Hi everyone and thanks so much for the positive feedback! Very happy to read that you are enjoying the monthly updates. Thanks!

@walkero

Thanks for the heads-up! I have now updated the article and included the news concerning LiteXL v2. Congrats on the release btw!

Hi everyone,

Just released a new edition (April 2022) of the AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup. Hope you'll like it!

https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2022/04/ ... nthly-roundup-april-2022/

I recently went out and bought THEA500 Mini.

First impression was good, since it has very nice and inviting packaging! Looks pretty cool I'd say. A printed manual is included, which is handy.

While hooking everything up, I noticed that it did not have audio out. I should have done more research before purchasing it I guess. Had to buy an HDMI-extractor (or what it is called) to separate the audio from the HDMI-cable. Audio is now working properly.

Tried playing various games and they all ran well. Found the controller a bit hard to use due to the navigational buttons on the left. Think a joystick would have been better for the kind of games that they've included. Mouse was excellent though!

The menu works fine and it is a nice touch to have music playing in the background.

Did install a few classics on an USB-stick, which also worked OK for the most part. These games are not accessible from the main menu, so you have to leave the carousel to play them.

Have not much to complain about, but I'm not very excited it about it either. Did not get the "Amiga feeling" if you can call it that, and you have to do quite a bit of fiddling to get creative on it with Workbench and various programs.

I've decided to sell the unit to someone who will appreciate it more, as it was not for me. Was worth a shot though and interesting to see what all the fuzz has been about.

There are many people on YouTube who are extremely excited about this console, but personally I can't see why after playing around with it. On the other hand, I find AmigaOS 4 very exciting, as well as old Sam boards and AmigaOne's, which those people probably think is strange, hehe.

All in all, it is OK, has a nice design, and is probably good for people wanting to try some old classics again after not having used an Amiga since the 90's. For enthusiasts and those who enjoy using Amiga for creative stuff, probably not so interesting, but milage do vary of course.

Anyone else having bought THEA500 Mini? What are your thoughts about it?

@rjd324

I have now added Space Cadet to AmigaOS 4 Gaming Leaderboards. Your score is listed. I'll see if I can beat it.

@levellord

Thanks for the positive feedback! Glad you enjoy reading the roundups!

@rjd324

Cool, thanks! I will set up a new highscore list for Space Cadet.

Thanks everyone for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed it!

@kas1e

Hi and thanks for the helpful suggestions! I'll see what I can do about making an own section for this on amigaos4gaming.com to begin with, as well as using numbering. Completely agree that it would be helpful to people new to the platform, as well as those re-discovering it.

Hi everyone,

A new AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup has been released. This time for March 2022!

https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2022/03/ ... nthly-roundup-march-2022/

Hope you'll like it!

@rjd324

Wow, that is great news! Looking forward to it appearing on OS4Depot!

This will be the first pinball game (as far as I know) running on AmigaOS 4, so I'm sure many will be looking forward to play it.

@sailor

Many thanks for the helpful information! I was very impressed by your article about the Sam440 Flex. Excellent stuff! I found it helpful, and I'm sure many other Flex owners will find it helpful too.

Also thanks for the .uaerc. I will give it a try on my setup. Looking forward to see how it performs!

Hi everyone,

I was wondering what the best E-UAE for Sam440 Flex is?

There are several options on OS4Depot:

- e-uae-amigfx.lha
- e-uae-sdl.lha
- e-uae.lha
- uae4all.lha

Maybe there are other options too someplace else? Like beta versions?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi everyone,

A while ago Space Cadet was ported by BeWorld to MorphOS.

I was wondering if it is possible to port it to AmigaOS 4?

Here is the link to it on Github:

Space Cadet Github

It says on the page that it requires SDL 2.

I don't know how many would be interested, but I'd love to have a pinball game of this caliber on AmigaOS 4.

@BillE

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Strange that it does not work. Hope you will find out what causes this.

Thanks for the positive feedback concerning the reports! Cheers!

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone! I'm very happy that you find the monthly roundup interesting.

Btw, if you have some news you would like me to include in upcoming roundups, please feel free to send me a message and I can include it.

@BillE

That sounds strange. Have tested the website both at home and work without problems, as well on my mobile phone. It is a regular Wordpress blog hosted by Wordpress themselves, so should not be any problems. I have no idea what it can be. Sorry.

Hi everyone,

It is now the 28th of February 2022 and time for a new AmigaOS 4 Monthly Roundup.

https://oldschoolgameblog.com/2022/02/ ... ly-roundup-february-2022/

Hope you like it!

Brilliant video! Enjoyed watching it! Reminds me that I need to try some of them. Interesting intro-part btw.

@MamePPCA1

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Sad that you have not received this.

I don't know if it is of interest, but ACube has two HunoPPC compilations (might contain work from others, but I'm not sure) for sale, one on DVD and on downloadable. Maybe you will find what you didn't receive there?

Here is the link to the downloadable:

https://shop.acube-systems.biz/software/94-game-dvd-1.html

Here is the link to the DVD:

https://shop.acube-systems.biz/software/91-game-dvd-1.html

While looking for Battle Squadron for AmigaOS 4 on the website of Amedia Computer France, I noticed that they have launched a pre-order for a complete Sam460LE computer. You can check it out here:

https://www.amedia-computer.com/en/acc ... ration-slim-sam460le.html

Sam460LE 1,10GHz motherboard
2GB memory module
240GB SSD 2.5 harddisk
Radeon HD5450 2GB graphic's card
Audio PCI Express card
PCI Sata card
AmigaOS 4.1

@mufa

Is HunoPPC inactive? That was sad news. He's done a lot of great stuff over the years. Do you know why he has stopped? Maybe he is just taking a break or something? Also sad that Bszili left Amiga NG.