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Definitely RIP to a Legend. Crash, Zzap 64 were brilliant mags, made even better by that incredible cover art. Very sad news 😢

@Muriustar good point lol

Sounds incredible, seriously need to visit this shop:)

Definitely interested to see how this develops.

Absolutely amazing, one day I will get there. With a big suitcase!! Lol 😆

Amazing article on easily one of the best software houses ever. Will never forget playing Barbarian, obliterator, Shadow of the beast for the Amiga 500 truly ground breaking stuff. And games like Microcosm and Novastorm should be remastered or given true sequels. Imagine PS5 tech being exploited to it full potential running some awesome rail shooters.

Unfortunately I went home lol 😆

@SpecialT yes still the best mate 👍

Brilliant article as usual, still would of been great to see the Jag pushed to its full potential. Bad marketing, poor software, always goes to show games will make or break a system seen it many times before. Gameboy destroyed the Lynx and the Gamegear, thanks to Tetris, Super Mario, and that was just for starters.

@BloodNinja and you my friend.

@BloodNinja just such an amazing game, along with Thunder force. Two of my favourite megadrive shooters ever. The soundtrack on both games are ingrained in my head lol.

It's a joke when some regard the Saturn as a failure. Yes maybe commercially but boy its got some incredible games. Luckily I own a lot on this list, Hyper Duel for example is one amazing shmup from the masters of Technosoft. Personally I will always prefer it over the PS1, just a cooler system. Even though I do love PS1.

@BloodNinja totally agree absolutely love Gleylancer, everything about it is pure class.

Always wanted one of these beauties, but the price is way out of my reach. And with the initial price of the hardware, the games are really expensive!! I have a few emulation builds on my Raspberry pi. Still not sure how well it compares to the original tech though. This mini version sounds amazing for sure.

90s classic arcade racers!!! Absolutely timeless.

Legendary 8bit micro, still have one in my collection. Again you had to be there to appreciate this time. Along with the C64 and Amstrad, magical days!! The days of bedroom programming that ignited the industry. And made it what it is today

@Hikingguy it's still a shame Atari lost there way. I still have a 7800 underrated console unfortunately. The funny thing is Nintendo approached Atari to market the Nes, they refused bet they regret that now. I could talk about this stuff all day. I don't think a lot of gamers realise tech wouldn't be where it is now without these amazing generations before. But to be honest a lot of today's stuff bores me.

@Hikingguy hey I totally agree with you, but for me the Snes took everything that was great about the Nes and dialled it up to 11. Stuff like Pilot wings, Star Fox, Axelay, Contra was such a game changer for me personally. To this day I still love this stuff. 8/16 bit will always be the best generations in my eyes.

@Guitar_bard yes your right mate shouldn't forget the 8bit era either the Nes is another iconic system that paved the way for the Snes.

Firstly i love this site already, even more now thanks to this amazing piece on my favourite console ever!! God was this an exciting time, the 16bit era was/is magical. No generation will ever come close again regardless of how good tech gets. If you experienced it first hand you'll get what I'm on about:)

Always remember first seeing this in magazines and on a cover mount VHS!! Which I purchased. The early footage looked incredible, a true 3D action beat em up. Unfortunately it never lived up to the hype. Worse still I payed 70 quid for a Japanese import!! Its a shame the ideas were there but the execution wasn't.

I own a repro of this amazing game!! This looks like a definite purchase for the collection. Personally prefer this game to Turrican. Would love to see a fully fledged sequel.

This game is a master piece, still playing it on my ps3. So underrated, easily one of the best racers ever. A sequel or remaster should be made. Reading this article proves the immense talent behind this title 👏

Maybe I can rent the space for the new Coleco vision I'm working on lol !!!

Looked promising but DOA I reckon now.

@ocarinaoftime now weirdly it's the other way around for me trio plays my copy of over horizon nes no problem retron blank screen. Every nes/fsmicom has run on trio that I've thrown at including multi game bootlegs.

@ocarinaoftime Now I have retron 5 as well, and certain games don't run, Starfox, Thunderforce 4, Gynoug freezes through level 1. A bit annoying when these are some of my all time favourites. But the trio has no issues with these. Does your retron have issues with any of these.

@ocarinaoftime unfortunately haven't tested that one I don't own the game, sorry. I expect it would practically everything I have runs fine. Even new games run fine Xeno crisis, Ultra core.

Don't really need one, but I want one !!

Just buy a real Dreamcast much easier:)

This is a God send for me, an easy plug and play solution. Now my wonderful retro systems can look great again, the way they were intended.

@Alexface luckily have an original Saturn, only down side is modern TV doesn't do it justice, emulation is great for that reason. With filters scan lines etc.

@JedRock again system interests me, but its the price. If it was £199 something like that I would of had one by now. Thanks for the heads up.

@Alexface nice mate, it looks amazing. How does the Saturn stuff run ?

@Alexface exactly why I won't bother mate the shipping along tax is far to much. Shame really, I do own a retron 5 and raspberry pi setups so not all bad. But the polymega does look cool.

Would love one of these systems, to complement my collection. But far to expensive, and only seems to be available in the states. Bring it officially to the UK with a decent price please.

Will definitely buy the A500 mini eventually, have the C64 mini which is brilliant. I also have the original computers, but the minis are more convenient. The A500 was certainly a great system, but when the Megadrive and Snes were launched they changed the gaming landscape forever.

I have the Retro trio plus and the Retron 5. Both brilliant to be honest not perfect but the pros out way the cons for me personally.

@SalvorHardin had hopes for this but the games just weren't the kind of retro I was looking for to be honest. Looked to much like Apple store wii games.

I think its the beginning of the end for this system.

@WhiteUmbrella thanks for the heads up.

@HamatoYoshi same ***** either way!!

Give me a UK release and I'm interested.

Had my copy ages ago, lovely quality, box, cart, instruction booklet. Enjoyable game as well.

Fantastic to see, own the original Japanese version. But very tempted for the collection:)

Looks great but the only thing that stops me buying the evercade are the games. I have every game on raspberry pi builds, and my atgames legends cab. Would be nice if certain more unusual arcade gems became available. Also I just purchased a powkiddy A19 which looks amazing.

Love the idea and look of the console, but I doubt it will ever get a UK release. So i won't be getting ripped off from some seller in the states charging even more plus the postage, no thanks!!

I seriously need to get an Evercade.

Owned the original Engine version for years:)

Love the DC still have mine, was playing Border down yesterday. Died far to soon it should of easily co existed with ps2.