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@LowDefAl I was under the impression, I must have read it somewhere, that those releases usually included the console versions, with a couple exceptions.

Thanks for clarifying it. Well, they definitely should have included them. I'm all about extra content in retro releases.

@Damo I see (but they should have included them, I think some of the M2 Toaplan Arcade Garage do).

Thanks

So the bonus versions and games come behind a paywall, not on disc/cart? Bummer.

@Pillowpants So far it doesn't. It does have save states, auto fire, basic screen filters, bezels (optional) and button remapping.

I'm an early adopter and have been suffering from backlog since the beginning -I already had backlog with all the other systems and very young children at home-, but I love what Evercade brought into the market. I love having the chance to own and try hidden gems and even not that good but somehow interesting games, the big names are already available on multiple other systems.

But I don't appreciate being left behind, and this Alpha naming suggests some kind of hardware which at some point will be the only way that some carts will work. With all the backlog I admit that I've not used the Evercade, nor the Evercade VS, as much as I would've liked, so if now they release a new and vastly enhanced version I will feel compelled to buy it and say goodbye to my current ones. And that's something that I don't like, because it's sad, but I don't want to keep unused systems either.

I've not jumped into the EXP, I stick to the OG handheld, but it seems that if I wanted to do it I should before it's too late. This budget versions also mean that premium ones are not in the cards right now.

If the EXP loses the Capcom games and the HDMI output, what does the VS lose? It's not been clarified, right?

Anyway, I want some cartridge announcements, please!

They also said that these bigger carts can come with more games, that this is better than releasing several volumes, and I totally agree. They started releasing collections with more titles but they seem to have settled in 6 games per cart. I prefer paying a little more but having 10+ games again.

That's more playable than previous releases for non Japanese speakers. To the wishlist it goes.

What about a sale in all their titles? For once. Just saying.

They should have made a Mai amiibo. Definitely my favourite female fighting character.

Why exclusively there and for a so short period? Seems a waste of effort.

Should be available internationally on Amazon.

That's great, I'm looking forward to boot it up. I was expecting another release about the making of of another single game, maybe Prince of Persia, but this is a fully-fledged collection, so I'm really happy.

I agree. As much love the series has received by Sega itself over the years, both with re-releases and Opa-Opa cameos, a third proper entry would be great.

@Westlondonmist Must be the SNES one. The Mega Drive version was the worst one graphically speaking.

I'd like more transparency as for what versions are the other games. Street Racer was on several platforms including 16 and 32 bit systems. Target Renegade was on Spectrum, C64 and Amstrad CPC. The footage doesn't seem to belong to any of those versions. Maybe it's the release of a cancelled version, that wouldn't be the first case in Piko's library.

I love obscure games, I like this cart, but I don't like the fact that this is a 4th volume while bigger companies have had only 1, such as Data East, Jaleco or Irem. It's about time.

Great cart if you ask me. Daze Before Christmas is one of the rarest and therefore most expensive games on the Mega Drive. Plus, the other games aren't half bad.

I've been buying Mega Drive, NES and Game Boy games from them and I gotta say the presentation of the materials is top notch (nothing to do with the cheap feeling Strictly Limited Games releases), although they drastically cut the goodies while mantaining the prices.

Anyway, this might be my first SNES game from Retro-Bit.

I've grown to tolerate and even like these glorified repros, at the end of the day they're official -something that does make a difference to me- and in Retro-Bit's case, I insist, ooze quality.

@Ristar24 No I haven't, the original was too expensive, and I look forward to getting it on Switch, because the Double Dragon Collection has too many games I already have, so it's great that you can pick them individually.

I've owned this cartridge since day one and I have to say -maybe it's my personal bias- that I enjoy discovering games that otherwise would be unknown to me. For me this is the beauty of the Evercade: a mix of well known gems and less known (and probably less good) games. And this cart delivers. Minky Monkey, for example, is a little addictive game in the vein of Donkey Kong Jr.

About Double Dragon: I also like the first one better, and feel like II is like an enhanced version of the first game, even recycling two stages, so it's not new enough to me. The third part is pretty awful. Aside from the microtransactions gimmick, the visuals, animations and story are far worse in my opinion.

I haven't played any Double Dragon on console yet, but people say DDII on the NES is top and III a little better than its arcade counterpart.

One of my favorites hands down, for the sheer quantity of games included but also for the games themselves. I love The Humans, The Way of the Exploding Fists and Tinhead, apart from the already highlighted by the post.

Not one of the 20 games is a legend, but who cares? That's the beauty of the Evercade.

@Steel76 Good thing I was late to get the pack with the 2 games, then. But it's an unforgivable mistake for the asking price of these releases, and it's unbecoming of Retro-Bit.

I own an A500 Mini, but here I must draw the line. I'm happy with Atari 50th The Anniversary Celebration with dozens of games coming from systems so old I can barely enjoy them, but that's history, doesn't take much space and it's way cheaper. But that's me.

I have never sought it on MAME because I knew that without a trackball it wasn't worth it, but didn't know it wasn't actually available anyway.

I hope this opens an opportunity to play it with the Egret II Mini trackball and paddle controller. Would be great if people made it happen.

These interviews are among my favorite pieces here in Time Extension. Congratulations on it and thanks a lot!

I love Irem, the more I know about them the more I want to experience games that I didn't pay attention to back when I was a kid, in no small part due to being a kid with an MSX and a Game Boy, and like many of us bought some random games that not necessarily ended up being the ones that nowadays are considered gems.

Anyway, I love the fact that there is a series of collections of Irem games coming out, not so much the way they're handling them, with so few titles in each volume. Come on!

I'm not a fan of people saying "games" when they mean "cartridges", and hoped to see a ranking of actual individual games here, but it's been entertaining anyway.

It's interesting also to compare people's tastes depending on the country of origin. In Spain, for instance, some of the cartridges would be higher, some lower and others not even here, whereas we would definitely some Gaelco love here.

Apart from that, what I love most about the Evercade library is the strong presence of third-tier games, unknown titles that may be good or bad, but as an explorer of retro gaming I don't need to see the usual suspects here. A mix of known and unknown is perfectly OK for my tastes.

@mjparker77 Yes, you're right, I meant that they chose that version because it wasn't going to cause any problem.

It was totally expected.

Didn't the Egret II Mini include Rainbow Islands Extra, with a different soundtrack, in order to avoid the issue? Correct me if I'm wrong.

This one's more appealing. Looking forward to get it physical on Amazon Japan in 2024.

But I hope they fix the emulation issues reported by players regarding the already (digitally) released volume 1.

Great, I love seeing Evercade cartridges reviewed here, and I hope this one gets a boost in terms of people's interest thanks to it.

Wow, an Evercade cartridge review long time after its release, but definitely better than never. Thanks! Please keep them coming!

Would I like to have one? Of course.

But after buying almost every mini system, including the Egret II Mini and recently the trackball and paddle controller on a brief sale, and although I've not given up on waiting for a good sale of the Astro City Mini V yet, this is where I have to draw the line.

It's very expensive, and ironically I don't like when they expect us to put roms in these systems. Additional paid games via SD? Yes, the Egret II Mini does it and I buy them, there will be 70 games after volume 2 gets released, which is great. But only one game included, small additional collections and that's it...? For that price it's not for me. And it wouldn't be even without the tremendous shipping and customs duties.

@RootsGenoa And totally unexpected! Waiting for a review...

I wonder whatever happened to the Visco Collection that was announced long ago. I guess Pixel Heart will have the physical release, maybe exclusive, but anyway video games media just stopped talking about it.

As a fan of the original game, I'm excited about this, but I don't really care about the graphic style, because it seems to affect the general speed of the sprites for some reason, as in Double Dragon Neon or Raging Justice.

Would be great if this time they added the original graphics too, or idealistically the original rom as an unlockable bonus. Just saying.

So this is going to be an exclusive for those who pay whatever limited release companies ask. Great.

I'm surprised that there is no mention of the SLG release about one year ago. I got this one for the SNES and also Panorama Cotton for the Mega Drive.

Taito really likes to get all its games everywhere. I wish I had known their plans before, but now I already have most of these games individually on Switch or inside the wonderful Egret II Mini...

Well, now thanks to SLG we know that they're going to be 5 volumes. Titles still undisclosed.

My excitement is on hold. We'll have to see if they get standard physical editions aside from the superexpensive ones by SLG, but it certainly could have been a commendable Irem Collection period with at least a dozen games à la Digital Eclipse. It isn't.

Well, let's hope they end up releasing amazing collections of these titles then...

What surprises me the most is the fact that it was released physically a few weeks ago by Strictly Limited Games and I a haven't found any review whatsoever. I'd like to play it on Switch, but not if that version has performance issues.

Wouldn't mind an update for Atari 50 with these games. Even a paid DLC.

And now we'll have to wait if we were monitoring volume 1's price, because the 2nd is probably going to be available bundled with the 1st and cheaper, just like what happened with volume 1 and the Egret II Mini, cheaper together than apart. Damn it.

I don't seem to be able to find the collection together on Steam, only the individual titles.

I have some of them on my Evercade, but this being a better release, cheap and on PC would be willing to double dip.

That leaves the M2 Toaplan Arcade Garage releases on the fence, though. They're supposed to be great and have console versions and other non shmup games as bonus... But don't know if the emulation is on par with the reviewed release.

Nice. Would've preferred a Visual Compendium, though.

(I swear I've posted it before reading the first comment LOL)

Been expecting a professional review for a while, given that it came out in December, but it has been published by my favourite people!

I think it's a little pricey too and I've been monitoring it on Amazon Japan with the hope that it will go a little cheaper down the road, but what I fear the most is buying it just to see that it comes to the West officially with a translated book. Another potential risk is it going out of stock, just like the trackball and paddle set, which can only be purchased at a higher price in its Western version nowadays. I missed the chance.

I'm eager to put my hands on these obscure titles and I'll be waiting for further volumes.

Now it would be nice to know if it's simply a change of packaging or the input lag has been fixed, the same way the first Astro City Mini got some issues fixed for the Western release.

I don't think so, though, because it was already released by LRG, who added an extra game, and the Amazon one doesn't include it, so unfortunately it smells like a change of box for a translated one and that would be all. I hope I'm wrong (and that it gets discounted some day, like the first Astro City Mini, now that Amazon sells it).

I think they made a wise decision and I will be buying it probably day one.

I already got mine, I love it, but I've noticed some weird things: a sunfade-like effect on Super Hang-On and After Burner II covers and the fact that I don't seem to be able to find the extra music tracks on OutRun. Does anybody have the answer to any (if not both) of these questions?

I'd appreciate it.