It was an open secret that the next “Mini” was going to be about the legendary Commodore Amiga 500, especially considering the teaser that the company left us at the end of 2020 with its unmistakable design. And now it has finally just been made official under the name of TheA500 Mini and with a launch for 2022.
Developed by Retro Games, it combines the OCS of the Amiga 500 emulated as well as its extended version and the later AGA (Advanced Graphics Architecture) of the Amiga 1200. All under a design that respects the style of the original Amiga 500, but with reduced size, of course, and accompanied by a classic mouse, a command similar to the failed Amiga CD32 and a collection of 25 super mythical games.
From Another World to Worms, through The Chaos Engine or Simon the Sorcerer or Zool, with this new machine TheA500 Mini it will put itself in the place that the legacy of an entire computer science history deserves, with games that marked a before and after in the industry. In fact, one tends to forget that those classics mentioned first came out in Amiga 500 or that veteran studios such as Psygnosis worked in the beginning for that system. How to forget Shadow of the Beast? And that The Settlers of Blue Byte from the year 1994?
Certainly it is a dream come true to be the “Mini” that cried out the most since it is one of my favorite systems in the history of video games. And although that number of 25 classics seems scarce (which of course it is), it is glad to know that they will be able to load own games via USB with WHDLoad support. Brilliant!
And of course, this emulated mini-computer is accompanied by other types of improvements, such as save and load the game at any timeWe already know how tough a good part of those games were last century.
And what about its price? Your PvP will be 129.99 euros, including the “Mini” machine itself, the two-button mouse and the eight-button controller. Of course, any external PC keyboard can be connected via USB, if we wish.
List of confirmed games (for now)
- Alien Breed 3D
- Another World
- ATR: All Terrain Racing
- Battle chess
- Corpse
- Kick Off 2
- Pinball dreams
- Simon The Sorcerer
- Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
- The Chaos Engine
- Worms: The Director’s Cut
- Zool: Ninja Of The ‘nth Dimension