The configuration is indeed daunting for a beginner. Perhaps one could set up some reasonable WinUAE (or whatever) configuration and use WHDLoad from the Amiga

The configuration is indeed daunting for a beginner. Perhaps one could set up some reasonable WinUAE (or whatever) configuration and use WHDLoad from the Amiga OS itself? You can have all the memory you want and mostly it works with a much faster CPU as well. WHDLoad is a much less painful way to play Amiga legacy games. Quick loading times and can cleanly exit back to the Workbench as well. There are menu systems for launching practically any Amiga game that way in a matter of seconds. There are also premade hard disk images that have everything preinstalled, including the games.