¶ Technical data
- Manufacturer: Commodore International
- Year of release: 1993
- OS: AmigaOS 3.1
- CPU: Motorola 68EC020 @ 14.32 MHz (NTSC), 14.18 MHz (PAL)
- RAM: 2 MB
- ROM: 1 MB Kickstart with CD32 firmware, 1 KB EEPROM for save games
- GPU: Advanced Graphics Architecture
- Sound chip: 4 x 8-bit PCM channels
- Resolution: 320x200 to 1280x400i (NTSC), 320x256 to 1280x512i (PAL)
¶ Presentation
The Amiga CD32 is a fifth generation video game console developed by Commodore and released in September 1993. The CD32 is a 32-bit console whose architecture is based on the Amiga 1200 computer.
The Amiga CD32 is the first 32-bit to be released in the West (the FM Towns Marty preceded it in Japan). Like the 3DO or the Atari Jaguar, released in the same period, the CD32 did not manage to break through on the market despite the support of the fans of the Amiga range. Its technical limitations, its bitplan display mode greatly limiting it in the display of textured 3D games like Doom in vogue at the time, the lack of involvement of the developers and the financial difficulties of Commodore are all explanations put forward for its failure.
¶ Emulators
New in Recalbox 10.1: a new Amiga core, Libretro Amiberry (experimental). CD32 BIOS detection has also been fixed in this release.
Emulator availability per board:
| Emulator | RPI3/RPI02W | RPI4/400 | RPI5/500 | OGA/OGS/RG351 | PC | RG353 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiberry | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Libretro PUAE | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Libretro UAE4ARM | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Libretro Amiberry | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
Unlike the other Amiga systems, the CD32 has no Libretro PUAE 2021 core. The standalone Amiberry is not offered on PC; on OGA/OGS/RG351, Amiberry 3.3 is shipped instead.
By default, Recalbox launches Libretro PUAE on RPi5 and PC. Netplay is not available on this system.
¶ BIOS
| File name | Description | MD5 | Mandatory | Emulators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
kick40060.CD32 |
Kickstart 3.1 rev 40.060 CD32 — use the combined ROM "KS + extended v3.1 rev 40.060" or separate ROMs "KS v3.1 rev 40.060 + Extended ROM rev 40.060" | f2f241bf094168cfb9e7805dc2856433 or 5f8924d013dd57a89cf349f4cdedc6b1 | ✅ | Amiberry, PUAE, UAE4ARM |
kick40060.CD32.ext |
Extended ROM rev 40.060 | bb72565701b1b6faece07d68ea5da639 | ❌ | Amiberry, PUAE, UAE4ARM |
/recalbox/share/bios/amiga/bios/
├── kick40060.CD32
└── kick40060.CD32.ext
¶ Roms
Put your games in:
/recalbox/share/roms/amigacd32/
Supported extensions per emulator:
| Emulator | Extensions |
|---|---|
| Amiberry | .ccd .chd .cue .iso .mds .nrg |
| Libretro PUAE | .ccd .chd .cue .hdf .iso .mds .m3u .nrg .uae |
| Libretro UAE4ARM | .ccd .cue .hdf .iso .mds .m3u .nrg .uae |
| Libretro Amiberry | .adf .adz .chd .dms .fdi .ipf .lha .lhz .lzx .rar .scp .vhd .xz .zip .7z |
The
.hdfextension of the PUAE and UAE4ARM cores is only there for Amiga 1200 game compatibility.