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Originally Posted by Steam Ranger
I'm asking this question as it seems that most games boot from floppy disk. Workbench is much more convienient, so it leads me to wonder why they perceive direct booting as a better thing?
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There can be more than one reason, depending on the type of game.
As you've been told, if you have an Amiga with 1MB, after you run the Workbench you're left with about 800/900k, so any games that require more than 900k won't work.
Same for an A1200, some AGA games require more RAM than the Workbench has left.
Another reason is that some applications run from the workbench might dirty Ram and thus get artefacts or game lock-ups.
Then there are the NoDOS games where you cannot run them from the Workbench unless you use WHDLoad.
Finally, there are games that cannot be installed on HD because they require game data 'only' from the floppy.