I dropped into a local retro gaming shop this week, and was blown away at how well organized the place was.
Often, these places are untidy and cluttered, with the vast collections of battered boxes and cases left piled up.
Unappealing, at best.
I’ll share some more thoughts on this at a later date, but it does nicely bring me to curation, specifically a new Bitmap Brothers collection for Evercade. Elsewhere in this mailout, you’ll find our latest competition and news of a recovered NES game that was abandoned in late development.
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The Bitmap Brothers Collection 2 confirmed for Evercade
As a dyed in the wool Amiga lover, news of a second collection of games from the “rock stars” of 16-bit gaming for Evercade is good news.
(While I still own an Evercade, at least…) The Bitmap Brothers Collection 2 has been announced this week, and features the following games:
Cadaver (1990 game plus the 1991 expansion pack, Cadaver: The Payoff)
Gods (1991)
Magic Pockets (1991)
The Chaos Engine 2 (1996)
Z (1996)
The Amiga logo indicates that all but Z are Amiga versions. As Z was not released on Amiga CD32 (it is a 32-bit title) we assume it is the PlayStation version (it was also released on SEGA Saturn, Mac, and DOS).
Here’s the trailer:
My thoughts about the future of Evercade aside, this looks set to be one of the best collections they’ve put out.
(For reference, The Bitmap Brothers Collection 1, which is cartridge 22 and predates the “home computer” line, features Speedball, Xenon 2 Megablast, Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe, The Chaos Engine, and Speedball 2100.)
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Retro gaming news in brief
This week has been epic for retro gaming news, so read the following carefully, as you might easily miss something important.
Release dates for Pocket DMG and Pocket Micro retro gaming handhelds announced
Fans give Donkey Kong ’94 a Game Boy Color revision (YouTube)
Retroid Official Dock announced by GoRetroid, sold out already
Hayato’s Journey, a Scorpion Engine-built sequel to Kenseiden, released for SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis on itch.io
You can now buy a BurgerTime Quarter Arcade machine
The GF-1 Neptune FPGA looks like the closest we’ll get to a genuine SEGA Neptune, with support for 32X carts and SEGA CD (and see it in action)
1993’s Aero the Acro-Bat is getting a re-release through Ratalaika Games
Dune II is being rebuilt for AGA Amigas by original dev team member Robert Koon – you can support the Patreon
Castlevania Bloodlines getting unofficial SNES port (YouTube)
ZPF – A new SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis game has not only hit its target, it’s hit the stretch goal for a Nintendo Switch version.
Let me know if you think I’ve missed anything.
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