Update: The Thea500 Mini can be pre-ordered. At Amazon, 129.99 euros are due.
To pre-order: Thea500 Mini at Amazon
Message from 10th August 2021: Koch Media has announced a new retro hardware called Thea500 Mini, which takes the Amiga 500 from Commodore published in 1987. You do not get a fully functional calculator. However, the new game device has 25 pre-installed games that should put you in the time to do that. After the start of the Thea500 Mini you can choose from a menu carousel.
In addition, you can load your own games via USB stick and with full of whdload support and a number of options on the hardware. Further feature equipment is the ability to save and resume a game at any time.
These games are included (12 of 25 announced):
- 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
- Worms: The Director's Cut
- Zool: Ninja of the 'NTH Dimension
Other games are called at a later time by name.
The Retro Games Ltd. Developed and Cook Media Displayed Thea500 Mini offers the perfect emulation not only of the original A500 (OCS) and the Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) of future versions, but also the Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) of the A1200, says Koch Media in the * Today's press release *.
The Thea500 Mini's scope of delivery includes a 2-button mouse in the original design and a newly developed 8-key gamepad. To supplement the on-screen keyboard, the owners of the hardware can connect an external standard PC keyboard.
Also the price of the Thea500 Mini was called. The device should be launched at the beginning of 2022 at a recommended retail price of 129.99 euros. If you play with the real Amiga 500 incl. Workbench, Kickstart and Co - called: On eBay are quite similar prices for this purpose.
Which games have you gauged 30 years ago on the Amiga 500?
Further news about Thea500 Mini.
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