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ROMs Are Included in Amiga Forever
The ROMs which are required for the Amiga emulation environment to boot into a functional operating system and then play games and run other Amiga software, are included in Amiga Forever.
Origin of the "Kickstart" Name
The Amiga 1000 computer, released in 1985, required a bootable floppy disk named "Kickstart", which was used to load basic operating system functionality into the machine to then allow the Amiga to continue booting from additional disks ("Workbench", etc.). After the Amiga 1000, this disk-based functionality was later moved to ROM, but the "Kickstart" name remained popular to refer to what would be more accurately referred to as the "Amiga ROM", or the ROM-resident part of the operating system.
Function of Amiga ROM Files
All Amiga systems require both an Amiga ROM, and a set of operating system files in order to function. A "Kickstart ROM" or "Kick ROM" alone is not enough to boot into a functioning system (although some games and demos come on disks which include minimal operating system (or OS-replacement) functionality. The CDTV and CD³² additionally require a second ROM.
Different Versions of Amiga Forever
The Amiga Forever Value Edition includes 1.3 and 3.X ROMs, which are in general sufficient to run most Amiga applications. The Plus Edition includes additional ROM and operating system files, and preinstalled ROM support for WHDLoad, among other features.
All Amiga Forever configurations include hardware emulation software, and are ready to run. The ROM files they contain can also be used with additionally-downloadable games.
Additional Information
Also see:
- 5-110 - Location of ROM and Operating System Files
- 5-120 - WHDLoad Support in Amiga Forever
- 3-122 - Distribution of Amiga ROM and OS Files
- 3-114 - ROM and Operating System Files in Amiga Forever
- 5-108 - Name of the Amiga Operating System
- 5-107 - Preinstalled Workbench 3.X Files
- 3-164 - Amiga Game "ROMs"
