Microsoft Adds 50+ Activision Retro Games to Game Pass

Microsoft unveils Retro Classics with Game Pass, partnering with Antstream Arcade to deliver over 50 vintage Activision titles from the 80s and 90s to subscribers.

The collection features iconic games like Commando, Grand Prix, Kaboom!, Mech Warrior 2: 31st Century Combat, and Pitfall!, some dating back 45 years. Notably, players can now save progress—a first for many of these classics.

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Microsoft plans to expand the Retro Classics catalog with additional Activision and Blizzard titles, eventually exceeding 100 games. New additions will arrive monthly.

Retro Classics Launch Titles

• 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
• 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

Retro Classics offers Game Pass members a seamless experience across console, PC, and cloud-enabled devices. Whether playing on Xbox, Windows via the Xbox app, or streaming via LG/Samsung Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, or Meta Quest headsets, these nostalgic titles remain easily accessible.

Subscribers can access Retro Classics by searching through their Game Pass interface. New features include competitive challenges, fresh achievements, and—crucially for classic games—the ability to save progress.

This announcement follows Xbox's Wave 2 May 2025 Game Pass reveals and the news of Hellblade 2's upcoming PS5 release this summer.