360 to play 200-plus Xbox gamesMicrosoft confirms that its next-gen console will play many games for its current-gen console, including Halo, Ninja Gaiden, KOTOR, Fable, GTA, and more. By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot Posted Nov 11, 2005 5:53 pm PT
After playing coy for months about the Xbox 360's backward compatibility, Microsoft has finally come clean. The software behemoth announced late Friday that more than 200 games from its current-generation console will play on its next-generation console.
As one might expect, Microsoft has made sure all the top Xbox games are supported, including Halo and Halo 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I and II, Ninja Gaiden and Ninja Gaiden Black, and the three Grand Theft Autos: III, Vice City, and San Andreas. A total of 212 Xbox games will be playable on the 360 at launch, though Microsoft says that number will increase. Friday also brought good news to Xbox Live addicts. Any of the backward-compatible games will be playable cross-platform between the Xbox 360 and Xbox over Xbox Live. That means would-be Master Chiefs with a 360 can still own their friends playing on current-generation consoles--although the former will see the carnage in higher resolution. However, there is a catch. To play an Xbox game on the 360, players must first insert the current-gen game into a next-gen console hooked up to Xbox Live. The system will check whether the console has the latest emulation software. If not, it will automatically download said software, install it on the 360, restart, and load the original Xbox game. Obviously, a 360 hard drive--which comes with the Halo and Halo 2 software preinstalled--is required to store the backward-compatibility software. For 360 owners who either can't or won't log onto Xbox Live, Microsoft offers two other solutions. First, they can go to Xbox.com, download the emulators, burn them onto a CD, and then insert said CD into the 360, which will auto-install the software. The other option is to order a free CD from Xbox.com, which will be mailed to the requestor for a "nominal" fee. However, the CD will be mailed out for free to Japanese 360 owners. A complete list of the Xbox games that will be playable on the 360 are listed below:
Alias Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction All Star Baseball 2003 Amped Army Men: Sarge's War Atari Anthology ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 Barbarian Barbie Horse Adventure Batman Begins Battle Engine Aquila Battlestar Galactica Blinx 2 BMX XXX Brute Force Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 06 Cabela's Deer Hunt 2005 Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Call of Duty: Finest Hour Casino Catwoman Chicago Enforcer Circus Maximus Close Combat: First to Fight Colin McRae 4 Combat Elite Commandos 2 Conflict: Desert Storm Constantine Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity Crash Nitro Kart Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Curse – The Eye of Isis Dark Angel Darkwatch Deathrow Digimon Rumble Arena Dinotopia Dead or Alive 3 Drake Egg Mania ESPN MLS Extra Time 2002 Euro 2004 F1 Championship Season 2001 Fable Fable: The Lost Chapters Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules FIFA 2003 FIFA 2004 FIFA Street 2005 FIFA World Cup 2002 Fight Night 2004 Fight Night Round 2 Ford Mustang Racing Ford vs. Chevy Forza Motorsport Freedom Fighters Frogger Futurama Fuzion Frenzy Genma Onimusha Goblin Commander Grabbed by the Ghoulies Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto Vice City Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Half-Life 2 Halo Halo 2 Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone He-Man: Defender of Grayskull Hitman: Contracts House of the Dead 3 IHRA Drag Racing 2005 Sportsman Edition IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 Jade Empire James Bond 007: Nightfire Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Jurassic Park Genesis Kabuki Warrior Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Kids Next Door: Operation VIDEOGAME kill.switch Legends of Wrestling Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events Loons Fight for Fame Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Manhunt Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Medal of Honor 3 Rising Sun Medal of Honor Frontline Medal of Honor: European Assault Mega Man Metal Arms: Glitch in the System MicroMachines Odyssey Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Monster Garage Mortal Kombat: Deception MTV Music Generator 3 Murakumo MX World Tour - featuring Jamie Little Namco Museum X Next Generation NBA Live 2003 NBA Live 2004 Need For Speed: Underground 2 NFL Blitz 2002 NFL Blitz 20-03 NFL Blitz 20-04 NHL 2004 NHL Hitz 20-03 Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Outlaw Golf 2 Outlaw Volleyball Pariah Phantom Crash Pinball Hall of Fame Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Predator Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Race Driver PUMP IT UP Pure Pinball Puyo Puyo Fever Quantum Redshift Rayman Arena Raze's Hell Red Dead Revolver Red Faction II RedCard 20-03 Robotech: Battle Cry Rocky: Legends Rogue Ops Rugby 2005 Samurai Jack Samurai Warriors Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights Scrapland SeaWorld: Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures Sega GT 2002 Shadow the Hedgehog Shellshock:Nam '67 Sid Meier's Pirates! Simpson's Road Rage Simpsons: Hit and Run Sneakers Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945 Soccer Slam Sonic Heroes Sonic Mega Collection Speed Kings Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Splat Renegade Paintball SpongeBob Square Pants:Battle for Bikini Bottom Spy Hunter 2 Spyro: A Hero's Tail SSX 3 Stake Star Trek: Shattered Universe Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Clone Wars Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic 2 Street Racing Syndicate Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse Super Bubble Pop Super Monkey Ball DX SX Superstar Tecmo Classic Arcade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Terminator : Dawn of Fate Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Tetris Worlds The Great Escape The Incredible Hulk The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer The Thing Thief: Deadly Shadows Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Tork Toxic Grind Ty The Tasmanian Tiger Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3 Urban Freestyle Soccer Vexx Volvo: Drive for Life World Series Baseball 2K Worms 4: Mayhem Worms Forts Under Siege WWE Raw 2 XIII Yourself!Fitness
I hope this helps you. lol I know it's long, but it explains what games can be played on the XBOX 360 and how to be able to play the old XBOX games on the XBOX 360.
Salsera de Corazon wrote: Could anybody please help me, my son got a x-box 360 but he wants to plays his games from the X-Box and I was told he could, but yesterday we tried and it didn't work. Do I need to do something speciall, like install a hardware or what?
Xbox 360 can play most of the old Xbox games, but not all. If the disc is not scratched it just means it's not compatible.
The Xbox games comes in diff Media types and the CD/DVD readers for Xboxes are so damn picky...
Salsera de Corazon wrote: Could anybody please help me, my son got a x-box 360 but he wants to plays his games from the X-Box and I was told he could, but yesterday we tried and it didn't work. Do I need to do something speciall, like install a hardware or what?
Xbox 360 can play most of the old Xbox games, but not all. If the disc is not scratched it just means it's not compatible.
The Xbox games comes in diff Media types and the CD/DVD readers for Xboxes are so damn picky...
Salsera de Corazon wrote: Could anybody please help me, my son got a x-box 360 but he wants to plays his games from the X-Box and I was told he could, but yesterday we tried and it didn't work. Do I need to do something speciall, like install a hardware or what?
Xbox 360 can play most of the old Xbox games, but not all. If the disc is not scratched it just means it's not compatible.
Salsera de Corazon wrote: Could anybody please help me, my son got a x-box 360 but he wants to plays his games from the X-Box and I was told he could, but yesterday we tried and it didn't work. Do I need to do something speciall, like install a hardware or what?
I'm not sure if it can be done because i don't have one, but one thing i do know is that if u have the xbox live u can download games that are offer on the site.
Could anybody please help me, my son got a x-box 360 but he wants to plays his games from the X-Box and I was told he could, but yesterday we tried and it didn't work. Do I need to do something speciall, like install a hardware or what?