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Let's talk about the new pocket Evercade: The HyperMegaTech Super Pocket.

Anyone else get one?

I was pleasantly surprised by several aspects of mine:

  • I knew from early reviews, and the specs that the screen would be good. But somehow I didn't expect the screen to be this good.
  • The sound stays muted between reboots. Many devices in this size and price don't remember their sound setting, and so make a boot sound every time.
  • Most (all?) Evercade games save to the cart, not to the system. So I can resume my progress started on my Evercade VS.
  • The built in games on the Taito model are all bangers.
  • There's a lot of Evercade titles that really shine for playing for a few minutes while waiting in a doctor's office lobby or something. So much if this game collection shines in pocket form. Particularly Indie Heroes and Oliver Twins.

Disappointing:

  • There's not a lot of Evercade games that use L1 through R2, but I am, so far, not enjoying the placement of those buttons. I'm happy to have the buttons there at all, at this price, but I hope future versions might move them up a bit for a more relaxed grip.
  • The available cases for it spoil it fitting into a pocket. I'll probably add a screen protector instead.
  • The included Taito games would be absolutely worth it to rebuy for playing on Evercade VS. I hope they get a cartridge release.

Overall:

I wanted this for it's pocket convenience, and it surpassed my expectations.

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[โ€“] MajorHavoc 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It is a silly name. I think it belonged to a game system in the past, and they're reviving the name, but I'm having trouble finding a source on that idea.

Per this, all of their products that share a brand with a license holder expect to go under "HyperMegaTech" in the future:

https://fusionrgamer.com/2023/05/01/blaze-entertainment-launches-its-new-brand-hypermegatech/

So I guess if they ever made one that didn't ship with Taito or Capcom games, then it would just be an Evercade Pocket?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Evercade Pocket sound actually nice. Can't wait for my Vs to show up tomorrow and dip my toes in :D