What a surprise this announcement was! To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the legendary UK software house, Blaze Entertainment have announced the upcoming release of Rare Collection 1.

Releasing in November 2025, Rare Collection 1 features an eclectic selection of 12 games from the developer’s early history. Encompassing both home computer and console titles, the sleeve will be reversible (blue for computer, red for console), in a first for the Evercade range.

The home computer titles featured are pretty much all classics which truly built Rare’s reputation, though back then they were known as Ultimate Play The Game. Atic Atac, Gunfright, Jetpac, Knight Lore, Lunar Jetman, Sabre Wulf and Underwurlde are the computer games included, all of which are here in their ZX Spectrum incarnations.

The console titles are from the NES, largely: get ready to abuse those save states with the infamously difficult Battletoads, Cobra Triangle and RC Pro-Am.

Plus, Game Boy Color game Conker’s Pocket Tales and even Battletoads Arcade are also included, making this a cartridge that technically spans all of the Evercade ranges.

It’s incredibly exciting, and gives us our 48th release in the main, console-focused Evercade range. What will be the 50th? Surely Blaze have some more exciting reveals up their sleeves, and I can’t wait to see what’s next!

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