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Blaze upgrades its handheld to the Evercade EXP

The original Evercade handheld is starting to show its age recently, with some noticeable crawl in a few of the arcade titles. To keep pace with the big-screen Evercade VS and its beefier processor, and the more recent titles they're putting in collections, Blaze is retiring the original show pony and replacing it with a sleeker, more powerful, quad-trigger EXP model. 

The while general model goes up for pre-order in September, arriving Winter for £129 with the Irem Arcade 1 collection. It has a more mature design and look compared to the original model, presumably that was a little too toy-like for some. Features include: 

  • A 4.3” high resolution 800×480 IPS screen with glass cover
  • Improved 1.5GHz processor and 4GB RAM 
  • USB- C charging
  • 720p Mini HDMI Output
  • Tate-mode for vertical games
  • WiFi for updates and more secret features


Or, there's a limited edition black model that can be pre-ordered from tomorrow with both new arcade carts (Irem and Taoplan) for £179. The only sad thing about either is that there are no retro-accent colours to make it look like an evercade, while pretty the EXP looks very much like all the knock off retro consoles coming out of China. 


Still, the improvements are most welcome, and Evercade's budget focus (considering the whole global economic and supply chain turmoil thing) should make this a great Christmas gift bringing more retro joy to all. 

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