The Mega Man and Street Fighter editions of the Evercade Alpha Bartop Arcade are again in inventory at Amazon after being bought out within the US virtually all yr. The restock arrives only one week after Blaze Leisure launched the new Taito edition within the US. Formally licensed by Capcom, the Street Fighter and Mega Man countertop cupboards launched final November after which disappeared from Amazon in early 2025. All three Alpha Bartop Arcades retail for $280 and are shipped/bought by Options 2 Go, which is now the official distributor for the Alpha within the US. The Taito version is quickly out of inventory at Amazon.
The 2 Evercade Alpha Capcom editions have six preloaded video games every, whereas the Taito version has 10 video games. These cartridge-based countertop arcade machines help Evercade’s expansive catalog of retro game collections. Over a dozen extra digital video games may be unlocked within the Evercade OS Secret menu. Heads up: Amazon has limited-time deals on over a dozen Evercade cartridges, however these offers finish December 4 at 12 AM PT. Amazon’s deals on the Super Pocket retro handhelds end tonight, too.
This is a rundown of the specs for all three cupboards. Outdoors of the outside paintings and preloaded video games, the one tangible distinction between the three cupboards is the arcade stick. Each Capcom editions have bat-top sticks, whereas the Taito model has a ball-top stick.
Key Specs:
- Show: 8-inch HD IPS with 4:3 facet ratio
- Preloaded video games
- 2 cartridge slots for Evercade Collections (80 and counting)
- Arcade stick
- 6 arcade buttons
- Begin / Choose / Menu buttons
- 2 USB controller ports
- USB-C AC adapter
- Dimensions: 16.1 x 9.6 x 12.4 inches
- Weight: 13.2 kilos
- Processor: RK3326 1.5GHz
- Reminiscence: 512MB DRAM
$280
The Street Fighter edition features the Street Fighter II: Champion Edition logo on the gray marquee and blue side panels. The granite-like marquee and control deck will be familiar to anyone who has played a full-size Street Fighter II: Champion Edition cabinet.
6 preloaded games:
- Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition
- Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
- Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo
- Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors’ Dreams
- Street Fighter Alpha 2
- Street Fighter Alpha 3
$280
The artwork on the Mega Man model is themed around Mega Man: The Power Battle, a spin-off fighting game that launched in Japanese arcades in 1995. You may be familiar with The Power Battle if you’ve played Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium or spent time in Street Fighter 6’s Game Center.
The Power Battle and its sequel The Power Fighters are joined by a few other classic Capcom games, including Strider and Final Fight.
6 preloaded games:
- Mega Man: The Power Battle
- Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters
- Carrier Air Wing
- Final Fight
- Knights of the Round
- Strider
$280 | Sold out
The Taito edition has a colorful Bubble Bobble theme and features 10 classics, including Space Invaders and Puzzle Bobble (and Bubble Bobble, of course).
10 preloaded games:
- Bubble Bobble
- Puzzle Bobble
- Space Invaders
- Cadash
- Rastan
- Elevator Action
- The FairyLand Story
- Growl
- The Legend of Kage
- The New Zealand Story
The build quality of the Evercade Alpha is superb. The Alpha’s 8-inch IPS screen produces a crisp and vibrant image, and the stick/buttons are nicer than any other arcade cabinet we’ve tried in this price range. The custom Evercade OS is clean and easy to use. Thanks to its extremely lightweight design–the Alpha is roughly 13 pounds–it’s easy to move to different places in your house. You can even use it comfortably on the couch by propping the cabinet on your lap.
Since the Evercade library has hundreds of console and handheld games, you may want to use a regular controller sometimes. Out of the box, the Alpha only supports wired USB controllers. If you want to use a wireless controller, you’ll need an adapter. With the 8BitDo USB Wireless Adapter 2, you should utilize all kinds of Bluetooth gamepads, together with PlayStation, Xbox, and Change controllers in addition to most of 8BitDo’s Bluetooth controllers. Quite a few third-party arcade sticks (wired and wi-fi) are additionally appropriate, so each gamers can use conventional arcade controls for multiplayer video games.
For extra on the Evercade Alpha {hardware}, we would suggest studying our in-depth evaluate of the Mega Man version printed final yr. In case you just like the idea of Evercade however do not need to spend $280, take a look at Amazon’s limited-time offers on HyperMegaTech Tremendous Pockets. These budget-friendly handhelds have a Recreation Boy Pocket-esque kind issue, a cartridge slot for Evercade collections, and are preloaded with a dozen or extra video games 4 Tremendous Pocket editions are nonetheless on sale after Cyber Monday, however these offers finish December 3.
In complete, the Evercade platform has 80 cartridge collections and almost 700 games–not together with preloaded and secret video games. The arcade sequence accounts for 21 of these cartridges, together with new and upcoming Taito and Neo Geo collections. The arcade sport catalog options 166 video games thus far. The console sequence is far larger–49 cartridges and 415 games–and the house pc lineup is the latest of the three with 10 cartridges and 107 video games. Most Evercade carts retail for $30 as of late and are themed round particular retro publishers, platforms, and franchises. Roughly 20% of the library focuses on modern indie video games with retro-inspired visuals and gameplay.
Evercade Cartridge Assortment offers
As talked about, a few of Amazon’s Black Friday offers on Evercade cartridge collections are nonetheless out there as of December 2. All however two of the cartridges listed under are on sale for $24 (was $30). The opposite two carts on this list–Thalamus and Gremlin Collections–are out there for $20 every.
These offers finish December 4 at 12 AM PT / 3 AM ET:
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