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The Amiga 500 mini announced
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Castef
Banned
I'd add:
- Disposable Hero
- Ruff'n Tumble
- Fighting Spirits
- Banshee (AGA Only)
- Xtreme Racing (AGA Only)
- Mr Nutz (the Amiga exclusive version)
Castef
Banned
It worked decently with the first patch, yet you had to shrink the window.
Impotaku
Member
I'm looking forward to playing Lucasarts Nightshift, it's literally my most favourite game on the Amiga. Back in the day it was released on all the systems but i found the Amiga version to be the best one pretty much played all the releases just to see how things changed. I loved all the manuals and stuff you got in the box that explained how the machine parts worked, i sourced a original boxed copy off ebay of the PC release many years ago to get all the manuals and codewheel as well as the bigbox with the original fantastic art so i could play the uncracked version of the amiga version via emulation. For the moment i use winuae but once i get my mini i will be using that to play all the amiga stuff i love, just hoping it has some decent scanline options as i got it looking pretty nice via emulation.
Castef
Banned
What a weird and smart game!
It somehow went under the radar (even if some magazines like "The Games Machine" featured it on the cover).
I never understood why it reminded me of Comic Bakery (even though the two games are quite different).
From my side another nice exclusive I'd play is Bill Tomato Game, very similar to The Incredible Machine and with excellent level design (yet, I'd need a mouse here)
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rnlval
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OldBoyGamer
Banned
And that’s the best combo. I’ve used a pi too. It’s fine until you come up against an adventure or RTs. I also use my switch and that’s bloody awesome. But again. Only for arcade games.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
You can put Amiga games on a Switch???
Bullet Club
Member
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
This wait, is the worst.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Soon be here.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
31st of march 2022. At least for europe If I'm correct.
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RAIDEN1
Member
Can't see there being a shortage of these unlike the PS5 and Xbox series x! There will be plenty to go round...
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
I hope my pre order holds out. This really will be rocking horse turd to get oneCan't see there being a shortage of these unlike the PS5 and Xbox series x! There will be plenty to go round...
Bullet Club
Member
Agent X
Member
It's nice to see an official video for the North American release of this system!
The official site now has the complete list of the 25 games that will be built into the system:
The video announcing the North American release of TheA500 Mini shows all 25 of these games, so it appears that the games will be identical for both Europe and North America (unlike TheC64 and TheC64 Mini, where there were a few different games for each region).
It seems like a good batch of games covering a wide range of genres. There are many other games that I would have liked to see, but this is probably about as good as they could do with licenses that are reasonably obtainable and affordable. Fortunately, like TheC64 and TheC64 Mini, you can load your own games through the use of a USB flash drive.
The official site now has the complete list of the 25 games that will be built into the system:
- Alien Breed 3D
- Alien Breed: Special Edition 92
- Another World
- Arcade Pool
- ATR: All Terrain Racing
- Battle Chess
- Cadaver
- California Games
- Dragon’s Breath
- F-16 Combat Pilot
- Kick Off 2
- Paradroid 90
- Pinball Dreams
- Project-X: Special Edition 93
- Qwak
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
- Stunt Car Racer
- Super Cars II
- The Chaos Engine
- The Lost Patrol
- The Sentinel
- Titus the Fox
- Worms: The Director’s Cut
- Zool: Ninja Of The "Nth" Dimension
The video announcing the North American release of TheA500 Mini shows all 25 of these games, so it appears that the games will be identical for both Europe and North America (unlike TheC64 and TheC64 Mini, where there were a few different games for each region).
It seems like a good batch of games covering a wide range of genres. There are many other games that I would have liked to see, but this is probably about as good as they could do with licenses that are reasonably obtainable and affordable. Fortunately, like TheC64 and TheC64 Mini, you can load your own games through the use of a USB flash drive.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Marvel14
Banned
But £300 for an updated Switch screen is pure value for money
apples kick oranges' ass?
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
I know what i'd rather have
Marvel14
Banned
As a straight up preference i don't. Juicy things and crunchy things both have their time and place and which I prefer varies depending on time place weather etc...I know what i'd rather have
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Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Good to know.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Will be interesting to see how we play F16 Combat Pilot. I know you can plug a USB keyboard in but as the mini is only the size of a dvd case its going to look massive next to it!!
JohnSpartanLee
Member
You can easily add any Amiga game to the A500 Mini, including Dungeon Master.
Agent X
Member
There was an updated version called "Speedball 2 Evolution" that was available on PlayStation Minis for PSP and PS3. Here are a couple of reviews.
Speedball 2 Evolution Review—Futuristic Football | PSP Minis
Far too many times, games get announced, then nothing ever appears, like Mecho Wars or Virtual City PSP. But sometimes, they actually do finally come out!
web.archive.org
Review: Speedball 2 Evolution (PlayStation Minis)
Speedball 2 Evolution offers an alternative to the increasingly realistic sporting experiences available elsewhere on the various PlayStation platforms, delivering a futuristic competitive game with a complimentary throw-back core
www.pushsquare.com
Keep in mind that this game is single-player only.
RAIDEN1
Member
Yeah not quite the same as having the original...if done right a remake would be awesome..There was an updated version called "Speedball 2 Evolution" that was available on PlayStation Minis for PSP and PS3. Here are a couple of reviews.
Speedball 2 Evolution Review—Futuristic Football | PSP Minis
Far too many times, games get announced, then nothing ever appears, like Mecho Wars or Virtual City PSP. But sometimes, they actually do finally come out!web.archive.org
Review: Speedball 2 Evolution (PlayStation Minis)
Speedball 2 Evolution offers an alternative to the increasingly realistic sporting experiences available elsewhere on the various PlayStation platforms, delivering a futuristic competitive game with a complimentary throw-back core
Keep in mind that this game is single-player only.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Am wondering if people look at Speedball 2 with rose tinted glasses on. If you win both leagues the game just abruptly ends, it’s gets to the point where you just have a bunch of star players with whom you can just keep pressing up and fire at the same time to clatter into the opponents and the result is every few seconds the two medical droids will come on and cart an injured player off. And you can keep on doing this while winning games about 150-0.
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Rocco Schiavone
Member
Amazon delayed my order. Now they are shipping in april.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Young teenager me did not know this back in launch year of 1990. I think if you went back to a lot of older game exploits are to be found everywhere.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Have they only just emailed you this? They told me back in January of revised date. UK for me if it makes any difference.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Haha. This was also me in 1990. Didnt think it was an exploit thought I’d become shit hot at the game!!
RAIDEN1
Member
This is news to me that by winning both leagues then that is it, imagine if they made Speedball Manager as the sequel, so you get to be a player coach or just a coach....
Rocco Schiavone
Member
They told me that the official releasedate has been delayed.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Classic mate.
Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Actually must apologise, I too have had another email from Amazon telling me it’s delayed so this must but the second delay.
Bullet Club
Member
My EB order has been pushed back about a week or so.
Estimated Release: Fri, 08 Apr 2022
Estimated Release: Fri, 08 Apr 2022
Bullet Club
Member
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Not going to lie, a bit gutted by this news but at least it's only a few weeks.
nkarafo
Member
25 games? Out of the whole Amiga library?
I mean that's another system that begs to be hacked with a decent set of games and emulators yet again. Just like every other mini console.
How can a modern representative of the Amiga not have any Turrican games? Or Superfrog? Or Cannon Fodder, Jim Power, D-Generation, Agony, Defender of the Crown, the Lotus series, Body Blows or any of the Shadow of the Beast games?
20 or so games were already a drop in the ocean for a Mega Drive or NES or SNES mini but for the Amiga it's nothing. The Amiga was more about a huge quantity of cheaper, lower budget games compared to consoles. It has more games than both the SNES and MD combined. Amiga owners used to have a ton of games compared to Sega/Nintendo owners (not to mention boxes full of floppies of questionable origin). It should have at least 100 games IMO.
So yeah, that's another expensive miniature prop of a real system.
I mean that's another system that begs to be hacked with a decent set of games and emulators yet again. Just like every other mini console.
How can a modern representative of the Amiga not have any Turrican games? Or Superfrog? Or Cannon Fodder, Jim Power, D-Generation, Agony, Defender of the Crown, the Lotus series, Body Blows or any of the Shadow of the Beast games?
20 or so games were already a drop in the ocean for a Mega Drive or NES or SNES mini but for the Amiga it's nothing. The Amiga was more about a huge quantity of cheaper, lower budget games compared to consoles. It has more games than both the SNES and MD combined. Amiga owners used to have a ton of games compared to Sega/Nintendo owners (not to mention boxes full of floppies of questionable origin). It should have at least 100 games IMO.
So yeah, that's another expensive miniature prop of a real system.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
..You can add the rest
Bullet Club
Member
You can play other games from USB, including WHDLoad games.
RAIDEN1
Member
Super Frog was a wannabe Sonic the Hedgehog but nowhere near as good...(even graphically speaking..) Defender of the Crown was a glorified tech demo, and Body Blows was nowhere near as good as Streetfighter 2, let alone Fatal Fury, (I remember a review back when Body Blows was released that the character when controlling them it felt like they were "weightless" ) it was good from a presentation point of view but that's about it...
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Bullet Club
Member
It's going to be awesome.It's gonna be so good
First game put on it? Dark Seed. Got to be.
I remember playing a demo of Dark Seed back in the day. Very nice graphics.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Probably one of the weirdest, hardest games to date that is just impossible to finish without a guide. I remember buying it and being amazed H.R giger was involved, I was still high off the Alien franchise in the 90's
Loved it. And that crazy arsed music, even the music doesnt make sense
Castef
Banned
Yep, Super Frog was a nice "and clean" platform game, yet the best ones for Amiga, gameplay-wise, were:
- Mr Nutz (simply beautiful and way better than the console versions... it even had a Super Mario World style overworld map)
- Zool 2 (much better than the first one)
- James Pond 3: Operation St4rfi5h
- Kid Chaos (a blatant Sonic The Hedgehog Clone, very playable)
Nickolaidas
Banned
I never played this game when I was a kid, but I recently discovered it as I was making a ROM library. What an awesome intro theme.
RAIDEN1
Member
Am I correct in thinking Zool 2 had no sound effects just music? Going by that video...