Blaze Entertainment has announced its newest Evercade hardware, the Evercade Alpha – the first Evercade-compatible bartop arcade machine.
The Evercade Alpha allows you to change the game. Available in two officially licensed designs from our partners at the legendary arcade game publisher Capcom, Evercade Alpha brings a new evolution to the bartop arcade market.
Evercade Alpha comes in two variants, the Evercade Alpha Street Fighter Bartop Arcade and the Evercade Alpha Mega Man Bartop Arcade. Each pre-assembled unit features 6 unique built-in arcade games that are fan favorites and deeper cuts rarely released in this form factor. The games and arcade designs are officially licensed. You can find the full game list below.
In addition to the built-in titles, and unique to the pre-built arcade market, the Evercade Alpha is fully compatible with the Evercade ecosystem, with dual cartridge slots on the device. You can play any Evercade cartridge on the arcade. This gives you the choice of over 50+ cartridges and 500+ arcade, console, home computer, and indie games, that you can play on your Evercade Alpha and physically own – no downloads, no online store, no modding, and no difficult setup. It’s all there to enjoy by simply inserting a cartridge and playing.
Each Evercade Alpha comes with competition-grade arcade controls for one player, and two USB ports at the front to allow for local multiplayer for up to two players. You can use any Evercade VS or VS-R controller or a multitude of supported third-party controllers and arcade sticks with the Evercade Alpha.
The Evercade Alpha features higher quality components than many in the Bartop arcade space with an 8” high-resolution IPS screen and USB-C power (with cable and plug included), stereo speakers, and a headphone jack at the front of the unit. It comes pre-built in the box so no assembly is required and also has built-in WiFi for any system updates. The unit stands at 410mm tall meaning it will fit in even the smallest households or game rooms.
As well as the built-in games, the Evercade Alpha also has a light-up swappable marquee. This means you can change the marquee at the top of the unit to match the game you wish to play, easily and with no tools or fuss. As well as the pre-installed marquee, each Evercade Alpha comes with two additional marquees with others being sold separately.
Games List:
EVERCADE ALPHA STREET FIGHTER BARTOP ARCADE
STREET FIGHTER II’ CHAMPION EDITION
SUPER STREET FIGHTER II TURBO
SUPER PUZZLE FIGHTER II TURBO
STREET FIGHTER™ ALPHA – WARRIORS’ DREAMS
STREET FIGHTER™ ALPHA 2
STREET FIGHTER™ ALPHA 3EVERCADE ALPHA MEGAMAN BARTOP ARCADE
MEGA MAN – THE POWER BATTLE -
MEGA MAN 2 – THE POWER FIGHTERS -
CARRIER AIR WING
FINAL FIGHT
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND
STRIDERPricing:
Each Evercade Alpha will be available at an introductory price for pre-order only. The pre-order price of $229.99 is only available to people who pre-order the Evercade Alpha between June 4th and will release in November 2024.
The normal price for the Evercade Alpha will be $249.99 once the pre-order period is over.
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