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Break out your contollers to play Kinetix

May 18, 2026May 18, 2026 VinceH

Do you see what I did there? 😉 It’s game time again, with another title from Code the Classics Volume II converted to run on RISC OS by Jeroen Vermeulen – this time a Breakout clone called Kinetix, which is now available to download from !Store.

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SoftwareBreakout, Code the Classics, Game, Kinetix

Kevsoft adds another quiz to the list: SemaQuiz

May 18, 2026May 18, 2026 VinceH

Kev Wells has released another new quiz application based on his quiz engine, this time designed to test people’s knowledge of Semaphore flag signalling, a visual method of sending information using handheld flags.

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SoftwareKevsoft, Quiz, Semaphore, SemaQuiz

ARX: The OS we never got – ROUGOL meeting, 18th May

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 VinceH

Although we all know and love RISC OS and its consistent – if sometimes quirky, and sometimes lacking (if we’re being honest) – user interface, you may not realise that it wasn’t the operating system Acorn originally intended for the Archimedes range of computers it was developing back in the 1980s.

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User groupsARX, Meeting, ROUGOL, User Group

The King is in his counting house – in Silver River Kingdom

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 VinceH

Initially released at the RISC OS North show last month, the latest title from AMCOG Games has now been made more widely available. Silver River Kingdom can now be purchased via !Store, priced at £14.99.

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SoftwareAMCOG, Arcade RPG, Game, Silver River Kingdom

Developers’ fireside chat – 25th April

April 22, 2026April 20, 2026 VinceH

The next online meeting for anyone who is interested in the topic of developing on or for RISC OS will take place online on Saturday, 25th April.

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ProgrammingDevelopers, Meeting, Programming

Redecorating the desktop – ROUGOL meeting, 20th April

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 VinceH

If you think your RISC OS desktop is looking a bit bland and in need of a lick of paint, Paolo Zaino has the tool to help with that task in the form of ExtTheme – and he’ll be presenting it to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) at the group’s next meeting, on 20th April.

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SoftwareExtTheme, London, Management, Meeting, Theme, Themes

KevSoft Quiz Engine updated with release 2 of the skeleton app

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 VinceH

Kevin Wells has issued a second release of his Quiz Engine, an application for creating multiple choice quizzes on RISC OS – and which forms the basis of his own two quiz releases, FlagQuiz and MorseQuiz. The main Quiz Engine program remains at version 1.02, with the ‘misc’ file standing at 1.01, but the skeleton application is now at release 2.

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SoftwareKevsoft, Quiz, Quiz Engine

Using RiscOSM to track railway history – WROCC meeting, 1st April

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 VinceH
Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club logo

The next meeting of the Wakefield RISC OS Computer Club (WROCC) will take place on Wednesday 1st, April, and the club will be playing virtual host to Chris Hall, who will be talking about RiscOSM in the context of documenting and illustrating railway history.

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User groupsRailway, RiscOSM, SatNav, WROCC

ScummVM 2026.2.0 released

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 VinceH

Benefitting from a new, more frequent release cycle, another new version of ScummVM is available – version 2026.2.0!

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SoftwareGame Engine, games, ScummVM

Developers’ fireside chat – 28th March

March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 VinceH

If you have any interest in programming on or for RISC OS, and would like to chat to other developers, then the next ‘friendly fireside chat’ – held online, with actual fires entirely optional – will take place on Saturday, 28th March.

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ProgrammingCoding, Developing, Meeting, Programming

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