Quiet, nearly silent, almost hidden disclosure that this entire video is an advertisement feels rather slimy. Shill shill shilly Shill Shill.

Wasn't expecting a 27 minute advert from DJjjjjjjjjjj Slooooppe! no disclosure, fake reactions, and selling streaming off as gaming preservation is just a lie.

ho do you feel about the Completionist Open Hand fund non-donation ? And how they finally did something once there were pressure put on them from Karl Jobst & Mutahar? And how the accounting is shady as F and still warrants audit by the iRS.

Another FUCK WHAT? You just saved me 26 minutes

Especially when it focuses on popular games that are more than likely already copied on to hundreds on HHD and SSDs.

Came down to the comments section to say this, lol. Games a service = games preservation, now? What the fuck? is it opposite day or what?

Left a general comment to give some feedback but wanted to chine in on Video Game Preservation. VGP is very important to me. Physical media is very important to me. Authenticity is everything. I love emulation and believe in its value. Streaming is a worthy option. BUT IT SHOULD BE AN OPTION NOT THE ONLY STANDARD! These types of services gate keep gaming around a monthly (or lifetime aka when the license expires or the servers die) subscription service. The service is only as good as your internet connection and the licenses on the company books. No authenticity other then they paid a suit some dollar. Don't mind ads really don't mind ads at all. But crap ads I kinda get bothered by. No disrespect intended. Just disappointment to vent.

This service is for the casual players, not everyone can wrap their head around emulation so this is one of the options without fuss. It might not benefit preservation, but it might get more people to care for it and grow the community.

Haha, KZfaqrs with integrity???

There's an obvious difference. Antstream is paying him money. Hope they paid a lot because I Feel this really shot his credibility. If he did an ad that would be one thing. Blatantly lying and then claiming this as preservation. It's a bad look.

Stadia was pushing modern games. Which is alot of data to stream vs this is just old arcade games. It's called game preservation this is a legit service.

@@shadednights6870 No, when the server goes down these games go away. That's not game preservation, that's just a way for a company to profit and pretend they're preserving games. When your using a service, whether it be this, Stadia, or even Steam. That's a delivery service. It's NOT preservation because the minute they are gone, your access is terminated and even if you have "licenses" you can't use them for anything. The amount of data that is streaming isn't the problem, the fact that this is a service contract, not access to the game itself is.

Plot twist: It does. There's an ominous guy just off screen.

People gotta pay the bills. 🤷🏻‍♂️

The SEGA channel was this. Bring back the SEGA channel!

If even

Seriously, with the older arcade games, probably every frame takes up more bandwidth than the whole game would use if emulated locally.

How so? Is the bandwidth going to be used up like oil and the Internet will run dry?

@@darinherrick9224 Of course not, but it's just a fucking waste of energy with no benefit at all. Quite the opposite, streaming is worse than running emulation locally in every way.

​​@@darinherrick9224go buy some crypto or NFTs, genius.

This isn't a scam though. It's a legitimate company providing a way to legally play these games.

​@@Lost_n_Found_1Lifetime isn't really lifetime. Dan clearly said no obvious input lag (OMG). Play legally? Yeah until the license expires... Maybe there is a better way to word it or frame it but... Scam is not that far off... But for legal reasons we'll say not 100% accurate due to cultural and technical differences.

@@gamesbloke For legal reasons, I'm not going to tell you how I really feel about know-it-alls. You'd probably implode. Goodbye.

@@OM19_MO79 Sega is good though. And everything is (mostly) bad though lol...

it's just an ad, no need to take it as seriously really. he does plenty of great videos and I don't see anything wrong with making these sponsored videos at all as long as it's stated and clear

​@mimivrc4148 slope got paid. Audience got annoyed. Did you collect? Or are you carrying water for free?

Video streaming games that are like 500kB and can run natively on a potato is probably the single worst use of the tech I can imagine.

the point of Antstream is literally to STREAM :) also cool challenges every now and so

@@Treychik But what if I didn't want to just stream? After all, I live in Australia where cloud gaming is completely out of the question.

@@Cyberbrickmaster1986 then just use what you need wink wink 😉

@@Cyberbrickmaster1986 Cloud streaming on modern consoles is a pretty bad experience but Antstream works okay in Aus

@@Treychik I already do. I just wish I didn't have to.

Agreed in terms of retention. The only way to really preserve games is to own the cartdridge and or rom (and even have backups of that too). As we've seen from many platforms, games just vanish or even the whole service gets shuts down *cough, Nintendo. You can't rely on online services at all for the long term!

Yeah, I was kind of confused when he said, sorry Sega, lol

The powerhouse Saturn delivers a powerful rendition of Loaded. Being a Saturn fanboy this is a true and factual statement and you must believe it! Except don't because whilst the 2D art is technically superior the 3D models and lighting are inferior to the PSX and the load times are longer... Still Saturn is pure BOSS!

@@gamesbloke I wonder how many folks show up at your place to actually play these with you...

@@Lost_n_Found_1 No one. I'm alone 😩...

antSTREAM.

no need! he’s got paid, he no longer needs to pay attention to this. i wonder if he’ll bother to do those challenge videos he mentioned. certainly won’t be showing off any midway games if he does, they’re getting delisted

First, it's a steaming service, not a device. So this isn't some bootleg console from China. Think of it more like Netflix, Disney Plus, etc where you need to download the required app to run it. Technically a game would only be freeware if the IP License holder says so. I'm too lazy to check, but I don't think any Anstream games on the list are freeware, and all have a IP License Holder. Antstream are also a official registered business, where their HQ is in England. So this isn't some dodgy company. The whole point of this steaming service is to provide an easy to play retro games, while also paying the IP License Holders. I'm no expert on how this works, but I suspect they have to pay a yearly fee, and the people paying the subscription fees help pay them (the same way as any streaming service). Now if they were using games they don't own, don't you think the original IP License Holders would have made a fuss and had the service shut down? I'm very confident Anstream can easily prove they can use the required games (they have an e-mail address is you want to ask).

​@@RadioTailsBut how can you be so confident? No trolling. Serious question. If Antstream are playing the licensing game legit then there is a TON of curation and admin processes to keep on top of. Consider all the license agreements, contract lengths, entitlements, technical considerations. It's a legal minefield. UK law isn't as tight as it appears. Especially with entities like Companies House. Take a look at their own record keeping policies on their own website for confirmation of that. The OP had made a valid point.

Could you be more annoying?

I worked there briefly a little while ago. I'm not clear on exactly what their licensing situation was, but I know there was a bunch of games we wanted to put up but couldn't cos of licensing reasons, so take that as you will. They're a small company but seem legit; they paid their invoices on time at least.

@@GarrWolfdog Much respect on sharing that. For me, on paper, the service makes sense for the right person. But I'm just not a fan of some of the claims made and it's definitely NOT lifetime. If it's marketed without the unrealistic claims I'd probably give it a shot myself because it's nice to dip into and out of some classics. The idea I can chuck my phone to my young boys and let them have a go on a racer is appealing. If Dan/DJ Slope come at it from a 'best use case' scenario then fair play. But it's all a bit wayward and slack. All the best!

i haven't watched the video yet, but I'm guessing this is a subscription style service for the games ? just curious what all the hullabaloo is about.

@@EmberMcLain87 yep, not only is the service just an outdated "Google stadia" which didn't work but the video itself is a complete sell out. This channel has always been fair and honest with balanced reviews... But this video is a complete 180 and just a long paid advertisement which fake excitement for a poor product and service.

Future Cop LAPD is fuckin awesome. Played a lot of co-op with my bro and friends!

Do you have a link to the video? I wasn't able to find an Antstream video on his channel page.

@@OldManGamingPodcast I'm not saying it was the same company. I'm just saying that I was excited to see a video from one of my favorite KZfaq people, and it was basically a big ad

The issue is downloading roms for emulation is illegal. That's the only reason this service would exist.

@@shadednights6870 I don't think for your own use or the fact you own the game is Illigal. Profiting from it certainly is. It's a grey area as far as I am aware. Even so in the real world ROMs are so easily available anyone with a business head I. Their shoulders should realise this and an already closed community so that's a restriction in sales to start with, and the fact it's so easy to do it free and no one cares as it's for personal use. There is no money to be made and no money for growth.

Hope the sponsor cash is worth more than an audience.

Hello back from the UK

Lol do you expect to be getting post release patches from games that came out in 1987 by companies that no longer exist?

​​@@ianfisch7289No.. But that's what happens nowadays when retro games are re-released. So many games have disclaimers saying the game doesn't reflect modern attitudes or they straight up censor or cut it out. By way of an example: Sega Mega Drive games on the Genesis/Mega Drive Collection from a few years back have artwork changes to reflect cultural changes in society. What the hell for? At least give an option to keep the original aesthetic. They didn't even give a disclaimer. Authenticity is key! And the preservation of the original experiences is key! These services dilute and compromise that with patches and supposed bug fixes.

the Rom takes up a lot less space.

@@ianfisch7289Not at all. Don't even really want it.

​@@trailersicYes, but even with ROMs, if you like something enough I'd go out and snag a physical copy. If you're in a small apartment that can be a huge deciding factor, though.

how is 79 there lol

Yes but it's not good in my opinion. I just got a month's worth, there about a second input delay and I found it annoying. Running a series x.

@@stevewright588 is it any better on xbox one? because I don't have The series x or s, I only have xbox one.

@@stevewright588 I am also guessing the ps5 version (if there is one) is not any better.

is it on ps5 and is it any better?

Are there any other problems with this on xbox one?