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After playing the exp off and on throughout the extended weekend I’m guessing it’s roughly 2.5 hours on a full charge. Kind of bummer but maybe Blaze can optimize the battery life in a future update.

I wasn’t thrilled, especially since review outlets were quoting 3.5-4 and I’m like, how…?

DarkFact wrote:

Same. I turned the brightness all the way down to like 20% and it didn’t seem to help much.

I've had my Vs. for a few months now and I love this thing. A friend of mine sold me his premium pack and Data East Collection for $100.
He knew I had really been wanting one so he gave me a good deal. Up until a few weeks ago I didn't even have my PS4 hooked up since getting it.
It's a good option for me since I can't afford spending like 70 on a new game, so having something I can get multiple games for gives me tons to play. I use stuff like Amazon Shopper's Panel and Fetch to get free Amazon credit and I usually save it up for a month and get a new cart free every month. Except this month, only had like 15 in credit so I paid about 15 for Toaplan Arcade. Can't wait for it to come in, Tiger Heli is one of my favorite NES games and I've never played the arcade version, not to mention the other games.

Here's a list of what I have so far: Technos Arcade 1, Data East Arcade 1, Data East Collection 1, Jaleco Collection 1, Piko Interactive Collection 1, Renovation Collection 1, Interplay Collection 2, and Atari Lynx Collection 2

The VS is definitely the premier Evercade product for me. It's been a blast to try out the "game of the month" releases, and I'm excited for them to finally hit cartridge soon.

C64 Collection 2 and Toaplan Arcade 2 just announced...

Plus twelve more carts by the end of the year!

https://evercade.co.uk/a-look-ahead-at-evercade-20...

I got my Indies Collection 2 a couple of days ago, and was just thinking how Evercade has been quiet about future carts. Good lordy not anymore! That's a lot of carts! I think my Evercade shelf is big enough. Still waiting on my EXP of course.

It's nice to have a system I can collect every game for and it doesn't break the bank.

benstylus wrote:

Same. Because they have to be picked up from other outlets, though, I have a hard time keeping track of which ones I have. I may have missed the Indie Heroes Collection 2, I think.

Renaissance2K wrote:


Indie heroes 2 just released this week so you haven't missed it.

Blaze is pretty good about notifying on discord and social media whenever new carts are up for preorder. I usually get them from VGPlus.

The biggest obstacle I see for them is how sporadic their Amazon availability is.

@benstylus What's your name in the discord? I'm hanging out in there a lot. They have an awesome community going there.

I'm benstylus just about everywhere

benstylus wrote:

Agreed. Though I got Indie Collection 2 from Best Buy. They seem to be carrying more and more newer Evercade stuff.

DCGX wrote:

Same. I had a $5 certificate that I thought I'd never use until I saw they were selling Everdrive carts. Two problems solved at once!

I received this email from Evercade and Funstock about the status of the EXP Limited Edition this morning:

Hello everyone, and thank you for your patience. We have some new updates for you regarding your replacement Evercade EXP Limited Editions. In our last update, we informed everyone that production of the replacement Evercade EXP Limited Edition had started and that some updates were being made to the production process to eliminate the possibility of tight cartridges from the first batches of cartridges in 2020. We can confirm that we’ve received and tested samples of the newly amended shell and can confirm that these units will have no issue with tight cartridges. Since the initial theft, we’ve been working with law enforcement on continuing their investigation and reporting where stolen items have been listed. With your help, we’ve been able to provide the authorities with several cases where stolen goods have attempted to be re-sold along with a lot of evidence that they are part of the stolen batch. We thank you for this and believe that the authorities have enough information to use with any evidence or investigation. Our factory has confirmed that production will be completed by March 3rd. We can now get to work making sure our logistics align to that date and can confirm that Funstock will be able to dispatch all orders between March 24th-March 31st. Once we are closer to the window, and freight is on its way, we’ll be able to define a more specific date where Funstock will be able to release orders to you. All of the names for the Evercade EXP Heroes have now been collected and are ready to go into the firmware, so when you get the replacement Evercade EXP Limited Edition, the credits will be viewable on your device. Once again, we thank you for your patience. We hope that we can bring you a specific date in our next (and hopefully final) update on the replacement units and you get to enjoy the Evercade EXP very soon. Yours sincerely, Blaze Entertainment

Toaplan Arcade 2 and TheC64 2 are available for preorder today. Just got my order in at VGPlus.

If anyone hasn't ordered from them before, PM me if you want a referral link that will give you a $5 coupon and me a $5 coupon. Not sure if it works on pre-orders though.

Note: apparently the coupon is only good for a $50 (canadian) or more order. So it wouldn't work for the $49.99 two game preorder package without something else too

Received another email from Funstock this morning that says Blaze has the replacement EXP Limited Editions in their dispatch warehouse, and shipping will commence shortly.

New cart announced too

https://youtu.be/r3q35Jn6Ws0

benstylus wrote:

Pretty solid list. Good to see all 'Alien Breed' games.

Funstock wasn't kidding when they said they'd start dispatching their replacement EXP orders soon. I just got my shipping confirmation! YAY!

I'm pretty hype for the Team 17 cart. I had an old gaming magazine that had some Amiga previews, and I remember being blown away by the graphics. I'll definitely be preordering it. It's kinda funny though, the game I'm looking forward to the most is the bowling game. It just looks really good.

DCGX wrote:
I've played Alien Breed on Steam a lot, it was good to see a few on the list.

DCGX wrote:
I haven't even unwrapped Namco 2 or Lynx 1 & 2 because I can't or don't want to play them on the VS, so next week is going to bring a whole lot of new stuff.

I've also been stockpiling a wanted list ever since Funstock promised the 20% off coupon. At a minimum, I'll grab Toaplan 2, C64 1 & 2, and Team 17 1. I may add Jaleco 1 and/or Codemasters 1 to get free shipping. That will complete everything I am really even mildly interested in.

I like trying all the games. The only carts for me that have been disappointing are Worms (because although Worms is good, it doesn't really have the strength to be its own release), and Atari Arcade 1 (because like half the games really need trackball instead of a d pad to play well)

Worms is fine for a standalone release. They just didn't pick the right games (or enough of them) to make that happen.

Renaissance2K wrote:

I think their options were limited by the power of the system as well as the controls. Worms Armageddon is already a little bit gimped by the lack of the second set of shoulder buttons onnthe original handheld. What other Worms games could they have included?

Worms 2 maybe, but Worms Armageddon is basically the same game but with more stuff.

Yeah, I think you're right. The games I was thinking of came out too late for Evercade's target hardware.

The only options are the original Worms, Worms 2, and the variants/expansions thereof.

Renaissance2K wrote:
And the Worms Blast puzzle game from GBA which they included (and isn't amazing)

Lynx is so stinky. I was like wow I can experience owning a Lynx! In retrospect I wish I hadn't

The Lynx was amazing. It had hardware scaling and rotation before any home console. Of course, that has reduced meaning in 2023, and some of my favorite games are not available on Evercade.

If the Lynx selection in the collections was indicative of the library in general, I don't really care how revolutionary the tech was at the time... Jaguar was the first 64 bit system!

DarkFact wrote:

I recognize your sarcasm, but the Jaguar wasn't 64-bit, while the Lynx really was innovative and wasn't even designed by Atari. Of course, neither of those things directly leads to good or bad games.

That is a pretty good collection!

I was definitely looking forward to the announcement, Piko 1 and 2 are 2 of my favorite carts.
A little disappointed that it doesn't include First Samurai. It's a little known SNES game I randomly tried on an emulator, and I liked it a lot.
Piko owns it as well as it's sequel Last Samurai, which I didn't know existed until I checked their games on Steam.
Still a good list of games.
It would have been nice to get another 20 game collection, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're going to get a volume 4.

EXP LE has finally arrived!

edit: Holy crap! The 20% off code has no expiration date.

I should hope so. I had actually put in to cancel my preorder before I heard that they were getting robbed because I saw it coming before they said it. Whenever they're being quiet before launch, they're not telling people there's yet another delay. Then they took a week and a half to sit on my request before I reminded them it's been a week and a half, then they gave me that offer and I was like "Nah, I'll buy it locally, thanks" "Are you sure about that? You won't get priority if we resell them" "Don't care"

I can't say I expected to wait nine (!?!) months, but it was really only keeping me from Splatterhouse 3 and the Lynx games we've previously discussed. I plan to take full advantage of this voucher though. I want 4-6 carts now, but, as demonstrated, I can be quite patient. 20% off the entire 2023 lineup, and I'll call it even with them.

I finally got my EXP today! This thing is solid! The button mapping seems a bit off, and the sound is delayed on the menus, but I'm at work and haven't updated it yet. I'm definitely pleased with this system and care, right down to the mini posters.

I didn't really notice any menu issues, so an update might fix that up.

Updating helped, but there's still a delay in the sound effects. Not button presses, just the menu sound effects when scrolling.

I'm not one to ever use screen protectors on my devices, but since we got the "official" screen protectors included because of the delay, I thought I would. That didn't last long. The protectors is slightly smaller all the way around from the glass/plastic of the screen space, so it's tough to get it centered. Even then, the raised look isn't attractive to me, so I took the protector off. Anyone else using the screen protector?