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THE EVERCADE EXPANDS

As everyone was preparing to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee, Blaze had its own plans. It used the two-year anniversary of its original Evercade to reveal two new game packs (Irem and Toaplan) as well as a brand-new handheld, the Evercade EXP. The Evercade EXP (priced at £129.99) will not only greatly improve on the original handheld, which will now be discontinued, but will also give owners the ability to play certain games in TATE mode.

While a few handheld

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