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Aracade game: 'Green Beret' May update (16. May. 2022)
Green Beret is a conversion of Konami's arcade classic of the same name to the Amiga, written using the Scorpion Engine and won third place at AmiGameJam. In the May update, the "timeout jet" was also added to the Amiga port, which now no longer allo...

THEA500 Mini: Firmware 1.1.1 released (update) (13. May. 2022)
Retro Games Ltd. has released new firmware 1.1.0 for 'THEA500 Mini', its replica of an Amiga 500, which among other things now supports adf files. The changes: Adds ADF (floppy) file support Adds Playlist support Adds Hot-Crop Adds Keyboard contr...

New articles on Obligement website (02. May. 2022)
The articles below have been added to the website of the French Amiga/MorphOS magazine Obligement during the last two months. All translations are welcome. Please contact David 'Daff' Brunet for more information. March/April 2022 news Old articles ...

THEA500 Mini: Video tutorial for fixing too fast WHDLoad games (30. Apr. 2022)
In his video the YouTuber 'Crazy Burger' explains how to fix the speed of WHDLoad games which apparently run too fast on the 'THEA500 Mini'....

Italian print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 7 (29. Apr. 2022)
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euro) or printed (7,50 Euro) form. Its current issue consists of 42 color pages and includes the following topics: Review of the new THEA500 Mini Video games: SkillGrid, Mala...

Free hardware: Joystick adapter JoyDivision updated (18. Apr. 2022)
The USB adapter for classic joysticks by Stefan 'Develin' Blixth (amiga-news.de reported), which works without additional drivers, is now available in version 20220416. This one now also supports the minicomputer THEA500 Mini....

Italian print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 6 (11. Apr. 2022)
The Italian magazine 'Passione Amiga' is available in digital (3 Euros) or printed (7.50 Euros) editions. The current issue has 36 colored pages (DIN A4) and covers the following topics: Videogiochi: Attack of the Petscii Robots, Jump!, Ermentrud, Th...

Game Construction Kit: RedPill 0.9.8 with WHDLoad support (11. Apr. 2022)
RedPill, developed by Carlos Peris, is a game construction kit written in Amiblitz 3.9, which allows the development of games from various genres (see short tests of two Redpill games). RedPill is compatible with AGA and ECS, the "player" for playing the ...

Amiga Addict available from newsagents in England, Irland, USA, Australia soon (26. Mar. 2022)
Print magazine Amiga Addict is anouncing on Twitter that the English publication will soon be available from more than 300 newsagents in the United Kingdom as well as in selected stores in the USA, Irland, and Australia. The current 11th issue featur...

THEA500 Mini: 'Citadel' and user manual available (26. Mar. 2022)
Starting April 08, interested users can purchase the THEA500 Mini (in North America only on May 31). If you want to shorten the time until then, you can already study the user manual. Furthermore, the first game of the Bonus USB Games Pack has been rel...

THEA500 Mini: Mini Joypad and Mini Mouse separately available (05. Mar. 2022)
Besides the possibility to get a new Commodore Maus 1352 by participating in the 'Tank Mouse' Kickstarter campaign (wireless), which was announced a few days ago, you can now also pre-order the 2-button USB mouse and 8-button USB gamepad (each with cable)...

THEA500 Mini: Interview with Paul Andrews (29. Dec. 2021)
The Blog BlitterWolf has published an interview with Paul Andrews, the managing director of RetroGames which is about the announced THEA500 Mini. Among other things, a "full sized version" is promised with the 'THEA500' if sales are satisfactory, similar ...

Scene World Podcast Episode #130 - THEA500 Mini (22. Dec. 2021)
In episode 130 of their Scene World Podcast, Jörg Dröge and Arthur Heller talk with Darren Melbourne and Chris Smith of Retro Games about their down-scaled Amiga replica THEA500 Mini. Interview starts at 5:55 minutes....

THEA500 Mini: Release date and games list (19. Dec. 2021)
On their Facebook account RetroGames Ltd. has published the release date of their size-reduced replica "THEA500 Mini" now (amiga-news.de reported). The just 20,7 x 14,4 x 2,7 centimeters measuring device - therefore being without a working keyboard -...

New edition of the Amiga 500: THEA500 Mini (10. Aug. 2021)
In October 2020 Retro Games Ltd. had hinted at the replica of an Amiga 500 with a picture. Today, concrete details were announced: In early 2022, the replica of the Amiga 500, named THEA500 Mini and distributed by Koch Media, will be available for a recom...