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Possible new PlayStation Portal model pays homage to the Vita's OLED

While much of the focus on PlayStation's next steps is the PS6 and PS6 Portable , the two-year old PlayStation Portal could be getting a revamp according to those pesky internet rumours.  Update : Hints at pricing are around £/$250-299 for the new model, but everything remains deeply in rumours territory. Presumably the goal is to hit the 10% (currently 7%-ish) adoption rate among PS5 owners, something that would make it a bone fide hit gadget.   There's a PlayStation State of Play coming up on 12th February that might act as an announcement point. Certainly, PlayStation needs to make Portal more a core member of the PS5 family, rather than a distant cousin that most of its appearances suggest.  As the improvement in connectivity and streaming tech, proven by many gamers enjoying their PS5 or PlayStation Plus streamed content from around the world, an updated Portal Pro could be on the cards.  Possibly featuring a 120Hz display and an OLED screen in honour of ...

Data East and Toaplan bulk up Evercade's Arcade Roster

Clicking into Evercade cartridge slots at the end of November, a pair of Arcade releases have just been added to the release list's horizon. Having recently notched up a million sales, the Blaze brand will be looking to push on and attract more buyers - will these old stagers on the Evercade scene help that drive? 

Data East has been represented with one of the original console releases and the first Arcade collections, Arcade collection 12 features Super BurgerTime and Peter Pepper's Ice Cream Factory, Express Raider and the famed Midnight Resistance, plus hoodlum shooter, Shoot Out.

Providing more shoot 'em up action are a bunch of less-well-known lights (to me), including SRD: Super Real Darwin, Last Mission and B-Wings, alongside beat 'em up games Crude Buster and Trio The Punch: Never Forget Me..., and big-hearted platformer Joe & Mac Returns!

Toaplan is on their third arcade collection, so we've already been treated to most of their big hitters. However, there's seven more on the way, lead by Batsugun (plus a Special Edition), Out Zone and Truxton II to Evercade systems. Get ready to play some amazing shmup games in Tate mode! Along for the ride are FixEight, Vimana, and puzzle action game Ghox.


Check out the videos if there are any titles you are unfamiliar with. And if you're thinking of jumping on the Evercade bus, check all the many hardware options that £50-£250 from dinky handhelds to the big-screen experience. 



As a big Burger Time fan, I'm looking forward to the Super edition, with hopefully slightly more forgiving controls. And from Toaplan, the mix of shooter and block breaker game in Ghox looks like an interesting challenge. 


 

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