GUI Quickstart

Quickstart Panel

The Quickstart panel provides a fast way to start emulating an Amiga by selecting a hardware model and loading a disk, CD, or WHDLoad game — without needing to configure individual hardware settings manually.

Emulated Hardware

Model

• Selects the Amiga model to emulate
• Available models: A500, A500+, A600, A1000, A1200, A3000, A4000, A4000T, CD32, CDTV, American Laser Games / Picmatic, Arcadia Multi Select, Macrosystem
• Changing the model automatically applies appropriate CPU, chipset, memory, and drive defaults

Configuration

• Selects a sub-configuration variant for the chosen model (e.g., different memory or chipset options)
• Available options depend on the selected model

NTSC

• Enables NTSC video mode (60 Hz) instead of the default PAL (50 Hz)

Emulated Drives

DF0 / DF1 (Floppy Drives)

• Checkbox enables or disables the drive
• Select file — opens a file browser to choose a floppy disk image (.adf, .adz, .dms, .ipf, .zip, .7z, .lha, .fdi, .scp, and others)
• Drive type combo — selects the floppy drive type (e.g., 3.5" DD, 3.5" HD, or FloppyBridge variants)
• Write-protected — marks the inserted disk as read-only
• ? — displays information about the currently inserted disk image
• Eject — removes the disk from the drive
• File path combo — shows recently used disk images; select one to insert it directly

For CD-based models (CD32, CDTV), the second drive slot is replaced by a CD drive:

CD Drive

• Select file — opens a file browser to choose a CD image (.cue, .bin, .iso, .ccd, .mds, .chd)
• Eject — removes the CD image
• File path combo — shows recently used CD images and any physical CD drives detected on the host

WHDLoad auto-config

Configures a WHDLoad game to launch automatically without manual hard drive setup.

Select file

• Opens a file browser to choose a WHDLoad game archive (.lha or .lzh)
• Selecting a file automatically configures the emulated hardware for that game

Eject

• Clears the currently selected WHDLoad game

WHDLoad file combo

• Shows recently used WHDLoad archives; select one to load it directly

Mode

Start in Quickstart mode

• When enabled, Amiberry opens the Quickstart panel automatically on startup instead of the last-used panel

Set Configuration

• Applies the selected model and configuration to the current emulation settings
• Use this after changing the model or configuration to ensure all hardware defaults are applied before starting