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Why They Rock

1. Compared to most recent retro systems like the NES and SNES Classics and Genesis Mini which include built-in games, the Evercade series recreates the feeling of playing on a game system. It does so by running cartridges containing the games, which allow for a long-lasting library.
   • The standard red cartridges mostly emulate consoles and handhelds such as the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, NES, SNES, Genesis, Master System, Intellivision, PlayStation 1, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Atari Lynx, but may also include games running on native hardware.
   • The purple cartridges contain arcade games, which early Evercade owners heavily requested.
   • The blue cartridges emulate computers including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MSX2.
2. A wide variety of games across all cartridges, all of them officially licensed by various publishers. These include big names such as Atari, Bandai Namco, Data East, Technos, Team17, Codemasters, and Capcom. Notable classic games include:
   • Asteroids (Atari Collection 1 & 2 & Arcade 1 + Atari Lynx Collection 1)
   • Adventure (Atari Collection 1)
   • Centipede (Atari Collection 1 & 2 & Arcade 1)
   • Missile Command (Atari Collection 1 & Arcade 1 + Atari Lynx Collection 1)
   • Pac-Man (Namco Museum Collection 1)
   • Galaga (Namco Museum Collection 2)
   • BurgerTime (Data East Collection 1 & Arcade 1)
   • Bad Dudes (Data East Collection 1 & Arcade 1)
   • Double Dragon (Technos Collection 1)
   • Worms (Worms Collection 1)
   • Sensible Soccer (Codemasters Collection 1)
   • Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (The Bitmap Brothers Collection 1)
   • Street Fighter II Turbo (The Capcom Collection)
   • Mega Man 2 (The Capcom Collection)
   • Mega Man X (The Capcom Collection)
   • Final Fight (The Capcom Collection)
   • R-Type (Irem Arcade 1)
   • Another World (Delphine Software Collection 1)
   • Flashback (Delphine Software Collection 1)
   • Duke Nukem 3D (Duke Nukem Collection 1)
   • Tomb Raider (Tomb Raider Collection 1)
3. Cult classic games from lesser-known publishers are given the spotlight with their cartridges as well. Examples include:
   • Earthworm Jim, the Top Gear games (as Top Racer), the Dizzy series, Bases Loaded, Operation Logic Bomb, The Chaos Engine, Valis III, Granada, Zool, Actua Soccer, Moon Patrol, In the Hunt, Truxton, Zero Wing, 40 Winks, Blaster Master, Gimmick!, Galaxy Fight, and Glover (the N64 version thankfully).
   • The Piko Interactive carts also give attention to games from foreign countries like some Chinese RPGs for the Genesis translated to English and those from Spanish arcade company Gaelco with World Rally and Alligator Hunt.
4. Indie games are also given a lot of focus. They're mostly available on the Indie Heroes series of cartridges, but a few studios like Mega Cat Studios and Morphcat Games have their own.
   • Select indie games can also be played for free as part of the Game of the Month program, where downloading monthly system updates gives players one of the games on the upcoming Indie Heroes cartridge.
5. Each system provides additional features when playing a game like six save states and different button remapping for each game, three different screen sizes including a Pixel Perfect option like the NES and SNES Classics, scanline filters, descriptions of the game that come with tips, a Challenge Mode which disables save states for hardcore gamers, and limiting credits for arcade games.
   • As of 2024 there's also a virtual library mode to check off all the cartridges you own, with each game having their descriptions as well as extra screenshots.
6. Every new system following the original would also include some exclusive features:
   • The VS console from 2021 has four controller ports for multiplayer with up to four people, as well as dual cartridge support and internet connectivity for installing updates.
     • Inserting matching pairs of cartridges (mostly of the same publisher) will also unlock an exclusive game to play on the main menu.
   • The EXP handheld from 2022 includes a TATE mode activated by pressing a button to tilt the game's display, making it the first handheld with a vertical screen since the Bandai WonderSwan.
   • The HyperMegaTech! Super Pockets from 2023, while not part of the Evercade series, are compatible with all cartridges and feature the same six save states, three screen sizes, and scanline filters for each built-in game, plus an exclusive Easy mode for the arcade games.
7. The start-ups are all cool with sleek animations and techno noises.

Bad Qualities

1. Several games cannot be accessed on all systems due to various licensing issues with the publishers.
   • The two Namco Museum collections are only compatible with handheld devices, and thus won't work on the VS console.
   • Capcom games are only available as built-in titles on the EXP. This choice was controversial because it went against the original purpose of every game being playable on all devices.
     • The HyperMegaTech! Super Pockets were created as novelty products rather than real handhelds to circumvent further licensing issues with bigger companies, which include Taito and Capcom.
2. Before the launches of the arcade and computer cartridge lines, all arcade and computer games on each cartridge were inferior console/handheld versions.
   • This is especially bad with the Atari 2600 Tempest prototype on Atari Collection 1 and the NES version of Karate Champ on Data East Collection 1.
3. Like the PlayStation Classic, Almost every PlayStation 1 game released so far (barring Worms Armageddon) are the choppier European PAL versions rather than the proper American NTSC versions, as indicated with the PAL Piracy splash screens.
4. Some bad or poor games (ports included) are sometimes on the cartridges, examples include:
   • Battle Chess [NES] (Interplay Collection 1)
   • ClayFighter 2: Judgement Clay (Interplay Collection 2)
   • Planet Smashers (Atari Collection 2)
   • Drakkhen (Piko Interactive Collection 1)
   • Magic Girl (Piko Interactive Collection 1)
   • Super Double Dragon (Technos Collection 1)
   • City Connection [NES] (Jaleco Collection 1)
   • Football Madness (Piko Interactive Collection 2)
   • Xenon 2: Megablast [Genesis] (The Bitmap Brothers Collection 1)
   • Beast Wrestler (Renovation Collection 1)
   • Maniac Square (Gaelco Arcade 2)
   • Fancy World: Earth of Crisis (Piko Interactive Arcade 1)
   • Magic Purple (Piko Interactive Arcade 1)
   • Star X (Piko Interactive Collection 4)
     • The version of Pong on Atari Arcade 1 is a bad remake that starts automatically and has a ball too fast and incorrectly pitched sounds.
5. False Advertising: Asteroids Deluxe was originally advertised to be included Atari Arcade 1, when it's just the original Asteroids with the Asteroids Deluxe background image.

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