Antstream can stream over 1,200 retro games for $10 a month

guest · Oct 2, 2020

Antstream can stream over 1,200 retro games for $10 a month
October 2, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/10/02/antstream-can-stream-over-1200-retro-games-for-10-a-month/

Cloud gaming has drawn some big companies, like Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, to stream some of the biggest hit games to players. But Antstream is taking the same technology and went retro.

The London-based company has secured the rights to thousands of older games, and it’s putting them on Antstream Arcade, a cloud gaming service with more than 1,200 titles currently available. And now it is adding a new wave of games from Bandai Namco (like Pac-Man) as well as Disney, SNK, and Interplay, said CEO Steve Cottam in an interview with GamesBeat.

“Our vision is to have the first game ever created to the game that came out yesterday,” Cottam said. “Our strategy was to start with the earlier content and move forward in time. We can bring these amazing games like Space Invaders and put them on any device.”
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The Tencent-backed company has a subscription service of $10 a month for its games like Asteroids and Space Invaders. But it is also pursuing a business-to-business strategy, where its games will be available on a variety of platforms, like the upcoming Atari VCS game console and the StarHub 5G service in Singapore.

The arcade generally has games from 1972 to 2000. Nintendo, unfortunately, hasn’t agreed to a license.
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Antstream lucked out, because those retro games that it’s licensing aren’t as data-intensive asnewer titles. So it’s easier and less costly to stream them to devices. Players can play the games instantly, as streaming games don’t require downloads or installations.

Antstream has games spanning all of console history, with titles from Atari, Sega, the Commodore 64, Amiga, and ZX Spectrum.
“We’re looking to add a free tier to our platform,” Cottam said.

Of course, Antstream will have a lot of competition once it moves to modern games and the big giants stake out their claims in cloud gaming.
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Rasheed187 · Oct 3, 2020

Sounds very interesting, but I would like to see a list of the games. I grew up playing Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear. BTW, Sega Mega Drive was known as Sega Genesis in the US.

guest · Oct 8, 2020

Rasheed187 said: ↑

Sounds very interesting, but I would like to see a list of the games.
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What games do you have?

What games do you have on Antstream Arcade?
We currently have over 1000 carefully curated retro games on Antstream Arcade. We are continually adding new games to the platform so you can expect this number to keep on growing!
You can find the full list here at https://www.antstream.com/gameslist or here - https://antstream.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360004006837-Antstream-Arcade-Games-List
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Note: The full list isn't available at the moment (404 ). Maybe at a later time...

Rasheed187 · Oct 10, 2020

mood said: ↑

What games do you have?

Note: The full list isn't available at the moment (404 ). Maybe at a later time...
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What a bummer, it's still not available, but thanks.

guest · Oct 10, 2020

Hundreds of games can be found in the following reddit thread. The list stops at letter "P":

Atari: Antstream Arcade to bring thousands of retro games to Atari VCS console

Any errors in the game list below exist on the AntStream website, though I cleaned it a little. The list has approximately 460 game if your count multiple platforms as unique games. For example, Aftermath for C64 as one game and Aftermath for Spectrum as a second game. [...]
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Rasheed187 · Oct 17, 2020

mood said: ↑

Hundreds of games can be found in the following reddit thread. The list stops at letter "P":

Atari: Antstream Arcade to bring thousands of retro games to Atari VCS console
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OK thanks. Seems like those games aren't really for me.

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