Microsoft adds over 50 ‘Retro Classics’ to Game Pass

Microsoft has announced that a caller “Retro Classics” postulation is now available to Game Pass subscribers. Reminiscent of the Nintendo Switch Online classical games library, the postulation includes Pitfall, Grand Prix, and much than 50 different Activision titles from the 1980s and 1990s. It’s not arsenic galore titles arsenic the 1,300 retro games that Antstream, Microsoft’s spouse successful the offering, has disposable connected its streaming service, but it won’t outgo Game Pass subscribers immoderate extra.

Retro Classics, which Microsoft writes is portion of its “commitment to crippled preservation and backwards compatibility, is disposable connected Xbox consoles, PC, oregon via Xbox unreality gaming connected compatible devices similar immoderate LG and Samsung astute TVs, and the Meta Quest headset. Other games included successful the postulation see Cosmic Ark, Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, and Atlantis.

Based connected screenshots, it looks similar the postulation volition see titles from the archetypal PlayStation, the SNES, MS-DOS, and more. Players volition beryllium capable to cod achievements and enactment successful events similar tournaments and assemblage challenges, arsenic well. Microsoft says this is lone the start: the postulation volition grow to see much than 100 games from Activision and Blizzard, eventually. Like Nintendo’s retro collection, you’re retired of luck if you don’t person Microsoft’s gaming subscription, arsenic the titles successful the postulation aren’t disposable for merchantability separately.

Antstream Arcade separately announced a impermanent woody for Game Pass subscribers. Until June 4th, members tin motion up for a twelvemonth of entree to Antstream’s library, which includes much than 1,300 games, for $9.99 via the Microsoft Store.