Pounding headache this evening. A couple of hours of Deep Rock Galactic with my friends probably didn't help, but we manage to actually get together so rarely that I don't like to turn down multiplayer sessions with them — especially when they occur on the spur of the moment as they did tonight. So it's off to bed for me in a moment, I feel!
I've been finding myself frequently in the mood for retro games of late, and I've been very grateful for the Evercade, as it allows me to just sit back and enjoy something without having to browse through a zillion ROMs. Don't get me wrong, I'm really glad I set up my PS Classic the way it is, but I've taken to deliberately loading up my Evercade with a single cartridge and going upstairs with it, thereby "limiting" myself to only exploring the games on that cartridge. It encourages me to focus on and appreciate the games on that cart rather than jumping back and forth all over the place, never settling on anything.
I've said this before, but that, I think, is the real strength of the Evercade. Curated collections of classic games are a great way to celebrate the wonderful experiences that classic consoles had to offer — and with all the unease over the fate of the PSP, Vita and PS3 right now, it's nice to be able to return to stuff from an age where all that simply wasn't an issue.
I've once again been enjoying going back to some Atari Lynx games I used to enjoy in my youth, and it's a genuine pleasure to return to some of these. They look absolutely wonderful on the Evercade's handheld screen, and I even have a soft spot for them blown up to 720p on the TV! I still absolutely suck at Checkered Flag, though; some practice is clearly in order!
So with that, then, I think it's time to take some paracetamol, get into bed and enjoy some Lynx games. Sounds like a plan.
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