Almathera Systems Ltd was a British

United Kingdom

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 company that specialised in developing software for Amiga

Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...

s. The firm was in business between 1992 and 1997,http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/almaclose.html developing CD-ROM

CD-ROM

A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....

 based software for the CDTV

CDTV

The CDTV was a multimedia platform developed by Commodore International and launched in 1991. On a technological level it was essentially a Commodore Amiga 500 home computer in a Hi-Fi style case with a single-speed CD-ROM drive. Commodore marketed the machine as an all-in-one home multimedia...

 and Amiga CD32

Amiga CD32

The Amiga CD32, styled "CD32" , was the first 32-bit CD-ROM based video game console released in western Europe, Australia, Canada and Brazil. It was first announced at the Science Museum in London, United Kingdom on 16 July 1993, and was released in September of the same year...

, along with multimedia software for Amiga

Amiga

The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...

 computers. Almathera developed the initial releases of Photogenics

Photogenics

Photogenics is raster graphic editing software produced by Idruna Software.- Features :Photogenics can work with different color models like CMYK and HDR. HDR formats which are supported include OpenEXR, TIFF, Alias, Cineon/PDX, and so on...

, a 24-bit paint program for the Amiga. The company was based in Mitcham

Mitcham

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, England

England

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Software

• CDPD - A Public Domain
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   collection
• CDPD 2/3/4
• The Demo CD - 660Mb of Amiga scene demos
• 17-Bit Collection - Public Domain library put onto two CDs (and two further updates)
• Video Creator - CD32 multimedia software aimed for making music videos
• Photogenics 2 - A CD-based version of Photogenics paint software. Released 1996
• A-Plug In Collection - Various Photoshop filters (for the PC
  Personal computer
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  ). It was the first and last non-Amiga release from Almathera. This piece of software is available for free download from Mysterious Ways.
• Emerald Mines - CD32 version of the classic Amiga game.