For example, click the 'Select Disk Image' button next to Floppy Drive DF0: and you will be taken to your ROMs directory (as set in the Path settings above). See the Configurations section below for details.Įmulated Floppy Drives: These boxes allow you to select the disk image(s) to load when the Amiga emulation starts. However if you have an old CPU then reduce the slider to the right for better performance.Ĭonfiguration: This allows you to choose the various configuration files you have saved for WinUAE. I strongly recommend moving the slider to the far left (Best Compatibility) to give an authentic Amiga experience and minimize problems with games. required CPU Power: As the name implies, this slider allows you to choose how accurately WinUAE emulates the Amiga. These are the specifications of the original Amiga 500.Ĭompatibility vs. This translates to a setup using Kickstart 1.3, Amiga Original Chipset, 512KB Chip RAM and 512KB of Slow RAM. Model: For our purposes, we want to select 'A500' to emulate the original Amiga 500.Ĭonfiguration: Select the '1.3 ROM, OCS, 512KB Chip + 512KB Slow RAM' option. As such, I recommend you tick the 'Start in Quickstart mode' box at the bottom right of this screen. Each time you start up WinUAE it allows you to quickly and easily select an Amiga disk image to load up, and click the Start button to load into Amiga emulation. This is the common startup screen for WinUAE. This can resolve the error message that a valid ROM hasn't been found at WinUAE startup for example. ROM files in the ROMs directory of your choice and changed the path here to point to it, click the 'Rescan ROMS' button to make sure they are all found and recognized by WinUAE. For example, create a new directory called Amiga under your \Users\User1\Documents\My Games directory, place your ROMS directory there, and point WinUAE there for all paths shown. I recommend all the other paths here also be set to a location under your personal folders for the same reason. Setting it anywhere else, such as under the \Program Files\ directory, may mean your configuration files will not save if you have UAC enabled.
\Users\\), as this will not require Admin privileges to access.
#AMIGA EMULATOR ON PC WINDOWS#
Important: On Windows Vista and Windows 7, make sure to at least set the Configuration directory path somewhere under your personal folders (i.e.
If necessary create a new directory and place all your disk images/ROM files there – see the last page of this guide for more details on where to get game images. The most important directory to check is the ROM path – make sure this points to the directory where you are storing all your game image files (.ADF. The first thing we have to do is set the paths to the various files WinUAE uses to store its files.
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