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Here it is.  As some of you may know, some, but not all, X-box titles will run on the 360.  The list is out, and it's longer than I expected: 

 

Alias
Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction
All Star Baseball 2003
Amped
Army Men: Sarge's War
Atari Anthology
ATV Quad Power Racing 2
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2
Barbarian
Barbie Horse Adventure
Batman Begins
Battle Engine Aquila
Battlestar Galactica
Blinx 2
BMX XXX
Brute Force
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 06
Cabela's Deer Hunt 2005
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Casino
Catwoman
Chicago Enforcer
Circus Maximus
Close Combat: First to Fight
Colin McRae 4
Combat Elite
Commandos 2
Conflict: Desert Storm
Constantine
Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity
Crash Nitro Kart
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Curse - The Eye of Isis
Dark Angel
Darkwatch
Deathrow
Digimon Rumble Arena
Dinotopia
Dead or Alive 3
Drake
Egg Mania
ESPN MLS Extra Time 2002
Euro 2004
F1 Championship Season 2001
Fable
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules
FIFA 2003
FIFA 2004
FIFA Street 2005
FIFA World Cup 2002
Fight Night 2004
Fight Night Round 2
Ford Mustang Racing
Ford vs. Chevy
Forza Motorsport
Freedom Fighters
Frogger
Futurama
Fuzion Frenzy
Genma Onimusha
Goblin Commander
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
Half-Life 2
Halo
Halo 2
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone
He-Man: Defender of Grayskull
Hitman: Contracts
House of the Dead 3
IHRA Drag Racing 2005 Sportsman Edition
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005
Jade Empire
James Bond 007: Nightfire
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death
Jurassic Park Genesis
Kabuki Warrior
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Kids Next Door: Operation VIDEOGAME
kill.switch
Legends of Wrestling
Lemony Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events
Loons Fight for Fame
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Manhunt
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Medal of Honor 3 Rising Sun
Medal of Honor Frontline
Medal of Honor: European Assault
Mega Man
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
MicroMachines Odyssey
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Monster Garage
Mortal Kombat: Deception
MTV Music Generator 3
Murakumo
MX World Tour - featuring Jamie Little
Namco Museum X Next Generation
NBA Live 2003
NBA Live 2004
Need For Speed: Underground 2
NFL Blitz 2002
NFL Blitz 20-03
NFL Blitz 20-04
NHL 2004
NHL Hitz 20-03
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden Black
Outlaw Golf 2
Outlaw Volleyball
Pariah
Phantom Crash
Pinball Hall of Fame
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Predator
Prince of Persia 4: The Sands of Time
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Pro Race Driver
PUMP IT UP
Pure Pinball
Puyo Puyo Fever
Quantum Redshift
Rayman Arena
Raze's Hell
Red Dead Revolver
Red Faction II
RedCard 20-03
Robotech: Battle Cry
Rocky: Legends
Rogue Ops
Rugby 2005
Samurai Jack
Samurai Warriors
Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights
Scrapland
SeaWorld: Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
Sega GT 2002
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shellshock:Nam '67
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Simpson's Road Rage
Simpsons: Hit and Run
Sneakers
Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945
Soccer Slam
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Mega Collection
Speed Kings
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Splat Renegade Paintball
SpongeBob Square Pants:Battle for Bikini Bottom
Spy Hunter 2
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
SSX 3
Stake
Star Trek: Shattered Universe
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic 2
Street Racing Syndicate
Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse
Super Bubble Pop
Super Monkey Ball DX
SX Superstar
Tecmo Classic Arcade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator : Dawn of Fate
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction
Tetris Worlds
The Great Escape
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
The Thing
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Tork
Toxic Grind
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3
Urban Freestyle Soccer
Vexx
Volvo: Drive for Life
World Series Baseball 2K
Worms 4: Mayhem
Worms Forts Under Siege
WWE Raw 2
XIII
Yourself!Fitness

Thanks Russ, I didn't even know that some wouldn't work, how odd.  Thats a major selling point for me, backwards compatability. Im glad you posted that!

On your list, is it the ones that won't work on the 360 or the ones that do work on the 360?  Is it an exclusive list?

???

Why not give us a list of what won't work on the xbox 360? Or would that be longer?

This is the "WILL RUN" list, as released by Microsoft.  I don't know if games not on this list will definitly NOT run, or just if these games are SURE to run.

You can tell this is the "Will Run" list because Halo 2 is on it. 

Actually, if you go to this official Xbox site, you can read the Q&A that says that the games must be certified before they will play on the 360. Until then you will get a message saying you cannot play that game on the system.

They say they are testing constantly to get more and more games out, so supposedly the list is going to be updated frequently.


For those of you not paying attention to this whole schebang, Microsoft switched chip and processor manufacturers between the Xbox and the 360 (they went from an Intel processor to an IBM PowerPC architecture and from NVIDIA to ATI).

Because of this, they can only achieve backwards compatibility through software emulation. Thus they must run and test the emulator for each game before clearing that emulator for download (if you don't have Xbox live you can burn a disc from the internet and insert it into the machine manually).


From their list I notice a lot of EA titles seem to be missing, from Madden to Burnout.

@Yakface

Thanks for the info, wow, thats very important!  Appreciate the link and your posts!

@Russ

Thanks for the update, Run list, got it, I suspected that after a second reading.

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"If you don't have XBOX live.... Burn a disc from the net and put it into the machine..."?  The point of buying a console is so you don't have to do those kinds of things.  If I was willing to do that I'd just play PC games, where I need updaters and patches etc.  Looks like they should have waited in their race to market with the PS3, I think that's a mistake that will cost them in the long run.  I for one won't bother with buying a 360 until that glitch gets worked out, maybe later models will come pre installed with those drivers or at least have an updater disk you can instal them with.  What a drag. I'm glad I waited.  I haven't seen a release title that looks like a must own yet either...

Backwards compatability played a major influence in my decision to stay in the Sony camp at the release of the PS2.  I didn't even get an Xbox until last year.  It looks like Sony is positioned to win that point again this time.  Maybe I will wait and see what Sony is doing before I even buy a 360...

I'd like to ask another question about multiplayer online games and Xbox/Sony Online.  Do you think that the 360 could see the breaking point where (online multiplayer) console games are as good as PC titles?  I have been playing MMORPGs for a while, (not so much with the FPS, but them also) It seems if multiplayer online is your thing then a PC is the way to go, could the 360 change that?  I'd like to see some more games for online multiplayer that are not exclusively FPS or RPG, do you think there will be any, ever?

I'd like to ask another question about multiplayer online games and Xbox/Sony Online. Do you think that the 360 could see the breaking point where (online multiplayer) console games are as good as PC titles? I have been playing MMORPGs for a while, (not so much with the FPS, but them also) It seems if multiplayer online is your thing then a PC is the way to go, could the 360 change that? I'd like to see some more games for online multiplayer that are not exclusively FPS or RPG, do you think there will be any, ever?

Have you been living under a rock or something?

From racing games, to sports games, to Mech games, to Poker games, to flight games pretty much everything on the Xbox released now-adays has a pretty solid online game.

IF you like the following three genres: FPS, MMORPGs & RTS, then you should continue to game on your PC (because a mouse and keyboard enhance these games quite a bit). Otherwise, you might as well enjoy the comfort of your couch because consoles seem to own every other genre for online play (IMO).


If anything will help microsoft win this upcoming console war, it will be Xbox live. The service is simply phenomenal, and the new features for the 360 look to be even more excellent. We'll see how some of the more novel features actually turn out.


As for backwards compatibility, for many people I don't think its an issue. For some, it is. I'd guess that within 6 months of the release of the 360 nearly every game that sold more than 100 copies will be compatible.

As for the emulator, remember that you get a free "silver" (non-playing) Xbox live account with every 360. That means if you have a broadband connection that update will be done in a flash.

Its only if you're living in some BFE area with dial-up that you'll need to burn a CD to enable backwards compatibility. Seems like a fair compromise to me, but then again, I have both Xbox Live and I don't really care that much about backwards compatibility.

Well said Yak!

I agree, X-box really ownes on-line play. Microsoft went out on a limb with some of the things they did back in 2001: Broadband only, single service, etc. But it paid off. X-box live is really the ultimate online experience for just about anything except RTS's, because no-one has figured out how to run a good one with a controller.

And to get backwards compatability you have to buy the 400$ one right?

X-box 360= 36 GW Figs, lol.

Yes, you must have a hard drive to utilize backwards compatibility.

You could buy the cheaper version and then buy the HD, but that actually ends up costing more money than just buying the expensive package.