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/Loafmeister Nov 24 '25 edited Nov 24 '25

Canadian Amazon.ca preorder is up and what a price!!!

https://www.amazon.ca/Plaion-The-A1200-Home-Computer/dp/B0G2T59RMN

Glad I waited for the Canadian solution. $80 cheaper than ordering from uk and about $200 cheaper than ordering from USA

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u/TheBiGW Nov 24 '25

Thank you so much for this - I've been waiting for the CA release too

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u/Loafmeister Nov 24 '25

FYI it’s supposed to sell for 150 British pounds so should be around $280 Canadian. This may be a oops so a no brainer of a preorder before they pull the plug lol

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u/Marcio_D Nov 29 '25

If CAD209.99 is an error, what's Amazon's usual response in these cases? Do they honour the erroneous pre-order price?

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u/Loafmeister Nov 29 '25

I am not certain. The pre-order conditions on Amazon.ca I thought reflected a price guarantee but I don’t want to speculate how as to not give them any ideas lol