Apple Arcade just got this retro-inspired gem

This throwback game has simple controls and graphics, but the actual gameplay can be as complex as you want. Apple Arcade just got this retro-inspired gem. Gaming Apple Arcade just got this retro-inspired gem Retro Bowl College+ brings old-school college football to the service with its paid features unlocked and no in-app purchases.

Retro Bowl College+ is the Apple Arcade version of New Star Games’ 2023 college football spin-off, and it puts you in charge of one of more than 250 teams while keeping the series’ chunky pixel art and deliberately old-school approach. The actual football is refreshingly straightforward. You drag backward from a quarterback to aim a pass, swipe to move a ball carrier and handle kicks with similarly simple gestures, while the game leaves the defensive side largely to simulation.

Between drives, though, there is rather more to worry about: Players have ratings and morale, facilities can be upgraded, budgets need attention and your college athletes can apparently cause headaches even when nobody is trying to tackle them. The plus sign matters here Retro Bowl College+ The regular version of Retro Bowl College is free on the App Store, but it includes a $0.99 Unlimited Version alongside Coaching Credit packs ranging from $1.99 to $9.99. Its Apple Arcade version starts with the expanded 12-player roster, kick returns, the detailed team and conference editor and Exhibition Mode already unlocked without any ads or in-app purchases.

There is also something here for people who already sank an unhealthy number of fake Saturdays into the original release.