FUTURE FUN

hether you’re an existing Evercade owner or considering buying an EXP, there are some good-looking carts in the pipeline. will be shipping around the time this issue hits the shelves, and kicks off the Evercade’s, , , and (the new, copyright-friendly name for ). The emulation here feels solid and the games have been chosen to broadly avoid the need for too much keyboard work – the on-screen keyboard is certainly functional, but these never feel particularly elegant. Launching at the same time, / is a package of two fairly similar modern retro games. is a very technically impressive NES game, while takes inspiration from the NES but is actually the very first game to receive a native port to the Evercade. This cart will be a treat if you’re a fan of Metroidvania platformers, but there’s nothing here for you if you aren’t.