I want an Amiga gaming system!

[Ren]

Well, I was in the same boat as @mugenakuma a few weeks ago, i.e. wanted Amiga mainly for the games (and hopefully if I find some time some programming).

Anyway, I ended up getting:

Amiga 600 with 2.04 Rom, 40 HD (without the cable, whoever had it beforehand had the HD outside, since there is an ugly cut at the back just wide enough for the cable , no mouse, stuffed floppy and most of all NO BADGE (anyone knows where I could get a replacement A600 badge??) . Luckily there is a dealer nearby which has a "Evergreen" mouse for $A15 and a replacement floppy for $A35 (BTW, are A1200 and A600 internal floppies different?).

Amiga 1200 with 3.0 Roms, Expansion board with 4 mb & RTC, 500 mb HD, PCMCIA network adapter and 2nd floppy.

I found the PCMCIA network adapter (with the A1200) VERY useful. If you got a PC and/or broadband internet it will make life a lot easier if you want to download stuff off the internet (such as WHDload patches or games) or copy stuff to or from PC.

Now I haven't tried the nic with the A600 (since the floppy is dead) yet but I don't see why it shouldn't work (except for transfers being slower maybe).

Anyway, I got a few questions:

Did the Commdodore 1084S come with cable for Amiga? I bought it so long ago I'm not really sure.

Also, is it worth getting an accelerator board for A1200 for games? Like how many good games run better with it than with a stock A1200?

PS. Forgot to mention this originally. There is quite a few freeware/PD games on Aminet:

http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/aminet/game/index.html

[Ren]

mugenakuma wrote:

What ROM's do most A1200's come loaded with . Which would I want to have?

What about OS? I know there are a few different OS' out there. Which one would be best for gaming?

Amiga 1200s come with either 3.0 or 3.1 Roms. Mine has 3.0 .  3.1 of course is better, since it allows you to run OS 3.5 and 3.9 (3.0 can't run those can it?)

You'd want 3.1 since it costs some $$ for 3.1 roms if you only got 3.0.  I paid around $A212 (about $US165) for my A1200 (with 500 Mb HD, extra FD and PCMCIA nic). To get 3.1 roms it would cost me around $A70 plus P&H, which is 1/3 of the computer's cost. So it is better to get them in the first place.

As for the best O/S, I don't know. I'm using 3.0 since my machien came with it and I can't really use anything else.