Steve Cottam

CEO & Founder of @AntstreamArcade | #RetroGames | #Antstream #MSX #C64 #Amiga #Arcade

[Antstream - PC, Xbox, PS & mobile @AntstreamArcade]

Pick up & play challenge modes for that instant retro hit! Can you get onto our leaderboards for R-Type & hundreds of other classic games? 🏆

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@Lilymarchent65 @TRobinsonNewEra 1st guy looks like he's hiding a knife under his jacket, and a second guy on the lookout also looks like he's concealing a knife. You honestly expect him to take that kind of risk?

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@IM2WestCoast @AntstreamArcade Hmm... strange. Try Alt+Enter as a workaround to switch to full screen.

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@AnneWel89615453 @TRobinsonNewEra I also remember the mainstream press vilifying and holding Farage up as a racist which I believed for a long while until I started to listen tonwhat he was actually saying.

[Joshua Lamb @jrlamb_]

Mario, Luigi, @taskmaster VR, @AntstreamArcade plus two of the most relaxing games I've played all year in Botany Manor and @Friedemann_A's Summerhouse are the focus of my latest feature for @timesculture. See what else makes the cut 👇

https://t.co/Lnd64VmohJ

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

#plymgrad
Well done Kaitlan... we're all so proud of you!

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@Lord_Arse Just give me the C64 Ocean loaders and I'm happy :)

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

I won't argue with that!! :D

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@welltory I paid for this, but I'm finding the results do not match how I feel... it would be great to discuss that data. What are your support options? I could only find technical bug support.

[Stuart Mansour @StuartMansour]

@AntstreamArcade @warnerbros you need to sort this out, these games need preserving and to be easily accesible!

[ja blaya @TID3OP]

@AntstreamArcade Entiendo que son licencias caras de mantener, y creo que lo más importante es velar por la sostenibilidad del servicio. Así que todo mi apoyo.
Saludos desde España!

[Antstream - PC, Xbox, PS & mobile @AntstreamArcade]

*Warner Brothers Announcement by Antstream Arcade*

Since we launched, we’ve added over 1400 games and one of the hardest decisions we have to make is where to position our licensing budgets.

After three great years with Warner Brothers and the Midway collection, we decided it was time to bring some fresh content to our players. This tough decision enables us to increase our catalogue by 100s more titles bringing the maximum possible value to our players.

We have some great upcoming titles including Truxton, Snow Bros, Jim Power in Mutant Planet, the all time classic, Pong, Rival Turf, Bang!, Burglar X and Super Turrican Score Attack Version. More excitingly, an exclusive unreleased original SNES game, Mr Tuff and the incredible, highly rated indie game for megadrive, Demons of Asteborg and many, many more.

What’s more, we’ve worked really hard to secure our Namco collection for Xbox and we look forward to announcing their release very soon - watch this space!

Antstream releases new titles on the platform every week, a process that involves complex licensing and negotiations with original game developers and IP owners. This ensures owners of the games are paid in a fair manner and the games are playable just as the original creator intended them to. It’s our mission to one day have every game that has ever existed playable on the platform on any device, anywhere in the world.

Some of our favourite games from Warner included classics such as Mortal Kombat, Smash TV and Rampage. Some of which racked up an incredible 30k hours each of game play. Mortal Kombat alone was played across 153 countries with the highest score being set on 12th February 2022 by Antstream user “comboace" in the United States with a staggering 10719000 points. One of the most popular Antstream exclusive Mortal Kombat challenges is “Test your Might” with almost 2000 players achieving a coveted gold medal securing their spot as ultimate in retro gaming.

Anstream is heavily investing in the platform itself, it’s well worth checking out our latest Antstream Connect update https://t.co/EKNK9MG8Mb which features highlighted upcoming titles and a deeper look into Project Vision, Antstream’s long awaited major platform update. Project Vision will also allow us to better display games that will be coming and going from the platform in future.

In celebration of our time with Warner Brothers, we have created a set of Last Chance tournaments and game highlights to enjoy over the weekend. Once WB titles leave Antstream, all users game data will be safely archived, such as game saves, scores, achievements and challenge history for reference at a later date.

Mike Rouse, our Head of Studio has put together a quick video update here https://t.co/zieBEyymeD

For any further questions please contact us through https://t.co/URldrDLjRg or our discord server https://t.co/z0HhnhyqZ8 #warner-brothers in the support section.

We appreciate everyone’s support and helping our mission in game preservation and accessibility, see you in the next giant slayer!

[James Dean @j1mco]

@AntstreamArcade I've had a sneak peek and the update is awesome, can't wait to see the feedback on the new platform update and also the unreleased SNES game that had taken 2 years to develop, but never released!

[SEN 👾 @shmupdb]

The @AntstreamArcade service is now on Xbox. I went through the catalogue to see which shmup STGs are included.

Focusing on arcade PCB, Genesis/Mega Drive and Commodore Amiga, there are about 100 shmups on there with some great titles. CAVE and Psikyo present!

Read 🧵👇

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@InsipidGhost @AntstreamArcade @InsipidGhost it looks like Combatribes to me but out very own @Mike_Rouse will know for sure :)
Do I see a challenge coming?

[Antstream - PC, Xbox, PS & mobile @AntstreamArcade]

📢 MAJOR NEWS!! 📢 We are coming to @Xbox! For the first time ever PS1 & Nintendo will be officially playable with the biggest content drop in Xbox history. Play over 1300 retro games effortlessly from your gamepad 🎮

https://t.co/4PlH494I9P

#retrogames #retrocommunity #xbox

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@AntstreamArcade This is the game that influenced me to get into game development. Arguably, it os Manic Miner that set me on a path that ultimately led to the creation of @AntstreamArcade

[Steve Cottam @stevecottam]

@RetroGamer_Mag Great to see all the varied opinions on subs. I founded @AntstreamArcade to make Retro Gaming as accessible as music on Spotify. For the equivalent of a coffee/month you can get £1000s of games, challenges and tournaments. Our goal is to offer the best retro experience.