WinArcadia 36.03 Released, AmiArcadia 3 Updates Multi-System Emulation Support

WinArcadia 36.03 and AmiArcadia 36.03 were released with the date listed as 2 March 2026. The 1Emulation post by Minuous lists the Windows build as "WinArcadia 36.03 (Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11): 2 March 2026" and notes a separate Android sibling, "DroidArcadia 4.5 (Android): 26 January 2026."

AmiArcadia 36.03 is available in multiple Amiga archives with distinct packages and requirements. Aminet lists the package as misc/emu/AmiArcadia.lha, architecture "m68k-amigaos >= 3.9.2," date "2026-03-02" and "Requires: OS3.9+BB2/3.2, 68020+, 24Mb RAM, PNG datatype," and shows Downloads: 63425. Os4depot shows a 4.x-targeted upload with the metadata fragment "Size: | 11Mb | | Version: | 36.03 | | Date: | 02 Mar 2026 | | Author: | James Jacobs | | Submitter: | James Jacobs | | Email: | amigansoftware/gmail com | | Requirements: | AmigaOS 4.x | | Min OS Version: | 4.0 | | FileID: | 13725 |" and accumulated downloads 9357 for the project on that site.

The package description captures the scope of supported hardware. The Aminet excerpt begins, "AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators/assemblers/disassemblers of these machines: Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (c. 1982); Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain, Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace, Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978); Elektor TV Games Computer (1979); PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (1977-1978); Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);". That scope explains why Aminet labels the short description "Signetics-based machines emulator."

Feature coverage is broad and detailed in the listings. The 1Emulation snippet shows "Features include: ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, windowed and full- screen modes, CPU tracing, trainer, drag and drop support, graphics scaling, automatic load/save of configuration/game, keyboard/joystick/ gamepad/paddle/mouse/trackball/Vision-dapter support, autofire, turbo mode, gameplay recording/playback, sprite demultiplexing, help windows, source code, debugger, frame skipping, redefinable keys, save screenshots (9 supported formats), REXX port, network play (IPv4 and IPv6), real-time monitor, locale support, game selection sidebar, text-to-speech, artefacting, support for ZIPped games, clipboard support, palette editor, memory editor, tone retuning, high score management, force feedback," and other entries list animation recording (4 supported formats), sound recording (8 supported formats), Scale2x/3x/4x and HQx filters, RetroAchievements support, tape deck formats and printer/floppy/papertape emulation.

Authorship and copyright metadata appear in the repository listings. Os4depot and Aminet show the uploader/author string tied to James Jacobs (Aminet: "Author: amigansoftwaregmail.com (James Jacobs)"; Os4depot: "Author: James Jacobs" and "Submitter: James Jacobs") while Os4depot also displays the copyright line "Copyright © 2004-2026 by Björn Hagström All Rights Reserved." The two names and the email strings "amigansoftware/gmail com" and "amigansoftwaregmail.com" appear in the source metadata without an explicit explanation of their relationship.

Practical takeaway: pick the archive that matches your platform. If you run m68k AmigaOS, Aminet supplies misc/emu/AmiArcadia.lha with the Readme at misc/emu/AmiArcadia.readme; if you run AmigaOS 4.x the Os4depot upload lists FileID 13725 and a Size of 11Mb. The Windows build is listed for XP through Windows 11 in the 1Emulation announcement, and the Android branch remains at DroidArcadia 4.5 from 26 January 2026. The listings do not include a detailed changelog in the supplied snippets, so the readme and repository entries are the next stop for any install or verification steps.

Across Aminet and Os4depot the release shows strong coverage for Signetics-era hardware and a feature set that spans assembler/disassembler tooling, debugger and graphics filters, network play IPv4/IPv6, and RetroAchievements support—an unusual combo for dedicated Signetics emulation that keeps these machines accessible on both classic 68k setups and modern AmigaOS 4.x installs.