The TRUTH about EverSD for Evercade | PK In The Universe
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2024
- EverSD is a custom Evercade cart with a micro sd card slot. Is EverSD worth it? EverSD is marketed as a homebrew development kit for Evercade but often is labeled as an Everdrive for Evercade. One of the biggest strengths of EverSD is the custom patches that have to be done to your Evercade or Evercade VS for the Ever SD to work on it at all. In this video, I talk about the value of EverSD and though it’s not a replacement for an evercade collection but it can really enhance your experience with the Evercade and Evercade VS.
Disclaimer: if you brick your console using this stuff I am not liable or responsible. This is not tutorial, this is more of an editorial of me, giving my opinions about what this device does, and how it can enhance your experience with Evercade.
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Thanks for the shout out about my Collection Builder and videos! Glad you liked them. 😁
Thank you ! That collection builder video deserves far more views, and is a game changer.
@@PKInTheUniverseYou should definitely say hi on the discord-server!
I got my EverSD because of all the cartridge issues people were having. The cartridges are essentially flash drives. Flash drives are prone to get corrupted by removing them without closing all open files or applications. Hot swapping cartridges, which is encouraged, could easily cause the cartridge failure issues. I got my EverSD to backup and restore my cartridges when they fail. Since most of the games are old and can easily be found on the internet there is no point in using the EverSD to get the ROMS. To me it is only about preservation of my cartridges.
💯 on that !
Nice how we get to have different types of scenery in this video.
WOW! This is such a great product! This is the first I am hearing about this and it would be worth getting.
This was a fun shoot for sure , I need to do more on site locations.
Yeah I can’t believe I slept on this product for so long. Definitely worth it just for backing up my collections alone.
I got a second VS when the Atomic Edition came out. I then modded my original VS with the EverSD firmware. I think the EverSD is great. You can back up all of your carts, so if you ever have an issue (like so many people report) you can restore them. I also like that you can put all of your carts on the SD card of the EverSD and not have to swap carts out to play. Good video. Keep up the great content!
yeah, I can’t believe I slept on this for so long . Thank you so much!
Also the outdoor area clip was a nice change of scenery!
Thank you! I love mixing it up.
Great to see you recording outdoors and in different locations for this video :-) I understand both sides of the argument for and against backup devices and you've done a good job shining a light on the positive aspects. I once owned a Romantic Robots Multiface 3 for my ZX Spectrum +3 which allowed you to save your cassette games to 3.0 Disks via the integrated Disk Drive. Like how you're being responsible with your Ever SD, I only backed up the games I owned and it really was a game changer back in the day with easy access, quick loading games. The problem is that anyone could go out and buy an Ever SD, borrow their friends full collection of Evercade Carts, "back them up" and play them whenever they want via the Ever SD. That could be up to £900 worth of software, illegally acquired and contributing nothing to Blaze and investing nothing in the future of the platform. I can definitely see the benefits of the Ever SD but personally couldn't support a product like this. Everyone to their own :-) Keep up the awesome work PK!
Yeah, it was really cool to record outside , I was hiking with my family and I thought oh this is a great opportunity. I remember some of my other friends from across the pond talking about the days of borrowing C64 games from each other. Like, I said in the video, it seems incredibly pointless to buy an Evercade strictly to play pirated software, there are better ways to play all these games with better screens and more powerful systems that are less money. The whole point of evercade is collecting. I wouldn’t recommend anyone who doesn’t already have an Evercade or VS already who already owns several games, to buy one of these. I think if blaze wasn’t having so many constant issues with cartridges we wouldn’t even need to have this conversation about backing them up. I mean technically speaking I don’t support the company EverSD themselves, after all, I bought mine used 😁. I think patching the Evercade VS With the EverSD patch is still a great option even if you don’t have an EverSD, especially if you plan to never update your Evercade VS again, and of course, there won’t be any future updates for the OG Evercade which blaze has sadly abandoned.
@@PKInTheUniverse Yes, the EverSD Patch looks a good option if you're done with updates. I may go down that rabbit hole one of these days :-) Cheers!
Cheers man!
i have all evercade products and catridges and still have ever sd!! main reason is i can backup all my carts and play all of them from a single sd card :) also can fix catridges that go bad after updates
That’s awesome! Yeah, those are definitely two of the best reasons to own an EverSD. I can’t believe I didn’t get one sooner.
Mhm yeah you could say that your video changed my perspective on the EverSD. Collecting is nice, but having all the good games spread across dozens of Carts is tedious; so having it on one EverSD would be a huge bonus.
So thanks for this perspective!
Awesome! Glad I could offer a different point of view. As much as I love the nostalgia of putting a cart in a console it can get stale after a while.
I got one back a few years ago, really didn't have a good experience at the time , still have it and am tempted to update on my OG evercade
Yeah, there’s no harm in patching the OG Evercade considering it’s never getting another update. Even though my Evercade VS is currently patched Which I had to do to back up the carts I am tempted to go back to the old firmware so I can play game of the month. I thought about getting another Evercade VS just to have a one that’s patched and one that’s factory but they’re kind of pricey at the moment online over here.
@@PKInTheUniverse , if you can get one I recommend the Rg35XXH from Anbernic very solid budget handheld .
Yeah, I really dig the regular 35XX I have . I have garlic OS on it , it’s pretty nice.
Excellent video PK, really is a game charger - thank you 👍
Thank you! It really is a game changer .
Very nice informative video PK! I always wondered if it would fix my broken game that can't be read. Now I gotta get one so I can resurrect it lol. Blaze did send me out a replacement, however, it's the PEGI version and not the US one that I originally had...which is fine but kills my OCD of collecting only US ones...minus the 3 games that are just PEGI.
Same here, I have the Indie heroes one with and without the Pegi rating now since Blaze sent me a replacement for that one.
Looks like the new Evercade firmware copies the collection builder, except that you have to insert the cart to play it once selected… what’s the point of that?
I was thinking the exact same thing. Plus, it’s very nice for the people who are new to Evercade who get to look at the all legacy cartridges , especially the ones that are ridiculously expensive now. I’m not trying to be a cynic, but it feels like it’s just kind of an advertisement for cartridges that people don’t already own. On the bright side it sounds like they are going to be doing a better job at updating cartridges going forward, so that’s something.
Nice to see the hair is back that was never there in the first place! 😎
You've been faithful this long, but carts just dying from correctly installing the latest firmware is a bit much so I can understand why you've chosen this path. I might be tempted once Evercade goes way of the Dodo but I'm not that fussed at the moment. New hardware on the way so maybe the end will come sooner than we think and you have just jumped the gun lol. The original handheld has been disconnected so from that point of view your extending the life of it. 😉
Yeah, it’s gonna be interesting to see what the new hardware is ( probably just super pockets but who knows) . Yeah, it’s very sad the blaze has abandoned the OG Evercade . I wish they would bring back the OG Evercade with more storage, memory, and a better screen and WiFi ( no Tate mode , no built-in games).
@@PKInTheUniverse Indeed, Tate as an option is fine but they should of gone the way of the Lynx so the normal A&B were fire on EXP, yet stupidly you can't even map normal A&B for Tate mode on EXP - you read that correct!.
Yeah most defo new Super Pockets which is annoying to me personally as it means more games not on Evercade, I can't focus on the tiny screens so 99% hdmi user, I can't even focus on the Switch screen even with glasses on, I'm too used to seeing each and every pixel in clear detail lol. If only they had TV out.
Yeah I can only stair at that tiny screen for so long. I definitely bought the super pocket with my son in mind.
My Piko Interactive Collection 1 just died last night, I've lost 15hrs of progress in Brave Battle Saga, after watching your video I got convinced to purchase EverSD, I don't want to be afraid playing Evercade cartridges... It's so cool system, but this cartridges problems are taking fun away...
That is truly awful, I’m sorry that happened to you. That cart is so expensive now . If the cart can’t be restored and is completely dead dead , I would still definitely contact Blaze to see if they could send you a replacement. It’s a shot in the dark. But still, I would definitely recommend getting an Ever SD . An Evercade VS patched with EverSD software in general has a lot of advantages.
Never heard of it but GG on the limited edition version!
Okie I'm really loving how you're doing different camera angles and locations during the filming. From in the norm spot, outside, to what seemed like your living room, and back to the norm spot. Instead of bringing you around to listen to while doing stuff it's like you brought us around while you were doing stuff.
Idk, I liked that tho
oh shit extra angle at the end ftw!
Yeah , it was crazy , some guy got it in a lot and didn’t have an Evercade so he was selling it for $30 on eBay Buy it now , I couldn’t resist. Yeah I’ve just gotten to the point with making videos where I’ve realized it doesn’t really matter where I film and just film anywhere and where I can . It really does add flavor to the video. It feels like most people just talk to the camera the same place for the whole video and I’m really digging this style of mixing it up.
Thank you for reminding me that I need to play Burning Force again sometime
It’s so good !
Crazy Burger did a video about carts failing over time. So, as you say, it's worth backing up your paid carts. Personally, if it has a VS, I'd use it as a home emulation console anyway, such as a C64 deck. Nobody will go out of business playing a few archaic games.
Thanks for your video! I've been on the fence about ordering one but I think you've convinced me. I didn't realize you could back up the carts as an entire unit like that en-masse and just have them all available. I really like the idea of being able to then take those backups and record them onto something like a BD-R disc as a backup. I think it gives peace of mind knowing that even if Blaze went out of business tomorrow it will be possible to self-maintain the console and games going forward on your own. Can you create your own bitmaps as borders on the 4:3 games too? I'd love to do that, I play around in photoshop a lot and I can imagine creating some of my own custom gaming borders! :-) One question: When you patch your console does this prevent legitimate future firmware updates from Blaze coming through? What if you need those to play the latest carts? Or do they somehow co-exist at the same time?
Thank you, this was a fun video to make. Yeah it’s a great feeling knowing that when Evercade ceases cart production at some point that I have them backed up. I think that is possible to make your own borders, but I’m not entirely sure a how it works, I’m still learning myself. The folks on the EverSD discord are probably far more knowledgeable than I am. In regards to updates , there hasn’t been a new update since I patched mine so I’m not really sure. Of course, if you had an evercade EXP , you could certainly update your carts with that as well. The nice thing though is if you want to you can unpatch your VS , and then patch it again later. Also I’ve noticed the super pockets do have some built-in updates. The super pocket updated one of my C64 collections and that was before it got its first initial update (which made it possible to play Cathedral and Donut Dodo on the super pocket). I can understand why people would want to unpatched their VS since a lot of people really like game of the month.
@@PKInTheUniversethanks! I went ahead and ordered one: should receive it by Thursday. I’ve been doing more research on it and another feature that I “think” is possible, is to backup a cart collection and actually add some additional games and then reflash the existing cart with a few more games than they originally had. For example you could backup the sunsoft cart and perhaps add a few more Sunsoft games you might have the ROMs for and flash it all back to the cart and have an “enhanced” Sunsoft collection cart. I imagine there’s probably a lot of left over blank space on a lot of the carts, so perhaps they can be filled up to the brim? 😄. Once a cart is actually reflashed like that I imagine it’s like any other cart and would even work in the EXP as long as the games are all using Blaze’s internal emulator (not retroarch). So that’s another way to “use” the EverSD that some people might not have thought of.
Do I understand correctly if you patch the vs, you lose game of the month? Anything else? If so, I think I would pick up another vs to have a patched and unpatched unit.
That’s kind of what I gather. It’s weird it shows Orebbody Binders Tale as game of the month, but that was clearly not the final game of the month. Grabbing another VS would definitely be the way to go. If game of the month is really good, I might consider reverting back to stock firmware, and then re-patching it later.
I think it's great and I'm going to get one, I'm also going to continue to buy official cartridges so best of both worlds.
Absolutely!
As some who lost TWO carts to corruption, I need this? But it doesn't work on EXP?
Yeah, it’s really unfortunate It doesn’t work on the EXP. I hope at some point, they crack the code.
Since I own a VS, I'll have to get one. And you're right, it's perfectly legal to backup games you own.
💯 on that!
I might buy one of these just to back up all of my carts, is there an SD card limit?
I’m not entirely sure, but I don’t think you would need anymore than 32gbs , I’m currently using a 16gb .
@@PKInTheUniverse ah okay that’s a useful tip, thank you
just updated my vs do you think this card will still work
It really doesn’t matter. To use an Ever SD card you have to patch your VS with EverPatcherVS software, which will put you on the latest working firmware.
I'm very interested in tge EverSD, but I mostly play on my EXP, so until it will works on the EXP I don't think I'll get it
Totally understandable. Hopefully these guys eventually crack the code.
does this still work with the recent update from Evercade?
If you patch your Evercade VS with the EverSD software EverpatcherVS 3.2.5 an EverSD cart will work with your Evercade VS
Yep this is such an essential purchase especially with all the corrupt cartridge issues that have been happening blaze arent going to be giving replacements forever so there will come a time where you get a corrupt cart and thats it game over but with the eversd you at least can restore that cart to a working state again. Plus collection builder is fantastic i love having all my carts available to play without having to carry all my carts.
Yeah, I think about collections like Technos 1 or Oliver Twins which have gone up exponentially in price. Blaze will definitely not be sending any replacement carts out for those ones. Exactly collection builder is amazing , it’s so nice to be able to take my collection wherever I go without having to actually pull all the carts out.
This has become the most subversive channel in the Evercade… universe.
You would be surprised how many people in the Evercade community REALLY do not like me , it’s kind of been like that since July 2022. There’s a reason certain Evercade fans do not comment on my videos . I’m definitely known for pushing boundaries.
Sorry, but you have forgotten another really important function, at least for me, it has been quite fun, you can delete a commercial cartridge and put the games you want on it, for example, I have a commercial cartridge with the best game boy advance games, I also have a pico-8 commercial cartridge and they also keep the functions online and you can use keyboard and mouse in Evercade vs.
It’s always funny when someone says I “forgot something” , I’ve been hearing this a lot lately . That assumes that I knew to begin with, which I did not. I can honestly say that I never claimed to know everything under the sun. That’s a pretty cool feature, but making your own custom cart kind of defeats the purpose of Evercade. It would just make more sense to put those games on the Ever SD.But… if you were doing this as a proof of concept to convince blaze to make this, or convince some other company to make Evercade cartridges, I can see the value in that. I’ve always wondered if it would be possible for the VS to have a keyboard and mouse function especially for a game like Canon fodder.
After buying 25 carts im done buying these games. Not that evercade is a bad system. Its that i want to start buying neo Geo pocket color games (repos) because i feel like even if its an repo it seems like that would hold better value.
I'm deep into the Evercade ecosystem. I got in early and as a result I'm one of those suckers that owns and buys every cart. That's a pretty significant investment and I refuse to leave their longevity to chance. I got the EverSD exclusively to backup and repair carts.
I respect the position its existence puts Blaze in when it comes to working with publishers. Publishers are often idiots and aren't willing to deal with the optics of "piracy" in plain view, despite the fact that these are generally 30+ year old games that were already dumped to the Internet before Google existed to look for them. For example, we can probably thank the simple existence of EverSD for Taito and Capcom being too skittish to allow their games on an actual cart. It's dumb, but it is what it is.
Nonetheless, I feel a lot more confident buying Evercade carts knowing I have a means of keeping them around past the life of the physical product. I probably wouldn't have continued buying them otherwise.
Agreed, the EverSD definitely gives me some peace of mind . it feels great knowing I have them backed up on both a microSD card and my PC just in case something goes wrong.
There is one for the Super Pocket now. So stoked to play GBA games on it :D
This video is from April. I'm actuall working on the follow up
(Insert bizarre rant about something unrelated to the video)
Yes !
BTW , this video is not meant to hate on Crazy Burger , he makes enjoyable content, and I enjoy his channel. But the first video people see on EverSD is his video and it really does not paint the best picture of EverSD , nor the most accurate and that’s unfortunate. Is this video a dig at Blaze? Well, they’ve certainly continued to have problems, even with their most recent cartridges and it’s something they need to get a handle on.
My vid is definitely outdated. It was never intended as an ultimate guide or an insight to how it works. My vid almost seems a lifetime ago. I initially done the vid as a acknowledgement that this product exists. I didn't see the point of it at that time. Plus it's background was very questionable. It does appear to have its uses though, such as playing Namco on VS.. backing up collections.. I still have the same opinion though, that it's not for me. I'm not going to support it but absolutely no problem for those that do.
Of course, I didn't think it was the ultimate guide , especially since it was like 7 mins long. I don't even think my own video is the end all be all on this topic. Did you know you can change the color of the LED light on the VS with a Patched Evercade VS? I didn't even put that in the video. I feel like i don't even know everything there is on this topic. It's not your fault that your video is the most popular one on the topic, no one can fault you for that. I definitely get why people wouldn't be interested in it, it definitely has stigma about it and there is a number of misconceptions about it that hopefully my video addresses some of that. I heard Blaze is working on some updates for the VS and the EXP. Hopefully at some point Blaze can catch up to EverSD and make some of these prominent features pointless.
I honestly would've thought being able to change the LED to any colour shouldve been a standard launch option for the VS. Don't get me wrong, I definitely wanted one in 2021 but a few things changed my mind regarding the products background. I'll just use another handheld for playing non Evercade stuff. $30 is a pretty decent price though.
@@CrazyBurger You might want to re-visit it and actually tell what the pros are, even if it's not something that you would use by yourself 😊
everSD is an essential purchase for any evercade owner, glad to see you talking about it
Absolutely!
If I want thousand of games on one place I have an Ambernic and Retroid consoles. The Evercade is for physical colllectors. Hopefully Evercade makes a new console with a SD slot.
How to tell me you didn’t watch my video without telling me you didn’t watch my video. The only way they would make an Evercade with an SD slot is if they had a digital store , which is probably not happening. Maybe you did watch my video and I’m just misunderstanding your comment. This video is the antithesis of being pro piracy and I even mentioned that I have an Anbernic device . This video is about the importance of being able to back up your own cartridges that you bought with your own money which EverSD allows you to do.
I want one for the games we will never get on evercade I'll still buy the carts I like
It is an interesting curiosity to see some of these games played on an og Evercade or VS that may never come to Evercade . I got Piko 4 this month and am planning to get the EXP-R with that tomb raider collection since I never got an EXP to begin with.
Same I never played the tome raider games so it's a bonus I already have one of the vs controllers I use it for PC
Heck yeah !
That was one long video, With way too much talking.
I wouldn’t mind Hearing about the everSD, But, I had to admit I fell out early on, and skipped a bit, and then a bit…
Guess I gotta work harder to appeal to people with extreme ADHD who need to be entertained every 3 seconds 😆
That would be nice 😂
Well, at least I commented 😊😉
this guys lies about other peoples videos being clickbait and then proceeeds to tell you a bunch of bullshit.
I didn’t lie about anything. Funny, the creators of EverSD liked my video. Maybe you just have a comprehension skill issue.
Just a device to encourage piracy. Not why people get into Evercade in my view. Stay well clear.
Sounds like you didn’t watch my video, lol
Your into is too long im telling you so you can make your content better in the future but im not finishing this i clicked off and came back to tell you this i don't need to know what you're gunna tell me in the video just start the video if the items for me then ill get it telling me your going to tell me who this us for is unnecessary and drawn out. Gl
Yeah, I’m just gonna do whatever I want. You’re more than welcome to go to the better videos out there on the topic, or to make one on your own. 🤷🏻♂️
The irony is strong here 😂🤡
10 minutes of telling us why you made the video. Thanks....
Thanks for the view
I wondering if it is worth getting just for backing up all my orignal carts. I don't need to worry about bricking my cartridges with an update if I had an EverSD.
Absolutely! To me, that’s the most important reason.