The name was later changed to AGA for the European market to reflect that it largely improved the graphical subsystem, and to avoid trademark issues.
In practice, the AGA HAM mode is mainly useful in paint programs, picture viewers, and for video playback.
AGA lacks flicker free higher resolution modes, being only able to display 640 × 480 at 72 Hz flicker-free operation.
These missed opportunities in the AGA upgrade contributed to the Amiga ultimately losing technical leadership in the area of multimedia.
After the long-delayed AAA was finally suspended, AGA was to be succeeded by the Hombre chipset, but this was ultimately cancelled due to Commodore's bankruptcy.