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Latest update V1.9

Microsoft released this update on the 27th November 2007

The following games were added:

1. 2006 Fifa World Cup Germany
2. 25 to Life
3. AMF Bowling 2004
4. Apex
5. Arena Football
6. Armed and Dangerous
7. Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
8. Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
9. Bionicle
10. Blade II
11. Blinx: The Timesweeper
12. Blitz The League
13. Blood Omen 2
14. Blowout
15. Burnout 2: Point of Impact
16. Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2
17. Championship Manager 2006
18. Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
19. Crime Life: Gang Wars
20. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
21. Dungeons& Dragons Heroes
22. ESPN College Hoops 2k5
23. ESPN NFL 2k5
24. Fantastic 4
25. FIFA 06 Soccer
26. Fight Night: Round 3
27. Final Fight: Streetwise
28. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
29. Freedom Fighters ** NTSC Only**
    
30. Freestyle Street Soccer
31. Future Tactics: The Uprising
32. Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
33. Godzilla Save the Earth
34. Goldeneye Rogue Agent
35. Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd
36. High Heat MLB 2004
37. Hunter: The Reckoning ** NTSC Only**
38. Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb
39. MLB Slugfest Loaded
40. MVP Baseball 2003
41. MVP Baseball 2004
42. MVP Baseball 2005
43. Nascar Thunder 2002
44. Nascar Thunder 2003
45. NBA 2k3
46. NBA Ballers
47. NBA Inside Drive 2002
48. NBA Street V3
49. NCAA College Basketball 2k3
50. NCAA March Madness 2005
51. NCAA March Madness 2006
52. NFL 2k2
53. NFL 2k3
54. NHL 2005
55. NHL 2K3
56. NHL Hitz Pro
57. Nightcaster: Defeat The Darkness
58. NTRA Breeders Cup: World Thoroughbred Championships
59. Playboy The Mansion
60. RLH Hunt or be Hunted
61. Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
62. Rocky
63. Rugby 2006
64. Shattered Union
65. Shrek Super Party
66. Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
67. Starsky & Hutch
68. Syberia II
69. Techmo Classic Arcade
70. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
71. Test Drive
72. The Bard's Tale
73. The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
74. The Guy Game
75. The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
76. Thrillville
77. Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers
78. Turok: Evolution
79. Van Helsing
80. WarPath
81. Worms 3D
82. Zathura

The following games were updated:

1. Breakdown (PAL version)
   

Unofficial Backwards Compatibility: The Forbidden Games - Part II

Figured it's been a while since I did one of these,

Conker: Live & Reloaded, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Second Sight, Timesplitters: Future Perfect, Area 51 and Dead to Rights 2.

Sorry about the screen splitting in half, it's due to anti-piracy measures in the 360.

Good News Everyone

After the recent Summer 360 dashboard update there's a couple or three sweet backcompat related additions

* Battery Indicator added to Xbox Guide for wireless controllers
* Improved video playback for the following titles: Dead or Alive 3, Sonic Heroes, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, XIII
* Xbox game downloadable content now shows up in the memory details which means you can now view or delete your Xbox saves/content
* Though they still haven't enabled the 360 to detect music and re-enable custom soundtracks in games it appears the latest update allows one to listen to their custom playlists in Xbox games....even those without custom soundtracks.

***Updated***

I have been in touch with the BC team. An fix to enable soundtrack control with Xbox games via the guide is planned and will be included in another update, unfortunatly re-enabling in-game soundacks -'ala Project Gotham Racing's radio- isn't going to happen.

How to:

Press 360 Guide button
Select Playlist
Start first track and let music play
Put in Xbox game and load
Voila

So far there are only 2 downsides

1) You can't skip or stop the music or change playlists because the guide still doesn't function with Xbox games, you can however use one of the media remotes to change tracks and pause the music
2) It will play over existing music. This may or may not be an issue depending on the game, but it's still pleasant for racing and sports games or titles where you can turn down the in game music

Quick Tips

Typically I see a lot of quick questions asked on many a forum so I figured we'd add a new section for quick reference

I can't load the maps for Halo 2

*It's to do with cacheing resources on the Hard Drive.
*Be sure to download any Halo 2 auto-updates first or install the map pack before doing this.
*Load the Campaign, once the game starts, quit out. The maps should load then.

I can't play Halo 2 online due to a recurring message

Go here

Can I play my old Xbox games on Live/system link?

So long as the game is on the backwards compatibility list; Yes.

Even cross console; Xbox to Xbox 360?

Yes again.

Do I need a crossover cable for LAN games?

Crossover or Ethernet cable should suffice

I have a problem with ____ and VGA!

Go here

What does it mean? What does it all mean?

Here's an interesting article about how Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is achieved

It's very complex and detailed, but very interesting to show the potential problems when attempting to emulate polar opposite hardware.

Unofficial Backwards Compatibility: The Forbidden Games

Fairly old, but not common knowledge.

Some months ago I stumbled upon the ability to boot some UK OXM demo discs on Xbox 360 and low and behold; some of them work and work damn well.

You can view the video here

Thanks to Xboxyde for hosting.

Apologies for the video quality, the bad interlacing is caused due to file compression. In reality the demos run and look as good as currently compatible titles.

Here's a list

Works

Cold War – Loaded title screen, but crashed when gameplay started
Conflict : Global Terror – Worked Flawlessly
Conflict :Vietnam - Couple of minor glitches, otherwise fine
Dead or Alive : Ultimate – Worked flawlessly
Dead to Rights 2 – FMV was choppy as hell, but game played perfectly
Def Jam: FFNY - Worked flawlessly
Destroy all Humans - Worked flawlessly
Evil Dead: Regeneration – Froze after 5 seconds of gameplay
Far Cry Instincts – Worked flawlessly
Fight Club - Worked flawlessly
Flat Out – Worked flawlessly
Full Spectrum Warrior - Runs at marginally lower framerate than on Xbox, otherwise flawless
Galleon - Rhama could not run, only walk, otherwise game ran flawlessly
Juiced - Worked flawlessly
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders - Froze at initial load
King Kong – Worked Flawlessly
LA: Rush – Kept on freezing. Didn’t make it past the title screen
Leasure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude - Worked flawlessly
Marvel Nemesis:Rise of the Imperfects – Worked Flawlessly
Men of Valour: The Vietnam War - Opening FMV was choppy as hell, but game worked just fine
Mercenaries - Some strange after imaging from the gate - once destroyed with the air-strike doo-dad the afterimage disappeared and the game ran perfectly
Moto GP 3 - Framerate wasn't as smooth and prone to glitching, crashed after 30 seconds of gameplay
Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Worked flawlessly
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors - Character of Raikoh had no textures, but otherwise it worked flawlessly
Second Sight - Game worked flawlessly, but couldn't move character
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury – Some framerate drops, but otherwise fine
Spartan: Total Warrior – Crashed after 5 seconds
Star Wars: Republic Commando – Works but environment looks like it’s made of tinfoil! Lots of textures missing
Sudeki – Froze on initial load screen
Scooby-Doo: Unmasked – Game worked flawlessly, but couldn't move character
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay - No image, only sound
Without Warning – Stuttered a little, but otherwise worked fine
Total Overdose – Got a dirty disc error(?)
Van Helsing - Game worked fine, but very loud noise problems

Non-booters

Battlefield Modern Combat – Wouldn’t work
Burnout Revenge – Wouldn’t work
Conker Live & Reloaded - Wouldn’t work
Fahreinheit – Wouldn’t work
RS: Lockdown – Wouldn’t work
Silent Hill 4: The Room - Wouldn't work
Timesplitters: Future Perfect - Wouldn’t work

*Additional from Nick Day

Brian Lara International Cricket - Does not run, black loading screen
Ford Racing 3 - Does not run
Heroes of the Pacific - Did not run
SNK vs. Capcom: SCV Chaos - Did not run
Street Racing Syndicate - Does not run
Stolen - Does not run.
Tak 2 - Did not run.
Tron 2.0 Killer App - Does not run
World Championship Rugby - Did not run
Worms 4 - Stuck on loading

Welcome to the party, pal!

Hello, good evening and welcome to Xbox Reloaded the 100% officially unofficial BackCompat blog for when 'The list' just ain't good enough.

The blog is something put together for a multitude of reasons

1) To compile an accurate list of backwards comptible Xbox titles with the Xbox 360 including any pitfalls and pleasures that come with.

2) The list will be forwarded to the Back Compat team at Microsoft to inform them of these issues and expodite fixes.

Perfecting emulators is a lot about trial and error, every time you fall flat on your face you're still moving forward and with every bug, glitch or performance issue you get one step closer to achieving 100% compatibility.

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