If I had to pick my favorite home computer of all time, it would probably be the Commodore Amiga. It had awesome games, lots of innovative features, and for the time excellent visuals and sound.
While my interest in remakes of other classic computers, such as the C-64, was not high enough to warrant buying a modernized machine for a few hundred Euro or so, the announcement of THEA1200 could change that.
It comes from the company that created TheA500 Mini and TheC64 Maxi, among other systems. As the name suggests, this time it has set its development eyes on one of the crown jewels of Commodore’s Amiga portfolio, the Amiga 1200.
Here is what the package is said to include:
- A full-sized Amiga 1200 remake.
- Integrated Workbench desktop.
- USB and HDMI connectivity.
- Working keyboard, mouse and retro-style gamepad.
- A list of 25 all-time classics, including the Turrican trilogy, The Settlers II, Defender of the Crown, and Beneath a Steel Sky among others.
Now, the only thing the machine is missing is a disk drive. It is somewhat of a let down, considering that you can’t play your old Amiga floppy discs on the machine. However, you can play games from USB according to the announcement, which should work similarly to using the classic Amiga 1200’s hard drive.
As for “when”: Preorders start on November 10, 2025 and the company hopes to ship the devices by June 2026.
There is an announcement video with renders, which you can check out below.
Heise Online says that the device will retail for 190 Euro, which is about 220 Dollar.
I’d probably use it to replay classic games, including Moonstone, It came from the desert, Wings, Dungeon Master, or Rainbow Islands.
Here is a video with 100 great Amiga games (according to the creator):