Company
Datel Electronics, UK
Date
1990 / 1991 / 1992
Amiga
A500
A2000

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Interface
side expansion port
CPU slot
    freezer
  • slow motion controller
  • disable switch
  • does not support hard disks
  • does not work with processor cards
  • not compatible with Kickstart 2.0 and above
  • A500 / A1000 versions:
    • plugs into the side expansion port
    • no passthrough connector
  • A2000 versions (Action replay Mk II & III only):
    • connects to the 86 pin CPU slot
    • half length card

    Action Replay Mk I
  • only A500 / A1000 version
  • uses a special FDOS disk format (158 half tracks, 970 kB per disk) - software for conversion to AmigaDOS is supplied
  • v1.0 features:
    • shows and modifies registers (even read-only ones) and memory contents
    • trainer maker
    • M68000 assembler / disassembler
    • Copper assembler / disassembler
    • sprite editor
    • virus detector
    • picture / music (tracker format) / sample ripper
    • save computer memory (freezed programs) to disk
    • shows computer status (disk parameters, ChipRAM, FastRAM...)
  • v1.5 additional features:
    • mempeeker
    • ability to save freezed programs to RAM
    • RAM testing
    • illegal opcode - jumps to freezer mode

    Action Replay Mk II
  • A2000 version available
  • 128 KB Operating System ROM
  • uses the common AmigaDOS disk format for saving
  • new features compared to v1.5:
    • boot selector
    • picture editor
    • sound tracker
    • turbo fire manager (separately for both joysticks)
    • disk encoder
    • start menu
    • disk monitor
    • integrated DOS commands (Dir, Format,...)
    • Diskcopy
    • 80 characters display with two-way scrolling
    • calculator
    • notepad
    • memory and drive switch (enabling / disabling)
    • music ripper now finds all tracker formats (SoundTracker, NoiseTracker, other formats with 32 samples)
    • ripped music / pictures are saved in IFF format

    Action Replay Mk III
  • A2000 version available
  • in A1000, the module has to be disabled before loading the Kickstart
  • 256 kB Operating System ROM
  • does not work with 3-State's Multivision 500/2000
  • compared to Action Replay Mk II:
    • deep trainer
    • burst nibbler copy program
    • switch between PAL and NTSC (with new Agnus)
    • joystick handler (use the joystick instead of keyboard)
    • setmap
    • file requester
    • better support of RAM expansions
    • more CLI programs
Datel Electronics Action Replay Mk I, II & III - Mk I, A500 version front side
Mk I, A500 version, front side
Datel Electronics Action Replay Mk I, II & III - Mk II, A500 version front side
Mk II, A500 version, front side
Datel Electronics Action Replay Mk I, II & III - Mk II, A2000 version front side
Mk II, A2000 version, front side
Datel Electronics Action Replay Mk I, II & III - Mk III, A500 version front side
Mk III, A500 version, front side
Datel Electronics Action Replay Mk I, II & III - Mk III, A2000 version front side
Mk III, A2000 version, front side
Datel Electronics Action Replay Mk I, II & III - Mk III, A2000 version front side
Mk III, A2000 version, front side

Advert (US)
1990-04

Advert (US)
1990-07

Advert (US)
1990-11

Advert Mk II (US)
1990-12

Advert (US)
1991-07

Advert (DE)
1992-01

Advert (DE)
1992-01

Advert (DE)
1992-05

Advert (GB)
1990-05

Advert Part 1 (GB)
1990-12

Advert Part 2 (GB)
1990-12

Advert (GB)
1991-05

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1991-07

Advert (AU)
1991-12

Advert (GB)
1992-01

Advert (US)
1992-03

Advert (FR)
1992-07

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1990-03

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1990-12

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1991-01

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1991-01

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1991-10

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1991-10