For those of us who are old enough to remember these the first time around, as well as those into old school gaming, Retro Games Ltd has announced The A500 Mini is now in full production. The fully licensed re-imagining of the beloved Commodore Amiga A500 is scheduled for release in the United States on April 30th, 2022.
Over the past few months, the list of included games has been gradually announced, cumulating in today’s final game announcement: the seminal Stunt Car Racer from industry legend Geoff Crammond. This groundbreaking game received high praise from the press during its launch in 1989, including a 93% in Amiga Format magazine and 92% in CU Amiga-64. Other recently announced games include Arcade Pool and Project-X Special Edition ’93 from Team 17, F-16 Combat Pilot from Digital Integration, and Super Cars II from Gremlin. Check out the full list below. In addition to the included games, if you own other original Amiga games these can be played via USB stick with users able to tweak setup, controller options, and display settings.
The full list of games is as follows:
- Alien Breed 3D
- Alien Breed: Special Edition ’92
- Another World
- Arcade Pool
ATR: All Terrain Racing - Battle Chess
- Cadaver
- California Games
- The Chaos Engine
- Dragons Breath
- F-16 Combat Pilot
- Kick Off 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
Included in the box with The A500 Mini are a 6-foot wired USB “classic” mouse (which many Amiga owners at the time loved to hate!), a 6-foot wired precision 8-button gamepad, a USB-A to USB-C power cable (PSU not included), and an HDMI cable (both 6-feet in length) allowing for full compatibility with all modern TVs. Other features include a save game function, selectable 50Hz or 60Hz screen refresh rates, a CRT filter, and multiple scaling options.
Developed by Retro Games Ltd. and distributed by Koch Media, The A500 Mini is an Amazon exclusive in the United States and can be viewed and pre-ordered here.
