If it wasn't already clear, I'm very much looking forward to the Evercade device from Blaze. For the unfamiliar, this is a new handheld that runs on its own proprietary cartridges, each of which contains a collection of games. It's a system designed specifically for those who enjoy collecting packaged games, as each cartridge is numbers and the intention is clearly to allow owners to build up a complete "library" of titles for the platform.
It remains to be seen whether the thing will be enough of a hit to go the distance — but the nice thing about it is that even if it doesn't, the launch lineup of 10 cartridges includes 123 games (if I counted correctly) and that is an astonishing range of games to come out of the gates with. Then on top of that, later in the year we'll have a cartridge collecting "new old games" Xeno Crisis and Tanglewood plus, excitingly, two Atari Lynx collections.
I'm super excited about the latter two. I have exceedingly fond memories of the Atari Lynx and very much regret selling the one I had during a moment of weakness, mental instability and/or desire to please my ex-wife. (I forget which. Probably all of the above.) Between the two cartridges already announced, almost all of my favourite games from the system are already coming to Evercade — and judging by the number of people who are hyped up about these releases in general, hopefully there will be some more. Lynx games have never been rereleased on any platform, you see, unlike Super NES, Sega Mega Drive and Atari 2600 games, which we've seen many times over in many console generations at this point!
I'm also intrigued to try some Atari 7800 games, of which there are a few on the two Atari Collection cartridges. I've never had a chance to give an Atari 7800 a go and have always been intrigued by this strange device with reasonably nice graphical capabilities (for an 8-bit Atari console) and horrendous sound.
But then there's all the other cool stuff, too; the Mega Cat Studios cartridge, which features a variety of modern indie games, and the Piko Interactive cartridge, which includes a variety of retro classics that haven't seen many (or any) rereleases over the years — and some that never got released in the first place. It's all very exciting.
All being well, I should have one in my hands by the end of next week, and I intend to write a bit about each and every game for the thing on MoeGamer over time. So please look forward to that!
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