Windows Phone is a new comer to the phone world as Microsoft was quite late in getting a viable option out the door to consumers (Windows CE 6.5 was decent but nothing interesting for non business users).  With the release of Windows Phone 8, Microsoft has renewed interest in their mobile operating system and with that newfound interest with developers comes games.  Here we list the retro games that are available for Windows Phone 8, some are Windows Phone 7.x compatible.

Action:
Contra
Earthworm Jim HD
Jet Set Willy (ZX Spectrum Version)
Manic Miner (ZX Spectrum Version)
Pitfall!
Sonic 4 Episode 1
Sonic CD

Arcade:
Asteroids Deluxe
Pac-Man
Pac-Man CE DX

Puzzle:
Bejeweled Live +
Hexic
Hexic Rush
Tetris Blitz
Treasures of Montezuma

Racing:
Hydro Thunder Go

Role Playing Games:
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy III

Sports:
FIFA 14