TAITO Evercade Alpha Review | Bartop Gaming from Blaze
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The Evercade Alpha is a fully assembled bartop-sized Arcade machine that features a great selection of built-in Arcade games in an officially licensed design, and the ability to expand your game selection with the Evercade cartridge ecosystem.
Each Evercade Alpha features real built-in arcade games including titles previously unreleased on a bartop arcade!
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– CHAPTERS
00:00 Evercade
01:00 Alpha
01:40 Box & Contents
04:20 Hardware Tour
08:46 Power On & Update
10:05 Feature Tour
14:20 Bubble Bobble
15:58 Cadash
17:33 Elevator Action
19:01 The Fairyland Story
19:55 Growl
21:11 Legend of Kage
22:10 The New Zealand Story
22:59 Puzzle Bobble
24:38 Rastan
25:32 Space Invaders
26:57 Fighting!
28:37 Summary
@TheGemini5
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
LOL When I heard the coin in for Elevator Action, it INSTANTLY reminded me of Jungle King/Hunt! I may have to grab one of these.
@Monitor1CC
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Wow, really impressed with the quality on this unit, this might be the first bar top sized device I buy. I already have a bunch of Evercade carts I’d love to try on it which makes it even more tempting.
@AD.ArcadeGaming
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
This looks amazing! 👍🏽
@WhatsOnMyShelf
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
16:57 Look into Zuntata. It sounds like you are not familiar with them. Maybe you will go down a rabbit hole of tune-ology.
@trencher7
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Wish it had Front Line, but that had a spinning knob that you could also push down to fire the spinning tank turret.
@WIImotionmasher
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Taito games are some of the best
@BlackArroToons
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Nice review. In Elevator Action, I'll try that jump kick move next time, thanks! Cool Taito Evercade!
@johnnym196
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Hi, Jon.👋 I absolutely love this mini-arcade. I will definitely keep this one in mind. I have always liked Rastan, Elevator Action & Bubble Bobble. I like the gact that you can edit controls, and the dip switch settings for arcade, and can’t forget those changable marquues. Thank you for the review, Jon.
@johndd9140
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Wow – I am soooo tempted, but the wife won't be happy… 😅
@williamadams516
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Man, this is awesome, I always loved this game, bubble bobble, its always been one of favorites, who knows how much as a kid I spent on the arcade machine. Even now I play it now and then via you know it, an emulator. I for sure want one of these, I noticed though, even just watching this video, seems it could really get loud if you wanted to. Alright, thanks for this review, I'm going to shop around for this, It would be a nice add to my collection!
@theodosios2615
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
I got the Mega Man version and I love it. Even the preloaded games are great. My only gripe is Burger Time. The controls are terrible!
@TonyJohnson42
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Sorry, but what is the point of a 1 Player Bar Top Cabinet?
@MrSRArter
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
20:29 I have a Taito Super Pocket that includes Growl
@hardkoregamer1981
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Hopefully evercade makes more marquees available for people to buy for swapping out with this bar top arcade cabinet.
@hardkoregamer1981
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Bring on some Midway, Bally and Williams arcade bar top arcade cabinets next.
@hardkoregamer1981
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Great vid Jon thanks again buddy 👍😎👍💯 This bar top arcade cabinet looks and sounds quality built.
@mikesilva3868
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Awesome 😊
@steveafulton
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
I love my alpha! Nice review!
@KoolKatDave
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
This is how you do it! Good work Evercade. After the disastrous experience of owning and returning two of the Atari Gamestation Go’s, I just ordered this baby. Of course not as portable, but much higher quality. My Arcade should take note.
@andygermany3935
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Made in China? I Love Made in China. Great Maschine Great Video. Thank You❤️
@polimatacommx
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
WOW!!! Great video! I absolutely got to get my hands on one of these table-tops. Thank you, Jon.
#Kudos
#Respect
🤓👍🏻
@pacomonkey1879
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Metric is not just for overseas. The large landmasses to the North and South of you use it also.
@jtsdeals
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Nice review, you really showed a lot of the cabinet and the games. Just a heads up, the Legend of Kage (影) is pronounced "Kah-geh". I'm genx too and grew up pronouncing it cage.
@Emceemur
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Legend of Kage and Rastan are my JAMMZ. Consider this video hyped.
@bland9876
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
I'd love a 1up Arcade sized 2 player Evercade arcade machine. That would be cool. The biggest problem with 1up Arcade is that you are stuck with those games. Depending upon the controls of the particular game it would make sense but for the ones that can just use generic controls it would be cool to have the option to get more games. Kind of reminds me of a Neo Geo arcade.
@WorldWithinGames
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Truly amazing. Why haven't I gotten one of these yet? (Not a sponsored comment)
@DavidWonn
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
17:35 One of my favorite things in Elevator Action is firing at the lights. If it lands on an enemy, you score extra bonus points.
@andygrob
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Thanks!
@andygrob
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
I’m so glad you did this! I’ve had growing interest in Evercade ever since seeing the Alpha
@STR82DVD
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
If I didn't have to sell a kidney to afford it in Canada, I'd be all over it. I'll have to make do with my X-Arcade Tankstick Max paired with my Shield Pro in the man cave. Retro sadness ensues.(kinda) Thanks young lad. Great review.
@stanzwithpwnies
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Cool stuff. Zookeeper never makes it in.
Anonymous
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
But do they have an arcade ROM version of PacMan?….
@FUGP72
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
I get a little triggered when people are playing Elevator Action and not shooting out the lights at the tops of the buildings for double points as long as the lights are still off. Though I will give partial credit for knowing about jumping/kicking, which is the highest point way to kill an enemy. (Could be even higher if the lights were off!) That is more than most videos I see of Elevator Action on YouTube know. Or at least show off.
@joeblow229
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Confession time… I feel so guilty for not buying in to the Evercade ecosystem. It's EXACTLY what I wanted, physical cartridges, boxes, manuals, a great retro feel that doesn't feel like a shameless cash-grab, reasonably priced. It's everything I could have hoped for, and it dropped around the same time the economy tanked. I really want Evercade to be successful, I just don't have the extra money for 'toys' that I used to.
@lekanraposte6732
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Unsurprisingly, it's 350$CAN. Still, the fact that it's a literal console with CARTRIDGES make it worth it.
If only I wasn't so broke…
@Nohansa95
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
bro, nise video, btw what inside the accessibility option? thanks.
@SUPERFAMICOMFUN
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
20:05
You edited out the "Hey, Come on!"
How dare you, "sir".
@valley_robot
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
280 quid , Im good mate , My full size arcade with 20,000 games cost me 200 and its 2 player
@gregwesson8815
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Something you typically mention is whether a machine has the arcade ROMs or not. These seem to be but wanted to check.
@1969cougareliminator
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 am
Wow! That's a nice system!
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