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If it's like the C64 will have a 'classic' boot option. I had a C64 at the time but will get this, nice it has The Great Escape (which I enjoyed on the C64) and Where Time Stood Still (which had no C64 version and I've always meant to get around to playing). I remember having to choose between the Spectrum 128 and C64 as a child, but really I would have liked to have both and an Amiga. Now all three have will have a Retro Games version.

Just read your 2600+ review, I was unaware there were issues with the hardware when playing PAL cartridges. I'd not really thought about that as my old Atari was connected with a RF cable back in the day, and was before I was even aware of 50 / 60 Hz. I'll certainly look into this more if I consider a purchase.

I've bought two peices of their hardware, the original handheld which now won't fully charge, and a VS that was faulty out of the box and wouldn't update (so was sent back). I have a bunch of early carts so might consider the VS-R, once it's out. The new portable doesn't appeal to me as they removed the HDMI out.

I played the first game originally on Saturn, replayed on the remastered collection. Original tank controls are best for these game anyway in my opinion, but having the games on Switch makes this release not something I'm interested in.

My favouite thing on Evercade was probably the Mega Drive version of Midnight Resistance, just as an actual real copy costs almost £100. I also liked the Oliver Twins collection too as never played the NES Dizzy ports.

I started gaming on the Atari 2600, probably around 1982... darn, I am getting old.

@Carck I don't dispute the question why, just the suggestion it's new. You could write a whole book on the history of this topic in games specifically.

It's not new though is it. Streets of Rage 2 and 3 were censored, along with many other games. The main difference was there was no internet for people to go to, that's what's really changed the most.

@Blast16 Seems there is a Switch Demo in the UK eShop at least, I tried it the other day.

This game had great atmosphere, on the Spectrum. The C64 version I played years later and it's a poor port. Wouldn't mind this on my Switch.

Perhaps in order to gain publicity? Seems to work.

I still have the PC disc released version, I installed it on my laptop a year or so ago and it ran quite well. I usually play 2006 on the Xbox 360 via backwards compatibility as I don't have a PC that can run the game properly. The emulation has a few glitches but it mostly works. It's such a shame SEGA can't officially sell this game now, it's one of my favouite ever arcade racers.

@Bod2019 Wow, now I know why I never owned it. I did manage to play the game (I think a friend had it), looked great at the time, but I was suprised by the limited amount of tracks. I don't think I'd played the arcade version at that point.

I went on to buy the Saturn port years later, and still play the game now and again on Switch.

I can't recall how much it cost in the UK at the time for the game, too much for me is all I can remember!

@Daniel36 Yep, I went from Zzap!64 to reading SEGA Power and SEGA Force mostly, but had a Game Boy so also had the odd issue of Total (or read at my friends house). Those guys put together a great magazine, really memorable to everyone who read them I'm sure, I just can't believe was 30 or so years ago.

Hopefully you get around to Dizzy one day, if not on the NES, on the Spectrum or C64.

That's really sad to hear. I was thinking recently about Total Magazine as I think I had issue two after my friend bought the first one and showed me the mag. I remember a few of the photos you have in this article from the magazine, where they were reviewing the NES piano thing. Back then in those pre internet days you tended to read a mag a lot if you had one, and Total was a funny read, I still remember those first issues to this day.

10 years... I loved watching The Young Ones as a kid, and Bottom as a teenager. I often went past the bench from the opening of Bottom in Hammersmith on my way to work, it was covered in tributes after he passed away.

We used to have import shops in London... I bought a lot of my Japanese Saturn games in Game Focus in Goodge St. Still have my Japanese GameCube copy of Sonic Gems I pre ordered there, the shop is long gone sadly. Ha, I only ever buy retro games to play them in the first instance, lots of them are in the loft now though. Be nice to visit Japan one day.

@NewBond For me the original was worth it for Midnight Resistance on the Data East cart, the actual Mage Drive version goes for around £100. Plus, the Oliver Twins collection as was interesting, to play the NES versions of Dizzy, plus the Namco collections. I still plug the original hand held into the TV now and again, but the battery seems to only charge half way these days. They also had some weird choices, a Bitmap Brothers collection without Amiga versions was pretty odd.

I've just lost interest in Evercade at this point, I liked it when it was a basic system with some unusual cartridge releases. I have a Saturn and can play PS1 on my PS3, and have NSO on my Switch, so I really doubt this will reignite my interest.

Ha I do remember these...

Nice, I like this one, also remember that the C64 version had a bug with an impossible jump over a fire pit. Master Sytem version was great though.

I've not had good experiences with their hardware, and some weird problems with the carts. I did get a VS last Christmas but it wouldn't update out of the box so I sent it back. PS1 Tomb Raider wouldn't really get back into this system when I can play better versions of the games on Switch. Still happy to have the original Data East collection though (mainly for Mega Drive Midnight Resistance) and the Oliver Twins collection cart is good. I think I have six or seven of the early released carts.

Sad times... I miss Zzap! 64. I never owned an Amiga (too expensive), but the C64 is probably my favourite ever home mirco, I still enjoy Platoon, Last Ninja, Batman the Movie, Stunt Car Racer, Bubble Bobble, International Karate, Dizzy... even the Ocean Loader is forever in my memory.

I have two 16-bit soundtracks on vinyl, Streets of Rage and Super Castlevania IV, I very much enjoy the SNES and the Mega Drive for their respective qualities. My other favouite sound chip is the SID in the C64, remarkable for its time, so many great tunes.

I never visited this store, but I do remember the basement in Rathbone, bought my region modded SEGA Saturn in there I think. There was also Game Focus on Goodge Street which was great for imports, was a real loss when that went too.

I was near Rathbone recently and went into the basement, it's all just DVDs and Wii games, the service counter downstairs is long gone, along with the massive retro collection in one place. It's a weird feeling to go back there now.

Well that's out of the blue, now I'm thinking of the catchy music on the C64, and the nice box art it had. I did like the games simplicity at the time (plus it was a single load off the cassette, which was always nice when many games had cumbersome multi-loads). Be great if they included the original as an extra.

I still have my boxed US copy I obtained on import. Played it a lot back then.

I've been enjoying playing this, it is a bit odd having to open a menu for the English translation but overall it works well enough, and I'm glad to get to play the game on Switch. Also bought Uforia the Saga 2.

I always find these lists a bit odd to be honest. I'm happy with the games I'd consider to be my favouites of all time and their validation in a collective list, or not, doesn't trouble me much.

...and I paid £10 or so for a big box version on the C64, that they knew was broken!

I still have issue one with it's cover disc. I think I recall it was going to be a quarterly magazine originally, but it became popular really quickly so became monthly. I still have the whole first run and the various cover discs, up to when they had to change publisher. I sadly no longer regularly buy the mag, but I do check in on whats covered and buy the odd issue here and there these days.

Thinking back to first finding and buying the magazine at the time, seems retro in itself these days.

I remember Retro Gamer magazine covered the Multisystem in it's really early days, which seems retro in itself now. Pretty interesting to see this game see the light of day.

How awful, something so unique and created with passion for retro gaming to go up in smoke. Hope they get the insurance and can maybe start again.

I remember all the Hollywood surnames I rescued in Burning Rangers on the Saturn, Mark Brando, Mira Ringwald.. of course, Castlevania on the NES has the classical Hollywood credits, Christopher Bee and so on.

Wow, takes me back, I went the the re-curated 2.0 exhibition at Barbican in 2010. I can't remember it so well now, but I recall was pretty good.

@no_donatello Over in the PAL regions, modding the Saturn for 60Hz output was also pretty essential as we were still often receiving non optimised, boardered and slower running games. Modding the console and importing was well worth it at the time. I own the offical 1MB and 4MB versions which came with specific Japanese releases. Of those I own, Xmen vs. Street fighter is the stand out, loading in almost non existent and it's an outstanding port. It's a shame it never saw a western release at all.

Xmen vs. Street Fighter with the cart was great, still own my Japanese copy and KoF 96.

I think the problem with C64 on Evercade is some of my favourite games I'd be nostalgic for such as Platoon, Power Drift and Batman the Movie, would never show up on compilations due to licensing. I've played Break Dance and had no desire to play it twice.

@-wc- I clicked though so quick I had to check I saw it! I have a tendency to keep pressing A,X, Fire or the return key while intro screens are flashing up. I wasn't going to buy this at launch, but as the performance looked good on Switch thought would be good to revist a game I've not completed since it's Saturn release.

I was trying to recall any obvious rascist stereotyping in the first game which was the only one I played properly, but couldn't think of much. May become evident when I get to the sequels at some point, but I'll view it in context of the times I guess.

It seems to only display the first time you play the game. It's not something I think that fits a sweeping approach very well, games and other pop culture can only really be reviewed on an individual basis, but then someone has to make the call on what's offensive and what's not. Suppose that's why it's a disclaimer with no specific detail, though the lack of context sits a little oddly with 'we just charged you £25 for this'. I guess it's for the player to discover and reflect upon as they play through the games, if they're not familiar with the originals.

Ultimately, I'd rather a disclaimer and present the game in it's historically accurate form.

Temporal disruption imminent...it's been a while. I enjoyed this show so much, one of my favourites to watch. My friend had the original game on the Amstrad and I think we never got out of the first room, to the second at most.

First of their Mini computers I wont be picking up, I just have no nostalgia for this as never saw one back in the day. Most my friends had the C64, a Spectrum or the Amstrad CPC 464. It's a shame their C64 emulator doesn't include Plus/4 as would be a nice addition and they will probably never get to that as a dedicated mini.

I think I only had one issue of Mean Machines... which had the MegaDrive port of Champion Edition previewed. My go to mags around that time coming off Zzap! 64 were SEGA Power and SEGA Force. I had limited money so had to choose, I only had SEGA home consoles, and a Game Boy for a while, I might have bought one issue of Mean Machines SEGA too. Good old days.

@Moroboshi876 Yes, the GBA cart got expensive quickly. I recall it was scheduled for an EU release but seemed to get cancelled at the last minute. I definitely recommend on Switch, its a really nicely emulated and presented version, even if stage 1 is missing the VW Beetle poster due to licensing!

@Moroboshi876 Have you tried Double Dragon Advance? It's an outstanding scrolling beat 'em up that is one of my favourites within the genre, was also recently released as a digital game on Switch and other platforms, so finally more widely available. It never had an EU release at the time so I had to import a US copy.

The first two arcade games are pretty dated now, though I remember the first one really impressed me when I saw the arcade back in the 80s. Then I made the mistake of buying the C64 version.

Combatribes is an interesting one, the recently released Double Dragon Gaiden almost reminded me more of that game.

Weirdly, the arcade version of the original Double Dragon was in the VS announcement trailer, though it's not on any carts. After sending a faulty VS back at Christmas, I think I've decided to stick to the Switch and original hardware for retro gaming. I still have my hand held and a few carts though, the Oliver Twins and Data East (with Mega Drive Midnight Resistance), remain my favourites.

@Gamecuber Yeah I agree, C64 games were much more affordable though I had both. The Master System looked really nice, but the C64 still sounded way better for me.

It's difficult to rank the 4 main consoles for me, Mega Drive is the one I still play most, but probably as its the easiest to play on modern Systems. My actual consoles including Master System, Game Gear, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast are stored away.

@smoreon Well, Ryo had a Saturn at home in 1986, so anything seems possible...

I see. Ryo and Kiryu should bump into one another at the arcade and try set a high score in OutRun.

Super Castlevania IV for me, one of my favourite games of all time.