Time Extension | Review Comments https://www.timeextension.com/feeds/comments en-GB (c) 2025 Hookshot Media Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:56:10 GMT https://www.timeextension.com/feeds dgpCMS/1.0 https://hookshot.media help@timeextension.com (Time Extension) 60 https://images.timeextension.com/site/icon/128x128.png Time Extension https://www.timeextension.com/ 128 128 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 06:19:30 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio Battletoads is brutal at times???

I can reference this game obliquely to any gamer of a certain age and they just give a knowing head nod. I completed Super Ghouls n' Ghosts (once) and I can't tell you much about what happens after level 3 of Battletoads.

...I'm totally getting this.

By DemonKow

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8898707 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8898707 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 02:32:09 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @mjparker77 yeah, it was a pretty straight port for, what I’ve seen, all single colour sprites, just a direct translation from the Spectrum. And I notice the screenshot has gone form the review now!

By Slider2711

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897744 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897744 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:26:03 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio If I ever finally get an Evercade this will be a definite day one pickup.

By MeloMan

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897708 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897708 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:37:58 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @mjparker77 They block easily. I really like Evercade but they need to get away from allowing just one game or political view. I got banned for less worse than what other users have done.

By slider1983

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897550 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897550 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:09:01 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @slider1983

With reason, that game sucks
I've never really bothered with their official pages, they've told a lot of half truths and outright lies about their products over the years

By mjparker77

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897525 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897525 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:55:27 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @mjparker77 I was cheerleading Evercade over on their Discord but I said I didn't like the 2012 Tomb Raider game. They have someone there that buys the carts to destroy or throw them out of windows but me not liking a game they think is great was enough to get me banned. Ironically even though I didn't have the money to get into buying their products I was always supporting and praising them on their Discord.

They're very ban happy. They originally banned me from their Facebook page because I criticised the version of Soccer Kid they were putting out. They unbanned me once I apologised. If you don't have the same opinions as they do about society or entertainment you become a target so that's what happened.

By slider1983

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897457 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897457 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:39:56 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @ChromaticDracula If you buy the older version of the EXP, it has a HDMI out but no controller connection. You are literally playing a handheld connected to the TV. The home console version is the best thing to buy in my opinion. I think Blaze as a company are very hit and miss. This system still doesn't have simple quality of life updates like turbo function, dip switches, that work across all games. The initial design didn't allow for it and they've been trying to implement them for literally years now. Customer service is pretty dreadful. This being said though, I do enjoy it and have a good collection of games. It's all about the arcade releases for me.

By YANDMAN

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897329 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897329 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:17:25 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @slider1983

Ah that sucks. Dunno where you are, but I never had any issues in the UK. Just got tired of the increasingly mediocre releases, the arcade carts were the only line I had any interest in.

By mjparker77

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897291 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897291 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:07:23 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @mjparker77 I don't tend to support people that have mistreated me. Anyway game prices will just keep going up on certain game systems.

By slider1983

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897273 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8897273 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:05:27 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @Damo Sure, but saying it's a con because it isn't another product? When the collection was announced and then released we knew what games it featured.

Why give it a negative point because of something it isn't?

By RZ-Atom

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896852 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896852 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:06:02 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @Aiodensghost

Why / how would MS render anyone's physical copy unplayable?

By mjparker77

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896739 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896739 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:05:25 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @Slider2711
I didn't even know it had been ported to C64, gonna have to give that a spin.

By mjparker77

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896738 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896738 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:02:16 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @slider1983

Really, why's that?
I just sold my job lot off, the entire thing of licences expiring and cart prices going through the roof was starting to bug me. Probably would have been worth a lot more if I'd held on for several more years, but with a kids 21st and Uni graduation in the same year... Ouch.

By mjparker77

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896734 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896734 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:30:00 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @Damo the screenshot of Underwurlde looks like the C64 version, is that what’s included rather than the Speccy version?

By Slider2711

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896582 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896582 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:30:54 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @whitespy12 The way I understand it, the initial release was the testing phase. I can only speculate that the cab you played was a test one which was never recalled? Happy to be corrected, of course!

By Damo

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896437 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896437 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:30:06 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @RZ-Atom Rare Replay and contain many of the same games, and are based on the same developer, so surely it makes sense to compare them - especially as many people out there might already own Rare Replay.

It's not unusual to compare a product to rival products on the market - in fact, don't most reviews do this?

By Damo

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896436 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896436 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 08:27:33 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @whitespy12 nice, my house is a bit train-themed with some nice maps, so i'll be playing that on my alpha next month thinking about your experience

By romanista

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896372 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896372 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 03:17:30 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio Should of been called the Ultimate collection vol 1

By Beastie21

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896195 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896195 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 23:14:49 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio @JohnnyMind agreed. It feels like we've been slowly getting it in bits and pieces via Nintendo Switch Online over the last few years. I keep holding out for the Conker games. Spectrum titles are probably never going to happen.

By JJtheTexan

]]> http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896010 http://www.timeextension.com/reviews/evercade/rare-collection-1#comment8896010 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:51:14 GMT Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio "It was never released back in the day after performing poorly during the testing phase, and was only made available to the public in 2015 when it was included in the excellent Rare Replay collection on Xbox One."

This isn't quite accurate. At least in the US, the arcade cabinet was publicly released (by Electronic Arts of all companies). I have vivid memories of playing it at a train-themed restaurant in New Jersey around 1997 or so.

By whitespy12

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