The legendary home computer Amiga 500 is back. Only as a small version, but with 25 installed games, controller and mouse.
After a mini and Maxi version of the Commodore 64 Another legendary home computer from the 1980s is now also commercially available in a small version: the Amiga 500. “The A500 Mini” has 25 well-known games installed.
The A500 Mini comes with a wired USB mouse, an 8-button gamepad, a USB power cord, and an HDMI cable to connect to the TV or monitor. A USB power adapter is not included.
The following games are installed on “The A500 Mini”:
- Alien Breed 3D
- Alien Breed: Special Edition ’92
- Another World
- arcade pool
- ATR: All Terrain Racing
- battle chess
- carcass
- California Games
- The Chaos Engine
- Dragon’s Breath
- F-16 combat pilot
- Kickoff 2
- The Lost Patrol
- Paradroid 90
- Pinball Dreams
- Project X: Special Edition 93
- Qwak
- The Sentinel
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
- Stunt car racer
- Super Cars II
- Titus The Fox: To Marrakech And Back
- Worms: The Director’s Cut
- Zool: Ninja Of The “Nth” Dimension
The games can be saved at any time. In addition, users can set a refresh rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, a CRT filter and select multiple scaling options.
Owners of “The A500 Mini” can upload files, games and firmware versions via a USB stick. If you want to connect a keyboard, you can do so via one of the three USB ports.
25 games are installed on “The A500 Mini”. (Source: Retro Games)
The manufacturer of “The A500 Mini” is the British company Retro Games, which sells the minicomputer in this country via Koch Media. The suggested retail price for the calculator is EUR 129.99.
Retro Games had already re-released the C64 in a mini version and with “The C64” full size and working keyboard. It is not known whether the Amiga 500 will eventually be available in its original size.
The Amiga 500 was released in 1987. Back then, computers were expensive for private users. Due to its low price and ease of use, the calculator became popular as a gaming computer among young people.
SNES Mini, NES Mini and Mega Drive Mini
More and more manufacturers are releasing mini versions of classic computers and consoles. Nintendo released small versions of its NES and SNES consoles a few years ago.
After that, among other things, Sega’s Megadrive console was released as a mini version. The PC Engine console, which was never officially available in Germany, was also relaunched. Just like the Playstation Classic.
