Easy Commodore Amiga Emulation - FS-UAE installation, setup and games

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Amiga emulation can be difficult to get working. With multiple models, multiple BIOS versions and system configurations it can be confusing and frustrating. In this video I'll show you an easy and hassle free way to get everything set up so you can enjoy the games.
Don't forget to check out my main project page at
bytesnbits.co.uk/amiga-fs-uae
You'll find full information on where to get the files you need.
FS-UAE - fs-uae.net/
Amiga Forever - www.amigaforever.com/
Open Retro - openretro.org/
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Downloading all the files
8:30 Installing FS-UAE
11:03 Importing Kickstart ROMs
12:50 Connect to Open Retro database
14:20 Import games
16:10 Controller setup
17:45 Emulator controls
Commodore Amiga image
By Bill Bertram - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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@doctorsocrates4413 9 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial,the best i have seen..i have 3 real amiga computers but to save on wear and tear i like to use emulators...i have a amiga mini on order and fs-uae on my linux laptop..thank you very much for this.

@BytesNBits 9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@joncorso6103 5 ай бұрын

Worked perfectly, thank you.

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

@terrydaktyllus1320 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for a good video, especially from someone who doesn't claim to be an Amiga expert. I did try to add some additional information that would have been of help but KZfaq's algorithm keeps deleting the comments.

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

Thanks for trying. Please use the contact form on the bytesnbits.co.uk website if you want me to add the info onto this thread for you. Any advice would be gratefully received. I've very much taken a 'let FS-UAE sort it out' approach and left the settings as they are. So far it seems to have worked for most games but I'm going to do some work on some of the apllications side of things - Deluxe Paint, etc. If there's anything I should look out for with that please do let me know.

@terrydaktyllus1320 Жыл бұрын

@@BytesNBits I've dropped you a message on the web site - very happy to help where I can.

@Tech-geeky Жыл бұрын

Returned errror? Log out and back in temp. solves it, till it happens again... For some reason Its annoying as hell when it happens, particularly when editing a post with links. Bots get in the way. Stupid Google.

@fra4455 7 ай бұрын

Great video

@BytesNBits 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@SoooMungry 10 ай бұрын

No matter what game I select to play I always get an error message that says: Could not find fs-uae executable. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Sorry I'm new to the setup.

@BytesNBits 10 ай бұрын

Make sure you replicate the folder structure in the tutorial. It sounds like you've not extracted the software correctly.

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

@terrydaktyllus1320 has a great workaround to get the official, legal, Kickstart ROMs at a much reduced cost. Go onto the Google Play Store, search for "Amiga Forever Essentials" and you will see it on there to buy for £1.79. It contains a number of Amiga Kickstarts for on-phone emulation and once you have them from there, you can copy them off the phone or tablet onto a PC.

@karatekid6494 2 ай бұрын

Great video tutorial by the way and thank you . How do I activate the Action Replay cartridges please?

@BytesNBits 2 ай бұрын

Sorry, I don't know. I haven't tried those.

@casualgamers6020 11 ай бұрын

Great , I need the kickstart roms....

@BytesNBits 11 ай бұрын

Have a look at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJOBdZiAv6ynZYE.html for a cheap way of getting come legal roms.

@dafyddthomas7299 Ай бұрын

Most excellent video - will try these programs out - missed playing Populous 1 & 2 from old Amiga / ST Days. Quick Villager Q -- if I want to go to say Deluxe Painter / would assume that I need to press different Icon on FS-UAE to kick the program into Kick start environment ?

@dafyddthomas7299 Ай бұрын

Think this is for playing Games & Demos - Wonderbarr - manage to get Roms and some ADF Images, tried Populous 1 - M/s windows mouse didn't work but Populous 2 works great!

@BytesNBits Ай бұрын

You can use the emulator to set up a full Amiga desktop environment but you'd need to look at the documentation to see how to do that as it's a whole other video tutorial's worth of information.

@dafyddthomas7299 Ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits thanks

@Dryadwoods Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks. Could you do a similar video but for ZX Spectrum? I always had difficulty with the keyboard to work. Thanks

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

Have a look at this one - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icmeoaqp0uDKfI0.html

@Dryadwoods Жыл бұрын

@@BytesNBits thank you :)

@dafyddthomas7299 Ай бұрын

And for Atari ST as well.

@pwissink1 Жыл бұрын

Good tutorial. What I noticed that Wings was looking choppy. Is that an error in the settings?

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

Thanks. The choppy game is probably just me capturing some game footage while the PC was processing some video clips.

@Tech-geeky Жыл бұрын

@@BytesNBits multi-tasking. tsk tsk.. :)

@timelessflyingmonkeys 10 ай бұрын

What is that rotating game that you ue for your intro title? I remember playing something like it years ago but i could never find out what it's called 0:11

@BytesNBits 10 ай бұрын

The game is from my Space Commander coding course but is based on a BBC Micro game called Starship Command.

@timelessflyingmonkeys 10 ай бұрын

It looks excellent!@@BytesNBits

@themetalicarus0284 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, but openretro seems to be down (bad gateway message when i sign up). Because i cant sign up for an account, the emulator can't see my games and hence won't work. Any way round this? Thanks.

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

Try using some floppy disk image games. You'll need to set up the Amiga model on the home tab and then load a floppy image on the floppy tab, but this will bypass the need for data from OpenRetro to get the WHDload games running. Hopefully the full system will be back up again soon.

@themetalicarus0284 11 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits thanks for the reply. Yes i managed to get the floppy versions working. Hopefully the site will be sorted out soon as it'd be cool to have a netflix type of informational screen for each game. 👍

@beyondblender 7 ай бұрын

Openretro is still not working to this day.

@salvatore.sky77 8 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for you video, can you hel me to ad FS-UAE emuletor in Batocera V38 on Raspberry Pi4? I've try more than one time, but it not appear, I've downloaded more the one bios pack too

@BytesNBits 8 ай бұрын

Have you added any game files to the ROM area? By default Batocera won't show a system if there are no game files loaded. If you've got the Kickstart ROMs in place that should be all it needs.

@salvatore.sky77 8 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits i see system and rom correctly, but in advanced on the game the emuleror FS-UAE dont't appear, i see othet, but i need FS-UAE

@BytesNBits 8 ай бұрын

That's odd. You should have a number of FS-UAE options. Are your Kickstart ROMs named correctly? FS-UAE can be a bit picky about file names.

@richgreenfield7649 5 ай бұрын

Hi, I was using an older version with relative success. I then downloaded and install the latest version and followed this video and now nothing works. It says it can't find the executable. Also, it won't detect my Xbox one controller or mouse., where as the older version did. I think I need to start over but should I just delete all the files and folders? If I try to "uninstall" the app doesn't show up in my list of apps to uninstall.

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Your best bet is to reinstall. The software is sensitive to the folder structure and where you extract all the bits. If you follow the video using a new folder for the installation you should get it to work.

@richgreenfield7649 5 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits thank you for replying. Had to reset laptop and start again but all working now. Do you know why my Load/Save states are greyed out and not usable?

@Bijuklich 7 ай бұрын

so i've downloaded emulator and launcher and extracted, i downloaded kickstarts and imported, i also downloaded some lha files, and when scanned it dosen't show anything...it's the same with show all games option and show available games, it's just blank....only thing i didn't do is to log in, because i wan't everything offline...is it possible to run/play without internet or logging in? or is that requirement?

@BytesNBits 7 ай бұрын

You don't need an internet connection. If you've got all the files in place it should just work. Make sure you've got everything saved into the right folders.

@Bijuklich 7 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits still can't get gemes to show in emulator after scanning, but i managed to start 1 game that's in adf format through bat file, and when trying the same with lha files it gives me error did not find specified whdload slave

@enlightened1907 9 ай бұрын

I just installed this Emulator. How do I get my Razer mouse and keyboard to play the games on it? I mostly played It Came From The Desert, Speedball and Lost Dutchman’s Mine.

@BytesNBits 9 ай бұрын

In the launcher app click the joystick icon at the top of the window. You can select your mouse and keyboard in there.

@MrHarker666 7 ай бұрын

I have a question. why do some of the games I put into the emulator don't work when I change the disk? A lot of games that I found on the Internet have this problem. Sometimes they do not read the second diskette, sometimes other subsequent diskettes

@BytesNBits 7 ай бұрын

I always feel some of these issues are hit and miss depending on the emulator, your setup and the disk images. Mostly you get a working combination but sometimes it just doesn't come together. Try a different download, or a different emulator setup.

@MrHarker666 7 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits I've probably tried every possible combination and it doesn't work. The strange thing is that the game starts so the settings are OK, the problem is when the game asks you to change the diskette

@UnboxRacing 3 күн бұрын

Brilliant tutorial! I have a problem though. When I launch a game it says "NotFoundError" could not find file for sha1://66dba etc. What did I do wrong? Thank you 🙏

@BytesNBits 2 күн бұрын

I think it might be an issue with the game files you're using. It looks like it's not got all the files it needs in the download. I'd try another source for your files. Make sure they are in the lha format. Hope you get it going.

@thetruthmatters1562 5 ай бұрын

think i need help

@thetruthmatters1562 5 ай бұрын

error loading python dll module could not be found ?

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

Make sure you install Python on your PC.

@ivanstorm1973 10 ай бұрын

Any ideas why I am getting green and black horizontal lines across the screen when I try to run a game..

@BytesNBits 10 ай бұрын

Is the game screen showing behind these or do you just get the lines?

@ivanstorm1973 10 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits yes the game loads behind the lines

@BytesNBits 9 ай бұрын

@@ivanstorm1973 You'll probably need to play with the video settings in the emulator. Try a different driver and have a look at what filters you're using.

@trickofthe 9 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. Is there a way of saving your games?

@BytesNBits 9 ай бұрын

If you mean using a game's save feature to save to floppy disk then yes. You need to mount a blank floppy disk image and then use that like a normal floppy. If you mean taking a complete system snapshot I'm not actually sure. I haven't seen the feature in FS-UAE but please do check the documentation.

@chickenbites8877 5 ай бұрын

Im struggling to register for an account with open retro database... is it just me or is the website down?

@BytesNBits 5 ай бұрын

The site has been down for a couple of weeks. I'm not sure what's wrong.

@chickenbites8877 5 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits at least it’s bit just me then! Such a shame I can’t finish my setup now 🥲

@Tech-geeky Жыл бұрын

Doesn't work on M1 updated to MacOS 13.4... Kickstart Roms won't import. Must be 13.4 Apple update issue.. I got 13.3 install on USB i may try clean install and check again... Internet Archive is good :) BTW: not everyone has a middle-mouse button. can be configure i think

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I don't have any Apple equipment so any advice from Mac owners is great.

@Tech-geeky 7 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits Found a workaround.. The Import dialog is stuffed but all it does its copy files anyway. Do it manually: Copy kickstart files to FS-UAE\Documents. and restart FS-UAE Bad on my part..

@umutkayacan7659 Жыл бұрын

what could you do w/amiga emulation?

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

It's a great gaming machine but was also a forerunner for music and graphics apps. It's interesting to compare this with machines like the C64 and Spectrum which were still on sale when this was launched.

@renuka.s5588 Жыл бұрын

Hi can you tell me how to connect a raspberry pi poco with a ILI9325 display

@Tech-geeky Жыл бұрын

@@BytesNBits it used to be a 'productivity' machine too.. but it seemed games was most of its use

@jamessmith84240 7 ай бұрын

So complicated. The open retro site does not even work now so I can't follow the guide "Error: 500 Internal Server Error". Why can't there just be an easy way like with console emulators.

@BytesNBits 7 ай бұрын

The home computers can be a bit frustrating as there are so many variations in the hardware setup. But it's well worth the effort. I'm not sure what's happened to open retro. Hopefully back soon.

@mariosjpaulo 4 ай бұрын

you have easier options... Pimiga (new version also works on windows) or Amiga Game Selector

@BytesNBits 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I've been looking at Pimiga but not yet had a chance to try it out. Soon hopefully.

@PeterMaddison2483 7 ай бұрын

@ 13:08 -OPENRETRO is DOWN 😪

@BytesNBits 7 ай бұрын

Yes. I don't know how long it's been down for. Hopefully back soon.

@amigaouk 7 ай бұрын

if you get Amiga forever

@BytesNBits 7 ай бұрын

Yes. Amiga Forever is a great setup, especially since you get official ROMs.

@andrewdupuis1151 10 ай бұрын

I use just use Amiga forever

@BytesNBits 10 ай бұрын

Great alternative.

@OENIGMA1 9 ай бұрын

Way too confusing. Lol. But a good video sir.

@BytesNBits 9 ай бұрын

Hope you still enjoyed it.

@OENIGMA1 9 ай бұрын

@@BytesNBits I can get the adf file to start, but I have no clue on how to play the games.

@BytesNBits 9 ай бұрын

@@OENIGMA1 You'll need to have a game controller attached and set up. A lot of Amiga games ran using that rather than keyboard. For instructions search for the game manual. They are usually quite easy to find.

@jozztv1661 Жыл бұрын

My problem with FS_UAE is that there's sound I shouldn't have to sort the config file out talk about lack off staff doing the right thing

@BytesNBits Жыл бұрын

I think you can still manually update the config files if you want to, or just use the launcher to write the main sections.

@terrydaktyllus1320 Жыл бұрын

FS-UAE is an extremely well-written application - your clear unwillingness to sit down and learn in properly is not the problem of the developers that wrote it.