Evercade

Hey there Void,

I just got my Evercade VS and with it the Home Computer Heroes Collection 1 which contains Planet X2 (c64 edition).

Now for some reason whenever I hit the unmappable R2 it goes into the Quit Menu prompt which asks for a Yes or No. But whatever input I do it will not react.

The Unit Hotbar continues to work but doesn't do anything. (It's also a total mess which can lock up the controls) and when I restart the Game it doesn't react to any input I make as well.

Anyone got an idea how to solve this issue?

Let's talk about the new pocket Evercade: The HyperMegaTech Super Pocket.

Anyone else get one?

I was pleasantly surprised by several aspects of mine:

• I knew from early reviews, and the specs that the screen would be good. But somehow I didn't expect the screen to be this good.
• The sound stays muted between reboots. Many devices in this size and price don't remember their sound setting, and so make a boot sound every time.
• Most (all?) Evercade games save to the cart, not to the system. So I can resume my progress started on my Evercade VS.
• The built in games on the Taito model are all bangers.
• There's a lot of Evercade titles that really shine for playing for a few minutes while waiting in a doctor's office lobby or something. So much if this game collection shines in pocket form. Particularly Indie Heroes and Oliver Twins.

Disappointing:

• There's not a lot of Evercade games that use L1 through R2, but I am, so far, not enjoying the placement of those buttons. I'm happy to have the buttons there at all, at this price, but I hope future versions might move them up a bit for a more relaxed grip.
• The available cases for it spoil it fitting into a pocket. I'll probably add a screen protector instead.
• The included Taito games would be absolutely worth it to rebuy for playing on Evercade VS. I hope they get a cartridge release.

Overall:

I wanted this for it's pocket convenience, and it surpassed my expectations.

Haven't tried it yet, but looks like a nice GBC platformer with a character-switch mechanic!

Piko Collection 3 has been a banger for me so far. I'm playing 40 Winks right now which aged not as bad as I expected. It plays better than a lot of the not-Super-Mario-64 3D platformers of that early 3D era. The game I'm mostly looking forward to is the JRPG on the cart, Legend of Wukong, but haven't started it yet just cuz once I start a JRPG I know that's all I'll be doing every weekend LOL. Might save it for winter.

Also I checked out the 16-bit FPS, Zero Tolerance, just cuz why not, it's actually not bad!

Hi everyone expect posts when new carts are announced as well as my thoughts on games that I've played. Would like to here any suggestions for what to include!