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Title: Xbox Game Pass Retro Classics has over 50 old-school games for people
over 50

Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 18:14:54 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-gam...

Game Pass members can now play over 50 old-school games for free. Microsoft's
Retro Classics is a library of old-school Activision and Blizzard games from
the '80s and '90s, like Pitfall! and MechWarrior 2. You can play on Xbox
consoles, PCs and supported cloud gaming devices.

Like Nintendo's Switch Online classics, the Game Pass version includes save
states. That should come in handy for some of the excruciatingly difficult
ones. Although there's no online multiplayer, you can play against friends
locally in titles that support it.

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Retro Classics includes Atari-era games like the pioneering platformer
Pitfall! and its sequel Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, the bomb-catching game
Kaboom! and the shoot-'em-up River Raid. Fans of early adventure games also
have plenty to chew on. There's the groundbreaking text adventure Zork, as
well as the Sierra classics Space Quest II and Police Quest. Just remember to
connect a keyboard (or play on PC) for the latter three, or you won't get
far.

Microsoft says it will expand the collection over time, planning to
eventually pass 100 games. GameSpot published a complete list of the 58
titles available at launch.

Retro Classics is available today for all Game Pass tiers. You can find the
collection here or by searching for and installing it on your Xbox console or
in the Xbox on PC app.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-gam...
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