The A500 mini has finally arrived. I think enough ink has been spilled on the unit itself (as well as whatever you spill when you make YouTube videos) but suffice to say I have one, it’s beautiful and easy to use, and it has some cool games on it. I’ve written a post on the built in games that come with it, so go read that if you want to know more about the games that come with it.

There are lots of great games on the Amiga that were arcade conversions or otherwise licensed from other platforms. I’m going to avoid including them for the most part (you already know if you like Bubble Bobble) but I’m going to include one or two where the Amiga version was particularly celebrated or brilliant in some way.

We’ll have a top 20 and then a list of honourable mentions at the end. In a a separate post I’ll put the best of the rest, games that are worth playing but I didn’t want cluttering up the lists (there are a LOT of games worth playing from the Amiga).

Getting started⌗

I won’t repeat what’s in the excellent manual- you should have no difficulty getting WHDload to work. One thing that’s worth noting is it’s just going to drop you into a file browser when you load up the mini Amiga so you can use folders to organise everything (e.g. have “A”, “B”, “C” folders, or “Shooter”, “Strategy”, “Puzzle” etc.)

LEGAL DISCLAIMER and link to download files

Top 20⌗

  • Apidya
  • Banshee
  • Batman: The Movie
  • Cannon Fodder
  • Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis
  • Gravity Force 2
  • Jetstrike
  • Lemmings
  • Lotus Turbo Challenge 2
  • Mega lo Mania
  • The New Zealand Story
  • Pinball Fantasies
  • Populous
  • Rainbow Islands
  • Sensible World of Soccer ‘96/‘97
  • Sim City
  • Super Skidmarks
  • Super Stardust
  • SWIV
  • Turrican

Honourable mentions⌗

  • Battle Squadron
  • Beneath a Steel Sky
  • Cabal
  • Fire & Ice
  • Gods
  • Hired Guns
  • International Karate +
  • It Came from the Desert
  • Laser Squad
  • Leander
  • Lemmings 2: The Tribes
  • Llamatron: 2112
  • Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
  • Lotus III: The Ultimate Challenge
  • Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight
  • North & South
  • Pinball Illusions
  • Putty
  • Putty Squad
  • Rick Dangerous
  • Rick Dangerous II
  • RoboCop
  • Ruff ‘n’ Tumble
  • The Secret of Monkey Island
  • The Settlers
  • Silkworm
  • Syndicate
  • Turrican II: The Final Fight
  • Turrican 3
  • UFO: Enemy Unknown
  • Vroom
  • Zeewolf 2: Wild Justice