Antstream Arcade Review (Xbox Series S)

by Jim Smale · Published July 31, 2023 · Updated July 31, 2023

For this Antstream Arcade Review, where we experience a place where you can find the world’s largest collection of classic games in one place. Download to instantly play thousands of retro video games – all for free! One account works across multiple devices, so you can pick up and play on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Amazon Fire, NVIDIA Shield, and Atari VCS. Easily replay your favorite games from your youth such as Asteroids, Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, and many more!

Antstream Arcade Review Pros:

Beautiful graphics.
465.6MB download size.
1000 Gamerscore.
Retro game collection gameplay.
Cross-play settings can be turned on/off.
Avatars to choose from to personalize your profile.
The actual Antstream software has its own small set of achievements.
Some games have their own achievements.
Rolling tournaments generally offer a time-based one-shit challenge.
Full search bar with filters.
Takes games from the arcade, Amigas, Atari’s, and even Snes and PlayStation.
Challenges of games have three ways to play them – on your own, challenge a friend, or go up against the community.
Own an in-game friend list.
Is a community-building tool.
Create your own list of favorites.
Each game will have a brief overview, genre, and release date and then you can choose which version you play.
Online leaderboards for each game and usually each version of the game.
You get all the controls/layouts on the screen as the game loads.
Save when you want and you can have four slots for each game and choose which to load on the game select screen.
App store-like layout.
Is a great collection for us old gamers and those gamers that like to see how we got there.
They add friend suggestions on games, searches, and tournaments.
Earn medals – Bronze, Silver, and Gold trophies for the games so the completionists have a record.
It’s fun to rediscover games you forgot about.
Thumbnails show original box art.

Antstream Arcade Review Cons:

Navigation is not the greatest.
The search results bring up every version of a game so you will have pages of the same entries.
The tournament part could do with better descriptions and rewards.
Cannot rebind controls.
The profile part is very basic with only a small amount of avatars to choose from.
Couldnt see a way to try different regions of games rather than just console types.