In-game, this button gives you the option to store multiple save states, letting you dive back in from wherever you had reached, which suits the handheld format perfectly and upgrades every single one of these games which would have originally forgotten everything you’d done once the power was turned off. From here you can alter the screen ratio, keeping things in their original 4:3 format, or stretch them across the screen’s 4.3” widescreen, as well as change core settings like the language or brightness. There’s a Select and Start button beneath the main face buttons, while the other side of the console boasts a system-wide Menu button that lets you access the overarching Evercade options. On first impressions, it does feel a little spongey and loose, but following prolonged use you’ll find that it’s reassuringly useable and comfortable. Rather than the cross-shaped D-pad you’d have found on the SNES, the Evercade plays host to a circular Sega Genesis-style D-pad with a full range of motion.
There’s a decent array of buttons as well, matching those you’d find on a SNES controller, with four solid-feeling face buttons and excitingly clicky left and right digital shoulder buttons. The console itself is made of sturdy white plastic, with some red, Atari-esque highlights to finish it off. There are some games that admittedly haven’t stood the test of time – Tempest, I’m particularly looking at you – but the majority of these games are just as enthralling and fun as they ever were. There’s no screen-tearing, crashing or audio glitches, and in many cases the Evercade’s controls mean that this is not just the best way to play these games now, it’s the best place to play them ever. However, once you get over that fairly large hurdle you can head straight into the game.Įvery single game I’ve tested – and Evercade leant us the majority of their catalogue for this review – is perfectly emulated.
Occasionally this will not serve the older players amongst you very well, as it will force the kind of mental arithmetic that will upset, belittle and potentially traumatise you before you’ve even hit a button. It’s also right up the streetiest of my streets, with Atari Collection 1 hosting a batch of Atari 26 titles, including the glorious Centipede, one of my all-time favourites.Įach cart lets you scroll through the games, displaying their original artwork, a screenshot, and a few details like the year they were released. While it’s not quite in line with that 54 game bonanza I got as a kid, it’s an incredible start to your Evercade library.
Packaged in its Premium Pack form, the Evercade comes bundled with three game collection cartridges – how I love getting to talk about cartridges again – giving you a total of 37 games to get your teeth into.
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