Nov 28
New Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility update adds 84 games
A new backwards compatibility update has been released, unexpected and unanticipated as usual. Right when everyone was getting excitedslightly interested in the upcoming dashboard update, a whole slew of original Xbox games get made to work on the Xbox 360. Like a ninja, the update silently and secretly approached until the final moment when it was suddenly revealed. Except instead of getting a shuriken in the back and your throat slit, you get to play many more of your old games in 720p and 1080i without needing to bring out the old forgotten black box. There’s a total of 84 (popular number these past few days…) new backwards compatible games, so here is the list of all those added:
2006 Fifa World Cup Germany
25 to Life
AMF Bowling 2004
Apex
Arena Football
Armed and Dangerous
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
Bionicle
Blade II
Blinx: The Timesweeper
Blitz The League
Blood Omen 2
Blowout
Breakdown
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2
Championship Manager 2006
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
Crime Life: Gang Wars
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Dungeons& Dragons Heroes
ESPN College Hoops 2k5
ESPN NFL 2k5
Fantastic 4
FIFA 06 Soccer
Fight Night: Round 3
Final Fight: Streetwise
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Freedom Fighters
Freestyle Street Soccer
Future Tactics: The Uprising
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
Godzilla Save the Earth
Goldeneye Rogue Agent
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max’d
High Heat MLB 2004
Hunter: The Reckoning
Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb
MLB Slugfest Loaded
MVP Baseball 2003
MVP Baseball 2004
Nascar Thunder 2002
Nascar Thunder 2003
NBA 2k3
NBA Ballers
NBA Inside Drive 2002
NBA Street V3
NCAA College Basketball 2k3
NCAA March Madness 2005
NCAA March Madness 2006
NFL 2k2
NFL 2k3
NHL 2005
NHL 2K3
NHL Hitz Pro
Nightcaster: Defeat The Darkness
NTRA Breeders Cup: World Thoroughbred Championships
Playboy The Mansion
RLH Hunt or be Hunted
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Rocky
Rugby 2006
Shattered Union
Shrek Super Party
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Starsky & Hutch
Syberia II
Techmo Classic Arcade
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Test Drive
The Bard’s Tale
The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Guy Game
The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
Thousand Land
Thrillville
Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers
Turok: Evolution
Van Helsing
WarPath
Worms 3D
Zathura
For the list of every single backwards compatible game, go here.
It’s nice to see that Microsoft is still working on making old games compatible with the Xbox 360, although as usual most are games no one really cares about, assuming they even knew about them in the first place. Those are probably the easiest to make work though, plus you have to sort through a lot of crap to get to the good stuff in anything and the backwards compatibility list is no exception. However, there are some good games, so are there any you are looking forward to digging out of your old stash to play on your 360?
[Via Major Nelson]
Categories: Firmware Update, Microsoft, Original Xbox, Xbox 3606 Comments so far
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WTF is Midnight Club 3? come on microsoft…
You know, there are a few XBox games I own that I always just assumed were on that list, but they’re not. From my library, the ones missing are Beyond Good & Evil, Midtown Madness 3, and Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. I’m not terribly upset about the second two, because I could always buy a new Splinter Cell game if I wanted to play more, and Midtown Madness 3 wasn’t really that great, but I would like to see BG&E on this list. It’s the one I’m most likely to want to play again (for a third time).
I just want MGS Substance on the list.
yay for Turok!
Not really impressed with the update. Games that need to be added include sparton total warrior, rainbow 6 critical hour, black stone( this game is identical to fire emblem)Mortal kombat deadly alliance. It just seems that they are missing some of the essentials. And yes MGS Substance needs to be put on the list. More of the good stuff and less of the tom and jerry whisker wars and barbie crap. All in all the only good thing I have seen are the rpg’s. I recommend trying a bards tail, very funny, cool action, great rpg.
I agree with steel3685 mk deadly alliance needs to be added along with the other games u listed