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| hardware_image = [[File:The A500 Mini logo.png|300px]]|
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| hardware_name = The A500 Mini|
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| designer = [[Retro Games]]|
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| manufacturer = [[Koch Media]]|
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| cpu = 528 MHz quad-core Cortex-A7|
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| gpu = 500 MHz Mali 400 MP2|
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| ram = 256 MB|
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| media = 256 MB|
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| release = WW: August 13, 2021|
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| added_to_museum = August 3, 2023|
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| }}
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| '''The A500 Mini''' is a miniature dedicated [[video game console]] by [[Retro Games]].
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| It was released worldwide on August 13, 2021. It was designed to resemble the [[Amiga|Amiga 500]] computer, although the keyboard keys on the case are non-functional.
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| A USB keyboard could be attached to load the games, or a virtual keyboard can be used via the joystick. Games are selected via the carousel menu system.
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| ==Features==
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| The A500 Mini contained twenty-five built-in games. It contained the [[Amiberry]] [[emulation|emulator]] by [[Blitter Studio]] to run the games.
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| The power was provided by a standard mini USB plug and wall adapter, and the video was output through HDMI.
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| ==Technical specifications==
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| The systems are much more powerful than the system on which it is designed.
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| It uses an [[Allwinner]] H6 "system on a chip". The system specifications are as follows:
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| *528 MHz quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU (central processing unit)
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| *500 Mhz dual-core Mali 400 MP2 GPU (graphics processing unit)
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| *512MB RAM (random access memory)
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| *512MB Flash storage
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| Since it uses common architecture, the system can be modified to add additional games, simply using the supplied mini-USB cable and open-source software.
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| ==Games included on The A500 Mini==
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| The following table lists the games included in The A500 Mini.
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alien Breed: Special Edition 92]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Alien Breed 3D]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Another World]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Eric Chahi]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Arcade Pool]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[ATR: All Terrain Racing]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1995
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Battle Chess]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Interplay Productions]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1988
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Cadaver]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The Bitmap Brothers]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[California Games]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Epyx]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1988
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Chaos Engine]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The Bitmap Brothers]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Dragon's Breath]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Bailey]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[F-16 Combat Pilot]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Digital Integration]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Kick Off 2]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Dino Dini]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Lost Patrol]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Shadow Development]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Paradroid|Paradroid 90]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Andrew Braybrook]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Pinball Dreams]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Digital Illusions]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Project-X|Project-X: Special Edition 93]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Qwak]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[The Sentinel]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Geoff Crammond]]<br />[[Steve Bak]] (Amiga port)
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Simon the Sorcerer]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Adventure Soft]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The Bitmap Brothers]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Stunt Car Racer]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[MicroStyle]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1989
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Super Cars II]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Magnetic Fields]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1991
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Titus the Fox: To Marrakech and Back|Titus the Fox]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Titus France]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Worms: The Director's Cut]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Team17]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1997
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension|Zool]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Gremlin Graphics]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
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| [[Category: Computers and consoles]]
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| [[Category: Computers and consoles by Retro Games]]
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| [[Category: Computers and consoles designed in England]]
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| [[Category: Computers and consoles released in 2021]]
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| [[Category: Dedicated consoles]]
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| [[Category: Dedicated consoles by Retro Games]]
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| [[Category: Emulation]]
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| [[Category: Miniature retro consoles]]
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| [[Category: Ninth-generation video game consoles]]
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| [[Category: Physical items owned by WEC Museum]]
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