The Commodore Amiga 500 Story is a feature film documentary that tells the story of the development and release of the Amiga 500 computer. The film explores what happened with Commodore and the Amiga design team when the Amiga 1000 was released in 1985 and why a cost reduced A500 was needed. The film also looks at what happened within Commodore after the release of the A500 and the eventual collapse of one of the biggest names in technology.