Oh, gosh, finally, Evercade adds analog controller support in latest update

The Evercade line of consoles and handhelds have been gaining a number of 3D games as of late, including ones initially released on the PS1 and N64. However, there hasn’t been a way to actually play them using a controller designed for 3D navigation, i.e., ones with analog sticks. That’s about to change as the Evercade VS’ latest update adds support for analog controllers.

I’ll be honest with you, I don’t own an Evercade VS, so my relief is strictly vicarious. I can’t imagine playing Glover or Legacy of Kane using strictly digital controls. It can be done, the company assures, which I’m sure most handheld owners already know. I believe it, I just wouldn’t prefer it. They admit that it was a “hotly requested feature.”

I’ll copy+paste the list of games that support analog from Evercade’s site:

• Worms Armageddon (Worms Collection 1)
• Speedball 2100 (The Bitmap Brothers Collection 1)
• 40 Winks (Piko Interactive Collection 3)
• Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes (Duke Nukem Collection 2)
• Duke Nukem: Time to Kill (Duke Nukem Collection 2)
• Glover (Piko Interactive Collection 4)
• Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft (Tomb Raider Collection 1)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Legacy of Kain Collection)

They note that this feature is still in beta, so they’ll try and improve it over time. In the meantime, Time Extension notes that it supports Xbox, PlayStation, and 8BitDo pads. The company does note that they’re not planning on producing any official Evercade analog controllers, so it’s strictly BYOB right now.

On top of this rather important feature, they are adding a cartridge eject feature, in case you’re not brave enough to hotswap. There’s also a turbo-fire function that is being added in beta. On one hand, I’m not sure why that wasn’t already a feature, but also, I guess I don’t just normally expect a turbo-fire. So, it’s nice to have, especially if you play any of the platform’s numerous scrolling shoot-’em-ups and are willing to sacrifice your pride to save your thumbs.

This update is available for Evercade VS systems today.