Pocket Launcher

A WHDLoad launcher for Amiga (OS 2.0+). It scans your disks, catalogs the slaves, and you launch them from a list with cover images. Ideal for large collections.

Download PocketLauncher.lha 143 KB · unpacks to 373 KB · AmigaOS 2.0+

Requires AmigaOS 2.0+ — unpack and run. Latest: v33.284 (2026-07-21). Full changelog in the README inside the LHA.

What it does

It's a WHDLoad launcher, so you know the deal: it scans your disks, catalogs the slaves, and you launch them from a list with cover images. Ideal for large collections.

• A single binary, ~380kb. Copy it and it runs — nothing to install
• No MUI needed (iGame requires it), no datatypes, no guigfx, nothing off disk
• Uses only ROM libraries, so it runs on any bare WB 2.0+, on a CD32, and on 1–4 MB machines

• Smart auto-cataloging: reads the name embedded in the slave and the igame.data (title, genre, year, players, chipset, arguments), and tells games from demos on its own
• Multiple sources at once (up to 16 folders/volumes), detects mounted volumes and drops duplicates
• Add new ones: Update Index is incremental — it adds the new slaves without re-scanning everything
• Integrity check: finds the slaves that are missing (deleted or moved) and cleans them from the database, but keeps the ones on an unmounted volume — so you don't lose your DB if you unplug a CF, etc.
• A low-RAM mode and an optimized fast-(lots of) RAM mode

• Decodes native IFF, no datatypes
• Laced, progressive (hires) and RTG modes
• Multi-IFF: you can view every .iff in the game's folder, not just one
• Two scaling modes: fill and sharp (pixel-perfect, no upscaling)

• Settings: name mode (how slaves are named), search, low-RAM, thumbnails, scaling, multi-IFF
• Built-in tooltype editor — edit the .info from the app without opening IconEdit
• Run at startup and optional fullscreen

• Sortable table with columns (title, platform, genre, year, players)
• Filter by three combinable criteria: language (English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and more), platform (OCS/ECS, AGA, CD32, CDTV) and type (games, demos, mags, cracktros, apps) — plus the title search, live or with Enter
• Fixed 640x188 window (works in PAL and NTSC) plus fullscreen with L-Amiga+F
• Iconify to an AppIcon with global hotkeys

• Same info as iGame (reads the same igame.data) but without installing MUI or a single library, multi-IFF, run-at-startup and a tooltype editor. One binary — copy it and go

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