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The Amiga Mini

Dublinandy3

Has anyone any intention of getting one of these? In your opinions do you think they will sell out? I pre-ordered one from Amazon last night, but I usually buy two minis, one for me to play and one for me to leave unopened to collect. But I'm inclined just to buy this and not buy one to play new and pick one up second hand to play as I can play amiga in other ways too and it's only using WHDload anyway.

I just don't want to be in the situation to find myself in that they end up being more expensive because they've sold out.

I know below it says the C^$ but the link is for the a500mini

https://retrogames.biz/thea500-mini

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redlough

So picked up one, just wondering any joystick which is supported on these? I plan to keep and keep as "family" present for christmas but would like some joysticks

Hotblack Desiato

Anyone who's ever used DPaint will recognise this.

https://youtu.be/LtYujyhvIyQ?t=163

Skerries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO5DYSjyQJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn3UraChY0c

CiDeRmAn

Video Toaster, that name comes to mind for some reason

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119024896#Comment_119024896

Most pre-silicon graphics CGI was made on Amigas. It had the best software for it. Even after silicon graphics machines started to take over some CGI was still made with banks of Amiga systems rendering in farms. I remember Amiga owners last gasp was how the special effects in Babylon 5 was created on an amiga as if that somehow made the abandoned system viable. It was only the CGI in the intro for season 1 that was made on an amiga I think, someone here corrected me on it.

sam t smith

I was reading the RoboCop Trivia page from IMDb and found this:

”The special effects were generated with a Commodore Amiga computer.”

I remember buying RoboCop for the ZX Spectrum 48K in Virgin Megastore in Dublin.

Can’t remember if I got it for the Amiga or not.

Quigs Snr

... speaking of Amiga's. I picked up a dead A600 recently. Powers on to a black screen. Almost certainly capacitors. Anyone know any reputable places that do Amiga repair ? (I am not to be trusted with a soldering iron)

Inviere

https://twitter.com/RMCRetro/status/1519976515831799810?t=kjEZObSrugSg7kVipikjxA&s=19

StereoSound

https://youtu.be/Otu2vr-6MXE

I like this idea

KeRbDoG

You could upgrade it as much as the A500, it had a later kickstart and 1MB of memory onboard instead of 512k of the base A500.

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118950611#Comment_118950611

Could you just buy the + upgrade and slot it in? I have a vague memory of doing this?

CiDeRmAn

That's right!

I think I got it around then but never really played it, then passed it on to you.

You were surfing the web with it for a while, on a pinched dial-up number!

KeRbDoG

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118947187#Comment_118947187

Fairly sure you had an Amiga A500+ in the mid/late 90s as I ended up getting it

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118947615#Comment_118947615

The Amiga with hundreds of games was given away free when I was in college

Dr Bob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118947208#Comment_118947208

Yeah , if there was one things Parents did in the late 90s/early 2000s was chuck old computers out.

Worst thing is my first computer was a Sord M5 , which I'd love to have now , but was either thrown out or given away .

it sells for crazy money sadly

Tom Mann Centuria

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118947208#Comment_118947208

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118947187#Comment_118947187

I had the ZX Spectrum as well, the Amiga replaced it. No idea what happened the Spectrum, I expect it was thrown out 😫

CiDeRmAn

I never owned an Amiga or an ST.

I had a Spectrum, then a hiatus for a couple of years, in 1991 I bought a C64, a Gameboy and a Megadrive, later a SNES and so on.

I completely missed the Amiga and NES/Master System scene.

I have a CD32, and it can load most Amiga games from collections burned to CD.

I must look and see if there is a SD card solution for it, make it even easier to use.

I have a floppy drive doo-dad on it, that I never use, might sell it on if it is worth anything

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118946570#Comment_118946570

I have a memory of playing Sensible Soccer on the Amiga with a friend during the summer, we used to turn it off to watch the Dublin v Meath marathon of games that summer. That was 1991 so that why I think it was a few years before :-)

Of course memory is bad and it could* have been my mates who just brought with him as I know he got before ours....anyway good times

StereoSound

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940018#Comment_118940018

I remember seeing the Cartoon Classics pack in Toy Master in Nutgrove shopping centre D14 back in the day. The shelf behind the counter was where they kept the computers and consoles. They had the NES with included Mario brothers 3 sitting beside it. This was 1992'ish.

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940816#Comment_118940816

Ahh I don’t have home PC and my MacBook is a work one so USB locked down….I guess I would need laptop etc

Tom Mann Centuria

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940800#Comment_118940800

That's fair enough. Personally don't think the set up is particularly taxing or time consuming for the Pi and it functions as a nifty alternative to the PC you don't have (as simply as swapping SD cards) but undeniably the Mini is more straightforward and you can be gaming straight away, plus it has the nice case (as well as authentic mouse and controller)

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940041#Comment_118940041

I might go Amiga Mini, trying to set up the Pi etc I don't have time.

If I could actually buy the Pi all setup etc it might be a better job but pre-packged is easier. Going to try the young lad playing the games as well.

Tom Mann Centuria

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940026#Comment_118940026

The Amiga mini they do, it's plug and play. 25 games installed.

The Raspberry pi 400 is an actual computer in its own right, you download the pimiga image, burn it to your memory card, stick it in your pi 400 and turn it on and away you go. Leepspvideo on YouTube has videos on the Amiga Mini and the pi 400 with Pimiga image. He likes both but it'll give you an idea.

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940012#Comment_118940012

Thanks, Do they sell them already prebuilt etc? so I can just buy

brokenangel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118940013#Comment_118940013

Looking now, it was the Cartoon Classics we got as well :-)

I am thinking 1989 might be wrong

sam t smith

I initially had a 500 Plus (1 MB of RAM), the ‘Cartoon Classics’ pack as a Christmas present. After a few years I sold that (on Buy and Sell magazine I think) and got an Amiga 1200 with the proceeds plus savings. I think they had 2 MB of RAM. I also had a second floppy drive which cut down in disk swaps.

Tom Mann Centuria

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118939998#Comment_118939998

Plug and play this is probably the easiest option, with a nice little plastic replica case, you can add additional games via USB stick.

I'd rather with go the Raspberry pi 400 and the pimiga 2.0 image (couple of videos on what that is, but it has thousands of games demos the whole shebang contained within) if you don't mind a very small bit of intial set up.

brokenangel

We bought our original A500 at the end of the summer of 1989(I think)

We saved for it by working the majority of the summer, myself and two brothers. I think my parents put in 100 pound and we put in 400. It was around 500-550 pound. We had 100s of games and it was given away for free year later. Madness now

I am just looking to buy something and play as many of the old games as possible. Syndicate/Sensible soccer/Cannon Fodder/Beast/etc

Will this provide what I am looking for or better off with an alternative? I dont have home PC etc

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118937967#Comment_118937967

Oh I went a bit bananas last year, got bitten BADLY by the Amiga bug. I bought a 500, a 600, a 1200, AND a CD32 😬 Think I'm done buying Amiga's at this stage 🤔🙂