THEA500 Mini
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| The A500 Mini | |
| Designer | Retro Games |
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| Manufacturer | Koch Media |
| CPU | 528 MHz quad-core Cortex-A7 |
| Graphics | 500 MHz Mali 400 MP2 |
| Memory | 256 MB |
| Media | 256 MB |
| Released | WW: August 13, 2021 |
| Added to Museum | August 3, 2023 |
The A500 Mini is a miniature dedicated video game console by Retro Games.
It was released worldwide on August 13, 2021. It was designed to resemble the Amiga 500 computer, although the keyboard keys on the case are non-functional.
It comes with a two-button USB mouse and an eight-button USB gamepad. A USB keyboard can also be attached to load the games, or a virtual keyboard can be used via the gamepad. Games are selected via the carousel menu system.
Features
The A500 Mini contains twenty-five built-in games. It uses the Amiberry emulator by Blitter Studio to run the games.
The power is provided by a standard mini USB plug and wall adapter, and the video is output through HDMI.
Technical specifications
The system is much more powerful than the system on which it was designed.
It uses an Allwinner H6 SoC (system on a chip). The system specifications are as follows:
- 528 MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (central processing unit)
- 500 Mhz dual-core ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU (graphics processing unit)
- 512MB RAM (random access memory)
- 512MB flash storage
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.
Games included on The A500 Mini
The following table lists the games included in The A500 Mini.
| Title | Developer | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Alien Breed: Special Edition 92 | Team17 | 1992 |
| Alien Breed 3D | Team17 | 1995 |
| Another World | Eric Chahi | 1991 |
| Arcade Pool | Team17 | 1994 |
| ATR: All Terrain Racing | Team17 | 1995 |
| Battle Chess | Interplay Productions | 1988 |
| Cadaver | The Bitmap Brothers | 1992 |
| California Games | Epyx | 1988 |
| The Chaos Engine | The Bitmap Brothers | 1993 |
| Dragon's Breath | Andrew Bailey | 1990 |
| F-16 Combat Pilot | Digital Integration | 1989 |
| Kick Off 2 | Dino Dini | 1990 |
| The Lost Patrol | Shadow Development | 1990 |
| Paradroid 90 | Andrew Braybrook | 1990 |
| Pinball Dreams | Digital Illusions | 1992 |
| Project-X: Special Edition 93 | Team17 | 1993 |
| Qwak | Team17 | 1993 |
| The Sentinel | Geoff Crammond Steve Bak (Amiga port) |
1987 |
| Simon the Sorcerer | Adventure Soft | 1993 |
| Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe | The Bitmap Brothers | 1990 |
| Stunt Car Racer | MicroStyle | 1989 |
| Super Cars II | Magnetic Fields | 1991 |
| Titus the Fox | Titus France | 1992 |
| Worms: The Director's Cut | Team17 | 1997 |
| Zool | Gremlin Graphics | 1992 |
