Amiga Forever is an 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...

 preservation, emulation

Emulator

In computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system...

 and support package produced by Cloanto, 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

Fellow (computing)

Fellow is an emulator designed to run software written for the Amiga computer platform. Released under the GNU General Public License, Fellow is free software....

, while the other supported platforms include UAE or E-UAE. However, all versions include different AmigaOS

AmigaOS

AmigaOS is the default native operating system of the Amiga personal computer. It was developed first by Commodore International, and initially introduced in 1985 with the Amiga 1000...

 (m68k) environments and support to run a large range of Amiga games

Amiga games

Amiga games are computer games compatible with the Commodore Amiga.The Amiga was an important platform for games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Of all the 16-bit home computers, it was the one to gain the greatest success as a games machine due to its graphic and sound subsystems, which were...

 and demoscene

Amiga demos

Amiga demos are demos created for the Commodore Amiga home computer.A "demo" is a demonstration of the multimedia capabilities of a computer . There was intense rivalry during the 1990s among the best programmers, graphic artists and computer musicians to continually outdo each other's demos...

 productions which are available for free download from different software publishers and Amiga history sites. The Windows version also includes an Amiga Explorer which allows access to Amiga resources (including virtual floppy, hard disk and ROM image

ROM image

A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board...

 files) from the Windows Desktop.

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

DOS

DOS, short for "Disk Operating System", is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 if one includes the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.Related...

 and Mac platforms, Fellow for DOS and a selection of Amiga Kickstart ROM images and Workbench

Workbench

A workbench is sturdy table at which manual work is done. They range from simple flat surfaces to very complex designs that may be considered tools in themselves. Workbenches vary in size from tiny jewelers benches to the huge benches used by staircase makers...

 disks. There was also an Amiga floppy disk

Floppy disk

A floppy disk is a disk storage medium composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier lined with fabric that removes dust particles...

 available which contained the Amiga Explorer.

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
  AmigaOS versions
  There have been many different versions of the AmigaOS operating system during its two decades of history.Initially the Amiga operating system had no strong name and branding, as it was seen as an integral part of the Amiga system as a whole. Early names used for the Amiga operating system included...
  
   from 0.7 to 3.X)
• Officially-licensed Picasso RTG graphics subsystem
• Additional emulation and drivers (SCSI, TCP/IP, AHI, CDTV, 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...
  
  , 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
  Amiga games
  Amiga games are computer games compatible with the Commodore Amiga.The Amiga was an important platform for games in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Of all the 16-bit home computers, it was the one to gain the greatest success as a games machine due to its graphic and sound subsystems, which were...
  
  , demos
  Amiga demos
  Amiga demos are demos created for the Commodore Amiga home computer.A "demo" is a demonstration of the multimedia capabilities of a computer . There was intense rivalry during the 1990s among the best programmers, graphic artists and computer musicians to continually outdo each other's demos...
  
   and applications
  Amiga software
  Amiga software covers a wide range of software for the Amiga computer, both productivity and games, commercial, freeware and hobbyist. The Amiga software market was particularly active in the late 1980s and early 1990s but has since the period 1996/1999 dwindled into almost only a hobbyist...
  
  
• Amiga Explorer and Amiga Files data sharing framework
• Optional Live CD
  Live CD
  A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...
  
  , based on Knoppix
  Knoppix
  Knoppix, or KNOPPIX , is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD or a USB key , one of the first of its kind for any operating system. Knoppix was developed by Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium...
  
  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