Given that all four of these games have previously been widely available elsewhere, including on Steam and as part of Evercade’s Toaplan Arcade Collections (Zero Wing is on Toaplan Arcade Collection 1, Batsugun & Vimana are on Toaplan Arcade Collection 3, and Dogyuun is on Toaplan Arcade Collection 4), we predict this one will likely prove to be a much harder sell than some of the other collections Polymega has released in the past.
Unfortunately, beyond a bunch of vague marketing speak about “the golden age of portable gaming” and the rebirth of “a true icon” that the company presumably cannot reference directly (for legal reasons), not much is really known about this device yet. We don’t have any images of it, and none of the specs have been revealed just yet. As a result, it’s too soon to make a definitive judgement on whether this will be a worthy addition to your collection or another unremarkable handheld to add to the pile.
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