Amiga Mini Teased

Neil79 · 12 October 2020, 16:37

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With the resurgance of retro gaming hardware enabling us to play old classics on big TV's with lots of built in games such as the NES Mini, SNES Mini, Playstation 1 Classic, NEO GEO Mini,PC Engine Mini and the C64 Mini you'd be forgiven in thinking there wasn't much else to get excited with all the mini's being announced. Well The C64 crew have something to shout about and in a pretty big way, as today they have teased what looks to be an Amiga mini coming 2021 from RetroGames Ltd!

http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/1...be-coming.html

Amigajay · 12 October 2020, 17:17

Ooo bloody hell that's good news!

Can only be a good thing to bring in more people in and back to the Amiga scene.

roondar · 12 October 2020, 17:25

That does look interesting. Though they don't really do anything a good emulator doesn't do, I've actually always liked the mini-console idea. Curse my nostalgia I suppose

Amigajay · 12 October 2020, 17:31

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Originally Posted by roondar

Though they don't really do anything a good emulator doesn't do

True, but its not for people who think like that, its the ease of use, and plug and play nature what attracts people.

stevelord · 12 October 2020, 19:53

It'll be the same hardware as the Retro64, a basic Allwinner Sunxi ARM System-on-Chip less powerful than a Pi, probably running UAE but contributing nothing back.

The main guy behind the company was one of the Spectrum Vega lot who left before it all imploded. He went on to claim he bought a whole load of retro rights. I first came across him when he claimed to have bought the rights to the Sam Coupe from Mel Croucher. The Sam Coupe - a computer that sold less than 4,000 units in it's lifetime. He started mouthing off about 'protecting his marks' at the Sam Coupe community who'd been releasing things for decades with Sam in the name and the Sam robot.

For people who have more money than sense, this will be fine. But it'll be worse than a Rasbperry Pi 4 at multiples of the cost.

nikosidis · 12 October 2020, 20:08

If this happen it is only for the good. More hardware, more software sales and therefore more attractive for devs.

-Acid- · 12 October 2020, 23:19

This would have to be priced quite high to cover the cost of buying the rights to the Amiga name and kickstarts and it's not like this is Nintendo or Sega who own tons of games they can put on it. This will either be vaporware or be a load of underpowered shyte with a bunch of piss poor games on it imo.

gimbal · 12 October 2020, 23:57

I see that people are already crapping on it before it is even officially announced. Off to a good start.

Dunny · 13 October 2020, 00:04

One word: Horace.

ransom1122 · 13 October 2020, 00:19

It better not ruin Amiga's reputation in the community

Neil79 · 13 October 2020, 00:22

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Originally Posted by ransom1122

It better not ruin Amiga's reputation in the community

Has The C64 mini/The C64 ruined C64/Vic20 reputation in the community?

ransom1122 · 13 October 2020, 00:44

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Originally Posted by Neil79

Has The C64 mini/The C64 ruined C64/Vic20 reputation in the community?

I use my Mister FPGA anytime over my C64 Mini, my C64 Mini has been unused for many many months now.

Too many reasons why Mister is better then C64 Mini

Pyromania · 13 October 2020, 01:04

Let’s see what ends up coming out.

Neil79 · 13 October 2020, 01:11

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Originally Posted by ransom1122

I use my Mister FPGA anytime over my C64 Mini, my C64 Mini has been unused for many many months now.

The only Mini I have is the NES mini, which just like you has been unused!

alpine9000 · 13 October 2020, 01:25

The things that will be interesting for me are:

Keyboard/mouse - can you have an Amiga without a working keyboard and mouse ? Will it have have a nice keyboard ?
Licensing - Really interested to see how they navigate this minefield
Performance - I am not sure I have seen any ARM based Amiga emulator that doesn't suffer slowdown in at least some rare cases (mostly when dealing with extreme copper effects), will they crack this or just make it work for the majority case.

gulliver · 13 October 2020, 01:34

Trying to stay positive on the subject:

It may provide for an Amiga type case for a Raspberry Pi (at a premum price though).

If the "Amiga Maxi", like the C64 Maxi gets released, it will help us all to get case and keyboard repacements for our Amigas.

quantum8 · 13 October 2020, 01:56

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Originally Posted by gimbal

I see that people are already crapping on it before it is even officially announced. Off to a good start.

Pretty standard really.

Pyromania · 13 October 2020, 06:36

Will it be from CommodoreUSA?

Predseda · 13 October 2020, 06:57

Shall it be bundled with Metro Siege and i will buy it then

chip · 13 October 2020, 09:00

I tried to search "Amiga Mini" on youtube .... i see nothing recent

Am i missing something ?

13 October 2020, 01:25	#15
alpine9000 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Australia Posts: 881	The things that will be interesting for me are: Keyboard/mouse - can you have an Amiga without a working keyboard and mouse ? Will it have have a nice keyboard ? Licensing - Really interested to see how they navigate this minefield Performance - I am not sure I have seen any ARM based Amiga emulator that doesn't suffer slowdown in at least some rare cases (mostly when dealing with extreme copper effects), will they crack this or just make it work for the majority case.

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12 October 2020, 17:17	#2
Amigajay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: > Posts: 2,882	Ooo bloody hell that's good news! Can only be a good thing to bring in more people in and back to the Amiga scene.

12 October 2020, 17:25	#3
roondar Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,410	That does look interesting. Though they don't really do anything a good emulator doesn't do, I've actually always liked the mini-console idea. Curse my nostalgia I suppose

12 October 2020, 19:53	#5
stevelord Registered User Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: UK Posts: 540	It'll be the same hardware as the Retro64, a basic Allwinner Sunxi ARM System-on-Chip less powerful than a Pi, probably running UAE but contributing nothing back. The main guy behind the company was one of the Spectrum Vega lot who left before it all imploded. He went on to claim he bought a whole load of retro rights. I first came across him when he claimed to have bought the rights to the Sam Coupe from Mel Croucher. The Sam Coupe - a computer that sold less than 4,000 units in it's lifetime. He started mouthing off about 'protecting his marks' at the Sam Coupe community who'd been releasing things for decades with Sam in the name and the Sam robot. For people who have more money than sense, this will be fine. But it'll be worse than a Rasbperry Pi 4 at multiples of the cost.

12 October 2020, 20:08	#6
nikosidis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: oslo/norway Posts: 1,607	If this happen it is only for the good. More hardware, more software sales and therefore more attractive for devs.

12 October 2020, 23:19	#7
-Acid- Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shields Posts: 812	This would have to be priced quite high to cover the cost of buying the rights to the Amiga name and kickstarts and it's not like this is Nintendo or Sega who own tons of games they can put on it. This will either be vaporware or be a load of underpowered shyte with a bunch of piss poor games on it imo.

12 October 2020, 23:57	#8
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,908	I see that people are already crapping on it before it is even officially announced. Off to a good start.

13 October 2020, 00:04	#9
Dunny Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Scunthorpe/United Kingdom Posts: 1,980	One word: Horace.

13 October 2020, 00:19	#10
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,813	It better not ruin Amiga's reputation in the community

13 October 2020, 01:04	#13
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	Let’s see what ends up coming out.

13 October 2020, 01:34	#16
gulliver BoingBagged Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South of nowhere Age: 46 Posts: 2,358	Trying to stay positive on the subject: It may provide for an Amiga type case for a Raspberry Pi (at a premum price though). If the "Amiga Maxi", like the C64 Maxi gets released, it will help us all to get case and keyboard repacements for our Amigas.

13 October 2020, 06:36	#18
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	Will it be from CommodoreUSA?

13 October 2020, 06:57	#19
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	Shall it be bundled with Metro Siege and i will buy it then

13 October 2020, 09:00	#20
chip Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Italy Age: 49 Posts: 2,942	I tried to search "Amiga Mini" on youtube .... i see nothing recent Am i missing something ?

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