Support NeoGAF

[Draugoth]

​

• Antstream Arcade is coming to the PS4 and PS5 on September 6.
• The retro gaming service will be available for $39.99 per year, in addition to offering lifetime access for a one-time fee of $99.99.
• Antstream Arcade is set to become the first-ever third-party cloud gaming service on Sony's consoles.

PlayStation will be getting more than 1,300 Retro Games on September 6. Offered through Antstream Arcade, PlayStation users will be able to purchase a subscription or pay a one-time fee for lifetime access. https://t.co/tJJQ7LWJWV

 

[possumarmada]

I was excited, then I saw the game list…..

 

[Fake]

Something that PS5 could do it native, but anw what are we getting here?

PS3/PS2/PS1 games?

funfact: PS4 will also get, so they know PS4 still give them earning.

 

[kurisu_1974]

Platform	Game Count
Amiga	201
Amstrad	35
Arcade	293
Atari 8-Bit	28
Atari 2600	28
Atari 5200	1
Atari 7800	11
Atari Lynx	5
Commodore 64	358
DOS	5
Game Boy	5
Genesis	57
MSX	13
PS1	2
SNES	42
ZX Spectrum	351
MSX 2	1
Total	1,436

OK I'm betting the 1 MSX2 game will be Metal Gear.

 

[Generic]

Cloud?

---

 

[nowhat]

Great news! I was just thinking that I don't have enough subscriptions already. And that lifetime plan - what a steal! I'm sure the service will be around for years to come.

 

[EverydayBeast]

 

[Physiognomonics]

Streaming arcade games on cloud through a PS5? heresy.

 

[Neff]

Yeah these old games are hard and require precise inputs to play them well. Streaming? Forget it.

 

[CLW]

No Intellivison as no buy

 

[skybaby]

Great news! I was just thinking that I don't have enough subscriptions already. And that lifetime plan - what a steal! I'm sure the service will be around for years to come.

It's been around for a few years

Yeah these old games are hard and require precise inputs to play them well. Streaming? Forget it.

IIRC it downloads the rom temporarily

 

[SALMORE]

or you can buy an RS36 for under 25$

 

[nowhat]

It's been around for a few years

When it comes to any kind of cloud/subscription service, this doesn't mean anything. Well, it doesn't necessarily mean anything regarding any company, but cloud and subscriptions seems to be especially volatile.

 

[Holammer]

Streaming video for games that only take up kilobytes of data. It's such a stupid waste of bandwidth it physically hurts me.

 

[acm2000]

who needs first party releases when you have Antstream

 

[El Muerto]

I sub to this on Xbox and it's a cool service, not just an emulator. People can play games, post their high score, and you along with others can try to beat it. There are also challenges in most games too. And you can just play the games like regular. Yes it streams to the device but i never had any problems. I also discovered quite a few games that i never heard of and I've been playing with emulators for like 20 years. But i wouldn't get the lifetime license. The license isn't cross-platform. So if you get the license on PS4 you wont be able to use the service on Xbox or PC.

 

[Big Baller]

Just dropping this classic here

 

[YCoCg]

Streaming video for games that only take up kilobytes of data. It's such a stupid waste of bandwidth it physically hurts me.

Streaming 900MB for 20 minutes of playing a 128kb ROM in bad quality and high latency, what a future.

 

[Dorfdad]

Streaming 900MB for 20 minutes of playing a 128kb ROM in bad quality and high latency, what a future.

I wonder if these will just be downloaded into ram so you’re not online all the time. With local saves would be a more feasible solution especially for them hosting games

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

How do I know almost none of the NES and SNES games when I grew up on that shit? Biggest bangers I’m seeing is like Burger Time and R-Type. Ha! Pass.

 

[Barakov]

Yeah. I'll keep my $100. Nothing on there to write home about.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Quickly read the title and almost shit my pants with excitement thinking they were just going to mass dump a metric ton of PS1 and PS2 games on the store.

Never been so disappointed.

 

[TheRaidenPT]

I'll wait for local, or just you know.. emulate on my PC.

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Streaming these games? Seriously?

 

[Badlucktroll]

I am just waiting for them to open the ps3 floodgates

 

[playXray]

Although I don't like streaming needlessly, I have this on Xbox and it's actually pretty good - it's a really nice way to dip in and out of some really old classics.

 

[bitbydeath]

I’m getting the lifetime.
2 new games added each week and it already has a lot of games I grew up with like:

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
Double Dragon
Magic Pockets
Nebulus
Simon the Sorcerer
PacMania
Bubble Bobble
Zool
Pinball Mania
Bombjack
Worms

And too many others to list.

 

[Draugoth]

 

[Roman Empire]

That list stinks

 

[Needlecrash]

​

• Antstream Arcade is coming to the PS4 and PS5 on September 6.
• The retro gaming service will be available for $39.99 per year, in addition to offering lifetime access for a one-time fee of $99.99.
• Antstream Arcade is set to become the first-ever third-party cloud gaming service on Sony's consoles.

That game list is SHIT. Nice premise though. Some of the saving grace titles are from the Telenet Japan/Renovation (Gaiares, Valis) but that's all I can see.

 

[lughnasadh123]

PS - 1