AMIGA GAMING ROUNDUP MAY 1 - AUGUST 16, 2026

The Amiga gaming scene has had a remarkably active northern summer. This Future Retro Fusion roundup collects the major releases, playable demos, conversions, ports, competition results, preservation discoveries, events and significant projects that we could verify from 1 May through 16 August 2026. Small revision-only updates and every individual WHDLoad installer are not all listed, but the major gaming developments are covered below.

[ MAY ]   [ JUNE ]   [ JULY ]   [ AUGUST ]   [ COMING NEXT ]   [ SOURCES ]

MAY 2026
04 May	AmiGameJam winners announced The latest AmiGameJam results put Echodrome by PixelPlop in first place, Double Baboon Ninja by DanLabG second, and Cake Rush by hambo3 third. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
04 May	Return to Blacktooth released The spiritual successor to Head Over Heels arrived as a new isometric Amiga adventure with more than 300 rooms. It supports Amigas with 512 KB Chip RAM plus 512 KB additional RAM. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
06 May	THEA1200 moved to December Retro Games Ltd delayed its full-size A1200 recreation from June to 4 December 2026, citing supply and production pressures while also allowing more time to finish the operating system. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
08 May	Bomberplanes resurfaced Bart ter Haar released his 1994 SEUCK Amiga 500 aerial shooter to the public, preserving a teenage homebrew project with hand-made Deluxe Paint graphics and ProTracker audio. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
19-28 May	ARC4NERD launched and updated The official game of the Amiga Ruhrpott Convention arrived in boxed and digital form. The Arkanoid-style game includes more than 55 stages and a final boss; version 1.1 followed with gameplay and high-score fixes. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
19 May	Amiga Ruhrpott Convention highlighted new games ARC 2026 included Kaiko Games showing the Apidya revival alongside a strong mix of Amiga hardware and software projects. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
26 May	Rastan Amiga port demo 0.51 A playable 0.51 demo of the Scorpion Engine Amiga conversion of Taito's Rastan appeared for testing. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
Late May	The Adventure of Node entered public playtesting The Zelda-like native Amiga action-adventure opened a playable AGA demo requiring 4 MB Fast RAM, with combat, NPC interaction, dungeon exploration and environmental puzzles. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
28 May	Dungeon Keeper Amiga port beta shown A developing Dungeon Keeper port was demonstrated on an A1200 with PiStorm32 Lite, adding another ambitious accelerated-Amiga game project to the 2026 scene. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
28 May	The Settlers II Gold Edition update The new Amiga version of The Settlers II Gold Edition received an update during the month, continuing work on one of the platform's most notable modern conversions. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
30 May	Geo's Adventures Prologue released A project that began in 1998/99 finally became playable. The prologue was built on real Amiga hardware with Backbone, while the planned trilogy is moving to Scorpion Engine. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]

JUNE 2026
02-07 Jun	Ghosts'n Goblins AGA reached final release JOTD completed an enhanced AGA conversion with all seven levels in 64 colours, arcade-oriented gameplay, PAL/NTSC support, new music and a CD32 build. Follow-up fixes enabled the startup menu and corrected level selection. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
06 Jun	The Adventure of Node demo updated The public demo received fixes for audio balance, restart state, variables, map guidance and a bad spawn point while work continued beyond the demo quest. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
07 Jun	Metro Siege smashed its crowdfunding target BitBeamCannon's 16-bit beat-em-up for Amiga, Neo Geo and PC raised more than twice its required amount at the time of reporting, with the Amiga build intended to finish first. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
07 Jun	WHDLoad game support continued expanding New and improved installers included Roguecraft DX, Superfrog, Overdrive, Deluxe Galaga, Stunt Car Racer Unleashed and Ruff n Tumble, keeping classic titles convenient on hard-drive systems. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
16 Jun	Galaga conversion received a major 2026 update JOTD's arcade conversion received further optimisation work, including performance improvements aimed at A500-class hardware. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
16-29 Jun	GloomReforged AGA became a serious modernised Gloom build The refreshed Gloom engine added mouse and keyboard controls, dithering, selectable view distances, FOV control, improved effects and broader game compatibility. By 29 June it had already advanced to version 1.4. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
23 Jun	Apidya' Special dated for August The modern revival of the 1992 Amiga shoot-em-up was set for 25 August on PC and current consoles, with modern widescreen and original-style 4:3 presentation, co-op and Chris Huelsbeck music. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
26 Jun	Commando AGA announced by JOTD JOTD began an AGA-focused arcade conversion of Capcom's Commando as a practical test bed for his Z80-to-68000 translation tools. The first public material was explicitly early-stage. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]

JULY 2026
03 Jul	Mort & Phil reached release-ready status Amiga Factory's RedPill adaptation of the Spanish comic duo was finalised for AGA systems, with plans to publish development material and source assets as well. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
05 Jul	Posadas 2026 produced six Amiga games The Spanish demoscene party published six Amiga game entries, showing how productive game competitions remain for the platform. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
04 Jul	Worms: The Director's Cut expansion announced Andy Davidson confirmed an August expansion with more than 40 new levels, over 50 sample sets and ten new landscape types created with community and demoscene contributions. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
09 Jul	Wings of Fear 3D - Pistons at Dawn revealed Steve Birch and Roar Tjorhom are building an AGA and Fast RAM World War I game mixing a custom 3D dogfight engine with 2D bombing missions. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
14 Jul	Ramizes playable demo won ROMA.EXE 2026 A downloadable demo of Pawel Tukatsch's Ramizes appeared after the project took the game competition at ROMA.EXE 2026. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
14 Jul	Commando AGA moved forward A newer public build fixed game logic and graphical clipping and added more music, showing measurable progress only weeks after the project announcement. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
18-21 Jul	GloomReforged kept moving rapidly The project progressed through later builds with P96-related modes, FPS display options, widescreen and display refinements; Amiga-News was reporting version 1.8 by 21 July. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
18 Jul	Neo Turbo Challenge AGA showed Lotus-style ambition The work-in-progress racing project targets fast classic-Amiga play and has been presented as a modern homage to the Lotus school of racers. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
19 Jul	Operation Backstab announced A split-screen competitive game inspired by the Spy vs Spy tradition emerged with a planned 2027 release and Chris Huelsbeck involvement. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
20 Jul	Hyper Wings 2.51 The Asteroids-style space dogfight project received a new release, one of several smaller but playable game updates during the month. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
20-28 Jul	OpenTTD for AmigaOS 3.x advanced extremely quickly The 68k port moved from early playable AGA builds to version 0.5 with Picasso96/RTG support. Later July reporting tracked it into a 1.0.0 milestone with multiplayer work, making it one of the most striking ports of the period. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
22 Jul	Prey engine for AmigaOS 4 approached completion HunoPPC demonstrated the Prey engine port and opened pre-orders for a limited physical DVD edition that requires the original PC game data. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
25 Jul	Mega M.I.L.V. showed stock-A1200 bullet-hell performance GoldenCode's work-in-progress shooter demonstrated simultaneous two-player action, hundreds of projectiles and 304x256 PAL 50 Hz output on a stock Amiga 1200. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
Late Jul	More ports and preservation activity The month also brought continued Castlevania AGA work, an AmigaOS 4 Plants vs Zombies port, Crimsonland for AmigaOS 4 and preservation coverage for previously lost or unfinished games. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]

AUGUST 1-16, 2026
01-31 Aug	AMIGAugust 2026 is running all month The Twitch-based Amiga month links streamers through raids and includes an optional game challenge competition. Streams cover games, demos, game development, music and real hardware. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
07-08 Aug	Kickstart UK Amiga Expo 3 returned to Derby The UK Amiga show took place across 7 and 8 August, giving the current scene another major meeting point during an unusually active gaming summer. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
08 Aug	Worms: The Director's Cut 1.5 expansion released free The Team17-approved expansion finally arrived for the Amiga-exclusive Director's Cut. It contains more than 40 custom levels, around 50 new voice sample packs, new teams and terrain types, and works through emulation as well as original-compatible setups. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
10 Aug	THEA1200 first UK wave gets a ZZAP! special The first UK units are set to include a 36-page full-colour A5 ZZAP! special with reviews, features and an Alien Breed comic. THEA1200 itself remains scheduled for 4 December and includes 25 classic games. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]
13 Aug target	Kaboomania full rollout was scheduled for mid-August The Bomberman-style project was built first for Amiga 1200 and has been expanding toward a broader multi-platform release. Because storefront status remained inconsistent when this roundup was compiled, treat this as a watch item rather than a confirmed universal launch. [ SOURCE / MORE INFO ]

COMING NEXT / PROJECTS TO WATCH
Apidya' Special - 25 August	Modern remake of the classic Amiga shooter with original-style presentation and new modes. [ FOLLOW ]
Metro Siege	Crowdfunded beat-em-up for Amiga, Neo Geo and PC, with the Amiga version planned first. [ FOLLOW ]
Commando AGA	JOTD arcade conversion progressing through public builds. [ FOLLOW ]
Mega M.I.L.V.	Stock-A1200 two-player bullet-hell shooter showing impressive technical performance. [ FOLLOW ]
Wings of Fear 3D - Pistons at Dawn	AGA WWI combat project mixing 3D dogfights and 2D bombing. [ FOLLOW ]
Geo's Adventures Episode One	Scorpion Engine follow-up currently targeted for early 2027. [ FOLLOW ]
THEA1200 - 4 December	Full-size Amiga recreation with working keyboard and 25 built-in games. [ FOLLOW ]

ROUNDUP SOURCES

This article cross-checks reports from Amiga-News.de, Indie Retro News, developer/project pages, event sites and specialist gaming press. Use the individual source links beside each story for the original reporting. Amiga-News.de Indie Retro News - Amiga AMIGAugust 2026 Kickstart UK Amiga Expo Time Extension - Amiga PC Gamer - Worms Director's Cut expansion

Compiled by Future Retro Fusion - updated 16 August 2026

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