Evercade by Blaze

[Nz17]

I'm posting this thread in Classic Gaming as while the Evercade by Blaze is new hardware it is (so far) designed to run old games made for NES, SNES, Genesis, and Atari 2600 consoles, retro arcade hardware, and eventually Atari Lynx as well as new homebrews for said same old platforms.

I think this thing will make more of a profit and make more of a positive impression upon retro gamers than the Intellivision Amico will. Part of that is the design and aesthetic of the games, part of it is the controllers and hardware, and part of it is the price of the console and games.

Evercade:
Old, proven 2D classic games and "neo retro" indie games with similar aspirations
Portable console with a proven button layout and an included screen plus HDMI output
$80 for the console plus 1 game compilation on cartridge or $100 for the console plus 3 game compilations on cartridge
$20 for each additional game compilation on a cart which includes a case and full-color, printed paper manuals
Amico:
New, 3D remakes of classic games plus the good old originals from Intellivision, Atari, Imagic, etc.
Odd touch-screen motion controllers that are a mix of Intellivision controller, Wii-mote, and classic iPod
$249 for the console
$3 - $10 for digital game downloads; physical games with RFID chips will be available at retail for $30

But enough about the Amico (cool though it might eventually be). Let's hear more about the just-about-ready Evercade from someone who has actually spent some time playing games with one:


DF Retro Hardware - Evercade Review: The Cartridge-Based Retro Handheld That Works by Digital Foundry
We've had a ton of requests to take a look at Blaze's Evercade - a cartridge-based retro handheld. It's certainly a fascinating device with a unique game delivery mechanism, and...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwozJMggTIQ

What are everyone's thoughts about the Evercade by Blaze? Have you pre-ordered one? Will you be buying one later if it proves itself?

[gbpxl]

apples to oranges

[Aussie2B]

Isn't the Amico fully licensed in every way? I don't see how this could be, unless the library is severely limited (and probably thus not that great). Part of the reason clones and such can skirt around copyright law is because the consumer acquires the carts (be they legit or bootleg) or ROMs themselves. If this thing uses proprietary carts that Blaze loads with games and sells, what could they actually offer for retro systems like NES, SNES, and Genesis? They could in theory get the license on the developer/publisher's end, like some other publishers have done to re-release retro games, but you're sure as hell not going to get the big-name stuff like Mario and Zelda that way, and if they include those games without permission, this thing is gonna get shut down before it would even go on sale.

[gbpxl]

The elephant in the room here is this: Most retro gamers own full ROM sets for everything made between 1985 and 1994 minus some of the less popular consoles like 3DO and Jaguar- and they already have the ability to play these games on their PSP, nVidia Shield, Switch, Xbox, etc.

Even for someone like me who doesnt support piracy... if I eant to play Earthworm Jim, I am going to play it on a cartridge... on a Super Nintendo. point is, very limited audience here

Im glad they are going their legal route with licensing and what not but most gamers think everything should be free if its more than 20 years old

[drludos]

On my end, I love that they included cart with homebrew games on it!
That's a brilliant move to offer more than just games that we might already have in our collection.

The cart format is lovely, and the idea to group games is great for a reasonable price (considering the packaging).
I really hope the console finds success so they can release loads of carts with both retro games and homebrew titles!

[jb143]

The elephant in the room here is this: Most retro gamers own full ROM sets for everything made between 1985 and 1994 minus some of the less popular consoles like 3DO and Jaguar- and they already have the ability to play these games on their PSP, nVidia Shield, Switch, Xbox, etc.

Even for someone like me who doesnt support piracy... if I eant to play Earthworm Jim, I am going to play it on a cartridge... on a Super Nintendo. point is, very limited audience here

Im glad they are going their legal route with licensing and what not but most gamers think everything should be free if its more than 20 years old

Everyone knows that roms and emulators exist. And like you point out, most retro gamers already have and use them. But there are still a lot of retro game stores around and games are still selling on eBay. Just for fun, I checked a few of my go to games from when I used to sell online a lot like maybe 15 years ago and they are still selling for about the same price(not factoring in inflation). The point is, the audience may not quite be a limited as you think it is.

Now, having said that, I'm not really in the market for either, but that's mainly because I'm usually not in the market for spending money on such things in general unless I find at a thrift store for cheap. I don't think I've ever bought a game system new before.

[Nz17]

Yes, the games included on the carts for the Evercade are licensed by Blaze from the copyright holders of the software in question. So no, you are not going to find Mario and Zelda games for it, but here are the games that are currently available for purchase (https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/):

# - Title - Cartridge
1 - 8-Eyes - Piko Interactive Collection 1
2 - Adventure (2600) - Atari Collection 1
3 - Air Sea Battle (2600) - Atari Collection 2
4 - Alien Brigade (7800) - Atari Collection 1
5 - Almost Hero - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
6 - Aquaventure (2600) - Atari Collection 1
7 - Asteroids (2600) - Atari Collection 1
8 - Asteroids (7800) - Atari Collection 2
9 - Awesome Golf - Atari Lynx Collection 1
10 - Bad Dudes - Data East Collection
11 - Basketbrawl - Atari Lynx Collection 1
12 - Basketbrawl (7800) - Atari Collection 2
13 - Battle Cars - Namco Collection 1
14 - BattleChess - Interplay Collection 1
15 - Boogerman - Interplay Collection 1
16 - Bowling (2600) - Atari Collection 2
17 - Brave Battle Saga - Piko Interactive Collection 1
18 - Burger Time - Data East Collection
19 - Burnin� Rubber (Bump & Jump) - Data East Collection
20 - Burning Force - Namco Collection 2
21 - Canon � Legends of the New Gods - Piko Interactive Collection 1
22 - Canyon Bomber (2600) - Atari Collection 1
23 - Centipede (2600) - Atari Collection 1
24 - Centipede (7800) - Atari Collection 2
25 - Clayfighter - Interplay Collection 1
26 - Clayfighter 2 - Interplay Collection 2
27 - Claymates - Interplay Collection 2
28 - Coffee Crisis - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
29 - Crash �N� The Boys: Street Challenge - Technos Collection 1
30 - Creepy Brawlers - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
31 - Crystal Castles (2600) - Atari Collection 1
32 - Crystal Mines II: Buried Treasure - Atari Lynx Collection 1
33 - CyberVirus - Atari Lynx Collection 1
34 - Dark Chambers (2600) - Atari Collection 2
35 - Demons to Diamonds (2600) - Atari Collection 2
36 - Desert Falcon (2600) - Atari Collection 1
37 - Desert Falcon (7800) - Atari Collection 2
38 - Dig Dug - Namco Collection 1
39 - Dig Dug 2 - Namco Collection 2
40 - Dorke and Ymp - Piko Interactive Collection 1
41 - Double Dragon - Technos Collection 1
42 - Double Dragon II: The Revenge� - Technos Collection 1
43 - Double Dunk (2600) - Atari Collection 1
44 - Dracula the Undead - Atari Lynx Collection 1
45 - Dragon Spirit - Namco Collection 2
46 - Dragon View - Piko Interactive Collection 1
47 - Drakkhen - Piko Interactive Collection 1
48 - Earthworm Jim - Interplay Collection 1
49 - Earthworm Jim 2 - Interplay Collection 2
50 - Fighter�s History - Data East Collection
51 - Food Fight (7800) - Atari Collection 1
52 - Galaga - Namco Collection 2
53 - Galaxian - Namco Collection 1
54 - Gordo 106 - Atari Lynx Collection 1
55 - Gravitar (2600) - Atari Collection 1
56 - Haunted House (2600) - Atari Collection 2
57 - Human Canonball (2600) - Atari Collection 2
58 - Incantation - Interplay Collection 1
59 - Iron Commando - Piko Interactive Collection 1
60 - Ishido: The Way of Stones - Atari Lynx Collection 1
61 - Jim Power � The Lost Dimension - Piko Interactive Collection 1
62 - Jimmy Connors Tennis - Atari Lynx Collection 1
63 - Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the tropics - Data East Collection
64 - Justice Duel - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
65 - Karate Champ - Data East Collection
66 - Libble Rabble - Namco Collection 1
67 - Little Medusa - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
68 - Log Jammers - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
69 - Loopz - Atari Lynx Collection 1
70 - Magic Girl - Piko Interactive Collection 1
71 - Magical Drop 2 - Data East Collection
72 - Malibu Bikini Volleyball - Atari Lynx Collection 1
73 - Mappy - Namco Collection 1
74 - Mappy Kids - Namco Collection 1
75 - MegaPak - Atari Lynx Collection 1
76 - Metal Marines - Namco Collection 1
77 - Midnight Resistance - Data East Collection
78 - Millipede (2600) - Atari Collection 2
79 - Missile Command (2600) - Atari Collection 1
80 - Motor Psycho (7800) - Atari Collection 1
81 - Multidude - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
82 - Night Driver (2600) - Atari Collection 1
83 - NightShade - Piko Interactive Collection 1
84 - Ninja Golf (7800) - Atari Collection 1
85 - Old Towers - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
86 - Pac Man - Namco Collection 1
87 - Pac-Attack - Namco Collection 2
88 - Phelios - Namco Collection 2
89 - Planet Smashers (7800) - Atari Collection 2
90 - Power Factor - Atari Lynx Collection 1
91 - Power Piggs of the Dark Ages - Piko Interactive Collection 1
92 - Power Punch II - Piko Interactive Collection 1
93 - Prehistoric Man - Interplay Collection 2
94 - Quad Challenge - Namco Collection 1
95 - Radar Lock (2600) - Atari Collection 2
96 - Radical Rex - Piko Interactive Collection 1
97 - Realsports Tennis (2600) - Atari Collection 2
98 - Remnant - Atari Lynx Collection 1
99 - River City Ransom - Technos Collection 1
100 - Scrapyard Dog - Atari Lynx Collection 1
101 - Side Pocket - Data East Collection
102 - Solaris (2600) - Atari Collection 2
103 - Splatterhouse 2 - Namco Collection 2
104 - Splatterhouse 3 - Namco Collection 2
105 - Sprintmaster (2600) - Atari Collection 2
106 - Star Luster - Namco Collection 1
107 - Steeplechase (2600) - Atari Collection 1
108 - Street Racer (2600) - Atari Collection 2
109 - Submarine Commander (2600) - Atari Collection 2
110 - Super Asteroids/Missile Command - Atari Lynx Collection 1
111 - Super Dodge Ball� - Technos Collection 1
112 - Super Double Dragon� - Technos Collection 1
113 - Super Painter - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
114 - Super Spike V�ball� - Technos Collection 1
115 - Super Sqweek - Atari Lynx Collection 1
116 - Switchblade - Piko Interactive Collection 1
117 - Swordquest Earthworld (2600) - Atari Collection 1
118 - Tanglewood - Xeno Crisis & Tanglewood Dual Game Cartridge
119 - T�nzer - Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
120 - Tempest (2600) - Atari Collection 1
121 - The Adventures of Rad Gravity - Interplay Collection 2
122 - The Brainies - Interplay Collection 2
123 - The Humans - Piko Interactive Collection 1
124 - The Immortal - Piko Interactive Collection 1
125 - Tinhead - Piko Interactive Collection 1
126 - Titan - Interplay Collection 1
127 - Top Racer - Piko Interactive Collection 1
128 - Tower of Druaga - Namco Collection 2
129 - Two Crude Dudes - Data East Collection
130 - Video Pinball (2600) - Atari Collection 1
131 - Warp Man - Namco Collection 2
132 - Water Margin - Piko Interactive Collection 1
133 - Way of the exploding fist - Piko Interactive Collection 1
134 - Weapon Lord - Namco Collection 2
135 - Wizard (2600) - Atari Collection 2
136 - Xeno Crisis - Xeno Crisis & Tanglewood Dual Game Cartridge
137 - Xevious - Namco Collection 1
138 - Xump - Atari Lynx Collection 1
139 - Yars Return (2600) - Atari Collection 1
140 - Yars� Revenge (2600) - Atari Collection 2

The Evercade (https://evercade.co.uk/) launches during the 22nd of May 2020.

[Aussie2B]

Hmm, it's nice that they have the likes of Namco and Technos onboard, but as I predicted, it seems like it's going to be very limited in terms of what NES, SNES, and Genesis games it'll have, and it seems like it's mostly the same stuff that's already been re-released via various recent compilations. Doesn't really seem worth buying a new piece of hardware for to me, especially when the D-pad looks lackluster, making me wonder how well these games would control. That said, I'm not interested in the Amico either.

[7th lutz]

Hmm, it's nice that they have the likes of Namco and Technos onboard, but as I predicted, it seems like it's going to be very limited in terms of what NES, SNES, and Genesis games it'll have, and it seems like it's mostly the same stuff that's already been re-released via various recent compilations. Doesn't really seem worth buying a new piece of hardware for to me, especially when the D-pad looks lackluster, making me wonder how well these games would control. That said, I'm not interested in the Amico either.
They are not done announcing publishers yet. They only announce them when they announced a new compilation.

Blaze is going to announce a new compilation in May and announce another new Compilation in June. Those are the final 2 compilations that will be released this year.

[7th lutz]

The Evercade (https://evercade.co.uk/) launches during the 22nd of May 2020.
That is not entirely accurate. They gave an update on April 23rd. The release window is May 22 to June 5th.

I am referring to this: https://evercade.co.uk/release-date-update/

[7th lutz]

Blaze had a question and Answer session on Twitter and and Facebook on Saturday. I am not a member of either. I am able to read posts without being a member.

Arcade releases on Evercade are not happening before 2021 based on what they mentioned on Saturday. They mention that they have a lot of arcade game rights. I know they mention Namco arcade games on Saturday, but I'm under the impression that they would be releasing more arcade games that are not Namco.

Blaze's response to a question some type of an RPG collection or RPG pack points they want to do one. That means there has to be a publisher or developer not mentioned yet. Unless it is Bard's Tale series by Interplay, there has be a different developer or publisher that Blaze did not list yet.

[Aussie2B]

I wouldn't really take "wanting to do one" as indicative as confirmation they will. To me, it reads more like PR speak that they don't yet have deals with publishers with many RPGs in their catalogs and are hoping somebody will sign on with them. I imagine a lot of publishers would want to first see how the initial release goes. If it's not a big success, this could peter out fast. I'm sure there could be more publishers signing on for the future compilations, but when they've got 140 games all coming from, what, fewer than 10 different publishers, with a number of those having little to no history with retro consoles like the NES, SNES, and Genesis, I don't picture this ever having many games from those libraries.

[T]

I am scheduled to recieve my unit on Monday. I know that i already have access to
all the games i ordered but i love the idea of having another handheld.
Plus, i have been reading good reviews from so many people on facebook.

[ArcadePerfect]

I've been reading about it primarily because of Clay Fighter. Series really needs a digital re-release on modern consoles.

[Nz17]

That is not entirely accurate. They gave an update on April 23rd. The release window is May 22 to June 5th.

I am referring to this: https://evercade.co.uk/release-date-update/

Sorry if that wasn't entirely accurate, but in all fairness, that is what https://evercade.co.uk/ had on its homepage when I posted that during 04-27-2020 at 12:00 A.M. local time. You can see that it was so in this snapshot of the page from May 1st, 2020 (https://web.archive.org/web/20200501170629/https://evercade.co.uk/).

[7th lutz]

Sorry if that wasn't entirely accurate, but in all fairness, that is what https://evercade.co.uk/ had on its homepage when I posted that during 04-27-2020 at 12:00 A.M. local time. You can see that it was so in this snapshot of the page from May 1st, 2020 (https://web.archive.org/web/20200501170629/https://evercade.co.uk/).
Fair Enough and that is not on you. The problem is Blaze Entertainment does not always update their front page in a timely matter for Evercade even before than. While they both links had May 22nd, your link did not give the entire time frame at all for receiving it. That link I gave had a May to June time length date. That is an issue considering Evercade only was shipping to businesses on May 22nd not to customers. Some of the people in Europe got their evercade before June though. This is a handheld that had Amazon problems for sending to customers including my younger brother.

Even before Evercade even make that announcement that I linked, they were slow in changing the release date of the system. When Blaze announcement the system was going to be delayed due to the coronavirus, their front page on their website still had their original release date over a week.

I went back to the link I had and they changed their date even after the date I posted on April 27th. I started following Evercade back in February.

I saw the change originally on their Twitter account and I believe their facebook account also. I do not own a facebook account or a twitter account, but I am allowed to read stuff the Evercade accounts they have. They first announce their news on Twitter and Facebook.

[7th lutz]

The Information the OP did is now a bit outdated concerning Evercade. There is more information known about Evercade now than back on April 26th. What I am referring to is the capabilities of Evercade.

Blaze announced last week that 2 of the games on Piko Interactive Collection 2 for Evercade are 32 bit games. Football Madness is a original Playstation release that released in Europe in 2003. Racing Fever is a Game Boy Advance Game that was released in Europe back in 2005.

Of the 2 systems, the original Playstation tells the possible 3d capabilities Evercade can handle. I know the 3d is dated on the original Playstation.

[Nz17]

What's been happening with the Evercade? I haven't read anything by anyone about it for some time; however, I usually don't visit their official site.

[7th lutz]

What's been happening with the Evercade? I haven't read anything by anyone about it for some time; however, I usually don't visit their official site.
There is information since than. It is late and I am only sharing a couple things. I will share more later today.

It was announced that People are able to start pre-ordering Jaleco Collection 1 and Piko Interactive Collection 2 cartridges on November 2nd. The games are not coming till early January 2021.

Oliver Twins Collection 1 and Xeno Crisis/Tanglewood cartridges are now out. I received mine earlier this week.

[7th lutz]

Firmware 1.3 is now available. This was a big firmware update. It fixed different HDMI issues, Audio glitches and resolution bugs in games. Evercade's emulator is now able to handle large title games such as PS1 games.

The firmware does get a rid of the well known Top Racer Glitch. The emulator was fixed from this update for handling large game files such as PS1 games. The firmware update added new features such as critical battery alert, fixes bad save states, better handling of vertical overscan cropping on handheld mode for all games, added new max brightness setting and other features I didn't mention.

[7th lutz]

Blaze Announced Indie Heroes Collection 1 in October. It has 14 games from 10 Indie Developers. The Indie Games were released on GBA, NES, Gameboy, and 16 bit games.

The games are the following:
Doodle World
Twin Dragons
FoxyLand
Debtor
Alien Cat 2
Deadeus
Anguna
Super Homebrew War
Flea
Uchusen
Ploid
Kubo 3
Quest Arrest
Chain Break

[7th lutz]

Found out that Jaleco Collection 1 and Piko Interactive Collection 2 will be released on April 1, 2021 according to Blaze Entertainment.

[7th lutz]

Worms Collection 1 got announced for Evercade.

The 3 games on the collection are Worms, Worms Armageddon, and Worms Blast!. Blaze announced Worms Collection 1 will be coming out in May 2021. The version of Worms is the 16 bit version. Worms Armageddon is the PS1 version and Worms Blast! is the GBA version.

There is also information about able to play multiple players for Worms Armageddon. According to Blaze, you can play 4 players by passing the Evercade system around.

It also was announced today that the collection will be released in May 2021.

[7th lutz]

I know its been over a month, but there was nothing to mention on the Evercade for announcements.

Blaze did a 1 hour question and answer session on Friday on Twitter. I'm giving some of the highlights to the answers.

Blaze wants 16 game cartridge to be released in 2021 besides the 14 that are released this year. They also said they want Evercade to have a total of over 350 games at the end of 2021.

They said arcade games are likely to come on Evercade during Quarter 3 2021.

Accessories are going to be worked for 2021.

Blaze said they are working a title to be translated for Evercade, but didn't say the name of the title.

[7th lutz]

Codemaster Collection 1 has been announced for Evercade. The Collection has Nes, and Sega Genesis games.

Here is a link to the list of games: https://www.evercade.co.uk/codemasters-collection-1-cartridge/

[goldenband]

Codemaster Collection 1 has been announced for Evercade. The Collection has Nes, and Sega Genesis games.

Here is a link to the list of games: https://www.evercade.co.uk/codemasters-collection-1-cartridge/

Hmm, that "unreleased" tennis game looks one heck of a lot like Pete Sampras Tennis for Sega Genesis. One suspects it's the same game with the license stripped out, though if they're clever, perhaps they also enabled PST's hidden world tour mode.

[7th lutz]

Hmm, that "unreleased" tennis game looks one heck of a lot like Pete Sampras Tennis for Sega Genesis. One suspects it's the same game with the license stripped out, though if they're clever, perhaps they also enabled PST's hidden world tour mode.
Blaze Entertainment did have an explanation for that. Pete Sampras Tennis started its life as Tennis All-Stars, but it was changed and modified.

I also do known that Evercade's Piko Interactive Collection 2 has 3 sports games that changed their name of the title due to not having the license.

[7th lutz]

Worms Collection 1 and Indie Heroes Collection 1 will be released on May 28th, 2021.

Those 2 collections also can be pre-order right now.

[7th lutz]

Blaze Entertainment announced Intellivision Collection 1 for fall of 2021. They confirmed Astrosmash, Nigh Stalker, Frog Bog and 9 other titles. The 9 other titles will be announced in the coming months before Collection comes out.

They also did announce Intellivision Collection 2 for 2022. They did not say what the games will be in the 2nd collection.

[7th lutz]

Blaze today announced Evercade VS, but didn't give any information. They will be giving information or something about it on April 23rd.

[7th lutz]

Blaze announced Mega Cat Studios Collection 2 last week and is now ready to be pre-ordered. Codemasters Collection also can be pre-ordered.

Here a link to a list of Mega Cat Studios Collection 2 games:
https://www.evercade.co.uk/mega-cat-studios-collection-2-cartridge/

[Spartacus]

When I first heard of Evercade VS, I figured it would just be a way for two Evercades to play together with a multi-tap device. I never would have guessed it would be a stand alone console with 4 USB controller ports that ditched the portable aspect altogether. Not only does the Evercade VS eschew portability, it replaces the portbles 1.2Ghz ARM Quad Core processor with a 1.5 Ghz Quad Core processor backed by 512MB of DRAM and 4GB of internal storage. The Evercade VS outputs a full HD resolution 1080p vs the portables 720p. It's backwards compatible with entire Evercade library of games except for the Namco Collections, which were only licensed for portable use from Namco. How the Evercade VS prevents them from playing, I have no clue. Evercade is promising that all collections going forward will work on both systems. Looking at the Evercade library, it seemed obvious that the portable could handle 8/16 bit games. I wasn't sure if it could handle 32 bit games. I wonder if compatibility between the two systems will limit the more robust VS console.

I pre-order the Evercade portable with it's full library of cartridges available at the time from Funstock in the UK early in 2020. Was notified in March of a shipping delay (possibly COVID related) and cancelled my pre-order. I vaguely remember fearing this thing could end up being vaporware. I used my refund to purchase a $500 Analogue Nt Mini Noir which I don't regret. When I got around to re-ordering the in stock Evercade portable system in fall of last year from VGP Video Games Plus in Canada, I was hoping that I could purchase the entire game library with one region code. Evercade struck me as being a European product, so I hoped to get a PEGI rating on the front of each game case. Alas, it was not to be no matter how hard I searched. Some have PEGI ratings and some don't without rhyme or reason. The collector in me wasn't happy, but ces't la vie. At least it doesn't show from the spine.

https://i.ibb.co/cYpyrH3/Evercade.jpg (https://ibb.co/Dr61RyW)

I don't have an Evercade to have a new way to play retro games. What interested me were the collections of Indie games that I could play inexpensively on a HD TV.

[7th lutz]

The entire list of Intellivision Collection 1 games was announced on OEB Pete's youtube channel this morning.

Here is the list of game:

Night Stalker
Thin Ice
Thunder Castle
Shark Shark
Princess Quest - homebrew Intellivision game
Frog Bog
Snafu
Slap Shot: Super Pro Hockey
Pinball
Buzz Bombers
Word Rockets - originally known as Word Fun

[7th lutz]

OEB Pete had Blaze Entertainment's Sean Cleaver on his channel for more than revealing Intellivision 1 Collection. There was some stuff revealed on it.

Team 17 Collection 2 is not in the works currently.

Namco Arcade collection does not seem to be in the works right now. Blaze wants the 2 Namco Collections to be on the Evercade VS, but is not currently due to contract terms.

There is at least 2 arcade collections announcements this month.

There will be different packs for the Evercade VS. Including a Collector's Edition. More details will be mentioned later this month on the different packs including what games will be packed in. There is a little bit details on the different types of packs on a different live stream that happened Friday Night from a different youtube channel.

There are games license that are worked or signed already for 2022 with a possibility of some of them being moved up.

There is some Evercade merchandise being planned like T-shirts, and Evercade VS case.

[7th lutz]

PDubs Arcade Loft youtube channel had Andrew Byatt and Ryan of Blaze Entertainment on their Friday night stream. There was some information given.

There will be a firmware update with the Evercade handheld including emulation.

Arcade collection is going to an Evercade VS pack-in game. Those two did not mention the name of the Collection because they will be announcing a total of 5 game collections before May 28th.

Hidden stuff will be in Evercade VS by putting 2 carts in the Evercade at once including secret games.

Blaze is looking at putting modern retro games on Evercade.

[7th lutz]

Blaze Entertainment announced Bitmap Brothers Collection 1 for Evercade. Blaze confirmed the versions of the games. Here are the games:

Chaos Engine(known as Soldier of Fortune in North America - SNES version
Xenon 2 : Megablast - Genesis version
Speedball - SMS version
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe - Genesis Version
Speedball 2100 - Playstation version

[7th lutz]

Blaze announced Worms Collection 1 and Indie Heroes Collection 1 has been delayed to July 30th, 2021.

[7th lutz]

Technos Arcade 1, Data East arcade 1, Gaelco Arcade 1, and Atari Arcade 1 were announced last night and supposed to come out in November.

Here is a list of Technos Arcade 1 games:
Battle Lane Vol. 5
Block Out
The Cambatribes
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stone
Mania Challenge
Minky Monkey
Mysterious Stones: Dr. John's Adventure

Here is a list of Data East Arcade 1 games:
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja
Breakthru
Burgertime
Chain Reaction
Dark Seal
Darwin 4078
Lock'n chase
Sly Spy
TumblePop
Wizard Fire

[7th lutz]

Here is a list of Gaelco Arcade 1 games:
Alligator Hunt
Biomechanical Toy
Glass
Snow Board Championship
Thunder Hoop
World Rally

Here is Atari Arcade 1 games:
Asteroids Deluxe
Canyon Bomber
Centipede
Crystal Castles
Liberator
Lunar Lander
Millipede
Missile Command
Night Driver
Pong
Sky Diver
Super Breakout
Warlords

[7th lutz]

There is not supposed to be more games released for Evercade/Evercade this year after the arcade game collections come out in November according to Blaze. The only other information known from this point on this year will be the Evercade VS. bundles, any collection date charges, game for 2022, and if there is evercade Merchandise released.

[7th lutz]

All 3 Evercade Bundles were announced.

The Evercade VS Standard Pack pre-orders start on May 28th.
It comes with Technos Arcade 1, Evercade VS Console, and 1 Evercade VS Evercade Controller. It costs $99.99.

Evercade VS Premium pack pre-orders start on May 28th. It comes with Technos Arcade 1, Data East Arcade 1, Evercade VS Console, and 2 Evercade VS controllers. It costs $129.99.

Evercade Founders Edition is a limited Edition for May 27th with it starting 2 in the Morning Pacific Time Zone. It comes with Technos Arcade 1, Data East Arcade 1, Gaelco Arcade 1, Atari Arcade 1, Bitmap Brothers Collection 1, Intellivision Collection 1, Evercade VS Console, 2 Evercade VS Controllers, Evercade VS founder edition keyring, Evercade Black Link cable, Founder Edition Certificate of Authenticity, 2 Evercade VS Art Cards, Evercade Exclusive founder edition poster, and Evercade VS Steel Book Cartridge Holder. It costs $225.00.

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Blaze announced Renovation Collection 1 for early 2022 with pre-orders starting in November 2021. Renovation Collection 1 has 12 games.

The games are the following:
Arcus Odyssey
Beast Wrestler
Dino Land
El Viento
Exile
Final Zone
Gaiares
Granada
Sol-Deace
Traysia
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier
Valis 3

While some of these games sound like Turbo CD games, the Genesis versions of the games in the Renovation collection 1.

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Blaze announced Bitmap Collection 1 and Intellivision collection 1 has been delayed till November 3rd.

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Blaze today announced Bitmap Brothers Collection 1, Intellivision Collection 1, Technos Arcade 1, Data East Arcade 1, Gaelco arcade 1, Atari arcade 1, and Evercade VS have been delayed. The 6 collections and the VS shipping window is between December 8th and December 17th. The shipping window for Canada and the United States is Estimated at January 14th, 2022. It is due to Global freight.

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Blaze announced a new cartridge will be announced in early December. A special Edition Evercade Handheld will shortly be available without pre-order.

More cartridge collections are being close to being signed and unveiled for 2022 and beyond.

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The delay is now longer for Evercade VS for Canada and North America with it now being January 31st. Here is where I got it from:
https://evercade.co.uk/evercade-release-update-vs-delayed/

What I can tell is people in Canada and North America will receive Evercade VS before that date if they pre-ordered it online from a retailer such as Funstock. Funstock is located in UK.

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The delay is now longer for Evercade VS for Canada and North America with it now being January 31st. Here is where I got it from:
https://evercade.co.uk/evercade-release-update-vs-delayed/

What I can tell is people in Canada and North America will receive Evercade VS before that date if they pre-ordered it online from a retailer such as Funstock. Funstock is located in UK.

As the late Tom Petty said-"The waiting is the hardest part".

Thanks for the update!

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Blaze Entertainment on Monday gave information about 2022. Starting January 1st, 2022 Evercade handheld system cost will be increased for starter pack 79.99 pound 89.99 Euros and $89.99. The Premium Pack for the Evercade handheld be increased to 99.99 pounds, 109.99 Euros, and $109.99 They mentioned this change is caused by high demand and shortage of screens and chips.

Evercade cartridges increased to 17.99 pounds and 19.99 Euros. Price does not change for United States.

4 Current Evercade games will be discontinued due to limited time agreements. Those games are Namco collection 1 & 2 and they end production in June of 2022. Oliver Twins Collection 1 will no longer be production in March of 2022. Technos collection 1 will no end in March of 2022.

There is good news. Blaze announced they will be releasing cartridges games in 2022. They already signed deals for 9 of the 15 cartridges. The other 6 are very close to be signed. They said there will be Arcade Collections, Indie cartridges, and home console classics.

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Evercade has a hotline now. That hotline has announcements for new games, new carts, and new hardware. You also find out new tricks & tips from that hotline.

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Blaze announced Gremlin Collection 1. The collection has 8 bit, 16 bit and 32 games.

The games are Actua Soccer aka VR Soccer in North America for Playstation, Brain Bender (Game Boy), Hardcore 4 x 4 - originally called TNN Motor Sports Hardcore 4 x4 (Playstation), Premier Manager 97 (Genesis) Utopia - Creation of a Nation (SNES), and Zool (Appears to be Genesis version).

Rennovation Collection 1 and Gremlin collection 1 will have pre-orders on December 15th.

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Evercade has a hotline now. That hotline has announcements for new games, new carts, and new hardware. You also find out new tricks & tips from that hotline.

An actual, bone-fide call in hotline? Oh man, when going the retro route, they go all the way don't they?

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Don't expect any new announcements from Blaze not till the later part of this month in terms of Evercade. Blaze is having big problems with Shipping Evercade VS. in the United States right now in terms of companies like Amazon. There is a lack of trucks problem for shipping in terms of the United States concerning Evercade Vs. systems. Blaze's distributor claims the date now achievable for United States is February 25th.

Here is the source:
https://evercade.co.uk/evercade-vs-update-us-shipping-information/

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Don't expect any new announcements from Blaze not till the later part of this month in terms of Evercade. Blaze is having big problems with Shipping Evercade VS. in the United States right now in terms of companies like Amazon. There is a lack of trucks problem for shipping in terms of the United States concerning Evercade Vs. systems. Blaze's distributor claims the date now achievable for United States is February 25th.

Here is the source:
https://evercade.co.uk/evercade-vs-update-us-shipping-information/
I played Evercade VS already due to my younger brother. He pre-ordered it from Songbird Productions and got it last week. What I know is People who pre-ordered from Songbird Productions get theirs in the United States already.

Songbird Productions is a Atari Lynx and Atari Jaguar seller online that also does homebrew games for the Jaguar and the Lynx. Some of the Atari Lynx games on Evercade are owned by Songbird Productions and do sell Evercade products on their website. They are a small company in Minnesota. I don't know how they got their shipments already, but they did.

The only people right now in the United Stated that already have their Evercade VS where they live is from pre-ordering it outside of the United States or from from Songbird.

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Blaze announced a new cartridge will be announced in early December. A special Edition Evercade Handheld will shortly be available without pre-order.

More cartridge collections are being close to being signed and unveiled for 2022 and beyond.


The Special Handheld Edition was a $135 Purple version sold only at Funstock UK. Scalpers have a few on eBay. I purchased a VS Premium Pack from VideoGamesPlus in Canada because it offered free shipping. They had a Intellivision 1 cartridge and a Bitmap Brothers 1 cartridge bundle with free shipping that I also ordered. Ordered them last Sunday and had a shipping confirmation Monday. I did not see Songbird or Funstock offering free shipping, but Amazon is if you don't mind waiting until the end of month to get your order. VideoGamesPlus is out of the VS Starter Packs and Songbird and Funstock are out of the VS Premium Packs. The newer slate of Evercade cartrides are hit or miss no matter where you look.

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The Special Handheld Edition was a $135 Purple version sold only at Funstock UK. Scalpers have a few on eBay. I purchased a VS Premium Pack from VideoGamesPlus in Canada because it offered free shipping. They had a Intellivision 1 cartridge and a Bitmap Brothers 1 cartridge bundle with free shipping that I also ordered. Ordered them last Sunday and had a shipping confirmation Monday. I did not see Songbird or Funstock offering free shipping, but Amazon is if you don't mind waiting until the end of month to get your order. VideoGamesPlus is out of the VS Starter Packs and Songbird and Funstock are out of the VS Premium Packs. The newer slate of Evercade cartrides are hit or miss no matter where you look.
My younger brother and I had bad experiences with Amazon in terms of Evercade pre-orders in the past. Amazon for Evercade products is only fine if you are not pre-ordering from 2020 experience.

We used Amazon for Evercade pre-orders in 2020 multiple times and they canceled our pre-orders each time. Back in 2020, we used them for preordering Everade and all the launch Collections. We pre-order the Xeno Crisis/Tanglewood Collection and the Oliver Twins Collection from Amazon and we got those 2 collection canceled by Amazon themselves. After they canceled those 2 carts on us, we decided to stop pre-order Evercade products.

We pre-ordered multiple game collections there and Amazon Canceled them on us like they did for the Evercade itself. We gave Amazon 3 chances for Evercade. I ordered stuff from Amazon outside Evercade with no problem. The Evercade issues we had also happened to other Amazon customers.

Blaze had to straighten misses out in the past with Amazon for other people. It continued for other game pre-order f after we stopped pre-ordering Evercade games from Amazon.

Songbird was used for Evercade VS due to the size of the order in terms of shipping cost since I live Wisconsin instead using Funstock. The Evercade vs Premium was received on January 24th. We pre-ordered Evercade VS premium pack along with the 4 separate collections from Songbird. People already got their Songbird pre-orders received way before the February 25th date. Songbird is a smaller company and they don't the amount inventory as Amazon does as a result. The only advice I had is when pre-orders are first available for Songbird, jump on it.

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I knew going in that I wouldn't be willing to use a controller D-pad for very long to play games. It was a pleasant surprise to find that PlayStation and Xbox controller analog sticks work just fine with the Evercade VS. The Evercade fansite https://evercade.info/ is documenting VS controller compatibility. With Arcade cartridges coming out on the VS, it might be nice to find an arcade stick that works with the VS. A USB trackball that works with the VS would make Centipede, Millipede, Missile Command and Crystal Castle games already on the system even more fun to play.

Evercade Info is also keeping track of the free games available when there is a game in both VS cartridge slots and other secrets and Easter eggs at https://evercade.info/vs-secrets-and-easter-eggs/

When I was looking at Evercade games at Amazon I saw that they were selling a paper Evercade Fanzine, but it's available free by signing up for a mailing list or you view them free at Evercade Info.

When I pre-ordered my first Evercade handheld from Funstock UK, it was delayed so long I thought it was vaporware and cancelled my pre-order. It's hard to believe how this thing has taken off and garnered so many followers so quickly. It's detractors seem to scoff at the idea of paying for cartridges instead of Evercade catering to those with full ROM sets, but lots of people seem to be trying for a complete set of games. Evercade discontinuing cartridges will only fuel collector FOMO, but at least they are cheap and seem readily available.

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I knew going in that I wouldn't be willing to use a controller D-pad for very long to play games. It was a pleasant surprise to find that PlayStation and Xbox controller analog sticks work just fine with the Evercade VS. The Evercade fansite https://evercade.info/ is documenting VS controller compatibility. With Arcade cartridges coming out on the VS, it might be nice to find an arcade stick that works with the VS. A USB trackball that works with the VS would make Centipede, Millipede, Missile Command and Crystal Castle games already on the system even more fun to play.

Evercade Info is also keeping track of the free games available when there is a game in both VS cartridge slots and other secrets and Easter eggs at https://evercade.info/vs-secrets-and-easter-eggs/

When I was looking at Evercade games at Amazon I saw that they were selling a paper Evercade Fanzine, but it's available free by signing up for a mailing list or you view them free at Evercade Info.

When I pre-ordered my first Evercade handheld from Funstock UK, it was delayed so long I thought it was vaporware and cancelled my pre-order. It's hard to believe how this thing has taken off and garnered so many followers so quickly. It's detractors seem to scoff at the idea of paying for cartridges instead of Evercade catering to those with full ROM sets, but lots of people seem to be trying for a complete set of games. Evercade discontinuing cartridges will only fuel collector FOMO, but at least they are cheap and seem readily available.
Evercade discontinuing carts is only due to the contract Blaze has or had with the companies. I can't explain Technos Collection 1 being discontinued outside of amount of time.

Namco's contract with Blaze was weird to begin with because those two collections were exclusive to Europe and can't be played on the Evercade vs due to Contract.
There a relationship issue it seems with Blaze Entertainment and the Japan branch of Namco.

Oliver Twins collection agreement with Blaze was reached under unique circumstances because the sales of the cart went to fundraising. Oliver Twins and Evercade teamed up to raise money for the National video game Museum in Sheffield, England. It has to be assumed the fundraising is only up to a certain amount of time.

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The US stock of Evercade VS in now in the is now in Blaze's warehouse and ready for release on February 25th.

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Evercade and Evercade vs has firmware update 2.0.2. Information is found here for that: https://evercade.co.uk/evercade-firmware-v2-0-2-available-now/

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Blaze mentioned a hint for the next Evercade cart today on social media. What I know is the mystery cart appears to be Intellivision Collection 2.

The hint is the The “viral” clip Evercade posted has the skull dude from the box art from the cover of Tower of Doom Intellivision game. The creepy voice also quotes the manual for that game.

There is another thing concerning this. When Blaze announced Intellivision Collection 1 in 2021, they mentioned at the time that there will be an Intellivision Collection 2 in 2022.

It is unknown what the other Intellivision collection 2 games will be at this time.

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Blaze announced 2 Evercade collection today.

The first collection is Morphcat Games collection 1. The collection has Micro Mages, Spacegulls, Bobl, Bonus: Micro Mages second quest demo, and Bonus: Super Bat Puncher Demo.

Pre-orders start on March 31st and will be available on May 31st.

https://evercade.co.uk/morphcat-games-and-micro-mages-arrives-on-evercade/

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The 2nd Collection announced today was Intellivision collection 2. The games are Cloudy Mountain, Tower of Doom, Hover Force, Star Strike, Vectron, Auto Racing, Sharp Shot, Stadium Mud Buggies, Super Pro Decathlon, Motocross, Mountain Madness Super Pro Skiing, and Reversi.

Pre-orders start on March 31st and will be available on May 31st.

https://evercade.co.uk/intellivision-collection-2-evercade/

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There were 3 announcements today.
1.) Evercade Vs. users will be able to play a new indie game direct from their system, every month rest of the year free. How it works is Evercade VS Owners only can play the free game for one month before it get replaces by another game. Between now and December, there will be 10 free games.

2.) April's free indie game for Evercade Vs is Tapeworm Disco Puzzle. It will be launched on April 8th.

3.) Blaze announced Indie Heroes Collection 2 will be coming later this year.

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Evercade VS 2.1.0 firmware update is now available.

The Firmware update added Game of the month feature, competition mode, nearest neighbor Filter added for original Ratio display size, cartridge security update, and Update notification on Settings Icon.

What was fixed with the update with controller input on Exile, and Beast Wrestler for Renovations Collection 1, In-game save states using SRAM on games, fixed language/localization errors, and Performance boosts and improvements on in-game loading and save state times.

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Blaze announced the Evercade road map today. There are 7 more collections rest of the year. 4 of those 7 collections are going to be arcade collections. The only collection of the 7 that is known is Indie Heroes Collection 2. The other 6 Collections will be announced at a later date.


Arcade collections 5 and 6 are coming in August. Game Collections 27 & 28 are coming in September. Indie Heroes Collection 2, Arcade Collection 7, and Arcade Collection 8 are coming in November.

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Blaze on Friday announced Jaleco Arcade 1 and Gaelco Arcade 2.

Jaleco arcade 1 has Rodland, The Astyanax, Saint Dragon, 64th Street: A Detective Story, E.D.F. Earth Defence Force, Avenging Spirit, CyBattler, and P-47: The Phantom Fighter.

Galeco Arcade 2 has Big Karnak, Maniac Square, Squash, Th Strikes Back: thunder Hoop 2, Touch and Go, and World Rally 2.

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Morphcat 1 collection and Intellivision Collection 2 are delayed till June 30, 2022.

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Evercade VS firmware update 2.1.1 is now live to download.

Here are the changes:
Misplacing saves for 32-bit and Lynx titles are now fixed.
Game input drops when restarting Beast Wrestler and Exile from in-game menu are now fixed.
Save/loads would not function on Gotris and Speedball following in-game menu restart are fixed.
Raid on Tri-City would launch twice when selected is now fixed.

Nessy the Robot is now the Game of the Month and replaces Tapeworm Disco Puzzle when download the Firmware update 2.1.1.

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Evercade had their 2nd anniversary show today and did have announcements. I'm doing multiple posts on this although one the posts.

Blaze announced Irem arcade 1 and Toaplan arcade 1 & 2. Irem Arcade 1 and Toaplan arcade 1 are supposed to be released November 2022. The collections can be pre-ordered starting in September.

Irem Arcade 1 has R-type, Moon Patrol, 10 yard fight, Mr. Heli aka Battle Chopper, Lightning swords, and In the Hunt.

Toaplan Arcade 1 has Tiger-Heli, Alcon aka Slap Fight, Guardian, Flying shark, Truxton, Zero Wing, Snow Bros., and Teki-Paki.

There is no details yet on Toaplan Arcade 2.

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Blaze Announced Evercade EXP. Not all the details will be known before September. The Evercade EXP is a handheld that will be replacing the original Evercade.

The Evercade EXP has 800 by 480 4.3-inch IPS screen, built-in WiFi, USB-C for charging, Tate mode aka vertical mode and 2 additional buttons. The 2 additional buttons are for playing games in vertical mode. . TV-out via Mini-HDMI is still included, but has been "redesigned to help cable stability and the rechargeable battery is rated at 3000mA and will offer around 4-5 hours of playtime. Under the hood is a 1.5Ghz processor and 4GB of built-in memory.

Funstock is going to do a pre-order of a limited edition black Evercade EXP tomorrow that comes with exclusive hard carry case, art cards, poster, certificate of authenticity, key chain, USB to USB C cable, Irem Arcade 1, and Toaplan Arcade 1 for 179.99 pounds with the pre-order 12:00 p.m. eastern time.

The regular version Evercade EXP version comes in the color white. Pre-orders start in September. It comes with Irem Arcade 1 and USB-C cable for $149.99.

The Regular version and Limited edition of Evercade EXP comes out in Winter of 2022.

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The original model of Evercade is being discontinue and the final firmware update for the orginal Evercade handheld happens later this year. Feature game Collection even in 2023 will be able to be played on the handhelds, but you would be with any glitches.

I understand the original Evercade being discontinued only because of the spec differences between the Evercade EXP and the original Evercade handheld along with features that the original Evercade didn't have.

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Those are some really great collections if you're a shmup fan.

With the announcement of a more powerful successor and phasing out of the first model, doesn't that kinda shit on the people that bought the VS console?

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With the announcement of a more powerful successor and phasing out of the first model, doesn't that kinda shit on the people that bought the VS console?

The new Evercade EXP handheld merely catches up to the specs of the Evercade VS. It's the owners of the original Evercade handheld that are being left behind. I recall when the more powerful Evercade VS was released, Evercade was stating that all new cartridges going forward would be compatible with both the older handheld and the newer Evercade console. I wondered how that was going to work out. Would not the owners of the Evercade VS want to take full advantage of it's improvements and not be held back by the older hardware? Well, I guess the answer to that question has finally been answered. By the way, the new Evercade EXP only outputs 720p where as the Evercade VS outputs 1080p.
I think the original Evercade handheld was sold in a Founder's Edition Black, standard edition white and special edition purple editions. Those early adopters just got bitch slapped.

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The new Evercade EXP handheld merely catches up to the specs of the Evercade VS.

Gotcha, I was unaware than the VS was more powerful than the original handheld.

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The MSRP for the original Evecade handheld was $79.99. The MSRP for the Evercade VS was $99.99. The new Evercade EXP handheld MSRP is $149.99. The EXP has the same screen size as the original, but now uses a IPS screen which are more expensive and require more power. They are noted for having a worse response time, refresh rate and contrast ratio. But the EXP has built in Wi-Fi and the revamped button layout that supports Tate Mode.
I wonder if the VS will receive an update to allow for a Tate Mode display. I also wonder if the discontinued Namco cartridges will work on the new EXP.
Evercade currently emulates Arcade, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari Lynx, GB, GBC, GBA, Intellivision, NES, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System and PSX.