Old challengers: Five of the best classic consoles that made a 'mini' comeback

As the Amiga 500 is the latest vintage machine to get the 'mini' treatment, we look back at the retrogaming craze - with five of our favourite plug-and-play boxes

Classic consoles like the Super Nintendo have been subject to a wave of reboots and restorations over the past few years. Pic: Jens Mahnke

This morning has seen the announcement by gaming specialists Koch Media of the latest retro-gaming device to help the perpetually nostalgic while away another few hours.

The A500 Mini is an officially-licenced trip all the way back to the eighties and nineties, when home computers like the Amiga 500 towered over their console cousins, and packed plenty of full-scale gaming experiences the likes of the Super Nintendo and MegaDrive could only manage with some severe compromises.