Download miscellaneous utilities USSLoad Load UAE save state files (.uss) on real hardware. List and extract Amiga based disk images and archives. Adfread 1.1 Read Amiga formatted floppies using “2-drive trick” on Windows 2000 or later. NOTE: Requires mainboard that supports 2 floppy drives, feature that hasn’t existed for over 10 years. The release pack also includes my own experimental core updates and other items that you may find useful. Software that will allow you to work with disk formats that the Amiga uses. Amiga BIOS - You will need to obtain the following “BIOS” (Amiga Kickstart ROMs) to get this working. All the BIOS can be legitimately obtained from for $30. Applications: Description Type URL; Switch Control 1.1a (for Ratte Auto Monitor Switch).lha switchcontrol.lha LhA Archiver/Unarchiver v1.22 (Self extracting).run. . FIRM KICKSTART V2.04 r37.092 (1991)(Commodore)(beta)for use with ReKick. FIRM KICKSTART V2.04 r37.175 (1991)(Commodore)(A3000). FIRM KICKSTART V2.04 r37. Download Kickstart ROMs. The only legal way to obtain Amiga ROMs (unless you transfer them from your own Amiga) is to buy and download the Amiga Forever package. Kickstart version history. V1.1, released 1985 Seperate Kickstarts for PAL (50Hz) and NTSC (60 Hz) Amiga computers. V1.2, released 1986 Kickstart now automatically detects NTSC and PAL.

Introduction to Amiga Kickstart ROM

Amiga Kickstart ROMs are required in order to boot any Amiga computer. In addition to essential boot functions, Amiga Kickstart contains large parts of the Amiga Operating system (AmigaOS). All Amiga computers (except A1000) are shipped with a built-in ROM chip.

Since Amiga ROM-files are copyrighted, one is not allowed to use any version of the Amiga Kickstart ROM unless one;

Owns an Amiga computer equipted with the corresponding ROM version.
Purchases the ROM, either as hardware chip or as a software file.

Getting ROMs for Amiga emulation

A common reason for obtaining the Amiga ROMs is emulation. The most popular Amiga emulator is WinUAE, which due to copyright reasons doesn't include (but requires) the Amiga Kickstart ROM files.

A fast and easy way to get Amiga ROMs is buying the Amiga Forever emulation and support package. It contains all Amiga Kickstart ROMs from version 1.x to 3.x, including CDTV and CD32 extended ROMs. Amiga Forever makes emulation extremely easy by providing a one-click gaming interface, ready-to-run Amiga hard disks and more than 100 pre-installed Amiga games. Upon purchase Amiga Forever and the ROM-files becomes immediately available for download.
A more difficult way to transfer the Kickstart ROM from Amiga to PC is using software such as Amiga Explorer. For this you will need a null-modem serial cable, or make the transfer over TCP/IP. This method is only recommended for experienced Amiga users.

Models and Kickstart versions

The table below illustrates the Amiga computer models and the corresponding Kickstart ROM versions.

v1.1	v1.2	v1.3	v2.04	v2.05	v3.0	v3.1
Amiga 1000	¹
Amiga 500
Amiga 2000
Amiga 3000
Amiga CDTV	²
Amiga 500+
Amiga 600
Amiga 600HD
Amiga 1200
Amiga 4000
Amiga 4000T
Amiga CD32	³

¹ Kickstart 1.1 was not stored in ROM, but loaded from floppy disk.
² Enhanced Kickstart with CD Boot, a CD player and card slot for saving game data.
³ Enhanced Kickstart with CD-filesystem, NV-RAM and the AKIKO chip.

Screenshots

Below are screenshots from the most common Kickstart versions. Click the thumbnails for full size images.

ROM 1.1	ROM 1.2	ROM 1.3	ROM 2.04
ROM 2.05	ROM 3.0	ROM 3.1

The Amiga was a family of personal computers released by Commodore in the 1980's and 1990's.

Emulator	Rom Folder	Extension	BIOS	Controller Config
Amiberry	amiga	.lha .zip .uae .adf .dms .fdi .ipf .hdf .hdz	kick33180.A500, kick34005.A500, kick40068.A1200	/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/retroarch.cfg
lr-puae	amiga	.zip .uae .adf .dms .fdi .ipf .hdf .hdz .m3u	kick34005.A500, kick40063.A600, kick40068.A1200	/opt/retropie/configs/amiga/retroarch.cfg
UAE4ALL2	amiga	.adf	kick12.rom, kick13.rom, kick20.rom, kick31.rom	Hardcoded
UAE4ARM	amiga	.zip .adf .dms .exe .adz .rp9	kick13.rom, kick20.rom, kick31.rom	Hardcoded

Emulators: Amiberry

Amiberry is a fork of UAE4ARM with support for WHDLoad, which offers a better console-like experience.

Please refer to the official Amiberry wiki for a detailed step-by-step installation and config guide.

ROMS

For the optimal Amiberry experience, it is recommended that pre-installed WHDLoad packages are used. Amiberry has been designed to have compatibility with the 'Retroplay' WHDLoad packs. For more information on WHDLoad packages, see here.

Accepted File Extensions: .lha

Place your WHDLoad packages in

More information on adding game data can be found here.

BIOS

Full documentation on the Kickstart roms required by Amiberry can be found here.

Place your Kickstart roms in

Controls

Amiberry makes use the RetroArch configs created during Controller Configuration. Consequently, Hotkey+X will bring up the UI and Hotkey+Start can be used to exit Amiberry. For full documentation, please refer here.

Default controller choice can be edited in /opt/retropie/configs/amiga/amiberry/whdboot/hostprefs.conf. It is also possible to set the default controller choice as well as other Amiberry settings for individual games. For full documentation, please refer here.

It is possible to customise controls for individual games using the Amiberry UI. For full documentation, please refer here.

Emulator: lr-puae

lr-puae is an experimental emulator. It can be installed from the experimental section of the RetroPie-Setup Script.

BIOS

Place your desired Kickstart ROMs in:

To use disk and WHDLoad games with this core you'll need the following Kickstart ROMs. Rename them to the given name and copy the file to RetroArch system directory.

It is critical to use Kickstarts with the right MD5, otherwise the core might not start.

Name	Description	System	MD5
kick34005.A500	Kickstart v1.3 (Rev. 34.005)	Amiga 500	82a21c1890cae844b3df741f2762d48d
kick40063.A600	Kickstart v3.1 (Rev. 40.063)	Amiga 600	e40a5dfb3d017ba8779faba30cbd1c8e
kick40068.A1200	Kickstart v3.1 (Rev. 40.068)	Amiga 1200	646773759326fbac3b2311fd8c8793ee

Controls

lr-puae utilizes Retroarch configurations.

Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in

For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration

Button	Control
L2	Show/Hide status
R2	Sound on/off
L	Toggle Num Joy
R	Change Mouse speed 1 to 6 (for gui and emu)
Select	Toggle Mouse/Joy mode
Start

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