If you’re a bleeding edge user of StrongED, Fred Graute has another updated test release for you to play with: Version 4.70a22 (zip). You can also grab the sources (zip) if you wish to look at them, and if you’re on version 4.70a19 or higher you can download a smaller update (zip).
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AMCOG unveiling Ghost Hunter at London 2026
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 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 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 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.
Read MoreStrongED test release 4.70a20 now available
Users of the powerful text editor StrongED who like to keep up to date with test versions – and therefore try out features before they become part of the main ‘stable’ release cycle – can now download test version 4.70a20s [zip file]. And for those interested, with this release Fred Graute, who maintains StrongED, has decided to release the sources [zip file]
Read MoreInfoFile – a new app from Kevin Wells
If you want to find information about a file or directory from within RISC OS, the obvious thing to do in the desktop environment is to click the ‘Menu’ mouse button with the pointer over the object in a filer window, go to the submenu for it and choose ‘Info’.
Read MoreScummVM 2026.3.0 released
Moving up a notch yet again thanks to its increased release cycle, ScummVM 2026.3.0 is now available to download, featuring a number of bug fixes and other improvements to some of the engines it supports, and bringing a host of newly supported games to be played.
Read MoreRCI rolling out RISC OS 5.31-based updates
Starting with the i.MX6-based systems, R-Comp’s sister company RCI – which handles the hardware side of things – is rolling out ‘OS Update 24’ for the various computers they sell.
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