Image: Damien McFerran/Time Extension Blaze, the company behind the Evercade series of retro platforms, released an update earlier today talking about its upcoming products scheduled to launch in November and December. This includes information on the expected shipping dates for the Evercade Alpha, the final four cartridge releases of 2024 (Toaplan Arcade 3, Toaplan Arcade … Read more
With four collections dedicated to its library on Evercade, Toaplan is one of the better-represented developers on the system, and with good reason. During the ’80s and ’90s, the company was responsible for some of the most iconic shmups of all time. The previous three collections have done a commendable job of covering Toaplan’s enviable … Read more
Data East has a rather odd reputation in the world of arcade gaming. While a great many of the company’s games are classics – such as BurgerTime, Joe & Mac, Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, Kung-Fu Master and RoboCop, the Japanese firm was also responsible for a lot of very average (and very odd) coin-ops, too. … Read more
Esteemed Japanese developer Toaplan may no longer be with us, but current rights holder Tatsujin is making sure its legacy is remembered. We’ve seen Toaplan games on Switch and PC, and there are now four special collections for the Evercade family of systems, covering pretty much all of the company’s key releases during the ’80s … Read more
Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension Blaze’s Evercade range covers both the home and portable markets thanks to its Evercade VS and Evercade EXP products, and it recently expanded into the lower end of the handheld sector via subsidiary HyperMegaTech’s Super Pocket devices. The company’s next move was always going to be noteworthy, and the … Read more