Editing Amiga 500 (section)

== Releases ==
In mid-1988, the Amiga 500 dropped its price from [[Pound sterling|£]]499 to £399,<ref>https://amr.abime.net/issue_535_pages page 7</ref> and it was later bundled with the ''Batman Pack'' in the United Kingdom (from October 1989 to September 1990) which included the games [[Batman (1989 video game)|''Batman'']], ''[[F/A-18 Interceptor]]'', [[The NewZealand Story|''The New Zealand Story'']] and the bitmap graphics editor [[Deluxe Paint|Deluxe Paint 2]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/a500batman.html |title=A500 Batman Pack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327045916/http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/a500batman.html |archive-date=27 March 2020 |website=Amiga History Guide}}</ref> Also included was the [[Amiga video connector]] which allows the A500 to be used with a conventional CRT television.

In November 1991, the enhanced [[Amiga 500 Plus]] replaced the 500 in some markets. It was bundled with the ''Cartoon Classics'' pack in the United Kingdom at £399, although many stores still advertised it as an 'A500'.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gareth Knight |url=http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/cartoon.html |title=Cartoon Classics Bundles |website=Amigahistory.co.uk |date=October 21, 2002 |access-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121042931/http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/cartoon.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Amiga 500 Plus was virtually identical except for its new operating system, integrated 1MB of Chip memory, different 'trap-door' expansion slot and slightly different keyboard, and in mid-1992, the two were discontinued and effectively replaced by the [[Amiga 600]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/amigashopper-magazine-15|title=End of the line for A500|last=Storer|first=Andy|magazine=Amiga Shopper|publisher=[[Future Publishing]]|date=July 1992|access-date=November 24, 2021|issue=15|pages=7–8|issn=0961-7302}}</ref> In late 1992, Commodore released the [[Amiga 1200]], a machine closer in concept to the original Amiga 500, but with significant technical improvements. Despite this, neither the A1200 nor the A600 replicated the commercial success of its predecessor. By this time, the home market was strongly shifting to [[IBM PC compatible]]s with [[Video Graphics Array|VGA]] graphics and the low-cost [[Macintosh Classic]], [[Macintosh LC|LC]], and [[Macintosh IIsi|IIsi]] models.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gareth Knight |url=http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/commodore.html |title=Commodore History |website=Amigahistory.co.uk |access-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-date=August 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830090142/http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/commodore.html |url-status=live }}</ref>