http://wiki.classicamiga.com/index.php?title=Can_I_play_Amiga_games_on_my_PC/Mac%3F&feed=atom&action=historyCan I play Amiga games on my PC/Mac? - Revision history2024-03-29T04:54:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.13.2http://wiki.classicamiga.com/index.php?title=Can_I_play_Amiga_games_on_my_PC/Mac%3F&diff=537&oldid=prevHarrison: /* What emulator do I need to emulate the Amiga? */2008-11-20T16:39:09Z<p><span class="autocomment">What emulator do I need to emulate the Amiga?</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This will depend on the computer you want to emulate the Amiga on. Amiga emulators exist for most platforms including Windows PC, Linux, Mac OS, Amiga OS and many more.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This will depend on the computer you want to emulate the Amiga on. Amiga emulators exist for most platforms including Windows PC, Linux, Mac OS, Amiga OS and many more.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To see a full list of the available emulators for your computer please look <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in the </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Emulation</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">section</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To see a full list of the available emulators for your computer please look <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Amiga Emulators</ins>]].</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Originally Amiga software was supplied on 3.5" Floppy disks. These were formatted with an Amiga specific File Structure that </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">unique </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the Amiga and cannot be read or written to by any other computer system. On a real Amiga you would load a game or program by placing the floppy disk into the Amiga's floppy disk drive and switching the Amiga on.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However due to this Amiga specific file structure that Amiga floppy disks are formatted in, Amiga disks cannot be read or written in your PC, Mac etc... So it is not possible to use </del>an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">original </del>Amiga <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">game disk with an </del>emulator <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to load a game or application. Instead you need to use something called an [[ADF</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. This is a file which is normally always 880KB in size and is an exact copy (image) of an original Amiga floppy disk.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>How you configure your Amiga emulator will depend on the game/software you wish to run. For games this will normally fall into two main configurations. An emulated A500 or an emulated A1200. Most games/software will run using an A500 setup, but any with AGA included in their title will need an A1200 emulated to make them run. To find out what the settings are for each Amiga model take a look at [[Commonly Emulated Amiga <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Settings</del>]]. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>How you configure your Amiga emulator will depend on the game/software you wish to run. For games this will normally fall into two main configurations. An emulated A500 or an emulated A1200. Most games/software will run using an A500 setup, but any with AGA included in their title will need an A1200 emulated to make them run. To find out what the settings are for each Amiga model take a look at [[Commonly Emulated Amiga <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Setups</ins>]]. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have your emulators settings in place the last part is to load the ADF file for the game or software you wish to load and run. Most emulators have an entry for floppy drives called DF0: Select the ADF you wish to load and add it into the emulators DF0: entry.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have your emulators settings in place the last part is to load the ADF file for the game or software you wish to load and run. Most emulators have an entry for floppy drives called DF0: Select the ADF you wish to load and add it into the emulators DF0: entry.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This has been a few basic run through of Amiga emulation. To get more detail and specific guides and tutorials on how to run specific Amiga emulators please look in the [[Emulation]] section.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This has been a few basic run through of Amiga emulation. To get more detail and specific guides and tutorials on how to run specific Amiga emulators please look in the [[Emulation]] section.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or again look in our [[emulation]] section for more information.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or again look in our [[emulation]] section for more information.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">How you configure your Amiga emulator will depend on the game/software you wish to run. For games this will normally fall into two main configurations. An emulated A500 or an emulated A1200. Most games/software will run using an A500 setup, but any with AGA included in their title will need an A1200 emulated to make them run. To find out what the settings are for each Amiga model take a look at [[Commonly Emulated Amiga Settings]]. </ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Once you have your emulators settings in place the last part is to load the ADF file for the game or software you wish to load and run. Most emulators have an entry for floppy drives called DF0: Select the ADF you wish to load and add it into the emulators DF0: entry.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">And that should be it. You can start the emulator and hopefully the ADF game/software will run. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This has been a few basic run through of Amiga emulation. To get more detail and specific guides and tutorials on how to run specific Amiga emulators please look in the [[Emulation]] section.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have downloaded the Amiga emulator for your computer, obtained a kickstart rom image, and have some Amiga software in ADF format, this is all you will need to load and run games and other software that was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">orginally </del>written for the Amiga.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have downloaded the Amiga emulator for your computer, obtained a kickstart rom image, and have some Amiga software in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>ADF<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>format, this is all you will need to load and run games and other software that was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">originally </ins>written for the Amiga.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Most Amiga emulators can be installed onto your PC or other system much like any other Application. Follow the installation instructions included with your emulator. Also look in our [[Emulation]] section as we will be including setup guides for the most popular Amiga emulators.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Most Amiga emulators can be installed onto your PC <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(</ins>or other system<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) </ins>much like any other Application. Follow the installation instructions included with your emulator. Also look in our [[Emulation]] section as we will be including setup guides for the most popular Amiga emulators.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or look in our [[emulation]] section for more information.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">again </ins>look in our [[emulation]] section for more information.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To load games and other software into an Amiga emulator you need to obtain a copy of the game/software disk as an ADF image file. There are many places online you can find Amiga ADF disk image files. We suggest you try http://www.planetemu.net as a good starting place.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To load games and other software into an Amiga emulator you need to obtain a copy of the game/software disk as an ADF image file. There are many places online you can find Amiga ADF disk image files. We suggest you try http://www.planetemu.net as a good starting place.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have downloaded the Amiga emulator for your computer, obtained a kickstart rom image, and have some Amiga software in ADF format, this is all you will need to load and run games and other software that was orginally written for the Amiga.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have downloaded the Amiga emulator for your computer, obtained a kickstart rom image, and have some Amiga software in ADF format, this is all you will need to load and run games and other software that was orginally written for the Amiga.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or look in our [[emulation]] section for more information.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or look in our [[emulation]] section for more information.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Once you have downloaded the Amiga emulator for your computer, obtained a kickstart rom image, and have some Amiga software in ADF format, this </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all you will need to load and run games and other software that was orginally written for the Amiga.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Most Amiga emulators can be installed onto your PC or other system much like any other Application. Follow the installation instructions included with your emulator. Also look in our [[Emulation]] section as we will be including setup guides for the most popular Amiga emulators.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Once you have the emulator installed, when you run it you will normally have to tell the emulator where the kickstart rom file is located. This is different for each emulator so follow the emulators own instructions, or look in our [[emulation]] section for more information</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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