Shake to the rhythm of the beat in the revival of Sega’s Samba de Amigo: Party-to-Go. The game debuted in arcades and on consoles more than 20 years ago, and is now available for an Apple TV, Mac and more.
It’s this week’s addition to the Apple Arcade gaming service.
Samba de Amigo: Party-to-Go is a new take on a classic game
Samba de Amigo hit arcades way back in 1999. It was later introduced for Dreamcast and Wii. The game featured Latin American music, and early versions included moving controllers shaped like maracas to match patterns displayed on the screen.
In the new version, players embark on a quest with Amigo to return lost music to the world. It includes 40 hit songs from a range of popular music genres. And there are three songs found only in Apple Arcade version: PSY’s DADDY (feat. CL), Lady Gaga’s The Edge of Glory, and The Walker from Fitz and the Tantrums. Plus, more songs will be added later.
Watch the launch trailer for Samba de Amigo: Party-to-Go to start dancing:
The rhythm is going to get you on Apple Arcade
Samba de Amigo: Party-to-Go from Sega is ready to download from the Apple Arcade section of the App Store. It’s playable on iPhone, Mac, iPad and Apple TV. External game controllers are an option for any of the supported platforms.
Playing comes with a $4.99-per-month subscription to Apple’s gaming service, which also brings access to 200+ games already in the service. New titles are added almost every week — Friday’s new game is one of four additions in recent weeks.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh Classic II (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer. He’s written for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview, and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
