What's on the Xbox Game Pass for the retro-gamer?

Xbox Game Pass is a subscription service for players with Windows, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S.

Once subscribed you have access to over 100 games, but which ones might be of interested to the retro-gamer?

Here is a list of all the Xbox Game Pass games we think fit the bill. (We’ve included the EA Play games which are available in the Windows and Ultimate subscriptions)

Game	Xbox	Win	Genre	Notes
Age of Empires I,II & III Definitive Edition	?	?	Strategy	Remake of the 1997 original
Atic-Atac*	?	?	Action	ZX Spectrum version
Banjo-Kazooie	?	?	3D Platform	Xbox 360 version of Rare’s N64 original
Banjo-Tooie	?	?	3D Platform	Xbox 360 version of Rare’s N64 original
Battletoads*	?	?	Beat em Up	NES version
Battletoads*	?	?	Beat em Up	Arcade Version
Battletoads	?	?	Beat em Up	The new version that came out last year
Bejewelled 2	?	?	Puzzle	Candy Crush’s grandmother
Blast Corps*	?	?	Action	N64 version
Celeste	?	?	Platform	2D Platformer orignally written for the Pico-8 fantasy console
Cobra Triangle*	?	?	Racing	NES Version
Conker’s Bad Fur Day*	?	?	3D Platform	No need to buy an expensive N64 cart off eBay
Day of the Tentacle	?	?	Adventure	Remake of the 1993 LucasArts classic SCUMM based adventure
Digger T Rock*	?	?	Platform	Nes Version
Doom, Doom 2, Doom 3, Doom 64	?	?	FPS	The game that made all Amiga owners end up buying a PC
Double Dragon Neon	?	?	Beat em Up	Recent version of the arcade brawler
Elite Dangerous	?	?	Strategy	Follow-up to a BBC Micro game
Final Fantasy VII	?	?	RPG	Port of the PSX original
Final Fantasy VIII	?	?	RPG	Remastered version
Fuzion Frenzy	?	?	Action	Yes, OG Xbox has to count as retro now, this game is 20 years old for gawd’s sake
Grabbed by the Ghoulies*	?	?	Arcade Adventure	Xbox port. Rare are keen to point out that it wasn’t inspired by Atic Atac.
Grim Fandango	?	?	Adventure	Remastered version of the LucasArts classic adventure
Gunfright*	?	?	Arcade Adventure	ZX Spectrum Version
Hollow Knight	?	?	Platform	Modern old-skool platformer
Jetpac	?	?	Action	ZX Spectrum version
Jetpac Refuelled	?	?	Action	Follow-up to some ZX Spectrum game
Killer Instinct Gold*	?	?	Fighting	N64 Version
Knightlore*	?	?	Arcade Adventure	ZX Spectrum Version
Lunar Jetman*	?	?	Action	ZX Spectrum Version
Perfect Dark	?	?	FPG	Rare’s kinda follow up to GoldenEye
Populous & Populous II	?	?	Strategy	The classic God-games
R.C. Pro-Am & R.C Pro-Am II	?	?	Racing	NES versions
Sabre Wulf*	?	?	Arcade Adventure	ZX Spectrum Version
SimCity 2000	?	?	Strategy	Classic isometric city-building strategy game
Slalom*	?	?	Skiing	The first game released under the Rare brand. NES Version
Solar Jetman*	?	?	Action	NES Version
Snake Rattle N Roll*	?	?	Platform	NES Version
Streets of Rage 4	?	?	Beat em Up	Awesome recent game in the Streets of Rage series
Tetris Effect	?	?	Puzzle	It’s Tetris, but with multiplayer
Two-point Hospital	?	?	Simulation	It’s basically Theme Hospital
Underwurlde*	?	?	Arcade Adventure	ZX Spectrum Version
Worms W.M.D	?	?	Strategy	Modern day version of the Amiga classic
Xeno Crisis	?	?	Top-down shooter	Recent game originally made for the Sega Megadrive