The C64 is back, this time full-sized with a working keyboard for the dedicated retro home-computer fan.
Featuring three switchable modes â C64, VIC 20, and Games Carousel.
Connect to any modern TV via HDMI for crisp 720p HD visuals, at 60 Hz or 50 Hz.
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An updated joystick, now featuring micro switches, companions the hardware making the included games even more fun than ever.
The Games Carousel has 64 pre-installed games including classics such as California Games, Paradroid and Boulder Dash, with new additions like Attack of the Mutant Camels, Hover Bovver, Iridis Alpha, and Gridrunner.
Topped off with the recently released shoot âem up Galencia and text adventure Planet of Death to let you relive the glory days of true keyboard gaming!
Amiga 500 mini Che dire bella mini console, da possessore della Amiga 500 posso dire che funziona bene ed poco ingombrante, ma avrei preferito la tastiera funzionante e un prezzo pi basso, consigliata a tutti gli appassionati Commodore puristi e non.
A500-mini plays like the computer did Amazing!!!
Exactly what I expected. Brings back good ole memories. Love that I can easily load up what I previously owned, I did add a USB hub, the games I have are more keyboard driven. Just need to find a way to convert my sidewinder 9-pin joystick
Grea Anyone who has memories of playing on am Amiga in the 80s or 90s will understand why this is a great product.
I have several of these retro gaming machines, including the NES Classic, Mega Drive Mini and C64 Maxi, and I think that the A500 is the best of the lot.
The first thing you really need to do, though, is add a few games. Although there are a handful of great games included, you might as well not have an Amiga if you don’t have Cannon Fodder, Lemmings, Pirates!, the Secret of Monkey Island and a whole host of others that contributed to the Amiga being one of the greatest home computers of all time.
Thankfully, adding new games is really easy and there are several online tutorials to cater to everyone, even if you are not very computer literate.
Per i nostalgici Eh niente ai nostalgici degli anni novanta non pu mancare questo gioiellino.. i giochi caricati non sono tanti ma con una chiavetta usb si possono aggiungere tutti i titoli della nostra infanzia..
Versatilità Un oggetto estremamente versatile soprattutto con Pandory, Aminimiga ed altro acquisto consigliato con adattatore hdmi to scart per collegarlo ad un televisore crt per rivivere realmente il passato
It's all great. What I do not like is not being able to find a good joystick or a gamepad in Canada, where would we find one, Amazon does not offer it here. It’s all great. What I do not like is not being able to find a good joystick or a gamepad in Canada, where would we find one, Amazon does not offer it here.
Das (fast) perfekte Eingabegerät für Nostalgike Htte der Hersteller in der original Grsse und in den original Farben hergestellt, wre die Maus perfekt. (Die original 1351 bzw. 1352 waren grsser und dunkler, die Tasten deutlich dunkler).
Mit dem Micromys V5 von Protovision und einem PS/2-USB-Adapter kann die Maus am C64 als Proportional-Maus (1351) oder am Amiga (1352) benutzt werden, was das Nostalgie-Feeling noch erhht.
Ansonsten ist die Maus gut verarbeitet und liegt gut in der Hand. Fr die OS der damaligen 8 und 16 Bit ra ein echter Gewinn.
Moderne Version des „Brotkastens“ 💻⌨️📺 Ich habe mal gelernt, zu einer guten” Bewertung gehrt immer eine aussagekrftige Einleitung. Es war einmal ach man, mir fllt aber mal wieder keine gescheite Einleitung ein dann gehts gleich mit Produkt dem Produkt weiter:
Nachdem der C64 bereits letztes Jahr als Nachbau erschienen ist, geht Retro Games” nun noch einen Schritt weiter zurck in der Entwicklung des Computers.
Mit dem THEVIC20 ist eine “Neuauflage” des alten Commodore Vic-20, dem Vorgnger des legendren C64, aus dem Jahr 1981 erschienen.
Optisch und von der Gre gleicht THEVIC20 der alten Commodore Vic-20. Die Software wird bei der “Neuauflage” hingegen wie beim THE64 emuliert.
Booten lsst sich der Brotkasten” wahlweise in Vic-20-Basic, C64-Basic oder dem vom THE64 bekannten Spielekarussell.
Von Letztgenanntem lassen sich die mehr als 60 vorinstallierten Games – 28 Vic-20-Titel sowie 36 C64-Spiele – direkt starten.
Folgende Spiele des originalen Vic-20 sind vorinstalliert: Abductor, Andes Attack, Arcadia, Bewitched, Blitzkrieg, Brainstorm, Catcha Snatcha, Connect 4, Encounter, Frantic, Frog Chase, Gridrunner, Harvester, Headbanger’s Heaven, Hell Gate, Laser Zone, Martians, Matrix, Mega Vault, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time, Psychedelia, Snake, Starquest, Subspace Striker, Tank Battle, Traxx, Wacky Waiters und Zor
Und hier ist die Auswahl der C64-Games: Alleykat, Bear Bovver, Boulder Dash, California Games, Chips Challenge, Cyberdyne Warrior, Cybernoid II, Destroyer, Firelord, Galencia Mini, Gribbly’s Day Out, Heartland, Impossible Mission, IO, Iridis Alpha, Jumpman, Mega Apocalypse, Nebulus, Netherworld, Paradroid, Pitstop II, Planet of Death, Robin of the Wood, Speedball 2, Spindizzy, Street Sports Baseball, Street Sports Basketball, Summer Games II, Super Cycle, Sword of Fargoal, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, The Arc of Yesod, Uridium, Winter Games, World Games und Zynaps
Wie beim THE64 knnen diese weiterhin ber USB erweitert werden.
Neben dem Spielen kann der THEVIC20 aber auch zum Programmieren in Basic genutzt werden. Zum Anschluss von Gamepads oder Joysticks stehen vier USB-Ports zur Verfgung. Ein klassischer Joystick ist bereits im Lieferumfang dabei. Die Bildausgabe erfolgt ber ein mitgeliefertes, 1,2 m langes HDMI-Kabel zum Anschluss an einen Fernseher oder Monitor. Mglich ist eine Wiedergabe mit 50 und 60 Hz.
Zum aussagekrftigen Hauptteil gehrt natrlich auch ein toller Schluss. Und sind Sie nicht gestorben, so NEIN, das war ganz was anders .
Ich bemhe mich, bei Rezensionen mglichst objektiv zu sein und so eine brauchbare und ehrliche Grundlage zur Kaufentscheidung zu bieten. Mit jedem von mir rezensierten Produkt setze ich mich kritisch auseinander und recherchiere ausfhrlich und sorgfltig. Meine Bewertungsgrundlagen im Einzelnen:
Gutes Produkt, erfllt seinen Zweck, entspricht im grossen Ganzen meiner Erwartung. Kaufempfehlung.
Produkt mit kleineren Mngeln die dem Artikel nicht oder nur wenig beeintrchtigen. Nichts besonders, absoluter Durchschnitt, brauchbar.
Produkt mit Mngeln, die Verwendung ist beeintrchtigt, fehlerhafte und oder unvollstndige Artikel.
Produkt ist mangelhaft, vom Kauf ist eher abzuraten. Bei Kosmetika gilt: ein oder mehr bedenkliche Inhaltsstoffe. Keine Kaufempfehlung meinerseits.
Es ist leider nicht mglich, halbe Sterne zu vergeben, und ein ganzer Stern Abzug wre unfair. In diesem Fall entscheide ich immer In dubio pro reo” und runde auf den vollen Stern auf.
Vielen Dank, dass Sie meine Rezension gelesen haben. Ich hoffe, ich konnte Ihnen ein paar ntzliche Informationen zukommen lassen und wnsche Ihnen eine gute Zeit und vor allem Gesundheit.
Per gli amanti di Commodore e Amiga da non perdere! Ottima riproduzione in miniatura dello storico computer Commodore Amiga 500. La confezione molto curata e la mini console molto carina. Di buona fattura anche il mouse, leggermente pi piccolo della controparte originale. Per quanto riguarda il joypad ha una buona ergonomia, essendo ripreso da quello del CD32, ma con alcuni giochi non rende molto perch pensati per essere giocati con il joystick (acquistabile a parte). La scelta dei giochi, pur essendo buona, un po scarna limitandosi a 25 titoli ma possibile aggiungerne altri da acquistare separatamente e da utilizzare tramite una chiavetta usb. Tirando le somme queta mini console/computer consigliata assolutamente agli appassionati come me, ma anche a chi si vuole semplicemente divertire con i giochi storici del mitico Amiga 500 e 1200.
Vic 20 version of the C64, but runs as a C64 as well. Purchased this version as it was little cheaper than the C64 version, but it’s cosmetic differences only and limited edition.. so win win.. Joy stick much better quality than the original one on the mini. With the working keyboard it makes the experience much better than the mini. Got it updated from the website no problems got a few extra games builtin, but most people want this to load there own games. This works great and is very easy to save games on a USB drive and run.
Requires firmware update to work with C64 Mini Purchased to use with my C64 Mini – and I have found it immediately far nicer to use than the bundled joystick.
Build quality is very good and ergonomically it feels very nice. I have found the D pad to cause some thumb soreness in use, but I suspect that this is due to the nature of the games rather than the pad itself.
The C64 Mini required a firmware update before it would recognise the pad, however this was quite painless to do.
Latest revisio Amazing little Amiga emulator , revision of ROM is 1.1.1 . Will run most external available Amiga emulator software .This version will run aminimiga and various other mods with no problems . So if your really in to Amiga emulation this info should help . Adding extra games is as simple as downloading them from web sites and adding them to a fat32 formatted memory stick and downloading the whdload software from the manufacturers website . However legally u should only download Roms/lha files that you have previously bought and already own a disk for ….revision .now works with Pandory v1.2
Worth i Great little device. A functional keyboard would have made it even better, but… you can plug one in, apparently, so just get it if you want to play some old Amiga games.
Nostalgia only 25 games straight out of the box of which quite a few are very good. Emulation is good and so are many of the menu options avaiable. But what stands out most about the A500 mini is the ability to add your own games easily and simply. In a test I ran I was able to load 2000+ Amiga games onto one memory stick. The total usage of the mem stick was less than 3 gig.
If you are one of the many old time users of the A500 (also emulates the CD32 and the A1200) this could be the nastalgia hit for you.
Compatability issue with OLED TV Bought this to relive my childhood, and whilst the build quality is excellent, I couldn’t get it to display properly on my 65″ OLED LG TV.
Une légende incontournable... Quoiqu’on puisse en dire, l’Amiga a t le tout meilleur ordinateur de son temps… Bien meilleur que tous les autres (Pc ou Mac compris).
Pour dire, jusqu’ une date encore toute rcente, la Nasa en utilisait encore (et ne les a revendu qu’il y a 2/3 ans) et certaines centrales nuclaires, notemment en France, les utilise encore.
Alors l’arriv de cet Amiga Mini est juste un vrai bonheur mme si, de base, il ne permet que de (re)dcouvrir l’aspect “console” de cette extraordinaire machine.
Moyennant quelques manipulations (qu’on peut aisment trouver sur le groupe Facebook “Amiga pour toujours & beyond !”, voir l’installation des dernires mises jour OFFICIELLES des concepteurs de cet A500 Mini, on peut connecter une clef USB pour jouer d’autres jeux que ceux prinstalls, installer un systme Amiga Os complet et, en branchant un clavier USB dessus, en faire ainsi un Amiga “complet” ) part entire avec Amiga Os et l’intgralit de la (trs riche) logithque de cette machine et ainsi, la (re)dcouvrir intgralement.
Alors certes, on peut faire plus ou moins la mme chose avec un Raspberry Pi mais on n’aura pas la qualit de finition de ce produit, les boitiers d’Amiga 500 pour RPi tant autrement moins beaux et considrablement moins bien finis et qualitatifs que celui de cet A500 mini (il n’y a mme pas photo).
A noter que les concepteurs de cet A500 mini n’excluent d’ailleurs pas, terme, la mise en chantier d’un A500 “Maxi” avec clavier fonctionnel.
Un super produit destin autant aux nostalgiques de la machine (quoiqu’ils puissent en dire ^^) que ceux qui voudraient la dcouvrir !
Surtout que, contrairement bien d’autre “mini”, l’A500 Mini n’est OFFICIELLEMENT pas limit aux seuls jeux prinstalls dessus, je le rpette ;).
Classic Amiga Memories Absolutely fantastic product. Added a USB stick and stuck a load more games on it. Great old school memories. Glad i took the plunge. 10/10
Feels like 1990 again ! I got my Amiga 500 in 1990 and while this mouse is smaller, it feels like I’m back home using my Amiga.
I showed my Mum and even she said WOW it looks and feels like the old one.
Perfect for use with TheC64 Mini/Maxi! I purchased this mouse to use with my TheC64 Maxi unit, and it works an absolute treat! It really looks the part, and fortunately it’s a bit smaller than the mouse it is designed to look like which makes it more comfortable to use for those of us with smaller hands.
The mouse slides nicely once the protective film has been removed from the white glide-strips on its underside. Admittedly I did spend an entire day wondering why it was oddly grippy on my table before realizing the protective films were there.
The Mouse seems plenty fast and responsive for use with TheC64 Maxi, though so far I’ve only used it with a few games, a tracker and the GEOS 64 software suite. If you have a TheC64 Mini or Maxi and want to play Arkanoid or Brickout, this is your best bet for something which looks and feels period accurate.
Versatile console. This is more than an Amiga console, it can be upgraded with 3rd party add-on’s to emulate a fully fledged Amiga 1200 using AminiMiga on a USB stick. Remember to buy a good quality USB-C power supply for this and enjoy retro computing!
Awesome nostalgia Got this for my mothers birthday as she was really into alien breed and zool when i was young and we had the amiga. It is perfect, plug and play to and hdmi slot and you’re off my mother isnt the most tech savvy and she got it working herself and loves it, had a few shots myself and it’s absolutely awesome nostalgic fun haha. Highly recommend it!
Fun retro blas Easily modded to allow full workbench environment. Three USB ports is one too few. I used a usb hub to overcome this, but would have preferred not to.
Cher mais agréable J’entends hurler les fanatiques-puristes.
” C’est mal mul ! C’est pas le bon timing ! C’est bugg ! ”
Combien de personnes ont encore un Amiga 500 600 1200 qui marchent parfaitement (avec LE moniteur cathodique) ?
Qui a envie d’acheter un AMIGA pour le remettre neuf ?
Qui a envie de claquer de l’argent dans de la mmoire ?
Qui peut acheter un acclrateur type Vampire ou un PiStorm pour le brancher sur son tlviseur, un lecteur Gotek USB parce que le lecteur de disquette est trop fatigu pour lancer Xenon 2 en disquette ?
Oui ! c’est cher et ce n’est pas parfait. C’est un fait.
Oui ! C’est cher mais si vous voulez du Plug-and-Play et sans prise de tte. C’est minuscule et a prends pas de place.
Je conseille l’achat de l’Amiga Mini pour jouer aux jeux de votre Enfance, en 2022 “sans pression” surtout que la communaut est active.
Vous trouverez tout sur internet pour repousser les limites de votre Amiga Mini.
Superb. It’s (nearly) an Amiga. This is amazing. I get more out of it because thirty (more) years ago I owned Amigas. Once a week I add more games or other apps. Updates come from the firm and it keeps getting better.
This could bring back good memories Me and my dad used to play on the Amiga 500, 600 & the 1200 back when I was a child possibly in the late 1990s to the 2000s, This miniature version also brings back a lot of memories & also used to watch game footages of the Amiga games in YouTube to remind me If I used to like them or no
The A500 Mini is a hit. I ordered the A500 Mini from Amazon UK because I didn’t want to wait another 6 weeks in the US. I received it in 5 days and have been very happy with my purchase. My online shopping experience with Amazon UK was superb. The A500 has a few support groups on facebook which adds to its value. You will be selling a lot of these.
Great for emulation, not for retro hardware It’s a solid well made product, slightly smaller than the old tank mouse. It’s hard to say how much difference that makes, as my hands would have been smaller when I last used the original mouse!
I hoped to use it on my old Amiga with a USB to 9 pin adaptor, but sadly it doesn’t work for that. However, connected up to a Rasperry Pi running FS-UAE, it’s perfect.
Great computer. Great little machine, very fast load times even the whd loads are practically instant, is just a pity il doesn’t have a working keyboard, but great nonetheless.
Good retro pad. You probably need a 2m USB extension for this if you're sitting back on your sofa! A great product for 2-player games on THE A500 Mini. Although it would be nice to have a matching beige 2nd controller this controller is more reminiscent of the Amiga CD32 joypad of old but of sturdier construction and less like a glasses case to hold! It works well and I’m very happy with the purchase other than the cable at 1.8m needs an extender (2m works well) to play from the sofa. This is especially necessary because the USB cable plugs into the back of the console so you need some extra slack so the cable isn’t bent back on itself under pressure!
A500 Mini review (NOT C64 Joystick, Amazon fix this!) One of my all time favourite computers, and you can add lots of extra games and even workbench in 10 mins.
Ok first of all looks, it arrives I na box very reminiscent of the ones the Amiga 500 arrived in, complete with Power cable (but no power adapter,) HDMi Cable, Mouse, Joypad and a very retro looking Mini A500.
Picking it up its a bit lighter than I imagined, but it remains in place on my desk.
The 25 games it is supplied with are a bit “meh”, but if you have read the reviews, watched the YouTube videos etc. You will know its so very easy to add more.
Quick tip, get an 8,16,32GB USB flash drive, format it to MS-DOS(FAT) and enable MBR not GUID.
Now go to the A500 mini support website and download the A500 Zip file, copy that to the Flash drive and unzip it (leaving a folder called A500) with the required files inside.
Now search for Amiga games in .lha format. (They’re all out there on the web and luckily they take up hardly any space). Copy them into the A500 folder (Do NOT unzip them, leave them as lha files). If you are copying a lot, then add some folders to make it east to find them when scrolling through, for example “Arcade”, “Shoot em ups” or “A-G” etc.
Once you have done that just plug the flash drive into a USB slot on the A500 and start it up, scroll through the pre-installed carousel until you find USB and click it.
All your games (in the folders if you followed my advice) are now there.
All this took 10 mins, and I now have over 600 Amiga games installed.
99% of them work perfectly, just tweak the button settings and you are good to go.
There’s even a way to get Workbench 3.0 running, its slightly harder (but not very much so, you could do it in 10 mins).
Games and apps work flawlessly (I would suggest using 50Hz as most games and software was written in UK).
Overall its a fun reminder of the Amiga days of yesteryear, you can even plug in a USB keyboard if you want.
Only downsides. 1. No internet on this, 2. It could do with one more USB port (1, Flash drive, 2 Mouse, 3 Joystick and that’s all the ports taken, I believe it works with powered USB hubs, but I haven’t tested it with one).
But it works well, and for the price is a bot of a bargain. I suspect they will already be working on a full sized one, like they did with the C64.
Its a solid 10/10 from me. Right, I am off to play Cannon Fodder 2.
Surprisingly good Huge Amiga fan from back in the day and still to this day. I had a 500+ then and this is just awesome – I really wish the small keyboard was actually usable but on the whole the system does a great job. Yes I know you can have a PI filled with Amiga stuff (and I do) however this is just a little self contained setup and the tank mouse! what a flashback.
I have tried a few WHDLoad games also and most work great. For what I paid (just over 100) no brainer.
Old school gaming. What a blast from the past. A brilliant piece of kit. Anyone of a certain age will use with fond memories. I have forgotten how hard games used to be. I downloaded extra games to a USB. Police quest, lemmings with a mouse! Lucas arts games. If you are reading this review, buy one, you will not regret it, well your wife and family may when you are spending so long reliving your past Amiga experiences.
Great!!! Re-living my youth, this is great. I recall the graphics to be great back in the day, quite an eye opener to how basic it was back then.
You can sideload more games and play them via a USB drive.
Download Lha format games from lemon amiga… go Google it. Make sure you click the link for “whd packaged” for the full game otherwise you’ll only install the start up script. You’ll be able to tell by the file size. If it’s less than 10kb then it’s not the game.
You need to install the whd side loader onto the USB drive. Go to retrogrames.biz (the full address is posted by other reviewers). Download the zip file then extract it to the USB drive. Move the a500 folder (and contenrs) it off the original folder to be its own folder on the USB (otherwise the amiga won’t open it).
Then when inserted into the amiga the USB icon appears. Open that and navigate to where you saved the Lha games. Select the gave you want THEN PRESS THE HOME BUTTON TO START IT (in capitals as I missed this step for ages wondering why the games wouldn’t load).
Amiga is back baby Lol... Is also compatible with with your own .lha Amiga collection. The firmware is still evolving so expect any hiccups to be resolved in a future firmware update all and all the best out of the box way to experience the Amiga library.
Brilliant Amiga replica! Perfect emulation. Lovely little replica of the Amiga. I recommend an Xbox 360 wired controller, plays Sensible soccer perfectly, the supplied controller is abysmal. Plug in a USB drive and add your own games. Fantastic piece of memorabilia.
The best mini compute This is by far the best computer mini. I’ve had the mini C64, ZX VEGA and all the mini consoles, but the Amiga A500 mini being as awkward as it is with those emulators and all its workbench Kickstarter, fiddling around getting it to work or even the buying an expensive original A1200 with a CF card.
Problem solved all your old LHR files on a flash drive work fine with a already update and I’m sure any other bus will be ironed out. A500 mini comes with a Amiga CD32 style game pad and a perfect working tank mouse for the likes of marble madness, Psygnosis Barbarian etc usb mouse can also be used on pc’s.
Awesome! And incredible value. Great quality product and a lovely package. Adding your own games is a breeze, and there a many more settings/options compared to other mini consoles. Mouse and joypad are very good. For the price this has to be the best mini console yet.
It’s as good as you’d hoped it would be This is super brilliant. The 25 games are excellent and the others which I have downloaded are awesome too. Just what I had hoped for. If your an Amiga geek like me then don’t hesitate to get this. Five stars with mini Amiga 500s on top.
A500 Mini - fantastic return to Amiga gaming! The A500 Mini is a fantastic device. Allows you to put all your old Amiga games on a USB so you can enjoy Sensible World of Soccer and others again as they were meant to be played. Plugs right into a modern tv and works out of the box. Adding your own games is easy. Just buy it!
Perfect way to play in 2020s Amazing product. Comes with 25 games installed you can add more with whdload using a usb stick. Couple of issues geting the stick to work at first but once you do the extra games run really well and expands on an already fun experience. You will note be disappointed with this. Hours of fu
Fantastic I love it. There’s a decent selection available. What makes this a must buy for fans of the original is that you can add games from Amiga emulator sites. If you’re not sure how to do it, there’s videos on YouTube and it’s pretty straightforward. I added Lemmings, Cannon Fodder, RoboCop and Operation Stealth to name a few. It’s been a great trip down memory lane and I have loads of games I never got to play that I’m going to play now. If you had an Amiga or an Atari ST, it’s well worth it, I’m having a great time.
Overall Excellent Product! I had already converted an original Commodore Tank mouse to optical USB using the original button switches off the old Commodore board as nothing like this product existed at the time, and snapped up one of these mice as soon as I saw it!
Size wise The Mouse is only a little bit smaller than the Commodore one and fits nicely into your hand. The build quality is pretty good and the microswitches ( i suspect..) that are use for the buttons are nice and accurate. Overall a good buy and worth getting if you are looking to complement the many C64/Amiga cases that are available.
Digno homenaje a una plataforma legendaria AVISO: este tema me entusiasma, as que esta resea ser un tochazo. El TL;DR es que se trata de una buena compra y todas las caractersticas anunciadas funcionan bien, adems de que puedes cargar tus propios programas y utilizar mandos, teclados y ratones de terceros.
Llamada THEA500 Mini para sortear el espinoso tema de los derechos de Commodore y de AmigaOS, esta mini consola es una recreacin del legendario ordenador de 16 bits Commodore Amiga A500, el modelo ms vendido de toda la serie de ordenadores Amiga. Tras este producto se encuentran Retro Games, responsables tambin de THEC64 , THEC64 Mini y THEVIC20 ; y Cloanto, actuales propietarios de la propiedad intelectual de Commodore Amiga hasta 1993 y autores de la suite de emulacin Amiga Forever, por lo que el producto est respaldado por gente que sabe lo que hace.
El hardware interno de la consola es el esperado en estas mini: un modesto procesador AllWinner H6 con 512 MB de RAM, para un rendimiento similar al de una Raspberry Pi 3B+, suficiente para emular todos los ttulos del catlogo original de Amiga y sus variantes. La carcasa reproduce con mucha calidad la original, aunque por supuesto el teclado y la disquetera. Dispone de 3 puertos USB para conectar dispositivos, incluyendo memorias USB y hubs (recomendable), HDMI y un puerto USB-C de alimentacin. Soporta teclados, ratones y mandos de terceros — se pueden reasignar los controles sin dificultad dentro de la interfaz. Requiere un adaptador de corriente USB de 5 V y 1 A, que no est incluido. Tiene pequeos toques que denotan verdadero afecto por la mquina original, como que en la placa base haya grabado un nombre clave tomado de una cancin de los The B-52’s, como los Amiga originales (esta es Cosmic Thing) o que los LED imiten el funcionamiento original. Complementan los accesorios un ratn USB tipo tanque con sensor ptico y un pad al estilo de los de CD32, muy logrados ambos, ms el cable USB-C a USB de alimentacin y un HDMI; todo ello en el adecuado color beige noventero. Solo incluye gua rpida, pero el manual completo (de muy recomendada lectura) est en la web, eso s, en ingls. Tambin tienes disponibles los manuales de cada juego. La traduccin al espaol de la interfaz es nefasta, seguramente hecha automtica sin revisar.
La seleccin de juegos incluida me parece posiblemente la mejor incluida en cualquiera de las consolas mini que han salido al mercado y creo que bastante representativa de lo que era jugar en un Amiga. Al estar enfocada nicamente a videojuegos, se ha omitido el resto del espectacular –pero muy obsoleto– catlogo de software de Amiga. Las versiones incluidas son, en su mayora, las mejoradas para el chipset AGA, aunque no es el original del A500, que es un ordenador OCS. Hay mucha presencia de juegos de Team17, de The Bitmap Brothers y de Electronic Arts, echndose de menos a MicroProse, Psygnosis y a Sensible Software, que escribieron algunos de los mejores juegos de la plataforma. Se nota que donde hay problema de licencias se ha escogido un ttulo alternativo, como ATR por Micro Machines, Arcade Pool en lugar de Jimmy White’s Snooker o Qwak en vez de Bubble Bobble. Prcticamente todos los ttulos son entretenidos, destacando Another World, Battle Chess, Speedball 2 y Worms. La presentacin de la interfaz del emulador (Amiberry) es lo ms sencilla posible, con un carrusel que muestra los juegos preinstalados y no hay un retraso de entrada apreciable, ni afortunadamente juegos mal emulados, que ya ha pasado en otras minis. Se pueden ajustar las opciones de pantalla y reescalado como en todas las dems consolas Mini y los puertos en los que est conectado el ratn y el mando para configurar los juegos. Con el botn Menu del mando se lanza un teclado virtual, til para introducir nombres o trucos y el botn Home regresa a la interfaz principal: lo pulsars accidentalmente unas cuantas veces hasta que asumas que no es un botn Start
Lo bueno de esta mquina es que tienes la ventaja de que, si no te gusta el catlogo, lo puedes ampliar. El software del THEA500 permite cargar prcticamente cualquier ttulo, de cualquier generacin de Amiga, a travs de una memoria USB siempre que est en formato compatible con WHDLoad en forma de ficheros LHA. Hay que darle formato a la memoria USB en FAT32 y descargar un fichero de la web oficial, que tambin proporciona un juego extra, la versin mejorada del FPS Citadel de Virtual Design. Aqu es donde puedes necesitar trastear con las opciones del emulador, lo que requiere activar el modo experto en la configuracin. En muchos programas es necesario ajustar el modo del Blitter (coprocesador grfico del Amiga), activar o desactivar el JIT de la CPU (la CPU parece emular la del Amiga 1200) y activar o desactivar Copper. Si te dedicas a cargar tus propios programas, es muy recomendable un teclado: la mayora de juegos de Amiga necesitan uno aunque luego soporten joysticks o gamepads. Puedes conectar un hub y tener ah teclados y ratones. Para opciones avanzadas de emulacin, cada programa que cargues genera un fichero .UAE de texto con opciones de configuracin que puedes editar desde un ordenador. Si necesitas versiones adicionales de Kickstart, puedes aadirlas en el fichero boot-data.zip del USB, aunque lo ms inmediato es cargar juegos de CD32, que no requieren configuracin para el gamepad. Y en cuanto a mandos, los de Xbox 360 y PS4 funcionan correctamente por cable, con la asignacin de botones en el mismo lugar que el incluido.
Retro Games ha tenido buen inicio con el soporte de este aparatito: das despus del lanzamiento, actualizaron la base de datos WHDLoad incluida inicialmente a una versin ms moderna, junto con el binario del programa, y prometen soporte para imgenes de disco ADF en un futuro. Por s mismo, este Amiga semioficial merece la pena lo suficiente como para recomendar su compra a los entusiastas, pero Retro Games ha ido un paso ms all y, al permitir cargar programas propios, es toda una recomendacin para descubrir o rememorar la plataforma Amiga, con mando y ratn, o el clon del Competition que tambin venden. Por supuesto, hay ms formas (legales) de emular un Amiga, pero esta ofrece una experiencia muy sencilla.
Old memories I ordered one of these due to the keyboard can be used and was more in line with the original Commodore 64 that I owned whilst at school. Really pleased that I managed to purchase one of these units and am not disappointed.
AMIGA 500 MINI Premetto di essere un appassionato del mondo videoludico da lungo tempo e di aver fruito di sistemi come quello riproposto in versione rivisitata al momento dell’uscita, nei gloriosi anni i 80 e 90.
Con grande interesse ho seguito gli sviluppi e l’uscita di questa controparte “mini” della mitica Amiga 500.
Finalmente dopo un paio di rinvii, ecco arrivare il pacco, consegnatomi dal servizio Amazon.
Dopo aver aperto la confezione, sono rimasto un p deluso dal packaging, abbastanza scarno e povero nella presentazione e nei contenuti. Quelle che a mio avviso, almeno a giudicare dalle foto, sarebbero dovute essere le misure della console, sono state disattese da quelle di un prodotto veramente molto contenuto come dimensioni, ma assalito dal desiderio di metterlo in funzione, soprassiedo e procedo ad aprire le varie sub scatole presenti all’interno della confezione, che sembra essere una copia di quella del Commodore 64 mini, lievemente rivisitata.
La tastiera finta… si avete capito bene, i tasti come tutto il resto, sono un solo pezzo di plastica, che non consente alcuna funzionalit o interazione, se non il fatto di avere 3 porte usb nella parte posteriore, dove inserire mouse, joypad ed eventuale pendrive per implementare il limitato e non eccellente parco titoli compreso di default nella console. Ottima l’idea di rendere il led sopra la scocca, simile all’originale, che si accendeva e spengeva in funzione dei caricamenti. Offerte alcune possibilit di configurazione delle immagini a video, che non fanno gridare al miracolo, ma sono comunque un simpatico extra mirato al custom.
Il pad di discreta fattura e come ampiamente pubblicizzato pu facilmente essere sostituito da quelli delle pi moderne console, anche se questa opzione spegne un p l’hype ed il sendo del nostro acquisto.
Incluso anche un cavo hdmi ed un power cord, assente come di sovente accade con prodotti analoghi il charger, ma sicuramente ne avrete millemila dentro casa, o addirittura potreste collegarlo ad una porta usb della vostra tv. una volta acceso il dispositivo, configurarlo secondo i nostri gusti cosa facile ed intuitiva, non che le opzioni siano poi cos tante, ma accontentiamoci ancora una volta.
Come anticipato i titoli inclusi di default nel sistema non sono il massimo, anche se questo ovviamente lasciato ai nostri gusti personali. Per fortuna formattando una pendrive in fat 32 ed inserendo all’interno 2 cartelle, una riservata al software per il caricamento dei giochi extra da dispositivo usb ed una per inserire gli stessi all’interno, si pu fruire di tutto il parco titoli della mitica Amiga 500. I file devono essere in un formato particolare, infatti non verranno (stranamente) riconosciuti i file .adf. Dopo qualche tentativo , finalmente si ha un dispositivo con cui perdersi in tanti ricordi e rivivere quel sapore retro, riscoprendo come solo 2 tasti sul controller possono ancora donare molta soddisfazione ed appagamento.
Di sicuro vari aspetti faranno storcere il naso, piccoli accorgimenti avrebbero reso il prodotto molto pi interessante, ma le spietate regole di mercato che impongono una spesa minima a fronte di un ampio margine di rientro, hanno tarpato le ali a quella che sarebbe potuta essere una console meravigliosa. Mi auguro che come accaduto con le controparti precedenti, venga considerata l’idea di rilasciare sul mercato una console con dimensioni maggiori e con una tastiera degna di questo nome. In fine, nonostante quelli che potrebbero essere tutti i punti a sfavore del dispositivo, sono soddisfatto della mia scelta e ne consiglio l’acquisto, anche perch ho il forte sospetto che a breve oltre ad essere non pi reperibile, il costo salir di molto.
Spero questa mia descrizione possa essere utile a coloro che si trovano in dubbio sul probabile acquisto.
Perfect product but... It what you would expect from the product. Perfect! But the shipping gave me some extras… This is not what to expect when you’re buying a collector’s item. The same thing happened with the C64 Mini.
Commodore c64 is back to future If you are a c64 fan, this is a great device to relive your childhood or teenage years with computer games. The games play great, and the BASIC is still fun to practice. However, if you ware a serious BASIC programmer and you wrote lots of programs and saved them to tapes or floppy discs and managed somehow to transfer them to usb stick, you won’t be able to load them to this device, because this version of c64 can only read a single file it creates on the usb stick, and it cannot read any other files. I wish they would fix this drawback in the next firmware updates.
Inexplicable Pleasure I can’t even tell you why, but this little reproduction retro computer is an absolute blast! My item was packaged with all the care a collector could hope for. Plastic corner protectors, no extra labels and plastic bagged inside the outer box. Shipping time was also rather quick, considering the long trip it made from the UK to the USA. I’m very happy. I may even buy more in the future.
Dad would give 64 stars if he could Love the product. Bought it as a gift for my dad & he loved it. So much nostalgia. Works really well. Package contains an adapter for connecting to the TV screen which I was pleased with as I did not expect this to be included. 10/10 from us. Dad would give 64 stars if he could! 🙂
Better than the Commodore 64 you remembe I held off for nearly two years buying this, partly because I wasn’t sure how much I’d use it, and partly because it seemed expensive. Took the plunge at the start if 2021. The quality is superb, looks amazing, great quality keys and case, and works great. Easy to add extra games via USB stick, easy to load them, all the games I have tried have worked, easy to progam in BASIC like you did back in the day, if you did. Easy to connect to a modern TV or monitor via HDMI and a better picture than you ever got on an original C64. No worries about ancient hardware or aging power supplies that can blow stuff up. Microswitched joystick is great, and I bought a second one for 2 player games. If you were a fan of the original C64 and want to enjoy that experience again, this is for you.
solid joystick picked this up for my nephews to play so retro games with, while they don’t like it, its still a good joystick the movement is clunky but solid, button placement is awefull but true to the original desig
Replica of the DADDY 8bit compute It’s a replica of the Commodore 64, what’s not too like. For me this is as close as I’ll get to having the original bread bin Commodore 64. I’m not into exact size and colour obsession but from what I remember Retro Games have it spot on it feels the part and takes me back to 1985, but without the long loading times. Yes it’s pre-loaded with some fantastic games but been able to load your own games is total retrogasim. Not had any problems with the joystick but I don’t hammer it on Decathlon. The packaging and box art for me is another win. Delivered well protect without damage to the products box.
Amiga 500 mini
Che dire bella mini console, da possessore della Amiga 500 posso dire che funziona bene ed poco ingombrante, ma avrei preferito la tastiera funzionante e un prezzo pi basso, consigliata a tutti gli appassionati Commodore puristi e non.
Received item as describe with great price and no custom fee. Thanks.
Received item as describe with great price and no custom fee. Thanks.
A500-mini plays like the computer did
Amazing!!!
Exactly what I expected. Brings back good ole memories. Love that I can easily load up what I previously owned, I did add a USB hub, the games I have are more keyboard driven. Just need to find a way to convert my sidewinder 9-pin joystick
Ottimi!
Ottimi joystick!
La configurazione stata semplicissima, anzi non serve fare nulla!
Grea
Anyone who has memories of playing on am Amiga in the 80s or 90s will understand why this is a great product.
I have several of these retro gaming machines, including the NES Classic, Mega Drive Mini and C64 Maxi, and I think that the A500 is the best of the lot.
The first thing you really need to do, though, is add a few games. Although there are a handful of great games included, you might as well not have an Amiga if you don’t have Cannon Fodder, Lemmings, Pirates!, the Secret of Monkey Island and a whole host of others that contributed to the Amiga being one of the greatest home computers of all time.
Thankfully, adding new games is really easy and there are several online tutorials to cater to everyone, even if you are not very computer literate.
Kult och en klassiker!
Nostalgi fr min del. Lever upp till det jag frvntade mig.
Per i nostalgici
Eh niente ai nostalgici degli anni novanta non pu mancare questo gioiellino.. i giochi caricati non sono tanti ma con una chiavetta usb si possono aggiungere tutti i titoli della nostra infanzia..
Versatilità
Un oggetto estremamente versatile soprattutto con Pandory, Aminimiga ed altro acquisto consigliato con adattatore hdmi to scart per collegarlo ad un televisore crt per rivivere realmente il passato
It's all great. What I do not like is not being able to find a good joystick or a gamepad in Canada, where would we find one, Amazon does not offer it here.
It’s all great. What I do not like is not being able to find a good joystick or a gamepad in Canada, where would we find one, Amazon does not offer it here.
Das (fast) perfekte Eingabegerät für Nostalgike
Htte der Hersteller in der original Grsse und in den original Farben hergestellt, wre die Maus perfekt. (Die original 1351 bzw. 1352 waren grsser und dunkler, die Tasten deutlich dunkler).
Mit dem Micromys V5 von Protovision und einem PS/2-USB-Adapter kann die Maus am C64 als Proportional-Maus (1351) oder am Amiga (1352) benutzt werden, was das Nostalgie-Feeling noch erhht.
Ansonsten ist die Maus gut verarbeitet und liegt gut in der Hand. Fr die OS der damaligen 8 und 16 Bit ra ein echter Gewinn.
The C64 Microswitch Joystick - Not Machine Specific
Va benissimo identico ha quello in dotazione del The C64.
Ich habe mal gelernt, zu einer guten” Bewertung gehrt immer eine aussagekrftige Einleitung. Es war einmal ach man, mir fllt aber mal wieder keine gescheite Einleitung ein dann gehts gleich mit Produkt dem Produkt weiter:
Nachdem der C64 bereits letztes Jahr als Nachbau erschienen ist, geht Retro Games” nun noch einen Schritt weiter zurck in der Entwicklung des Computers.
Mit dem THEVIC20 ist eine “Neuauflage” des alten Commodore Vic-20, dem Vorgnger des legendren C64, aus dem Jahr 1981 erschienen.
Optisch und von der Gre gleicht THEVIC20 der alten Commodore Vic-20. Die Software wird bei der “Neuauflage” hingegen wie beim THE64 emuliert.
Booten lsst sich der Brotkasten” wahlweise in Vic-20-Basic, C64-Basic oder dem vom THE64 bekannten Spielekarussell.
Von Letztgenanntem lassen sich die mehr als 60 vorinstallierten Games – 28 Vic-20-Titel sowie 36 C64-Spiele – direkt starten.
Folgende Spiele des originalen Vic-20 sind vorinstalliert: Abductor, Andes Attack, Arcadia, Bewitched, Blitzkrieg, Brainstorm, Catcha Snatcha, Connect 4, Encounter, Frantic, Frog Chase, Gridrunner, Harvester, Headbanger’s Heaven, Hell Gate, Laser Zone, Martians, Matrix, Mega Vault, Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of Time, Psychedelia, Snake, Starquest, Subspace Striker, Tank Battle, Traxx, Wacky Waiters und Zor
Und hier ist die Auswahl der C64-Games: Alleykat, Bear Bovver, Boulder Dash, California Games, Chips Challenge, Cyberdyne Warrior, Cybernoid II, Destroyer, Firelord, Galencia Mini, Gribbly’s Day Out, Heartland, Impossible Mission, IO, Iridis Alpha, Jumpman, Mega Apocalypse, Nebulus, Netherworld, Paradroid, Pitstop II, Planet of Death, Robin of the Wood, Speedball 2, Spindizzy, Street Sports Baseball, Street Sports Basketball, Summer Games II, Super Cycle, Sword of Fargoal, Temple of Apshai Trilogy, The Arc of Yesod, Uridium, Winter Games, World Games und Zynaps
Wie beim THE64 knnen diese weiterhin ber USB erweitert werden.
Neben dem Spielen kann der THEVIC20 aber auch zum Programmieren in Basic genutzt werden. Zum Anschluss von Gamepads oder Joysticks stehen vier USB-Ports zur Verfgung. Ein klassischer Joystick ist bereits im Lieferumfang dabei. Die Bildausgabe erfolgt ber ein mitgeliefertes, 1,2 m langes HDMI-Kabel zum Anschluss an einen Fernseher oder Monitor. Mglich ist eine Wiedergabe mit 50 und 60 Hz.
Zum aussagekrftigen Hauptteil gehrt natrlich auch ein toller Schluss. Und sind Sie nicht gestorben, so NEIN, das war ganz was anders .
Ich bemhe mich, bei Rezensionen mglichst objektiv zu sein und so eine brauchbare und ehrliche Grundlage zur Kaufentscheidung zu bieten. Mit jedem von mir rezensierten Produkt setze ich mich kritisch auseinander und recherchiere ausfhrlich und sorgfltig. Meine Bewertungsgrundlagen im Einzelnen:
Tolles Produkt, bersteigt meiner Erwartung. Uneingeschrnkte Kaufempfehlung
Gutes Produkt, erfllt seinen Zweck, entspricht im grossen Ganzen meiner Erwartung. Kaufempfehlung.
Produkt mit kleineren Mngeln die dem Artikel nicht oder nur wenig beeintrchtigen. Nichts besonders, absoluter Durchschnitt, brauchbar.
Produkt mit Mngeln, die Verwendung ist beeintrchtigt, fehlerhafte und oder unvollstndige Artikel.
Produkt ist mangelhaft, vom Kauf ist eher abzuraten. Bei Kosmetika gilt: ein oder mehr bedenkliche Inhaltsstoffe. Keine Kaufempfehlung meinerseits.
Es ist leider nicht mglich, halbe Sterne zu vergeben, und ein ganzer Stern Abzug wre unfair. In diesem Fall entscheide ich immer In dubio pro reo” und runde auf den vollen Stern auf.
Vielen Dank, dass Sie meine Rezension gelesen haben. Ich hoffe, ich konnte Ihnen ein paar ntzliche Informationen zukommen lassen und wnsche Ihnen eine gute Zeit und vor allem Gesundheit.
Ottima riproduzione in miniatura dello storico computer Commodore Amiga 500. La confezione molto curata e la mini console molto carina. Di buona fattura anche il mouse, leggermente pi piccolo della controparte originale. Per quanto riguarda il joypad ha una buona ergonomia, essendo ripreso da quello del CD32, ma con alcuni giochi non rende molto perch pensati per essere giocati con il joystick (acquistabile a parte). La scelta dei giochi, pur essendo buona, un po scarna limitandosi a 25 titoli ma possibile aggiungerne altri da acquistare separatamente e da utilizzare tramite una chiavetta usb. Tirando le somme queta mini console/computer consigliata assolutamente agli appassionati come me, ma anche a chi si vuole semplicemente divertire con i giochi storici del mitico Amiga 500 e 1200.
Vic 20 version of the C64, but runs as a C64 as well.
Purchased this version as it was little cheaper than the C64 version, but it’s cosmetic differences only and limited edition.. so win win.. Joy stick much better quality than the original one on the mini. With the working keyboard it makes the experience much better than the mini. Got it updated from the website no problems got a few extra games builtin, but most people want this to load there own games. This works great and is very easy to save games on a USB drive and run.
Requires firmware update to work with C64 Mini
Purchased to use with my C64 Mini – and I have found it immediately far nicer to use than the bundled joystick.
Build quality is very good and ergonomically it feels very nice. I have found the D pad to cause some thumb soreness in use, but I suspect that this is due to the nature of the games rather than the pad itself.
The C64 Mini required a firmware update before it would recognise the pad, however this was quite painless to do.
Overall recommended.
Latest revisio
Amazing little Amiga emulator , revision of ROM is 1.1.1 . Will run most external available Amiga emulator software .This version will run aminimiga and various other mods with no problems . So if your really in to Amiga emulation this info should help . Adding extra games is as simple as downloading them from web sites and adding them to a fat32 formatted memory stick and downloading the whdload software from the manufacturers website . However legally u should only download Roms/lha files that you have previously bought and already own a disk for ….revision .now works with Pandory v1.2
Worth i
Great little device. A functional keyboard would have made it even better, but… you can plug one in, apparently, so just get it if you want to play some old Amiga games.
You know you want to.
Nostalgia only
25 games straight out of the box of which quite a few are very good. Emulation is good and so are many of the menu options avaiable. But what stands out most about the A500 mini is the ability to add your own games easily and simply. In a test I ran I was able to load 2000+ Amiga games onto one memory stick. The total usage of the mem stick was less than 3 gig.
If you are one of the many old time users of the A500 (also emulates the CD32 and the A1200) this could be the nastalgia hit for you.
Compatability issue with OLED TV
Bought this to relive my childhood, and whilst the build quality is excellent, I couldn’t get it to display properly on my 65″ OLED LG TV.
Quoiqu’on puisse en dire, l’Amiga a t le tout meilleur ordinateur de son temps… Bien meilleur que tous les autres (Pc ou Mac compris).
Pour dire, jusqu’ une date encore toute rcente, la Nasa en utilisait encore (et ne les a revendu qu’il y a 2/3 ans) et certaines centrales nuclaires, notemment en France, les utilise encore.
Alors l’arriv de cet Amiga Mini est juste un vrai bonheur mme si, de base, il ne permet que de (re)dcouvrir l’aspect “console” de cette extraordinaire machine.
Moyennant quelques manipulations (qu’on peut aisment trouver sur le groupe Facebook “Amiga pour toujours & beyond !”, voir l’installation des dernires mises jour OFFICIELLES des concepteurs de cet A500 Mini, on peut connecter une clef USB pour jouer d’autres jeux que ceux prinstalls, installer un systme Amiga Os complet et, en branchant un clavier USB dessus, en faire ainsi un Amiga “complet” ) part entire avec Amiga Os et l’intgralit de la (trs riche) logithque de cette machine et ainsi, la (re)dcouvrir intgralement.
Alors certes, on peut faire plus ou moins la mme chose avec un Raspberry Pi mais on n’aura pas la qualit de finition de ce produit, les boitiers d’Amiga 500 pour RPi tant autrement moins beaux et considrablement moins bien finis et qualitatifs que celui de cet A500 mini (il n’y a mme pas photo).
A noter que les concepteurs de cet A500 mini n’excluent d’ailleurs pas, terme, la mise en chantier d’un A500 “Maxi” avec clavier fonctionnel.
Un super produit destin autant aux nostalgiques de la machine (quoiqu’ils puissent en dire ^^) que ceux qui voudraient la dcouvrir !
Surtout que, contrairement bien d’autre “mini”, l’A500 Mini n’est OFFICIELLEMENT pas limit aux seuls jeux prinstalls dessus, je le rpette ;).
Classic Amiga Memories
Absolutely fantastic product. Added a USB stick and stuck a load more games on it. Great old school memories. Glad i took the plunge. 10/10
Feels like 1990 again !
I got my Amiga 500 in 1990 and while this mouse is smaller, it feels like I’m back home using my Amiga.
I showed my Mum and even she said WOW it looks and feels like the old one.
Very impressed.
Excellent controller. Bought this for my pi400 which is set up as an amiga. Feels good and sturdy. Definitely worth buying.
Amazing
This thing is a joy, and it is easy to add your own games via USB
Amiga
Great bit of nostalgia takes me back love the games
Perfect for use with TheC64 Mini/Maxi!
I purchased this mouse to use with my TheC64 Maxi unit, and it works an absolute treat! It really looks the part, and fortunately it’s a bit smaller than the mouse it is designed to look like which makes it more comfortable to use for those of us with smaller hands.
The mouse slides nicely once the protective film has been removed from the white glide-strips on its underside. Admittedly I did spend an entire day wondering why it was oddly grippy on my table before realizing the protective films were there.
The Mouse seems plenty fast and responsive for use with TheC64 Maxi, though so far I’ve only used it with a few games, a tracker and the GEOS 64 software suite. If you have a TheC64 Mini or Maxi and want to play Arkanoid or Brickout, this is your best bet for something which looks and feels period accurate.
Versatile console.
This is more than an Amiga console, it can be upgraded with 3rd party add-on’s to emulate a fully fledged Amiga 1200 using AminiMiga on a USB stick. Remember to buy a good quality USB-C power supply for this and enjoy retro computing!
Awesome nostalgia
Got this for my mothers birthday as she was really into alien breed and zool when i was young and we had the amiga. It is perfect, plug and play to and hdmi slot and you’re off my mother isnt the most tech savvy and she got it working herself and loves it, had a few shots myself and it’s absolutely awesome nostalgic fun haha. Highly recommend it!
Fun retro blas
Easily modded to allow full workbench environment. Three USB ports is one too few. I used a usb hub to overcome this, but would have preferred not to.
J’entends hurler les fanatiques-puristes.
” C’est mal mul ! C’est pas le bon timing ! C’est bugg ! ”
Combien de personnes ont encore un Amiga 500 600 1200 qui marchent parfaitement (avec LE moniteur cathodique) ?
Qui a envie d’acheter un AMIGA pour le remettre neuf ?
Qui a envie de claquer de l’argent dans de la mmoire ?
Qui peut acheter un acclrateur type Vampire ou un PiStorm pour le brancher sur son tlviseur, un lecteur Gotek USB parce que le lecteur de disquette est trop fatigu pour lancer Xenon 2 en disquette ?
Oui ! c’est cher et ce n’est pas parfait. C’est un fait.
Oui ! C’est cher mais si vous voulez du Plug-and-Play et sans prise de tte. C’est minuscule et a prends pas de place.
Je conseille l’achat de l’Amiga Mini pour jouer aux jeux de votre Enfance, en 2022 “sans pression” surtout que la communaut est active.
Vous trouverez tout sur internet pour repousser les limites de votre Amiga Mini.
Je l’utilise avec une cl USB Sandisk 32 GO
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B007YX9O9E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 pour y stocker le pack AMiNIMiga 1.0.1.
Le chargement du Workbench et des dossiers, y est rapide contrairement d’autres cl USB.
Le Gamepad est juste horrible, heureusement qu’il y a des ports USB pour y brancher le vtre (Tous ne sont pas compatibles).
Je prfre ce Joystick : Speedlink COMPETITION PRO
https://www.amazon.fr/SPEEDLINK-SL-650212-BKRD-Competition-EXTRA-Joystick/dp/B07K9N36GG/ref=sr_1_20?keywords=Speedlink&qid=1652519578&sr=8-20
Superb. It’s (nearly) an Amiga.
This is amazing. I get more out of it because thirty (more) years ago I owned Amigas. Once a week I add more games or other apps. Updates come from the firm and it keeps getting better.
This could bring back good memories
Me and my dad used to play on the Amiga 500, 600 & the 1200 back when I was a child possibly in the late 1990s to the 2000s, This miniature version also brings back a lot of memories & also used to watch game footages of the Amiga games in YouTube to remind me If I used to like them or no
So awesome!
I own every mini retro machine so far and this is hands down my favourite. A little pricey but for me was worth every penny.
Blast from the pas
Great retro feel, and also you can add games you own via the roms
The A500 Mini is a hit.
I ordered the A500 Mini from Amazon UK because I didn’t want to wait another 6 weeks in the US. I received it in 5 days and have been very happy with my purchase. My online shopping experience with Amazon UK was superb. The A500 has a few support groups on facebook which adds to its value. You will be selling a lot of these.
Great for emulation, not for retro hardware
It’s a solid well made product, slightly smaller than the old tank mouse. It’s hard to say how much difference that makes, as my hands would have been smaller when I last used the original mouse!
I hoped to use it on my old Amiga with a USB to 9 pin adaptor, but sadly it doesn’t work for that. However, connected up to a Rasperry Pi running FS-UAE, it’s perfect.
Great computer.
Great little machine, very fast load times even the whd loads are practically instant, is just a pity il doesn’t have a working keyboard, but great nonetheless.
Good retro pad. You probably need a 2m USB extension for this if you're sitting back on your sofa!
A great product for 2-player games on THE A500 Mini. Although it would be nice to have a matching beige 2nd controller this controller is more reminiscent of the Amiga CD32 joypad of old but of sturdier construction and less like a glasses case to hold! It works well and I’m very happy with the purchase other than the cable at 1.8m needs an extender (2m works well) to play from the sofa. This is especially necessary because the USB cable plugs into the back of the console so you need some extra slack so the cable isn’t bent back on itself under pressure!
One of my all time favourite computers, and you can add lots of extra games and even workbench in 10 mins.
Ok first of all looks, it arrives I na box very reminiscent of the ones the Amiga 500 arrived in, complete with Power cable (but no power adapter,) HDMi Cable, Mouse, Joypad and a very retro looking Mini A500.
Picking it up its a bit lighter than I imagined, but it remains in place on my desk.
The 25 games it is supplied with are a bit “meh”, but if you have read the reviews, watched the YouTube videos etc. You will know its so very easy to add more.
Quick tip, get an 8,16,32GB USB flash drive, format it to MS-DOS(FAT) and enable MBR not GUID.
Now go to the A500 mini support website and download the A500 Zip file, copy that to the Flash drive and unzip it (leaving a folder called A500) with the required files inside.
Now search for Amiga games in .lha format. (They’re all out there on the web and luckily they take up hardly any space). Copy them into the A500 folder (Do NOT unzip them, leave them as lha files). If you are copying a lot, then add some folders to make it east to find them when scrolling through, for example “Arcade”, “Shoot em ups” or “A-G” etc.
Once you have done that just plug the flash drive into a USB slot on the A500 and start it up, scroll through the pre-installed carousel until you find USB and click it.
All your games (in the folders if you followed my advice) are now there.
All this took 10 mins, and I now have over 600 Amiga games installed.
99% of them work perfectly, just tweak the button settings and you are good to go.
There’s even a way to get Workbench 3.0 running, its slightly harder (but not very much so, you could do it in 10 mins).
Games and apps work flawlessly (I would suggest using 50Hz as most games and software was written in UK).
Overall its a fun reminder of the Amiga days of yesteryear, you can even plug in a USB keyboard if you want.
Only downsides. 1. No internet on this, 2. It could do with one more USB port (1, Flash drive, 2 Mouse, 3 Joystick and that’s all the ports taken, I believe it works with powered USB hubs, but I haven’t tested it with one).
But it works well, and for the price is a bot of a bargain. I suspect they will already be working on a full sized one, like they did with the C64.
Its a solid 10/10 from me. Right, I am off to play Cannon Fodder 2.
Surprisingly good
Huge Amiga fan from back in the day and still to this day. I had a 500+ then and this is just awesome – I really wish the small keyboard was actually usable but on the whole the system does a great job. Yes I know you can have a PI filled with Amiga stuff (and I do) however this is just a little self contained setup and the tank mouse! what a flashback.
I have tried a few WHDLoad games also and most work great. For what I paid (just over 100) no brainer.
Works well with emulato
Works with windows amiga emulator and Ubuntu fs_ use very pleased can now play amiga games once get use to controlle
Old school gaming.
What a blast from the past. A brilliant piece of kit. Anyone of a certain age will use with fond memories. I have forgotten how hard games used to be. I downloaded extra games to a USB. Police quest, lemmings with a mouse! Lucas arts games. If you are reading this review, buy one, you will not regret it, well your wife and family may when you are spending so long reliving your past Amiga experiences.
Re-living my youth, this is great. I recall the graphics to be great back in the day, quite an eye opener to how basic it was back then.
You can sideload more games and play them via a USB drive.
Download Lha format games from lemon amiga… go Google it. Make sure you click the link for “whd packaged” for the full game otherwise you’ll only install the start up script. You’ll be able to tell by the file size. If it’s less than 10kb then it’s not the game.
You need to install the whd side loader onto the USB drive. Go to retrogrames.biz (the full address is posted by other reviewers). Download the zip file then extract it to the USB drive. Move the a500 folder (and contenrs) it off the original folder to be its own folder on the USB (otherwise the amiga won’t open it).
Then when inserted into the amiga the USB icon appears. Open that and navigate to where you saved the Lha games. Select the gave you want THEN PRESS THE HOME BUTTON TO START IT (in capitals as I missed this step for ages wondering why the games wouldn’t load).
Amiga is back baby Lol...
Is also compatible with with your own .lha Amiga collection. The firmware is still evolving so expect any hiccups to be resolved in a future firmware update all and all the best out of the box way to experience the Amiga library.
Brilliant Amiga replica!
Perfect emulation. Lovely little replica of the Amiga. I recommend an Xbox 360 wired controller, plays Sensible soccer perfectly, the supplied controller is abysmal. Plug in a USB drive and add your own games. Fantastic piece of memorabilia.
The best mini compute
This is by far the best computer mini. I’ve had the mini C64, ZX VEGA and all the mini consoles, but the Amiga A500 mini being as awkward as it is with those emulators and all its workbench Kickstarter, fiddling around getting it to work or even the buying an expensive original A1200 with a CF card.
Problem solved all your old LHR files on a flash drive work fine with a already update and I’m sure any other bus will be ironed out. A500 mini comes with a Amiga CD32 style game pad and a perfect working tank mouse for the likes of marble madness, Psygnosis Barbarian etc usb mouse can also be used on pc’s.
Awesome! And incredible value.
Great quality product and a lovely package. Adding your own games is a breeze, and there a many more settings/options compared to other mini consoles. Mouse and joypad are very good. For the price this has to be the best mini console yet.
Absolutely fantastic!
For someone who used to adore his Amiga, this really is a great retro console.
Much smaller than the original, and just as playful. A great time to sell my original Amiga and bulky box sets.
Just fantastic!
It’s as good as you’d hoped it would be
This is super brilliant. The 25 games are excellent and the others which I have downloaded are awesome too. Just what I had hoped for. If your an Amiga geek like me then don’t hesitate to get this. Five stars with mini Amiga 500s on top.
A500 Mini - fantastic return to Amiga gaming!
The A500 Mini is a fantastic device. Allows you to put all your old Amiga games on a USB so you can enjoy Sensible World of Soccer and others again as they were meant to be played. Plugs right into a modern tv and works out of the box. Adding your own games is easy. Just buy it!
Amazing product. Comes with 25 games installed you can add more with whdload using a usb stick. Couple of issues geting the stick to work at first but once you do the extra games run really well and expands on an already fun experience. You will note be disappointed with this. Hours of fu
Not bad at all!
Well made and game play is good – worth a look !
Fantastic
I love it. There’s a decent selection available. What makes this a must buy for fans of the original is that you can add games from Amiga emulator sites. If you’re not sure how to do it, there’s videos on YouTube and it’s pretty straightforward. I added Lemmings, Cannon Fodder, RoboCop and Operation Stealth to name a few. It’s been a great trip down memory lane and I have loads of games I never got to play that I’m going to play now. If you had an Amiga or an Atari ST, it’s well worth it, I’m having a great time.
Overall Excellent Product!
I had already converted an original Commodore Tank mouse to optical USB using the original button switches off the old Commodore board as nothing like this product existed at the time, and snapped up one of these mice as soon as I saw it!
Size wise The Mouse is only a little bit smaller than the Commodore one and fits nicely into your hand. The build quality is pretty good and the microswitches ( i suspect..) that are use for the buttons are nice and accurate. Overall a good buy and worth getting if you are looking to complement the many C64/Amiga cases that are available.
AVISO: este tema me entusiasma, as que esta resea ser un tochazo. El TL;DR es que se trata de una buena compra y todas las caractersticas anunciadas funcionan bien, adems de que puedes cargar tus propios programas y utilizar mandos, teclados y ratones de terceros.
Llamada THEA500 Mini para sortear el espinoso tema de los derechos de Commodore y de AmigaOS, esta mini consola es una recreacin del legendario ordenador de 16 bits Commodore Amiga A500, el modelo ms vendido de toda la serie de ordenadores Amiga. Tras este producto se encuentran Retro Games, responsables tambin de THEC64 , THEC64 Mini y THEVIC20 ; y Cloanto, actuales propietarios de la propiedad intelectual de Commodore Amiga hasta 1993 y autores de la suite de emulacin Amiga Forever, por lo que el producto est respaldado por gente que sabe lo que hace.
El hardware interno de la consola es el esperado en estas mini: un modesto procesador AllWinner H6 con 512 MB de RAM, para un rendimiento similar al de una Raspberry Pi 3B+, suficiente para emular todos los ttulos del catlogo original de Amiga y sus variantes. La carcasa reproduce con mucha calidad la original, aunque por supuesto el teclado y la disquetera. Dispone de 3 puertos USB para conectar dispositivos, incluyendo memorias USB y hubs (recomendable), HDMI y un puerto USB-C de alimentacin. Soporta teclados, ratones y mandos de terceros — se pueden reasignar los controles sin dificultad dentro de la interfaz. Requiere un adaptador de corriente USB de 5 V y 1 A, que no est incluido. Tiene pequeos toques que denotan verdadero afecto por la mquina original, como que en la placa base haya grabado un nombre clave tomado de una cancin de los The B-52’s, como los Amiga originales (esta es Cosmic Thing) o que los LED imiten el funcionamiento original. Complementan los accesorios un ratn USB tipo tanque con sensor ptico y un pad al estilo de los de CD32, muy logrados ambos, ms el cable USB-C a USB de alimentacin y un HDMI; todo ello en el adecuado color beige noventero. Solo incluye gua rpida, pero el manual completo (de muy recomendada lectura) est en la web, eso s, en ingls. Tambin tienes disponibles los manuales de cada juego. La traduccin al espaol de la interfaz es nefasta, seguramente hecha automtica sin revisar.
La seleccin de juegos incluida me parece posiblemente la mejor incluida en cualquiera de las consolas mini que han salido al mercado y creo que bastante representativa de lo que era jugar en un Amiga. Al estar enfocada nicamente a videojuegos, se ha omitido el resto del espectacular –pero muy obsoleto– catlogo de software de Amiga. Las versiones incluidas son, en su mayora, las mejoradas para el chipset AGA, aunque no es el original del A500, que es un ordenador OCS. Hay mucha presencia de juegos de Team17, de The Bitmap Brothers y de Electronic Arts, echndose de menos a MicroProse, Psygnosis y a Sensible Software, que escribieron algunos de los mejores juegos de la plataforma. Se nota que donde hay problema de licencias se ha escogido un ttulo alternativo, como ATR por Micro Machines, Arcade Pool en lugar de Jimmy White’s Snooker o Qwak en vez de Bubble Bobble. Prcticamente todos los ttulos son entretenidos, destacando Another World, Battle Chess, Speedball 2 y Worms. La presentacin de la interfaz del emulador (Amiberry) es lo ms sencilla posible, con un carrusel que muestra los juegos preinstalados y no hay un retraso de entrada apreciable, ni afortunadamente juegos mal emulados, que ya ha pasado en otras minis. Se pueden ajustar las opciones de pantalla y reescalado como en todas las dems consolas Mini y los puertos en los que est conectado el ratn y el mando para configurar los juegos. Con el botn Menu del mando se lanza un teclado virtual, til para introducir nombres o trucos y el botn Home regresa a la interfaz principal: lo pulsars accidentalmente unas cuantas veces hasta que asumas que no es un botn Start
Lo bueno de esta mquina es que tienes la ventaja de que, si no te gusta el catlogo, lo puedes ampliar. El software del THEA500 permite cargar prcticamente cualquier ttulo, de cualquier generacin de Amiga, a travs de una memoria USB siempre que est en formato compatible con WHDLoad en forma de ficheros LHA. Hay que darle formato a la memoria USB en FAT32 y descargar un fichero de la web oficial, que tambin proporciona un juego extra, la versin mejorada del FPS Citadel de Virtual Design. Aqu es donde puedes necesitar trastear con las opciones del emulador, lo que requiere activar el modo experto en la configuracin. En muchos programas es necesario ajustar el modo del Blitter (coprocesador grfico del Amiga), activar o desactivar el JIT de la CPU (la CPU parece emular la del Amiga 1200) y activar o desactivar Copper. Si te dedicas a cargar tus propios programas, es muy recomendable un teclado: la mayora de juegos de Amiga necesitan uno aunque luego soporten joysticks o gamepads. Puedes conectar un hub y tener ah teclados y ratones. Para opciones avanzadas de emulacin, cada programa que cargues genera un fichero .UAE de texto con opciones de configuracin que puedes editar desde un ordenador. Si necesitas versiones adicionales de Kickstart, puedes aadirlas en el fichero boot-data.zip del USB, aunque lo ms inmediato es cargar juegos de CD32, que no requieren configuracin para el gamepad. Y en cuanto a mandos, los de Xbox 360 y PS4 funcionan correctamente por cable, con la asignacin de botones en el mismo lugar que el incluido.
Retro Games ha tenido buen inicio con el soporte de este aparatito: das despus del lanzamiento, actualizaron la base de datos WHDLoad incluida inicialmente a una versin ms moderna, junto con el binario del programa, y prometen soporte para imgenes de disco ADF en un futuro. Por s mismo, este Amiga semioficial merece la pena lo suficiente como para recomendar su compra a los entusiastas, pero Retro Games ha ido un paso ms all y, al permitir cargar programas propios, es toda una recomendacin para descubrir o rememorar la plataforma Amiga, con mando y ratn, o el clon del Competition que tambin venden. Por supuesto, hay ms formas (legales) de emular un Amiga, pero esta ofrece una experiencia muy sencilla.
Old memories
I ordered one of these due to the keyboard can be used and was more in line with the original Commodore 64 that I owned whilst at school. Really pleased that I managed to purchase one of these units and am not disappointed.
Premetto di essere un appassionato del mondo videoludico da lungo tempo e di aver fruito di sistemi come quello riproposto in versione rivisitata al momento dell’uscita, nei gloriosi anni i 80 e 90.
Con grande interesse ho seguito gli sviluppi e l’uscita di questa controparte “mini” della mitica Amiga 500.
Finalmente dopo un paio di rinvii, ecco arrivare il pacco, consegnatomi dal servizio Amazon.
Dopo aver aperto la confezione, sono rimasto un p deluso dal packaging, abbastanza scarno e povero nella presentazione e nei contenuti. Quelle che a mio avviso, almeno a giudicare dalle foto, sarebbero dovute essere le misure della console, sono state disattese da quelle di un prodotto veramente molto contenuto come dimensioni, ma assalito dal desiderio di metterlo in funzione, soprassiedo e procedo ad aprire le varie sub scatole presenti all’interno della confezione, che sembra essere una copia di quella del Commodore 64 mini, lievemente rivisitata.
La tastiera finta… si avete capito bene, i tasti come tutto il resto, sono un solo pezzo di plastica, che non consente alcuna funzionalit o interazione, se non il fatto di avere 3 porte usb nella parte posteriore, dove inserire mouse, joypad ed eventuale pendrive per implementare il limitato e non eccellente parco titoli compreso di default nella console. Ottima l’idea di rendere il led sopra la scocca, simile all’originale, che si accendeva e spengeva in funzione dei caricamenti. Offerte alcune possibilit di configurazione delle immagini a video, che non fanno gridare al miracolo, ma sono comunque un simpatico extra mirato al custom.
Il pad di discreta fattura e come ampiamente pubblicizzato pu facilmente essere sostituito da quelli delle pi moderne console, anche se questa opzione spegne un p l’hype ed il sendo del nostro acquisto.
Incluso anche un cavo hdmi ed un power cord, assente come di sovente accade con prodotti analoghi il charger, ma sicuramente ne avrete millemila dentro casa, o addirittura potreste collegarlo ad una porta usb della vostra tv. una volta acceso il dispositivo, configurarlo secondo i nostri gusti cosa facile ed intuitiva, non che le opzioni siano poi cos tante, ma accontentiamoci ancora una volta.
Come anticipato i titoli inclusi di default nel sistema non sono il massimo, anche se questo ovviamente lasciato ai nostri gusti personali. Per fortuna formattando una pendrive in fat 32 ed inserendo all’interno 2 cartelle, una riservata al software per il caricamento dei giochi extra da dispositivo usb ed una per inserire gli stessi all’interno, si pu fruire di tutto il parco titoli della mitica Amiga 500. I file devono essere in un formato particolare, infatti non verranno (stranamente) riconosciuti i file .adf. Dopo qualche tentativo , finalmente si ha un dispositivo con cui perdersi in tanti ricordi e rivivere quel sapore retro, riscoprendo come solo 2 tasti sul controller possono ancora donare molta soddisfazione ed appagamento.
Di sicuro vari aspetti faranno storcere il naso, piccoli accorgimenti avrebbero reso il prodotto molto pi interessante, ma le spietate regole di mercato che impongono una spesa minima a fronte di un ampio margine di rientro, hanno tarpato le ali a quella che sarebbe potuta essere una console meravigliosa. Mi auguro che come accaduto con le controparti precedenti, venga considerata l’idea di rilasciare sul mercato una console con dimensioni maggiori e con una tastiera degna di questo nome. In fine, nonostante quelli che potrebbero essere tutti i punti a sfavore del dispositivo, sono soddisfatto della mia scelta e ne consiglio l’acquisto, anche perch ho il forte sospetto che a breve oltre ad essere non pi reperibile, il costo salir di molto.
Spero questa mia descrizione possa essere utile a coloro che si trovano in dubbio sul probabile acquisto.
Perfect product but...
It what you would expect from the product. Perfect! But the shipping gave me some extras… This is not what to expect when you’re buying a collector’s item. The same thing happened with the C64 Mini.
Commodore c64 is back to future
If you are a c64 fan, this is a great device to relive your childhood or teenage years with computer games. The games play great, and the BASIC is still fun to practice. However, if you ware a serious BASIC programmer and you wrote lots of programs and saved them to tapes or floppy discs and managed somehow to transfer them to usb stick, you won’t be able to load them to this device, because this version of c64 can only read a single file it creates on the usb stick, and it cannot read any other files. I wish they would fix this drawback in the next firmware updates.
I can’t even tell you why, but this little reproduction retro computer is an absolute blast! My item was packaged with all the care a collector could hope for. Plastic corner protectors, no extra labels and plastic bagged inside the outer box. Shipping time was also rather quick, considering the long trip it made from the UK to the USA. I’m very happy. I may even buy more in the future.
Old skool
Thank you fast shipping verry happy here with the vic20 back to the 80’s
Dad would give 64 stars if he could
Love the product. Bought it as a gift for my dad & he loved it. So much nostalgia. Works really well. Package contains an adapter for connecting to the TV screen which I was pleased with as I did not expect this to be included. 10/10 from us. Dad would give 64 stars if he could! 🙂
64 Maxi
Takes you back to the 80s, now with all mod cons you can do so much more. Super fast delivery as always.
Better than the Commodore 64 you remembe
I held off for nearly two years buying this, partly because I wasn’t sure how much I’d use it, and partly because it seemed expensive. Took the plunge at the start if 2021. The quality is superb, looks amazing, great quality keys and case, and works great. Easy to add extra games via USB stick, easy to load them, all the games I have tried have worked, easy to progam in BASIC like you did back in the day, if you did. Easy to connect to a modern TV or monitor via HDMI and a better picture than you ever got on an original C64. No worries about ancient hardware or aging power supplies that can blow stuff up. Microswitched joystick is great, and I bought a second one for 2 player games. If you were a fan of the original C64 and want to enjoy that experience again, this is for you.
solid joystick
picked this up for my nephews to play so retro games with, while they don’t like it, its still a good joystick the movement is clunky but solid, button placement is awefull but true to the original desig
It’s a replica of the Commodore 64, what’s not too like. For me this is as close as I’ll get to having the original bread bin Commodore 64. I’m not into exact size and colour obsession but from what I remember Retro Games have it spot on it feels the part and takes me back to 1985, but without the long loading times. Yes it’s pre-loaded with some fantastic games but been able to load your own games is total retrogasim. Not had any problems with the joystick but I don’t hammer it on Decathlon. The packaging and box art for me is another win. Delivered well protect without damage to the products box.