{"id":187139,"date":"2024-07-30T10:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=187139"},"modified":"2024-07-30T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T19:47:24","slug":"blaze-announces-the-bitmap-brothers-collection-2-with-6-great-commodore-amiga-games-for-the-evercade-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2024\/07\/30\/blaze-announces-the-bitmap-brothers-collection-2-with-6-great-commodore-amiga-games-for-the-evercade-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze announces The Bitmap Brothers Collection 2 with 5 great Commodore Amiga games (+1 PS1 game!) for the Evercade platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Blaze today announced that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/evercade.co.uk\/cartridges\/the-bitmap-brothers-collection-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bitmap Brothers Collection 2<\/a><\/strong> will be available for pre-order on August 30th for their burgeoning Evercade portable, console, and arcade tabletop platform. The six games are: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/1980\/cadaver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cadaver (Amiga)<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"Cadaver: The Payoff\">Cadaver: The Payoff (Amiga)<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/501\/gods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gods (Amiga)<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/508\/magic-pockets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magic Pockets (Amiga)<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/11964\/the-chaos-engine-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Chaos Engine 2 (Amiga)<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobygames.com\/game\/346\/z\/\">Z (PS1)<\/a><\/strong>. Cartridge C08 brings the total cartridge game count to 532, not counting unlockables, games of the month, or games built into various Evercade hardware. You can see the complete list of games on <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1ctMo55yqSEHAIQYLdvQsK8iUXBtR5ck6ph6kzBxj_ak\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this Google Sheet<\/a> I keep them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BKL3-TJUgII?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Evercade &#8211; The Bitmap Brothers Collection 2 &#8211; Trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/16605404-gods-amiga-gameplay.png?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gods (Amiga) screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-187140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/16605404-gods-amiga-gameplay.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/16605404-gods-amiga-gameplay.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/16605404-gods-amiga-gameplay.png?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 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