1,300 retro games land on iPhone and iPad soon - here's how to get them
Fans of retro games will soon be able to access a library of more than 1,300 titles from a range of consoles including the Sega Genesis, SNES and PlayStation 1 on an iPhone and iPad.
Owners of Apple devices have been able to revisit classic titles via the App Store for some time now, with games in Sega’s back catalogue such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage being available to officially download for free.
Games like Final Fantasy VII and Metal Slug are also playable — but at a cost.
More recently, Apple also changed its policy to allow game emulators to be downloadable on its App Store. This resulted in certain apps which emulate games from publishers like Nintendo topping the digital storefront’s charts.
A wave of such apps have continued to crop up since, but they usually require users to download ROMs for games online, which is technically classed as piracy.
However, Antstream will now release on the App Store on 27th June 2024, which will give players legal access to a raft of older titles such as Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Asteroids and Super Star Wars.
It is set to become the first cloud gaming service to officially launch on Apple’s store.
Some may already be familiar with Antstream, as it is currently available on both PC and Xbox, with the latter launching just last year.
It is a subscription service that allows members to play games from consoles that span generations, including early systems like the Commodore 64 all the way up to the PlayStation 1 via a heap of vintage titles that were found in Arcades.
As with other subscription services such as Amazon Prime Video and Netflix, titles are added and removed frequently, so there will often be something new to play. Originally-developed arcade games will also land on the platform.
Steve Cottam, Antstream’s CEO, said in a statement: «One of the main goals at Antstream is to allow gamers access to many of the greatest retro titles anytime, anywhere.» He added that by launching the service on the App
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