Evercade
The Evercade is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by UK company Blaze Entertainment. It focuses on retrogaming with ROM cartridges that each contain a number of emulated games. Development began in 2018, and the console was released in May 2020, after a few delays. Upon its launch, the console offered 10 game cartridges with a combined total of 122 games.
| Developer | Blaze Entertainment |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Blaze Entertainment |
| Type | Handheld game console |
| Generation | Eighth |
| Release date | 22 May 2020 |
| Introductory price | £60/$80 (basic) £80/$100 (premium) |
| Media | ROM cartridge |
| CPU | 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 |
| Memory | 256 MB |
| Display | Horizontal 4.3-inch LCD screen, 480x272 pixels |
| Power | 2,000-mAh rechargeable battery |
| Successor | Evercade VS |
| Website | www |
Arc System Works, Atari, G-Mode, Interplay Entertainment, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Piko Interactive have released emulated versions of their games for the Evercade. Pre-existing homebrew games have also been re-released for the console by Mega Cat Studios. The Evercade is capable of playing games originally released for the Atari 2600, the Atari 7800, the Atari Lynx, the Intellivision, the NES, the SNES, the Sega Genesis and the PlayStation as well as arcade games, and home computer games for the Commodore 64 and Amiga.
A home console version, the Evercade VS, was released in December 2021. Blaze announced on 31 May 2022 that the original handheld console would be discontinued and replaced with the improved Evercade EXP, released at the end of the year.