General / Off-Topic Mini retro Commodore review

[Para Handy]

The A500 Mini - tiny shrunk version of the Commodore complete with controller, mouse and 25 games. Worms, Battle Chess and lots more.

A500 Mini review – tiny Commodore Amiga is a robust piece of tech nostalgia

This miniature Amiga 500 comes with 25 games from a fertile period in video game history

www.theguardian.com

 

[Zieman]

Wonder if the keys work on this one? On C64 Mini they don't.
But a full sized one with working keyboard came later, so there's hope for that here too.

 

[Para Handy]

Wonder if the keys work on this one? On C64 Mini they don't.
But a full sized one with working keyboard came later, so there's hope for that here too.

No the keyboard is not functional. (You can plug in a USB keyboard though.)

From the amazon page:

Box Contains ​

THEA500 Mini (Keyboard non-functional. Virtual keyboard feature included), 2-Button USB Mouse (1.8m -6ft), 8-Button USB Gamepad (1.8m - 6ft), USB-C Power Supply Cable (1.8m - 6ft) (AC Adapter NOT included), HDMI Cable (1.8m - 6ft)

 

[ubermick]

I dunno. For less money you can get a Raspberry Pi 400 and a Competition Pro USB, and install pimiga on there - ending up with a far better system and a functioning keyboard.

(I do like the replica tank mouse, tho)