Amiga Confusion - Which emulator?

Jiryn

Sorry for all the comments lately, I finally have my Pi 5 up and running!

I just wanted to get some clarify on Amiga confusion.
I remember in the 90s that Amiga had like half a dozen systems

Like the 100, 600, 1200, CDTV, CD32, etc etc.. but some were just the same chip set repackaged and renamed?

So what Emulator would I want to cover all my bases?
So I can play the most Amiga games, across all their releases, including the horrible CD games like the town with no name.

I am currently have Amiberry installed!

Thank you!

sleve_mcdichael

@Jiryn said in Amiga Confusion - Which emulator?:

I am currently have Amiberry installed!

Amiberry should handle most of them automatically. Are you having some troubles with it? There were a few I had to set manually to make them work right, or at all, so my emulators.cfg has a few entries like:

amiga_AnotherWorld_v28_0425 = "amiberry-a1200"
amiga_ItCameFromTheDesert_v21_0014 = "amiberry-a4000"
amiga_Zool_v20_CD32 = "amiberry-a4000"

But there are still more that work just fine from the start, like:

 BrutalFootball_v1.21_0209.lha
 BrutalFootball_v1.21_CD32.lha

 ChaosEngine_v2.1_0106.lha
 ChaosEngine_v2.1_CD32.lha

 JamesPond2_v1.3_1352.lha
 JamesPond2_v2.0_AGA_1354.lha

...all of these work both versions, without any additional setups or configs.

Jiryn

@sleve_mcdichael
Nope, just was setting things up last night.. finally got the RetroPi 5 running.

Right now I seem to only have discs, and no cds though.

Seems very slow to boot.
I tried Willy Beamish last night, went into a GUI then started the game.
No controller functionality, but since it's a Point and Click, that's probably the reason...

Jiryn

@sleve_mcdichael
Odd question
For CD games, can I have them in a separate folder?
Should I run them zipped or unzipped?

Trying to add some organization.

I'm also used to ODEs for my consoles, some require each CD game to be in a separate folder, so just checking what's needed here/

George Spiggott

@Jiryn CD games will run as .CHD in Amiberry. That's the best format to run them in IMO. I wouldn't bother with a seperate folder just put them all in the Amiga ROMs folder..

sleve_mcdichael

All of mine are .lha format whether CD32, AGA, or "original flavor".

You can put them in a sub-folder if you want (roms/amiga/cd32). If you want a completely separate folder (roms/amiga separate from roms/cd32 you'll need a custom system as well as a supporting theme.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Add-a-New-System-in-EmulationStation/

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/

Jiryn

@sleve_mcdichael
Thank you!
That's what I was wondering, if Subfolders would be recognized.

Wondering if I should do that with like MAME/FBNeo though the select button does help scroll through games fast.