The Amiga name has been widely loved in the 80s and the 90s, and now, it is getting a Amiga 500 mini version.

 

Commodore Amiga 500 (or A500 for short) launched in 1987, and it was the first entry-level model of the brand. (There were stronger Amigas later, such as the A1200, the A2000, or the last mohican, the A4000…) The A500 was such a success story that it became the best-selling Commodore model in Europe.

The Amiga 500 had a Motorola 68000 CPU (which was later utilised by SEGA in the Genesis or Mega Drive, the 16-bit console that had a different name in North America), 512/1024 KB memory, a floppy drive that supported 880 KB disks, v1.2 or 1.3 AmigaOS, four 8-bit PCM sound channels on maximum 28 kHz. Even the resolution was alright for its time (in PAL regions, on 4 bpp, it was 736x567i, and on 6 bpp, it was 368x567i). It was a reasonable entry model… at a price. In the United States, considering inflation, it’d cost 1600 dollars with today’s pricing.

Retro Games is now doing a mini version of the computer. The A500 mini (even the video’s title uses the short name) will include 25 games. It will also bring an authentic mouse from the past and a precision controller inspired by Amiga CD32’s (it was a console Amiga). It will also support USB keyboards, side-loading games via WHDLoad, quick saves and loads, 50/60 Hz refresh rates (PAL/NTSC), a CRT filter, and scaling options, all on the standard resolution: 720p.

These games have been confirmed to be part of the line-up: Alien Breed 3D, Another World, ATR: All Terrain Racing, Battle Chess, Cadaver, Kick Off 2, Pinball Dreams, Simon The Sorcerer, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, The Chaos Engine, The Chaos Engine, Worms: The Director’s Cut, Zool: Ninja of the ‘nth Dimension.

The Amiga 500 Mini will launch in early 2022 for 140 USD/130 EUR.

Source: WCCFTech