Manomio reveals details on iAmiga emulator, line-up includes Wings

Following on from the success of Manomio’s C64 emulator on iPhone, the retro-loving developer is turning its attention to another Commodore classic. This time its the Amiga 500: the off-white powerhouse that holds a place in the heart of many a Brit.

The company showed off iAmiga to our beloved rivals at Touch Arcade, who described the app’s retro representation as having “accurate sound, flawless graphics, glass smooth animation” on iPhone 4, albeit it with a few glitches and bugs at the moment.

It comes with different control methods, letting you switch between keyboard, mouse, and joystick on the fly.

The company has already struck a deal with Cinemaware, so you can expect games like Defender of the Crown, It Came from the Desert, and Wings to appear. It’s now in licensing discussions with other fan-favourite Amiga developers like The Bitmap Brothers, Magnetic Fields, Cope-Com, Archer MacLean, and Turrican maker Factor 5.

Exactly how the games will be presented and sold is still up in the air. They might be separate apps, or follow the likes of C64 and sell them as in-app purchases from within an emulator.

“There will likely also be a sort of Amiga shell app released that that allows the stand-alone games to be played in a richer Amiga emulation environment,” writes Touch Arcade, “that may offers things like OpenGL ES 2.0 shader effects to add scan-lines, CRT glare, and even TV-out and iPad play using a tethered iPhone as a controller.”

It all sounds rather promising. There’s no release date yet, but we know you’ll need an iPhone 3GS / third-generation iPod touch or better to run the games, and iPad support is planned for the future.