Introduction
Hi, and welcome to a new edition of the first AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup!
As I write this it is March 4th. I’m in my office listening to the The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar – Official Game Soundtrack. This music makes it easier for me to write and let the thoughts flow. Perfect for when I’m blogging. 🙂 Beside me on the desk I have my trusty The Lion King mug filled with coffee, providing some extra energy. 😉 With all the bad news coming in from countries around the world, it is good to sink into the hobby and forget about such worries for a while.
Thanks for all the feedback on Discord and on Amigans, much appreciated! It is great to see so many enjoy these news summaries!
With that said, let us dive into the news from February 2026!
Software News
Super Star Blast
Amiga-news.de reports that a new version of the game Super Star Blast from EntwicklerX has been released. Please follow the link below to read the full news:
https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00058-EN.html
Dune CD (DOS), Street Fighter II Turbo (DOS), and SoulRide EGL_Wrap
HunoPPC has been very active in the last few months, and in February, he brought us packages with Dune and Street Fighter II Turbo.
These are PC DOS versions, but ready to play on AmigaOS 4. He also released a port of SoulRide, Slingshot’s first title, for AmigaOS 4. This one requires Warp3DNova. It also has SPE support for the A1222.
For more information, please head over to HunoPPC’s Ko-Fi page:
Git for AmigaOS 4
Andrea Palmatè has released a full GIT client for AmigaOS 4. It comes with a full installer and an AmigaGuide file.
WBKillWin
This is a utility created by OldFart. It was released on February 2nd, 2026. With this tool, you can kill windows instantly.
Libraries Bonanza
Many new libraries have been uploaded by Michael Trebilcock. Please see below.
Libsdl3_image
This is a library to load images of various formats as SDL surfaces. It can load BMP, GIF, JPEG, LBM, PCX, PNG, PNM (PPM/PGM/PBM), QOI, TGA, XCF, XPM, and simple SVG format images. It can also load AVIF, JPEG-XL, TIFF, and WebP images, depending on optional libraries. The author is Sam Lantinga.
Sdl3_gfx
The SDL3_gfx library provides the basic drawing functions such as lines, circles or polygons provided by SDL_gfx on SDL3 against renderers of SDL3.
Libsdl3_ttf
This library is a wrapper around the FreeType and Harfbuzz libraries, allowing you to use TrueType fonts to render text in SDL applications.
LibXMP
Libxmp is a library that renders module files to PCM data. It supports over 90 mainstream and obscure module formats, including Protracker (MOD), Scream Tracker 3 (S3M), Fast Tracker II (XM), and Impulse Tracker (IT).
Many compressed module formats are supported, including popular Unix, DOS, and Amiga file packers including gzip, bzip2, SQSH, Powerpack, etc.
SDL3_mixer
This is an audio management library. It provides decoding of many popular audio file formats, mixing, various DSP processing effects, and positional audio.
Vintage Song Player
This is a music player created by Juan Carlos Herrán Martín. It supports a wide range of formats, such as MP3, MOD, MED, XM, S3M, and so forth.
Version 2.70 is out now. The author has fixed bugs, compiled it with Hollywood 11, and added a quick options menu that can be called with the right mouse button.
Rave
Daniel Jedlicka is back once again, and this time he brings with him a new update to the music program Rave.
Rave is a sound editor for AmigaOS4-compatible computers. It provides functionality for manipulating and storing digital audio files.
New in this release (1.9):
– The Fade plugin now allows adjustable exponential/logarithmic fade curves.
– Fixed: the program status bar used fuelgauge.gadget in a way that only worked because of a bug in the gadget (fixing the bug finally revealed the problem).
iConecta
Not only has Juan Carlos Herrán Martín updated the Vintage Song Player, but he has also improved iConecta. This is a small and handy utility that can be used to test your Internet connection.
The new version has a new quick options menu, a new cover, and has been compiled with Hollywood 11.
AutoDocViewer
Originally developed by Glenn Hisdal. Now maintained by Costel Mincea. This program makes it a breeze to read AutoDoc files on AmigaOS 4. It has an easy to use ReAction interface.
YouTube URL Extractor Script
An updated version, 3.6, of the YouTube URL Extractor Script by Michael Trebilcock was released on February 11th. YT.rexx is a script for providing direct video and audio links from YouTube URLs.
AuraFly
George Sokianos has updated auraFly, and version 1.2.0 is now available for download. This utility plays relaxing sounds, which help you relax.
Report+
An update to Report+, a ReAction-based utility with nine functions, has been released by James Jacobs. It was made available on OS4Depot on February 20th.
This tool can help you with generating Aminet- and OS4Depot-style readme files, performing batch processing on icons, and much more. Changes since 8.69 are miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
Updates to three LCD game conversions – Donkey Kong, Fire Attack, and Runaway
Anbjørn Myren has updated three of his games for AmigaOS 4. These are Donkey Kong, Fire Attack, and Runaway.
If you remember those old handheld LCD games, you will feel right at home. 🙂
The games have Online highscore lists, which is great and makes it extra interesting to play. Please have a look at the respective links to get information about the updates.
https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/misc/donkeykong.lha
https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/misc/fireattack.lha
https://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=game/misc/runaway.lha
LhArchiver
Bernd Assenmacher has released version 1.14 of the LhArchiver, which helps you to create LHA archives intuitively, easily, and quickly.
Ramspeed
RAMspeed, a cache and memory benchmarking tool v2.6.0. This benchmark measures effective bandwith of CPU caches and the memory subsystem. It measures 32-bit (long) and 64-bit (float) read and write speeds.
Annotate HW Syntax
Included are Hollywood syntax highlighting files for Annotate and GEdit. They correspond with Hollywood version 11.0. Included are all plugin commands with constants in this syntax version.
ASum
A very fast MD5 checksum tool. This tool can be used both to generate a list of MD5 checksums and verify such a list. The format of the generated list is compatible with many other similar tools.
Deadlock
Deadlock is a debugging tool that monitors the Intuition and Graphics locking system to detect which process caused a GUI deadlock. More information is available via the link below, as well as the download.
Vasm m68k std, Vasm PPC std, and Vasm 68k mot
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:
Video Vortex
Video Vortex is a frontend GUI for YT (.rexx) to search and view YouTube videos. It is developed by Thomas Kölsch, and version 1.3 is now available for download from OS4Depot. The download function has been reworked, and a menu point has been added to select the video resolution before playing the video.
That was the software news for this time. Let us head over to YouTube! 🙂
YouTube
Video Vortex 1.2 AmigaOs 4 QEMU Sm502 Mac mini M1 – Marek Glogowski
Marek Glogowski is back with a new video. This one shows the application Video Vortex in action!
Lady Noir (HKvalhe’s 16bit 6ch Amiga Soft Jazz Swing) – Helge Kvalheim
The Norwegian Amiga musician Helge Kvalheim has composed a new song called Lady Noir. You can listen to it via the link below. 🙂
The Settlers II video by Mufa
If you are interested in seeing The Settlers II on AmigaOS 4.1, then please check out Mufa’s video. A great review of this game!
Ubek NG — Amiga Podcast Video Episode 29 [PL] – Krzysztof Radzikowski
A great and interesting video concerning the Polish game Ubek NG.
Miscellaneous News
An Online preview of Amiga Future for the March/April issue has been published.
https://www.amigafuture.de/app.php/kb/viewarticle?a=11015
Trixie of the Rear Window blog has published a new post called Not Fading Away.
https://ko-fi.com/post/Not-fading-away-P5P11TT1DH
Until next time
Thanks everyone for reading. 🙂 See you in the next AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup! Hope you enjoyed the news!
Hope you all will have a great March!
Yours,
Puni / AmigaOldskooler
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