The Amiga 500 Plus was virtually identical except for its new operating system, and in mid-1992, the two were discontinued and effectively replaced by the Amiga 600. It was bundled with the Cartoon Classics pack in the United Kingdom at £399, although many stores still advertised it as an 'A500'. In November 1991, the enhanced Amiga 500 Plus replaced the 500 in some markets. Also included was the Amiga video connector which allows the A500 to be used with a conventional CRT television. In October 1989, the Amiga 500 dropped its price from £499 to £399 and was bundled with the Batman Pack in the United Kingdom (from October 1989 to September 1990) which included the games Batman, F/A-18 Interceptor, The New Zealand Story and the bitmap graphics editor Deluxe Paint 2.
It was followed by a revised version of the computer, the Amiga 500 Plus, and the 500 series was discontinued in 1992.
Although popular with hobbyists, arguably its most widespread use was as a gaming machine, where its graphics and sound were of significant benefit. It proved to be Commodore's best-selling model, particularly in Europe. The Amiga 500 was sold in the same retail outlets as the Commodore 64, as opposed to the computer store-only Amiga 1000. It competed directly against models in the Atari ST line. In North America and the UK it was released in October 1987 with a US$699/£499 list price. It was initially available in the Netherlands in April 1987, then the rest of Europe in May. It contains the same Motorola 68000 as the Amiga 1000, as well as the same graphics and sound coprocessors, but is in a smaller case similar to that of the Commodore 128.Ĭommodore announced the Amiga 500 at the January 1987 winter Consumer Electronics Show – at the same time as the high-end Amiga 2000. The Amiga 500, also known as the A500, is the first low-end version of the Amiga home computer.
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