https://www.unrealengine.com/

Above is a link to the unreal engine website, and gameplay of ‘New Retro Arcade.’

A few days ago digital cyber-cherries released ‘New Retro Arcade’, a new game, where users are placed within a fully immersive 80’s style arcade, packed full of playable arcade cabs and classic games. Made using the unreal 4 engine, a game development software, that has recently been made free by the unreal engine company, the game contrasts stunning the high definition graphics present within the modern day, with classic 80’s games such as ‘Pac-Man’, ‘Space Invaders’ and ‘Donkey-Kong.’
Interestingly, this game can be viewed as a representation of meta-theatre, reproduced in a game. As the user, you control an ethereal type being, disembodied, you float around the ‘games room’ with the choice of playing any of the surrounding arcade machines like ‘Pac Man’, classic games consoles such as the ‘SNES’ or even bowl at the bowling alley, or play darts. The concept of playing games within a game is in itself Meta theatrical.
This game is a great example of how the use of modern, digital technology, can challenge the traditional conventions of gaming. Showcasing a variety of ‘retro’ games encased within an environment created with modern technology, the game is consciously referencing how far we have come, not just in graphics, but with development itself. As if to say ‘Look at what we had, and what we have now!’ the very name, ‘New Retro Arcade’ is allusion towards the contrasting nature of the game.
As a result the game is a showcase, of the stunning graphics available today, the new free to use game development software ‘Unreal 4’ and a timeline of classic games whose legacy will reside forever, cemented in virtual reality with ‘New Retro Arcade.’