Original Xbox games are coming to Xbox One, and you can use old discs to play them
Star Wars, Prince of Persia, and Ninja Gaiden -- along with 10 other games -- are all coming to Xbox One on Tuesday.
None of them are new games, but they're all old enough at this point that they should feel new to most. The 13 games are all new additions to Xbox One's backward compatibility library, an unearthed treasure trove of classic titles from the Original Xbox era.
You're here for the list, so here's the list, via Xbox Wire:
There's a twist here, too.
All of these games will be available in the Xbox Games Store starting on Tuesday, but you won't need to buy them if you still have your discs from way back when. They'll just... work once the update that switches these games on goes live.
There's more, too. Xbox Live Gold subscribers will get Ninja Gaiden Black as a freebie. What's more, all of the Original Xbox titles will benefit from a resolution boost on your Xbox One.
This is apparently just the first wave of Original Xbox games. Microsoft promises more to come in Spring 2018.
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