The first Commodore Amiga model has introduced to the market twenty years ago, receiving the name Amiga 1000. Although they sound almost ridiculous today, that machine's 256 KB of RAM gave many people the first approach to many of their favorite video games. Today we are sure that some curious people will want to know what it could offer us.

Of course, getting a Commodore Amiga could be almost impossible, and that's why we need an emulator of this machine that works on today's computers Windows, an emulator like WinUAE, of course. Indeed, when we talk about this program, we talk about one that can emulate the main models of this mythical computer, both the Amiga 500 and several of the following.

WinUAE allows us to access a platform that can replicate the features of those old computers, especially the games we could run on when we wanted to entertain ourselves with them. The experience is so well achieved that we can watch the same content, listen to their distinctive music, and so on.

What Commodore Amiga games can I run thanks to WinUAE? We have to talk about some of them, like 1943: The Battle of Midway, Wings of Fury, Crazy Cars, or Rick Dangerous. As you can see, from the hand of this tool, it is possible to have a kind of fun that otherwise could only remain in the retina of our parents or grandparents, so you should not lose sight of it.

To be able to use WinUAE, you have to consider that you need to have the ROMs of the different Amiga models. Otherwise, we can not start the emulator, but do not worry because we will tell you how to get them. You must look for the packages that integrate these ROMs, called Kickstart ROMs, some of which we can find on the web without too much delay.

Once you have downloaded the ROMs, it will be time to take care of the images of the games you want to emulate through downloading files that will always be of extension ADF, so you don't get confused. These will be loaded in the virtual floppy disks that the WinUAE program is in charge of generating, and then you will have to take care of the configuration settings, which may take a few minutes.

At this point, you will probably have it clear, but anyway, we believe that it is not superfluous to point out that WinUAE is a service that works mainly for those users who already know in this regard. That is to say, it is far from those more current console emulators that come with integrated games and in which we only have to launch them because here our obligations are several.

As a consequence, if when running a game in WinUAE, you find that the screen remains black and the title does not appear, it means that some of the settings are wrong and we must modify them. Remember that the modifications to be made also differ according to the game you want to launch. As you can see, it is not simple at all.

The WinUAE user interface, meanwhile, fulfills its primary objective, which is to offer us clearly, all the configuration options and actions that we must use to be able to launch the games. In this, the design does not differ too much from many other programs for Windows, with the classic gray background and all the available tools as a list that expands.

If we have to mention the most salient positive aspects of WinUAE, let's talk about one which is the main one and explains the existence of this program: the possibility of recovering Commodore Amiga games that would otherwise be lost. Indeed, the sole object of existence of this platform is the main strong point that we found and that we did not want to stop sharing with all lovers of retro entertainment.

The worst of WinUAE comes later, that is to say, once we install it. Indeed, if you have not previously tried your luck with other complicated emulators, you may feel that this one makes your life impossible. To be able to enjoy our first Commodore Amiga game will take quite a long time, so you should be patient and try to learn more about it because otherwise, you will abandon it before you can have fun.

In summary, WinUAE is an almost unique application, one of the few that proposes to recall the forms of entertainment that existed when RAMs did not exceed 256 KB of capacity. If you are determined to be able to enjoy those games, no matter how difficult it is to launch them through this service, then you should know that this program could be the right one for you.