Efforts to preserve, spotlight and celebrate important games of the past have grown in recent years. For example, consider, digital solar eclipse Atari 50a compilation of games from the company’s history that provides fascinating context in the form of interviews and archival material that illuminates their massive impact on gaming. Now, we have another compilation like this: Ultrafiltration 50a collection of 50 games from UFO Soft, a commercial software maker-turned-game developer that in the 1980s developed dozens of gems that simultaneously reflected the larger games of the time. Trends, while also innovating and promoting themselves are centerpieces. However, there is just one small but crucial detail here UFO 50 In addition to any other such compilation: UFO Soft never really existed. ——Caroline Pettit Read more
