Evercade Collection 3 preorders

Evercade just opened preorders for a cartridge that looks like a 1990s game release but is actually a 2026 package of new indie games. Mega Cat Studios Collection 3 is cartridge number 51 in the Evercade line, and Blaze lists it as a physical release with ten games on one cart. (evercade.co.uk) The release date attached to the preorder is April 30, 2026, and multiple retailers are already taking orders for it. Songbird Productions lists the cartridge at $32.95 in the United States, while Funstock USA lists it as a preorder in the same launch window. (songbird-productions.com, funstockusa.com) This is not a compilation of old licensed hits from Sega or Capcom. Blaze describes the pack as ten “brand new games originally designed for classic gaming hardware,” which means the gimmick is that the software is new but built to feel native to older machines. (evercade.co.uk) The ten games are Kudzu, Flap Happy, GunTneR, Machine Cave, Plyuk, The Meating, Gravibots, Rocket Panda, Super Fanger, and Gumball in Trick-or-Treat Land. Evercade’s press release says the mix covers action platformers, arcade-style games, puzzle games, and other retro throwbacks rather than one single genre. (evercade.co.uk) Part of the appeal is that these games were made for specific older-style formats instead of being simple filters on modern games. Evercade Info Central maps the lineup across Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System style releases, with Kudzu on Game Boy and Gravibots on Sega Genesis among the examples. (evercade.info) That matters because Evercade’s whole business is selling a modern device that behaves like a shelf of boxed retro games. Retail listings for Collection 3 say the package includes the cartridge, a physical case, and a printed manual, which turns the purchase into something closer to buying a compact disc or paperback than downloading a file. (songbird-productions.com, videogamesplus.ca) The cartridge also works across nearly the entire current Evercade ecosystem instead of one single machine. Retail pages say it is compatible with Evercade handhelds, Evercade VS, Evercade EXP, Evercade Alpha, and HyperMegaTech’s Super Pocket devices running current firmware. (songbird-productions.com, thegamecollection.net) Mega Cat Studios has become one of the clearest examples of the “new retro” lane Evercade keeps feeding. Blaze’s announcement says Collection 3 continues its push to support independent developers making games with classic technical limits and classic presentation, instead of treating retro only as museum nostalgia. (gamespress.com, evercade.co.uk) So the real story in this preorder is not one blockbuster game. It is that in April 2026, there is still enough demand for boxed manuals, numbered cartridges, and ten brand-new games built in old formats that Blaze can keep expanding Evercade’s line past cartridge 50. (evercade.co.uk, songbird-productions.com)