Here’s the list of 10 built-in TAITO Bartop games: Bubble Bobble, Cadash, Elevator Action, Growl, Legend of Kage, Puzzle Bobble, Rastan, Space Invaders, The Fairyland Story, and The New Zealand Story.

Here’s a list of the 6 NeoGeo Arcade 2 games on cartridge: Art of Fighting 2, Crossed Swords, Garou: Mark of the Wolves, Metal Slug 2, Ninja Commando, Sengoku 2

Here’s a list of the 6 NeoGeo Arcade 3 games on cartridge: Ghost Pilots, Metal Slug 3, Samurai Shodown II, Super Sidekicks, The King of Fighters ’97, Twinkle Star Sprites

Here’s a list of the 9 TAITO Arcade 1 games on cartridge: Bubble Bobble, Chack’n Pop, Colony 7, Don Doko Don, Growl, Legend of Kage, Pirate Pete, Raimais, Space Invaders

Here’s a list of the 9 TAITO Arcade 2 games on cartridge: Alpine Ski, Elevator Action, Kiki KaiKai, Liquid Kids, Operation Wolf, Rastan, The Electric Yo-Yo, The New Zealand Story, Volfied

Pre-orders for the TAITO Bartop start May 30, 2025, for a likely November 2025 release. You can also pre-order some of the cartridges at that time, or later, with August through October 2025 release dates, respectively.

You can check out the current list of games in the entire Evercade library with my master list, found here. There are 613 titles on cartridge, not counting unlockables, with dozens more built into the various hardware. You can check out my IGN review of the Alpha Mega Man and Alpha Street Fighter bartops here.

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You can check out the current list of games in the entire Evercade library with my master list, found here. There are 582 titles on cartridge, not counting unlockables, with dozens more built into the various hardware. You can check out my IGN review of the Alpha Mega Man and Alpha Street Fighter bartops here.

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You can check out the current list of games in the entire Evercade library with my master list, found here. There are 567 titles on cartridge, not counting unlockables, with dozens more built into the various hardware. You can check out my IGN review of the recent Alpha Mega Man and Alpha Street Fighter bartops here.

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You can check out the current list of games in the entire Evercade library with my master list, found here. There are 555 titles on cartridge, not counting unlockables, with dozens more built into the various hardware. You can also check out my IGN review of the recent Alpha Mega Man and Alpha Street Fighter bartops here.

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You can check out the current list of games in the entire Evercade library with my master list, found here. There are 553 titles on cartridge, not counting unlockables, with dozens more built into the various hardware. You can check out my IGN review of the recent Alpha Mega Man and Alpha Street Fighter bartops here.

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Several people have put forth the idea that it’s perhaps a 3/4-scale Arcade 1UP-style cabinet or a full countercade, but my first thought was something a bit more modest, although still in that same general wheelhouse.

There’s a product that’s several years old now called the TAITO Egret II Mini. It’s a tabletop unit with a screen that’s easy to rotate and has interchangeable controls. There are plenty of other variations of the form factor and design methodology, with some of the more popular ones featuring Sega and Neo Geo arcade games. So why this form factor?

First off, Evercade has yet to embrace an arcade-style form factor. It’s impractical for them to do an Arcade 1UP- or AtGames-style upright machine since logistics would be difficult for a company based in Europe with a strong US presence. And that’s of course ignoring the reliability and other issues that larger machines have. In short, they’re a bear to support.

So why a TAITO Egret II-style machine? Simple. Evercade has already embraced TATE mode on their EXP handheld series, but there’s not a practical way for many people to do it with the VS series without using a separate, smaller display. After all, it’s not easy to put a big screen TV on its side.

Keeping in line with their current streamlining mindset, it’s unlikely the Alpha would have a TV out. It would rely on its built-in 5-inch or larger display, which again, would almost certainly be something you could manually rotate like on the Egret II. In terms of controls, it could potentially have a built-in Egret II-style arcade controller, since Evercade only supports digital controls and buttons at this time, so no need for analog, spinners, or trackballs. And since Evercade games support up to four players, you’ll need additional player controls, although I’m skeptical that they’d necessarily include four ports on Alpha rather than just two. That’s again with the idea that they’re trying to streamline and cost-reduce the products that support their ever-growing game library.

In terms of cost, I’d estimate a $129 – $149 USD price point for such a device. That’s a bit high, but there would be a bit more going on here than with their usual consoles or handhelds. To put it simply, you have to get that screen and the rotation mechanism exactly right not to have support and reliability issues.

Anyway, that’s my reasoned speculation. What’s yours?

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