Amiga 500

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The Amiga 500, also known as the A500, is the first low-end Commodore Amiga 16/32-bit multimedia home/personal computer. It was announced at the winter Consumer Electronics Show in January 1987 – at the same time as the high-end Amiga 2000 – and competed directly against the Atari 520ST. Before Amiga 500 was shipped, Commodore suggested that the list price of the Amiga 500 was US$595.95 without a monitor. At delivery in October 1987, Commodore announced that the Amiga 500 would carry a US$699/£499 list price. In Europe, the Amiga 500 was released in May 1987.[citation needed] In the Netherlands, the A500 was available from April 1987 for a list price of 1499 HFL (US$730 in 1987).

The Amiga 500 represents a return to Commodore's roots by being sold in the same mass retail outlets as the Commodore 64 – to which it was a spiritual successor – as opposed to the computer-store-only Amiga 1000, as well as being another computer whose keyboard is included in the same case.

The original Amiga 500 proved to be Commodore's best-selling Amiga model, enjoying particular success in Europe. Although popular with hobbyists, arguably its most widespread use was as a gaming machine, where its advanced graphics and sound were of significant benefit.

It has been claimed that over 6 million A500s were sold worldwide,[citation needed] however, according to Commodore UK, the entire sales of all Amigas in both Europe and the USA were 4-5 million.[citation needed] While not the first computer to have an open architecture, the Amiga is considered due to its expandability as one of the early examples.

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