Evercade Nexus due on 30 October with native DOOM and Banjo carts; Last Ninja collection follows

Blaze Entertainment's Evercade Nexus handheld is due on 30 October 2026, and it launches alongside two cartridges that Blaze describes as native versions rather than emulated originals: DOOM, and Rare's two Banjo games. A collection of C64, Atari ST and ZX Spectrum versions of The Last Ninja and International Karate follows on 4 December.

The Nexus

The Nexus costs GBP 169.99, $199.99 or EUR 199.99, with the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack in the box. Blaze's specification lists a 5.89-inch, 840x512 IPS screen rated at more than 500 nits, dual analogue sticks, 512 MB of RAM, Wi-Fi 6 for updates and a 5,000 mAh battery rated for more than five hours. An August press release gave the screen as 5.3 inches; the product page and VGC's review both say 5.89.

EverSync, a new wireless feature, lets two Nexus consoles play local multiplayer from one cartridge without an internet connection, and a TATE button rotates the picture for vertical arcade games. The Nexus plays the existing library, which Blaze puts at more than 80 cartridges and 700 games.

VGC's review on 9 October called it "easily the best handheld Blaze has released to date" but criticised the lack of HDMI output and boot times longer than they should be. A Funstock-only Nexus 64 Edition of 2,000 units has sold out.

DOOM and Banjo

The DOOM Collection, Evercade home computer cartridge #11, holds DOOM and DOOM II, which Blaze says are ported from the PC versions, plus TNT: Evilution, The Plutonia Experiment, Master Levels for DOOM II, No Rest for the Living, SIGIL and SIGIL II, and a new pack of deathmatch maps. Blaze has added gameplay modifiers and new multiplayer modes including Chaosmatch, Instagib and Tag. A Nexus DOOM Edition, limited to 3,000 units and sold only through Funstock, costs GBP 199.99, $249.99 or EUR 239.99.

The Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack, home console cartridge #53, was developed with Rare and holds Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. VGC reports widescreen support, higher resolution and 60 frames per second. Both cartridges cost GBP 24.99, $29.99 or EUR 29.99.

Last Ninja and IK on 4 December

The Last Ninja & IK Collection, made with System 3 and numbered home computer cartridge #12, carries 14 games across three formats. The C64 set has International Karate, The Last Ninja, IK+, Last Ninja 2: Back With A Vengeance, Ninja Remix and Last Ninja 3. The Atari ST set has the same titles except the original Last Ninja. The Spectrum set has International Karate, IK+ and Last Ninja 2.

Alongside it, the James Pond Collection, cartridge #54, gathers the four 16-bit console James Pond games. Both went on pre-order on 24 September and are due on 4 December 2026, at GBP 24.99, EUR 29.99 or $29.99 each.