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Portable post-Black Friday deals take off from Nintendo, PlayStation and Evercade

 While there's no sign of a discount on the PlayStation Portal or Xbox Ally, portable gamers can still get in on the Black Friday action. From handheld PC gaming devices to Nintendo, there's plenty on offer.  Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!)  First up is  Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europe and US markets.  Not all deals have kicked in yet, but the official list is:  Up to 30% off all cartridges released before September 2025 20% off all hardware released before September 2025 US and Canada to receive 20% off all lines released before Sep 2025 Big names, including Evercade Alpha Street Fighter and Mega Man bartop arcade, Tomb Raider, all Super Pocke...

Evercade EXP hardware feature tour

The original Evercade handheld is a lovely piece of retro engineering, and the collection of physical-only arcade and console collections make for perfect bite-sized gaming. But we move on, and the EXP successor model arrives in a couple of weeks (pre-order on Amazon for £129.99, or the excellent original is still available for only £60, but limited stock). 

The Evercade EXP has a range of new features including the built-in Capcom collection, the format's first digital-only feature. There's also Tate mode for shmups, new button functions and a bunch of other little tweaks from the original, not to mention the lovely new 4.3” high resolution 800×480 IPS screen (see the full specs here). 

Evercade EXP Evercade retro games handheld

This video explains it all, including the improved save state features and news of a day one update for those grabbing one for Christmas. 

While there's the Evercade VS console for playing on a big screen, so much of the beauty of Evercade is the portable-play-anywhere, and the EXP should make that ever better, especially for Capcom fans. 

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