Evercade have announced their latest addition to their range of carts, but this time, instead of old games, they’ve gone with new indie games for old platforms.
They say “This collection showcases 14 games from 10 different developers from around the world. From story-driven 8bit horrors to adventure-filled platformers – Indie Heroes shows that Evercade is capable of delivering diverse gaming experiences with plenty of depth.
Evercade is an exciting platform for Indie and Homebrew developers to get a physical release for their games. They worked with classic game developers to build an exciting collection for Evercade customers to explore. Each game has a different theme and style, making the collection eclectic and interesting”
The collection is due to launch early next year and includes the following games:
PLOID
Development Team: Nape Games
Genre: Platformer / Adventure
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2020
Ploid launched as a Kickstarter in February last year and is a sequel to Nape Games’ previous game, V.O.I.D., which was available on Steam and Switch. The game is described as a platform adventure game, where you explore the lost temples in order to gain power and become the ultimate Ploid X of the galaxy!
Uchūsen
Development Team: Nape Games / 1985 Alternativo
Genre: Shoot-’em-up
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2020
In Uchūsen you control the ship Kairos, designed with high technology to fight against the alien invasion Uchūsen. Your goal is to open up between the enemy base and end the invasion to win the intergalactic war. The game is described as a Metroidvania Shoot-em-up.
KUBO
Development Team: SJ Games
Genre: Action
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2020
Kubo 3 is new homebrew NES game from SJ Games (a 7 year old from France and little help from his Dad). Join KUBO in this new adventure that will take you to the four corners of the world in search of the sacred crystals to free the inhabitants kidnapped by the infamous Moglar!
SUPER HOMEBREW WAR
Development Team: Bite The Chilli Productions
Genre: Fighter
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2018
Super Home Brew War is a brawler game where you fight against characters from other NES homebrew games.
FLEA
Development Team: Lowtek Games
Genre: Platformer
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2020
This hard as nails platformer has you traverse inside and outside a great beast. You’re a flea and you never stop jumping which only adds to the challenge ahead.
CHAIN BREAK
Development Team: 1985 Alternativo
Genre: Endless Runner
Original Platform: Game Boy
Original Launch: 2019
Chain Break fuses together the infinite runner with traditional platformer elements in a modern and challenging way.
QUEST ARREST
Development Team: John Roo
Genre: RPG
Original Platform: Game Boy
Original Launch: 2020
The game follows the main protagonist, recently promoted, Detective Allison Bennett on her quest for clean up her city, Strange Meadows, after the recent crime spree that has thrown the city into chaos. Athena, and her gang, has been terrorizing the residents and has set her sights on taking over the city for herself.
TWIN DRAGONS
Development Team: Broke Studio
Genre: Platformer
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2018
On a far away island, Dinky and Minky, the Twin Dragons, live on top of a mountain with their parents, waiting for their new sibling to hatch out. One day, while their parents went hunting, the sorcerer of the neighboring remote tribe’s village decided to steal the egg in order to increase his power.
Help Dinky and Minky on their fantastic journey to rescue the Precious !
DOODLE WORLD
Development Team: Nate Peters
Genre: Platformer
Original Platform: NES
Original Launch: 2020
Play as Doodle and help him save his world from the evil King Eraser and his office supply minions. Run, jump and pounce on enemies as you navigate your way through this colorful side-scroller!
FOXYLAND
Development Team: PSCD Games
Genre: Platformer
Original Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Original Launch: 2020
Love is truly miraculous! When you’re in love, you’re ready to do really crazy things: give a million cherries, collect all the gems or even… save your beloved.
That’s what our hero Foxy is going to do! But without you, he won’t have a chance on a dangerous journey to save his girlfriend!
DEBTOR
Development Team: PSCD Games
Genre: Platform
Original Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Original Launch: 2020
Once upon a time there was the borrower. Once on a morning run, he got a call on his cell phone. After that, the sports lover became ill and he lost consciousness. Waking up, our hero was in some mysterious place. This mysterious dungeon turned out to be a place of unfulfilled tasks. And our hero’s mission was to collect all his debts.
DEADEUS
Development Team: IZMA
Genre: Adventure
Original Platform: Game Boy
Original Launch: 2019
Deadeus is an authentic horror Gameboy game which centers around a small boy who has a prophetic nightmare telling him everyone will die in 3 days and that he has to investigate his village to see how he can save them, if at all.
The game has 11 endings and no direct path leaving it up to the player to decide which is the best course of action
ALIEN CAT 2
Development Team: PSCD Games
Genre: Puzzle
Original Platform: Sega Mega Drive
Original Launch: 2020
Alien Cat 2 is a top-down puzzle game where you are a cat that needs to save the universe by collecting space ship parts.
ANGUNA
Development Team: Bite The Chilli Productions
Genre: RPG
Original Platform: Game Boy Advance
Original Launch: 2008
A top-down fantasy action-adventure game, with 5 dungeons to explore.
With a total of 14 modern retro titles, this will take the number of announced games for the Evercade console to a total of 197.