<s>
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
CVBA	O
(	O
formerly	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
VOF	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Belgian	O
software	O
company	O
which	O
in	O
its	O
early	O
years	O
focused	O
in	O
porting	O
Windows	B-Application
games	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
they	O
accepted	O
a	O
contract	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Incorporated	O
to	O
develop	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
mainly	O
discontinued	O
their	O
porting	O
business	O
to	O
pursue	O
this	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
runs	O
on	O
the	O
AmigaOne	B-Device
systems	O
,	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
systems	O
with	O
a	O
Phase5	O
PowerUP	B-Operating_System
accelerator	O
board	O
,	O
Pegasos	B-Device
II	I-Device
systems	O
and	O
Sam440/Sam460	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
in	O
April	O
1999	O
with	O
Ben	O
Hermans	O
and	O
Evert	O
Carton	O
in	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
own	O
words	O
,	O
"	O
After	O
Belgian	O
lawyer	O
Benjamin	O
Hermans	O
wondered	O
why	O
no	O
one	O
had	O
ever	O
tried	O
to	O
license	O
PC	B-Device
games	O
to	O
do	O
Amiga	B-Device
ports.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
does	O
not	O
maintain	O
programmer	O
staff	O
but	O
sub-contracts	O
software	O
programmers	O
for	O
projects	O
as	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hans-Joerg	O
Frieden	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
Descent	B-Application
and	O
Abuse	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Warp3D	B-Library
library	O
,	O
was	O
contracted	O
to	O
be	O
Hyperion	B-Device
's	O
main	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
would	O
port	O
several	O
game	O
titles	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
later	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
of	O
Heretic	B-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
port	O
of	O
Heretic	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
press	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
weak	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
set	O
out	O
to	O
target	O
a	O
broader	O
range	O
of	O
platforms	O
:	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
completed	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
SiN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
has	O
been	O
postponed	O
due	O
to	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
and	O
ultimately	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
approached	O
Monolith	O
Productions	O
to	O
port	O
their	O
Lithtech	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
culminating	O
in	O
their	O
port	O
of	O
Shogo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mobile	I-Application
Armor	I-Application
Division	I-Application
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
had	O
not	O
sold	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
had	O
been	O
hoped	O
,	O
most	O
notably	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
despite	O
becoming	O
a	O
best	O
seller	O
on	O
Tux	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
stated	O
that	O
Linux	B-Application
users	O
were	O
likely	O
to	O
dual	O
boot	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
to	O
play	O
easily	O
available	O
games	O
rather	O
than	O
purchase	O
more	O
expensive	O
specialised	O
versions	O
years	O
after	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2002	O
Hyperion	B-Device
introduced	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
of	O
Descent	B-Application
:	I-Application
FreeSpace	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
improved	O
version	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
followed	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
id	O
Software	O
released	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
marketed	O
later	O
in	O
2002	O
a	O
commercial	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
of	O
Gorky	B-Application
17	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Hyperion	B-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Publishing	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
was	O
released	O
nearly	O
a	O
decade	O
later	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Heretic	B-Application
II	I-Application
port	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
developers	O
created	O
an	O
OpenGL	B-Application
subset	O
called	O
MiniGL	O
which	O
sits	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
Warp3D	B-Library
to	O
ease	O
porting	O
of	O
3D	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
Hyperion	B-Device
announced	O
that	O
,	O
after	O
licensing	O
the	O
rights	O
from	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
long-awaited	O
successor	O
to	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.9	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
this	O
end	O
concentrated	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
effort	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
claimed	O
and	O
still	O
claim	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.1	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
certain	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.9	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
quick	O
port	O
of	O
68k	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
to	O
PowerPC	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
features	O
added	O
as	O
development	O
continued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ben	O
Hermans	O
,	O
writing	O
on	O
Amiga	B-Device
forum	O
Ann.lu,	O
claimed	O
that	O
these	O
sources	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
PPC	O
kernel	O
WarpOS	B-Device
would	O
be	O
sufficient	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
version	O
to	O
users	O
within	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
making	O
his	O
now-infamous	O
"	O
change	O
some	O
flags	O
and	O
recompile	O
"	O
comment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
attempted	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
licence	O
for	O
an	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
native	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
file	O
manager	O
Directory	B-Application
Opus	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
originally	O
and	O
been	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
but	O
for	O
which	O
development	O
had	O
since	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
talks	O
between	O
Hyperion	B-Device
and	O
GP	O
Software	O
broke	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
managing	O
partner	O
of	O
Hyperion	B-Device
,	O
Benjamin	O
Hermans	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
period	O
between	O
announcement	O
and	O
release	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
ignited	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
community	O
controversy	O
by	O
repeatedly	O
claiming	O
that	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
AmigaOS-like	O
competitor	O
(	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
complete	O
form	O
in	O
2003	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
illegal	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
on	O
several	O
occasions	O
threatened	O
to	O
take	O
legal	O
action	O
against	O
it	O
either	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
parasitic	O
competition	O
to	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
or	O
even	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
actually	O
based	O
on	O
stolen	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
evidence	O
to	O
support	O
either	O
claim	O
ever	O
became	O
public	O
,	O
neither	O
did	O
any	O
legal	O
action	O
against	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
take	O
place	O
,	O
although	O
neither	O
prevented	O
such	O
views	O
being	O
repeated	O
commonly	O
in	O
public	O
Amiga	B-Device
forums	O
and	O
mailing	O
lists	O
and	O
even	O
accepted	O
as	O
fact	O
by	O
some	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
situation	O
was	O
inflamed	O
by	O
ex-Commodore	O
engineer	O
Dave	O
Haynie	O
,	O
who	O
backed	O
up	O
Herman	O
's	O
claims	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
have	O
seen	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
source	O
code	O
,	O
you	O
cannot	O
produce	O
a	O
legally	O
separate	O
work-alike	O
"	O
,	O
though	O
again	O
without	O
any	O
direct	O
evidence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hermans	O
claimed	O
that	O
Bill	O
Buck	O
,	O
who	O
lead	O
the	O
Genesi	O
company	O
funding	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
con-artist	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
was	O
sued	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Incorporated	O
for	O
trademark	O
infringement	O
in	O
the	O
Washington	O
Western	O
District	O
Court	O
in	O
Seattle	O
,	O
Washington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
sued	O
Hyperion	B-Device
for	O
breach	O
of	O
contract	O
,	O
trademark	O
violation	O
and	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
concerning	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
marketing	O
of	O
AmigaOS	O
4.0	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
Hyperion	B-Device
had	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
market	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
without	O
paying	O
agreed	O
royalties	O
and	O
had	O
continued	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
even	O
after	O
being	O
warned	O
to	O
cease	O
and	O
desist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
launched	O
a	O
counter	O
action	O
,	O
claiming	O
fraud	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
handling	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
intellectual	O
properties	O
and	O
debts	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
debt-holding	O
shell	O
companies	O
,	O
by	O
shifting	O
responsibility	O
between	O
these	O
shell	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
claimed	O
that	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
had	O
failed	O
to	O
uphold	O
their	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
contract	O
and	O
had	O
been	O
untruthful	O
in	O
correspondence	O
;	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
failed	O
to	O
deliver	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.1	O
source	O
that	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
from	O
,	O
forcing	O
Hyperion	B-Device
to	O
find	O
it	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
that	O
ongoing	O
legal	O
dispute	O
,	O
in	O
autumn	O
2007	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
released	O
a	O
standalone	O
version	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
for	O
classic	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
an	O
action	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
claimed	O
as	O
illegal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
29	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
managing	O
partner	O
stated	O
under	O
oath	O
-	O
without	O
further	O
evidence	O
-	O
that	O
the	O
open-source	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
reimplementation	O
AROS	B-Application
was	O
"	O
probably	O
illegal	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
documented	O
on	O
page	O
27	O
of	O
court	O
documents	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga-Hyperion	O
court	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
reached	O
a	O
settlement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
was	O
granted	O
an	O
exclusive	O
license	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
market	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Amiga	B-Device
"	O
trademark	O
remained	O
with	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
was	O
then	O
also	O
licensed	O
to	O
other	O
parties	O
,	O
including	O
Commodore	O
USA	O
and	O
iContain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
"	O
Amiga	B-Device
"	O
branded	O
hardware	O
could	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
sold	O
without	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Device
changed	O
its	O
legal	O
status	O
from	O
a	O
business	O
partnership	O
(	O
VOF	O
)	O
to	O
a	O
company	O
with	O
limited	O
liability	O
(	O
CVBA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Evert	O
Carton	O
announced	O
he	O
was	O
stepping	O
down	O
as	O
the	O
managing	O
partner	O
of	O
Hyperion	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
Hyperion	B-Operating_System
Entertainment	I-Operating_System
was	O
declared	O
insolvent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
developer	O
and	O
Aminet	B-Device
administrator	O
Costel	O
Mincea	O
joined	O
Hyperion	B-Device
in	O
mid	O
2015	O
as	O
a	O
third	O
director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
reported	O
in	O
January	O
2017	O
that	O
Hermans	O
has	O
resigned	O
as	O
a	O
director	O
,	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
remained	O
Timothy	O
De	O
Groote	O
and	O
Costel	O
Mincea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
Hyperion	B-Device
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Belgium	O
's	O
official	O
company	O
register	O
due	O
to	O
not	O
filling	O
annual	O
reports	O
for	O
the	O
last	O
three	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
remedied	O
this	O
by	O
supplying	O
required	O
reports	O
to	O
the	O
National	O
Bank	O
of	O
Belgium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
Amiga-news.de	O
reported	O
Costel	O
Mincea	O
resigned	O
from	O
his	O
post	O
at	O
Hyperion	B-Device
and	O
remaining	O
director	O
Timothy	O
de	O
Groote	O
was	O
in	O
a	O
legal	O
dispute	O
with	O
former	O
Hyperion	B-Device
's	O
managing	O
partner	O
Ben	O
Hermans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2021	O
Timothy	O
de	O
Groote	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
director	O
of	O
Hyperion	B-Device
and	O
Ben	O
Hermans	O
assumed	O
full	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
's	O
game	O
ports	O
include	O
these	O
:	O
Heretic	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Shogo	B-Application
:	I-Application
Mobile	I-Application
Armor	I-Application
Division	I-Application
,	O
Gorky	B-Application
17	I-Application
,	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
SiN	O
and	O
Descent	B-Application
:	I-Application
FreeSpace	I-Application
–	I-Application
The	I-Application
Great	I-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hyperion	B-Device
also	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
acquired	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
port	O
Worms	B-Application
Armageddon	I-Application
and	O
Soldier	B-Application
of	I-Application
Fortune	I-Application
,	O
but	O
these	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
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