Back in March GameClub announced their intentions to the world, and our former Editor in Chief Eli Hodapp announced that he would be leaving TouchArcade after ten years and joining those efforts. What are those efforts you might be asking" Well, GameClub hopes to bring back many of the classic premium mobile games that have been lost to time over the past ten years, either due to compatibility problems with Apple’s hardware or software or due to a developer not having the means to continue maintaining the game for modern requirements. In just the two months or so since that announcement, GameClub has signed on more than 50 different games for their service, and by way of an Early Access program ran through Apple’s Testflight beta testing service players have been able to take some of these resurrected titles for an early spin.
A new title hits the Early Access program every week, and so far we’ve seen a return of such amazing mobile games as Hook Champ, Sword of Fargoal, Incoboto, Plunderland, and more. For those of us who were around when those games were new, being able to revisit them again is a shot of nostalgia and a reminder of just how many amazing experiences have graced the App Store over the years despite its terrible reputation from the larger gaming world of being filled with nothing but crap. More importantly is that a service like GameClub gives players who weren’t around for these titles a chance to experience them for the...