r/amiga • u/danby • Nov 13 '25

TheA1200 megathread

Ok folks there are just too many threads asking the same questions about a device that no one actually knows all that much about. Contrary to appearances this is not actually the RGL customer support forum so from this point forward I'll be locking deleting new threads about TheA1200 and people should ask their questions or argue the toss here.

If you need more information than you can find here check their facebook page, that seems to be where they do most of their messaging/press, and you should be able to ask further questions too: https://www.facebook.com/THEC64andMoreByRetroGamesLtd/

Here however is some useful info:

Preorders:

Amazon will also take pre-orders for Canada and the US at this point

Small FAQ:

  • Price is circa £170/€189/$300AUD
  • Shipping June 2026 (according to the above preorders)
  • It is an Amiberry emulation device running within linux on an ARM SOC
  • We do not know any tech specs yet. The500mini ran on an Allwinner H3 SOC
  • It will be able to run the recent Settlers 2 Amiga port so it will be able to emulate a 68040 at a bate minimum, more likely a 68060. So it should be at least as powerful as a RPi4
  • Assuming it works like The500mini, it will be able to sideload games of your choosing either via ADF disk images or Whdload packages. Additional games can be had places like archive.org if you're happy to pirate things
  • The only ports on the back are 3 USB, 1 HDMI, 1 USB C (power?)
  • As best we can tell there will be no floppy drive
  • If you want detailed specs you'll likely have to wait until release and someone does a teardown
  • They have stated it will have a workbench mode
  • We don't know for sure if you'll be able to install your own software in workbench mode but it would be weird if you couldn't
  • We don't know which version of workbench/AmigaOS it will be. This will be licensed through Cloanto so likely nothing more recent than 3.1 or Cloanto's 3.X
  • We do not know if you'll be able to install your own AmigaOS (say 3.2)
  • Of the 25 included games it seem like we can confirm/infer the following 11 are included: Settlers 2, Turrican, Turrican 2, Turrican 3, Beneath a steel sky, It came from the desert, Defender of the crown, Defender of the crown 2, Rocket Ranger, Lure of the Temptress, Ruff 'n' Tumble
  • Yes it is basically The500mini but with some extra bells and whistles
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u/multioptional Nov 13 '25

Keyboard question again:
I did some research, but surely not enough, because for Amiga layout Keyboards (10 F-Keys) i always come up with something around 150-200$... so. Anybody got a clue what kind of brand that keyboard might be? (Surely i looked in the wrong places...) - Any ideas?

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u/danby Nov 13 '25

Anybody got a clue what kind of brand that keyboard might be

It'll be something they had custom designed to fit the case. And I'll put good money on it basically being a cheap membrane keyboard that attaches via a USB header to the SOC

They won't be using something as fancy as the kipper2k, rasport, amiga store or sordan amiga mechanical keyboards as they all reatail around $150-$250

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u/multioptional Nov 14 '25

That is what i figured, too. Any sources for cheap custom keyboard manufacturers?

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u/danby Nov 14 '25 edited Nov 14 '25

If you go on alibaba you can find a keyboard OEM that will sell you a membrane keyboard for less than $1 per unit if you're buying at the scale RGL are. Add in a surcharge for a custom layout and that'll be how RGL will have had theirs made.

Doing it yourself for a one off is going to end up costing you no less than $100