{"id":143021,"date":"2025-05-30T02:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143021\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T02:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T02:57:12","slug":"taito-joins-the-evercade-range-with-two-carts-and-an-alpha-bartop-arcade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143021\/","title":{"rendered":"Taito Joins The Evercade Range With Two Carts And An &#8216;Alpha&#8217; Bartop Arcade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Taito Joins The Evercade Alpha Bartop Arcade Range 1\" href=\"https:\/\/images.timeextension.com\/c86d722b57ab1\/taito-joins-the-evercade-alpha-bartop-arcade-range-1.large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/taito-joins-the-evercade-alpha-bartop-arcade-range-1.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"503\" alt=\"Taito Joins The Evercade Alpha Bartop Arcade Range 1\"\/><\/a> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/evercaderetro\">Evercade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taito is helping to expand the Evercade range this year, thanks to the addition of a Taito-themed Alpha bartop arcade and two new Taito Evercade cartridges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/reviews\/evercade-alpha-this-usd250-bartop-arcade-is-a-glorious-gateway-to-hundreds-of-retro-classics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Like the two Capcom variants released last year<\/a>, the unit will feature dual controls and a bunch of pre-loaded games. It will also have two cartridge slots, so you can play Evercade carts on it. Swappable marquees will be included, along with stereo sound and an 8\u201d high-resolution IPS screen.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-loaded games are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BUBBLE BOBBLE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CADASH<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ELEVATOR ACTION<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE FAIRYLAND STORY<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>GROWL<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE LEGEND OF KAGE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE NEWZEALAND STORY<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PUZZLE BOBBLE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RASTAN<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SPACE INVADERS<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TimeExtension64?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">Time Extension<\/a> on <a class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TimeExtension64?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube2.7k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Evercade Alpha Taito Bartop Arcade will be available to pre-order for \u00a3199.99 \/ \u20ac229.99 \/ $259.99 from May 30th, 2025. When it launches in November, the price will rise to \u00a3229.99 \/ \u20ac249.99 \/ $279.99.<\/p>\n<p>As for the cartridges, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/games\/evercade\/taito_arcade_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taito Arcade 1<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/games\/evercade\/taito_arcade_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taito Arcade 2<\/a><\/strong> will include the following games:<\/p>\n<p>Taito Arcade 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BUBBLE BOBBLE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CHACK\u2019N POP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>COLONY 7<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DON DOKO DON<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>GROWL<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>SPACE INVADERS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>PIRATE PETE<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RAIMAIS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE LEGEND OF KAGE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a id=\"yt-2\" class=\"external youtube-thumbnail\" title=\"Play\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A6uI9dW_OT4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748573830_594_maxresdefault.jpg\" width=\"890\" height=\"501\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"YouTube Video\"\/><\/a>Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TimeExtension64?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">Time Extension<\/a> on <a class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TimeExtension64?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube2.7k<\/a><br \/>\nTaito Arcade 2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ALPINE SKI<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE ELECTRIC YO-YO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>ELEVATOR ACTION<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>KIKI KAIKAI<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LIQUID KIDS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>RASTAN<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>OPERATION WOLF<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE NEWZEALAND STORY<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>VOLFIED<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each cart will be available for \u00a319.99 \/ \u20ac24.99 \/ $29.99 and launch this September. Pre-orders open on July 31st, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image\"><a title=\"Previous Article: Amiga &quot;Indie Roguelike&quot; Roguecraft Is Coming To Evercade With Exclusive Content\" data-event-category=\"Suggestions\" data-event-action=\"Article Previous\" class=\"scanlines\" data-event-label=\"Image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/news\/2025\/05\/amiga-indie-roguelike-roguecraft-is-coming-to-evercade-with-exclusive-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748573831_558_455x228.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"228\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Previous Article: Amiga &quot;Indie Roguelike&quot; Roguecraft Is Coming To Evercade With Exclusive Content\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"button\"><a title=\"Previous Article: Amiga &quot;Indie Roguelike&quot; Roguecraft Is Coming To Evercade With Exclusive Content\" data-event-category=\"Suggestions\" data-event-action=\"Article Previous\" data-event-label=\"Arrow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/news\/2025\/05\/amiga-indie-roguelike-roguecraft-is-coming-to-evercade-with-exclusive-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Prev<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743476230_992_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Damien McFerran\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media&#8217;s sites from an editorial perspective. He&#8217;s also the editor of <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeextension.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time Extension<\/a>, the network&#8217;s newest site, which \u2013 paradoxically \u2013 is all about gaming&#8217;s past glories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Evercade Taito is helping to expand the Evercade range this year, thanks to the addition of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[242,61808,53,240,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-143021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-evercade","9":"tag-taito","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-time-extension","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114594542023807730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}