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Rogue-like game: Roguecraft updated (WHDLoad configuration fixed) (07. Nov. 2024)
The Rogue-like game Roguecraft has been updated: Besides extended troubleshooting in the readme file, the WHDLoad configuration file has been fixed, enabling usage on THEA500 Mini and other unconventional systems....

Interview: Plaion Marketing Manager on licensing games for retro consoles (08. Oct. 2024)
The Norwegian video game culture magazine spillhistorie.no has published an interview (‘Licensing is a complicated business’) with Simon Turner, Marketing Director UK and responsible for the global marketing of the retro division. He talks abo...

Platform game: "Dr. Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan" released (14. Sep. 2024)
After five test versions, hoogames has released its platformer "Dr Dangerous: Secrets of the Temple of Xol'Tan", inspired by the Amiga classic Rick Dangerous and created with the Scorpion Engine (YouTube video). In addition to the ADF and lha version, ...

Retro Games: New Amiga "console" to be released in Q1 2025 (20. Aug. 2024)
Retro Games Ltd, developer of the THEA500 Mini, has published a new schedule for the presentation of new products (YouTube video), which shows that the release of the "New Full Size Amiga Console" has been postponed from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the ...

Game announcement: Video about "Dungeonette - The New Adventure" (update) (04. Aug. 2024)
Adrian Cummings (Mutation Software) has published a short video at the title link on the current state of development of his game "Dungeonette - The New Adventure", which is announced to be released at the end of the year for AGA Amigas including the Amig...

Manual: Pandory500 on the THEA500 Mini (German) (30. Jun. 2024)
As reported, the alternative firmware "Pandory500" for the THEA500 Mini enables usage of emulators of other systems. At the title link 'Mingo' has published a German manual with several screenshots how to achieve this....

Event: "Finnish Amiga Users Group" at Vectorama 2024 (16. Jun. 2024)
Last weekend, Vectorama 2024, an online gaming event aimed at people of all ages, took place in Oulu (Finland). The Finnish Amiga Users Group was also there, organising an Amiga stand at the gaming event. There were high score competitions in Blocky ...

Book: AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual - Limited print run, pre-orders being taken (12. Jun. 2024)
Press release: Following the successful release of the German edition, Look Behind You is delighted to announce the English version of "AmigaOS 3.2 Reference Manual". This comprehensive guide is essential for anyone using the AmigaOS in its latest and gre...

Heise: Article about the Commodore insolvency 30 years ago today (German) (29. Apr. 2024)
At the title link, Heise.de dedicates a German article to the company's history on the occasion of Commodore's insolvency 30 years ago today. Two concluding paragraphs also mention the Escom period and the THEA500 Mini. Independent of the annivers...

THEA500 Mini: Pandory500 firmware V3 (21. Apr. 2024)
The alternative firmware "Pandory500" for THEA500 Mini, which is "sideloaded" and enables the use of emulators for other systems (amiga-news.de reported), is now available in version 3. In addition to updates to included emulators, the new fe...

Atari ST: EmuTOS 1.3 released (22. Mar. 2024)
The Atari ST and TT compatible operating system EmuTOS is now available in version 1.3. EmuTOS can also be run on Amiga computers, Vampire turboboards or the THEA500Mini using ROM files based on it....

Italian print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 17 (27. Dec. 2023)
The seventeenth issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available with 50 color pages both as a booklet and digitally, deals with the following topics: Games Reviews: Crimbo, STAR WARS: Dark Forces, L’Abbaye des Morts, Death Ra...

THEA500 Mini: Firmware 1.2.1 released (14. Dec. 2023)
Retro Games Ltd. has released the new firmware 1.2.1 for "THEA500 Mini", its replica of an Amiga 500. The changes: Adds additional game Time Bandit Adds support for custom controller configurations Corrects the speed of Amiga 500 WHDLoad games th...

THEA500 Maxi: Release planned in the 4th quarter of 2024 (04. Nov. 2023)
In a YouTube video under the title link, Retro Games Ltd. not only summarises the past development phase 1, which also included the release of the THEA500 Mini 2022 (amiga-news.de reported), but also announces the release of the "New Full Size Amiga Conso...

Italian Print/PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 16 (29. Oct. 2023)
The sixteenth issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available as usual with 48 colour pages both as a booklet and as a PDF file, deals with the following topics: Videogames: Reshoot Proxima 3, C64 The Mystery Box, Boxx 2, Boxx 3, B...

Italian magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 15 (04. Sep. 2023)
The 15th issue of the Italian publication "Passione Amiga" - 48 pages in color, available as a PDF download or as a printed magazine - features the following topics: Videogiochi: Boxx, Rogue Declan Zero, Pengo500, Night/Shift, Pleiades 3D, ...

Review: "Finnish Amiga Users Group" at the Vectorama 2023 (14. Jul. 2023)
In mid-June, Vectorama 2023, an online gaming event aimed at people of all ages, took place in Oulu, Finland. Also present was the Finnish Amiga Users Group, which organised an Amiga stand at the gaming event. The stand featured an Amiga 500 with Got...

amigafan.de: Interviews with Retro Games and BitbeamCannon (22. Jun. 2023)
On his site amigafan.de David Schlak has published two interviews recently. One was with Retro Games Ltd. (THEA500 Mini) - according to which a maxi version is still intended, even if the sales figures of the miniature edition of an Amiga seem to hav...

Italian print and PDF magazine: Passione Amiga, issue 14 (21. Jun. 2023)
The 14th issue of the Italian magazine "Passione Amiga", which is available as usual with 48 color pages both as a booklet and as a PDF file, deals with the following topics: Video Games: CyberPunks 2, Tapper, Poker Nights: Tropical Heat, KalleK...

THEA500 Mini: Running Atari ST programs with emutos-amiga.rom and Amiberry (19. Apr. 2023)
For "THEA500 Mini" Siegfried Hübner describes at the title link how to run also Atari ST programs on this rebuild of the Amiga 500 by Retro Games Ltd. Required are EmuTOS-Amiga.ROM and AmiBerry. To avoid a flickering display, open the Amiberry men...