Evercade 09: Piko Interactive Collection 1

A collection of revitalised retro titles — some previously unreleased — for Blaze’s Evercade retro gaming handheld.

Games included

Brave Battle Saga
Water Margin
Magic Girl
Dorke and Ymp
Switchblade
Exploding Fist
NightShade
Top Racer
Tinhead
Radical Rex
Jim Power – The Lost Dimension
8-Eyes
The Immortal
Dragon View
Drakkhen
Power Punch II
Power Piggs of the Dark Ages
Iron Commando
The Humans
Canon – Legends of the New Gods

Articles about Evercade 09: Piko Interactive Collection 1

Evercade A to Z: Top Racer - Top Racer (originally known as Top Gear in the west) has a long and proud tradition — and it’s a classic vanishing point racer that still holds up super-well today. When it originally released on Evercade as part of the Piko Interactive Collection 1 cartridge, you could only play it in single-player against the computer. With the … Continue reading →

Evercade A to Z: Exploding Fist - As a great man once said: kick, punch, it’s all in the mind. It’s also all within easy reach of two buttons and a directional pad, as Exploding Fist demonstrates. Originally released on 8-bit home computers and helping to birth the whole fighting game genre, Exploding Fist’s NES port never quite got finished and released back in … Continue reading →

Exploding Fist: The Way Fightin’ Used To Be - Like most game genres, fighting games went through a period of experimentation and flux in their early days as developers and publishers attempted to figure out the “best” way to do things. In the days of 8-bit home computers and consoles, we saw a variety of different games attempting to simulate martial arts with varying … Continue reading →

Switchblade: Living on a Knife Edge - The 8- and 16-bit home computer eras played host to some fantastic games — but when we’re talking about gaming history, most people tend to focus on the home consoles of the era. This means that a lot of interesting games tend to fall by the wayside and run the risk of being forgotten. One … Continue reading →