Amiga Game Selector - Readme ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction ============ 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, emulated and RTG 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 taken is used to cover the cost of the USB drive and time taken to copy the files. No money is paid to myself for this service. Features ======== * Support for UAE based emulators, Amiberry, Raspberry Pi 4, 400 & 5, The A500 Mini, Pistorm and classic hardware. * A fully configured HD RTG desktop on emulated and high end Amigas. * Classic Workbench 3.1 on real hardware. * Special Retroarch version for low end devices. * A 256 colour AGA game and demo launcher with appoximately 8,000 games and demos. * 250 full colour launcher themes. * Background music MOD support on launcher. * Scripts to add you own programs to the 'My Programs' list on the launcher. * A full database of every WHDLoad release in Amigaguide format. * An extensive collection of manuals and cheats for all the games where available. * Random game and demo options. * File logging to keep track on what you have played. * A Favourite list to add you games to. * Expert mode to edit, delete and manage your favourites. * Filters to remove content that you are not interested in from the launcher. * Automatic speed regulation for games that run too fast. (Not RHW version) * Automatic game resolution scaling to fill as much of the screen as possible. (A500 mini only) * Automatic chipset optimizations added to reduce glitches in games. (Not RHW version) * User controlled CPU and chipset configuration from AGS or Workbench. (Not RHW version) * AHI audio support for high quality sound playback. * 24 bit Workbench backdrops in full HD. (Not RHW version) * Fully configured Directory Opus 4 to manage your files. * Access to SD/CF/USB/HDD drives to transfer files. * Shutdown and reset the Amiga from AGS or Workbench. * Options to change the WHDLoad quit key for virtual keyboard support. Content ======= 5226 WHDload games and demos with screen, title and cover images. 590 hand picked non WHDLoad games including PD, AGA and RTG games. 74 Premium Games 3266 ROM's and Disk/Tape images for the included emulators. 30 Workbench Games 125 Office, Rendering, Art, Design, Fractal, Music, Programming and Web apps. 11,000 IFF sound samples 1,500 Instruments 57,000 SID tunes 36,000 MOD's. 40 Animations. 1,500 Amiga images. 450 MP3 files from Amiga Remix. (www.amigremix.com) Requirements (A500 Mini) ======================== The A500 Mini Computer, Controller & Mouse A 2.5A to 3A USB power supply. A 64GB USB Flash Drive USB Keyboard (Recommended) Requirements (WinUAE) ===================== PC Computer With Windows 10+ Controller & Mouse 64GB Free HDD Space USB Keyboard (Recommended) Requirements (Raspberry Pi400) ============================== Raspberry Pi4/400 Controller & Mouse A 64GB USB Flash Drive,SSD or SD Card Requirements (PiStorm) ====================== Commodore Amiga A1200 with PiStorm32 fitted. Controller & Mouse A 64GB USB Flash Drive or SD Card Note: AGS may work on the standard PiStorm but would need the boot partition files replaced with the normal PiStorm files. Requirements (Real Hardware) ============================ Base AGA System Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amiga Computer / Emulator 68020 CPU Kickstart 3.0+ 2mb Chip Ram - 4mb Fast Ram 32gb SD/CF card Mouse Controller / Joystick Recommended AGA System Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amiga Computer / Emulator 68030+ CPU Kickstart 3.1 2mb Chip Ram - 32mb Fast Ram 32gb SD/CF card Mouse Controller / Joystick Base ECS System Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amiga Computer / Emulator 68000 CPU Kickstart 2.05+ 1mb Chip Ram - 4mb Fast Ram 16gb SD/CF card Mouse Controller / Joystick Recommended ECS System Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amiga Computer / Emulator 68030+ CPU Kickstart 3.1 2mb Chip Ram - 16mb Fast Ram 16gb SD/CF card Mouse Controller / Joystick Installation ============ Please read the Installation.txt file for installation instructions. Configurations (A500 Mini) ========================== Start AGS - The standard configuration. Start AGS Pandory - Uses Amiberry 5.6.1 via Pandory. Restore Configs - Restores the AGS configuration files if they stop working Configurations (UAE) ========================== AGS_UAE - The standard configuration. Configurations (Raspberry Pi) ============================ default - The standard configuration. Instructions (A500 Mini) ======================== 1. Insert the USB drive into the A500 mini. When the USB icon appears, select it by pressing the 'Red' button. 2. Select the AGS folder from the list. 3. You will now see the three configurations described above. Select the configuration you want to use with the controller and press the 'Red' button to select it. Finally press the 'Home' button to run the config and the AGS menu will load. DO NOT PRESS THE MENU BUTTON ON THIS SCREEN! 4. Use the controller or keyboard cursor keys to navigate the menu. 5. Press the 'Red' controller button or the 'Return' key to select an entry. 6. Make a note of the WHDLoad quit key on the blue splash screen. 7. Wait for the game/demo to load. 8. Use the WHDLoad quit key to exit the game/demo and the menu will reload. 9. To access Workbench from the menu, press the 'Escape' key. Instructions (UAE) ================== Either a. Use the supplied launcher to start AGS. b. Run the AGS_UAE config from either the icon or from the WinUAE interface. Instructions (Raspberry Pi) =========================== 1. Turn on the Raspberry Pi with the SD Card / USB drive inserted and wait for AGS to load. Instructions (Real Hardware & PiStorm) ====================================== 1. Turn on the power switch. Menu Controls ============= Use up or down to move the selector. Use left or right to quickly scroll through the lists. Use the 'Enter' key or fire button on your controller to run a game or demo. Use 'Delete' to quickly go back a menu level. Press the 'Escape' key to exit to Workbench. Frequently Asked Questions ========================== Please refer to the FAQ.txt file for all your answers. Development Software Used ========================= * PC * Purebasic v6.x (To create the database manager and image convertor) Paint.net (All art created with this) AGS Database Manager (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) WinSCP Balena Etcher HST Imager * Amiga * Deluxe Paint (For palette conversion) Directory Opus 4 (File Manager) JanoEditor (Text editor) IconReplacer (Copying icon files) Legal Stuff =========== 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. Unauthorised distribution of Amiga Game Selector is strictly forbidden without express permission from the author Paul Vince. ========================================= Amiga Game Selector v2.7 ©2025 Paul Vince =========================================