The retro gaming scene was, until recently, territory without too many laws: there were emulators, pages that provided us with classics and we ran it on our own to revive old emotions with classics from 15, 20, 25 or more years ago. But fortunately, there are more and more alternatives legal, less bulkylike that kind of Game Pass that was born on PC some time ago.
Just as Evercade is in the business of nostalgia and retro gaming, Antstream does the same thing but from a different point of view, since it is a gaming service in streaming only focused on releases that hit stores nearly three or more decades ago. Plenty of 80s and 90s arcade and console classics exist in a time when the service claims to already have over 1,400 titles under its belt.
From PC to consoles
The fact is that Antstream was born on PC and there it achieved some relevance, so its creators thought it wouldn’t be bad to make the jump to consoles. And the first of these will be the entire Xbox ecosystem, which from today its users already have the possibility of downloading the installer of the platform and subscribing to one of the two plans they offer: one that lasts only one year, twelve months, and which will lead us to pay 29.99 dollars, and another for life, forever, which costs 79.99.
To download it on your Xbox only you have to go to Microsoft Store and search Antstream Arcade and, as if it were a novelty with several editions, you will have to choose and pay for the one you like or interest you the most. As you can see, the lifetime It’s still a next-gen full-price triple AAA, ensuring you don’t have to worry about renewing the subscription when it expires in 2024.
What about other consoles?
I have to say that It didn’t sit well with many retro fans who have PS5 or Nintendo Switch What Antstream It arrived only on Xbox, and in addition, with the exclusive label for a few months. So for now they’re going to have to say goodbye to this Game Pass of retro games. Now, how long will they have to wait? The leader of the study, Mike Rouse, revealed information that could be quite revealing.
Speaking to Xbox Expansion Pass, he said that Antstream “it will be exclusive to Xbox for eight months” it could therefore make the jump to other consoles, such as PS5 and Switch. Even when asked directly if he would arrive, the answer was clear: “I think so…probably not for another 6-8 months.”
Within this cloud service we have games from ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga 500, PlayStation, SNES, SEGA and Atari and arcade consoleswhich are one of his great claims, with titles such as speed ball, metal slug, mortal combat and even the ineffable The earthworm Jim. So if you are a fan of this type of games decades behind, try this one as well. Antstream Arcade interests them. At?
