Evercade maker Blaze has announced that it is collaborating with Japanese veteran SNK on new Neo Geo-related products in 2025 and 2026.
New products based on the collaboration will be released throughout 2025 and 2026, with solid details expected to be revealed in late Q1 2025.
The company has posted an image showing the Evercade logo with the famous Neo Geo boot screen. The Neo Geo, in case you weren't aware, was SNK's main hardware format for almost a decade and hosted many of its most famous properties, including Metal Slug, King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown.
Blaze Entertainment Ltd CEO, Andrew Byatt, had this to say about the news:
This partnership with SNK is a milestone moment for Blaze. These games represent some of the most iconic and innovative titles in gaming history, and to bring them to our family of products is a privilege. This partnership isn't just about adding great games; it's about celebrating the artistry and legacy of NEOGEO in a way that's accessible to fans old and new. We’re thrilled to give these classics a new platform in 2025.
The Evercade range is a series of cartridge-based gaming hardware focused on retro games. The lineup currently consists of the Evercade EXP (handheld), Evercade VS (home console) and Evercade Alpha (bartop arcade machine). Evercade cartridges will run on all of these devices. In addition to this, fellow Blaze brand HyperMegaTech offers the Super Pocket, which is also compatible with Evercade carts.
We could, therefore, be seeing SNK cartridge collections on Evercade as well as hardware that's pre-loaded with SNK titles. Evercade has inkled similar deals with the likes of Atari, Capcom and Taito.
Founded in 1978 as Shin Nihon Kikaku by Eikichi Kawasaki, SNK is one of the most recognisable Japanese game companies of the past few decades. Since 2022, it has been owned by the MiSK Foundation, a non-profit organization overseen by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.
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***** aces.
Cant wait to see the cartridges.
Hopefully the games won't be locked in on hardware like the Namco and Capcom ones.
This and the Toaplan collections pretty much revived my enthusiasm for the platform after all this update nonsense the past few months that dampened it a bit.
@buchu8oolong
Update nonsense ?
I havent touched my Everdrive in a while. I've been playing 360 and Nes games.
This is fantastic news. Neo Geo games are awesome, and man...these are going to be so good on the Alpha. Man! They know what they're doing.
@KitsuneNight updates were causing headaches for people with the EXP with bricked carts and some of the newer games shipped (indie heroes 3’s Doughnut Dodo) didn’t work on on the Super Pocket without updating that, which was a huge hassle for some people without a compatible computer.
The latest update seems to have sorted things out and my new Super Pocket plays everything I’ve tried fine. All of that dampened my enthusiasm over the last few months though. Not gonna lie. So it’s good to see something like this on the heels of the last round of pretty great games.
@buchu8oolong "my new Super Pocket plays everything I’ve tried fine"
As long as you don't need to use the d-pad, anyway.
Sounds great just please put them on the cart.
I wonder if it's to do with the evercade alpha?
@Krambo42 lol, well yeah, there’s that
They don't have a Neo Geo emulator already?
As with other's here, I'm definitely hoping this results in cartridge releases. I'd love to have physical copies of some old school SNK game. Even though I own an MVS cabinet and a few carts (not such a subtle gloat I guess 🤷), I'd still take any physical SNK love we can get!
Feels like announcing two years of releases means 4+ carts, maybe a new SuperPocket or Alpha as well. Between 118 AES games and 150 MVS that could be a solid chunk of a really stellar library. For significantly less than a single cart back in the day.
@Masacheez
I’m going to join you there. I built a full scale replica of a MVS 1 slot running real hardware and a CRT back in 2020 (something to do when the world stood still). Personally I went with a Terraonion ROM cart, I wasn’t prepared to part with mega money per cartridge. Managed to get featured on Arcade Attacks website at one point, I shared the whole build process online too.
All that aside, I love the NeoGeo/SNK stuff, it was almost stuff of legend when growing up, not something I’d see in the wild in the UK. I’m very intrigued by this Blaze partnership.
While playing NeoGeo games on the go is nice especially if Evercade got the go ahead on this, without a clicky stick it just doesn't feel like a portable NeoGeo to me. If Evercade is smart they could make a NeoGeo version of the Evercade with clicky stick and color buttons akin to the NeoGeo CD control pad. I would only buy the Evercade versions of NeoGeo games and an Evercade system if they released it like that.
@buchu8oolong
Ah , I see.
I havent even turned my Evercade on in months all that passed me by.
I don't even recall the last time I ran updates on it.
@Masacheez @Bod2019
Well if we are gonna SNK flex-gloat, then I guess I'll add my 2 cents.
While i dont have a MVS arcade cabinet or even an AVs or AES.
I do have a tray loading Neo Geo CD.
An absolute unit of a machine, its bigger then even the original Xbox.
I dont use it often though, but its a cool machine all the same.
@Serpenterror But Blaze has had a console Evercade available for a while now.
Hopefully a clicky Neo Geo style controller is on the table
1> SNK Evercade carts bundled with a Neo Geo Joystick/Pad.
2> A replica AES console with Evercade VS guts.
3> Evercade Alpha painted in MVS arcade colours and Neo Geo button layout.
Anyone touch the Neo Geo X in the end still see new ones about for sale, heard mixed things about it as have I Evercade from reports?
Any owners care to clarify as was tempted by the Lynx style TATE Handheld then I read a long post warning me off them...double edged sword as like idea of collecting cartridges as old school, will find segment of post and bring up issues raised...if I recall problems with lifespan of cartridges and some other points...
This might be what finally gets me to get an Evercade
Meh, Blaze isn't that good in quality. I'm scared they will flood the market with poor hardware.
More carts that will get bricked by updates. Great. I've had 3. They replace free of charge but with "pegi" box art.
That's weird. I thought they were already releasing these?
@koekiemonster They also don't know how to run their Discord. 👀
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