The new Evercade Alpha bartop arcade-style systems launch this month, available in Mega Man or Street Fighter II variants. This isn’t the reason behind spending time with 2022’s Irem Arcade Collection 1 though. Ever since seeing screenshots in ‘90s gaming mags I’ve had a hankering for Irem’s In The Hunt, and this is one of …
December sees another dual game cart for the Evercade. As many owners will testify, Blaze’s dual carts tend to be pretty good, with the standard generally higher and the games themselves more complex. Metal Dragon and Life on Mars are two modern indie Mega Drive games from Spanish studio Kai Magazine Software, known for pushing …
We never expected Blaze’s line of Toaplan cartridges to reach number 4 quite so quickly, especially when Toaplan Arcade 3 hasn’t released yet. We aren’t complaining though – Toaplan’s back catalogue hasn’t exactly been overexposed over the years. Due out in December, Toaplan Arcade 4 will include six titles. Oddly, they aren’t exclusively arcade titles. …
As Forest Gump once mumbled, “Life is a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The same is also true for Piko Interactive collections, with Piko merely being a license holder – whenever they’re involved, you never know which games are going to appear. It’s a very different case from something like …
Blaze has revealed their first Evercade cartridge for 2024, and it’s a hefty package with thirteen games – the most we’ve seen on a single cart for a while. Yes, quality over quantity is always preferable. It’s still pleasing to have a cartridge with lots to dip in and out of though. THEC64 Collection 3 …
With the release of the Evercade compatible Super Pocket handhelds fast approaching, now seems like a decent time to round up every Evercade cartridge we’ve reviewed so far. The total stands at eight cartridges, which isn’t a great amount in fairness, but still may prove useful for anyone looking to make their first purchase. Having …
Four new Evercade cartridges have been revealed, all due later this year and featuring a combination of indie games new and old. Blaze’s latest presentation certainly included a few surprises, such as the first ever Evercade single game cart, and a release of Giants’ Farming Simulator demake. That standalone game cart is Full Void, a …
Recently Evercade manufacture Blaze established retro entertainment brand HyperMegaTech. Today, the first products from this new offshoot have been revealed – two low cost arcade handhelds containing Taito and Capcom games, set to retail for £49 ($59/€59) each this October. Surprisingly, both have an Evercade cart slot, making it possible to expand their libraries. If …
Blaze Entertainment has just finished wrapping up its Evercade Showcase Vol 1. We were convinced a ZX Spectrum collection was on the cards. While that didn’t happen, what was revealed was arguably far more exciting. Six new cartridges were announced, along with a limited edition (2,000 units) Atomic Edition Evercade Vs console inspired by Duke …
Blaze’s first Amiga Evercade cartridge will be a ten-game Team17 collection. This also marks the first time a handheld format has received legal Amiga emulation. The full games list reads as: The absence of a Worms game is a pity but understandable – a dedicated Worms collection was released for the Evercade a few years …
The Commodore 64 is one of those rare formats, like the Amiga and Atari ST, where it’s impossible to count how many games were released for it. The 8-bit microcomputer launched in 1982 and was still knocking around in the mid-90s, even gaining conversions of Capcom’s Street Fighter II and Final Fight. Games were released …
When people think of Atari, the games and systems that spring to mind likely depend on which decade you grew up in. ‘80s kids will recall the company’s coin-munching arcade cabinets and the behemoth that was the Atari 2600 – a system that managed to survive the ’84 market crash, with games released in Europe …
We didn’t expect another Evercade cartridge to be announced this week, yet here we are. It seems manufacturers Blaze are listening to feedback, as the next cartridge is a Commodore 64 extravaganza, featuring 14 titles – including Impossible Mission, Summer Games, and Jeff Minter’s Iridis Alpha. Blaze has partnered with the C64 Mini creators Retro …
Following the popularity of their Xenocrisis/Tanglewood double indie game cart, Evercade has revealed a similar two-game package. Cart number 27 will include Alwa’s Awakening from Elden Pixels and a native port of Cathedral from Decemberborn. That’s to say, Cathedral isn’t an emulated version – it’s a bespoke and fully optimised conversion. Pre-orders go live …
The Evercade library grows this May with two new cartridges, both of which can be pre-ordered from 31st March ahead of their 31st May launches. Morphcat Games Collection 1 brings together three games from the titular German indie team, along with two bonus demos. Micro Mages is the highlight here – a NES style dungeon-set …