Retro game streaming service Antstream is now available on iPhone and iOS, bringing with it legal access to 1,300 classic games covering platforms such as the SNES, Amiga, Neo Geo, ZX Spectrum, Mega Drive and more.
The service is already available on Xbox, Windows, Android, Amazon devices and certain smart TVs, and uses a cloud-based system to stream games directly to the subscriber's device of choice.
AntStream's library includes the likes of Art of Fighting, R-Type, Pac-Man, The Chaos Engine, Double Dragon, Pong, Metal Slug, Worms, Super Star Wars, Turrican, Bubble Bobble and many, many more – and the system has built-in leaderboards and achievements. AntStream also holds regular themed challenges based around particular titles.
AntStream requires a subscription to access, which can be paid either monthly ($3.99) or yearly ($29.99). The catch for Xbox users is that it's not currently possible to connect your Xbox-based AntStream account to a standard one – so you'll effectively need two subs. However, AntStream has said that it hopes to address this issue in the future.
[source antstream.com]
Comments 5
I’ve never once in my whole life experienced cloud gaming due to its location/region availability so it’s gonna be nigh impossible for me to ever form a solid impression of this which is a shame because I do get increasingly more curious about it every few years I see it on the news.
It’s a shame you need to pay for it separately on different platforms. I subscribed to the lifetime pass on Xbox and it doesn’t carry over to PC or phone
A glorified rental, no thanks.
Streaming games sucks and if anything, streaming old games designed for lagless CRTs (on top of the lag from the software emulation) sounds even worse.
This makes no sense, why do you want to stream Games that are between Kilobytes and some Megabytes?
A Subscription, ok, but Streaming?
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