Antstream

I mean, uh, it's, it's really interesting.

Like, I w- I was thinking with the guys who are on from Antstream, I was like, there's a few ways you can handle these, these, uh, retro games or vintage games.

You can, like, t- literally translate it from the original Amiga version to PC or modern systems, which is what they did with Alien Breed.

And then there are the ones where they're, they're sort of remakes, so they have, like, the spirit of the original game, but they're enhanced graphics, enhanced sounds.

Right.

But this package, now it's not done by the usual people, Digital Eclipse, if I've got that the right way around this time, but it's done by AntStream Arcade, who, I don't know if you've seen it, I've subscribed for a year on the Xbox, but that's like a retro streaming platform.

No, you only get 15 hours on it.

No, no, you get what you want.

Those games aren't in this collection, but the history of them is.

And they've done an amazing job, and it's a collaboration between seasoned developers AntStream, Team17, and Commodore is the publisher.

I actually got an early access Steam key.

It's a first for me.

They're licensing these titles from Team17, and this other group is doing the fix-up work and so forth.

It does make me idly curious where the value prop for Team17, and who was the developer, Chris? I'm sorry.

CHRIS BROADFOOTEN- AntStream.

AntStream, yes.

I dunno whether anyone's used it here at all, but you get challenges in old games on there.

Yeah, it's the same with Antstream.

I thought that was-

Yeah

... that was one of the good things with Antstream when they added little challenges on that.

It was.

Yeah.

Let me take a look here.

Yeah, AntStream is a real popular way to play those.

That's that streaming gaming service thing that you can usually get on PlayStation, Xbox.

I'm not sure if you can or not.

I'm still reading AntStream.

I'm still reading.

But, man, Moby Games, if you go to Alien Breed Series, let me see.

I played it not that long...

I- It was like the number one game, uh, on AntStream for the longest time.

I played it not that long ago.

And as a matter of fact, I was like, "I think I've played it for the Play Retro show." And I'm like, "Mm, maybe not." But yes, uh, top-down Alien Breed from, uh, didn't...

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My name's Phil Shomshaw, and my guest today is the CEO of Antstream Arcade, Steve Cottam.

And if you haven't heard of Antstream Arcade before, which I imagine you have, it's definitely worth a look if you want instant access to the retro games you love with minimal friction or hassle.

Uh, Steve started Antstream Arcade 13 years ago, and it bills itself as the world's largest officially licensed library of retro games.

Welcome, Steve.

Hi, Phil.

Great to be here.

I'm really pleased to have you on.