Microsoft has introduced Retro Classics with Game Go, a collaboration with Antstream Arcade to convey a group of over 50 traditional Activision video games from the 80s and 90s to Game Go members.
The listing consists of the likes of Commando, Grand Prix, Kaboom!, Mech Warrior 2: thirty first Century Fight, and Pitfall!. A few of the video games return 45 years. Gamers may even save their progress and proceed later, a primary for a lot of of those video games.
Microsoft stated Retro Classics with Game Go is “a step in our dedication to sport preservation and backwards compatibility.” Retro Classics might be accessible to all Game Go membership choices in the areas the place Game Go is at the moment accessible.
Platform sections embrace Atari 2600, DOS, and Amiga. It is value noting there’s a PlayStation (PSX) part of Retro Classics, which at the moment consists of MechWarrior 2: thirty first Century Fight. MechWarrior 2: thirty first Century Fight was developed and printed by Activision in 1995 on PC earlier than coming to PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1997. The one sport in the SNES part is 1993’s MechWarrior.
Over time, Microsoft will add extra traditional video games from Activision and Blizzard’s again catalog to Game Go, increasing the Retro Classics assortment to over 100 video games. Count on further video games to be added month-to-month.
Retro Classics with Game Go launch lineup:
- 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 Assault
- Dolphin
- Dragster
- Enduro
- Fathom
- Fireplace Fighter
- Fishing Derby
- Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist
- Freeway
- Grand Prix
- H.E.R.O.
- Kaboom!
- Laser Blast
- MechWarrior
- MechWarrior 2: thirty first Century Fight
- Megamania
- Pitfall II: Misplaced Caverns
- Pitfall!
- Police Quest 1
- Stress Cooker
- Riddle of the Sphinx
- River Raid
- River Raid II
- Robotic Tank
- Sky Jinks
- Area Quest 2
- Area Quest 6
- Area Deal with Deluxe
- Spider Fighter
- Star Voyager
- Tennis
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish
- The Dagger of Amon Ra
- Thwocker
- Title Match Professional Wrestling
- Torin’s Passage
- Trick Shot
- Vault Assault
- Venetian Blinds
- Zork I
- Zork Zero
- Frostbite
- Quest for Glory 1
Right here’s the official blurb from Microsoft:
With Retro Classics, Game Go members can anticipate a seamless gaming expertise throughout console, PC, and on supported gadgets with cloud gaming. Whether or not taking part in on Xbox console, the Xbox app on PC, or streaming on supported LG and Samsung Good TVs, Amazon Fireplace TV gadgets, and Meta Quest headsets, Retro Classics affords a flexible and accessible option to take pleasure in these nostalgic titles.
Game Go members can entry Retro Classics by means of their Game Go membership by looking out and putting in the function by way of their console or on the Xbox app on PC. Moreover, gamers can tackle pals, rivals, or the total world with distinctive challenges. For the achievement hunters, there are some nice new ones to gather, and for newer gamers, the capability to avoid wasting and reload your progress, a primary for a lot of traditional titles.
The announcement comes sizzling on the heels of affirmation of Wave 2 of Xbox Game Go’ Might 2025 lineup, and the announcement that Hellblade 2 is coming to PS5 this summer time.
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