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The Epyx Collection: Handheld

2025
GenresAdventure, Action, Shooter, Sports, Single Player
AvailableApr 9, 2025
PlatformXbox Series X
DeveloperImagine
Overview

Witness the return of six awesome Epyx classics from the 1980s/90s, originally designed for cutting-edge handheld gaming.

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WayTooManyGames

Apr 22, 2024

I’m not going to say that The Epyx Collection: Handheld is an easy recommendation, but it’s a fantastic opportunity for retro gaming enthusiasts to experience a few hidden gems which had previously only been available on a very obscure, but very underrated portable system. You may think this collection is a waste of time because nobody (aside from me and half a dozen other weirdos) owned a Lynx back in the day, but games like Gates of Zendocon and Blue Lightning are still amazing, more than 35 years later. Absolute classics aren’t the only games that deserve a second chance and preservation on modern systems.


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Digitally Downloaded

Apr 29, 2024

For a collection that will only ever appeal to a very limited niche, the Epyx Collection does a decent job of making those games playable on the Switch, but a terrible job of celebrating them. The only way this thing had a chance was to go the full virtual museum tour, and they completely missed that opportunity. As it stands, most people will buy this, play it for five minutes to remember the console they lost to the garage storage boxes decades ago, and then move on.

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