Microsoft Adds 21 Original Xbox Games to PC

Microsoft has made 21 additional original Xbox games playable on PC, bringing the total available through its backward-compatibility program to 25. The titles became available November 12 as part of the company’s 25th-anniversary celebrations, according to Microsoft’s announcement.

The additions include The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect, Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb, and 11 Star Wars games. The full lineup also includes Armed and Dangerous, Disney’s Chicken Little, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Red Faction II, Secret Weapons Over Normandy and Thrillville. Microsoft said the games are available in supported markets.

The 21 titles join four original Xbox games that had already been made playable on PC: BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge and Fuzion Frenzy. Microsoft said all 25 support mouse-and-keyboard controls as well as controllers. It also said the performance and stability of the earlier four PC releases had been improved.

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