Amiga Forever

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Amiga Forever
Amiga Forever 2008 on Vista.png
Amiga Forever 2008 on Windows Vista.
Developer(s) Cloanto Italia srl
Initial release 1997
Stable release 2012 "R2"
Operating system Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
License Proprietary
Website Homepage

Amiga Forever is an Amiga preservation, emulation and support package produced by Cloanto,[1] which allows Amiga software to run on non-Amiga hardware legally and without configuration. The Windows version of Amiga Forever includes two Amiga emulators, WinUAE and WinFellow, while the other supported platforms include UAE or E-UAE. However, all versions include different AmigaOS (m68k) environments and support to run a large range of Amiga games and demoscene productions which are available for free download from different software publishers and Amiga history sites. The Windows version also includes an Amiga Explorer[2] which allows access to Amiga resources (including virtual floppy, hard disk and ROM image files) from the Windows Desktop.

Contents

History

The first version of Amiga Forever was released in 1997 on a CD-ROM which contained an early version of UAE (Ultimate Amiga Emulator) for DOS and Mac platforms, Fellow for DOS and a selection of Amiga Kickstart ROM images and Workbench disks. There was also an Amiga floppy disk available which contained the Amiga Explorer.[3]

Features

The Player in Amiga Forever 2008.

Features, among others:

  • Emulation of Amiga hardware (allows Amiga software to run on a PC or mobile device)
  • Officially-licensed Amiga ROM and OS files (all versions from 0.7 to 3.X)
  • Officially-licensed Picasso RTG graphics subsystem
  • Additional emulation and drivers (SCSI, TCP/IP, AHI, CDTV, CD³², etc.)
  • Amiga Forever player software for Windows to access and launch content
  • Preconfigured WinUAE and WinFellow emulation engines with auto-updates
  • Preinstalled games, demos and applications (web browser, paint, etc.)
  • Support for a large amount of downloadable Amiga games, demos and applications
  • Amiga Explorer and Amiga Files data sharing framework
  • Optional Live CD, based on Knoppix Light (boots a PC or Intel Mac directly into Workbench)
  • More than five hours of Amiga videos (two DVDs)
  • Gallery of items of historical interest

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cloanto Italia srl". Cloanto Italia srl. http://www.cloanto.it/. Retrieved 2010-03-13. 
  2. ^ "Amiga Explorer". Amiga Forever. http://www.amigaforever.com/ae/. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 
  3. ^ "Amiga Forever". Amiga History Guide. 2006-08-09. http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/aforever.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06. 

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