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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.

@Tempestryke I'd say everywhere except Xbox, as usual. But it seems like the trademark has been renewed after all.

Anyway I hope it's a timed exclusive...

@eaglesfly76 @TryToBeHopeful You get the point, guys...

Earthworm Jim 3 on consoles then. Good.

I know the licenses Blaze gets aren't the most expensive ones, and that we won't see Capcom, Sega or Konami here.

I'd love to see an Irem collection or two, and definitely the second cartridge of Jaleco Collection and Data East, also a Data East Arcade 2 and a Jaleco Arcade 1 cartridge.

@jrt87 I bought the PC Engine Mini from Amazon Japan and I gotta tell ya, 3 days it took from Japan to my city, not even a really important one. Amazing.

Well, buying each item separately is something I hadn't taken into account, because it's always better to make the shipping costs a little more "palatable" by putting everything you can in one order, but at least from the EU, importing something that costs more than 150 euro skyrockets the taxes, so maybe in this particular case it is better to buy the items separately. I think we lose the goodies, though. And they're really good this time.

For now, I have to wait a little longer because today, the official and long awaited release date of the item itself, the price has risen a little. But it will go down over time. Unlike the Western version, which if anything will end up on Amazon even more expensive than it is now.

Getting it for sure. I love my Astro City Mini, but I gotta admit that Egret II Mini's selection of titles is more varied. Some omissions, yes, I would have loved to see Chase HQ here, a game which never gets into Taito collections. But I'm impressed about how appealing most of the included titles turned out to be to me.

Price is steeper, of course, but let's not forget that the Astro City Mini's price got reduced after some months, at least in Japan, which again is the best option to purchase the Egret, and the only way to get pink buttons. Now and, of course, when it too gets discounted at some point. And that doesn't happen with products sold by limited releases' companies.

If you want more than the base unit and a normal controller then yes, shipping and taxes make the Western options much cheaper.

I've been playing my Evercade for months, although not daily, and the thing I like the most is precisely discovering games which aren't often regarded as must-haves. I love "third-tier" games, honestly.

I don't think I'll be buying the VS, though. I'm perfectly fine with my handheld, which gives me what I want (officially licensed retro games for short play sessions, considering I already have many home systems), and I don't have people around interested in playing video games to justify the VS for its multiplayer feature, so it's a no from me... at least at this moment.

Too bad it's not possible to buy the console alone, because I definitely want the arcade cartridges, but if I buy them I'll end up having at least one of them twice if I change my mind about the Evercade VS in the future.

Seems interesting, but skipping Valis 2 is definitely a missed opportunity. Now the trilogy release for the Switch becomes a must-have in order to play the first three games...

The 1 in "Collection 1" gives us some hope, but let's face it: it could be easily a year before the second collection is even announced, and it would be weird to get Valis 2 there. Strange move they did here.

I love the console, but I have it since a couple months ago. It would bother me if this was a really improved new portable and they abandoned old Evercade owners. Yes, like many people I have a Nintendo trauma.

@joey302 You're right. They did deliver on the first batch, but they were supposed to bring us more modern games and then just seemed to forget about that.

@joey302 I think it's the other way around. They stopped Sega Ages because they wanted to do this (many arcade titles from Sega Ages are here now). But the emulation in this case isn't by M2, by the way.

For that price (in fact, less) you can get the Japanese one on Amazon Japan with the controller and customs paid on top of that. No reason to pay more and having to deal with limited runs.

I have it imported from Japan for a few days now, I really hope it doesn't end up being sold everywhere, I'm sorry, because that would mean I paid shipping and taxes for nothing.

The minis usually geat launched everywhere day one, there was no reason to believe it would get out of Japan considering they didn't say so when it was announced.

I've only played the Mega Drive version of Ghouls n Ghosts, but I'm under the impression that they are not sequels, but enhancements of previous versions. Even the new one looks like a remake with elements of various "entries". Am I right? If not, can anyone explain what does exactly happen with this series story-wise?

For once it's cheaper to buy this one than getting a working original unit with all the peripherals needed.