EVERCADE Morphcat Games Collection 1 - Exclusive Content/Great Games but is this Value For Money?!

[@Azuris190]

Have Micro Mages from Steam, comes with the Rom, so you can use it very freely and that is really handy. It is a really nice Game. Consider to test it out with that NES 3D Emulator... forgot the Name :D

[@gaz-a-reno8891]

This could almost be called the NEW Indie Heros?! But your wright. I think everything conning down to value for money in paying for these carts. Will it’s play last LONGER than that cart though?! 🤔

[@CrazyBurger]

I hope so.. but I suspect the games are not too long.. Still good fun titles though

[@andrewallan5442]

Thanks for your content, we need more evercade youtubers

[@CrazyBurger]

Definitely! Cheers for watching!

[@retrojoe85]

"Micro Mages" is absolutely one of the best retrogames of this era, I have the original cartridge bought from Broke Studio. I love this company, but...just 5 games? Mmmh, maybe only when it will be discounted at Amazon (as I did already for Bitmap Brothers 1 and Gremlin 1).

[@CrazyBurger]

Yeah only 5.. its not the best value.. especially as Indie Heroes has 17 I think

[@fatherelijahcal9620]

Maybe it only has 3 games (plus 2 bonus) and maybe those games aren't the greatest in the Evercade's library, but one way you could look at it is just imagine being one of those kids back in the day that got the infamous Action 52 cartridge on the NES. Now that cartridge may have had 52 games and this one only has 5, but still... any one of these games is still far better than all of Action 52 combined. So to put it into perspective, this is still a better deal than Action 52 even though that might not be saying much.

[@bjornh1527]

Did you preorder these with the hat as a bundle, or did Blaze send you review copies? I might get Morphcat later, there are a few carts I’m interested in buying first. Böbl seems like the most original one, but all games here feel more inspired than the average NES/ MD homebrew. Space Gulls looks really polished, had it been released back in the day it could have been a cult favourite. Regarding value… really, I don’t mind paying what equals to 20 pounds for 3 really good games. I’d rather have them than 10-20 mediocre ones. Of course I’d rather have seen them bundled on the next Indie collection, but perhaps Morphcat insisted on a cart of their own?

[@CrazyBurger]

So this was part of a preorder exclusive from Funstock, paid for by myself. I'm unlikely to get review copies from Blaze, not currently on the list. These are definitely great games though a bit on the short side. I also suspect that Morphcat insisted on their own cart due to the exclusive game Micro Mages Second Quest.

[@bjornh1527]

Yeah, not as packed as some others Evercade carts. Still, I’ve paid more for a single used NES game, and more than twice the price back in the day. One or two games more would have settled the deal for me, but I think this is all Morphcat has ever released.

[@domedagskatten]

If the games are good, of course it's good value for money. Quantity before quality is a really weird way of prioritizing.

[@CrazyBurger]

Somewhere in between ideally. It's just an observation as you can probably get these games on itch.io for free except Micro Mages which is $9.99. The added value of the second quest micro mages helps as this is not available anywhere at present. However.. think of Piko 1.. that had 20 games.. I think personally these games shouldve been on Indie Heroes 2.

[@domedagskatten]

@@CrazyBurger Comparing the value between carts is honestly really hard. The first Piko collection was ridiculously expansive, and I doubt we'll see many more collections like it. Personally, I think the pricing of the evercade carts is low enough that a collection with two or three good games are worth it. Unlike some collections where there are honestly no games that I would even like to spend time with at all.

[@jasonshiers5771]

Mine were due today but Funstock made a mistake on my address . I’ve emailed them they admitted the mistake so hopefully I’ll have them next week.

[@CrazyBurger]

Ah man. Nightmare. Funstock.. mmm 48hr delivery that took 96hrs for me.

[@richardmullens4707]

Same here, dispatched on the Friday but didn't arrive until the following Thursday, what on earth went wrong?

[@CrazyBurger]

@@richardmullens4707 Royal Mail having a nightmare. The train strikes mightve not helped. Not sure. Pretty poor regardless.

[@scootakuh3142]

Great video! My copies of Morphcat and Intellivision 2 arrived yesterday but I've not had chance to try them out yet. Really liking the little cards that come with both carts. In honesty I'm probably not going to give Intellivision 2 much time, as I didn't really think much of the first collection - I only really got them because I want to have a complete collection of every Evercade cart, whether I intend to play them or not. The Morphcat collection is something I will spend a lot of time with though. Micro Mages is right up my street and I reckon I'll have a lot of fun with this. Not sure on the rest of the games though, but they do look good. It's a bit of a slim cart for sure though at only 5 - sorry, 3+2 - games, but as long as they're quality I might give it a pass.

[@CrazyBurger]

Lol well if you didn't like intellivision 1.. no chance you'll like 2.. Morphcat is fantastic, played a lot last night and gets better the more you play. Also really enjoyed more of Bobl. Spacegulls is possibly my fave of the lot.

[@GaggleofDoozies]

Where were the stickers?? I didn't get any stickers with my order. ☹️

[@CrazyBurger]

Did you order from Funstock? I'm not sure if this was just part of the deal that included the cap 🤔

[@GaggleofDoozies]

@@CrazyBurger Yes, I ordered the same deal through Funstock.......they must've ran outta stickers at some point. ☹️

[@CrazyBurger]

@@GaggleofDoozies ah man that's brutal. Sorry to hear it..

[@susanguy925]

@@GaggleofDoozies I binned mine..

[@richardmullens4707]

The stickers were in a sealed envelope in the bottom of the mailing box underneath the cartridges and cap.

[@esperago]

"Bobl - A game of intense pleasure. Barely touch it and you'll burst... over and over again!"

[@esperago]

"Bobl - So hard, you'll burst."

[@CrazyBurger]

@@esperago haha yeah. But its damn good.. very addictive. I'm now lost somewhere in the game..

[@arnoldbaracus8384]

Space Gulls makes this cart a definite purchase

[@CrazyBurger]

It's brilliant. Super addictive.. pity its so short. Most of the games are pretty short sadly.

[@nomadlonestar8004]

Ugh lucky lol. I gotta wait till next week for my copies to arrive. Those 5 games look awesome. I can see myself replaying these quite a bit. P.s. I wonder if you get an additional free unlockable game if you put intellivision collection 1 and 2 into the VS cartridge slot's. :).

[@CrazyBurger]

Ah sorry to hear that.. check my other video.. there is indeed a free unlockable secret game with intellivision..

[@nomadlonestar8004]

@@CrazyBurger lol I'm watching it now as you said that.

[@CrazyBurger]

@@nomadlonestar8004 its right at the end of the video

[@arnoldbaracus8384]

My cart has died on me, only BOBL loads up 😢😢😢

[@CrazyBurger]

Ah ffs.. unbelievable. There's an email you need to send this to. Probably with video photo evidence.

[@richardmullens4707]

Were all five games working to start with and then it went wrong? Or could you only access one game from the start after first putting in the cartridge? Also out of interest is your Evercade firmware up to date?

[@Benieg83]

Not worth the money for this many games.

[@CrazyBurger]

Yeah.. not ideal great games.. and maybe even worse the games are short..

[@Benieg83]

@@CrazyBurger I have every evercade game that they have made, but I am starting to feel like the latest offerings are just scraping the bottom of their licensing barrel. Where are the NEO GEO and full size game carts?

[@CrazyBurger]

@@Benieg83 who knows.. I think this morphcat stuff shouldve been on Indie Heroes 2.

[@Benieg83]

@@CrazyBurger 100 percent agreed.

[@Benieg83]

@@CrazyBurger I would love to see games like shredders revenge on a cart.

[@jayme69]

With really only 3 games and a demo, I'd also be concerned about the longevity versus price. I picked up Micro Mages on Steam a while back when it was discounted and it's probably worth the fiver or so that I paid but I think I'll be giving this a miss. Thanks for sharing and keep up the awesome work :-)

[@CrazyBurger]

Same, I bought micro mages a while back. Nice game.. in fact the games are all good.. though they are short.. they really shouldve added these to Indie Heroes 2.

[@susanguy925]

Rubbish value for money indeed.

[@CrazyBurger]

Great games though.. played a lot more last night.. Micro Mages gets better the more you play. But still it's not great when you think Piko 1 had 20 games.

[@susanguy925]

@@CrazyBurger Evercade have gone down the money route, like so many companies do after they get their feet In the door! I have purchased just for the collection and ill leave it sealed.