Evercade VS Review: Joyous Nostalgia
Nostalgia for retro games has boomed in recent years, with an increasing number of compilations, miniature consoles, home arcade cabinets, and more. But in an industry that continues to focus more and more on digital games, part of the pursuit of nostalgia has been dampened by the reduced emphasis on physical games. That's where Blaze Entertainment's Evercade comes in. Originally released in 2020 as a handheld that played physical carts, the Evercade is now a dedicated home console. The Evercade VS is an affordable and impressive home console that plays cartridges filled with classic console, handheld, and arcade games in 1080p.
The original Evercade is a well-designed portable console that even has the capability of connecting to your TV to play in 720p. It was missing one key feature, though: multiplayer. The Evercade VS, as the name suggests, remedies that by providing two- to four-player multiplayer for supported games. But even if you aren't going to play much multiplayer, the Evercade VS' increased resolution makes it superior to its little brother for TV play.
Though the two platforms have these major differences, they are unified in one key respect: Nearly the entire Evercade cartridge library is playable on both the handheld and the VS (Namco Museum collections only work on the handheld). Save states are stored on the cart, so regardless of which platform you're using, you can pick up your game right where you left off.
The Evercade VS has a simple design that helps it look like a retro system. It's a sleek white rectangle with rounded edges that's not much larger than the mini consoles from Sega and Nintendo. The VS takes cues from the NES by having front-loading cartridge slots located under a sturdy hatch. I
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