As the next RISC OS event looms – the London Show, which will take place on Saturday, 24th October – the first piece of show-related news has landed in the RISCOSitory inbox: AMCOG Games will be releasing a new arcade-style game at London, to be called Ghost Hunter.
Read MoreRISC OS in video #01
How about another new trial feature? There is a growing number of videos on YouTube that are either about RISC OS, mention it in some way, or at least may be of interest to its users. They may not be appearing with any great frequency, but more do appear online from time to time. So why not have an occasional post highlighting any such videos?
Read MoreTime to shoot ’em up with Avenger
Jeroen Vermeulen has released another game ported to RISC OS from the Code the Classics Volume II tome from Raspberry Pi Press – the last one from that particular book, so no more unless there’s another volume – and this time, you’ll find yourself blasting aliens and saving people in Avenger.
Read MoreFont Directory Pro jumps beyond its FileCore bounds
An update to Font Directory Pro is now available from Elesar Ltd.
Read MoreIssue 2 of French magazine Mag42 now available
A new French-language digital magazine, Mag42, was launched recently by David Feugey – and the second issue is now available.
Read MoreMeetings and events in September 2026
It’s the last day of August, and it happens – thankfully – to fall on an official holiday, so it’s time to give the new trial feature its second outing, and look at what RISC OS-related meetings and events are coming up in September.
Read MoreThe road towards 64-bit with Andrew Rawnsley – WROCC meeting 2nd September
Andrew Rawnsley, wearing his RISC OS Developments hat, will be the guest speaker at the next Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) meeting, which takes place on Wednesday, 2nd September, and he will be talking on the subject of 64-bit.
Read MoreMarkdown your Currency app in version 2.07
Kevin Wells has released a new version of Currency, his application that provides a way to check exchange rates for different currencies, as well as the GDP (gross domestic product) and population information for different countries, without having the struggle of dealing with websites that may not work in RISC OS browsers.
Read MoreGeneral RISC OS chat at ROUGOL – 17th August
Tonight (17th August) is when the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will take place, and like last month’s meeting it hasn’t been possible to arrange a guest speaker, so the meeting will again be an open one for general discussion of all things RISC OS.
Read MoreStrongED test release 4.70a21 now available
There’s another new test release of StrongED available – version 4.70a21 [zip file] – with an upgrade [zip file] available to use by anyone who already has version 4.70a20 (noting that it is unsuitable for use with any other versions). And if you want to look at it, the source code [zip file] is also available.
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