‘Evercade’ is a brand new handheld console with unique, officially licensed multi-game cartridges: [prebreak]1[/prebreak]

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Evercade have already secured major licenses confirming a total of 85 games including Namco Museum (with 22 games including Pac-Man™, Dig Dug™, Galaga™, Galaxian™, Weapon Lord™ and Splatterhouse™ 2 and 3), Interplay (with 13 games including Earthworm Jim 1 and 2, Clayfighter and Battle Chess), Data East (with 10 games including Burger Time, Karate Champ and Bad Dudes) and Atari (40 games including Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Ninja Golf (7800) and Alien Brigade (7800). They have promised over 100 titles for launch and more to come.

On top of this, they have also today announced support for ‘new’ retro-inspired games and have confirmed they are already in discussions with several indie publishers to bring their retro-inspired titles to the platform.

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• Supports 8 and 16-bit games (view the full list of confirmed games so far here)
• Collectable, ever-increasing library of games on the unique Evercade Cartridge (with 6 - 20 games per cartridge)
• HDMI connectivity to connect to your TV
• 4.3” screen (the same size as a PSP)
• Selectable 4:3 or 16:9 screen ratios (traditional retro ‘square’ or widescreen),
• Supports saving and loading your game at any point
• 4-5 hour battery life
• Retailing at just £59.99/€69.99/$79.99 with individual cartridges only £14.99/€17.99/$19.99
• Launching globally

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Evercade Official Site
Evercade Full Game List

 

[the_randomizer]

What versions of Interplay are they using? Genesis, SNES? Sega CD? I'm not clear on that.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

inb4 inevitable discovery that their using open source emulators without giving out source

 

[Josshy0125]

4 hour battery life? Games that a PSP, or even a ds could run, via emulation? Neat in concept, but especially for that price, I really cant see this doing too well... theres a difference between releasing an SNES mini, and releasing... this... meh.

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Why not publish all of those classic games on the current platforms instead

Would definitely sell more that way...

 

[Deleted_413010]

I thought this was some sort of mini console with the games hard-modded into the system

 

[chartube12]

Been awhile since I read about this thing. Last I heard it has the same specs as the R97s and the LDK. Only with double the ram. Hope I fix’it tears it apart and confirms it’s specs

 

[DANOMINATOR]

Because gamers like playing older games

There are literally a million cheaper ways to do that tho.

 

[the_randomizer]

inb4 inevitable discovery that their using open source emulators without giving out source

Oh you mean like Capcom being dicks and using FBA?

 

[raxadian]

okay but why

Yeah, a hacked Vita can play most if not all the games this thing does.

Heck a hacked PSP can probably do it.

 

[Sakitoshi]

Oh you mean like Capcom being dicks and using FBA?

didn't capcom licensed fba but the drama was that not everyone inside the fba team agreed on that??
at least that's the last I heard of that.

 

[the_randomizer]

didn't capcom licensed fba but the drama was that not everyone inside the fba team agreed on that??
at least that's the last I heard of that.

IDK there was a huge mess is all I know.

 

[Bladexdsl]

doomed to fail

 

[DANTENDO]

There are literally a million cheaper ways to do that tho.

As keep saying lot of gamers want official stuff and this is also a great gift for children don't just think about dl stuff for free of course we all kno it's cheaper

 

[chaoskagami]

didn't capcom licensed fba but the drama was that not everyone inside the fba team agreed on that??
at least that's the last I heard of that.

IDK there was a huge mess is all I know.

The problem is that FBA didn't reassign copyright for commits (there's no contribution agreement), so technically every person responsible for code maintains the rights over the portions they added. The primary developer "licensed" it to capcom - and he doesn't have the right to speak on behalf of all the other copyright holders for relevant code portions. Thus, the controversy.

 

[Ericthegreat]

Is the triangle a Delta symbol, or as in mathematics meaning "change"?

Also wtf it uses cartridges, not a SD card lol?

 

[LightBeam]

why not just buy a psp with CFW?
Same size, but larger library.

Seems a bit pointless.

Because what you are proposing is actually illegal

 

[rickwj324]

Yeah, a hacked Vita can play most if not all the games this thing does.

Heck a hacked PSP can probably do it.

Yes, there are many "hacked" devices that can do this, but some people 1) like to buy "official" products instead of illegal modded systems and 2) don't know how to mod things or may not even know modded systems exist.
Of course if you are on a website like gbatemp then you most likely know how to get modded systems or know how to mod them yourself. "Modders" like us are a small community in comparison to the people that collect and play video games worldwide. The fact that companies are trying to release a legal "official" release of retro games should be commended/applauded.

 

[raxadian]

Because what you are proposing is actually illegal

The problem ia that this is not Sega Genesis Mini, but a generic hardware that will just have a bunch of games and charge money for each 20 year old something game like it was something new.

You can legally buy a lot of old games, yes even Sega Genesis games, using Steam. Then get a gamepad for PC and play them in your PC.

Also, most of these games were not made with minuscule screens in mind. Is one thing to play Earth Worm Jim using a TV and a different one using a portable console.

These are direct ports so is gonna suck because they are not adapted for a small screen.

 

[xs4all]

Also wtf it uses cartridges, not a SD card lol?

What if it's actually an micro sd card in disguise? Encrypted, only the system can decrypt?

Then hackers will rip this unit apart and get custom games on.

 

[LightBeam]

The problem ia that this is not Sega Genesis Mini, but a generic hardware that will just have a bunch of games and charge money for each 20 year old something game like it was something new.

You can legally buy a lot of old games, yes even Sega Genesis games, using Steam. Then get a gamepad for PC and play them in your PC.

Also, most of these games were not made with minuscule screens in mind. Is one thing to play Earth Worm Jim using a TV and a different one using a portable console.

These are direct ports so is gonna suck because they are not adapted for a small screen.

I agree there are better ways to play old games, but hey, it could be useful for some people
Also, I think it's 20 bucks for a cartridge with many games in it, 20 for a single one seems to expensive to me

 

[the_randomizer]

The problem is that FBA didn't reassign copyright for commits (there's no contribution agreement), so technically every person responsible for code maintains the rights over the portions they added. The primary developer "licensed" it to capcom - and he doesn't have the right to speak on behalf of all the other copyright holders for relevant code portions. Thus, the controversy.

Don't you just love it when groups/devs do things that others don't agree on? Maybe the one who decided to license it shouldn't have been such a turd and actually discussed it.