GameClub - a new way to play!

The App Store has a long history of great games that have been lost to time. Either the dev has disappeared or greedily just abandoned their old work to chase the next trend without caring about their former customers. How ironic that now all those former greedy devs are now running back and interested in updating these games! GameClub preserves these classic games and updates them for modern devices. Every console has retro releases these days, and GameClub is like the iOS version of it. Whether you want to revisit your favorite games from the past, or want to see the history of iOS gaming for the first time, the reasonable subscription price gives you a ton of options and it is constantly updated, and this app also has lots of relevant articles and sorting options so you can find new games easily. Think of it as a compliment to Apple Arcade. The games are somewhat easier to get into and require less of a time commitment than the epic console-style games you’ll find in the arcade. So, you can subscribe to both of them and they compliment each other and will give you unique and fun experiences.

I bought tons of these early games and loved every second with many of them. Sadly, though, some of them haven’t been updated in quite a while. They weren’t optimized for the latest hardware, and some of them just plain didn’t work anymore. So it’s been amazing to revisit some of these old classics. And it’s great that people who slept on some of these titles before and people too young to have ever seen them can now enjoy these. This is a collection of games that are optimized for fun, not profit, and $5/month is a small price to pay to preserve an important part of my gaming history. A couple months ago, I was willing to plunk down up to $20/month for Apple Arcade. Now? It’s brilliant that I can play new classics with Apple’s new Arcade service and, uhh… classic classics with GameClub. I can subscribe to both of these for less than ten bucks each month? Fughetaboutit! Take my money. Please. And grow. And succeed. I’ll gladly patronize this brilliant (and interactive!) museum of iOS history. :)

So many classic games are available in Game Club for less than one Starbucks Frap. Games that stopped working a long time ago as the original developers moved on to other projects in their lives as Apple evolved their OS. GameClub has painstakingly recovered these apps from the depths and rereleased then in full-screen glory. My absolute favorite iOS game of all time was Hook Champ – I spent countless hours playing and replaying every level of that game! It’s been such a pleasure to revisit the past with a fresh perspective. $4.99 is a steal. Don’t question. Just subscribe!!

I had Apple Games for a few months. Overall, these games are way higher quality and way more fun! Lots of old hits and just because a game is a few years old doesn't mean it's worse. Many of these were hits before pay-to-win and modern scammy game development tactics. There are also some games that had stopped working on my phone because the developer stopped supporting them. Absolutely worth it. Play and have fun

I now subscribe to both Apple Arcade and GameClub. I can’t think of a better way to spend $10 a month. Both are indispensable... so many good games to explore in each! I stopped playing mobile games for nearly a decade, due to the proliferation of predatory whale hunting apps... but GameClub and Apple Arcade have brought me back, and made me feel like mobile gaming is vital again. Sign up, and make sure Super Quick Hook is one of your first downloads!