Yet another wave of games set to be released on Evercade have been shared - the upcoming cartridge-based handheld system which can connect to your TV.
You can read all about the new system here if you're not familiar, but for those of you who have seen our previous coverage, let's dive into the good stuff. This latest set of games will be featured on the Piko Interactive - Collection 1 cartridge, and some of them originally appeared on Nintendo's very own NES and SNES. There are one or two rare titles available here.
- 1. Brave Battle Saga
- 2. Water Margin
- 3. Magic Girl
- 4. Dorke and Ymp
- 5. Switchblade
- 6. Way of the exploding fist
- 7. NightShade
- 8. Top Racer
- 9. Tinhead
- 10. Radical Rex
- 11. Jim Power – The Lost Dimension
- 12. 8-Eyes
- 13. The Immortal
- 14. Dragon View
- 15. Drakkhen
- 16. Power Punch II
- 17. Power Piggs of the Dark Ages
- 18. Iron Commando
- 19. The Humans
- 20. Canon – Legends of the New Gods
Iron Commando stands out as a particularly rare example. This Super Nintendo game failed to find a western publisher back in the '90s, meaning it only ever saw a relatively limited release in Japan at the time.
The Evercade console launches on 20th March, 2020 - a date likely etched into the brains of Animal Crossing fans. Pre-orders are expected to start popping up soon.
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I literally don't know a single game on this list. Must turn in gamer card.
Just buy a Vita
I got this info this morning in an Email and me personally i'm psyched. I think the $99.99 bundle is totally worth it (A Evercade + 2 Multi Game, Game Carts).
Yes, but will it come with 3D glasses for Jim Powers like the snes release?
I wish they'd release a cart with Parodius, Super Famicom Wars, and whatever Fire Emblem games came out on SNES. All of those run at 60fps unlike a lot of stuff Nintendo is releasing these days (cough, Fire Emblem 3 choppy Houses). Oh, and it would be sweet if they were all translated into english! Oh, and a bunch of Bomberman games, UN Squadron, and Umihara Kawase would be awesome too!
Wonder which version of The Immortal it is... NES? Genesis?
And if Nightshade is the NES game with the snarky private eye wannabe... Man, what a bizarre choice. XD And totally the wrong platform for that kind of game. Konami (I'm assuming they're the copyright holders, since it was published by Ultra) should really think of finding someone to remake it. Telltale Games would've been a great choice for a new Nightshade, but, well... Real life happened to them.
Anybody else read 'Several Rare SNES Games' and immediately thought of Donkey Kong Country etc?
Rare doesn't necessarily mean good! For some games of that time, failing at sales was a clear feedback from the audience! Anyways, good for collectors, I think?
Re: SNES titles: Evercade does what Nintendon't (well, at least not Switch Online; we've been benefitted with some top shelf SNES titles via third party collection releases).
Nice that they were able to get Radical Rex, Drakkhen, Dragon View, and Top Racer (a.k.a. Top Gear) on there. Those were some of my favorite Super NES games that I still enjoy back in my childhood days. Now I might consider getting this.
Gotta say, this will probably be a niche system, but the sheer number of games coming on these cartridges make me smile.
Nintendo could be selling a lot of these with their own games for Switch right now. They could have had an NES Classic Pack 1 with the plug and play's games, or one for the SNES version with Star Fox 2 on the Switch. Or helping Interplay, etc. publish some of these with their games. I just have to shake my head.
@BlueKnight07 What is it with you guys and cartridges? It's just an emulation system. The storage medium doesn't imbue these ROM files with magical powers.
20 games on a £15 cartridge! That is super value
I actually found Iron Commando in the middle of nowhere USA a few years ago. It’s a solid brawler, also loved Top Gear, Tinhead, and Dragon View back in the day.
Dayyyium, that music rocks.
Shame it looks like a fisher price toy!
Mixed feelings here. The game collections for this thing seems fantastic, but the system itself looks terrible...
@JoakimZ Agreed. It looks like something that would be 12.99 at a Big Lots “As seen on TV” isle.
I feel like Radical Rex sounds vaguely familiar, but I’ve never even heard of any of those other games.
Having that thumbnail with the Pac Man arcade aspect ratio to show the system off is a strange choice
A lot of these have not aged well but its good that some lesser known (some of these I am more familiar with the Amiga versions) get out there in physical form so no objections.
Cartridge based emulator lol. Think the point of these things is convenience. It looks cheap and I wonder if the product would have been better had they not dedicated funds to paying Nintendolife to shill this every other day.
I think they forgot their most valuable property, Noah's Ark 3D. But in all seriousness, Piko Entertainment basically purchases unreleased, unfinished, or relatively unknown games and publishes them. I think a good many of those can be purchased on Steam (ROM file included).
@NinChocolate that’s always a good idea!
.........Drakkhen. Bleeeacchhh!!! -Total fart game.
I plan on purchasing all Evercade releases.
@JasmineDragon
Don't cut it up yet. Of these releases only Power Punch II and Iron commando had any buzz. The rest of these were DOA games that one only rented on a lonely Friday night when everything else was out.
@JasmineDragon Well they aren't exactly offering the most well known classics here, I think they are trying to focus on an obscurity niche.
@flojomojo No magic, but it still works after eshop servers go down. And it's a legal means of getting the ROM.
Wow, Drakken! Neat!
@60frames-please your not goig to get licensed nintendo stuff on there
Ha Ha Lol, can't wait to see how many people play this over Animal Crossing
Wait, Nightshade and Power Punch II? Two NES games I always meant to play? Ok Evercade, I see you...
@JasmineDragon don't feel bad about it. About half of the games on this list were never released in North America, and even those that were remain fairly obscure. A few are either homebrew or unlicensed, such as Water Margin, which was an unlicensed Genesis / Mega Drive game produced and released only in China.
@Lordplops nope.
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