The Amiga Mini

Found what I needed thanks.

Sensible Soccer on the CD32 is a favourite of mine. Then there's Flashback, Cannon Fodder, Simon The Sorcerer(CD32 talkie version with Chris Barrie), Jetstrike CD32, Frontier Elite, Lemmings, Syndicate, Speedball 2, Alien Breed, Wings, Superfrog, Flashback, The Chaos Engine, Worms, B.A.T II, Liberation CD32.

I probably spent more time on PD and Shareware games back in the day than full titles. Extreme Violence still stands as a great simple multiplayer deathmatch game that I played for hours against my brothers and still stick it on some times even if its just me.

We had an Amiga at home when I was growing up so I've got a lot of nostalgia for it. I've messed around with emulators but that's the problem in a way - there often seems to be too much tinkering involved before a game gets up and running. I'll be interested to see how well this works with games that aren't pre-loaded on it. My understanding is that for the moment, it can only take WHDLoad games?

why not order it through Amazon as they are priced the same everywhere at the moment and just set up your friends address in your account

I also pre-ordered one from Smyths for home delivery.

Has anyone received an email yet re shipping since Friday is the release date?

Anyone remember Virgin Mega stores in the early 90's with all the Amiga software ? It was on the second floor in the middle. The C64 section was much bigger because of popularity I would imagine. I remember mostly big box software the Amiga games came in, not the little cassette packs like the C64, Spectrum and Amstrad stuff came in. Lots of booming music playing in the background as I walked around with my hand stuffed into a bag of crisps. Usually we bought a game when we went in there.

So tomorrow is the big day (the 8th), lets see how good this Amiga mini is going to be.

Delivery for tomorrow from Smyths here as well. Forgot I'd actually put in for one, and only remembered what with all the reviews of late. Just for the curiosity/box on the shelf like all these things, but seems a nice enough little tribute.

Re: Pi400 with PiMiga.......Had a mess with that a while back. Nice little diversion, but haven't touched it in months. Might have been on the 1.5 rev I think, but I think the creator had released a rev 2.0 last time i checked. Clearly a bit of work went into it. Lot of stuff running better than others, some stuff set NTSC, some PAL etc

Just so many options for running Amiga stuff nowadays from the real deal, Vampires, MiSTer etc

The mini floppy USB stick was a nice surprise addon included in the box. It was in the shipping box rather than the main device box. So keep an eye out for it in case it ends up in the bin :)

Aye. Nice dinkie little thing, and it's not a completely terrible selection of titles by any means, and of course, the WHD Load feature opens it up well. Probably too much to expect an A500 Maxi this time, perhaps an A600 Maxi is more realistic, but neither would be feasible if the mini doesn't find a market in any case.

Gamepad is a bit crap alright, so will try out a Speedlink USB, or even the second revision of the 64 stick, at least before it ends up back on the shelf :)

Not sure what the USB stick thing is, (Smyths bonus maybe considering it's not in the box ?? Certainly the USB provided for the YouTubers was just for testing), haven't stuck it in a PC yet anyway, or the Mini.