The Xbox brand has been around for over two decades and Microsoft has leveraged it in several ways over the years -- from re-releases to Game Pass Ultimate unlocking some of the back catalog -- but a new method of gaming has come to the Xbox family with the Retro Classics app for Game Pass users. Microsoft has worked with Antstream Arcade to bring a slew of Activision classics to the Xbox platform via streaming, which has the benefit of allowing players to enjoy these games in a way that doesn't require native ports, but also allows them to load easily because they're such small games.
Classics Reborn
The Activision focus on the app lowers the amount of available games compared to the similarly laid-out Antstream Arcade app, but this one also doesn't operate on any kind of credits system and everything is completely free to play as much as you want. I found Grand Prix to be a fun time as was Freeway, which has an interesting setup to it. You're basically playing a game of Frogger, but as two chickens on opposite sides of the road. The goal isn't just to avoid getting hit, but to last...
