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The Best of Xbox Back Compat

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mildly-retro-gaming dept.

Eurogamer takes a look at the best of Xbox backwards compatibility; the original Xbox games that run the best on the 360. From the article: "Enough ranting to embattled Zenmeister Peter Moore about the Xbox games that don't work on our 360s. What about the ones that do? It's not as though Microsoft's 'emulation ninjas' haven't already managed to get a whole bundle of them working, and with that in mind we've cheered up a bit since yesterday and started working through the 'compatible' list and had some fun sorting the wheat from the chaff."

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  1. Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike & Forza by MeanMF · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They're right on the money with GR2: Summit Strike. I still play it way more than GR: Advanced Warfighter. The maps are better, there's a lot more variety, and you don't have to deal with the kiddies who rig the game to get their rank up. And Forza is still my racing choice. All of the idiots who play bumper cars instead of racing seem to have moved over to PGR3, and there's some great competition on Live in Forza.

  2. Re:Another reason... by Gattman01 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, but can your Xbox 360, refurb'ed xbox, and beer let you play PS1-PS3 games?

    I like backwards compatibility. It was easier to just leave my PS2 plugged in then swap the cables with the PS1.

    My point was that with the other two next gen consoles, you can play the current gen games fine through hardware, not software emulation.

    Backwards compatibility is an issue I personally like in systems, even though some don't.