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Commodore Amiga emulators

A multimedia computer far ahead of its time, with custom chips for graphics, sound and DMA. It defined the demoscene and a generation of games, music trackers and video work.

Manufacturer
Commodore
Years
1985–1996
Generation
16-bit
CPU
Motorola 68000 @ 7.09 MHz (PAL) / 7.16 MHz (NTSC)
Models
A1000, A500, A500+, A2000, A600, A1200, A3000, A4000
Commodore Amiga
Photo: Bill Bertram · CC BY-SA 2.5 · source

9 emulators

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Amiberry

Active
  • Amiga
  • Open source

An Amiga emulator built on the WinUAE core and tuned for ARM boards such as the Raspberry Pi, with builds for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD and Haiku.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Windows · macOS · Linux · BSD · Raspberry Pi · Other
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Amiga Forever

Inactive
  • Amiga
  • Commercial

Cloanto's packaged Amiga distribution built on WinUAE, with officially licensed Kickstart ROMs and Workbench, preconfigured models and bundled games.

License
Commercial
Windows
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BizHawk

Active
  • Arcade
  • Jaguar
  • C64
  • Amiga
  • DOS
  • MSX
  • N64
  • NES
  • Game Boy
  • GBA
  • GBC
  • Mega Drive
  • Spectrum
  • PlayStation
  • SNES
  • Open source

A multi-system emulator built for tool-assisted speedruns, with frame-perfect input recording, memory tools and Lua scripting across dozens of cores.

License
Open source
Windows · Linux
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Clock Signal

Active
  • Archimedes
  • BBC Micro
  • CPC
  • Atari ST
  • Amiga
  • VIC-20
  • DOS
  • MSX
  • Spectrum
  • Open source

A multi-machine emulator that aims to be invisible: open a disk or tape image and it picks the machine. The CPC, Spectrum and Atari ST are mature; Amiga and early PC support is less complete.

Accuracy
High
License
Open source
macOS · Linux
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Denise

Active
  • C64
  • Amiga
  • Open source

A cycle-accurate C64 and Amiga emulator with run-ahead for low input latency, rewind and integrated slang CRT shaders.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Windows · macOS · Linux
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FS-UAE

Inactive
  • Amiga
  • Open source

A cross-platform Amiga emulator built on WinUAE's emulation core, with a gamepad-friendly fullscreen interface, a launcher and netplay.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Windows · macOS · Linux
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vAmiga

Active
  • Amiga
  • Open source

A native macOS emulator of the Amiga 500, 1000 and 2000 that aims for cycle-exact accuracy, with a built-in debugger and a Metal renderer with CRT effects. Its core also powers vAmigaWeb.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Since
2019
macOS
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vAmigaWeb

Active
  • Amiga
  • Open source
  • Mobile

vAmiga compiled to WebAssembly. Runs in the browser and installs as a PWA, with touch controls for phones and tablets.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Browser based, any device
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WinUAE

Active
  • Amiga
  • Open source

The reference Amiga emulator for Windows. It covers every model from the A1000 to the A4000 and CD32, with cycle-exact chipset emulation, accelerator boards and RTG graphics cards.

Accuracy
Cycle-exact
License
Open source
Windows

Amiga hardware

Mini consoles and FPGA hardware that play Amiga software. About hardware

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MiST

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +10 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

An FPGA board designed by Till Harbaum to re-create the Amiga and Atari ST, later joined by many 8-bit computer, console and arcade cores. It loads software from an SD card and has analog video output.

Released
2013
Launch price
190 EUR
Lotharek
Terasic DE10-Nano

Photo: sorgelig, MiSTer project (DE10-Nano with the MiSTer SDRAM and I/O boards) · GPL-3.0 (project repository) · source

Terasic DE10-Nano

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

The Intel Cyclone V SoC development board that the MiSTer project is built on. Most MiSTer cores also need an add-on SDRAM board, and analog video needs an I/O board.

Released
2017
Launch price
130 USD
Terasic
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Apollo V4 Standalone

Available
  • Amiga
  • Atari ST
  • FPGA
  • Mini

An Amiga-compatible computer built around the Apollo 68080 CPU and SuperAGA chipset in an FPGA, with HDMI, USB and Ethernet. Later cores add an Atari ST mode that runs EmuTOS. The current model is the V4+.

Released
2019
Launch price
549 EUR
Apollo Team
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SiDi

Discontinued
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +13 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A low-cost MiST-compatible FPGA board designed by Manuel Fernández Higueras, with a Cyclone IV FPGA, USB ports for controllers and VGA output. MiST cores are resynthesised for it.

Released
2019
ManuFerHi
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THEA500 Mini

Available
  • Amiga
  • Software emulation
  • Mini

A small Amiga 500 replica with a decorative keyboard, played with the bundled mouse and gamepad. Games you own can be loaded from a USB stick.

Released
2022
Built-in games
25
Launch price
119.99 GBP
Retro Games Ltd
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Evercade VS-R

Available
  • C64
  • Amiga
  • Arcade
  • Software emulation
  • Mini

A TV console for Evercade's licensed cartridges, which collect emulated arcade, console and home computer games, including C64 and Amiga collections. It has two cartridge slots, 1080p HDMI output and four-player support.

Released
2024
Launch price
89.99 GBP
Blaze Entertainment
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MiSTer Pi

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A low-cost FPGA board from Retro Remake that is compatible with the DE10-Nano used by the MiSTer project. It is sold in production batches, bundled with SDRAM and, in larger packs, an analog I/O board and USB hub.

Released
2024
Retro Remake
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SiDi128

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +15 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

The successor to the SiDi, a MiST-family FPGA board with a larger Cyclone 10 LP FPGA and two SDRAM chips, adding HDMI, optical audio and joystick ports.

Released
2024
ManuFerHi
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MiSTer Multisystem 2

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A ready-built console from Heber that runs the open-source MiSTer FPGA project, with 128 MB SDRAM on board so it plays all standard MiSTer cores. The Analogue model adds RGB and VGA outputs and a cartridge expansion slot.

Released
2025
Launch price
210 GBP
Heber
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SuperStation One

Available
  • Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • CPC
  • +18 more
  • FPGA
  • Mini

A MiSTer-compatible FPGA console from Retro Remake styled after the PSone, with ports for original PlayStation controllers and memory cards. It runs the MiSTer cores for other consoles and computers too.

Released
2025
Launch price
179.99 USD
Retro Remake
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THEA1200

Pre-order
  • Amiga
  • Software emulation
  • Full size

A full-size Amiga 1200 replica with a working keyboard, emulating AGA as well as the A500's OCS and ECS chipsets. Ships with Workbench, a mouse and a gamepad, and loads WHDLoad games from USB.

Due
2026
Built-in games
25
Launch price
149.99 GBP
Retro Games Ltd

FPGA cores

Hardware re-creations for FPGA boards such as MiSTer. What's an FPGA core?

  • Analogue Amiga for Analogue Pocket · An Amiga core for the Analogue Pocket based on Minimig, with ECS and AGA chipsets, 68000 to 68020 CPUs and a RISC-V helper processor for floppy and hard disk access.
  • Minimig AGA (MiST) for MiST, SiDi · The Minimig Amiga core for MiST, SiDi128 and other boards, with OCS, ECS and AGA chipsets, 68000 to 68020 CPUs and basic RTG graphics.
  • Minimig AGA core for MiSTer · The MiSTer Amiga core, based on the Minimig project and extended to AGA machines such as the A1200.

Amiga file formats

FormatWhat it is
.adfAmiga disk image
.ipfPreservation disk image, keeps copy protection
.dmsCompressed disk image
.adzGzipped disk image
.hdfHard disk image
.lhaArchive, often WHDLoad games