In Recalbox, the Amiga machines have been divided into 3 virtual subsystems:
Here is a list of supported file formats, sorted by subsystem:
Amiga600 & Amiga1200:
*.adf) disks, the most popular disk format (cannot incorporate disk protectors). Can be zipped or 7-zipped.IPF (*.ipf) disks, the most popular format for non-intro dumps (can include disk protections). Can be zipped.
WHD (folders, *.lha/lzh/lz, *.zip), the well-known format for hard disk games. WHD folders are reconfigured using the internal *.slave file; however it is strongly recommended to store them in lha or zip format. Unzipped WHDs are not faster and even worse, they can make EmulationStation extremely slow.)
HDD FS, hard disk on file system. Folders must end with .hd' extensions. Rarely used. For real Amiga fans who have backed up their Amiga HD. Can be zipped, but not recommended. **HDF** (*.hdf`), Hard disk images in a single file. Can be zipped (read/write).
RP9 (*.rp9), Amiga Forever all-in-one packages.
Amiga CD32 :
.bin, *.iso, with or without *.cue), CD dumps. Can be zipped.Other CD image formats may be supported but have not been tested by the Recalbox team.
When running zipped/7-zipped files, our configurator tries to identify the type of rom by looking for specific extensions inside the archive.
ADF/IPF/BIN/ISO are fast to identify.WHD are fast, but LHA` should be preferred.HDDFS may take longer to check and may lead to misinterpretations. If you use HDDFS, leave them as normal files and folders and create the root folder name ending in .hd for quick identification.As you can see, this new Amiberry supports all Amiga roms formats. To make things easier for everyone, we have done a huge amount of work to automatically configure the emulator based on what you want to boot.
Recalbox builds a default machine configuration per subsystem. However, in some situations, you may want to override the automatically generated settings.
Recalbox generates configuration files in /tmp/amiga/conf. The most important one is the uaeconfig.uae file, in which you will find all the keys defining the machine, the hard disks, etc.
I can't describe all the keys here. If you are curious, I recommend that you take a look at the appropriate Amiberry and UAE documentation.
You have two ways to overwrite settings:
Create a file named /recalbox/share/system/configs/amiberry/<subsystem>.uae (/recalbox/share/system/configs/amiberry/amiga1200.uae to override the Amiga1200)
show_leds=false
Create a file named exactly like your "rom" (or folder) but ending with .uae.
For example, in your rom folder, if you have a file named Aladdin (AGA).ipf, you can create an Aladdin (AGA).uae and replace the keys in that file.
Recalbox generates the configuration in the following order:
/recalbox/share/configs/<subsystem>.uae if the file exists, and add/overwrite the configuration keys.<game>.uae if the file exists, and add/overwrite the configuration keys.As in other emulators:
Hotkey + START exit the emulator,Hotkey + B launch the Amiberry interface.