Amigo — Amiga Emulator vs SF2000-UAE

Amigo is a free emulator for running classic Commodore Amiga software on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon Mac. On its first launch it boots a built-in AROS ROM, but running genuine Amiga software requires the user’s own Kickstart ROM and disks. Configurations range from A500, A1200, A4000, and CD32 systems to 68060 workstations, with OCS/ECS/AGA chipsets and up to 256 MB of Zorro III RAM. It accepts floppy, hard-drive, and CD images in formats including ADF, HDF, ISO, and CHD. Input options include touch, keyboards, pointing devices, Bluetooth and USB controllers, and Apple Pencil features. Amigo has save states, autosave, named configurations, and iCloud sync for configurations and save states. It requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later, or an Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later. The project is GPL-2. Its privacy policy says the app collects no data, makes no internet connections itself, and does not upload user files.

SF2000-UAE is free GPL-2.0 software that emulates an Amiga 500 with an OCS chipset and 68000 CPU on Data Frog SF2000 and GB300 handhelds running multicore firmware. Based on uae4all-psp, it uses ADF disk images and is distributed through GitHub Releases with separate handheld builds. Installation requires placing the emulator core, a Kickstart ROM, and ADF game files in specified SD-card folders; Kickstart is not included. The README recommends Kickstart 1.3, and release notes state that versions 1.3 and 2.0 work while 3.0 does not. AGA games cannot run because the emulator targets OCS. Controls map the D-pad to joystick directions, A and B to fire, L and R to disk changes, SELECT to the virtual keyboard, and START to the menu. Holding L and R for three seconds enables mouse mode. Save states are available, though interlace-mode saves cannot be loaded. Display controls provide vertical correction from -20 to +20 pixels and stretch from 0 to 40 pixels.