Amiga Paradise Radio has received an important upgrade today: the radio is now also available through a standard Icecast stream.

Until now, listening to the radio mainly meant keeping Amiga Paradise open in your browser and using the integrated player. This player isn't going anywhere, but you now have another option: you can listen to the exact same radio stream directly from your favorite compatible media player, such as VLC, XMPlay or many other Internet radio players.

A downloadable M3U playlist is now available from the Radio section of the Amiga Paradise menu. Download it once, open it with your preferred player, and you can keep Amiga Paradise Radio alongside your other Internet radio stations without having to visit the website every time.
The Icecast stream carries the current track information, so compatible players can display the software and track currently playing. Requests made through Amiga Paradise are also part of the same radio: whether you listen from the website or through Icecast, everyone is listening to the same broadcast.

This new streaming option also considerably increases the capacity of the radio. The original web player remains available for up to 25 simultaneous listeners, while the new Icecast stream can accommodate up to 500 additional listeners.

Amiga Paradise Radio is also starting to appear in public Internet radio directories, making the station easier to discover outside Amiga Paradise itself.

Nothing changes for those who are happy with the existing web player. Icecast simply gives you a new, more flexible way to listen — and hopefully helps bring the huge collection of Amiga music preserved on Amiga Paradise to a wider audience.

Profile pages have evolved from simple information pages into powerful exploration tools.
They now include production timelines, relationship graphs through shared productions, associated developers and publishers, improved role detection and many new links between people, groups and companies.
These additions make it much easier to explore the connections between artists, development teams and publishers across the Amiga ecosystem.
As always, all information is generated directly from the Amiga Paradise database and will continue to grow as new recordings are added.

Rallye Master (Brands Hatch) soundtrack composed by Karsten Obarski has been re-recorded to get rid of a glitched sample.
A second music called Rallye Master II have been added to this soundtrack.

The "Add to Playlist" feature has received a significant quality-of-life update for users managing multiple playlists.

Previously, software pages only interacted with the default playlist. From now on, the system detects tracks across all of your playlists and, when several playlists are available, lets you choose exactly where new tracks should be added.

To make repeated additions easier, you can also ask the site to remember your playlist selection for one hour, allowing you to browse and add multiple tracks without being prompted every time.

This update also includes several improvements to the Public Radio page, such as more accurate Upcoming Track ETAs, enhanced request and special segment information, a new mute button, listener capacity indicators, and more precise audio credits based on each individual track whenever available.

As always, these changes are part of our ongoing effort to make Amiga Paradise more convenient and enjoyable to use while keeping the interface clean and intuitive.

If something looks broken, remember to press CTRL+F5 to hard refresh the website display.

The Amiga Paradise 24/7 Radio is now directly accessible from the website through the new "LIVE Radio 24/7" section in the main menu.

The new page lets you listen to the live stream without visiting YouTube and provides additional information about the currently playing music, including cover artwork, software details, audio credits and the upcoming tracks queue.

You can also submit your own track requests directly from the radio page.

This update also introduces a redesigned navigation menu and a desktop-first layout that provides a more consistent browsing experience across all devices.

As always, the radio remains completely free and advertisement-free.

Enjoy the music!

Thank you for supporting Amiga Paradise and keeping Amiga music alive!

Sometimes, it is important to stop coding for a moment and simply think about where a project is going.
This morning was one of those moments.
For the past few months, I have spent a lot of time improving the YouTube live radio. We solved many problems, built automatic recovery systems, improved stability and made the stream far more reliable than it was at the beginning.
Even though the system now works much better, one thing has become clear over time: running a fully automated 24/7 live stream on a third-party platform is never completely under my control.

And that made me ask myself a simple question:
"Am I spending my time improving Amiga Paradise... or improving YouTube?"
The answer completely changed how I want to move forward.

The Website Comes First
Amiga Paradise has always been the heart of this project.
The music database, the radio engine, the playlists, the requests, the comments and everything else already live here.
The YouTube stream is simply another way to discover the project.
From now on, I want to embrace that idea.
The official radio will gradually become part of the website itself.
Instead of relying on an external platform for the core experience, visitors will simply be able to open the Radio page and listen directly from Amiga Paradise.

What About YouTube?
Don't worry, YouTube isn't going away.
However, I no longer see it as something that has to run continuously every day of the year.

Instead, I'd like to transform it into something more exciting.
Special live events.
Theme nights.
Composer spotlights.
Community request sessions.
Scheduled broadcasts with a beginning and an end.
This approach should make the streams more interesting while allowing me to spend less time maintaining them and more time creating new content for the website.

Building the Future, Step by Step
Nothing will change overnight.
As always, the project will evolve gradually.
The first goal will simply be creating a proper Radio page directly on Amiga Paradise.
Once that foundation exists, new features can be added over time:
- a cleaner and more attractive interface;
- easier music requests;
- public playlists;
- additional community features;
- and many other ideas that have been waiting for the right moment.

Looking Forward
Sometimes a technical challenge teaches you something unexpected.
Trying to build a permanent YouTube radio ultimately reminded me what Amiga Paradise has always been abou…

Over the past few weeks, we have been working behind the scenes to improve the reliability of the Amiga Paradise Radio YouTube stream.

The streaming system is now able to automatically detect most failures and attempt a full recovery without human intervention. This means that temporary interruptions should no longer require manual restarts in most situations.

While occasional outages may still occur due to network issues, external services or unexpected technical problems, the stream is now designed to recover on its own whenever possible.

Thank you to everyone who has been listening, testing and reporting issues during this period. Your feedback has helped us make the service more robust and reliable.

Happy listening!

A new Roadmap page is now available on Amiga Paradise.

This page provides a clear overview of the major systems currently available on the website, their development status, and the improvements planned for future updates.

Over the past months, Amiga Paradise has grown significantly, with the addition of user accounts, favorites, playlists, comments, ratings, notifications, the radio system, statistics tools, and many other features. The roadmap offers a simple way to see how the project has evolved and where it is heading next.

As always, the roadmap will be updated whenever important milestones are reached.

Thank you for your continued support and interest in the preservation of Amiga music and history.

Zany Golf soundtrack was re-recorded:
- Overall audio quality improved
- The sound is much more pleasant to the ear (less harsh attack)
- The sound is much less distorted
- Sample rendering is better
- The title screen is now complete and is no longer cut off by the end of the game loading screen
- The sound played by the game at the beginning of each hole has been removed
- The two samples "Hole In" and "Timer Bonus" are still from the old in-game recording (they don't play correctly in the original files)
- An alternative version of hole 3 has been added (without drums)

A new notification system has been added to Amiga Paradise!

Starting today, registered users will automatically receive notifications when new additions matching their favorites are added to the site. This includes composers, groups, developers/publishers and other credited personalities.

The goal is simple: help you discover new uploads related to the people and teams you enjoy most, without having to constantly check the latest additions manually.

If you have not used the favorites system yet, this is a good time to give it a try — simply add your favorite composers, groups or developers while browsing the database and the site will keep an eye on future additions for you automatically.