GoKawiilFour classic Xbox games are heading to PC as part of a new program from Microsoft. These older titles, which are currently available on Xbox Game Pass, will now be playable on desktops, laptops and handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X.
On Wednesday, the Xbox Backward Compatibility preview went live, allowing owners of four titles first released for the original Xbox Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy – to play them on their Windows PC and handhelds. Microsoft says it will roll out more features for these games in the future, including Xbox Achievements.
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The four games may be more than 20 years old, but Microsoft did add some options to improve the gaming experience. Players can change the graphics settings, including up to 4x resolution upscaling, VSync support, display mode options, anisotropic filtering, enhanced anti-aliasing and more customizations to improve the look of these older titles.
Each game is available for $10 on the Xbox Store, and once owned on Xbox, it can be played on PC or handhelds via Xbox Play Anywhere or streamed with Xbox Cloud Gaming. The titles are also available on Xbox Game Pass.
To play these games on a desktop, laptop or handheld, it must meet certain hardware specs:
Minimum system requirements:
GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 or Intel UHD 770 or Intel Arc A310
Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 or Intel UHD 770 or Intel Arc A310 CPU : Min 4 Cores Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or AMD Ryzen Z2 A Processor
: Min 4 Cores Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or AMD Ryzen Z2 A Processor RAM: 8GB
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