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Look man, it seems great, and I’m glad you enjoyed it so much, but how many times can we buy new hardware that plays the exact same games? I think I’ll stick with my VS, EXP, Alpha and Super Pocket.

@gmar we just got a new game a few months ago, though. Well, almost a year ago. Whatever.

@mjparker77 https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/rainbow-islands-cs-switch/

@-wc- wait really, no co-op? That doesn't sound very Bubble Bobbly. Oh well, would still like to play it.

But anyway yeah, NES Bubble Bobble is the best-one of my all time favorites too.

Yes! I've been wanting this for years! I mean, I have plenty of ways to play the NES version of this game, but having it on Switch 2 will be great. Plus, there's this Rainbow Islands console collection coming out later this year, so that'll be great too! Hopefully Bubble Bobble Part 2 will be released at some point too, I've never played that one.

Speaking as a guy who owns every Evercade cart (even some that I thought were kinda questionable), a VS, an Alpha, an EXP and a Super Pocket, and also who likes Doom...I am really struggling to figure out why on earth I would buy this.

Same goes for the Banjo games, really. But even more so here.

I kinda love it. I'd probably buy one if I didn't get a free phone through work.

Is the d-pad really as good as this review claims? I love my Evercade products, but I never use my Taito SP, as much as I’d like to, because the dpad is awful and it makes games unplayable.

"...and something I've personally been a fan of doing ever since the Retrode 2 launched many moons ago."

So, as somebody who owns a Retrode 2, is there any reason why I would buy this? I assume not.

I will not get this because between Switch and Evercade I’m good…but this rules.

Well, as I said in a previous article, I'll buy it.

Well, I'll buy it.

Well, I'll buy 'em.

Well, I certainly am going to need this.

"USB-A port can connect original Intellivision II and II controllers (with adapter). Can also be used to play additional games (sold separately)."

I wonder how this works? The games, I mean. Will there be a cartridge reader attachment or something?

Man, I'd be so down for a Jaguar mini or a Jaguar+ (though if it's a +, they will need to re-release a bunch of games-those are much harder to come by than 2600 games!)

Hey, it’d be cool if they brought this to the VCS

Should have waited longer to sell those 4. Oh well.

@IceClimbersMain Hope you're right!

Activision may be my favorite cart announcement yet. A+++

Love Llamasoft too, but not sure how excited I am after getting that Gold Master Series release.

@Axelay71 it's a bit small, but I'd still use it if the d-pad worked. It's fine for some games, but any game where you need to move around in more than 2 directions (i.e. Haunted House) is impossible to play.

"The D-pad is a rolling type that takes inspiration from the excellent Mega Drive and Saturn pads; it's fantastic, even if it does sit a little flatter than the one on the Evercade EXP."

Is it really fantastic? I have the Taito one and my son has the Atari one, and the d-pad is horrible on both. Makes games totally unplayable. Did they change it for this one?

@IceClimbersMain Oh they did? Nice.

Can't wait. I hope it has some nice control options on Switch/Switch 2. Touch screen and/or mouse controls would be awesome.

I'd love to see them focus more on the 2nd - 4th console generations and arcade games. No interest in home computers or 32 bit games, and I don't really care about indies/homebrew games on my Evercade. Great console(s), but they've been getting into games I just don't care about.

Probably the least appealing cart yet. Love the NeoGeo and Taito stuff, though!

Atari has been really solid lately. Outside of Nintendo, they've probably been my favorite video game company the last few years. I'm excited to see what is next. I'd love to see a Jaguar+, but if it comes, I hope it's either preloaded with some games or they plan on re-releasing some stuff. Jaguar games aren't as easy to come by as 2600 games!

I'd like to see a bunch of red carts full of games from the 2nd - 4th generations and some arcade carts. No interest in blue carts, PS-heavy carts or indie games on my Evercade at this point.

@Vectrex I agree. I'm not buying any PS-only carts anymore. I got an Evercade because of my love of older/simpler games. I didn't get a PS for a reason when it came out 30 years ago, and I hate seeing Evercade go down that path now.

@mr_benn Exactly! I started alphabetizing instead of storing them in numerical order, and I started to feel a lot better.

This is the cartridge that made me decide I do not want or need to collect all of the cartridges. Sold off a bunch and changed my approach after this was announced.

I'm sure it's fine, but why would I buy this when I could buy better versions of these games AND a third game for the same money on my Switch? Plus, I never even finished TR1 on the first collection, ha.

These are great games, awesome that more people will buy them/play them.

But hey, how about getting Flea 2 and Chew Chew Mimic on Switch? Or at least updating it to include Flea 2 like this version has. Would love to add those games to my Switch collection (especially Flea 2, which is fantastic).

I'm pretty new to emulation. N64 has given me more issues than NES, SNES, GB, GBA, Genesis, 2600 and 7800, but it really hasn't been so bad. Some games take a bit of poking around in the emulator's settings, and maybe they don't run exactly like I'd like them to, but hey-they seem pretty good to me. I've actually been pleasantly surprised by how well most of them run after years of hearing about how hard they are to emulate.

Dolphin, on the other hand, has been incredibly disappointing. I don't even bother with GC/Wii anymore. I just play on my Wii U.

@TJSpyke exactly what I was thinking as I read this article.

@buchu8oolong "my new Super Pocket plays everything I’ve tried fine"

As long as you don't need to use the d-pad, anyway.

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.

@ozyr PlayAsia has it available to order, and I’m pretty sure it’s about the same price after the conversion:

https://www.play-asia.com/the-spectrum/13/70hxz5

Looks great, can't wait!

Really excited for this one. Looks like my kind of cart!

@NinChocolate yes! Ha.

@NinChocolate Zelda with bad level design and unnecessarily annoying enemies doesn't really sound fun.

I know some people have had issues with their "refurbished" systems, and yeah-that's pretty bogus. But as somebody who has only ever bought games from them (a lot of games!), I've only had good experiences. Some games are pretty expensive, but I think most are reasonable enough-especially with their coupons/rewards. I'd much rather buy from them (even if it costs a bit more) than some weirdo on ebay or something when I know how good their customer service is and how generous their return policy is. You can return a game for any reason for up to a year! Sure, you probably have to pay for the return shipping (unless there's actually something wrong with the game, in which case they'll give you a label), but that's not so bad. I don't know, man...most of the time, if you buy a game that they have listed as being in good condition, it's in pretty darn good condition. And if you don't care about that, their "cosmetically flawed" games are usually pretty reasonably priced. I like them-probably my favorite place to buy retro games. People are way too hard on them.

The GB Operator is awesome. I’d be very into this if I didn’t already have a Retrode. I’m sure it’ll be great.

I’d love to get something this simple for NES and SNES games. Don’t really care about N64. But yeah, I love the concept.

@Poodlestargenerica PS3 "best objectively"? With that left stick placement? No way.

@CammyUnofficial I bet I have read that Mega Man 2 book 500 times, ha.

I loved these as a kid. I had books 2-8. Never got into the Zelda ones.

I was reading them to my son last year and my wife noticed that I had written on the order form in the back...I filled it out to order book 1, and there was a note saying that I was going to buy it as soon as I had the money or something, which never happened. She hopped on eBay and bought me a copy. Pretty awesome gift.

If only I hadn't written over all the puzzles as a kid! Makes them a little less fun to go through now, ha. Oh well.

@Tasuki yeah…I’m not gonna pay $400+, though.

I just want them to bring back the Super Nt.

@samuelvictor Your perspective on this is interesting to me. Personally, I've known about Flashback and Another World for years, and I had never even heard of the Amiga until Evercade announced that they were going to start releasing Amiga games, ha. I'm sure there are plenty of fans, especially over in Europe, but I'm guessing that way more people associate those games with SNES/Genesis than you may think.

Anyway, it doesn't matter. I'm sure what we're getting is going to be great, and I'll probably love the Amiga versions.

By the way, I just poked around on the internet a bit, and it looks like Flashback may have actually been originally developed/planned for Genesis. I'll admit that I haven't read enough trusted sources to confirm that, but it would certainly explain it.

@dconstantine ha, yeah. I had never heard of them by name, though I am familiar with some of their games.