The first Evercade Amiga cart is Team17 dedicated

Blaze’s first Amiga Evercade cartridge will be a ten-game Team17 collection. This also marks the first time a handheld format has received legal Amiga emulation. The full games list reads as: The absence of a Worms game is a pity but understandable – a dedicated Worms collection was released for the Evercade a few years …

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The A500 Mini, featuring 25 Amiga classics, releases early next year

Ah, the humble Amiga. Very few systems can boast a software catalogue more diverse – it offered a little bit of everything, from arcade conversions to point ‘n click adventures. During the early ‘90s, it looked unstoppable – games such as Worms, Lemmings 2, Cannon Fodder, The Chaos Engine, Syndicate and Theme Park showed that …

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Why Xbox Game Pass is like owning an Amiga circa 1993

In 1993 the Amiga was living its best life. Games such as Cannon Fodder, Syndicate, The Chaos Engine, and Lemmings 2 were gaining critical praise, taking the covers of multi-format magazines while making console owners jealous. Well, at least until their belated conversions turned up. The system had plenty to give in 1994 too, with …

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Tales from the Amiga public domain

The Amiga was a magnificent bundle of circuits. Just when people thought they’d seen what the machine was capable of, something else bettering it would be released. Some of the last commercial Amiga games – I kid you not – included Wipeout 2097 and Quake. Sure, they required a few extra pieces of hardware in …

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