{"id":26019,"date":"2025-09-03T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26019"},"modified":"2025-08-16T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T13:30:32","slug":"ufo-50-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/03\/ufo-50-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO 50 (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m about to show just how old I am.\u00a0 I remember when my dad got our first computer.\u00a0 I was around kindergarten age, and the computer was an Apple ][+.\u00a0 We had it through most of my Elementary School years I think.\u00a0 Anyway, after we got it, sometimes my dad would bring home a case of floppy disks home from work.\u00a0 I would put each one in, not knowing what I\u2019d get.\u00a0 Sometimes it would be a boring application.\u00a0 And sometimes it wouldn\u2019t work at all.\u00a0 But sometimes it would have games that I\u2019d like.\u00a0 That\u2019s how I discovered titles like Snack Attack, Lode Runner, Drol, Hard Hat Mack, Spare Change, Choplifter, Aquatron, and more!\u00a0 Now granted, looking back on it now, I think most of those games were pirated, but I don\u2019t think either me or my dad knew what that was at the time.\u00a0 Anyway, that grab bag of gaming fun is the feeling I get when playing UFO 50, a collection of 50 8-bit styled games.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

When you first turn on the game, it shows low res digital photos of someone opening a box from storage and seeing a computer and gaming disks inside.\u00a0 Then you can choose from a menu of the 50 games.\u00a0 These are all made from a fictional video game company called UFOSoft, and some of the games even feature the same characters.\u00a0 In that way, it reminds me of other fictional retro game collections like Arcade Paradise<\/strong><\/a> and Retro Game Challenge<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The games run the gamut of genres.\u00a0 There are vertically and side scrolling shooters, platformers, strategy games, RPGs, sports games, and many more.\u00a0 I thought about writing an article about all the games on here you can play, but I decided not to since half the fun is discovering them on your own, and plus there\u2019s 50 of them.\u00a0 But if you\u2019d like for me to write an article like that, just let me know in the comments section.\u00a0 Even boring genres get creative here, like the two RPGs are either set underwater or in the Wild West!<\/p>\n

On the menu screen, you can also read descriptions of the games and instructions on how to play.\u00a0 I do wish the instructions were more clear, though, as some of the games were harder to figure out.\u00a0 The only other problem I had with the game is a more personal one.\u00a0 The games just didn\u2019t click with me like the ones in Retro Game Challenge<\/strong><\/a> and Arcade Paradise<\/strong><\/a> did with me.\u00a0 They don\u2019t feel like NES 8-bit games or arcade games.\u00a0 Maybe more PC-ish, like the C64 or whatever.\u00a0 I just thought I\u2019d like them better. But that doesn\u2019t mean the games are bad.\u00a0 They are all of very good quality and you should find at least a few you\u2019ll like.\u00a0 Some of these games you\u2019d even have to pay full price for on the eShop, but this game one gives you 50 for a low price, so it\u2019s a good deal as well.\u00a0 So if you like retro styled games, you should give this one a try.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

UFO 50 is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Simulated Gambling, Use of Drugs, and Violence.\u00a0 One of the games is a beat \u2018em up with zombies, so there are blood and guts, and one other game is a point and click adventure murder mystery horror game.\u00a0 There\u2019s an alien racing game that\u2019s like horse racing, so I guess that\u2019s where the gambling comes in.\u00a0 But there are plenty of other games on here that all ages can play.\u00a0 So with a little parental supervision, I\u2019d say younger kids can find something to like here, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m about to show just how old I am.\u00a0 I remember when my dad got our first computer.\u00a0 I was around kindergarten age, and the computer was an Apple ][+.\u00a0 We had it through most of my Elementary School years I think.\u00a0 Anyway, after we got it, sometimes my dad would bring home a case […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26027,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26019\/revisions\/26027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}