Where to find Classic Amiga Software Guide

For most Amiga users it is easy to find Classic Amiga Software. It’s really not to find for users as the Amiga community is very connected. But if you are new to Amiga, you might want to expand what AmigaOS can do? That’s why I decided to create this guide so anyone, either new or old. Have a guide to check.

Most of the archives on the Classic Amiga Software sites are in .lha .lzx and .lzh with very few in .zip – LHA is considered as the standard archive package tool. If you don’t have it, you can download lha.run from Aminet that instantly creates LHA that you should copy to C: in your Workbench partition. Then you can use either Execute Command window or Shell/CLI and unarchive from it.

I recommend anyone to download a file manager such as Dopus4, Filer, or DiskMaster2 for AmigaOS. These add-ons give a better file list and handling experience. Also, the Dopus Magellan release transforms AmigaOS into a very powerful file manager OS. I recommend it.

Important Amiga Download Resources to use

#1 – Aminet

Since the dawn of time. Aminet has been the biggest Amiga file archive on the net. Here you find tools, software, demos, pictures, games, and much more. On the 1st of April 2013, Aminet had 80592 packages online. But even if it is the biggest, it doesn’t always have everything.

The search function on the site works nicely. But in some chases you need to know the name of the file that you want to download. There is also a description for each archive. So, do read it before installing.

Aminet is the only file archive site that is fully compatible with any browser. It is made in HTML, which means that any Amiga web browser will show the site as it should look like.

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Aminet
(HTML)

#2 – Amiga Storage

From the creators of the MorphOS-Storage website, Amiga-Storage is quite new to the scene. It is however growing in size all the time. Here it is easy to find the categories you are looking for. However, the site is not compatible with Classic Amiga users that must use none-CSS browsers such as IBrowse and Aweb. You can use the site but in HTML mode.

I recommend downloading the tools, software and games using Nextgen AmigaOS such as MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, or AROS with a CSS browser and then copy or move them to your Classic Amiga. You can also use any other os with a CSS supported browser.

_{Supported platforms: Classic AmigaOS} ^{– MorphOS users should check MorphOS Storage}

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Amiga Storage
(CSS)

#3 – Pixelglass Games

This is an awesome game developer group that make commercial games for the Amiga. However, Pixelglass also got Unofficial Fan Projects by Reimagine included on their site. Here you find free to download Amiga game titles such as Giana Sisters S.E., Time Gal, Road Avenger, and Raid Over Moscow ports for the Amiga.

I recommend downloading the games using Nextgen AmigaOS such as MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, or AROS with a CSS browser and then copy or move them to your Classic Amiga. You can also use any other os with a CSS supported browser.

_{Supported platforms: Classic AmigaOS}

Pixelglass Games
(CSS)

#4 – Pouet

This is the site where you find everything about the demoscene for all sorts of platforms. But this demoscene site is not only about demo productions and party results, but also games. It is a very big site that got everything stored in a huge database. Most of the files are linked to the scene.org database, but it also links to Aminet and other sources too. ^{On this site the archives can be in odd archive packages. So, be aware of that. If you need a unpacker for AmigaOS that can handle .zip or .rar files, then goto Aminet!}

I recommend downloading the games using Nextgen AmigaOS such as MorphOS, AmigaOS 4, or AROS with a CSS browser and then copy or move them to your Classic Amiga. You can also use any other os with a CSS supported browser.

_{Supported platforms: Classic AmigaOS, MorphOS, AmigaOS 4 and AROS}