News
Updates, releases, and studio happenings.
June 29, 2026
Mean Hamster In The News
Hackaday featured HamsterOS, Mean Hamster's floppy-first 32-bit graphical desktop OS for 386-class PCs and newer.
June 25, 2026
HamsterWeazle downloads now live on meanhamster.com
HamsterWeazle has moved off public GitHub releases. Windows is now on v1.4.6 at Mean Hamster with the new compact drive status UI, while Apple Silicon and Intel Mac downloads remain at v1.4.2.
June 23, 2026
HamsterWeazle v1.0 Released
HamsterWeazle is a clean GUI for reading and writing floppy disks with the GreaseWeazle hardware adapter. Downloads now live on the Mean Hamster website.
June 17, 2026
HamsterOS Is Coming!
We're building an operating system from scratch. HamsterOS is a floppy-first hobby OS for 386-class PCs with a full VGA desktop, built-in apps, and a unique retro personality. Coming November 2026.
June 15, 2026
New Crossbow Game in the Works
We will be publishing a new Crossbow Game around October of 2026! The new version features updated graphics, sound and music as well as power ups and more hidden secret! This will…
June 16, 2013
Girl Frames, Now in the App Store
Don't just post that photo, GirlFrame that photo! A collection of fashionable, fun digital frames to fit your favorite horizontal or vertical photos. From girls night out to your…
June 14, 2012
R8IT
Mean Hamster Software has joined together with Sleepy Giant to bring to you R8IT, the mobile photo sharing and rating app for iOS. Now you can be anywhere at anytime and share…
June 14, 2012
Bee Craft
Check out our new 3D crossplatform game Bee Craft, available on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android! Raise your very own bee farm in this strategic and educational game. Test your…
March 8, 2012
Everything Nice Incorporated
Everything Nice Incorporated our Sequel To Everything Nice Is Coming Soon! The new version has dozens of improvements over its predecessor. The WonderMachine output bin can hold 2…
February 2, 2012
Mother Nature coming to Big Fish Games!
Feb 13th! Mother Nature will be on Big Fish Games exclusively from February 13th to 20th, with release to other major portals immediately after that. Mother Nature represents 3…
February 1, 2012
The Hamster is hiring!
Mean Hamster Software is actively looking to fill 2 positions (among others): -Director of Business Development -Unity Programmers Please see the Careers page for more info.…
January 20, 2012
SOPA/PIPA
Mean Hamster is 100% behind Wikipedia, Google, and the hundreds of others protesting the SOPA/PIPA initiative. Please go to https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/SOPA/Blackoutpage…
December 14, 2011
Happy Holiday's from Mean Hamster Software!
All of us at Mean Hamster want to wish every one a Happy Holiday, and a Happy New Year!
November 1, 2011
Mother Nature images round 1
Greetings hamsters! In anticipation of Mother Nature's release on Big Fish this month, we will be releasing a round of screen captures every few days until the game is out. Get…
October 27, 2011
Helping the Edutainment Sector
We are proud to say that we support edutainment games and software, and love to make them too. This article talks about some thing we recently did in this sector: click here to…
October 26, 2011
Mother Nature coming to Big Fish Games!
After years of development, Mean Hamster Software is very proud to announce that it's revolutionary title "Mother Nature" will be released next month, on Big Fish Games ! Stay…
August 19, 2011
Crossbow Released on Intel's new "AppUp" Service
Mean Hamster is proud to announce that Crossbow , the classic shooter arcade game originally released in 1983, has just been released on Intel's brand-spanking-new app service "…
