Blaze Entertainment's HyperMegaTech sub-label is giving one of gaming's oldest third-party publishers the handheld treatment. Announced in early July and confirmed via Time Extension's coverage alongside Blaze's own official press release, the Super Pocket Activision Edition launches September 28, 2026, pre-loaded with 34 games from Activision's earliest era and priced at $69.99 USD (£59.99 / €69.99). Pre-orders are open now.
The catch that makes this interesting for retro collectors: every one of the 34 built-in games is an Atari home-console title. This is Activision's golden-age catalog — the run of early-1980s releases that made the company the first successful third-party publisher in gaming history — packed into a pocket-sized device with a bespoke Activision-inspired design.
Here is the full game list, how the Super Pocket line works, and what this release means for collectors of the original cartridges.
The built-in list reads like a tour of early-80s Activision: Pitfall!, Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, River Raid, River Raid II, H.E.R.O., Kaboom!, Enduro, Grand Prix, Barnstorming, Beamrider, Boxing, Checkers, Chopper Command, Cosmic Commuter, Demon Attack, Dolphin, Dragonfire, Kabobber, Keystone Kapers, Laser Blast, MegaMania, Moonsweeper, Oink!, Plaque Attack, Pressure Cooker, Private Eye, Robot Tank, Seaquest, Skiing, Sky Jinks, Spider Fighter, Stampede, Starmaster, and Thwocker.
Two names on that list deserve a second look: Kabobber and Thwocker were Activision prototypes that never received a full retail release in the 1980s, making their inclusion here a genuine curiosity for collectors who thought they knew this catalog inside out.
Activision was founded in 1979 by former Atari programmers who wanted credit and royalties for their work, and its early output defined what a third-party game could be. Titles like Pitfall! and River Raid were technical showcases on the Atari 2600 and remain some of the most recognizable cartridges of the era. For a generation of collectors, these boxes — with their distinctive painted cover art and rainbow branding — are the foundation of an Atari collection. A modern handheld carrying the whole catalog is both a convenient way to actually play these games and a fresh spotlight on the original cartridges they came from.
Like every Super Pocket, the Activision Edition includes an Evercade cartridge slot. That means the $69.99 device is not capped at its 34 built-in games — it plays the licensed Evercade cartridge library, which spans hundreds of additional retro titles across dozens of collections. For someone new to the ecosystem, the Super Pocket works as a cheap entry point; the built-in Activision catalog is effectively the starter library, and the physical cartridge collecting begins from there. Worth noting: Time Extension has separately reported that the Super Pocket range's UK and European pricing rose this year, so the current price reflects the line's new normal rather than a premium for the Activision branding.
Previous themed Super Pockets — particularly the Capcom and Neo Geo editions — have tended to stay in circulation rather than becoming instant rarities, so buying this expecting scarcity-driven appreciation is probably the wrong frame. The stronger collector case is the themed-shell-plus-catalog combination: a bespoke Activision design housing the company's founding library is a tidy, displayable artifact of gaming history at an impulse-buy price. If you keep boxed handhelds sealed or displayed, this one has a clear story to tell on a shelf.
EVORETRO does not currently make a case cut specifically for the Super Pocket or for Evercade cartridge boxes, so treat the following as closest-scale options and verify dimensions before ordering.
For Evercade cartridge cases you accumulate through the slot, EVORETRO's Nintendo DS box protectors are the closest-scale clamshell-style protector in the lineup — check your cartridge case measurements against the listed dimensions first, as Evercade packaging differs from DS cases.
If you plan to keep the Super Pocket's own retail box in display condition, EVORETRO's GBA SP console box protector is the nearest small-handheld box protector available — again, compare box dimensions before committing, since the Super Pocket box is its own size.
For original Atari 2600 cartridge boxes of the games featured here, EVORETRO has produced Atari-sized box protectors in the past; check the store for current availability if that is the corner of your collection this release sends you back to.
September 28, 2026, with pre-orders open now at $69.99 USD / £59.99 / €69.99.
34 Atari-era Activision titles, headlined by Pitfall!, Pitfall II, River Raid, River Raid II, H.E.R.O., Kaboom!, and Enduro, plus the unreleased prototypes Kabobber and Thwocker.
Yes — like all Super Pockets, it includes an Evercade cartridge slot compatible with the wider licensed Evercade catalog.
It follows the same formula as the Neo Geo, Data East, Rare, and Capcom editions: a themed shell, a publisher-specific built-in library, and full Evercade compatibility.
The Activision Super Pocket is a focused, honest product: the founding catalog of gaming's first third-party publisher, playable anywhere, at an impulse-buy price — with two never-released prototypes thrown in as a genuine surprise. It will not replace the feel of an original Pitfall! cartridge in its painted box, but it might be the thing that sends you digging through the closet to find one.
If it does, make sure those forty-year-old boxes get modern protection — original Atari-era packaging has survived this long precisely because somebody cared enough to keep it safe.
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