The
Amiga 500 - also known as the
A500 (or its code name "
Rock Lobster") - was 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 without a monitor. At delivery in October 1987, Commodore announced that the Amiga 500 would carry a list price. In Europe, the Amiga 500 was released in May 1987. In the Netherlands, the A500 was available from April 1987 for a list price of
HFL1499.