Amiga Forever
 Amiga Forever 2008 on Windows Vista. |
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| Developer(s) | Cloanto Italia srl |
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| Initial release | 1997 |
| Stable release | 2010 |
| 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.
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[edit] 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]
[edit] Features
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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Cloanto Italia srl". Cloanto Italia srl. http://www.cloanto.it/. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
- ^ "Amiga Explorer". Amiga Forever. http://www.amigaforever.com/ae/. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ "Amiga Forever". Amiga History Guide. 2006-08-09. http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/aforever.html. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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