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[eBay Plus] The A500 Mini - $169 Delivered @ Big W eBay | $179 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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[eBay Plus] The A500 Mini - $169 Delivered @ Big W eBay | $179 Delivered @ Amazon AU
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visural on 31/05/2022 - 18:40 ebay.com.au (4635 clicks)
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A500 Mini has recieved a price drop to $179 at Big W and Amazon. Combine with eBay Plus promo for $169 delivered today only.

Also available at Amazon for $179 delivered.

https://www.amazon.com.au/The-A500-Mini-Electronic-Games/dp/…

More on the A500 here - https://retrogames.biz/products/thea500-mini/

A compact reimagining of the Amiga 500 home computer, featuring perfect emulation of not only the original A500 but also the Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) of the A1200. Play one of the included 25 classic Amiga games, selected from a simple to use carousel, including all-time greats like Alien Breed, Another World, Chaos Engine, Simon the Sorcerer and Worms. Or play the games you own from USB stick.

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  • Fancydancer on 31/05/2022 - 18:43
    +7

    What, no Defender of the crown included in the games :(

    • scuderiarmani on 31/05/2022 - 18:53

      You realise you can add any without hassle?

    • 9674784 on 31/05/2022 - 19:20
      +6

      Geoffrey Longsword and raiding ftw!!!!

    • DGrayson82 on 31/05/2022 - 19:36
      +4

      Wow, Defender of the Crown, that brings back memories. My favourite Amiga games were probably Flashback and Another World.

      Oh and Monkey Island of course

    • gizmomelb on 31/05/2022 - 20:17
      +1

      easy to add your own games - https://gamesnostalgia.com/whdownload/d

    • whichwhatwho on 31/05/2022 - 20:42
      +1

      I can still hum the title screen music, despite having not touched since owning an original Amiga. Classic.

    • grjohnson on 01/06/2022 - 18:11

      My very, very first game.

  • cook99 on 31/05/2022 - 18:49
    +2

    Chaos Engine is awesome!
    Well the SNES version is at least

    • SupeNintendoChalmers on 31/05/2022 - 22:20

      awesome game. Hard as nails though

      • cook99 on 31/05/2022 - 22:43

        Yup, my thumbs are ready to bleed at the final boss every time. Scientist with heal is the secret

  • CarpeDiem295 on 31/05/2022 - 18:51
    -2

    Is there commodore64 mini

  • [Deactivated] on 31/05/2022 - 18:56
    +1

    R Type and Tower toppler

  • even-chips on 31/05/2022 - 19:29
    +8

    Note that the keyboard is non-functional.

    • idonotknowwhy on 31/05/2022 - 19:32
      +2

      Thanks, came here for this.
      I'll stick with the MiSTer FPGA Amiga core.

      • even-chips on 31/05/2022 - 19:36
        +1

        I need to look into that, I've been using PiMiga which runs pretty well, or at least Turrican II does.

      • TightLikeThisx on 31/05/2022 - 21:01

        This is the way. So many system supported on MiSTer.

    • Ezuku on 31/05/2022 - 19:34
      +4

      Well that's kinda dumb. Completely lost interest in it. At this price would have expected the keyboard would be functional.

      • even-chips on 31/05/2022 - 19:37

        I think I read somewhere that there might be future plans for a functional one.

    • gizmomelb on 31/05/2022 - 20:18

      plug in a usb keyboard, I use a wireless MK295 mouse and keyboard combo. keyboard not generally needed for most games.

  • pinkybrain on 31/05/2022 - 19:31
    +6

    why do people bother buying/paying so much for this when you can just play it on an emulator ?

    All of the games on this device is probably running in an emulator anyway.

    • idonotknowwhy on 31/05/2022 - 19:33

      I bought a PS Classic for the USB controllers. They're great, like SNES controllers but more ergonomic. Only 3ms of input lag too.
      Ended up selling the console with no controllers.

      • pinkybrain on 31/05/2022 - 19:46

        the problem with these consoles is the games library is very limited to some selected x number of games which have some hit and misses in the selection.
        Even if the PS Classic it was criticised for the weak games library.

        on emulator I can get the entire library of that system…

        In regards to the PS Classic controller
        did you keep it for playing playstation emulator on your PC?

        And why not just plug in a ps3, ps4 controller into the PC etc… if you don't want input lag on the PC?

        • scuderiarmani on 31/05/2022 - 20:03

          And you can add games easily, this one without modifying. So it's not a problem.

          Also, some actually like nostalgia and putting money towards things they enjoy. Obviously you don't.

        • AndyC1 on 31/05/2022 - 20:20

          PS classic has the ability to have 1000's and 1000's of games. Google bleemsync and check out the emulators and roms that it supports.

          The PS classic with updated emulation runs allot better than stock and with bleemsync you do not have to re flash the PS console if you do not need wifi and some other features that I have never used.

          • adamshere on 31/05/2022 - 21:14

            @AndyC1: It's Project Eris now. It has taken over bleemsync

            • AndyC1 on 01/06/2022 - 08:06

              @adamshere: No, they are two different projects. Eris requires you to flash the PSC.

        • idonotknowwhy on 31/05/2022 - 21:35

          In regards to the PS Classic controller
          did you keep it for playing playstation emulator on your PC?

          I use it for the Playstation 1 FPGA core on the MiSTer.
          https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/PSX_MiSTer
          And 2D games like SNES, NeoGeo.

          PS4 controllers have 30ms lag (2 frames at 60fps). I use these when I need analogue sticks though (eg. ape escape)
          PS3 are worse.

          Prior to the MiSTer, I played PS1 on my PS2 most of the time with original hardware, used the PS Classic controller for SNES on PC.

    • scuderiarmani on 31/05/2022 - 20:02
      +2

      The Amiga isn't as easy for people new to emulation.

  • Pete Gabitas on 31/05/2022 - 19:33
    +1

    Nightbreed here I come.

  • raydebug on 31/05/2022 - 19:36

    Can it work just as a mechanical keyboard?

    • WhyAmICommenting on 31/05/2022 - 19:52

      Would be a cool feature, but I highly doubt it.

    • Rage Roze on 31/05/2022 - 19:54
      +6

      Sadly the keyboard does not do anything, just cosmetic

  • AirJordan023 on 31/05/2022 - 19:39
    +1

    I want to buy this just to hear the "booooo" sound effect on the ET Rugby League game…

  • Hawky jnr1 on 31/05/2022 - 19:55

    What about International Karate +?!

  • Rage Roze on 31/05/2022 - 20:01

    Mainly want it for slideloading Amiga CD32 games like payback & kang fu. How's the experience with those kind of games? I read CD soundtrack support on mini is a bit iffy iirc

    • gizmomelb on 31/05/2022 - 20:21
      +1

      for 'better' CD32 support - install PCUAAE scripts before hand - allows booting straight into Workbench hard drive images, retro-arch emulation and other features (install under original firmware 1.0.0 - v1.1.1 removes the ability to use the 'host-run' command which allows a lot of sideloading programs.

      https://github.com/CommodoreOS/PCUAAE/releases/tag/PCUAAEv1.…

  • onetwothreefour on 31/05/2022 - 20:05
    +1

    Sensible Soccer, Championship Manager, Theme Park, Desert Strike, Monkey Island among others were my favourites.

  • moggyx on 31/05/2022 - 20:07
    +1

    Do you get guru meditation errors with this? If not, no deal!

    • gizmomelb on 31/05/2022 - 20:21
      +1

      if the program crashes like it did on the amiga, it'll guru on this as well.

  • Twisty on 31/05/2022 - 20:27

    I want this but I think I’ll have to wait for a better price

  • Maltopia on 31/05/2022 - 20:31
    +4

    Elite, Paradroid, Gianna Sisters, Oil Imperium, Ports of Call, Test Run

    • Illyria on 31/05/2022 - 20:50
      +1

      Don't you mean Test Drive? Damn I loved that game, I'm a car middle aged car head due to that game.

    • datafellows on 31/05/2022 - 21:04
      +2

      All the games you mentioned plus: Xenon, Empire The Wargame of the Century, Virus, Silent Service, Hostages, Marble Madness, The New Zealand Story, Nebulus, Populous, F18, Pinball Fantasies, Bubble Bobble, B17.

      Xenon was the first game I played on my Amiga, friend brought the disk and took it with him when he left so I left the computer on for the whole day so I could play the game later LOL

      • ghoulie1 on 31/05/2022 - 22:06
        +1

        Xenon. That Bomb The Bass soundtrack was epic too.

  • ausmisc on 31/05/2022 - 21:19
    +1

    Think my fondest A500 memories were of the gold box series DND, Buck Rogers etc. Oh and might and magic 3 had to upgrade to an external floppy drive to play it grr.

  • Bluto Mindpretzel on 31/05/2022 - 21:51
    +1

    So tempting, but I already have an a1200 and a MiSTer FPGA setup.

  • Franc-T on 31/05/2022 - 22:37

    I have one of these, its not as brilliant as the thec64 but nice to have. Its good in the context it doesnt use up much space on the desk and you can download packs of all games/virtual hard drive. Im not a fan of the gamepad and the fightstick (last I checked, there was a recent update) I bought doesnt work with it…..i didnt know usb stick compatability was a thing when I bought the fightstick.

    I dont regret buying it but will buy a full size if that becomes available. Yes you can use Mister or rpi emuluation but this is a turnkey.

  • ShipShapeRC on 31/05/2022 - 22:47
    +1

    Was thinking of updating to this but I will keep my original 1980's A500 with doubled ram, a sidemount spin HDD, original monitor, external drives and many hundreds of floppy disks. I even have a genlock for green screen special effects. Makes for great retro game nights with mates. Wife wants me to sell it though, I keep avoiding the question. Anyone know what originals go for?

    • bobby dazzler on 01/06/2022 - 08:18

      check ebay but that kind of set up would go for $500+ (probably more), if you have original big box games that will add to it. If you ever decide to sell let me know as been after a HDD for ages for my set up.

  • blitz on 31/05/2022 - 23:36
    +1

    Marble Madness, Stunt Car Racer, Phantasie III, It Came From the Desert, Xenon 2, Silkworm, Midwinter, F/A-18 Interceptor, Rick Dangerous and Wings were my favourites.

  • CVonC on 31/05/2022 - 23:48
    +1

    SWIV, Battle Squadron & Super Cars II ftw!

    Here is a java implementation of Super Cars I & II called Supercm Cars III

  • bailbondsh on 01/06/2022 - 13:12
    +1

    Never had any of these niche machines, collecting the mini versions is cool and take up less space

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