Pocket Launcher

Unpack and run. Full changelog in the README inside the LHA (also on Aminet).

This release: v33.327 (2026-10-06, 462,576 bytes).

Older releases: v33.326 (2026-10-04) · v33.325 (2026-10-03) · v33.324 (2026-10-03) · v33.323 (2026-09-07) · v33.310 (2026-08-16) · v33.288 (2026-08-09) · v33.286 (2026-07-31) · v33.285 (2026-07-30) · v33.284 (2026-07-21).

New in 33.327

Remote Launcher — scan the QR and browse your whole collection on your phone or PC: instant search, box art and gameplay shots, tap to launch on the Amiga. Works offline once loaded and reconnects by itself.

From the couch — box, gameplay and title screens straight from the internet, never through the Amiga's network.

Ready-made covers — just the ones for your games, single packs or the whole set. Signed, resumable, checks free space, never touches covers of your own. Each image tells you if it is yours or downloaded.

Pick covers one by one — browse the list and grab only what you want, or press one key for the game you are on.

Knows your machine — tells you what your Amiga can handle and suggests LOW-RAM mode (no network at all, minimum memory) when it fits better.

Also on the desktop — same catalog in any browser on your network.

• Lighter and faster: about 1.5 MB less RAM used all the time (game data no longer copied to RAM:), ~0% CPU while idle, starts up to 3x faster on a 68000
• Safe on small machines: never crashes when memory runs out — it loads what fits and tells you; zero memory leaks
• Updates with progress and signed files; secure HTTPS built in (no AmiSSL), loaded only when needed and tuned for your CPU
• Runs on Kickstart 2.04/2.05 (A500+, A600) as well as 3.x
• Gameplay videos on the phone: about 1,500 games show a 10-second clip in the Remote Launcher detail, streamed from the internet to the phone
• Cover online: a game with no image tells you when the server has one, and one key (Amiga+E) fetches it

What it does

• No libraries needed: one binary, ROM libraries only — no MUI, no datatypes. Bare WB 2.04+, CD32, 1–4 MB machines
• Smart cataloging: reads the slave name and igame.data (title, genre, year, players, chipset), tells games from demos, up to 16 sources, incremental updates, keeps games on unplugged volumes
• Covers: native IFF (no datatypes), several images per game, TinyLauncher/iGame packs and .run packs recognised, fill or pixel-sharp scaling
• Find fast: type to search, filter by language, platform and type, favourites, remembered filters
• Resizable window or fullscreen, iconify with hotkeys, run at startup, built-in tooltype editor

Screenshots

Windowed on the Workbench

Filters — language, platform, type

Sources — folders and volumes

Tooltype editor

• The update check and the covers list carry a short line of anonymous stats (random install id, version, CPU, chipset, Kickstart/Workbench, RAM, screen mode, games count in hundreds, load times, and what it was doing if the last session crashed). No extra connection, nothing in LOW-RAM mode
• Never names, paths, game titles or files. Country is worked out from the IP on our server and the IP is not stored. Full list in the README
• Asked once before the first send; switch it off any time in Preferences → Send anonymous stats and crash info