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February 16, in the year of our Lord 2024 -- LETCHWORTH, UK: Blaze Entertainment has today announced another new system supported by Evercade and Super Pocket consoles with the announcement of 64-bit console games coming to Evercade Cartridges.

The cult classic title Glover will be released in its 64-bit version on the upcoming Piko Interactive Collection 4 physical cartridge. Having been rebuilt from scratch by studio Byteswap Labs and Maximilian Wendell, Blaze Entertainment has been able to add some modern optimisations along with refinements for Evercade including control optimisation for Evercade and Super Pocket consoles, and the addition of a cameo from Evercade mascot - Cadey!

Glover is a 3D platforming title released in 1998 for PC, 32-bit and 64-bit console systems. The 64-bit version garnered the most critical acclaim at the time of its release with IGN reviewer Matt Casamassina from his 1998 review remarking, "...until you've rolled a ball around a level with a walking hand, well, you're just missing out on the best things in life."

Since its original release, it has become a cult-classic among retro game fans and thanks to Piko Interactive, is one of a few third-party games that has been available in its 64-bit form.

In addition to Glover, Piko Interactive Collection 4 contains a total of ten games, and marks the fifth named cartridge release on Evercade from Piko Interactive with over 42 games released across all collections with everything from 8, 16, 32 and 64-bit consoles as well as arcade games with great titles that many retro gamers will be familiar with or be discovering for the first time.

This release, like the other collections, features a multitude of systems being emulated by Evercade on one phsyical cartridge collection with a full colour manual included. The full game list is:

Glover (64-bit)
Risky Woods
Street Racer
Zero Tolerance Underground
Sküljagger: Revolt of the Westicans
Bad Street Brawler
The Fidgetts
Mermaids of Atlantis
Star X
Target: Renegade

This cartridge will be available at the standard Evercade SRP of £17.99|$19.99|€19.99, is supported by all Evercade and Super Pocket consoles, and will be released in April 2024. Pre-orders open February 29th, 2024.

In addition to Piko Interactive Collection 4, Evercade is also releasing more games from the famous Japanese publisher Sunsoft. With Sunsoft Collection 2, there are seven titles from 8, 16 and 32-bit consoles that are not only fan favourites but rare titles that hold significant prices in the modern day.

Evercade cartridges and the Evercade ecosystem allows for many people to not just play the games that they love, but also own a physical version of a game that may well be out of reach for many due to its rarity or value. The full game list for this physical cartridge is:

Blaster Master: Enemy Below
Ufouria:The Saga
Aero the Acro-bat 2
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel
Pri Pri Primitive Princess!
Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors
Daze Before Christmas

This cartridge will be available at the standard Evercade SRP of £17.99|$19.99|€19.99, is supported by all Evercade and Super Pocket consoles, and will be released in April 2024. Pre-orders open February 29th, 2024.

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