

Ok fellow weirdos, even with all the magic #linux has to offer my daily driver laptop is reaching the end of it's usable life at 13 years. It wasn't all that capable to begin with. Problem is, I'm an obstinate weirdo and I am pathologically compelled to replace it with something weird. Maybe some ARM fun on an older apple silicone machine? But I swore off apple like a decade ago after some bad hardware experiences. I dunno. I miss #powerpc

🦾 The PowerPC Has Still Got It // Hackster

｢ Rossignol, a vintage computing enthusiast, successfully ran a large language model (LLM) on a 1.5GHz PowerBook G4, a machine with just 1GB of RAM and a 32-bit processor. The experiment used a fork of llama2.c, an open-source LLM inference engine originally developed by Andrej Karpathy ｣

https://www.hackster.io/news/the-powerpc-has-still-got-it-c4348bd7a88c

#powerpc #diy #llm

Netissä on paljon vapaaehtoisuuteen ja lahjoituksiin perustuvia hankkeita. Lahjoitin tänään 10€ hankkeelle, joka suunnittelee PowerPC-prosessoriin perustuvan läppärin emolevyä. Tarkoitus on kerätä 5400 € ja aikaa on vielä 24 päivää #powerpc #tyche

@argv_minus_one You are way off, Windows the brand is 44 years old, but classic 3x/9x Windows and Windows NT are different lineages and ages. Also, OS X/macOS is its own platform, sure, it shares some history through NeXTStep. If you truly thing they are related, try running Concurrence on #PowerPC OS X or any app developed for NeXTStep, you can't. They are ancestors in some sense yes. You can't even run apps for PPC OS X on #Apple Silicon.

Is #MorphOS worth it?

#RetroComputing #PowerPC #AmigaJunkie #AmigaOS

Is there any reason why an opensource project these days should still care about 20 year old hardware and it not supporting anything more recent than Java 8?!?

#Java8 #PowerPC #PowerMac #I2P

The hardware for my fantasy PowerPC console (that is how it's done, right?), renamed "Bobcat", has all arrived!

Now the only things I need are the JTAG debugger (this board has _no_ removable media or drive ports, only an EEPROM and some flash) and some motivation.

...and also lots of luck, because the last time I touched JTAG was 20 years ago, for a 68k assembly course. -_-;

#powerpc #fantasyconsoles

AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup – November 2025

Introduction

Hi there,

Welcome to a new monthly roundup of AmigaOS 4 news!

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

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

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

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

Thanks again, and enjoy the roundup! 🙂

Software News

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

The port includes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

The news can be found here:

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

AmigaGPT is a versatile ChatGPT client for AmigaOS 3.x, 4.1, and MorphOS. It is being developed by Nightfox. This powerful tool brings the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT to your Amiga system, enabling text generation, question-answering, and creative exploration. AmigaGPT can also generate stunning images using DALL-E and includes support for speech output, making it easier than ever to interact with AI on your Amiga. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your system, AmigaGPT delivers modern AI technology while embracing the timeless Amiga experience. Version 2.13.1 is now available for download from Aminet:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

McFly PPC has created a video showing it in action:

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

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

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

Here are the changes since the previous version:

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://github.com/rolsen74/amy_skeletons

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The game features:

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

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

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

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

Looks fun!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here is the official trailer for the game:

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

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

Please have a look here for more information.

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

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

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

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

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

“This release of the ADE package comes preinstalled with:

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

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

https://onyxsoft.se/ade_ndk_mui.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As the original developer mentions:

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

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

(…)

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

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

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

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

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

Here is the game on OS4Depot:

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

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

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

Version 35.4 of AmiArcadia for AmigaOS 4, a Signetics-based machines emulator, has been released by James Jacobs.

According to the documentation, AmiArcadia supports the following systems:

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

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

Changes since V35.33:
Summary:

• PIPBUG: added “Peripherals|Industrial/scientific…” subwindow.
• Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

AmiArcadia is free to download. You can get it from OS4Depot via the link below:

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

Here are the links to the websites of the author:

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/

http://amigan.yatho.com/

George Sokianos has released version 1.8.0 of Kyvos. This is a user-friendly graphical frontend for QEMU, which makes it much easier to set up and run AmigaOS 4 on various platforms.

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

https://ko-fi.com/post/Kyvos-v1-8-0-released-C0C01P93IV

Miscellaneous News

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://amiwest.net/broadcast2025/

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

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

From Andrea Palmatè comes news about Waffle Copy Professional.

He writes as follows on his Ko-Fi page:

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

Full AmigaOS localization system integration using locale.library

Compiled with latest clib4.library (included)

340+ translated strings covering every part of the interface

Dynamic language switching support

Proper catalog system implementation for seamless translations

Enhanced installation process with multi-language catalog support

Please visit his Ko-Fi page for more information:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

YouTube

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

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

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

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

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

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

The podcast is in the Polish language.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mufa has tested the Competition Pro Manix Twins:

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

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

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

Until next time

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

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

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

Have a great day everyone!

Best regards,

Puni

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Getting System 7.5 natively booting on a G4 Mac is impressive enough…

...but what truly blows my mind is that on the same hardware, the author managed to get System 6.0.8 as far as a Happy Mac, and Systems 7.0/7.1 to a "not supported on this computer" dialog.

The fact that the ROM manages to get that far at all, instead of a black screen or sad mac is bonkers, considering that the processor architecture (and the rest of the hardware) is completely different from anything that would be understood by that era of OS. It's relying on the 68k emulator built-in to the ROM.

Driver support notwithstanding, I wonder how low could you go if you took the resources from the CHRP system enabler and brought them over into the System file directly? Since 6.x and early 7.x didn't support enablers.

#RetroComputing #VintageMac #68K #PowerPC #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac https://mstdn.social/@osnews/115637701377779352

System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4
https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7711.0
#ycombinator #Mac_OS_9 #Steinberg #Cubase #Emagic #Logic #Ableton #Live #Proppellerhead #Reason #Opcode #Studio_Vision #VST_Effects #VST_intstruments #TDM_Plugins #VST_plugins #RTAS_Plugins #MAS_Plugins #old_version #Powerpc #classic_mac #mac_os_8_6 #mac_os_8_5 #powermac_g3 #powermac_g4 #quicksilver #MDD #Mirrored_Drive_Door #Sawtooth #B_W #Midi_Interfaces