Game Pass Now Has A Retro Games App, Including A PS1 Game
The new Retro Classics app on Xbox will let you access dozens of classic games from a variety of platforms.
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Xbox has announced Retro Classics, a new collection of classic games coming to all Xbox Game Pass membership tiers. Developed in collaboration with Antstream Arcade, this is a collection of over 60 Activision games from the '80s and '90s, and it includes titles like Pitfall, Commando, and Grand Prix. These cover a wide range of platforms, from the Atari 2600 to the PlayStation. The collection will also expand over time to over 100 titles, and will include several more games from Activision and Blizzard.
While it's only Mechwarrior 2 that populates the PlayStation section--it was also available on Sega Saturn and PC--it's still interesting to see a PlayStation game highlighted on this app specifically, considering that it can be installed on Xbox Series X|S consoles.
According to Xbox, this is the latest step in its game preservation and backwards compatibility efforts, and Retro Classics will be available across console, PC, and cloud-compatible devices. Additionally, Xbox Achievements can be earned from these games, and there are other challenges for these games that players can pursue through modes like community challenges, competitive leaderboards, high-score rankings and more.
In case you'd like to try it out, here's the full list of games available through Retro Classics currently:
Atlantis
Atlantis 2
Activision Prototype #1
Boxing Bridge
Barnstorming
Bloody Human Freeway
Beamrider
Baseball
Commando
Cosmic Ark
Crackpots
Chopper Command
Checkers
Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood
Caesar 2
Dragster
Decathlon
Demon Attack
Dolphin
Enduro
Fire Fighter
Fishing Derby
Freeway
Fathom
Frostbite
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
Grand Prix
Hero
Kaboom
Laser Blast
Megamania
Mechwarrior
Mech Warrior 2: 31st Century Combat
Police Quest
Pitfall
Pitfall 2: The Caverns
Pressure Cooker
Quest for Glory
River Raid
River Raid 2
Riddle of the Sphinx
Robot Tank
Space Quest 2
Space Treat Deluxe
Star Voyager
Spider Fighter
Sky Jinks
Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier
The Adventures of Billy Weamish
Trick Shot
Thwocker
Title Match Pro Wrestling
Tennis
Torin's Passage
The Dagger of Amon Ra
Vault Assault
Venetian Blinds
Zork
Zork Zero