Perhaps one of the most exciting Evercade releases for a while, the Piko Interactive Collection 4 cartridge is arriving on the 30th of April.

So, what makes this release so special?

Well, we have what I believe is the Evercade’s first 64-bit game: 3D N64 platformer Glover is among the 10 games on the cartridge.

That’s not all – excellent 16-bit kart racing game Street Racer is also here, alongside some real oddities and obscure titles.

16-bit platformer Risky Woods, Starfox-esque Star X (yeah, they didn’t even bother hiding it, did they?) and impressive 16-bit FPS Zero Tolerance Underground are among the other highlights here.

Bad Street Brawler, Target: Renegade, Skülljagger,  puzzle game Mermaids of Atlantis and Game Boy puzzle platformer The Fidgetts round out this fourth eclectic collection of games from Piko.

Of course, that’s not it – after all, the headline did let you know that two cartridges were on the way!

So what’s the second one?

That, ladies and gentlemen, is Sunsoft Collection 2, releasing on the same day as Piko Interactive Collection 4.

I wasn’t overly enamoured with the first Sunsoft Collection for the Evercade, but they do have a deep and interesting back catalogue on 8-bit and 16-bit consoles.

Many of their best titles were licensed, such as their Batman games for NES and Game Boy, which means we’re unlikely to ever see them on the Evercade.

So what games are in the Sunsoft Collection 2?

All but one of the seven games included are platformers of different styles and subgenre; following on from the first games (both included in the first collection), we have sequels Aero the Acro-Bat 2 and Blaster Master: Enemy Below.

There’s also Aero spin-off Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel, the festive Daze Before Christmas, non-linear platformer Ufouria: The Saga and Pri Pri Primitive Princess!, a Game Boy title that was previously a Japan only exclusive.

As for that one non-platform title, that’s sci-fi fighting game, Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors.

I do feel, unfortunately, that on balance this will be a bit of an underwhelming collection.

It’s great to have the more obscure titles, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the first Aero the Acro-Bat and I am not holding out much hope for the sequel, which I never played back in the day.

It’s also disappointing that this is another platformer heavy collection for the Evercade; it’s not as if the console is lacking them and to have six more, on a cartridge that only contains seven games, just feels unnecessary.

Still, we shall see. Both cartridges will be hitting retail stores and digital shelves on April 30th.