// News // 11th Aug 2021 — 3 years ago // By Andrew Duncan

THEA500 Mini is the Latest Classic to Return

Coming from the makers of the C64 Mini, Retro Games Ltd, the Amiga is making a return with THEA500 Mini.

Designed to look like the 16-bit computer, the Amiga 500 originally released in 1987, it's a fraction of the size meaning that the keyboard is merely cosmetic. To get a feeling for exactly how big it is, Retro Games Ltd released an image of it alongside the two-button mouse and four-button controller that come bundled with the device.

THEA500 Mini 3D all

The device has three USB ports, an HDMI port, and a USB-C port. Of course, this means you can use the spare USB port to add a keyboard, or a USB stick to add your own games.

In this mini version of THEA500®, we have created what we believe gaming fans will love, and will see as the evolution of mini games consoles.

-Paul Andrews, Managing Director, Retro Games

THEA500 will come bundled with 25 games, and they have announced 12 of them:

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

There are also save states, filters and more, filling out the features.

THEA500 is coming out in 2022, and will cost £119.99 / €129.99 / $139.99 / $199.99AU.

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COMMENTS

Jeff Vaughn - 06:07pm, 16th August 2021

Back in the day, the Amiga 500 was my favorite machine. Apple had 16 colors (with the exception of the ][GS, which i want to say was a clone of the Amiga in many ways), PCs had 16 and were heading for more but the 500 was already out there and breaking barriers really fast. I used to love all those pirate intros, they were some of the best part of gaming. Everybody had friends who swapped, we all know it :) But the Amiga was the first computer to feel like you had a mini-arcade in your own room. I'll probably get one but wait until the price drops a little as i don't (yet) know how many games it will run.