

As part of its May update, Xbox and Antstream Arcade have announced the launch of Retro Classics, available for Game Pass members of all tiers. The streaming service offers more than 1,300 retro games for players to play on demand. The Xbox version offers more than 60 classic Activision games from the 80s and 90s, including Commando, Grand Prix, Kaboom!, Mech Warrior 2: 31st Century Combat, and Pitfall.
This May has been a pretty big one tbh:
👾 50+ Retro Classics now available with Game Pass
💪 Game Bar updates & GeForce Now added to PC
🎮 Tons of new games added to Xbox Play Anywhere… and even more updates we can’t fit into this tweet: https://t.co/PDFdAG1brv
— Xbox (@Xbox) May 21, 2025
Retro Classics is available across console, PC, and supported devices with cloud gaming such as an Xbox console, the Xbox app on PC, streaming through supported LG and Samsung Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV devices, and Meta Quest headsets. All Game Pass members have to do to access the new service is by searching and installing the feature via their console or on the Xbox app on PC. Challenges are available for players to take on theor friends, rivals, or the entire world. Achievements will also be available for players to collect. Players will also be ab;e to save and reload their progress which is a first for many classic titles.
The full list of games available at launch in Retro Classics includes:
- Activision Prototype #1 (Atari 2600)
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish (Amiga)
- The Adventures of Willy Beamish (Mega CD / Sega CD)
- Atlantis (Atari 2600)
- Atlantis II (Atari 2600)
- Barnstorming (Atari 2600)
- Baseball (Atari 2600)
- Beamrider (Atari 2600)
- Bloody Human Freeway (Atari 2600)
- Boxing (Atari 2600)
- Bridge (Atari 2600)
- Caesar II (PC DOS)
- Checkers (Atari 2600)
- Chopper Command (Atari 2600)
- Commando (Atari 2600)
- Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood (PC DOS)
- Cosmic Ark (Atari 2600)
- Crackpots (Atari 2600)
- The Dagger of Amon Ra (PC DOS)
- Decathlon (Atari 2600)
- Demon Attack (Atari 2600)
- Dolphin (Atari 2600)
- Dragster (Atari 2600)
- Enduro (Atari 2600)
- Fathom (Atari 2600)
- Fire Fighter (Atari 2600)
- Fishing Derby (Atari 2600)
- Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (PC DOS)
- Freeway (Atari 2600)
- Frostbite (Atari 2600)
- Grand Prix (Atari 2600)
- H.E.R.O. (Atari 2600)
- Kaboom (Atari 2600)
- Laser Blast (Atari 2600)
- Mechwarrior (SNES)
- Mechwarrior 2 (PlayStation)
- Megamania (Atari 2600)
- Pitfall (Atari 2600)
- Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (Atari 2600)
- Police Quest (Amiga)
- Pressure Cooker (Atari 2600)
- Quest for Glory I (PC DOS)
- Riddle of the Sphinx (Atari 2600)
- River Raid (Atari 2600)
- River Raid II (Atari 2600)
- Robot Tank (Atari 2600)
- Sky Jinks (Atari 2600)
- Space Quest II (Amiga)
- Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier (PC DOS)
- Space Treat Deluxe (Atari 2600)
- Spider Fighter (Atari 2600)
- Star Voyager (Atari 2600)
- Tennis (Atari 2600)
- Thwocker (Atari 2600)
- Title Match Pro Wrestling (Atari 2600)
- Torin’s Passage (PC DOS)
- Trick Shot (Atari 2600)
- Vault Assault (Atari 2600)
- Venetian Blinds (Atari 2600)
- Zork I (PC DOS)
- Zork Zero (PC DOS)
“We’re thrilled to bring decades of iconic gaming to modern audiences and proud that Xbox trusted Antstream’s proprietary platform to make this possible,” Antstream CEO Steve Cottam said in a statement.
Antstream powers Retro Classics OUT NOW with @Xbox Game Pass! Play 50+ retro classics with leaderboards & community challenge modes. Plus grab a Limited Time offer of 75% off your first year of Antstream’s 1300+ game library on console when you sign up through Xbox Game Pass! pic.twitter.com/gL5oJLEEG4
— Antstream – PC, Xbox, PS & mobile (@AntstreamArcade) May 22, 2025
For a limited time, Game Pass members can sign up to the full Antstream catalog for $9.99 / £9.99 for their first year to commemorate the partnership. The offer ends on June 4. Xbox has said more titles will be added from Activision and Blizzard which will expand the Retro Classics collection to more than 100+ titles over time.
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