360 Back-Compat Updated Again

Despite news many months ago that they weren't going to be doing much in the way of updating anymore, there's a new raft of old games that you'll be able to play on your Xbox 360. Some of the highlights include: "JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future, MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf, Project Gotham Racing 2, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, and Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams"

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Still some glitches

[hibiki_r]

You might want to know that there's still some glitches in a few of those games. In JSRF, for example, the name of the areas in the map flickers a lot for me. There are also obvious framerate drops while doing quick turning, which didn't happen in an actual xbox.

The game is still playable, but it's not quite the same thing as it is on the original hardware.

Re:Fuckin' A

[grapeape]

Yep and Game of the Year edition works too :)

Re:Nostalgia prevails?

[nmb3000]

It's just a marketing ploy by Micro$oft so they can say "look at us & all the games you can play through xbox live."

When you're done talking out of your ass, you might take a second and re-read (or just plain read) TFS.

These are backwards-compatibility updates. They allow you to play original Xbox games on the 360. So no, it's not a marketing ploy, it's called customer satisfaction. They make no money by providing these updates, they do it for gamers who own Xbox games and still want to play them.

I can understand not RTFA, but for frak's sake - RTFS!

Full List

[Dubpal]

A list of all Xbox games playable on the 360 can be found here.

Re:Full List

[donaldm]

I counted 383 out of approx 1000 games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games that is approx 38% backwards compatibility and it only took approx two years to get there, well done Microsoft.

Re:Full List

[Lusa]

This link has far more detailed information including glitches and which games will work in different regions and whether they support PAL 60Hz. The latter is a deciding factor if, like me, you live in a PAL region and use the VGA cable. Microsoft seems reluctant to provide that information themselves.

Wait, what?

[Guppy06]

"Despite news many months ago that they weren't going to be doing much in the way of updating anymore,"

Nice link there, Zonk.

Seriously, I've been here for "many months" and I don't recall seeing anything saying "no moar back compat!" If anything, I've seen Microsoft insisting the opposite, and I also remember people being surprised that Microsoft was still working on it when their last update came out a few months ago.

So I have to ask: where are you getting your information?

Re:Wait, what?

[dreamchaser]

Where Zonk gets most of his information: a waterbong. He sees things in the clouds of smoke that elude us mere mortals.

Re:Morrowind!

[Dutch Gun]

WooT! I never actually finished Morrowind, and I was severely disappointed by Oblivion's auto-scaling system. I think I'm going to go back and enjoy the game - now in glorious HD with full-screen anti-aliasing. This is one of several games I was really hoping they'd eventually get working. I'm glad to see my patience was rewarded.