Latest Windows 10 Mobile update brings old Windows Phone 7 games back to the store

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The changes Windows 10 Mobile Build 10586.29 introduced was:

“Improved application backwards compatibility for Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight applications.”

It seems those changes has allowed some games which did not even work on Windows Phone 8 to now come back to Windows 10 Mobile.

On Reddit Fannybeard found some long abandoned apps which did not make the compatibility jump to Windows Phone 8  are now available to download on his Lumia 950.

The list of games include:

Of course perfect comparability can not be guaranteed  but if you are nostalgic for some old time wasters now would be a good time to search your old library.

More about the topics: Windows 10 Mobile, windows phone 7 games

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