Let’s talk about the new pocket Evercade: The HyperMegaTech Super Pocket.

Anyone else get one?

I was pleasantly surprised by several aspects of mine:

• I knew from early reviews, and the specs that the screen would be good. But somehow I didn’t expect the screen to be this good.
• The sound stays muted between reboots. Many devices in this size and price don’t remember their sound setting, and so make a boot sound every time.
• Most (all?) Evercade games save to the cart, not to the system. So I can resume my progress started on my Evercade VS.
• The built in games on the Taito model are all bangers.
• There’s a lot of Evercade titles that really shine for playing for a few minutes while waiting in a doctor’s office lobby or something. So much if this game collection shines in pocket form. Particularly Indie Heroes and Oliver Twins.

Disappointing:

• There’s not a lot of Evercade games that use L1 through R2, but I am, so far, not enjoying the placement of those buttons. I’m happy to have the buttons there at all, at this price, but I hope future versions might move them up a bit for a more relaxed grip.
• The available cases for it spoil it fitting into a pocket. I’ll probably add a screen protector instead.
• The included Taito games would be absolutely worth it to rebuy for playing on Evercade VS. I hope they get a cartridge release.

Overall:

I wanted this for it’s pocket convenience, and it surpassed my expectations.