After eight years in development, Spelunky creator Derek Yu and an all-star team of indie devs have finally launched UFO 50, a massive collection of 50 full-size retro games chronicling the library of a fictional 8-bit system. It's landed to rave reviews from players, and they're starting to discover this collection is even bigger than it initially seemed.
UFO 50 already has 91% positive reviews on Steam, with players lavishing praise on the sheer scale and ambition of the whole thing. Their experience seems to be pretty close to my own time with UFO 50, and with what Yu seemed to expect - nobody loves every game, but everybody's likely to find more than a few titles that speak to them in a major way. With a compilation of everything from obtuse proto-Metroidvanias in the style of British computer titles to more familiar JRPGs and wild takes on the roguelike format there's something for just about every taste.
