If you use WHDload, then the A1200 becomes compatable with many A500 titles, another benefit is they become hard drive instalable.
If gaming is your main concern, than you can get away without tricking your machine out with an accelerator, or indivision (as old games are generally designed for low res non interlaced screens, and the basic configuration).
If you want higher end gaming or decent app performance, then it's getting expensive with the price of ram/accelerator cards.
It's a real shame penny pinching commodore never put a fast ram slot on the motherboard
