news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/07/22/xbox-backward-compatibility-on-pc

Today, we’re introducing XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC, making it easier to play classic XBOX games from the past across PC and handhelds, including the ROG XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X.

Your library is more than just a collection of games. It is your personal history of epic stories and treasured memories from the past. And as players, we don’t want to leave our gaming legacy behind even as technology continues to evolve and advance. We expect our library of games to move forward with us and to be able to play them in entirely new ways.

Rolling out today, XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC launches in early release, starting with four classic original XBOX games, now playable on PC and handhelds for the first time ever. This marks the beginning of a broader effort to preserve XBOX games from the past and bring them to PC over time. And we are not just enabling you to play them on PC. We are also adding new features to make your gaming experience better than ever.

Players can jump into the following games on PC and supported handheld devices beginning today in supported regions:

BLiNX: The Time Sweeper
Conker: Live and Reloaded
Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge
Fuzion Frenzy®
Each of these games is now available for purchase on PC and also included with all XBOX Game Pass plans. If you already own a digital license for these games on console, that license now carries over to your PC or handheld. Through the power of XBOX Play Anywhere and XBOX Cloud Gaming, you can now play these classic games from the past on your XBOX console, cloud, PC and handheld.

XBOX ROG Ally Asset
In addition to making these games available on PC for the first time ever, we’ve added new features to enhance the experience on PC while preserving the original gameplay. Players can customize graphics settings, including up to 4x resolution upscaling, VSync support, Fullscreen and Windowed display modes, anisotropic filtering, enhanced anti-aliasing, and more. These games also include customizable language and audio settings.

We plan to add even more features to XBOX Backward Compatibility games in the future. I’m excited to share that later this year we will be bringing one of the top fan-requested features to select original XBOX games on both console and PC: Achievements. The first four games releasing in preview today will be updated to include Achievements in the coming months.

Getting started is simple. If your PC or handheld meets the minimum system requirements below, you’ll be able to access backward compatible titles through the XBOX on PC app.

Minimum system requirements:

GPU: 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
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 11
Drivers and Versions: Latest Version as of January 2026
Recommended specifications:

GPU: Radeon RX 68005 or Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti or Intel Arc A770
CPU: 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: 8GB
OS: Windows 11
Drivers and Versions: Latest Version as of January 2026
XBOX Backward Compatibility on PC is another step toward preserving the games from the past and making it easier for you to enjoy and play more of the games you already own across the devices you use every day.

Games also updated to include achievements and enhancements for pc

xbox really the best gaming company out

Wishlist:

Halo 5
Rare replay
Basically all first party games

digitalfoundry.net/features/hands-on-with-xbox-back-compat-for-pc-a-new-initiative-that-begins-with-four-classic-games

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Halo 5 really is gridlocked to Xbox one lol

We have a chance now

Xenia canary

ass collection of titles

Per digital foundry:

First-party Microsoft games are the most likely to be added next, and there are some crackers in the original Xbox library that haven't made the jump to PC. The original Forza Motorsport and Project Gotham Racing 1 and 2 immediately spring to mind, though racing games are notoriously hard to re-release due to car and music licensing issues. You could also add in Brute Force, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Kung Fu Chaos, Blood Wake, the two Amped games - and probably many more.
We understand that third-party games are also being considered for inclusion within the Xbox on PC back compat programme, though it's likely this will require more wrangling with rights holders versus Microsoft first-party titles.

Give us amped 2

another pro for PC

awesome

Ah man Crimson Skies & Conker Reloaded multiplayers were fun af

Pretty cool

Fusion frenzy

wow

XBOX

Skate 3 so soon