Xbox Game Pass Retro Classics has over 50 old-school games for people over 50<p>Game Pass members can now play over 50 old-school games for free. <a href="
https://www.yahoo.com/organizations/microsoft/" data-autolinker-wiki-id="Microsoft" data-original-link="">Microsoft[/url]'s <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/games-apps/game-issues/retro-classics-known-issues">Retro Classics[/url] 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.</p>
<p>Like <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-latest-switch-online-expansion-pack-update-includes-three-classic-sega-genesis-games-184621721.html">Nintendo's Switch Online classics[/url], 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.</p>
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<p>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 <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/2016-08-30-sierra-adventure-classics-reach-steam.html">Sierra classics[/url]
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.</p>
<p>Microsoft says it will expand the collection over time, planning to eventually pass 100 games.
GameSpot published a complete <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-pass-now-has-a-retro-games-app-including-a-ps1-game/1100-6531713/">list[/url] of the 58 titles available at launch.</p>
<p>Retro Classics is available today for all Game Pass tiers. You can find the collection <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/retro-classics/9MTVJ3HHTQGS">here[/url] or by searching for and installing it on your Xbox console or in the Xbox on PC app.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Xbox Game Pass Retro Classics has over 50 old-school games for people over 50
