Amiga A500 Mini Review - The DF Retro Verdict - Reasonable Hardware, Lacklustre Games

[@marcusmalone]

Man I'm so old I still think Amiga graphics look really smooth. They were such a dramatic advancement from the C64, that 8bit to 16bit shift.

[@gameguy73]

The successor to the C64 was the failed C128. It was still a large jump from either of those two systems. Hell, from a multimedia point of view it was ahead of pretty much anything on the market at that point, particularly from a price stand point.

[@marcusmalone]

@@gameguy73 yeah, I mean, as a games machine, the 128 was mostly used for 64 games. I think there might have been a small number of 128 exclusives, from memory? I don't think it was ever meant as a 'next gen' replacement; more a sort of upgraded 64 for business etc.

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

The advancement of graphics and sound from the C64 to the Amiga was indeed a huge leap forward. There was a night and day difference in quality.

[@TeamJayniaK]

Im so old i still rather play my amiga games than my series x :/

[@oldwolfxv8679]

I'll never forget having an amstrad cpc464 for years, then seeing shadow of the beast running on an a500. Dat parallax scrolling tho.

[@reflekshun]

This was such an amazing video! The clear coverage, strong knowledge and experience with the Amiga, and the jokes LOL seriously loved those throughout. Nice work! Thank you!

[@johnboylan3832]

Sluurp.

[@Denis_1994]

I also recommend video *Echa Ekranu* 👍

[@_Lukpery]

@@Denis_1994 Great video!

[@bigbabatunde1218]

I was a Megadrive kid back in the day. Really not trying to be 'that guy' or anything, but I never could see the appeal of the Amiga other than for those getting cheap pirated games from market stalls back in the 90's (which is made all the more strange as market stalls also done swap a game plus a fiver for Megadrive and SNES games also back then). Seemed that an awful lot of Amiga games didn't have any in game music either as it seemed to be either music OR sound FX but not both running at the same time. Hardly the hallmark of an impressive system. I never grew up with an Amiga but was aware of it. I also never grew up with the P.C Engine but was impressed with the recent PC Engine Coregrafx mini as it clearly redefined what I thought old school shmups were all about. As stated, I was a Megadrive kid growing up. The Megadrive also had The Chaos Engine and Speedball 2, so why would anyone bother with an Amiga? Considering what I've just said about the Amiga's only real USP in the 90's it's also Ironic that the type of kids that had an Amiga back then were also the type of kids that did well at maths and were probably going to grow up to become accountants, bookkeepers or estate agents etc but they seemingly couldn't care less about indulging in software piracy. 😂😂 Always nice to see a new retro gaming product on the market even though I'm probably going to sit this one out.

[@CP-vj6yn]

I ended up working at Team17 due to my childhood growing up with the Amiga!

[@MetalJesusRocks]

This was a HILARIOUS episode! Really enjoyed it. 😂

[@Mightyguybrush2]

Well said MJR!

[@Canadian_Gamer]

MJR!! 💪😃

[@Denis_1994]

I also recommend video *Echa Ekranu* 😃👍

[@Dac_vak]

One request I have for future emulation-based hardware reviews; please give at least some information on input latency in comparison to original hardware or an FPGA. Even if purely anecdotally perceived and not rigidly tested, it would be helpful to know. Great video as usual, Audi!

[@rasmusolesen5307]

I agree, and I feel bad for all the people who "unknowingly" will be plugging this into a TV without game mode.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Yeah, very lax for Digital Foundry of all places to omit an input latency test.

[@YourTaciturnFriend]

I agree it's one of DF's main purposes to test that kind of technical point. My personal experience with the A500 Mini: No significant input latency or audio latency to mention. It's probably a few frames - very much within expectations for software emulation. (This is contrary to some people's bad reports, so I was pleasantly surprised).

[@powwow360]

As great as they are I always wonder why DF overlook this.

[@wes788411]

@@rasmusolesen5307 what will happen if you don’t have a game mode?

[@paulj5336]

Audi is such an asset to DF. I love his humour.

[@morpheus9394]

Thank you so much for covering this. Amiga A500 was the first computer I bought with my own money and I LOVED it. Batman Pack plus Shadow of the Beast and I was in 16bit heaven. I can see myself getting a mini to sit next to my SNES Mini, my other favourite 16bit machine.

[@Fuuntag]

Clearly an Audi production through & through, much appreciated.

[@pomegran100]

Love the comment about the Mister at the end. And yes, my parents are very proud, thank you 🙇

[@Denis_1994]

Great video ❤ I also recommend *Echa Ekranu* ❤

[@Denis_1994]

😃👍

[@Handheld_TECH]

Thanks for the wonderful review 💚 It's very informative and insightful. I think the A500 is just beautiful! The A500 has contributed so much to the evolution of our games today and was way ahead of its time. Great device for the collection 👍💚

[@hardwarecheck6908]

👍

[@david-spliso1928]

Better late than never.

[@Sambrowski10]

Nostalgia overload. My dad bought me an Amiga 500 when I was 5. Or maybe he bought it for himself. Almost all of our games had been illegal copies (I do wonder if this affected the longevity of the system). Sensible soccer and Cannon Fodder should have been included but this looks amazing.

[@Midwinter2]

In answer to your question: yes, the rampant piracy affected both the quality of the games (little to no profit to be made from designing games to take advantage of the Amiga's hardware; cheaper to just port the Atari ST version) and also hastened the death of the Amiga as a viable platform. Developers abandoned ship to write games for the new consoles instead, which were far less susceptible to piracy.

[@Sambrowski10]

@@Midwinter2 Thanks mate. I absolutely adored the system. One of the few games I had that wasn't pirated was Zool. The game required a physical circular card to decipher a code. Unfortunately, I lost the card and the game became unplayable. Ironic. I loved seeing my dad come back from work with new copies of games at the time and I'm sure I wasn't the only kid who just assumed that's how they were supposed to be shared. All changed now, definitely no longer normal. It would be interesting for DF to look at the impact of piracy, DRM and other early anti piracy measures, particularly due to the impact it had on some systems like the Amiga.

[@Midwinter2]

@@Sambrowski10 I hear you - and I'm not getting on my high horse. I had pirated copies too, though I'd say half my games were bought. I was 15 when the Amiga was released - and my father bought one about a year later (the original Amiga 1000). I adored my Amiga too. It was an amazing computer at the time - and in some respects, I find modern computers quite clunky to use by comparison.

[@phillydavison]

Cannon fodder 😁 keep Jools and Jops alive 👍

[@stuhough5130]

Speed Ball 2, Great Giana Sisters, Populous, Bloodwych, International Karate, Metal Masters, North & South, Strip poker. Magic years for any young teenager who loved games.

[@chip5541]

After a year this finally popped up on my recommendation. Thanks KZbin. That being said, I am watching now but something before I forget. The Amiga CD32, still got mine, came with a sticky piece for the controller circle pad that made a difference. At least as long as the sticky pad lasted. Oh and the A500 also makes a great Christmas ornament :) I am also waiting for the recently announced A500 Max.

[@Caolan114]

I can see digital foundry now experimenting more with comedy the older videos were Interesting but lacked much personality I loved that "Get out of my office" line

[@johnboylan3832]

I bet you did. I bet you could watch some stand up comedy if you want to watch comedy.

[@mrburns366]

@@johnboylan3832 so... You think tech videos should be absolutely devoid of humor or personality?

[@johnboylan3832]

@@mrburns366 Yes.

[@OriginalChrizum]

@@johnboylan3832 Thankfully there are loads of other channels devoid of any humour out there for you to enjoy.

[@johnboylan3832]

@@OriginalChrizum You going to make me leave?

[@Wooodfield]

" only to realise I was alone, confused and there is no keyboard here on this unit" that is a brilliant line

[@ottolehto]

Great video! The 25 games included are not worth the price, but the ability to add more content makes it much more appealing. The Amiga 500 was an incredibly colourful and impressive machine back in the day and I am glad people are discovering some of its hidden gems, like Stardust.

[@garethjackson8683]

Grow up with the Amiga. Dad brought the very first Amiga 1000. Played so many games, music demo's and deluxe paints . Dad used to work on the Amiga in gaming and other things. Such a great machine and soooo many memories 👍

[@Midwinter2]

We had an Amiga 1000 as well. An amazing machine - I've never experienced that magic with any other computer.

[@bauer9101]

Captain Planet, Lemmings, Bart Simpson vs The Space Mutants, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Sensible Soccer. Amazing stuff looking back. It was my PC before I had a PC if that makes sense.

[@channelwacke]

Do not dismiss Dragon's Breath. You need to read the instructions before you play, but it is one of the best games included on the system and I am overjoyed to see it here. You can play it against the computer or up to two human players, and it is a fantastic strategy game with a lot of depth. It also has moody visuals and one of the best soundtracks on the Amiga, period. Don't blow past it.

[@TheGrizz485]

stardust(especially the warp sequence) and elfmania graphics still hold up today. seeing them run at this level of fedality on a 37 year old hardware is shocking. they're not even AGA titles. developed by the returnal guys also slam tilt is a zillion times better than pinball fantasies. also developed by Dice

[@takedeepshhh]

no it wasnt. slamtilt was developed by liquid dezign and released by 21st Century Entertainment

[@TheGrizz485]

yep my bad. The same publisher

[@Midwinter2]

Yes, Stardust was terrific in all respects. Elfmania was visually superb - though the gameplay could have been better. Both games are examples of the amazing results that could be achieved when the Amiga's hardware was properly exploited.

[@Meta_Mage]

Having an Amiga Device without Turrican seems almost pointless to me sadly...

[@SteamPunk96]

Fantastic solo debut from Audi, I have no history with the Amiga family of computers but this was interesting and entertaining nonetheless.

[@totty2524]

I love his dry delivery of jokes

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Unfortunately, his combination of hair styles, expressions, and even his voice keeps giving me Dreamcast Guy vibes.

[@EposVox]

Great review!

[@JulianCallan]

This was a great review. It really reminded me of the tone you’d get reading the UK PC magazines of the 90s and 2000s.

[@_TheElMan]

Audi is awesome. Great to see him do his own video. Especially on my childhood device (well A1200)

[@KingGameReview]

I got one of these for Christmas from my sister and immediately put Aminimiga on it. It's so rad.

[@NitinGopinathan]

Did not expect to laugh out loud multiple times when I started watching this. Top stuff as always! 😁

[@PrematureProcrastinator]

Omfg, this video transported me back to November 1992...when my mum and dad surprised me on bonfire night with an amiga 600 wild, weird and wicked pack, with the quavers "push over"game, microprose f1, putty, and deluxe paint 3 packed in. From there to Sensible soccer, cannon fodder, desert strike, walker, syndicate...and on and on it went. Most of the games i got by using xcopy. Great memories.

[@mipi_game]

My cousin used to have an A500 but he never let me play. There was a game called Robokid with the GREATEST MUSIC of all time

[@vjmtz]

I like that John is your emergency contact

[@Atonsha]

Nice Silkworm OST in the background while playing Worms and Zool.

[@SirCalalot]

I need more Audi videos in my life. Great work, as always.

[@bariole]

I found selection of included games as quite well chosen. All but one (Super Cars II) were known to me, and all of them where in a "good game" or "strong nostalgia" category. Nobody is going to play F-16 or Stunt Car Racer any more, but at the time those games were popular along my friends. A work friend, a longstanding amiga user, had given similar opinion on game lists when I introduced him to A500 Mini. And gamepad is perfectly fine. Directional buttons are somewhat long in motion, and buttons could be faster. But it is sturdy and works well. Primary A500 issue is lag in faster games, not a controller.

[@goredine]

Fantastic review! Never got my hands on one of the original machines, so it's nice to see how the newer version holds up in your experienced eyes. Plus: Your borderline dry humor never fails to make me chuckle. Looking forward to more!

[@pash2x4b]

Brilliant choice of the R-Type theme fir the opening, the theme tune of my childhood right there

[@aspizak]

I grew up with A500. Our first computer was ZXSpectrum, after we had an Atari 800XL and C64. But Amiga was where my true gaming and design life started - from A500 to A1200, so many great gaming memories and my first steps into digital art with PPaint and Deluxe Paint. Another World, Flashback, Alien Breed (esp Tower Assault on CD32 with the amazing cgi demo) and Alien Breed 3D - Alien Breed is such a fun Alien “ripoff”. Arcade Pool. Chaos Engine was amazing. Most of Psygnosis games as well. Sensible Soccer was my fave - agree - it was a great game. Giana Sister, Walker, even MK1 and MK2. Team17 was big on Amiga. Amiga 4000 was my first computer I used to make 3D art with Lightwave and C4D. 30 years of making art. Uff. So many great memories.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

Always happy to see love for the Amiga, it was huge in the UK and it's still frustrating as hell that the American management ran it into the ground. For the time, it's sound chip was head of any other machine. It was a magical Christmas when I got my A500. Sadly the examples packaged with the A500 Mini don't showcase its best graphics or gameplay. So... best games in no particular order not featured in this video? 1: Gravity Power / Gravity Force 2 - A shooter where you're in little spaceships constantly battling gravity and trying to blow each other up, with destructible scenery. Arguably the best two-player game ever. 2: Sensible Soccer - best footy game ever. Perfect stickiness of the ball, fast, breezy, perfect control with simple but adorable graphics. 3: Syndicate - Be the head of a sinister mega-global-corporation and send your four bio-mechanical agents into an isometric city to wreak havoc on rival mega-corp agents in a Bladerunner-esque world. 4: Dune - Surprisingly excellent point-and-click adventure with Risk style strategy elements. Deviates from the book's plot in an interesting fashion. Try to get the latter CD emulation if possible. 5: Dune 2 - The great granddaddy of RTS's. Still pretty good. 6: Apidya - Fantastic side-scrolling shooter where you're a heroic wasp taking on all the horrors of a bucolic English garden. 7: Canon Fodder - You'll need a keyboard and mouse for this, but it's an excellently brutal top down shooter with a surprisingly melancholic undertone. 8: K240 - Control your own mining colonies on asteroids. Rejoice in your skyscrapers. Tremble as rival mining colonies fling their missiles and ships at your cities. Laugh maniacally as your latest research and production of massive star fleets and missile silos enable you to crush the trespassing fools. 9: Second Samurai - Pretty nifty hack-and-slash platformer with some cool visuals. 10: Pinball Fantasies - Indeed pinball perfection. 11: The Settlers - First in the series and actually my favourite still. 12: Colonization - Sid Meier's Civ-type game where you colonise America. Gripping mechanics. Always play the Dutch. 13: Rainbow Islands - Whee! Ha ha!! 14: Shadow Fighter - Best beat-em-up on the Amiga with an entertaining roster of fighters, but mainly because Streetfighter 2 was infernally slow on the A500. 15: Historyline 1914-1918 - Turn based battlefield strategy game. Pretty atmospheric. 16: Basejumpers - Multiplayer game where you platform your way up a big building then all leap off the top, trying to jostle each other into flagpoles, ledges etc on your plummet down. Last one to pull the cord scores most points, with inevitable hilarious consequences. 17: Micro Machines - Charming top-down racer where you weave your way between spilt honey-nut loops on a breakfast table, etc. 18: Dyna-Blaster - It's like Super-Bomber Man to the point where the lawyers would come knocking. 19: Super Skidmarks - Probably the best and most graphically advanced top-down racer, with 3Dish graphics. You can choose to race as cows on wheels. 20: IK+ (International Karate +) - Three player fighter where pressing the button 't' makes the other player's trousers fall down, making it clearly excellent. Enjoy!

[@ArcanePath360]

No Xenon? No Bard's Tale? It's not an Amiga experience without those essential games. So many other classics missing.

[@mbsfaridi]

Love the tone of this video, funny and informative.

[@sadeness]

Good video I was excited for this when I thought it would have a working keyboard.We really should have gotten a maxi version

[@madspagh5423]

I was really hoping for DF to review the mini version of the computer i love above all others. Thank you DF

[@MikeyStewart]

Audi, I really loved this video, thank you. I like your style and sense of humour, whilst keeping things informative and relevant.

[@NavJack27gaming]

I've recently been diving into the Amiga library before the mini came out and have found a couple great games if you've wanted some direction of what to look for that might be less known. First Samurai and Second Samurai and Savage are must play action games. Ciemna Strona is a must experience adventure game in Polish but completely unbeatable outside of save game hex editing. Ambermoon and Amberstar are cool precursors to the DOS RPG Albion. BloodNet is a cool mature adventure game. Australo Piticus Mechanicus is an action game with a cool name but is surprisingly fun to play.

[@minus3dbintheteens60]

I remember Burning Rubber being an insanely awesome game, from the graphics and in-car view, to the nitrous, tyres and other engine mods, I was addicted to only that game. It was like a Gran Turismo prequel

[@overlanderuk5969]

The intro music was from R-Type if my memory serves me well!! 👌👌👌

[@Latchfpv]

Always a system I wanted to get into and this seems like a pretty neat little product. Thanks for the excellent review. I had a good few laughs, esp the Richard bits.

[@Robx4k]

Really want a big version as keyboard is important for a lot of games - great video Audi

[@w4lsh]

Plenty of original Amiga's available.

[@arjunchowdhury6236]

Audi is brilliant! Pity that such high quality DF Retro videos that he and John makes don't get more views.

[@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer]

Agreed.

[@LefaiaLeFay]

that wonderful dry humor .. totally clicked with me .. Awesome Video .. love the Amiga.. Good Job :D

[@waleedaljaber7989]

thank you so much, I love my Amiga and i still play some games with my brothers like Kick Off 2.

[@raggedcritical]

Love the start with the R-type intro music.

[@Fellipe2k5]

1:26 Hugo is God in Brazil ❤️

[@andash123]

Sweden too, at least back then

[@mancbiker17]

I got immediate flashbacks to Saturday morning kids tv here in the U.K. they used to have kids phone in and speak the controls to someone in the studio to try and win prizes 🥰

[@Fellipe2k5]

@@mancbiker17 Good times. Better times.

[@d1jal]

Audi is a national treasure!

[@THU31]

Amiga, Commodore and Spectrum were before my time, but I remember playing Lotus and RoboCod on my 386 PC in the late 90s.

[@famillet-l340]

The sentinel is awesome, and that's a fact ;-)

[@pferreira1983]

Yep!

[@pelgervampireduck]

I don't know on Amiga, but Titus the Fox on PC was great! I loved it and I played it a lot!. that one and Prehistorik 1 also made by Titus were among my favorites!.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

I still own 3 amiga500s..I tend to use amiga game selector on mx linux which is a superb piece of software...i did purchase the mini but it malfunctioned right out the box..i sent it back to amazon and have never considered it again...

[@hudson3539]

Love Audi's talkage style and presentation prowessnessness. More Audi please thanks

[@kubev]

I had a similar experience with Another World when I first played it. I initially only played a demo (in the form of the first level) on a computer at school, and it single-handedly changed my outlook on the potential of video games as a medium. Honestly, I didn't have a similar experience with video games until I played the final portion of INSIDE. These are the types of games you want to discuss with people who aren't even into video games, as they really do show what makes video games so special. I can play through Another World easily in under half an hour, and it obviously doesn't have any surprises for me when I replay it, but it'll always be on my all-time top ten list of video games.

[@ghost085]

Titus the Fox was part of my MS-DOS childhood. Didn't know the Amiga version had normal scrolling.

[@pferreira1983]

It was the superior version.

[@ShinySilvery]

Wondered If DF Retro would be making a video on this beloved classic revival - Here it is! Couldn’t resist going back to arcade style gaming (sadly for the most part, missing from today’s mainstream) so got this for myself. Yes, the ‘A500’ moniker is the beginnings of the Amiga and a misnomer with this. As it also enables play of Amiga 1200 Advanced Graphic Architecture chip set games too! At the risk of this sounding close to another upcoming updated retro console, maybe this very attractively presented Amiga emulation engine is less A500, more 𝘼𝙢𝙞-𝙜𝙤 ...?

[@SocialBandit]

would love to see an Audi helmed DF Retro on Another World and its many versions. I played the SNES version as a kid.

[@Baraz_Red]

The Lost Patrol is on Steam. Have not played it, but looks interesting.

[@jegjrtp87]

I was floored after i downloaded and opened Another World that late night.

[@renatoborba1987]

Audi was amazing as always, amazing video!

[@BADC0FFEE]

Dragon's Breath is a very underrated game! I loved it as a kid, it's a very unique dragon management / strategy game, you hatch your own dragons, improve them with magic and send them to fight other dragons and destroy villages

[@maphazar7549]

Loved my commodore 64! I got it when I was like 6 or 7. Never had the amiga tho, we got a Nintendo and Sega and it wasn't until I was in my late teens before I got PC.

[@gaminginframes2819]

I have fond memories of the C64 days. Toys R Us had an aisle of C64 games.

[@Marc_Araujo]

The first thing you should do is update the firmware and download the free bonus 26th title (Citadel)...then download and side-load games to your heart's content.

[@duncanself5111]

I always used a joystick for amiga 🕹

[@TheBeird]

Fond memories of the Amiga. Shame it doesn't have bigger library on the Mini

[@parabolee]

PS4 controller worked perfectly for me, exact mapping to the bundled controller.

[@walterw8223]

This video review: +Informative +Professional +Well paced +Humorous +Well argued points -Did not talk about Moonstone 1/10 Stars

[@BuzzaB77]

Yeah baby give me that hard panned tracker goodness!

[@doomslayer_spyrofan3943]

5:29 i just realised how close the dpad on the controller looks almost identical to the ps4 Controller dpad

[@feverkane]

My childhood was: Atari 2600, commodore CPC6128, then Amiga 500. Thought I'd travelled into the future when I got my Amiga. Beneath a steel sky came on 15 disc's, and I had no hard drive, but I didn't mind.

[@jase1976]

I just replayed Beneath a Steel Sky using ScummVM. It's also free on Steam and GOG. It's still great. I had forgotten the solution to all the puzzles except one, because when I was 19 I was stuck on it for days. It's been 28 years but I won't spoil anything. All I'll say is: lightbulb!

[@feverkane]

@@jase1976 I just remembered the Amiga version had a bug where u had to get some WD40 from a store cupboard, and u couldn't leave the cupboard once u picked up the tin. How tf did we manage b4 downloadable updates? Haha

[@jase1976]

@@feverkane I don't remember that bug. I must have been lucky. On my playthrough last week I didn't even need the can of WD40. It gets confiscated when you leave the store room and I didn't need it to finish the game. Perhaps that puzzle was changed. Yep, back then games couldn't be fixed if they were launched with bugs, whereas these days you have to download gigabytes of day one patches and then wait weeks for them to fix everything they missed. Progress!

[@feverkane]

@@jase1976 lmfao, it was prolly something to do with me leaving all my disc's next to that big-ass power box and demagnetising my discs. Definitely feel there should've been a warning sticker on that bad boy. I just assumed all disc's stopped working properly after a few months haha. What a dick! Deffo getting this mini

[@macklin4839]

lost it @ the credits music lmfao

[@mrs323]

Fantastic video! But why do you own two items with Bubsy on them? Seems horrifying.

[@dna9838]

thank you for pronouncing asterisk correctly. I bet you also buck the trend by having no trouble with nuclear or specifically either.

[@tulkaskiki25]

Wait. A jugar con hugo was in the amiga? It was a tv show and people play with the phone when they called the show

[@insomniac9366]

Try xenon and xenon2, magic pockets, r type and robocop. I loved my a1200 amigo it had somthing called AGA graphics but couldn't tell any difference.

[@MSquared135]

Audi, you are growing on us.

[@InfectedJello]

"Get out of my office!" 🤣

[@Horos_de_Vega]

The games that show Amiga rules: - World Sensible of Soccer - Shadow of the Beast - Flashback - Wings - It came from the desert - Dune 1 - Dune 2 - Les Voyageurs du Temps - Maniac Mansion - Xenon 2 - Indiana Jones (2x) - Defender of the Crown - Populous - Cannon Fodder - KGB - Monky Island (2x) - North & South - Lionheart - Loom - Croisière pour un Cadavre And so many more!

[@V3ntilator]

Frontier: Elite 2 Moonstone Hired Guns Heimdall Robosport Giana Sisters Powermonger Stunt Car Racer Syndicate ..To name a few more.

[@patpanic2365]

@@V3ntilator Bubble Bobble :) Civilization Hacker The Settlers UFO Ennemy Unknown Unreal too…

[@peterhelpme]

Did anyone try to play Dynablaster with four people? I heard that the original Amiga needed a special adapter to connect extra joysticks.

[@damsonn]

16:25 What a blasphemy! F-16 Combat Pilot was really ambitious flight sim with dynamic campaign and plethora of features that other flight sims of the time lacked. And it's not the nostalgia talking since I never played it back in the day when I had an actual Amiga 500, only now when I bought the A500 mini. My advice, plug usb keyboard (don't use the pad for this), download game manual from the net and have hours of retro flight sim fun with this one!

[@simonwest80]

The only thing I remember about this game was continuously crashing the plane and that the box could be used for a murder weapon 😂

[@damsonn]

@@simonwest80 It wasn't a simple game. It was pretty realistic and needed some study from the included manual. I've been recently putting some vids from this game on my channel. I find this game really deep if you know what you're doing.

[@andrewprice8940]

Check out Archipelagos - amazing music and atmosphere. Also Datastorm and StarRay are fantastic defender style shooters. Backlash and Encounter are two more mindless shooters - just how games should be. Been playing a load of Amiga games recently.

[@mantis2831]

Zool, Chuck Rock, speedball, gods were my favorite games

[@BOMBSQUADPYROTECHNICS]

Wait one minute, let talk about the wu tang controller you used in this video

[@david-spliso1928]

Another World is slightly better on the Atari ST. Along with Stunt Car Racer. The reason being that the ST's 68000 is clocked higher than the Amiga's. And this is purely what was required to render polygons back then.

[@megavolnutt4629]

Amiga had the best version of Galaga ever made in Deluxe Galaga. Unofficial, yes (like a lot of Amiga games lol), but easily the best imo. Sadly, most don't even seem to know it exists. Also, Cow Wars is amazing, that is all.

[@vladiesc]

Loved the deadpan humor 👌😂

[@LanceD188]

The A500 looks like the C128 I used to own back in the day.

[@les_chegwin]

Very frustrating how Audi doesn't share how he feels about Titus

[@pferreira1983]

He's just bad at the game.

[@qik3300]

Looking for more info on the 8bitdo controller. Wired version looks like? Version 1 or 2? Looks like 1. It connects via USB?

[@micThurrr]

Audi ,the finest version of Out of this World is on 3do. :D

[@Battleneter]

Still better than PS5

[@frankjohansen3132]

I have a blast with the A500 mini using it with the Samsung The Freestyle projecting the image to the ceiling while i`m in bed. I had to use Enable CRT effect to get the crisp pixel look. And yes, ofcourse i had to use an USB stick to play tons of more games + demos. The controller is crap though, i`m not a console guy, but the diagonal movement is a hit and miss for me.

[@balaam_7087]

“Get out of my office!” 🤣🤣🤣

[@RetroSegaDev]

👌 quality moment 😂