Thea500 Mini: New edition of the 16-bit

The Retro Games team announces that the Thea500 Mini, a fully licensed new edition of the popular 16-bit home computer, has now been found in production and appear on March 25, 2022, for the price of 129.99 EUR (EIA).

In recent months, the final list of the games contained was announced, which culminates in today's last game announcement, the groundbreaking Stunt Car Racer of Branchenegende Geoff Raymond. This game was highly praised by the press in his appearance in 1989, including a 93% rating in the Amiga Format Magazine and 92% in Cu Amiga-64.

More recently announced games are Arcade Pool and Project-X Special Edition 93 by Team 17, F-16 Combat Pilot of Digital Integration and Super Cars II by Gremlin.

The full overview of 25 games for the Thea500 Mini:

Alien Breed 3D Alien Breed: Special Edition'92 Another World Arcade Pool ATR: ALL TERRAIN RACING Battle Chess Cadaver California Games The Chaos Engine Dragons Breath F-16 Combat pilot KICK OFF 2 The Lost Patrol Para droid 90 PINBALL DREAMS Project X: Special Edition 93 SWAK The Sentinel Simon the Sorcerer Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe Stunt Car Racer Super Cars II TITUS THE FOX: TO MARRAKECH AND BACK Worms: The Director's Cut Pool: Ninja of the NTH dimension

If players have other original Amiga games, they can play them over a USB stick with the Load functionality of the Thea500. Users can optimize the setup, controller options, and display settings.

It is expected that the Thea500 Mini leaves the production facility at the beginning of January 2022. In addition, on multiple desire of the fans, single packs of the mouse and the game pad will be available in selected areas.

Chris Smith, CTO at Retro Games, said: In recent months, my team worked hard to finish the firmware of the Thea500 Mini and work closely with our production partners to ensure the highest quality of production and as a commitment to our loyal fans Will we soon bring a new Christmas Theec64 firmware update.

In addition, in the past, we have felled with the Unboxing experience and believes that we have exceeded expectations this time and present our previously bursting product, says Paul Andrews, Managing Director at Retro Games.

About Thea500 Mini

TheA500 Mini is a tribute to the 1980s, the heyday of the 16-bit computer; Inspired by the publication of the Amiga 500 in 1987, which contained a 16/32-bit CPU, 512 KB RAM and a number of custom chips for the production of first-class sound and video.

Owners of the Thea500 Mini can play one of the 25 supplied classic Amiga games that you can choose from an easy-to-use Menu carousel, including classics such as Another World, Simon The Sorcerer, The Chaos Engine and Worms. Or you can download your own games via USB stick with full of Load support and a series of options to choose from. In addition, the owners of the Thea500 Mini can save and resume their game at any time, so they can also play the most difficult classics.

The Retro Games Ltd. Developed and Cook Media Displayed TheA500 Mini offers the perfect emulation not only of the original A500 (OCS) and the Enhanced Chip Set (ECS) of future versions, but also the Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) of the A1200.

The Thea500 Mini comes with the 2-key mouse in the original design and the newly developed 8-key precision game pad, so that the owners of the Thea500 Mini can choose their control method themselves. To complement the on-screen keyboard, owners of the Thea500 Mini can connect an external standard PC keyboard to use additional functions.

The delivery of the Thea500 mini:

The area of ​​delivery of Thea500 Mini are a 1.8 m long wired classic USB mouse, a 1.8 m long-wired precision game pad with 8 buttons, a USB-A-on USB-C power cord (power supply not included in the scope of delivery) And contain an HDMI cable (both 1.8 m long) that enable complete compatibility with all modern televisions. Other features include a function for storing games, a selectable refresh rate of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, a CRT filter and multiple scaling options. Owners of the Thea500 Mini can also upload their own files, games and firmware versions via a USB stick (not included).