Evercade's First Neo Geo Products Are A Handheld And Game Collection Cartridge

Article appears to be missing the following two games for the Super Pocket shown on the stream:
The Last Blade (they specifically said this one by name)
Shock Troopers 2 (shown in video)

Those two, along with the 12 games listed in this article, would seem to be the 14 game total they mentioned.

I kind of like the approach here. Bought and love the Alpha, but I only have so much space so I'm pleased to see carts instead of more bartops - those need to be released sparingly, IMO.

Strong selection on the Neo Geo vol.1 cart too, good variety with each game representing a different genre/style. KOF 2000 was a strong and unexpected pick too - '98 and '02 always get more buzz, and sometimes we see compliations start with the first entry from a series, but 2000 is a fun one with a good cast, nice backgrounds, strong gameplay systems. Can't complain about classics like Metal Slug or Magician Lord, and Ironclad is a nice pick of a more obscure title.

And if they were gonna make hardware, I suppose the affordable handheld is my preferred option. I like the AES-inspired black/gold one, guess I'll pick that up as my only Evercade portable and use my carts on that and the Alpha. Lineup on that one is also a pretty thoughtful mix of genres with some strong highlights (MSX, FFS, SamSho2, Blazing Star - all bonafide classics. Last Blade another great pick.).

Pretty strong showing for Evercade today. Two carts (Neo Geo vol.1 and the new Data East Windjammers/Karnov one) and a portable are going on my shopping list.

What, no clicky stick?

I'm so excited for this. I've been wanting to try neogeo for awhile now and cannot afford the hardware. This is perfect for someone like my.

@N00BiSH I'm a bit disappointed it doesn't have it too

Honestly this SuperMegaPocket looks super slick in these pictures. Just looks much more premium than some of the others so if I ever get one, I might have to get one of these

Okay, THIS I’d like to see a cabinet version of. Imagine if Evercade could make a mini MVS cab like they did for Mega Man and Street Fighter 2. Instant buy for me in that case.

The problem for me with the Super Pockets is that there are some great 2 player games locked away in a form factor that will not make the most of them.

No overlaps so far makes me think that we won't be seeing anything on the super pocket then on a cart (although they could get around this with non-arcade versions of these games) but I would have liked games like Mutation Nation and Senkoku 3 (actually most of the list) on carts but it doesn't seem like it will happen.

@firenze "KOF 2000 was a strong and unexpected pick too - '98 and '02 always get more buzz, and sometimes we see compliations start with the first entry from a series"

On the other hand this is only going to cause problems going forward, because I can't see the not putting out another 4+ KOF's over time.

Unfortunately I find the screens to small on these units. I had the Capcom one, trying to play shmups isn't great.

nicdee, this actually motivated me to buy a discounted evercade alpha and get that cartridge 9even though i have about a million play to play metal slug now

@Lowdefal Eh, I don't really see that as a problem - I'm just pleased that they're starting with a good KOF game that has received less ports and re-releases than the usual suspects. If they end up sticking KOF '98 on some future cart, OK, cool. It's still a great game. I just like that 2000 gets a bit of a well deserved spotlight by being the first one up this time around.

On a separate note, I've realized that I am a little sad that Last Blade is on the portable and won't be playable on my Alpha machine. That's one of my all time favorites and would love to play it with the bartop form factor.

@firenze just extra SNK icing on the goodness cake!!!!

Oh man.... madlittlepixel did a vid on these.... and man oh man I wish I had the cash right now for the MVS model!!!!!

Love it!!!!