The Epyx Collection Handheld Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

The Epyx Collection Handheld Review, Witness the return of six awesome Epyx classics from the 1980s/90s, originally designed for cutting-edge handheld gaming.

The Epyx Collection Handheld Review Pros:

  • Beautiful graphics.
  • 169MB download size.
  • Six games in one – California Games, Blue Lightning, Zarlor mercenary, Todd’s Adventure in Slime World, Gates of Zendocon, and Electrocop.
  • Each game has a rotating 3D scan of the game box, and the year of release, and can be zoomed in on to read about the games.
  • The games all have interactive page-turning game manuals.
  • You can rotate game cartridges.
  • Game filter choices – none, soft, CRT, and LCD.
  • Save and load when you want.
  • Supports using the d-pad and/or the stick.
  • The games offer a lot of variety from sports mini-games to Shmup and 2D scrollers.
  • You can quit and go back to the game selection screen at any time.

The Epyx Collection Handheld Review Cons:

  • You don’t get any real history of the games.
  • No way to change the view, it’s very close with a stretched feel to it.
  • Cannot remap controls.
  • No online capabilities.
  • Some of the games get a slight slowdown.
  • It can be hard to work out how to play a couple of the games.

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The Epyx Collection Handheld:

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Developer: Pixel Games UK

Publisher: Pixel Games UK

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Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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