In all seriousness out of the 1000+ games I had back then they all seemed to work with no problems on a 1.3 but not sure in general how good the 1.2 is. My Amiga 500 I had back in the day was a straight 1.3 and a friend of mine had a 1.2 but later added a 1.3 switcher which helped with some games that didn’t work. Thanks for the reply man and thanks for looking into it for me. Wish you good luck and please keep us posted about your new machines and the Kickstart upgrades. That way you can run a “modern” Workbench OS (much, much better than Workbench 1.3) and switch back to 1.3 for super-classic mode.
Personally I recommend combining Kickstart 1.3 and Kickstart 3.1.
someone might have a spare to sell you cheaply. If you need a new Kickstart ROM, you can place a Wanted Advert for example. 🙂 I’ve been a member there for years and can’t recommend it enough. You’ll find cheaper stuff here than on e-Bay and members will help you out with all kinds of stuff. This is a trading site by and for Amiga enthusiasts. I checked Vesalia and AmigaKit for 1.3 ROM’s, but it seems like they are out of stock. With this one you can switch between Kickstart 1.2 and 1.3 or for example Kickstart 1.3 and 3.1. I recommend the following Kickstart ROM Switcher from AmigaKit: If you’d like to add Kickstart 1.3 to your machine, you can either replace the 1.2 one with a 1.3 one or buy a Kickstart ROM Switch. You’ve got plenty of options when it comes to Kickstart ROM’s. 🙂 Congratulations on your purchase of an Amiga 500 by the way! Many thanks for your comment and for visiting my blog. The hunt now continues for the other items I need for my Amiga 500 project. the switch! (photo by Old-school Game Blog) Enjoy! 😉 Kickstart-switch from Alfa Data (photo by Old-school Game Blog) Instructions, switch and an advertisement (photo by Old-school Game Blog) Behold. Here’s a few pictures of the hardware and the box. With this particular switcher, you can select one of the two ROM’s by simply holding down the left button of your mouse during startup. The beauty of this is that you can run Workbench 3.0, which some software require, while at the same time have the possibility of reverting back to 1.3 for games compatibility. You can for example have Kickstart 1.3 and Kickstart 3.0 installed. This switch makes it possible to have two different Kickstart-versions inside the Amiga 500. The delivery was swift and the quality of the switch was great. I bought it from a guy at AmiBay that had several of these units for sale. Today I received the Kickstart-switch (SWB-M-KS+) from Alfa Data for my Amiga 500.
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