{"id":384669,"date":"2025-08-30T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384669\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:29:10","slug":"13-quirky-classic-games-from-the-1980s-are-heading-to-xbox-in-attic-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384669\/","title":{"rendered":"13 &#8216;Quirky Classic&#8217; Games From The 1980s Are Heading To Xbox In Attic Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"youtube-watch\"><a title=\"Watch This Video on YouTube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n5pjHBj8mb4\" class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on <strong> YouTube<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/purexbox?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Xbox<\/a> on <a class=\"sub-button external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/purexbox?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube30k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll see tomorrow on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pure Xbox<\/a> that next week&#8217;s list of Xbox releases is absolutely stacked with titles, and there are some really interesting ones in the bunch &#8211; we already highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/news\/2025\/08\/bad-cheese-brings-its-psychological-horror-game-with-1920s-style-animation-to-xbox-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bad Cheese<\/a> here on the website earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Another new release that&#8217;s caught our eye is <strong>Attic Archive<\/strong>, which is a compilation of 13 &#8220;quirky classic&#8221; games from the 1980s that span the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 13 games included in Attic Archive on Xbox:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ah Diddums (for C64 and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Escape a dangerous toybox as a teddy bear<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arcadia (for C64 and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Shoot down waves of deadly attackers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armageddon (for C64 and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Protect cities from falling missiles<\/li>\n<li><strong>B.C. Bill (for C64 and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Experience life as a cartoon caveman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gilligan\u2019s Gold (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Gather gold in a hazardous mine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mutant Monty (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Make your way through surreal environments to find precious treasure<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mutant Monty and the Temple of Doom (for ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Delve the temple and grab artifacts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mutants (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Battle bizarre mutant strains to assemble a machine<\/li>\n<li><strong>N.O.M.A.D. (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Control an advanced attack droid to destroy a criminal tyrant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paws (for Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Rescue your kittens from dangerous dogs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Superkid (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Become a superhero and save the city<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skatin\u2019 USA (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Save the city again, this time on a skateboard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Superkid in Space (for C64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum)<\/strong> &#8211; Save the world from alien invasion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As shown in the trailer up above, Attic Archive also includes various visual options such as horizontal scaling, CRT scanlines and more, along with the ability to rewind your gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll throw more information about Attic Archive below, and you can look forward to checking it out on <strong>Wednesday, September 3rd<\/strong>. There&#8217;s no price for it yet, but you can <a href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xbox.com%2Fgames%2Fstore%2Fattic-archive%2F9N9QLP7T8BFD&amp;key=ae68f205e9e6fcdefa7db1ab4f93a912\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" class=\"external afflink\" target=\"_blank\">wishlist the game on the Xbox Store<\/a> right now.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Originally published for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer systems, these games are authentically reproduced in all their 8-bit glory. Featuring classics from Ocean Software, Artic Computing, Imagine Software, and Atlantis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Excited for Attic Archive on Xbox? Tell us down in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Please note that some external links on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click them and make a purchase we may receive a small percentage of the sale. Please read our <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purexbox.com\/advertising\" target=\"_blank\">FTC Disclosure<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Pure Xbox on YouTube30k You&#8217;ll see tomorrow on Pure Xbox that next week&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[133523,53,16,15,289,292,291],"class_list":{"0":"post-384669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-attic-archive","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-xbox","13":"tag-xbox-series-s","14":"tag-xbox-series-x"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115116780101884589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}