#oneaday Day 718: Lynx Up

The Evercade Lynx cartridges are here! It's not an exaggeration to say that I've been really looking forward to these. The Evercade already has a ton of stuff that is unique to its library, but these really are a scoop — to my knowledge, these have never been rereleased on modern platforms, so it's the first time gems like Blue Lightning and Gates of Zendocon have been officially seen for many years.

The first cartridge has some interesting stuff on it, too. The cartridge as a whole is the work of Songbird Productions, who not only picked up the rights to a number of Lynx games from back in the day, they also developed a number of their own games a little after the console's main lifespan, some of which are included as part of the first Lynx cartridge for Evercade. I haven't delved deep into many of them yet, but there are some exciting and ambitious titles to explore among them.

I'm really glad I jumped on board with the Evercade right as it began. The library is now 14 cartridges strong, with a significant number of absolute gems scattered across them. There aren't any of the cartridges where there's nothing I like on them — I even like at least one thing on both the Interplay carts, which are by far everyone's least favourite — and there's something for every mood at the minute… though some people have noted it would be nice to see a few more long-form games like RPGs on the system at some point.

I'm happy with the way it's going right now though; the current lineup provides pick-up-and-play fun times in a variety of styles (plus there are a few RPGs on the Piko Interactive collection!) and, with the addition of the two Lynx carts, a truly unique experience that you can't get anywhere else (outside of emulation, obviously, but that doesn't count).

If you have a gamer in your life and you're struggling to think of a great gift for them for the holidays, consider an Evercade. It'd be great to see this awesome handheld continue to go from strength to strength.