Xbox 360 gets backwards compatibility update

Taking a moment away from E3, Major Nelson updated his blog to give the latest information on Xbox 360 backwards compatibility. The whole list of new titles can be found after the break, and you can always go to Xbox's site to get the full list.

This would typically be the part where we'd say something about how silly it is that the Xbox 360 has backwards compatibility issues in the first place, but now he's not the only guy in town with a problem. There aren't that many original Xbox games that are still worth worrying about. Our concern is more with the new version of the PS3 which will have "limited backwards compatibility," especially when there was nothing limited about its compatibility before. Oh well, if you're planning on getting the PS3 and you have a favorite old game on the system, make sure to check it will still work -- or got get yourself a current PS3 model while you still can.

America's Army New
Auto Modellista New
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 New
Blinx 2 New
Bloodrayne 2 New
Burnout New
Crash Bandicoot 4 New
Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex Updated
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil New
Drive to Survive New
Drive to Survive (EM) New
ESPN College Hoops New
ESPN NHL 2K5 New
Evil Dead Regeneration New
Exaskeleton New Japan only
FIFA Street 2 New
Full Spectrum Warrior: 10 Hammers New
GUILTY GEAR XX #RELOAD New
Harry Potter: And the Chamber of Secrets New
Harry Potter: And the Prisoner of Azkaban New
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge New
Jet Set Radio Future Updated
Justice League: Heroes New
King Arthur New
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders New No Live Access
Magic: The Gathering: Battlegrounds New
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects New
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 New
Mech Assault 2 New
MLB Slug Fest 2003 New
Morrowind New
MotoGP2 New
Myst III: Exile New
NBA Live 2002 New
NCAA Football 06 New
Nobunaga no Yabou Ranseiki New Japan only
Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of X-mas New
Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot New
Outrun 2 New
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast New
Pac Man World 3 New
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory New EMEA only
Pro Cast Sports Fishing New
Project Gotham Racing New
Project Gotham Racing 2 New
RoadKill New No Live Access
Rogue Ops Updated
Sega GT 2002 Updated
Sega GT Online New
Shadow Ops New
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling New
Silent Hill 2: Dreams New US/EMEA only
Sponge Bob Square Pants: Lights, Camera, Pants! New
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee New
The DaVinci Code New
The Sims 2 New
The Urbz: Sims in the City New
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X New
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 New
Transworld Surf New
Trivial Pursuit Unhinged New
Winning Eleven 8 New
Without Warning New
WWE Raw New
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny New

Reader Comments (72)

i dont understand why the Wii is so damn popular. i just dont see the entertainment in so few buttons and waving your arm around in slightly different motions.

Matter of fact, the Wii games actually could work on a Gamecube if it supported supported the larger Wii disk and the Wiimote.

Nope.

yep

Sweet, Morrowind!

Now, Deus Ex IW, Headhunter, Gun Valkyrie, MGS 2, Psi-Ops, Oddworld Strangers Wraith and MC3 and I'll be happy MS.

As for the PS3 software BC, it's excellent, and I've not had to worry about the random crashes that happen with 360 BC(it's already happened to me with PGR2).

oh and Ska Oreo you're an awful troll yourself, you c_nt.

Holy hell. The Jet Set Radio Future and Sega GT updates made the double pack of those compatible. I'm playing it right now. That's awesome. That's the last original Xbox game I had that wasn't compatible.

Cool, I just found this one in a box the other day! JSRF, oh how I've missed you...

Thank God, I have the double pack, too, and I was hoping it would work. Updating now.

If I update through Xbox Live by putting the disc in and asking for the update, will it update the whole thing, or just that game?

While this claims to be a post about 360 backward-compatibility, the second paragraph of this post goes way out of the way to talk about the PS3, including as many links about the PS3 and a final paranoid sentence about how you should buy a current PS3 if you're worried about compatibility. Focus please!

Usually people have a problem with the PS3's BC because they boasted heavily that they'd have near 100% support and now they are changing things.

It's especially worse in Europe, you didn't get the chance to buy the "old" PS3 with the hardware built in. Plus you were subjected to a lengthy delay and a higher price.

On the other hand, Microsoft kept backwards compatibility quieter and didn't claim that it was a huge deal. If they had boasted anything more than "the most popular Xbox games will work on Xbox 360" then there would be a genuine need to lash out.

Nintendo has it easy, the hardware is essentially the same. "Backwards" Compatibility is therefore a LOT easier (as shown by the early PS3 models).

It would be easyer for us if they put a cartidge port in the Wii that accepted N64, SNES and NES games carts. They could have spent the extra money they should have spent developing NEW hardware on an all-in-one Nintendo machine of the past chip and stuck it in the Wii. But instead they chose to rape the ass off everyone with the Gamecube 1.5 and "Virtual Console". You can pick up most of the VC games FAR cheaper on ebay as REAL carts.

Hmm..panzer dragoon orta isnt mentioned on the list..no update to fix it crashing after the third level, huh? :(

Still no Chronicles of Riddick.

They are skipping so many really awesome games I want to play.

The reason why Chronicles of Riddick is not playable on the 360 is because Starbreeze is coming out with a 360 remake.

They have Kingdom Under Fire the crusaders but NOT, it seems, the sequel; Heroes. Logic MS, do you speak it?

Still, glad to know they're adding games to the list, despite it being the worst backwards compatability list out of all three consoles.

Oh, and Rubang B? I find it cute that you forgot to mention the Gamecube in your list. It wasn't like the N64 was backwards compatable or anything either. True, Nintendos been doing it since 1998, but they never did it with their last 2 consoles (GC and N64). I love Nintendo, but they're not saints when it comes to home console backwards compatibility.

KINGDOM UNDER FIRE WOOO!

Finally, Guilty Gear XX. I may now commence to beat on my roommate's cheap ass Sol Badguy. Again.

Now all we need is Beyond Good and Evil and I'm covered.

What do ya freakin know! No ESPN 2K5. Call me a conspiracy nut but I'm convinced that EA has something to do w/that whole scenario. (Sigh) Oh the new look of the website is great. =)

Thank god NCAA 06 is finally on there! Texas vs. USC rematch here I come. Where the eff is Marvel Ultimate Alliance? It would be nice to actually get to play that since my Xbox broke down a month after I bought it.

Needed:
Voodoo Vince and Kung Fu Chaos.

Get this so I can get rid of the old box!

Rwing90, you didn't miss anything buddy.

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