Editing Amiga (section)

=== Bankruptcy and aftermath ===
In spite of his successes in making the company profitable and bringing the Amiga line to market, Rattigan was soon forced out in a power struggle with majority shareholder, [[Irving Gould]]. This is widely regarded as the turning point, as further improvements to the Amiga were eroded by rapid improvements in other platforms.<ref name=p8p2>{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-9-the-demo-scene/2/ |title=A history of the Amiga, part 8: The demo scene |website=Ars Technica |first=Jeremy |last=Reimer |date=28 April 2013 |access-date=14 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704093424/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/a-history-of-the-amiga-part-9-the-demo-scene/2/ |archive-date=4 July 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Commodore shut down the Amiga division on April 26, 1994, and filed for bankruptcy three days later. Commodore's assets were purchased by [[Escom AG|Escom]], a German PC manufacturer, who created the subsidiary company Amiga Technologies. They re-released the A1200 and A4000T, and introduced a new [[68060]] version of the A4000T. Amiga Technologies researched and developed the [[Amiga Walker]] prototype. They presented the machine publicly at CeBit,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amigareport.com/ar405/news13.html|title=The Amiga Walker Prototype|website=www.amigareport.com|access-date=2020-04-10|archive-date=2020-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027210255/https://www.amigareport.com/ar405/news13.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=German firm will sell Amiga division |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=12 April 1996 |page=41|first=Dan|last=Stets}}</ref> but Escom went bankrupt in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Roger |title=Amiga's amigos |work=The Birmingham Post |date=9 December 1996 |page=52}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Stebbins |first1=John |title=Amiga users fight final frontier battle |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=10 February 1997 |page=10}}</ref> Some Amigas were still made afterwards for the North American market by QuikPak, a small [[Pennsylvania]]-based firm who was the manufacturer of Amigas for Escom.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=July 10, 1998 |title=THE RETURN OF AMIGA – Chicago Tribune |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/07/10/the-return-of-amiga/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |archive-date=2024-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923165840/https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/07/10/the-return-of-amiga/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

After a reported sale to VisCorp fell through,<ref name="NGen39" /> a U.S. [[Wintel]] PC manufacturer, [[Gateway 2000]], eventually purchased the Amiga branch and technology in 1997.<ref name="NGen39" /> QuickPak attempted but failed to license Amiga from Gateway and build new models.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-12-05 |title=quikpaksite |url=http://www.quikpak.com/page2.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |archive-date=1998-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205180326/http://www.quikpak.com/page2.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Gateway was then working on a brand new Amiga platform, likely encouraged by a desire to be independent of [[Microsoft]] and [[Intel]].<ref name=":0" /> However this did not materialize and in 2000, Gateway sold the Amiga brand to [[Amiga, Inc.]], without having released any products. Amiga, Inc. licensed the rights to sell hardware using the [[AmigaOne]] brand to [[Eyetech|Eyetech Group]] and [[Hyperion Entertainment]]. In 2019, Amiga, Inc. sold its intellectual property to Amiga Corporation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2019-02-00009-EN.html|title=Legal dispute: Amiga Inc. transferred rights to Mike Battilana's company|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=5 February 2019|accessdate=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2020-07-00032-EN.html|title=C-A Acquisition Corp. renamed to Amiga Corporation|publisher=Amiga-News.de|date=15 July 2020|accessdate=26 July 2022}}</ref>