In fact, its not even down to the pure love thats gone into the bartop units design.
Design
Measuring 16.5 inches tall, the Evercade Alpha is firmly what Id call a bartop cabinet.
I live in a small two-bedroom house and compromises always have to be made.
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For starters, the Alpha comes dressed almost exactly like an original Street Fighter 2 arcade machine.
The part that really has me excited is that the Evercade Alphas top banner is swappable.
Would I have enjoyed some more cursed Street Fighter artwork?
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Out of everything, controls are the one aspect that can make or break an arcade machine replica.
Performance
Going into testing, I was fairly confident that the Evercade Alpha would hold up performance-wise.
I kicked off my arcade adventures by focussing on the cabinets six Capcom games.
Ive been playing Truxton 2 on the Alpha via the Toaplan Arcade 3 set.
Its not just the screen that puts many other modern arcade cabinets to shame those controls slap too.
Should you buy the Evercade Alpha?
(Image credit: Future / Phil Hayton)
(Image credit: Future / Phil Hayton)
(Image credit: Future / Phil Hayton)
(Image credit: Future / Phil Hayton)
(Image credit: Future / Phil Hayton)
