‘Plex Arcade’ streams your classic video games to Android, Chrome, Android TV - 9to5Google

Today, “Plex Arcade” is launching as a way to stream classic video games to Android and Android TV devices, Chrome, and more.

With the announcement of Plex Arcade, the streaming server app is expanding into another major form of media: video games — specifically retro games.

Like Stadia, GeForce Now, and other game streaming services, the idea behind Plex Arcade is to stream games from a Plex server in a remote location — or in your own home — back to your device.

For now, Plex Arcade only allows you to stream games from one of about a dozen consoles, with the emulation aspects being handled by the open source LibRetro project.

For one, the server hosting your games will need to be Windows or macOS-based and have a Parsec compatible graphics card.

Those hosting Plex from a Linux machine, NAS, or Nvidia Shield TV won’t be able to host games yet.

The platform is often found on devices from Nvidia, Hisense, and Sony, with operator devices also using Android TV