I didn’t play The Dagger of Amon Ra today after all. I figured there’s no rush — my The Colonel’s Bequest video is in three parts, so I can spread those out across this week and perhaps a bit of next week, and set aside a bit of time in the week or next weekend to play The Dagger of Amon Ra without feeling like I need to race through it. I have a trip into the office this coming week, too, so that will put Tuesday and Wednesday evening out of action, so no sense rushing things.
I will, however, be coming home from this office trip with a veritable armload of goodies that I’m very much looking forward to having a proper play with. Chief among these are the two Evercade Alpha units, which are the bartop arcade form factor Evercade devices that we’ve just launched. These are lovely things indeed, and the fact they work with the full library of Evercade carts (including the Namco ones, which won’t work on the TV-connected VS system) mean that they might just become my preferred way to enjoy Evercade games. I’m especially looking forward to playing Star Luster on them; I feel like the cockpit-view space sim will feel nicely immersive when played with arcade controls!
It’s a little late for Thanksgiving, but I’m immensely grateful that I was given the opportunity to work on the Evercade project. From the moment it was announced, I knew that it was going to be something thoroughly interesting and special, and now that I’ve been a full-time part of it all for quite a while now, I’m still thrilled to be involved. It’s a platform that offers something genuinely unique in this day and age — and it’s a system that, in one form or another, be it the dinky handheld Super Pockets or the behemoth that is the Alpha, I would recommend without hesitation to anyone who complains that they “don’t have time” to play modern video games. If that’s the case… play some old ones! They’re still damned fun. Plus there are lots of folks making brand new games for old platforms (and in the style of old platforms), too, meaning you don’t have to miss out on playing “new” stuff just because you’ve decided to play with a retro-focused system.
Next year we’ve got some immensely exciting stuff planned that, of course, I can’t talk about just yet, but I’m super thrilled we have them in the pipeline. It’s going to be a super-cool year for Evercade, and I hope that now we’ve stuck around for four years (having successfully launched right in the middle of the 2020 pandemic!) people will see that this is absolutely a platform well worth taking seriously.
Christmas is coming up, y’know. Super Pockets make excellent gifts. Evercade EXP-R, VS-R and Alpha make even better gifts. Particularly if you pair them with an armful of cartridges!
Anyway, enough selling while I’m off the clock. I’m off to go play a round or two of Donut Dodo before bed.
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