The Amiga Mini

Nope, not unless they eventually knock them out in brand max or whatever it's called for silly money like they did the c64 mini.

If anyones interested smyths have them up with free shipping The A500 Mini Retro Console | Smyths Toys Ireland

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Nah, I'm all mini'd out nowadays. It's just yet another crap arm chip in a shell that makes nostalgia milkshake. If you want an Amiga, buy an Amiga. Other options being Fpga and software emulation of Amiga, both are damn near perfect regardless.

Any half decent PC from the last 10 years would prob do a better job. The Pi 400 though would make a nice little project Amiga.

my Pi 400 arrived yesterday and I stuck on Pimiga which comes with 4.5k games and loads of other Amiga stuff like demos, music, videos and emulators

can't believe this is the original 36 year old OS even if it is heavily tweaked it looks so modern compared to my original 1200 which I modded during the summer

No idea Cidey, I find conflicting info online about the pi400 being good and not so good for Amiga. If you wanted to do it properly, look into the Mister unit.

Just having a closer look at this at the moment, am I right in thinking this has no Commodore or Amiga branding on it at all? It's named the A500 Mini, but the word Amiga isn't anywhere to be seen on it. What's that about?

I just followed this video but be sure to read the instructions when you download the Pimiga file as there are certain you have to do otherwise it won't work such as renaming your legally acquired A1200 rom 👀

I think the pi400 would be a much better buy if you don't mind the set up (I actually think that's often the best bit). The pi isn't just tied to being an Amiga further down the line either. The little case of the little Amiga is quite nice, but I'd sooner have a comfortable mouse and better controller.

I ended up doing the same. It'll live on a shelf for its whole life, but it'll be nice to own it. I'd prefer it to a Pi, because a Pi is always going to be a hobbyists product, at least this comes as a professional looking replica.

I had an A600 back in the day, I got it quite late in the last days of Commodore, I remember it was just before World Cup 94' started we picked it up in Virgin Mega Stores. I know this A500 is just a system on a chip but it feels like I am buying a new Commodore Amiga all over again so I can't miss out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloanto.amigaforever.essentials Legal and cheap

Reviews seem to suggest it's as expected, very much like the previous Mini's we've seen, they do what they say on the tin.

yeah I did a Pi400 build instead of this but will most likely pick one up when they go on sale down the line

What are folks top Amiga games by the way? I'm only really familiar mostly with the ones that had Megadrive ports (Bitmap Bros games, Another World, Desert Strike, Dune 2 and the likes etc)

I see there are a rake of point and clicks that I mostly associate with DOS PC gaming (Monkey Island, Beneath a Steel Sky)

Can anyone tell me where the best place is to get this ordered for delivery to an address in Ireland? I'm UK based and want to get one as a present for someone over there. Thanks in advance.

I never owned an Amiga back in the day, they were literal unobtanium and the stuff of dreams. For that reason, I've always held a certain mystique for anything Amiga related. Last year I bought all the Amiga's I want (need to refurb them), so I think I'm obliged by law to buy one of these.

I only ever had a Spectrum +2 and I remember the first time I saw an Amiga...

A friend's older brother had an A500 rigged up to a Hifi, and he put on Starglider... I refused to believe that the sampled title tune was coming from the computer.

Witchcraft.