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Evercade Super Pocket and cartridge pricing update, official graphic

your $25 retro game cartridge is getting more expensive. the reason? AI datacenters. seriously

Blaze put Evercade cartridges and the Super Pocket up across the UK and EU. the cause has nothing to do with retro gaming and everything to do with AI datacenters — and this is the corner of the market least able to absorb it.

Chiptune · Jul 18 · 7 min

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Retroid Pocket Nova vs Odin 2 Portal: same chip, so pick the screen

Both run a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, so they emulate the same systems. The $239 Nova is a 4.5-inch 4:3 pocket machine; the $259 Portal is a 7-inch 16:9 OLED. Prices checked 4 Oct 2026.

Chiptune · Jul 18 · 6 min