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20

Sep

Back in the good old days of classic home computers and consoles, the arcades were sacred ground, playing host to games that were much more advanced than those which were possible to play at home. Sure, we got home ports of arcade games — and in some cases those ports were very good indeed —... View Article

12

Sep

One of our biggest announcements of 2023 was that Evercade will be playing host to the triumphant return of one of gaming’s most beloved action heroes: Duke Nukem. And this is no ordinary rerelease: rather than simply emulating the original MS-DOS PC versions of Duke Nukem and its sequel, we’ve built a full remastered package... View Article

7

Sep

A very warm welcome to September to all of you, and just in time for Back to School season here in the UK, it’s time for another Game of the Month for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP players! Game of the Month is a programme for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP owners where you can download a free game every month between April and December of 2023. You can enjoy... View Article

5

Sep

We have an update for you on some release date changes for some of our upcoming cartridge releases.   These changes are due to shipping delays occurring in transit that have affected us receiving the stock to send to our distributors in time for the original release dates.   The release date of Sunsoft Collection... View Article

24

Aug

We revealed Delphine Software Collection 1 and Sunsoft Collection 1 at our “Volume 1” showcase at the end of May, and we’ve already taken a look at the latter. So today it’s time for a quick preview of the former! This package contains four great games that demonstrate Delphine Software’s desire right from its inception to create cinematically inspired interactive... View Article

16

Aug

We revealed the Delphine Software Collection 1 and Sunsoft Collection 1 cartridges in Vol. 1 of our showcase events for 2023 back at the end of May. And we thought it was high time we took a closer look at them, since at the time of writing the release date is getting closer and closer!... View Article

8

Aug

Happy August, everyone! The year sure is flying by, isn’t it? To distract you from the sands of time slipping through your fingers, it’s time for another Game of the Month for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP players! Game of the Month is a programme for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP owners where you can download a free game every month between April and December of 2023. You can enjoy... View Article

2

Aug

We recently hosted our Evercade Showcase Vol. 2 for 2023, featuring an in-depth look at our lineup of amazing indie titles, including commentary from the developers themselves. If you’re yet to catch up, please take a moment to enjoy the full presentation in the video below: Today we’re going to take a look at the Home Computer Heroes... View Article

15

Jul

We’ve hit the mid year point for our 2023 here at Blaze Entertainment, and what a year it has been so far!   When Blaze Entertainment first brought the Evercade to the retro gaming world there was a lot of interest and intrigue of what we were doing. Bringing back cartridges in a digital world... View Article

6

Jul

It’s July! As we head into the summer holidays, it’s time for another Game of the Month for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP players! Game of the Month is a programme for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP owners where you can download a free game every month between April and December of 2023. You can enjoy the full version of each game without limits for a month, at which point it... View Article

14

Jun

In the Evercade Cartridge Preview, we take a moment to go through our upcoming releases and give you a slightly more in-depth taster of what to expect from the new games than a trailer can provide. At the time of writing, both Piko Interactive Arcade 1and The Sydney Hunter Collection are available for preorder, with a launch date... View Article

9

Jun

Happy June! It’s time for another Game of the Month for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP players! Game of the Month is a programme for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP owners where you can download a free game every month between April and December. You can enjoy the full version of each game without limits for a month, at which point it will be replaced with a brand new... View Article

7

Jun

You have no doubt noticed by now that our two next Evercade cartridges are now available to preorder! Piko Interactive Arcade 1 and The Sydney Hunter Collection are coming your way in early August, so be sure to place your order with your favourite retailers and be ready to play on release day. Ahead of the... View Article

1

Jun

Over the last 24 hours, we have been humbled by the support and excitement over our newest cartridge announcements and our partnership with Gearbox to bring the Duke Nukem franchise to Evercade. As part of this, an artist was commissioned to produce a lead image for the new Duke Nukem 1+2 Remastered game developed by... View Article

10

May

Happy May! It’s another new month, and that means another new Game of the Month release! Game of the Month is a programme for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP owners where you can download a free game every month between April and December. You can enjoy the full version of each game without limits for a month, at which point it will be replaced with a brand... View Article

4

May

Home computer games, such as those found on the two volumes of TheC64 Collection that we’ve published for Evercade to date, are a rather different beast to home console games. Since many of them were developed in the earliest days of the video game medium — and often by individuals rather than teams — a lot of them... View Article

5

Apr

We’re very pleased to welcome our Indie Heroes friends back to the Evercade platform for another round of Game of the Month! Game of the Month is a programme for Evercade VS and Evercade EXP owners where you can download a free game every month between April and December. You can enjoy the full version of each game without limits for a month, at which point it will be replaced with a... View Article

5

Apr

Evercade is bringing back its highly anticipated Game of the Month feature starting from today! For those unfamiliar with this feature, it provides Evercade users with one free game every month from an indie developer, allowing Evercade gamers to try out a new title every month!  Users can enjoy these full games for free for... View Article

29

Mar

It used to be tradition that handheld video game systems were the best place to play puzzle games. The “personal” nature of the systems made them ideal for simple, straightforward games that you could concentrate intently on — often to the exclusion of everything going on around you. And Ishido: The Way of Stones, originally released for Atari Lynx and... View Article

13

Mar

We hope that all of you who were affected by the events of the December theft of the Evercade EXP Limited Editions are either enjoying or about to enjoy the replacement units that are now currently being sent around the world.   Now that all the units have been sent, or are in the process... View Article

12

Mar

The Piko Interactive Collection cartridges are two stand-out fan favourites. Bringing some great examples of games that have been rescued from obscurity and bought front and center. Hidden gems, forgotten imports, and previously unreleased titles are but a few of the great categories that Piko Interactive provides. Here at Evercade, it’s not just our fans... View Article

10

Mar

As announced last year, the Evercade Handheld is now out of production. Whilst it is still available at retailers who have stock and via second-hand sales, Blaze Entertainment are no longer producing this product.   Last year, we advised that there would be a final firmware update and now, it is finally here.   Firstly,... View Article

9

Mar

Evercade is delighted to welcome back Team17 to our Evercade cartridge line up! And as the title says – it’s time for Amiga games! Team17 Collection 1 will be Evercade’s third home computer-based cartridge collection, and like all others will come with a full colour manual with game controls detailed, as well as a physical... View Article

3

Mar

Racing games have been a staple of the video games medium since the very early days. Initially unfolding on static screens showing the overview of an entire course at once, the genre quickly became more ambitious. And to this day, racing games remain one of the best ways to show off the capabilities of new... View Article

23

Feb

Technos Japan is a company best known for its Double Dragon and Kunio-kun series of urban street brawlers, but over the years they’ve experimented with a variety of different types of game. There’s a lovely cross-section of these available on the Technos Arcade 1 cartridge for Evercade, and one of the most interesting to many... View Article

16

Feb

Sports games have been part of the gaming landscape ever since the very first video game systems, and the great thing about them is that in most cases you don’t need to be a huge fan of the actual sport to enjoy them. In fact, in many cases, particularly earlier in video game history, sports... View Article

10

Feb

The Gremlin Collection 1 cartridge for Evercade contains a number of games with vast amounts of long-term playability, and an oft-cited favourite is space colony management sim Utopia: The Creation of a Nation. We did our best to cram as much information as possible about the game into the full-colour manual that comes with every copy of Gremlin Collection 1, but we... View Article

3

Feb

Evercade is Blazing into 2023… Pun intended. With the release of Indie Heroes Collection 2, we have started 2023 with the culmination of our first Game of the Month season. In addition to the 9 games released every month on the Evercade VS, an additional 3 are included on the cartridge! Game of the Month... View Article

27

Jan

Modern retro, homebrew, new games for classic systems, retro indies — whatever you want to call them, we’ve got a great library of them on Evercade, and we have done since day one! Across compilations such as the two Mega Cat Studios Collections and our well-loved Indie Heroes series — plus hidden bonus games on... View Article

18

Jan

The Evercade EXP is here, bringing with it a wealth of amazing built-in Capcom games, plus the new Irem Arcade 1 and Toaplan Arcade 1 cartridges. Lots of things to enjoy, to be sure! For today’s Evercade Game Spotlight, we’re taking a look at one of the headline titles on the built-in Capcom Collection found on the Evercade EXP: it’s none other than the legendary... View Article

13

Jan

The Evercade EXP, at launch, plays host to 21 games that are best experienced in TATE mode. TATE (pronounced tah-tay) is a Japanese word meaning vertical, and it describes games in which the screen is oriented vertically rather than horizontally — in other words, the longest edges are down the sides rather than at the top and bottom. TATE mode games have been... View Article

4

Jan

Toaplan is one of the most respected names in the arcade shoot ’em up space, and it’s titles like Flying Shark (also known as Hishouzame in Japan and Sky Shark in some regions) that helped to solidify that reputation. Flying Shark is a notably distinctive take on the vertically scrolling shoot ’em up formula, and as... View Article

30

Dec

Dear Evercade Community,   Firstly I would like to send a heartfelt thanks to all of our customers who continue to support Blaze and the Evercade project. We want to welcome our new customers who have joined this amazing community this year and have demonstrated a passion for the games of our past in 2022.... View Article

19

Dec

Dear EXP customers, We hope you are enjoying your new console. We are working hard to improve your experience and have a variety of questions related to bugs or issues answered below. When can we expect updated Firmware? Many of the reported issues are based on software rather than hardware. This means that any bugs... View Article

16

Dec

The Game of the Month feature, exclusive to Evercade VS, offers a series of downloadable indie games between April and December of 2022, with each being available to play for free for a whole month. With December’s update to the Evercade VS, the ninth in the series, Gelatinous: Humanity Lost, is now available, offering you a stiff platforming... View Article

14

Dec

Several hundred Evercade games are ready to play right now — and with each new cartridge release, more titles are added to the library! With that in mind, we know that sometimes it can be a bit daunting to be confronted with such a vast number of choices, so every so often we’ll be highlighting 5... View Article

7

Dec

Dear Evercade customers and fans, I’m writing to inform you of some very sad news. In the early hours of yesterday morning, a lorry carrying Evercade EXP Limited Edition stock was subject to a suspected targeted robbery. Nobody was hurt in this criminal act, but a theft of our Limited Edition stock was carried out.... View Article

1

Dec

As the Evercade library continues to expand over time, its breadth and diversity only gets more and more impressive. Today, it covers everything from obscure, overlooked and underappreciated underdogs to all-time legends of the gaming industry. In today’s Evercade Game Spotlight, we’re taking on a title that very much falls into the latter category: the one and... View Article

23

Nov

There are several hundred Evercade games available now — and with each new cartridge release, more titles are added to the library! We know that sometimes it can be a bit daunting to be confronted with such a vast number of games to play, so every so often we’ll be highlighting 5 of our favourite titles in... View Article

22

Nov

The Evercade EXP’s new TATE mode allowers gamers to play vertically orientated arcade games the way they were meant to be played. The word TATE is Japanese (pronounced tah-tay) and literally translates to “Vertical”. With just the touch of one button underneath the console, you can turn the console 90 degrees and use the new... View Article

17

Nov

Over 18 months ago, Blaze Entertainement made the first donation to the National Videogame Museum from the profits of The Oliver Twins Collection cartridge. Exclusively for Evercade, this collection in conjunction with Codemasters and The Oliver Twins, helped to raise much needed funds for the museum in Sheffield during the difficulties of the pandemic restrictions.... View Article

16

Nov

TheC64 Collection 1 for Evercade brings classic home computer games to the platform for the first time — and chances are this means some of you will be discovering a whole new level of complexity and challenge factor not seen in a lot of console and arcade games from the same period! Impossible Mission is... View Article

9

Nov

The Evercade platform plays host to a huge number of games now — and with each new cartridge release, more titles are added to the library! We know that sometimes it can be a bit daunting to be confronted with such a vast number of games to play, so every so often we’ll be highlighting 5 of our... View Article

4

Nov

The Evercade library runs the gamut from the earliest days of gaming right up until the polygonal revolution of the 1990s. Today we’re heading back towards the very dawn of gaming to take a look at an incredibly influential title: the simply named Adventure from the Atari Collection 1 cartridge. Adventure comes to us from 1980, and was composed by Warren... View Article

2

Nov

We’ve been sharing the next Indie Heroes collection over the past 7 months with the new addition of Game of the Month for Evercade VS users. And now we can share the full 12 game line-up for Indie Heroes Collection 2 and some news onthe future of the series!   But first, the full games... View Article

1

Nov

The Game of the Month feature, exclusive to Evercade VS, offers a series of downloadable indie games between April and December of 2022, with each being available to play for free for a whole month. With November’s update to the Evercade VS, the eighth in the series, Yeah Yeah Beebiss II, is now available, providing some old-school 8-bit... View Article

31

Oct

We are very excited for everyone to get their hands on the Evercade EXP. Our newest handheld is our most technical and premium console to date with new hardware and features that will enhance your retro gaming experience with Evercade.   In order to meet our own high standards of what we want to deliver... View Article

26

Oct

The Evercade platform plays host to a huge number of games now — and with each new cartridge release, more titles are added to the library! We know that sometimes it can be a bit daunting to be confronted with such a vast number of games to play, so every so often we’ll be highlighting 5 of our... View Article

21

Oct

Blaze Entertainment is delighted to confirm a partnership with Amiga to bring Amiga games to Evercade systems as part of the new Home Computer Collection line. As confirmed this past weekend exclusively to fans at the Amiga 37 event in Germany, Evercade devices will be able to play games developed for the world-famous home computer... View Article

11

Oct

The Game of the Month feature, exclusive to Evercade VS, offers a series of downloadable indie games between April and December of 2022, with each being available to play for free for a whole month. With October’s update to the Evercade VS, the seventh in the series, Lunar Journey, is now available, providing some classic 8-bit adventure gaming... View Article