The best mobile ports: 10 retro games you can play on your phone now
Some nostalgia-infused games to relive on your phone.
Game preservation is important as we move toward a digital future, and retro gaming is a big part of that. Luckily for us, game companies are starting to realize that there’s a lot of interest – and cold, hard cash – in preserving nostalgia.
Still, we’ve all seen our favorite game series get bastardized and turned into a gacha game instead of getting a remake. Solid Snake even ended up in a pachinko machine version of Metal Gear Solid 3. Nothing is sacred. Young gamers have missed so many classics over the years, and it’s frankly terrifying that their first experience with an iconic series could be a money-grabbing, dumbed-down doppelgänger.
Thankfully, some developers and publishers know what’s up, and they’ve simply ported the older versions of these games to mobile. With that in mind, here are 10 retro games you can play on your phone right now.