The legendary home computer Amiga 500 is back

Only as a small version, but with 25 installed games, controller and mouse. / Amiga 500 is back

After a mini and maxi version of the Commodore 64, another legendary home computer from the 1980s is now 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, select a CRT filter and several 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.

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.