emulator: WinUAE type: standalone core_classification: other source: "https://github.com/tonioni/WinUAE" source_commit: "7ee16ec5e94f9d065121ce9f40fecc605ac0fb08" profiled_date: "2026-10-20" core_version: "6.1.0 beta 19" display_name: "Commodore - Amiga (WinUAE)" cores: - winuae systems: - commodore-amiga - commodore-cd32 - commodore-cdtv mode: standalone notes: | Amiga emulator for Windows by Toni Wilen. The Kickstart is the file named by kickstart_rom_file in the configuration. When it is absent the loader tries roms/kick.rom, kick.rom, ../shared/rom/kick.rom and ../System/rom/kick.rom under the data path, then guesses from the scanned ROM list (memory.cpp:2038-2071). When nothing loads it reports the missing ROM and boots the built-in AROS replacement (memory.cpp:3058-3063). Loaded ROMs are matched against the ROM table only to name them and check the CPU they need. An unknown ROM is still used (memory.cpp:3064-3101). RetroBat writes a .uae file per launch with kickstart_rom_file and, for CD32 and CDTV, kickstart_ext_rom_file. It looks the files up by name in bios/, bios/amiga/ and bios/Amiga/, first match wins, and aborts the launch when none of the names is found (retrobat emulatorLauncher/Generators/Uae.Generator.cs:192-216,1043-1111). The Amiga 500 system takes the 2.04 Kickstart instead of 1.3 when its a500_machine option is set to amiga500+. It also points KickstartPath at bios/ in winuae.ini (retrobat emulatorLauncher/Generators/Uae.Generator.cs:155-156). A .uae or .ags game file skips this and runs as written. For .lha games RetroBat unpacks its own WHDBoot.zip next to the emulator and copies the A500, A600, A1200 and A4000 Kickstarts it finds into WHDBoot/Devs/Kickstarts for WHDLoad, skipping any that are missing (retrobat emulatorLauncher/Generators/Uae.Generator.cs:979-1032). CDTV and A600/A1200 internal devices are enabled with :ENABLED, which needs no ROM file. Cloanto encrypted ROMs are decoded with rom.key, searched in the configured key path, the ROM path, roms/, the data path, ../shared/rom/ and next to the Kickstart file (rommgr.cpp:1459-1535). Without it an encrypted ROM fails to load (rommgr.cpp:1724-1732). files: - name: "kick34005.A500" system: commodore-amiga required: true hle_fallback: true size: 262144 crc32: "c4f0f55f" sha1: "891e9a547772fe0c6c19b610baf8bc4ea7fcb785" aliases: - "kick34005.A500.rom" - "amiga-os-130.rom" - "Kickstart v1.3 r34.005 (1987-12)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV)[!].rom" - "Kickstart v1.3 r34.005 (1987-12)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV)[o].rom" - "Kickstart v1.3 rev 34.5 (1987)(Commodore)(A500-A1000-A2000-CDTV)[!].rom" note: "Kickstart 1.3 r34.5. Amiga 500 and CDTV Kickstart. Also copied to WHDBoot as kick34005.A500." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:150-151" - name: "kick37175.A500" system: commodore-amiga required: false hle_fallback: true size: 524288 crc32: "c3bdb240" sha1: "c5839f5cb98a7a8947065c3ed2f14f5f42e334a1" aliases: - "kick37175.A500.rom" - "amiga-os-204.rom" - "Kickstart v2.04 r37.175 (1991-05)(Commodore)(A500+)[!].rom" - "Kickstart v2.04 rev 37.175 (1991)(Commodore)(A500+).rom" note: "Kickstart 2.04 r37.175. Amiga 500 system with the A500+ machine option." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:158-159" - name: "kick40063.A600" system: commodore-amiga required: false hle_fallback: true size: 524288 crc32: "fc24ae0d" sha1: "3b7f1493b27e212830f989f26ca76c02049f09ca" aliases: - "kick40063.A600.rom" - "amiga-os-310-a600.rom" - "Kickstart v3.1 r40.063 (1993-10)(Commodore)(A600HD)[!].rom" note: "Kickstart 3.1 r40.63. Only copied to WHDBoot/Devs/Kickstarts for WHDLoad." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:183-184" - name: "kick40068.A1200" system: commodore-amiga required: true hle_fallback: true size: 524288 crc32: "1483a091" sha1: "e21545723fe8374e91342617604f1b3d703094f1" aliases: - "kick40068.A1200.rom" - "amiga-os-310-a1200.rom" - "Kickstart v3.1 r40.068 (1993-12)(Commodore)(A1200)[!].rom" - "Kickstart - 391774-01 (USA, Europe) (v3.1 Rev 40.068) (A1200).rom" note: "Kickstart 3.1 r40.68. Amiga 1200 Kickstart. Also copied to WHDBoot." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:185-186" - name: "kick40068.A4000" system: commodore-amiga required: true hle_fallback: true size: 524288 crc32: "d6bae334" sha1: "5fe04842d04a489720f0f4bb0e46948199406f49" aliases: - "kick40068.A4000.rom" - "amiga-os-310-a4000.rom" - "Kickstart v3.1 r40.068 (1993-12)(Commodore)(A4000)[!].rom" note: "Kickstart 3.1 r40.68. Amiga 4000 Kickstart. Also copied to WHDBoot." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:195-196" - name: "kick40060.CD32" system: commodore-cd32 required: true hle_fallback: true size: 524288 crc32: "1e62d4a5" sha1: "3525be8887f79b5929e017b42380a79edfee542d" aliases: - "kick40060.CD32.rom" - "amiga-os-310-cd32.rom" - "Kickstart v3.1 r40.060 (1993-05)(Commodore)(CD32)[!].rom" - "Kickstart v3.1 r40.60 (1993)(Commodore)(CD32).rom" note: "CD32 Kickstart 3.1 r40.60." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:323-324" - name: "kick40060.CD32.ext" system: commodore-cd32 required: true size: 524288 crc32: "87746be2" sha1: "5bef3d628ce59cc02a66e6e4ae0da48f60e78f7f" aliases: - "kick40060.CD32.ext.rom" - "amiga-os-310-cd32-ext.rom" - "CD32 Extended-ROM r40.60 (1993)(Commodore)(CD32).rom" note: "CD32 extended ROM, passed as kickstart_ext_rom_file." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:325-326" - name: "kick34005.CDTV" system: commodore-cdtv required: true hle_fallback: true size: 262144 crc32: "42baa124" sha1: "7ba40ffa17e500ed9fed041f3424bd81d9c907be" aliases: - "kick34005.CDTV.rom" - "amiga-os-130-cdtv-ext.rom" - "CDTV Extended-ROM v1.0 (1991)(Commodore)(CDTV)[!].rom" - "CDTV Extended-ROM v1.0 (1992)(Commodore)(CDTV).rom" note: "CDTV extended ROM v1.0, passed as kickstart_ext_rom_file with the 1.3 Kickstart." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:339-340" - name: "rom.key" system: commodore-amiga required: false size: 2069 crc32: "869ae1b1" sha1: "801bbab32e3d37386dd1636d4f1d6fa7e21d5874" note: "Cloanto Amiga Forever ROM key. Read next to the Kickstart file, needed only for encrypted ROMs." source_ref: "rommgr.cpp:119-120, rommgr.cpp:1513-1527"