Songbird Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 We interrupt this thesis on game system palettes to bring you an important announcement. Pre-orders are live for the next two Evercade games! https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-goodboy-galaxy-witch-n-wiz/ https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-demons-of-asteborg-astebros/ 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Considering the GBA cart of Goodboy Galaxy is 55 Euro (which I'm not knocking), the Evercade price is hard to beat. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 hours ago, madman said: Considering the GBA cart of Goodboy Galaxy is 55 Euro (which I'm not knocking), the Evercade price is hard to beat. I think the Asteb*** games are $55 a pop. Ordered! I think this is the most Blaze orders I’ve had in progress at one time, looking forward to Sunsoft and Delphine in the next couple weeks. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 On 9/28/2023 at 5:42 AM, Songbird said: We interrupt this thesis on game system palettes to bring you an important announcement. Pre-orders are live for the next two Evercade games! https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-goodboy-galaxy-witch-n-wiz/ https://songbird-productions.com/product/evercade-demons-of-asteborg-astebros/ That's funny,I was waiting for the E-mail and I didn't see or get one this time. But,I came in here to see if the preorder was listed,and here it is. Off to place my Songbird order..👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songbird Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Not your fault; I'm behind on getting the next Songbird newsletter out. Probably will go out on Monday or Tuesday. Thanks for your support! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Intellivision Master Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+madman Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 Can YouTubers be any more useless? The guy is talking about something he doesn't own and hasn't used. Zero value. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 37 minutes ago, madman said: Can YouTubers be any more useless? Yes, they can spend 30 minutes reacting to a 2-minute trailer you can watch for yourself. 🙂 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Anyone who knows if the HyperMegaTech-consoles will have a run in Japan (or more generally in Asia)? - - - Reasons it could be interesting to know are: - would that expand the Evercade-market (significantly)? - is that the reason why Taito and Capcom wanted consoles with their games particulary featured (built-in) as in ‘why didn’t they just go for cartridge-releases?’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) Should Atari release more collections for the Evercade? What should it be? Arcade 2? A collection spanning home-console to arcade to recent Recharge-titles…? Edited October 1, 2023 by Giles N 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Giles N said: Anyone who knows if the HyperMegaTech-consoles will have a run in Japan (or more generally in Asia)? - - - Reasons it could be interesting to know are: - would that expand the Evercade-market (significantly)? - is that the reason why Taito and Capcom wanted consoles with their games particulary featured (built-in) as in ‘why didn’t they just go for cartridge-releases?’ I've speculated on this before, but I'm fairly sure the reason there are no Capcom and Taito carts is because of the cost per game. On a cart the EXP/Super Pocket games from Capcom or Taito would be less than 2 bucks each. Capcom and Taito are still actively selling these same games (or similar games from the same franchises) either individually or in compilations on Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox, PC storefronts, Android, iOS, etc for much higher prices per game. They don't want to undermine their own value proposition when they're trying to sell the same games to much wider audiences for much higher prices. If you preinstall the games then the cost of each title is somewhat obscured by the overall cost of the hardware. In a roundabout way this is probably also why the Namco carts never got licensed for home consoles -- because Namco didn't want to compete with their compilations/digital storefront offerings on the modern consoles. They probably figured with 3DS and Vita gone the dedicated handheld market isn't really a thing anymore, so the Namco handheld carts weren't really competing with anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 15 hours ago, Giles N said: Should Atari release more collections for the Evercade? What should it be? Arcade 2? A collection spanning home-console to arcade to recent Recharge-titles…? I would love an Atari collection of the recharged games because I don't have and would prefer not to ever purchase an Atari VCS. No disrespect meant towards the system, I just don't have space for it. So a collection on a tiny cartridge would be great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, wolfy62 said: I would love an Atari collection of the recharged games because I don't have and would prefer not to ever purchase an Atari VCS. No disrespect meant towards the system, I just don't have space for it. So a collection on a tiny cartridge would be great! THIS! (Except I Will disrespect the system; It's Retarded! Yeah I said it! Sorry, Not Sorry!!!!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Aren't all of the Recharged games available for the three major consoles and Steam? There was even a limited physical release, including for Switch, though those aren't available anymore. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Bill Loguidice said: Aren't all of the Recharged games available for the three major consoles and Steam? There was even a limited physical release, including for Switch, though those aren't available anymore. There is going to be a European retail release with more games per cartridge. The Recharged games can make the Switch slow down badly… there is zero chance of them coming to Evercade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Bill Loguidice said: Aren't all of the Recharged games available for the three major consoles and Steam? There was even a limited physical release, including for Switch, though those aren't available anymore. Yeah, I'm actually tired of people talking about these games as VCS games (or even people claiming Atari is "releasing games for the VCS", while they're just releasing games on everything including the VCS). 1 minute ago, jgkspsx said: The Recharged games can make the Switch slow down badly… there is zero chance of them coming to Evercade. Also, I was under the impression these games used analog sticks quite a lot, so I'm not sure they would be a good fit anyway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 30 minutes ago, roots.genoa said: Also, I was under the impression these games used analog sticks quite a lot, so I'm not sure they would be a good fit anyway. I think only Black Widow needs dual sticks and I don’t like that one so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_B Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Yeah, I'd expect that Evercade ports of the Recharged games would be scuppered by the lack of GPU power, RAM and buyer interest. Even if possible, it'd be a lot of work for maybe five hundred extra sales. That's probably about what they're getting on the VCS too, but that's a much easier port because it's basically a PC, and it's in Atari's interest to keep the platform mildly relevant. The LRG release was just four games across two cartridges or discs (they also did PS4/5) so less than half the games in the series now. They're shipping as we speak, so you might soon be able to buy them from scalpers. Holding on for the retail release doesn't seem like a bad idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) Perhaps Atari could obtain some new IPs and together with titles they own, - or titles they can collaborate on for releases - make one or two carts representing the history of Atari systems: Arcade: - Red Baron, - Sky Raider (include color version as bonus). 2600 - Secret Quest, Atari 5200 - Space Dungeon (use the four action buttons as second stick), - Adventure 2 (from AA) 7800 - Scrapyard Dog (make sure its ntsc!!! Its so more playable when its 1:1 responsive & nonsluggish even use The Dog Hack [insert Epic fanfare] as hidden bonus, - goodness; gaming is supposed to be about funtime) - Super Circus Atari (from AA), - Frenzy (from AA) Atari 8-Bit: Star Raiders 2 - the original unpublished version (Rename it if necessary ‘Solaris 2’ or whatever works) Jaguar - Iron Soldier - Super Burnout - Bubsy (yes, I’ll give him a chance for such a project) Lynx - Hydra, - Road Riot 4WD, - Warbirds, Edited October 2, 2023 by Giles N 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 There are plenty of Atari games left to use, although the Arcade collection used up most of the big name games. My understanding is that MyArcade has an exclusive license for this kind of thing. I would like to be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) (Ignore this post) addressed wrong stuff Edited October 1, 2023 by Giles N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles N Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, GoldLeader said: (Except I Will disrespect the system; It's Retarded! Yeah I said it! Sorry, Not Sorry!!!!) Are you advocating for an ‘Atari Classics ReTarded’ line up exclusively on the VCS…? Couid be real fun to discuss what they ought to look and play like… 😁 Edited October 1, 2023 by Giles N 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 All five Atari cartridges have gone legacy as of the end of the year. That fuckin’ sucks. https://evercade.co.uk/cartridge-news-atari-carts-to-enter-legacy-status-at-end-of-2023/ @Songbird / @Fadest, will you still be able to release Lynx games as Indie Heroes or are they losing the rights to the Lynx BIOS as well? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famicommander Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 I really hope these aren't discontinued because of the horrible MyArcade partnership. It would be really sad to discontinue four good carts (the Atari Arcade cart sucks anyway) to focus on trash hardware with bad emulation and laggy controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 I imagine it's just a simple matter of the license expiring and Atari wanting to continue to go in a different direction. I'm pretty sure that's why the other cartridges went legacy as well. There are probably not enough sales left to justify a license renewal, plus I imagine the Atari ones are on the higher side in comparison to some of the others. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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