Blaze Entertainment's next pair of budget-friendly handhelds in its Super Pocket line arrive on October 22. The Super Pocket Atari and Technos Editions cost $60 each and recently became available to preorder at Amazon. The Atari Edition is preloaded with 50 classic games, while the Technos Edition has 15 games. But what's really cool about the Super Pocket line is it's a spin-off of Blaze's Evercade brand, and each Super Pocket has a cartridge slot with support for the 50-plus retro game compilations in the consistently expanding Evercade cartridge series.
Super Pocket Atari Edition
$60 | Releases October 22
The Super Pocket Atari Edition's 50 built-in games include a mix of arcade and home console classics such as:
- Adventure
- Asteroids
- Berzerk
- Centipede
- Crystal Castles
- Dark Chambers
- Final Legacy
- Food Fight
- Frenzy
- Miner 2049ER
- Missile Command
- Ninja Golf
- Warbirds
- Yars Revenge
Super Pocket Technos Edition
$60 | Releases October 22
The Super Pocket Technos Edition comes with 15 built-in games:
- Double Dragon (Arcade)
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Arcade)
- Double Dragon 3 -The Rosetta Stone (Arcade)
- Block Out (Arcade)
- The Combatribes (Arcade)
- Minky Monkey (Arcade)
- Mysterious Stones: Dr John's Adventure (Arcade)
- Renegade (Arcade)
- Super Dodge Ball (Arcade)
- Super Double Dragon (16-bit)
- Double Dragon (8-bit)
- Double Dragon (8-bit handheld)
- River City Ransom (8-bit)
- Crash ‘N’ The Boys: Street Challenge (8-bit)
- Super Spike V’Ball (8-bit)
Essentially budget-friendly Evercades, these compact handhelds feature 2.8-inch IPS displays, work with existing Evercade cartridges, and boast a clean user interface that lets you quickly dive into your favorite games. Support for Evercade cartridges is a big part of the Super Pocket's appeal, as it gives you access to a library of over 500 games across 50 cartridges, including remastered versions of classic Duke Nukem games, the first three Tomb Raider games, arcade and home computer classics, and modern retro games like the lovely 2023 Game Boy Advance platformer Goodboy Galaxy.
Each Super Pocket has. four face buttons, a D-pad, and four back buttons that act as the triggers and shoulder buttons. They are actually pocketable at less than 5 inches tall and under an inch thick. They'll join the Super Pocket Capcom and Super Pocket Taito, which arrived in 2023 and earned high marks in our review.
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