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Business Standard
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Standard
Xbox Game Pass brings a train of nostalgia with 'Retro Classics' collection
Microsoft Game Pass subscription will now feature a new 'Retro Classics' collection, which essentially is a game library that includes Commando, Kaboom, Pitfall, Grand Prix, and more than 50 other Activision titles from the 1980s and 1990s. The addition of this new collection will not cost any extra to consumers who subscribe to the Game Pass. Retro Classics availability Microsoft Xbox, in its blog post, wrote: 'With Retro Classics, Game Pass members can expect a seamless gaming experience across console, PC, and on supported devices with cloud gaming.' It added: 'Whether playing on Xbox console, the Xbox app on PC, or streaming on supported LG and Samsung Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, and Meta Quest headsets, Retro Classics offers a versatile and accessible way to enjoy these nostalgic titles. Game Pass members can access Retro Classics through their Game Pass membership by searching and installing the feature via their console or on the Xbox app on PC.' Microsoft Xbox wrote in the blog that this is just the beginning, and the collection will expand further to include more than 100 games from Activision and Blizzard eventually. Which games are in the collection? According to a report by The Verge, Activision's Dustin Blackwell shared a list of titles available in the Retro Classics collection. Here's the full list: 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 1 Riddles 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 Adventures of Willy Beamish The Dagger of Amon Ra Thwocker Title Match Pro Wrestling Torin's Passage Trick Shot Vault Assault Venetian Blinds Zork I
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Business Standard
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Standard
Xbox Game Pass brings a train of nostalgia with 'Retro Classic' collection
Microsoft Game Pass subscription will now feature a new 'Retro Classics' collection, which essentially is a game library that includes Commando, Kaboom, Pitfall, Grand Prix, and more than 50 other Activision titles from the 1980s and 1990s. The addition of this new collection will not cost any extra to consumers who subscribe to the Game Pass. Retro Classics availability Microsoft Xbox, in its blog post, wrote: 'With Retro Classics, Game Pass members can expect a seamless gaming experience across console, PC, and on supported devices with cloud gaming.' It added: 'Whether playing on Xbox console, the Xbox app on PC, or streaming on supported LG and Samsung Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, and Meta Quest headsets, Retro Classics offers a versatile and accessible way to enjoy these nostalgic titles. Game Pass members can access Retro Classics through their Game Pass membership by searching and installing the feature via their console or on the Xbox app on PC.' Microsoft Xbox wrote in the blog that this is just the beginning, and the collection will expand further to include more than 100 games from Activision and Blizzard eventually. Which games are in the collection? According to a report by The Verge, Activision's Dustin Blackwell shared a list of titles available in the Retro Classics collection. Here's the full list: 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 1 Riddles 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 Adventures of Willy Beamish The Dagger of Amon Ra Thwocker Title Match Pro Wrestling Torin's Passage Trick Shot Vault Assault Venetian Blinds Zork I
