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WinUAE is the best Amiga emulator we have seen so far, for playing Amiga games on a Windows PC.

Classic Workbench. Download an Amiga Workbench OS. Preinstalled packs setup for real. Workbench 3.1 was the last Amiga OS version released by Commodore/Amiga, and the release by Cloanto aims to celebrate this version trying to be as true to the original as possible without compromising functionality. The emulator comes with a free AROS rom that will work for running many games and demos. If you want to use a kickstart 1.3, 2.0, 3.1 rom place your kick13.rom, kick20.rom, kick31.rom files in /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/.

Latest version 4.4.0 (1 July 2020)
Works on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista and XP (32/64 bits)
Emulates Amiga 500(+)/600/1000/1200/2000/3000/4000, depends on the used ROM file
Supports .adf, .adz, .dms, .fdi, ipf disk image files, .rom files
Comments: WinUAE is a complete emulator. It requires some configuration, but you'll be served with a great Amiga experience.
Project websitehttp://www.winuae.net

Amiga Kickstart ROM

To get your emulated Amiga running, you will need a so called Kickstart ROM. This is a file with the .rom extension. The Kickstart ROM provides basic operating system functionality. There are several versions of the ROM available, but we will use V1.3 for the Amiga 500/1000/2000. These ROMs are copyrighted, so you won't find them on this website. However, there are three ways to get the Kickstart ROM(s):

Copy them from your Amiga, instructions here
Buy the Amiga Forever package from Cloanto
Search google for 'download kickstart rom amiga'

Install and configure WinUAE

Install WinUAE

Download the WinUAE zip package or the installer
Zip package: copy the contents of the WinUAE zip file to an empty folder of choice, for example d:WinUAE
Installer: open the installer and install WinUAE to an empty folder of choice, for example d:WinUAE, default location is c:Program Files (x86)WinUAE

Install the Kickstart ROM(s)

Create a folder called 'Roms' in your WinUAE folder, in this example you'll end up with d:WinUAERoms
Download the Amiga Rom files from a location indicated above
Copy them to the Roms folder, in this example you'll end up with d:WinUAERoms*.rom
In this example we'll use the Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 rom for the Amiga 500/1000/2000

Start WinUAE and configure WinUAE, including controls

Start WinUAE by double clicking the winuae.exe file in the d:WinUAE folder
Click on Paths in the Settings menu to check if the System ROMs folder is correct, in this example d:WinUAERoms.
Click on Floppy disks in the Hardware menu to check if Floppy drive 0 is enabled
Click on Game ports in the Host menu and set port 1 to Windows mouse and port 2 to a keyboard layout that you find most convenient

Play Amiga games with WinUAE on Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7

So, what to do to play Amiga games such as International Karate Plus (IK+) with WinUAE?

Create a folder called 'Games' in your WinUAE folder, in this example d:WinUAEGames
Download an Amiga game disk, like International Karate Plus (IK+)
Copy the downloaded zip file to the Games folder, in this example d:WinUAEGamesIK+.zip. You don't need to extract it, as long as the zip file contains 1 bootable disk image
If the downloaded zip file contains more than 1 image, copy the contents of the zip file to your WinUAE games folder, in this example d:WinUAEGames
Start WinUAE if it's not already started
Click on Quickstart in the Settings menu
In the Emulated Hardware box, choose Model A500 and most common configuration
In the Emulated Drives box, click on the Select image file button, select the IK+.zip file in the d:WinUAEGames folder and choose Open
Click on the Start button in the right bottom corner to start the game, please note that loading takes some time

To start a new game when playing one, press F12
Click on Quickstart in the Settings menu
In the Emulated Drives box, click on the Select image file button, select the IK+.zip file in the d:WinUAEGames folder and choose Open
Click on the Reset button in the left bottom corner to reset your emulated Amiga and load the game

Playing games with multiple disk files

Some Amiga games came on more than one floppy disk, like Defender of the Crown or Shadow of the Beast. When you download these games, they'll consist of several files (1 file for each disk). So what to do with those?

Start the game as described above (start with attaching disk 1 to floppy drive 0 (DF0))
When the game asks for another disk, press F12 to enter the configuration window
Click on Quickstart if this is not already selected
At the Emulated drives part, click on the Select image file button
Select the appropriate disk file, click on Open and after that on Ok
When the emulator doesn't start loading automatically, follow the instructions presented by the game (usually it says to press the fire button, which by default is the 5 on the numeric keypad of your keyboard)

Amiga Workbench

To get the ultimate Amiga feeling, you might want to search for the Workbench disks. This is the desktop/file manager of the Amiga. However, as you already know, you do not need the Workbench to play Amiga games! This guide also does not explain how to use the Workbench. Then again; if you would like to use the Workbench, you probably already know how to use it. Workbench disk images can be found here or here. The images can be started the same way as games. To be able to install (parts of) the Workbench or other software, you'll also need to setup a virtual harddisk (Settings - Hardware - CD & Hard drives).

Classic Workbench. Download an Amiga Workbench OS. Preinstalled packs setup for real. A500+ A600 A1200 A1500+ A2000+ A3000 A4000 and UAE.

DISCUSSION

Overview

Workbench 3.1 was the last Amiga OS version released by Commodore/Amiga, and the release by Cloanto aims to celebrate this version trying to be as true to the original as possible without compromising functionality. This is unlike the Workbench 3.X environment, which intentionally added several recognizable post-Commodore/Amiga features.

By popular demand, and consistent with our original goal of preserving the Classic Amiga heritage, the Amiga Forever series always included ROMs, floppy disk images and system updates also taking into account 'Classic Support' scenarios (for use outside of emulated Amiga systems).

Thus, Workbench 3.1 became available as sets of physical floppy disks (e.g. for customers who purchased a used Amiga computer, but were missing the disks), preinstalled on CompactFlash and SD cards, and in other formats. A license key is always included, to make it possible to additionally download a copy to update or restore the original.

System Requirements

Workbench 3.1 requires a 3.0 or 3.1 Amiga ROM ('Kickstart') version, and is additionally compatible with 3.X ROMs as used in Amiga Forever.

Shared Improvements

In a careful balance of preservation, restoration and innovation, features of all Amiga Forever Classic Support editions of Workbench 3.1 include:

Dates were preserved, while file attributes and comments were restored (relative to the distribution by ESCOM and Village Tronic)
Updated C/Version command (Y2K patch)
Addition of Libs/workbench.library (for A-4000T 3.1 ROMs and 3.X ROMs)
Updated S/Startup-Sequence (conditional SetPatch, for 3.X ROMs)
Increased MultiView stack to 32768
Installer script improvements
Updated Installer (43.3 or 44.10, depending on CPU) and FastFileSystem 45.9 (to support larger disks)
Installer itself is now part of the system installation (inside the Utilities directory)

Floppy Disk Set

The Amiga Forever Classic Support floppy disk (image) set consists of six disks, and features the same improvements of the hard disk version. Additionally, the installer script was modified to support the changes, and with some other enhancements (e.g. to avoid 'disk full' errors on large disks and to fix some typos). All disks were carefully tuned and defragmented for maximum performance.

The floppy disk set can be used alone (to boot and use the system), or to create a new hard disk installation, equivalent to the Amiga Forever Classic Support hard disk image. Enhancements include the installation of workbench.library, Installer 43.3 (on 68000 or 68010 CPUs) or 44.10 (on 68020+ CPUs), and FastFileSystem 45.9.

Hard Disk Image

The Amiga Forever Classic Support hard disk image is the result of a full installation from the floppy disk set.

As part of this, the appropriate Installer program is copied to the Utilities directory, which is part of the system search paths and which was also the location chosen by Commodore/Amiga in many of its own installations.

Depending on the desired video modes, one or more monitor files may need to be copied manually from 'Storage/Monitors' to 'Devs/Monitors'.

Support for Disks Larger than 4 GB

The installer script included on Amiga Forever Classic Support media was improved to support installation to hard disks larger than 4 GB regardless of the Installer, FastFileSystem and ROM version.

Full runtime support for disks larger than 4 GB requires several elements, of which FastFileSystem 45.9 and Installer 44.10 are included in the Workbench 3.1 distribution, whereas lower-level components such as scsi.device come from a ROM update, such as the 3.X ROM (supported, but not included).

For maximum compatibility, the Amiga boot partition should be the first partition of a disk, and it should not be larger than 4 GB. In order to remain compatible with older software that uses 32-bit values to measure disk capacity, a maximum partition size of 2 GB is recommended.

The FastFileSystem component itself may be included in different locations: the Amiga system ROM, the Amiga disk RDB, and as a file (FastFileSystem, inside the 'L' directory of the system disk). Based on the available versions, the system determines which version to load. Aaliyah are you that somebody download free.

For large disk support, confirm that the destination disk RDB has an official NSD-compatible FastFileSystem 43.20 or 45.9 or higher (e.g. use 'Version DH0: FULL').

To update the FastFileSystem stored in the disk RDB, run Tools/HDToolBox, select Partition Drive with [x] Advanced Options, then Add/Update.., select FastFileSystem, then Update using the FastFileSystem as provided in the Amiga Classic Support Workbench 3.1 distribution.

Emulation-Specific Changes

Workbench 3.1 versions that are included in the emulation environment of Amiga Forever include the above modifications which are shared with the Classic Support series, plus some emulation-specific changes which are not part of the Classic Support series:

Added C/Shutdown command (for shutting down the session)
Added C/GetHostVar command (for passing data from host to guest)
Restored licensed speech-synthesis files to Devs, L, Libs, Utilities
Added Devs/DOSDrivers/Speak
Added UAE RTG files to Libs, Storage
Set default printer to EpsonQ (emulation has emulated EpsonQ printer)
Updated S/Startup-Sequence to bind in several utilities (NewIcons, FullPalette, LhA, etc.) from Amiga Forever Work partition, if present
Updated S/Startup-Sequence to support Cloanto S/AFShared-Startup
Updated S/Shell-Startup to support Cloanto UXCLI
Edited SCSI_DEVICE_NAME in Tools/HDToolBox.info ('scsi.device' replaced with 'uaehf.device')

Slightly different hard disk image file names are used to differentiate between the Classic Support ('workbench-310.hdf') and the emulation-enhanced ('workbench-311.hdf') versions.

For more details on 'uaehf.device' vs. 'uaescsi.device' and other emulation-specific changes see:

Online Support

Each Classic Support set comes with a license key that can be used to download the same set again for recovery or update purposes. To register for support, please refer to cloanto.com/genuine.

Additional Enhancements

Workbench 3.1 remains true to the look and feel and the feature set of the last Workbench by Commodore/Amiga, including support for 3.0 ROMs and the ability to boot from floppy disks. For maximum compatibility, no new ROM functionality is provided in the disk set.

For additional enhancements, Amiga Forever includes a 3.X ROM and an environment named Workbench 3.X. Workbench 3.1 as discussed here is compatible with 3.X ROMs.

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Included HDF files:

Amiga Kickstart Rom 1.3

The hard disk images are the result of installing from the corresponding floppy disk set, and are ready for imaging to CF cards or similar devices.

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Important: the downloadable Floppy & Hard Disk Image Pack does not contain physical media. An Amiga computer or dedicated PC hardware are required to write the images to Amiga floppy disks or other media. The floppy disk image files are also suitable for use in floppy drive emulators (Cortex, DTX200, EMUFFD, Gotek, HxC, Mark II, etc.), which can be used to replace an Amiga floppy disk drive.

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