Amiga Game Selector - Readme
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Introduction
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Thank you for downloading my game and demo collection.

This collection includes an archive of all the current WHDLoad games and
demos in Retroplay's collection which can be run from a convenient
launcher.

All of the games and demos have all been sorted, categorized and optimized
for each release format and they all have in-game, title and box cover
artwork.

The collection also contains an extended set of hand picked games that are
not available in the official WHDLoad collection. These extra games
include shareware, commercial and emulated games. All the games included
are free of charge, but please do support the hard work that the developers
of these games have put in. Links for their sites are included in the game
descriptions.

NOTE: This collection is supplied completely free of charge and should
never be sold. If you have paid money for it, please demand a refund and
stop supporting the crooks selling software they haven't developed.
The only authorised paid source of AGS is from our sponsor www.retro32.com.
Any money paid is used to cover the cost of the USB drive and time taken to
copy the files.


AGS Features
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5108 WHDload games and demos with screen, title and cover images.
Over 274 hand picked non WHDLoad games.
500 Commodore 64 games.
365 ZX Spectrum games.
310 Amstrad CPC games.
84 Sega Master Systems games.
Over 100 128 colour custom menu themes.
Full 256 colour AGA launcher for the games and demos.
Workbench 3.1 installation with 26 awesome backdrops by Wayne Ashworth.
Office, art, music and programming software and Workbench utilities.
11,000 iff samples, 6000+ MOD's & 57,000 sid files included.
Directory Opus 4 to manage your files.
Shared FAT32 partition to transfer files from a PC / MAC.
Reset the Amiga from AGS or Workbench.


Base System Requirements
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Amiga Computer / Emulator
68020 CPU
Kickstart 3.0+
1mb Ram
16gb SD/CF card
Mouse
Controller / Joystick


Launcher System Requirements
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Amiga Computer / Emulator
68020 CPU
Kickstart 3.0+
2mb Chip Ram
16gb SD/CF card
Mouse
Controller / Joystick


Recommended System Requirements
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Amiga Computer / Emulator
68040/60 CPU
Kickstart 3.0+
2mb Chip Ram - 64b Fast Ram
16gb SD/CF card
Mouse
Controller / Joystick


Installation
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Please read the Installation.txt file for installation instructions.


Menu Controls
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Use up or down to move the selector.
Use left or right to quickly scroll through the lists.
Use 'Del' to quickly go back a list.
Use the 'Enter' key or fire button on the controller to run a game or demo.
Press the 'Escape' key to exit to Workbench. 


Frequently Asked Questions
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Please refer to the FAQ.txt file for all your answers.


Development Software Used
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* PC *
Purebasic v6.x (To create the database manager and image convertor)
Paint.net (All art created with this)
UltraMiggy (My own WHDLoad database manager)
ImageConverter (A program to convert images to IFF that I wrote myself)
NConvert (Image convertor)
Notepad ++ (Scripts and text files)

* Amiga *
Deluxe Paint V (For palette conversion)
Directory Opus 4 (File Manager)
CED (Text editor)
IconReplacer (Copying icon files)


Legal Stuff
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All software included is free to download and distribute for no fee. AGS
is completely free. I do not ask any money for it and there are no pay
walls for special versions. Any software that has the option to be payed for
has the web link included in the game description. If you are a developer
and would like your software removed, please message me on Facebook and I
will remove your work. On the other hand, if you wish to promote your 
software on the Facebook group, you are more than welcome to.

This distribution includes images created by myself that are copyrighted. I
agree for these images to be distributed free of charge but exclude the
selling of them as part of USB copying services which I strictly forbid.

No kickstart images are supplied with any version of AGS. Please follow 
the included 'Needed Kickstarts.txt' file to install them.


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Amiga Game Selector v2.3 ©2023 Paul Vince

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