SpeedManiaX — Lost Amiga Racer Resurfaces  (late Apr 2026)
A remarkable piece of “lost” Amiga history has resurfaced. SpeedManiaX is a Super Cars-style racer conceived over 30 years ago by Luigi Recanatese, who describes it as “the evolution of the game 30 years after its conception.” Demo 5 — the most complete build yet — has now been uploaded directly to Aminet in late April. Download it, play it, and send Luigi some encouragement — recovered projects like this deserve all the support they can get.

Jail Break (1986) — JOTD Arcade Conversion Confirmed  (Apr 2026)
The 1986 Konami arcade classic Jail Break is confirmed to be coming to the Amiga as another arcade conversion by JOTD. Early footage has been shared — notably not built in the Scorpion Engine, continuing JOTD’s tradition of direct z80-to-68k transcoding for maximum arcade accuracy. Jail Break originally appeared on Amstrad, C64 and ZX Spectrum, but never got a proper Amiga conversion. JOTD is fixing that.

Blue And Red: Fight The Robots! — Updated  (Apr 2026)
KaijuWasp, with assistance from Earok, has updated Blue And Red: Fight The Robots! — a fast-paced 50fps cooperative arcade game for the Commodore Amiga built in the Scorpion Engine. Single player and two-player co-op, waves of robots to blast and stomp, environmental hazards throughout. Available to download now.

AmiGoonies — MSX Classic Gets an Amiga Tribute Port  (Apr 2026)
A heartfelt Amiga tribute to the iconic 1986 MSX game The Goonies, created in celebration of the game’s 40th anniversary. Play through levels inspired directly by the film’s sets and puzzles, using members of the Goonies to solve them and reach the exit. A lovely community project well worth checking out.

Ghosts’n Goblins AGA — New Build by JOTD  (Apr 2026)
JOTD has released a new build of Ghosts’n Goblins AGA for the Amiga 1200 and above, bringing it further in line with the arcade original. Another quality update from the most prolific arcade porter in the scene right now.

Mappy — Namco Arcade Arrives on the Amiga via JOTD  (16 Apr 2026)
JOTD has released Mappy for the Amiga — the 1983 Namco side-scrolling platform game starring a police mouse navigating a mansion full of cats. A charming, relatively obscure arcade title that now has the definitive Amiga conversion it deserved forty years ago.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo — C64 Update by RetroGL  (Apr 2026)
RetroGL continues his remarkable work bringing Super Street Fighter II Turbo to the C64/128 using his RetroFighter engine — the same engine behind the recent homebrew hit SNK vs.... A fresh update has arrived. Every iteration gets closer to something genuinely astonishing on 8-bit hardware.

Fat Tarzan — Upcoming C64 Platformer Teased  (Apr 2026)
Rebel Bytes in partnership with Digital Monastery have teased Fat Tarzan, an upcoming C64 platformer featuring impressive graphics, animation and sound. Details are still sparse but early footage from the main menu and first-level map is already generating excitement in the community.

Lemmings Reloaded — C64 Enhanced Version Update  (Apr 2026)
An update has arrived on the extraordinary Lemmings Reloaded project for C64 — a ground-up enhanced reinterpretation of the classic, now at 80 completed levels with a target of 100+. Levels are drawn from multiple platform releases and include C64-exclusive designs. The developer notes: “Where a level design is strong but a theme is bland, new exclusive themes have been created especially.” This is shaping up to be one of the most ambitious C64 releases in years.

Torvak the Warrior — PC Remake Released  (Apr 2026)
Independent developer Greensnake has released a faithful yet significantly enhanced PC remake of Torvak the Warrior, the 1990 Amiga hack-and-slash platformer by Core Design. Built in Godot engine. This is a wonderful tribute to a cult classic that never quite got the attention it deserved at the time.

Turmoil & Automania — Two PC Remakes from Langford Productions  (Apr 2026)
Richard Langford of Langford Productions — who recently released the Jetpac PC remake — has now released PC remakes of two more ZX Spectrum classics: Turmoil and Automania. Langford Productions continues to be one of the most prolific and faithful custodians of the Spectrum legacy.

Deuteros Resurrected — Amiga/Atari ST Strategy Classic Reborn on PC  (Apr 2026)
The first milestone has been reached on Deuteros Resurrected, a ground-up PC remake of Ian Bird’s legendary Amiga and Atari ST strategy game from 1992. The original Deuteros was a sequel to Millennium 2.2, set in the far future after humanity has exhausted Earth’s resources. This is a long-anticipated project for fans of serious retro strategy.

Electroman (game/actio, 820KB, AGA, OS3) — An AGA action game uploaded in the 21 March batch. Worth investigating for fans of classic Amiga action.

Arkamiga (game/actio, 215KB, OS3) — The Mainake Project’s Arkanoid-style brick breaker, bootable from ADF on a stock A500, with optional AGA enhancements. Uploaded 28 March. IndieRetroNews coverage here.

The Reckoning (game/role, 150KB, OS3) — A point-and-click adventure for classic Amiga, uploaded in the February batch.

PrBoom (game/shoot, 1.5MB, OS3) — An Amiga port of PrBoom (Doom engine). Full-fat first-person shooting on classic hardware.

HollyTris (game/think, 154MB, OS3) — A Tetris clone including bundled Hollywood runtime. Large download but completely self-contained — no separate Hollywood install needed.

Sevgi Engine (dev/c, 890KB→904KB, OS3) — An open-source 2D video game engine for AmigaOS 3, actively updated across multiple batches. Growing steadily — a promising foundation for new Amiga game projects.

NodeAmiga (dev/lang, 505KB, OS3) — The JavaScript runtime for AmigaOS continues to grow rapidly — a 60KB jump in the April batch alone suggests significant new features. Remarkable that Node.js concepts are running on classic hardware.

MicroPython (dev/lang, 248KB, OS3) — MicroPython interpreter for AmigaOS 3. Python scripting on your classic Amiga — now a reality.

ygame (dev/src, 506KB, OS3) — An open-source 2D AGA game engine with source code, uploaded in the March batch. Alongside Sevgi Engine, the number of open game frameworks available for new Amiga development is quietly growing.

HWP_AVCodec (dev/hwood, 5.9MB, VAR) — A Hollywood plugin providing FFmpeg-based audio/video codec support. Expands multimedia capability significantly for Hollywood-based applications across all modern Amiga platforms.

bebbossh (comm/net, 309KB, OS3) — SSH2 client and server suite for AmigaOS. Secure shell access on your classic Amiga — genuinely useful for anyone running a networked setup.

AminetBrowser (comm/tcp, 360KB, OS3) — A dedicated GUI browser for navigating and downloading packages from Aminet directly on your Amiga. A quality-of-life tool every classic Amiga user should have.

AveHTTPD / AveNTP / AveHOST / AvePING / AveWHOIS (comm/tcp suite, OS3) — A full suite of lightweight TCP/IP utilities for AmigaOS — HTTP server, SNTP time client, DNS lookup, ICMP ping, and WHOIS. A comprehensive networking toolkit for classic Amiga users running networked setups.

ANAIIS USB Stack — Three simultaneous updates in the 18 April batch: the main stack (284KB), boot disk (228KB), and mass storage module (91KB). The pace of ANAIIS development is excellent news for anyone wanting proper USB support on real Amiga hardware.

FidoBlitz (comm/fido, 63KB, OS3) — A Binkp/1.1 mailer for AmigaOS — for those still running FidoNet nodes. The FidoNet community on Amiga is small but dedicated.

Void-CDTVis35 (demo/sound, 71MB, OS3) — A CDTV Music-Disk for April 2026. At 71MB this is a substantial release — a full music disk in the classic Amiga tradition.

Amiga Alive — First Demo (demo/disk, 880KB ADF, OS3) — The debut demo disk by new group Amiga Alive, uploaded 11 April. Always great to see new voices in the demo scene.

CLASS 2026 — Commodore Los Angeles Super Show — TODAY
The seventh annual Commodore Los Angeles Super Show is taking place today and tomorrow — 25–26 April 2026 at the Burbank VFW Hall, 1006 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, California. Organised by Robert Bernardo, it is the premier Commodore and Amiga event on the West Coast of North America. If you are nearby, go. If you are not, follow the community discussion at EAB.

AmigaWorld.net availability issues
AmigaWorld.net is currently experiencing intermittent downtime issues that have been ongoing. For active community discussion in the meantime, the English Amiga Board and Amiga.org forums are both fully active and excellent alternatives.