Evercade thread

[GohanX]

You know, at least half the Evercade fanbase is gonna sperg that that case isn't going to match the others on their shelf.

 

[famicommander]

You know, at least half the Evercade fanbase is gonna sperg that that case isn't going to match the others on their shelf.

I think that segment of the base already killed themselves when the Super Pockets were announced.

 

[GohanX]

It's funny because it's true.

 

[StevenK]

I saw someone arguing that the evercade is the most successful British games console of all time. There's not much competition, I'm guessing he was probably right.

 

[famicommander]

I saw someone arguing that the evercade is the most successful British games console of all time. There's not much competition, I'm guessing he was probably right.

In your face, Amstrad GX4000!

 

[TheSegaDude]

You know, at least half the Evercade fanbase is gonna sperg that that case isn't going to match the others on their shelf.

This is me! I was happy to order the standard edition of Full Void. I do like the cases to match... and saving a few bucks is nice too.
If you treat the Evercade as a casual system and pick-up a $20 cart here and there it's a great little gaming machine.

I picked up the C64 Vol1 collection for Impossible Mission and it's still stupid hard.
But I was surprised at how fun Jumpman still is.

Incredible nostalgia trip.

 

[famicommander]

The collector spergs would be extra upset that I don't have my games on the shelf in order of their numbers. They're in alphabetical order. With the red, blue, and purple games intermixed. It's anarchy.

 

[Yoshi]

When do the Duke Nukem individual carts go up for preorder?

 

[famicommander]

Sometime this month is all they said.

 

[jro]

I got my Sydney Hunter Collection yesterday and I'll be damned if I don't really mind spending $20 on a physical version of it.

Might wanna be someone up otherwise but it's fine like this.

 

[famicommander]

I like Jester and the SMS and SNES Sydney Hunters quite a bit. I didn't know beforehand that the Intellivision Sydney Hunter is literally just a sprite swap of that old Smurfs game, though. Pretty much a waste of the 4th game.

But, like you said, 20 bucks is the right price.

 

[famicommander]

Honestly Rogue64, the newest unlockable free hidden game, is one of my most favorite games on the system so far.

 

[famicommander]

 

[pixeljunkie]

Been playing Bone Marrow that just unlocked - damn addictive and original!

 

[famicommander]

Been playing Bone Marrow that just unlocked - damn addictive and original!

I don't usually play the game of the month, I just wait until they all get bundled into one of the Indie Heroes carts and then it feels like a dozen brand new games.

 

[pixeljunkie]

Honestly Rogue64, the newest unlockable free hidden game, is one of my most favorite games on the system so far.

How do you unlock that one?

I don't usually play the game of the month, I just wait until they all get bundled into one of the Indie Heroes carts and then it feels like a dozen brand new games.

Well, make a note: Bone Marrow = good

 

[famicommander]

How do you unlock that one?


Well, make a note: Bone Marrow = good

You open up the menu, select secret, type stone

 

[famicommander]

Evercade Game Spotlight: Duke Nukem 3D - Total Meltdown - Evercade

Duke Nukem 3D: Total Meltdown is coming to Evercade! Let's take a closer look at this 32-bit port of Duke's classic first-person adventure.

evercade.co.uk

So it's the PS1 version of Duke Nukem 3D, but they went back and improved it some. Better frame rate, faster load times, bug fixes, control optimizations.

It isn't a total overhaul like they did for Duke Nukem 1 and 2 Remastered but it's a lot more than what they normally do (which is simply preconfigure an emulator and drop the retail ROM into it).

 

[pixeljunkie]

Evercade Game Spotlight: Duke Nukem 3D - Total Meltdown - Evercade

Duke Nukem 3D: Total Meltdown is coming to Evercade! Let's take a closer look at this 32-bit port of Duke's classic first-person adventure.

evercade.co.uk

So it's the PS1 version of Duke Nukem 3D, but they went back and improved it some. Better frame rate, faster load times, bug fixes, control optimizations.

It isn't a total overhaul like they did for Duke Nukem 1 and 2 Remastered but it's a lot more than what they normally do (which is simply preconfigure an emulator and drop the retail ROM into it).

I guess I shouldn't be surprised - since PSX emulation is waaaay easier to implement and customize over an actual PC port. Plus the controls should adapt to the Evercade a little more seamlessly

 

[famicommander]

I think it's nice that the PS1 version is getting some love.

A PS1 Doom remaster would be ridiculously cool.

 

[pixeljunkie]

I think it's nice that the PS1 version is getting some love.

A PS1 Doom remaster would be ridiculously cool.

YES

 

[famicommander]

Looks like a Thalamus cart is on the way:

Thalamus games from back in the day

Commercial releases:
Sanxion (1986, C64)
Delta (1987, C64)
Quedex (1987, C64)
Hunter's Moon (1987, C64)
Armalyte (1988, C64)
Armalyte: Competition Edition (1988, C64)
Hawkeye (1988, C64)
Snare (1989, C64)
Retrograde (1989, C64)
Sanxion: The Spectrum Remix (1989, Spectrum/Spectrum 128)
Hawkeye (1989, Amiga)
Armalyte (1990, Amstrad CPC)
Q8 Team Ford Rally Simulation (1990, Amstrad CPC)
Delta Charge (1990, Spectrum)
Creatures (1990, C64)
Summer Camp (1990, C64)
Heatseeker (1990, C64)
Venom Wing (1990, Amiga)
Digital Musician (1990, Amiga)
Mindroll (1990, Amiga)
Armalyte: The Final Run (1991, Amiga)
Creatures (1992, Atari St)
Creatures II: Torture Trouble (1992, C64)
Winter Camp (1992, C64/Amiga)
Borobodur (1992, Amiga)
Nobby the Aardvark (1993, C64)
Creatures (1993, Amiga)
S.U.B. (1993, Amiga/PC)

Unreleased titles:
Starline (1987, C64)
Bamboo (1989, C64)
Q8 Team Ford Rally Simulation (1990, Spectrum)
The Search for Sharla (1990, Spectrum, C64, Amiga)
Creatures (1990, Spectrum)
Armalyte (1990, Spectrum) - a demo version of one level was released.
Armalyte II (1990, C64)
Bombuzal (1990, Spectrum)
Delta Patrol (1992, Amiga)
Arsenal FC (1992, Amiga)
Beastmaster (1992, Amiga)
Nobby the Aardvark (1992, Amiga)
Street Warriors (1993, Amiga)
Restrictor (1993, Amiga and Atari ST)

So it's gonna be another PC cart. Just a matter of which platform(s).

 

[pixeljunkie]

Really wish they'd do a Wolfenstein/Spear of Destiny cart...and a Commander Keen... basically some US DOS classics...enough with the euro trash.

 

[famicommander]

Really wish they'd do a Wolfenstein/Spear of Destiny cart...and a Commander Keen... basically some US DOS classics...enough with the euro trash.

I think it's time to start releasing more than two carts per month. Next month the Super Pocket models launch and they'll have 3 current hardware models and about 50 carts on the market. It has grown drastically from where they started when the slow release schedule made sense. It'll piss off the shelf queens who have to buy every cart no matter what, but oh well, fuck 'em.

 

[famicommander]

They added one extra game to the Taito Super Pocket. It was originally announced as having 17, but they added Puzzle Bobble to bring it up to 18.