A new version of Lite XL v2.7.1r1, the lightweight editor for AmigaOS 4 and Linux just got released. This is based on the latest upstream version, that is for other platforms, following all their updates and bug fixes. Furthermore, in this version I introduced plenty of useful plugins, expanding its capabilities.

You can find more information at my blog post on ko-fi.

The Amiga Games List, a document created and maintained by David Brunet since April 1991, has been updated on January 14th 2025 with the publication of its 55th edition. Among other new features and corrections, the 254 games published or updated in 2024 have been added, games created in machine code are now counted, and public domain game publishers such as Software 2000 and Aminet CD are now present. A "Download" page is also available which allows you to download the CSV/Excel file of the Amiga Games List and support the project.

Daniel "Trixie" Jedlicka has ported two SDL-based Mahjong solitaire games to AmigaOS4. The games called Lopan and Shisen-Seki are both based on their latest GitHub source code, and can be downloaded from the usual place, OS4depot.net. You can read the story behind the porting on Daniel's blog, the Rear Window.

Happy gaming and a merry Christmas!

The modern explorer for AmigaOS 4, Dir Me Up, is back in version 4.10 to celebrate Christmas... with the preview of MP3 tags and Unicode text files! Merry Christmas!

Today I released a new version of Lite XL, the code editor I have ported and maintained for more than 3 years now, for both AmigaOS 4 and MorphOS. I love this editor, and I use it for coding on my Amigas all the time. That's why I keep it up to date with the upstream changes done by the original team for other operating systems.

MediaVault Script v1.6 has been uploaded to OS4Depot.

Allows users to select the default stream player for the MediaVault program.
Optionally, a requester can be displayed to allow the user to choose how to deal with the stream.
Various players can be choosen or the stream can be downloaded.

The "Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: AmigaDOS" by Thomas Richter will be published in a strictly limited print run - a project that does not pursue any commercial purpose, but aims to offer the PDF reference manual created by Thomas 'ThoR' Richter as a high-quality, printed book at an affordable price.

Version 1.5 of Malibu, the Hollywood plugin which can be used to show Scala scripts, has just been released. Version 1.5 contains several bug fixes so that it's now possible to run the Scala games Beyond a Steel Sky and Adventure 2 by Quantum Code Monk with it. This makes it possible to play those games on your Nextgen Amiga, on Windows, macOS, or on Linux. Furthermore, starting with version 1.5 Malibu is now also available in a version for macOS arm64 (Apple Silicon). Malibu 1.5 is now available for free download from the official Hollywood portal.

This release was brought to you by Airsoft Softwair - the hardest working men in code business.

Pangomonium 2.1 has just been released. Pangomonium is a Hollywood plugin that contains a state-of-the-art text and graphics engine including full support for color emojis, exotic scripts and SVG rendering. Version 2.1 is a bugfix release which fixes a bug in the SVG loader. Pangomonium 2.0 is now available for free download for various platforms from the official Hollywood portal. Note that Hollywood 10 is strictly required by Pangomonium.

Airsoft Softwair, the hardest working men in code business, are back on your screen with version 2.0 of the SID plugin for Hollywood. Once this plugin is installed, Hollywood will "automagically" be able to play SID files just like any other audio file. Version 2.0 is a major update which now uses completely different SID core. Version 1.x of the SID plugin was based on the rather outdated TinySID core whereas version 2 now uses the state-of-the-art cRSID replayer written by Hermit (Mihaly Horvath) which features a much more accurate SID emulation that also supports the RSID format (Real SID). Additionally, version 2.0 comes with several other new features like the possibility to set the SID model to emulate (6581 or 8580) and several convenience enhancements for users of Hollywood 10.