The Evercade - Is it MADNESS or GENIUS?! 

MetalJesusRocks great to know, especially for the Genesis, thanks for the update

MetalJesusRocks how to update the firmware? It all run by cart. Unless the developer update the hardware before launch

@@cs9927 day one firmware update via USB to pc

@@garycormack 8e. 77

Well, that update arrived and unfortunately it's just their choice of a different, more traditional button mapping, not your choice of mappings :/

They are most likely nothing but plastic with no chips. They just use the carts to limit the games the system will show so they can sell extra jumpers to show other games. All the games are already on the system, you just have to trip the jumper to show them.

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There is flash memory on each cart holding the games and emulators. You can't trip jumpers. Why would they limit the games to what was installed at day one. Doh.

@@JohntechFL no lol. They're loaded onto the cartridges.

I dig your T 00 L avatar

That's cos thankfully it really looks like the team behind it are passionate about what they have

unfortunately it has stiff competition from emulation handhelds. You could get an Anbernic RG351P for a similar price and have a handheld that plays everything up through PS1.

SNK and Capcom would be fantastic indeed.

How about a Chinese clone cart with microsd slot attached.

@@cincyfan987 No, because that would otherwise be Pirating.

I think we need a sonic mega collection type cartridge with all the genesis games (and versions) plus the game gear games.

Cory Moses Hey, maybe a Capcom Collection 1 with all the 8 bit games such as the first 5 Megaman games, Ducktales, and Gargoyles Quest and another cartridge will have the 16 bit games like Megaman X, Street Fighter, and Dragons Lair.

That’s what people say about me

No

Also an accurate one! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who still plays that game.

I played the hell out of that game back in the day. I can still hear the sounds clearly in my head.

That game was so much fun, yet it pissed me off royally too. It's called pleasure pain. 😤😛

Thank you so much! :)

I don't think thats possible. That would be a nightmare for licencing.

YEAHHHH! ....+Konami

Lol and they are supposed to get the licenses for these?

If they were arcade versions.

@@emmamarie4861 "Lol and they are supposed to get the licenses for these?" Why would they not?

GeoNeilUK $$$

^^ THIS ^^

This whole thing reminds me of the portable neo Geo.

Prehistoric Isle! and Samurai Spirits! Etc!

@@jkdino3499 Don't forget Metal Slug :D !!!

I agree, there's literally hundreds of devices which you can do that, I like it like this too

lenonbaby that’s very true. The OG mega drive and SNES ran roms :p I think you can argue that emulation isn’t perfect. Even the much lauded Mega Drive mini had some lag that not picky reviewers picked up on. My GPD XD runs these roms fine. I think at the price point this is. The presentation and game selection this is nice. And I think it’s a nicer way to enjoy these games, rather than downloading roms.

@@Liquidcadmus I don't think you any clue of what ROMs are.

I agree with the sentiment... But let's be real for a moment, the eventual selling point of this machine will be good portable emulation for 8bit and 16bit games. That's why the creators put out that statement on their site. They know it. We know it. Pirates know it. But we can't flat out say it or else they would be sued into oblivion by Nintendo and all other companies in class action. Its noble of them to release these cartridge packs but come on. Its like PSP but with good emulators. Because that is all anyone ever did with the psp.

KeijiMaeda86 Your completely missing the point of this. There’s literally thousands of devices you can use to play roms on but you never really OWN them, your playing them illegally. It’s nice to actually own fully licensed physical copies and the cartridge format just adds to the nostalgia feeling. When you have access to hundreds of thousands of games you never really focus on the game your playing.... With something like this you can actually focus on the few games you’ve got with you and you own...

You mostly buy the technology and can you imagine the clusterduck a company like that would find themselves in to verify purchases :)

Glorian 777 I’m doing it on the switch. Love the mobility

This might come as a shock to you, you don't need to keep re-buying them, you only need to re-buy them if you want to play them on the latest technology. You don't hear people complaining about having to re-buy the same movie when they upgrade from VHS, to DVD to Blue Ray.

@@se7encureton - At least you can play multiplayer on the Switch...not this thing.

There seems to be a pool of games that are easy to license.

a lot of youtubers fail to mention that in their review of the system. if you want a good review of the system that mentions those issues go watch Game Sacks review

If they don’t mention it they have paid not to. Sounds like Joe from gamesack wasn’t crazy about reviewing to begin with

@@Retrogamershaun Ashens criticises it quite a bit and mentions nothing about any problems of the sort... Is this maybe a problem with the US version? Ashens biggest complaint was the boxes and manuals didn't tell you what version of games you got. He was disappointed to find NES versions of games he expected to be Arcade. He also said about the cartridge being overly-snug. He also said a lot of the games were just naff and unless you held a real nostalgia there wasn't much point to them - he was meaning Atari haha. Hmmm

not a good review because he didn't bring up the bad button mapping or the audio glitches

God damn, me too

If I remember the press photos correctly, this is exactly what they are doing... there will be a console version that uses the same little carts.

@@RichardCraig now that sounds pretty good

I'm not going to say you predicted the future, but a home console evercade is happening.

The piko collection is on Steam and they go on sale during the sales. Most have negative reviews so you can grab what games you want.

@UCIqYdpA0VqSjdJnRi9LwxNg Yes over the last sale I saw some of the games on sale and I clicked on the publisher and they have a bunch of games and they go on sale during the big sales.

@@paulpjr3224 AH but they're like 5 bucks each , the Pico Collection for Evercade is 17 bucks for 20 games and it's on a real cartridge sooo...

Yeah, would be cool to play Turrican, Toki, Settlers and many more. Honestly 100 USD for console and 3 cartridges is great price.

@@drstephenstrange897 That's true but they went down on in price for like 1.50 each over the sales. Not all of the games I am interested in so I can just grab some I liked then. I rarely play games on the go. I guess if I did travel a lot or take rides where I am not driving it would be good then to pass time. I was just pointing out that it is on there as well as all those Atari games too.

Very cool console I'm sold on the color scheme alone. Thank you for creating something for the enthusiast and collector!

Thanks for the review unit. This was a fun video to make. I"m curious to see what new cartridge pack you release in the future!

This made my collector senses tingle.

I cant wait for the 9th April very very exciting the unit the boxes for the games and the colour manuals all look fantastic here in the uk it's going to be sold in argos and I believe game both uk high street chains 😊😊😊😊🎮🕹

Oh and fantastic video as always fella been watching you for years and you are a huge influence on me so much so I made my own channel some time ago all after watching you and RGT 85 and wood for years 😊😊😊😊

I think it’s the reason these mini consoles are doing so well at the moment. You could download an emulator on your PC and play just about anything and everything that’s ever been released on any console......but it’s not the same. The physical cartridges, original controllers and being able to show off and display a collection. There’s nothing quite like it.

Except it resembles nothing. Mini consoles have visual appeal due to the similarity to classic devices. This looks like those dollar store consoles with built in NES games.

@@DoubleU555 this is supposed to be a new console for playing both new games and old and hopefully encourage new development. It's not trying to be an old system. There are a ton of clones already out there that even actually play old game boy carts. They are trying to bring new retro style games to the table, but offer old ones right off the bat because they need to get interest for developers to jump on board. I'm hoping to see a lot of good "new retro" game carts come to the system like the Piko cart.

Indeed I think it's truly unique and cool enough to get into kinda like the NeoGeo handheld.

This company is in the UK. Hit them up for a review unit. I'd love to get your perspective on it too.

MetalJesusRocks Thanks dude I’ll hit them up 💪

Cool console retro . Future ??? Capcom , Konami , SEGA ...

I wondered what that said. Thanks!

@@MetalJesusRocks Atari Jaguar greatest hits would be an awesome cart.

@@richardtorres5940 not enough buttons on the evercade for those games

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Well Metal Jesus? Did you? Really, we want to know!

Probably if you hold it like a weirdo from the bottom. Normal people will have their thumbs coming from the sides so unless you have sausage fingers (fat) it should be fine.

Mr.Do is badass! Mr.Dos Castle was great also.

This sounds like a tagline to an adult film! #Giggity

@@MetalJesusRocks I feel it down in my plums.

I still remember the morning back in August 1999 (I was 19) when mine showed up (I think I ordered from The Cave) along with Metal Slug 1st Mission, Biomotor Unitron, and KoF:R2. Amazing little handheld for its time offering me some memorable gaming experiences in handheld form.

I borrowed it from the only friend I knew who owned it. I thought SNK vs. CAPCOM MOTM was gonna suck on that system but damn that game was fun as all hell!!

or use ya phone

Yeah that's why I love my GPD XD+. Because I can play it on the go or plugged into my big TV through hdmi. So it perfectly complements my Switch. For all the games that haven't been re-released for Switch like the mega man games have, or probably won't ever get re-released for any console, I can emulate them and play them on the big TV. Like stuff like GBA games look amazing on a big TV, and I think this GPD thing costs less than the gameboy advance consolizer, but obviously does more cos it's basically an android phone with physical buttons so it can run any android emulator that exists. Warioland 4 looks gorgeous on a big TV. That game needs re-releasing on the switch but they don't port GBA games, it seems. Capcom are gonna be the first to do it when their mega man zx collection comes out, so I'll buy that. But there's so many great games that would be so much better with the high quality switch screen compared to the old GBA ones. But until then I've got this little fake 3DS thing for all the other thousands of games. The HDMI output really did sell it to me as the other handheld emulator devices don't seem to have that

@@duffman18 Sweet, that looks really interesting. Thanks for letting me know. I'll have to check that out also!

Sunset Riders ...

It's only for one player though, they'd have to add a multiplayer feature first...

Nathan P ya man just taking 3 minutes to google something is really inconvenient huh... Especially when there’s 10 different collections with roughly 100 playable games...

@@simonbelmont548 - NES was ur mom...Master System had far better 8 bit arcade ports!

THIS

Wonder Twin powers...ACTIVATE! Shape of a Les Paul. Form of a guitar pick!

Yeah, still holding out for a potential Neo Geo collections on Switch. However if more Neo Geo games get the Garou treatment on Steam, I'd vastly prefer that for proper multiplayer no lag.

@@Turbotef A Neo Geo collection is never going to happen. At least not for the series that matter like Metal Slug, Fatal Fury, and King of Fighters. SNK will keep doing the nickle and dime thing for decades. I'll be dead in buried 60 years from now and SNK will be releasing King of Fighters 98 on PlayStation22 for $8.

@@KeijiMaeda86 I mean, SNK released like a 30 game bundle a couple years back and charged whatever you wanted to pay if I remember right, so you could pay like $1 if you wanted. I think it was a humble bundle thing.

@@duffman18 was it the games people actually want? There's a game collection on Switch and presumably all the other consoles but its games like Athena and Ikari Warriors. None of their fighting games. MAYBE the first fatal fury. None of the metal slug. etc...

Emulating a game is perfectly legal as long as you own it. You can dump your own games and even apply translation patches no problem if it's for personal use. What's illegal is distributing them, or downloading a rom of a game you don't own. Just buy a used copy off ebay and you can emulate it no problem.

Shendue didn't know that about the translation patches. Cool.

Is there a commercial friendly MegaDrive emulator that will do MegaCD/32X?

Or you can just grab your own roms online for free put them on an SD and play on a Super Retro-cade

@Tech With Sean - Indeed, what a facepalm.

I really dont know why anyone would buy the cartridges when you can get the ROM online for free

This isn't off brand, it's completely licenced, and with the latest firmware most issues are fixed. This is a niche product for a niche audience, of course those cheap emulation handhelds are way easier