- Four original Xbox titles have just arrived on PC
- The games are all available for purchase or through any Xbox Game Pass plan
- They are part of a new Xbox backwards compatibility program on PC
Microsoft has just launched a new Xbox backwards compatibility program on PC which allows you to officially play a selection of original Xbox games on Windows for the first time.
As detailed in a new Xbox Wire article, the program is aimed at both traditional laptops and desktops, in addition to portable PCs such as the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, and currently includes four games: Blinx: the time sweeper, Conker: Live and Reloaded, Crimson Skies: Great Road take revengeAnd Fuzion Frenzy. These can be purchased individually or accessed with any Xbox Game Pass plan (yes, even the budget-focused Essential tier).
All of these titles have never been officially released on PC before. However, they were already available on Xbox consoles via backward compatibility and if you have already purchased a license on Xbox One or Xbox Series X and Series S it will now be carried over to PC.
These aren’t just basic ports either. There are new graphics features like up to 4x resolution scaling, vsync, anisotropic filtering, and improved antialiasing. A new achievement system is also in the works and will be added to these four titles in the coming months.
The release of these games is probably just the beginning, and hopefully we’ll see more and more original Xbox exclusives coming to PC. This not only provides consumers with a convenient way to experience classic games on a new platform, but is also an important part of digital preservation by keeping these releases easily accessible on modern hardware.
It’s also a big win for PC gamers, who would have previously had to fork out for dedicated Xbox console hardware to be able to play these versions.
If you want to check any of them, you can check the minimum and recommended system requirements below to make sure your machine is up to date.
Minimum system requirements:
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 or AMD Radeon RX 550 or Intel UHD 770 or Intel Arc A310
- Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or AMD Ryzen Z2 processor A minimum of 4 cores
- RAM: 8 GB
- Operating system: Windows 11
Recommended system requirements:
- GPU: Radeon RX 68005 or Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti or Intel Arc A770
- Processor: 6 cores and 12 threads Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme
- DirectX version: DirectX12 API, hardware feature level 11
- GPU VRAM: 8 GB
- Operating system: Windows 11
Also make sure your operating system and drivers are up to date.
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