In recent times the phenomenon vintage has lived a huge boom that, on the one hand, has caused prices to rise on virtually every game or machine that has more than 25 years behind it and, on the other, it has allowed companies to live again from the launches of the 80s and 90s through consoles that take advantage of current technology. As is the case with Evercade.
Portable and many improvements
Evercade is a brand that officially started selling in May 2020 through a portable console model that based its operation on a curious system of thematic cartridges, which stored various releases from a mythical company in the sector, whether they were recreational games or personal microcomputers. Hence the wonderful compilations of Data East, Capcom, Irem, Commodore 64, Amiga 400, Team 17, Gaelco, Bitmap Brothers, Atari Lynx and a long list of illustrious names.
Its success was practically instantaneous and served so that Blaze Entertainment, its managers, take another step within the brand: develop a desktop Evercade model, with a slot for two players and the possibility of multiplayer within the same machine. So covering it all, the last and definitive evolution that would take place at the end of last year was missing.
Indeed, That last step taken by the British has been the EXP model Evercade, which is nothing more than the stylization of the original laptop to which they have added a whole series of improvements that will broaden the gaming experience. Behold.
In your hands and lowered
Evercade EXP now has a more polished design, less thick than the first generation, the screen looks much better and has more brightness and contrast but, above all, it adds an advantage that is the possibility of rotating it 90 degrees to be able to enjoy the arcade titles in its lifelong vertical orientation. Play with truxton Thus, for example, it is a real joy.
Another advantage that you will have is being able to update the firmware of the machine wirelessly -and not by connecting it to a computer-, something impossible with the 2020 model, in addition to the fact that it comes by default with an arsenal of pre-installed games, all from Caapcom, plus a bonus Irem cartridge, that has classics as wild as in the hunt or the very R-Type.
Well then, It is this Evercade EXP and not another that you can take discounted on Amazon, at the price that it really should have had at launch, that is, about 125 euros compared to the 150 with which it landed in stores. And it doesn’t look like the offer is going to last long, so it’s taking you a while to get it now, while there are units available in the store by Jeff Bezos.
