Amiga 500 mini - The Bear and Badger

Blue Swirl

ZMM wrote:

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superflyninja

I owned an Amiga 600 back in the day. It was my first "real" console/computer having only previously owned a GameBoy. Oh lawdie the memberberries from that time....Some amazing games.
Here is just a quick list off the top of my head Id love to play again (excluding stuff already mentioned):
Loom
Jaguar XJ220
The Spy Who Loved Me
Dojo Dan (terrible but brilliant platformer)
Charlie J Cool (terrible but brilliant platformer)
Stunt Car Racer
F15(or 14??) Strike Eagle 2
Ruff N Tumble
Nevermind
Dreamweb (oooooh it had such a reputation)
Elfmania (the beat em up, I think that was the name)
ATR
William Tell (I don't think it was a major release)
Batman

Probably loads more Im forgetting.
I don't think Ill pick one up full price anyway. Id have no time at all to even unbox it Id say, never mind play it and pop it full of sideloaded stuff.

Escape

Remember when I had Body Blows but couldn't load it because there was no disk 1, just something called boot. WE GOT THERE IN THE END

I had a coat with an inside pocket that was just big enough to hold a few disks, making me the most conspicuous pirate ever as I fiddled for the goods while everyone waited.

dynamiteReady

Escape wrote:

When we asked if we could play on the computer during breaks at primary school, our teacher always corrected us with ‘work on the computer’. Sure, if Granny's Garden qualifies. Valiant Turtle was best.

Lol!

Back in the day, my earliest experience with a computer was with a BBC Micro which was used to run a collection of Frogger rip-offs, masquerading as official Road Safety / Green Cross Code teaching materials.

I can't find them on Google though.

Scotswahey

I was considering it but then I already have a Raspberry pi 4 running amiberry which does everything the same but without the cool case. Plus it has lemmings which is sort of the whole point of an Amiga.

Unlikely

Hello stranger.

Scotswahey

Unlikely wrote:

Hello stranger.

Howdy. I've got one of those PC thingymabobs again.

LivDiv

Apparently it's Amiga day. Amazon says it's out for delivery

LivDiv

Downloaded the Loader stuff to put on the USB. Turns out they give you Citadel as well.

LivDiv

It's here

It's tiny. That keyboard would be unusable even if it was real.

Escape

mistercrayon

It’s really cute.

LivDiv

Gave a few games a go.
Side loading is easy enough although it only supports WHD packs not disk images currently.

The preinstalled games indicate what controls work on them mouse/keyboard/controller and some have been refined too. Obviously with sideloading you are on your own.im not one for being able to spot the finer points of emulation but so far things seem decent.

Only real gripe is the same as all these minis, cabled controllers in modern living rooms.

Blue Swirl

LivDiv wrote:

That keyboard would be unusable even if it was real.

Yeah, I'll let them off not making it functional, now I'm seeing pictures of the unit's size.

Blue Swirl

LivDiv wrote:

Only real gripe is the same as all these minis, cabled controllers in modern living rooms.

Any of the 8bitdo pads a possibility?

Talking of the pad, is it decent? I'm not that familiar with the Amiga range, is it also based on the actual pad for the 500? Looks like the CD32 pad to me.

Escape

Based on the CD32 because it never had its own, right?

I think most people used MD pads, with some modifying their pinouts to get A working.

RedDave2

Didn't a work as space bar? I seem to remember that.

There was an article in retro gamer on the pad, it's based on the cd32 but only in an at a glance manner. When you see them side by side, the differences are more obvious.

mistercrayon

It’s sort of based on the CD32 pad but there are a couple of differences - there’s an extra button and the button zone is rotated by 90 degrees.

I’d say either the pad is bad or the games are designed to somehow purely work with a joystick. There’s something slightly off.

davyK

The pad looks fucking horrendous.

Blue Swirl

It's up there on the least aesthetically pleasing controller table, that's for sure. Not the worst (hello, PS3 prototype banana pad), but not the best either (hello, [insert your favourite controller here]).

LivDiv

It's not too bad to use tbh.
It's quite small. My palms don't actually touch it. A bit like Snes pad really.
I think the CD32 pad was bigger

mk64

Opening mine on Monday when my new tv comes

LivDiv

I've put mine away now until I move.
I think a keyboard and a joystick are going to have to he bought for it.

Escape

RedDave2 wrote:

Didn't a work as space bar? I seem to remember that.

B or C, maybe?

There's pinout info here — http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=907587

You can do this to the MD's P5:

GurtTractor

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