One of Xbox Game Pass’s best features is playing the newest games the second they release. Having immediate access to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and DOOM: The Dark Ages on day one is great.
Sometimes, though, you don’t want to play the newest games. Instead, maybe you want to take a trip down memory lane and experience the classics.
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If that’s the type of person you are, then I have great news. In collaboration with Antstream Arcade, Xbox is bringing over 50 classic retro games to Game Pass.
Best of all, the retro games are a journey through Activision’s past catalogue, including Commando, Grand Prix, and Pitfall!
“This initiative is a step in our commitment to game preservation and backwards compatibility, allowing players to experience many timeless games on modern devices.” Dean Shinabukuro, Product Marketing Manager, Xbox Services Marketing, said in a press release.
Every Retro Game Coming to Xbox Game Pass
Here’s a full list of the retro games being added to Game Pass:
- Activision prototype #1
- Atlantis
- Atlantis II
- Barnstorming
- Baseball
- Beamrider
- Bloody Human Freeway
- Boxing
- Bridge
- Caesar II
- Checkers
- Chopper Command
- Commando
- Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
- Cosmic Ark
- Crackpots
- Decathlon
- Demon Attack
- Dolphin
- Dragster
- Enduro
- Fathom
- Fire Fighter
- Fishing Derby
- Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
- Freeway
- Frostbite
- Grand Prix
- H.E.R.O.
- Kaboom!
- Laser Blast
- MechWarrior
- MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
- Megamania
- Pitfall II: Lost Caverns
- Pitfall!
- Police Quest 1
- Pressure Cooker
- Quest for Glory
- Riddle of the Sphinx
- River Raid
- River Raid II
- Robot Tank
- Sky Jinks
- Space Quest 2
- Space Quest 6
- Space Treat Deluxe
- Spider Fighter
- Star Voyager
- Tennis
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- The Dagger of Amon Ra
- Thwocker
- Title Match Pro Wrestling
- Torin’s Passage
- Trick Shot
- Vault Assault
- Venetian Blinds
- Zork
- Zork Zero
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Best of all, Xbox and Antstream Arcade are adding quality-of-life improvements and updates to these classic games. “With Retro Classics, Game Pass members can expect a seamless gaming experience across console, PC, and on supported devices with cloud gaming,” says the press release.
You’ll also be able to hunt down achievements, take on unique challenges, and battle with friends as well.
Microsoft says that this is only the beginning, and we can expect more classic games from the Activision and Blizzard libraries in the future.
