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to the AmigaOS, sought to protect its property from people distributing unauthorized copies of the ROM files required for emulating Amiga software over the Internet. On October 7, 1997, it announced on its website that it had granted Cloanto, publisher of Amiga productivity applications, the rights
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productions which are available for download from different software publishers and Amiga history sites. The Windows version also includes Cloanto's Amiga Explorer networking software, which allows access to Amiga resources (including virtual floppy, hard disk and
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The Amiga Explorer is a networking framework that facilitates data sharing between a PC and an actual Amiga computer. It readily converts files stored on Amiga disk files into the
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to publish an Amiga emulator containing the AmigaOS software. The first version of Amiga Forever was released on November 14, 1997, after its debut at the Computer '97 show in
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Beginning from the 2012 version, Amiga Forever ships with an RP9 Editor for content authoring. Besides its own authoring and playback environment and Cloanto's
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and support package published by Cloanto, allowing Amiga software to run on non-Amiga hardware legally without complex configuration.
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as emulation engines, while relying on its own user interface for configuration and authoring. In addition to supporting common
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of the official Amiga ROM and OS files, from versions 0.7 to 3.1. It is also bundled with two preconfigured
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formats, Amiga Forever can also play back .Author files in Cloanto's proprietary RP9 format, which are
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Vintage Games 2.0: An Insider Look at the Most Influential Games of All Time. United Kingdom
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version of Amiga Forever includes a "player" software developed by Cloanto which uses
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Emulation of Amiga hardware (allows Amiga software to run on a PC or mobile device)
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which contained a front-end for Windows and different versions of UAE for Windows,
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and E-UAE for other platforms. All versions of Amiga Forever include different
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Amiga Forever player software for Windows to access and launch content
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Amiga preservation, emulation and support package published by Cloanto
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Preinstalled games, demos and applications (web browser, paint, etc.)
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disks. The new plugin-based player software was introduced in 2007.
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for emulators designed for Android and Google Chrome respectively.
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It was contained on a 426:files) from the Windows Desktop. 36:This article has multiple issues. 615: 494:The Player in Amiga Forever 2008 136: 77:may rely excessively on sources 66: 25: 44:or discuss these issues on the 1: 933:"Product Test: Amiga Forever" 717:Sheriff, Alan (March 1998). 470:Amiga Forever was ported to 436:intellectual property rights 401:, and different versions of 1425: 1409:Windows emulation software 1389:Android emulation software 941:. No. 101. p. 61 931:Korn, Andrew (July 1998). 1357: 727:. No. 97. p. 99 535:Additional emulation and 292: 265: 221: 1404:MacOS emulation software 1399:Linux emulation software 1394:Google Chrome extensions 598:directly into Workbench) 528:Other features include: 1206:AmigaOS version history 476:Google Chrome extension 706:. 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