- List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360
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This is a list of Xbox games that are compatible with the Xbox 360. Additionally, the manner in which compatibility is achieved and the software errors associated with it are discussed in brief. This list is final as Microsoft confirmed in November 2007 that they are no longer going to be adding titles to the list. It should also be noted that, as of April 2010, original Xbox games can no longer be played online as the Xbox live service for the original Xbox console has been closed. This includes Xbox originals downloaded on the Xbox 360.
Contents
Fluctuations in the list of compatible games over time
The original list was composed of 213 games and was unveiled on 2005-11-11 on the Xbox website; however, some games have been subsequently removed due to bugs.
Six games were removed from the list: Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E., Curse: The Eye of Isis, FIFA World Cup 2002, NBA Live 2003, Rugby 2005, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (works only in Europe)
Seven games were removed temporarily and later added back: Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space, Catwoman, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Legends of Wrestling, Mortal Kombat: Deception, Pariah, and Sid Meier's Pirates!.
He-Man: Defender of Grayskull remains on the list despite the fact the game was never released (it had been cancelled by the developer before completion). The Japanese version of the console was initially compatible with only 12 games, while the European version had 156 games.
The last update for Xbox 360 backwards compatibility in North America was 2007-11-27, raising the total number of Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360 to 478. Approximately 51% of the original Xbox library is now compatible with the Xbox 360 (as of the 2007-11-27 update). The latest European update was in November 2007, now with a total of 476 compatible games. The latest update for Japan was released on 2007-11-28, with 122 working games.
How compatibility is achieved
According to Microsoft, each game needs an emulation profile to run. These profiles can be downloaded through the Xbox Live service or from Xbox.com and burned on CD or DVD recordable media. They are also routinely distributed as part of the content on the Official Xbox Magazine monthly discs. The profiles are downloaded as a single bundle, and hence only need to be applied once per update (if doing so offline), or are automatically downloaded the first time a compatible game is inserted.
The Xbox 360 hard disk is required to play the games on this list. The hard disk is used not only to store the emulation software, but also to store saved games, store downloaded content, and to serve as a data cache for titles which utilize disk caching. Since games for the original Xbox were designed with the expectation that a hard drive would always be available, most titles rely heavily on the presence of one.
An early version of the emulator for playing Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 offline was included with the Xbox 360 hard drive at launch. Xbox 360 hard drives manufactured later include updated emulation profiles which allow a greater range of titles to be played out of the box without updating. Whenever new sets of emulation profiles are released, drives manufactured after that date automatically include the latest update.
The original Xbox controller is not compatible with the Xbox 360, due to its different connector and its marginally different button layout. Specifically, the white and black buttons are not to be found on the 360 controller, having been replaced by the "bumpers" found above the left and right triggers. When playing an Xbox game on the Xbox 360 (using an Xbox 360 controller), the white button is mapped to the left bumper and the black button to the right.
List of compatible titles
In the following chart, any Xbox game with a "Yes" will work in that region, and only in others which also have "Yes" (although cross-region compatibility is not guaranteed). "Yes" in the 60 Hz column indicates that the PAL title supports 60 Hz output mode, and thus is compatible with the Xbox 360 VGA cable.
A game with "Yes" in the widescreen column has built-in support for widescreen, and will fill high-definition displays. If the widescreen column is "No", pillar boxing is used to preserve aspect ratio on high definition displays. Note that all compatible games will stretch to widescreen (potentially distorting the aspect ratio) if the Xbox 360 is configured for standard definition (480i / 576i) or enhanced definition (480p / 576p). Certain games without the widescreen function can be "cheated" into being widescreen by going to the Xbox display settings and setting the screen resolution to 480p. (Some games will still have smaller black over-scan lines on the sides of the screen)
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz 2002 FIFA World Cup Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown 2006 FIFA World Cup Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. 25 to Life Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. 4x4 Evo 2 Yes No No Yes Unknown Aggressive Inline Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Opening video runs at around 15 frames per second and stutters often. Air Force Delta Storm Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Alias Yes Unknown No Yes No Aliens versus Predator: Extinction Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown All-Star Baseball 2003 Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown All-Star Baseball 2005 Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. America's Army: Rise of a Soldier Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. AMF Bowling 2004 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding /
Tenku: Freestyle SnowboardingYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Can lag heavily through the entire game. Amped 2 /
Tenku 2Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. APEX Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Sound clicks while racing around opponents. Menu music and cut scene audio sometimes fail to play. Aquaman: Battle of Atlantis Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Arena Football Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Armed and Dangerous Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Sound on cutscenes occasionally cut out and certain graphics lag (e.g., Snow, Explosions). Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Army Men: Major Malfunction Yes Unknown No Yes No Atari Anthology Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Button prompts and text not sharp. ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Auto Modellista Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Aspect Ratio is not correct (image appears horizontally stretched). Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Avatar: The Last Airbender /
Avatar: The Legend of AangYes Unknown No Yes Unknown Bad Boys: Miami Takedown Yes Unknown No Yes No Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance No No Unknown Yes No Lags when a large number of objects are on screen. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Yes No No Yes Unknown Often lags heavily when a large number of breakable objects are on screen. White Xbox screen flickers for a few seconds when starting. Barbarian Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue Yes Unknown No Yes No The Bard's Tale Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Slight cropping noticeable on VGA displays. Occasional corruption of ground textures. Ground textures were occasionally corrupted on original Xbox as well. Framerate is excellent throughout though. Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Batman Begins Yes Yes No Yes Yes All movies stutter occasionally. Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Battle Engine Aquila Yes Yes No Yes No In Co-op severe graphic glitches make the game unplayable for the second player. Battlestar Galactica Yes Yes No Yes No Afterburners show up as black voids instead of white mist. Big Mutha Truckers Yes No No Yes Unknown Bionicle Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Bistro Cupid No No Yes No Unknown Black Yes Yes No Yes Yes Game tends to lose screen brightness at the start, after the black screen with white text writing that comes after the intro. Error codes appear on screen in the second chapter, emulation software must be reloaded in order to remove them. Blade II Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Blinx: The Time Sweeper Yes Yes No Yes Unknown If demo option is selected on main menu, game crashes and returns to Xbox 360 menu. (Option not dummied out as in other Xbox games). Also framerate drops slightly at points where a lot of "action" is going on. Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Blitz: The League Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Glitches may cause main menu to disappear and suddenly freeze. Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Some underscan on sides, top and bottom. Traces of blood dropping from the HUD may remain over the black bar on the bottom. Slight framerate problems in some areas. BloodRayne 2 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes While game is widescreen compatible, game is compressed to 4:3 even if 360 is set to 720p and 1080p. BlowOut Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Lighting and shadow effects are more subdued and grainy. Audio sometimes does not synchronize properly. BMX XXX Yes Unknown No Yes Yes All of the Acclaim demos movies and the Competitive Edge movie fail to run and just take the user back to the previous menu. All of the Scores videos will play in the game but will fail to play in the Movie menu. Breakdown Yes Yes Yes Yes No Some light effects are seen through walls and other barriers (floors, roofs, etc.). Save games often corrupt. Brute Force Yes Yes Yes Yes No Framerate drops with large number of enemies onscreen. Attempting to run the included Tao Feng and MechAssault demos results in being sent back to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Xbox Live connectivity is no longer supported. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Yes No No Yes No Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Framerate dips when characters are on stairs, both during cutscenes and gameplay. White lines appear at the top of the screen during cutscenes when characters are talking. Burnout Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Game freezes for a short while when disc is loaded. Very minor slowdown during some races. Tire screeching noise can last throughout an entire race. Burnout 2: Point of Impact Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Minor slowdown in a few areas, most notably on stages with rain. In night-time races, the moon appears as a large blue square in the sky! Burnout 3: Takedown Yes Yes No Yes Yes Shows instructional race videos at the beginning of the race every time the game is restarted and begin a race for the first time. (Seems to be fixed as of 5/7/08). On VGA cable the aspect ratio looks closer to 14:9 than Widescreen 16:9. Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Cabela's Dangerous Hunts Yes Yes No Yes No Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Cabela's Outdoor Adventures Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Yes No No Yes No Occasionally dialogue audio is replaced by loud static; Music does not play at all. Has quite a few bugs, including water not appearing at all in the game (does not break anything by not being there). Still, it can be played to the end though some bugs will force the player to replay sections of the game from an earlier save. Call of Duty: Finest Hour Yes Yes Yes Yes No Text, compass, and prone status not sharpened. Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Yes No No Yes Unknown Game freezes after cutscenes in several places. Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Call of Duty 3 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Cars Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Catwoman Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown NEVER attempt to copy this game to your Xbox 360 HDD. Although it is extremely rare, there are still some cases of extreme data corruption to random files on your HDD. This may include save game files. Championship Manager 2006 No No Unknown Yes Unknown Chicago Enforcer Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Xbox Live connectivity is no longer available. Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars Yes Unknown No Yes No Close Combat: First to Fight Yes No No Yes Yes Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Cold Fear No No Unknown No No Colin McRae Rally 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Xbox Live scoreboard is no longer available. Colin McRae Rally 2005 Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Online play through Xbox Live is no longer available. Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Commandos 2: Men of Courage Yes No No Yes Unknown Conflict: Desert Storm Yes Yes No Yes Yes Soundtrack unable to be played Conker: Live & Reloaded Yes No Yes Yes No - There are no loading screens.
- Some smoke, dirt, and dust effects are colored differently
- the pause menu during a multiplayer game operates slower.
- Intro movies may skip and stutter.
- Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported.
- Console may reset itself after level 2.
- Rarely, but sometimes sound cuts in and out.
Constantine Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Counter-Strike Yes Yes Yes Yes No May experience heavy lag in some levels, especially in tunnels. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Yes No Yes Yes No Crash Tag Team Racing Yes No No Yes Yes Crash Nitro Kart Yes No No Yes Yes Crash Twinsanity Yes Yes No Yes Yes Can lag badly if a lot of particle effects are on screen at once. This is most easily seen in the "Rooftop Rampage" level, where many sections of the level run in slow motion. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Yes Yes Yes Yes No Some downloads are not compatible. Downloaded content may work after multiple attempts to load content. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown The Da Vinci Code Yes Yes No Yes No Sometimes solutions to puzzles are presented BEFORE the actual puzzle is given. Some issues with the context-sensitivity, as well as bad character positioning during actions. (All currently present on PAL version; unconfirmed on other versions). Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics No No Yes Yes No Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown The game does not boot despite being listed by Microsoft as a compatible title. Dark Angel Yes No No Yes No Darkwatch Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 Yes Yes Unknown Yes No November 2007 emulator upgrade required. Dead or Alive 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PAL version is reported to have severe framerate dips, especially on multi-tiered arenas and full motion videos. Game may also crash after a double KO. Dead or Alive Ultimate Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported for either DOA1 or DOA2. Dead to Rights Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Demon Stone Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Deathrow Yes Yes No Yes Yes Destroy All Humans! Yes Yes No Yes Yes Widescreen only works properly in 480p widescreen mode, else it's squished to a roughly 4:3 image. Digimon Rumble Arena 2 Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Doom 3 Yes No No Yes Yes May freeze unexpectedly during the game and back ground sounds will continue playing. Screenshots for save positions may not work properly. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Doom 3 (Limited Collector's Edition) Yes No No Yes Yes Screenshots for save positions may not work properly. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Yes Unknown No Yes Yes PAL50 version requires November 2007 emulator upgrade. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Drake of the 99 Dragons Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Yes Yes No Yes Yes On the PAL copy, the game may freeze at the beginning just after leaving Zoe's home. Drive to Survive Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown See Mashed Fully Loaded for the PAL version of this game. Drive to Survive is the NTSC Version. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Can lag when a large amount of enemies are on screen. Dynasty Warriors 4 /
Shin Sangokumuso3Yes Unknown Yes Yes No Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Black box appears around character in character selection screen and vehicle. ESPN Major League Baseball Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. ESPN College Hoops Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. ESPN College Hoops 2K5 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown ESPN NFL 2K5 No No No Yes No Colors are sometimes not right and game plays faster than on the original Xbox. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. ESPN NHL 2K5 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Euro 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Evil Dead Regeneration No Unknown No Yes Yes Ex Chaser No No Yes No Unknown Exaskeleton No No Yes No Unknown F1 2001 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Fable Yes Yes Yes Yes No Constantly lagging framerate. Menu to game demos not "'dummied'" and result in a fatal error. Textures can sometimes get mixed up, for example a stretched face on the characters chest. Fable: The Lost Chapters Yes Yes No Yes No Very slow to start up and after about 2–4 hours will crash and need restarting. Loading times for saves increases dramatically based on storyline progression, increasing to around five minutes at end game. Some textures for walls on housing are replaced with miscellaneous textures; i.e. texture for grass appeared on the tavern in Oakvale. The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules No No No Yes Unknown Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Family Guy Video Game! Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Fantastic Four Yes No Unknown Yes Unknown Far Cry Instincts Yes Yes No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Fatal Frame (NTSC) /
Project Zero (PAL)Unknown No Yes Yes No Some cutscenes just show a black screen with audio still playing.
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut /
Project Zero II: Crimson ButterflyYes Yes Yes Yes No Pal version is region locked and will not work on an NTSC-J console.
FIFA Football 2003 Yes No No Yes Yes FIFA Football 2004 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Constant framerate drops and severe sound-glitching ingame. FIFA Football 2005 No No Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. FIFA 06 Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Update is required. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. FIFA 07 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ZOOM in replay and Goal Kicks closeups are blurry; otherwise normal gameplay. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. FIFA Street Yes Unknown No Yes Yes FIFA Street 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes The players pictures are gone. Fight Night 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Bad sound glitches. Create-A-Boxer's facial hair cannot be seen on cab. Some patches on the head of a boxer are completely transparent. Fight Night Round 2 Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown PAL version of game does not load from boot screen. It's unknown if any other version does this. Fight Night Round 3 Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Final Fight Streetwise Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes FlatOut Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Flight Academy No No Yes No Unknown Ford Mustang Racing Yes No No Yes Unknown Ford vs. Chevy No No No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Forza Motorsport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Version with "Live Arcade" does not run smoothly. Sometimes the "Game Select" menu will cause it to freeze up. "Live Arcade" games do not work. Forza itself seems to sport varying levels of anti-aliasing with very uneven framerate in some tracks. Some graphics problems, including lockups. The "turbine" loading icon may be missing. Using the paint/decal editor will result in vehicle textures becoming permanently corrupted, even if decals are removed and car is restored to original paintjob. Car sounds can cut out completely, cars with upgraded transmissions will have a whiny sound and no engine sound in races. Music occasionally cuts to loud static for a few seconds. The save file can become corrupted. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Will only run in PAL60/VGA if console is set to 640x480 and "normal" screen format ("widescreen" will not work).
Freaky Flyers Unknown No No Yes No Freedom Fighters No No Unknown Yes Yes Minor and subtle graphical error while aiming down in the first level. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Freestyle Street Soccer Unknown Yes Unknown Yes Unknown Frogger Beyond No No Unknown Yes Unknown Full Spectrum Warrior Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DLC does not work in PAL60. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers Yes Yes No Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Futurama Yes No No Yes No Future Tactics: The Uprising Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Fuzion Frenzy Yes No No Yes No Some minor slowdowns when displaying large/complex scenes. Game freezes when trying to access demo videos. Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Yes Unknown No Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Godzilla: Save the Earth Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Scratchy audio during cutscenes. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. The Great Escape Yes Unknown No Yes No Genma Onimusha Yes No Yes Yes No Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde Yes No No Yes No Grabbed by the Ghoulies Yes Yes Yes Yes No Menus are shown in a 4:3 manner, ingame is 16:9. If you go to features and select demos then try to exit the demos menu the game crashes. Grand Theft Auto III Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes This game is not actually listed on the official backwards compatible list. Slowdown in heavy traffic areas. Custom radio is no longer supported. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Slowdown in heavy traffic areas. There might be "noise" while listening to the radio. Sometimes textures "go messy", and a reboot is needed to solve the problem. Driving controls are laggy, making it difficult to drive vehicles. Custom Radio is no longer supported. Players are also no longer able to listen to the radio from the "audio" option of the game menu. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sound can sometimes skip, most evident during cutscenes (lip-synch is incorrect). Custom Radio is no longer supported. Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (GTA III & GTA: Vice City) Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy (GTA III, GTA: Vice City & GTA: San Andreas) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not officially listed. Contains same problems per game as with standalone releases. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Yes Unknown No Yes No Freeze in career mode make impossible to finish the second or third tournament. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Guilty Gear Isuka Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Minute glitches in sprites (upper right of sprite box) and animation (occasional random frame). Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Guilty Gear XX#Reload No No Yes Yes No Minute, occasional graphical glitches in character sprites, similar to those of Isuka. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. The Guy Game Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes No Half-Life 2 Yes No No Yes Yes Loading images at title screen gone. Some frame rate issues are prevalent in the opening part of the game. Game saves suddenly become corrupted after 2 months of not playing the game (regular playing is required until completion). Halo: Combat Evolved Yes Yes Yes Yes No Korean version (NTSC/J) is not backward compatible. - Some textures go white and the demos option in the main menu is gone.
- Generally slow and stuttering framerate with significant slowdown in co-op.
- Some clipping problems with the Assault rifle.
- Weapons can get stuck in the slanted Forerunner hallways in Assault on the Control Room and Two Betrayals.
- The 360 can freeze and require a restart if the map selection menu is accessed in Multiplayer.
Halo 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - Noticeably lower framerate in four player split-screen.
- Performance problems when playing on the Backwash multiplayer map.
- Occasionally, 'ghost' images stay on screen unless console is reset, usually after a cutscene.
- Dolby Digital sound cuts out when playing across system link.
- When VGA cables are used with 4:3 monitors, the image is compressed onto the narrow monitor as if running on a 16:9 widescreen television. The problem can be avoided by running the game at a resolution of 640x480.
- DLC will corrupt if the 360's hard drive is used with another 360.
- Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported.
Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes The Xbox Live feature is no longer supported. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Yes Yes No Yes No Usually runs slowly, runs full speed when not looking at complicated scenes, slowdown even evident in intro at any resolution. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Yes No No Yes Yes Some minor slowdowns. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Yes No No Yes No Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Yes Yes No Yes No High Heat: Major League Baseball 2004 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes High Rollers Casino Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Hitman: Contracts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Must be set at 1080i or below to load does not load correctly at 1080p. Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown The House of the Dead III Yes Yes Yes Yes No Gameplay tends to both speed up and slow down at certain sequences. House of the dead 2 is almost unplayable. Hulk Yes No No Yes No Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Hunter: The Reckoning No No Unknown Yes No Loading times between levels are greatly increased. IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition No No No Yes Unknown IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 No No No Yes No The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Yes Yes No Yes Yes Incredibles /
Mr. IncredibleYes Unknown Yes Yes Yes The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Yes No Unknown Yes No Soundtrack stutters and repeats the same part over and over, as it did on the original Xbox. Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit Yes Yes No Yes Yes Aspect ratio is slightly narrow in PAL VGA. IndyCar Series 2005 Yes No No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. I-Ninja Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Innocent Tears No No Yes No Unknown Intellivision Lives! No No No Yes No Jade Empire Yes Yes Yes Yes No A small number of textures in a few scenes do not show up. Old Tien's Landing ruins level stutters badly. Demos and Limited Edition bonus disc do not work for PAL60 and bsp;Hz. The Xbox emulator update adds the Limited Edition bonus disc content to game (content like the Mong Zhen character). Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. James Bond 007: Nightfire Yes No Yes Yes Yes Freezes when loading levels that give player full control over vehicles. Multiplayer with 4 people is extremely laggy, low framerate in large, open areas or areas with lots of NPCs. Jet Set Radio Future Yes Yes Yes Yes No Noticeable slowdown in some stages. Flickering and obscured text in pause menus. Textures may disappear after leaving pause menu. Custom graffiti can only be done for SS, S, and M sizes on a zoom. L or XL will not work. If the player does not zoom in, they will NOT be able to see their creation at all. Note for PAL/NL users, Change the locale to 'United Kingdom' and 50 Hz. PAL version bundled with Sega GT 2000 does not support VGA cables due to the 50 Hz start-up menu. Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Junko Takahashi's Mahjong Seminar No No Yes No Unknown Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Yes No No Yes No Justice League Heroes Yes No No Yes Yes Very noticeable slowdown whenever large objects players can pick up are on the screen. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Kabuki Warriors /
Zan KabukiNo No Yes Yes Unknown Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Yes No No Yes Unknown Kill Switch No No No Yes Yes On the mission entitled "All the things she said" the mission ending point is NON-functional. King Arthur Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown The King of Fighters 2002 & 2003 Yes No No Yes No King of Fighters 2002 has graphical issues including lines through sprites. King of Fighters 2003 is not compatible at all. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. The King of Fighters Neowave Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Backgrounds have graphical issues, sometimes on character sprites as well. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders Yes No Yes Yes No No Xbox Live Access. Kunio Yonenaga's Shogi Seminar No No Yes No Unknown Lake Masters No No Yes No Unknown The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Lego Star Wars: The Video Game Yes No No Yes No Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Yes No No Yes Yes Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Yes Yes No Yes Yes Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Yes No No Yes No Links 2004 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Works Great. Appears too have no issues. Except for lag. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Loons: The Fight for Fame Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Yes No No Yes No During gameplay the background elements flash solid white at regular intervals, happens around chests. Certain special effects run slowly which can throw off lip synching during ingame cutscenes. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Yes No No Yes No Movie sequences are choppy and buggy and will freeze if subtitles are on OR cheats. Gameplay is fine. Mad Dash Racing No No Yes No No This game starts to play on US/NTSC Xboxes, but, it will freeze a couple seconds into a race. Magatama No No Yes Yes Unknown Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Magic: The Gathering – Battlegrounds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Occasionally the arena textures may bug out. While game is widescreen compatible, game is compressed to 4:3 even if 360 is set to 720p and 1080p. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Manhunt Yes No No Yes No There is no audio of Starkweather's voice if the player is not using the Xbox Live headset. Mashed Fully Loaded Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Game can freeze for a fraction of a second when a taunt is used. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Yes No No Yes Unknown Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Yes Yes No Yes Yes Cutscenes lag unbelievably bad. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Yes Yes No Yes No Ingame character sprites suffer from severe graphical corruption issues. Menus suffer from minor graphical issues. 3D backgrounds are unaffected. Max Payne Yes Yes No Yes No Minor graphic issues right after saving, does not last, nor does it hinder gameplay. Minor slowdown during some busy moments. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Yes No No Yes Yes Maximum Chase Yes No Yes Yes Unknown MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Yes Yes Yes Yes No At the end of some levels, the game does not progress onto the next mission. Audio does not load on certain levels. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Medal of Honor: European Assault Yes No No Yes Yes Medal of Honor: Frontline Yes Yes No Yes No Significant framerate issues. Player 1's gun blocks Player 2's screen during multiplayer. Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Yes No No Yes No Lags in some single player levels. Mega Man Anniversary Collection No No No Yes No Player character sprite animations in Mega Man 8 have several dropped frames. The sound of robot masters' voices often ends up highly distorted. There are also bouts of slowdown. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Yes No No Yes Yes In certain regions, such as around the Pyongyang Airport, the game will abruptly freeze. Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Yes Yes Yes Yes No Bad screen tearing issues in some parts, Also music can skip in places Micro Machines Yes No Yes Yes No Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Minority Report: Everybody Runs Yes Unknown No Yes Yes MLB SlugFest 2003 Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown MLB SlugFest 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz MLB Slugfest: Loaded Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Monster Garage Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Heavy frame rate drops seems to occur when looking around a vehicle. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Yes No No Yes No Some minor graphical glitches occur over the pictures of items in inventory (rarely) and over the pictures for save games (often). Load game option from main menu experiences heavy lag. The game will crash if the skill trainers are used too rapidly (i.e. Leveling up using a trainer and immediately using the same trainer again). Mortal Kombat: Armageddon No No No Yes Yes Game is only in NTSC available and not region free, so is not playable on a PAL Xbox 360. Some movies in the Krypt do not work and only play audio. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Mortal Kombat: Deception No No No Yes No The Kollector's Edition game disc including Mortal Kombat and the bonus featurettes works. Area-51 demo non-playable (audio is heard but picture is black except for visible HUD). Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. MVP Baseball 2004 No Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Noticeable glitches on player uniform textures, also the uniform has random color patches. It also has and choppy video playback. MotoGP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes MotoGP 2 Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Engine sound effects play louder than normal setting when at higher speeds. Engine sounds crackle and cut out during races. The option to assign keys to the Right Trigger in the Settings menu is missing. Tutorial videos shake and flash. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. MTV Music Generator 3 Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown MTX Mototrax Yes No Yes Yes Yes Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit Yes No Yes Yes Unknown No save game support. Muzzle Flash No No Yes No Unknown Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. MX Unleashed Yes Unknown No Yes Yes MX vs. ATV Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes Yes Loading screens turn negative color sometimes. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. MX World Tour featuring Jamie Little No No No Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Myst III: Exile Yes No Yes Yes No Namco Museum Yes No No Yes No Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection Yes No Yes Yes No NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz NASCAR Thunder 2002 No No No Yes Yes NASCAR Thunder 2003 No No No Yes Yes NBA Ballers Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes NBA Inside Drive 2002 Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No NBA 2K3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. NBA Live 2002 Yes No Yes Yes No Black bars on the sides. NBA Live 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown NBA Street V3 Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Game stutters on its initial load. When the game is not spinning the disc, the game plays great with little issue. The opening video stutters. When selecting players there is an occasional lag or jitter where the name will blur for a half second and be normal thereafter, happens when changing player highlighted. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. NCAA College Basketball 2K3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. NCAA Football 06 Unknown Unknown No Yes Yes Slight slowdown in pass plays on making the catch, and kickoff returns. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. NCAA March Madness 06 No No No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. NCAA March Madness 2005 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Need for Speed: Underground 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes During 2 player races, the bottom screen stares at the ground. Cutscenes are skippy and the sound is occasionally slightly crackly. Occasional frame rate drops and soundtrack stuttering or freezing. The demo for Burnout 3: Takedown in the options menu is no longer functional. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. NFL 2K2 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes No NFL 2K3 No Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. NFL Blitz 2002 Yes No No Yes No NFL Blitz 2003 Yes Yes No Yes Unknown NFL Blitz 2004 Yes No No Yes Unknown NFL Fever 2004 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Play selection screen does not show correct plays. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. NFL Street No No No No No Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz NHL 2005 Yes Yes No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. NHL 2K3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. NHL Hitz 2003 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Cannot Save in Franchise mode without the system/game locking up. NHL Hitz Pro Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown NightCaster Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Ninja Gaiden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes The unlockable SNES remix versions of the NES-Games are unplayable. Noticeably lower framerate during CG cutscenes. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Ninja Gaiden Black Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot remove hard drive or save file will be erased. Noticeably lower framerate during CG cutscenes. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Nobunaga no Yabou: Ranseiki No No Yes No Unknown NTRA Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Yes No No Yes No - Voices and various sounds became very distant and nearly impossible to hear.
- When you start a new game the save icons get messed up (The menu background will be different, or the icons will be missing.)
- Cutscenes lag
- When there is a lot of action going on (explosions, enemies, etc.), the game lags
Open Season Yes No No Yes No Outlaw Golf 2 Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of X-mas Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Outlaw Tennis Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Outlaw Volleyball Yes Unknown Yes Yes No Framerate skips when opponent returns serves. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot Unknown Unknown No Yes No OutRun 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Sometimes game freezes for a split-second. Sound is output at a noticeably low frequency. Large loadup times as well. The coins on the road are invisible in PAL version. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Over the Hedge Yes No No Yes No Pac-Man World 3 Yes No No Yes No PAL version works fine and looks great on TV, does not work in 60 Hz. Panzer Dragoon Orta Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PAL version crashes after the full-motion video at the end of the third level. However there is a solution for this that includes unlocking the level select menu by accumulating 20 hours of gameplay. Occasional framerate hitches during full motion videos. Boss fight with Abadd in the Forbidden Memories stage shows heavy graphical glitches. Original Panzer Dragoon unlockable reported to be unplayable, but is fully playable on at least some NTSC systems. Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory Yes Yes No No No Framerate is poor throughout the game making it hard to turn and aim. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Pariah Yes No No Yes No Long loading times. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Petit Copter No No Yes No No Phantom Crash Yes No No Yes No Low framerate and graphical glitches. PAL version crashs often about 10 to 15 minutes into the match. Phantom Dust Yes No Yes Yes No PAL version never released. Seems to lag occasionally when arena objects (bridges in palace level for instance) are destroyed. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Playboy the Mansion Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Plus Plumb 2 No No Yes No Unknown Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Yes No No Yes No Predator: Concrete Jungle Yes Yes No Yes Yes Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Yes Yes No Yes No The Unlockable Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia 2 games will not play. Some lag when the screen fills up with multiple enemies. Xbox Live features are no longer supported.. Pro Cast Sports Fishing Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Letter boxed 4:3 on 1360x768 vga. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Pro Race Driver Yes No No Yes No Project Gotham Racing Yes Yes Yes Yes No Game has slowdown throughout. 4GB 360S with 250GB hard drive doesn't seem to suffer from poor frame rate, at least as single player. Project Gotham Racing 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes There is usually a black screen at car (visible for an instant before going black) and gear box type selection. Radio does not work. Emulation can slowdown sometimes (not that frequently) when there are numerous cars around or when sliding around a corner and a lot of the background is changing. Very occasional freezes corrected by a reboot. Xbox Demos option returns the user to the Dashboard. Content download is not compatible with PAL-60. Slowdown is almost constant in 3/4player split-screen races, especially when drifting. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Psychonauts Yes No No Yes No Raz's body texture is sometimes replaced with pause menu's background texture. Small, faint, vertical lines visible in the distance. Framerate may occasionally stutter. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Psyvariar 2: Extended Edition No No Yes No No Pump It Up: Exceed Yes No No Yes Unknown Cannot use Pump It Up dance pad. Game also freezes after playing the second song on Arcade Mode. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. The Punisher Yes Yes No Yes Yes Pure Pinball Yes No No Yes No Flippers activate on their own on some Xbox 360 consoles. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Puyo Pop Fever /
Puyo Puyo FeverYes No Yes Yes Unknown Quantum Redshift Yes No Yes Yes Yes Particle effects subdubed on some attacks. RalliSport Challenge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Framerate issues. Rapala Pro Fishing Yes No Yes Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Rayman Arena No No No Yes Unknown Raze's Hell Yes Yes No Yes No The voice features of this game are no longer supported Red Dead Revolver Yes Yes No Yes Yes Sky flickers from blue to black and parts of many objects flicker during gameplay in widescreen. Objects in the load screens and cutscenes flicker. Game freezes during Chapter 8 (the canyon level) usually during the boss fight, if Bad Bessie manages to attack with her whip. Shoot her from a distance, or use explosives. As long as she does not touch you, game will not freeze and gameplay can continue. Game also freezes at the loading of the 12th level (Bar Fight). Game is unplayable after this lock-up; however, changing the Xbox's output to 480p should fix this . Red Faction II Yes No No Yes No Thin white bar at the top and bottom and they flick. During the letterbox cutscenes, the previous scene's frame will be flickering where the mattes are supposed to be. RedCard 20-03 Yes (Moldovan) No Yes No Reservoir Dogs Yes No No Yes No Return To Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Random slow down in Single Player, almost unplayable on multiplayer. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Rent-A-Hero No. 1 No No Yes No Unknown Richard Burns Rally Yes Yes No Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. RLH Yes No No Yes Yes Xbox Live connectivity disabled , same goes for DLC . When you open the "Demo tab" to see the included trailers and go back to the game menu, RLH will crash back to the dashboard. RoadKill Yes Yes No Yes Yes Xbox Live connectivity disabled. Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Robotech: Battlecry Yes Yes No Yes No Rocky Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Rocky Legends Yes Yes Yes Yes No Rogue Ops Yes No Yes Yes No Rogue Trooper Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Rugby 2006 Yes Yes No Yes No Shadowing causes all players in shade to become solid black. Some sound stuttering when loading. RugbyLeague 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Samurai Jack No No No Yes Unknown Samurai Warriors /
Sengoku MusouYes No Yes Yes No Walls and bridges do not appear in multiplayer mode. Cutscenes are in higher contrast and brightness but run fine. Scarface: The World is Yours Yes Yes No Yes Yes Low framerate. Run in 1080i for best results. pal vga narrow aspect in 1280 res. Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights Yes No No Yes No Scrapland Yes Yes No Yes Yes Sega GT 2002 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Version of game bundled with JSRF suffers from reduced framerate, and some textures flashing black or transparent for a single frame. Sega GT Online Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some races suffer from slowdown, particularly 'Falcon Wing Circuit B'. May also corrupt save files. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Sega Soccer Slam Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Serious Sam Yes No No Yes No Shadow the Hedgehog Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Intro and CGI cutscenes will lag after starting. Some sound effects are muffled. Small frame-rate issues when large amounts of gunfire and enemies are on screen. Freezes occasionally during cutscenes and gameplay. Shadow Ops: Red Mercury Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Shark Tale Yes No No Yes No Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Shattered Union Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Sometimes tanks and buildings will start glitching, which cause them to look like they're made of spikes. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. ShellShock: Nam '67 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Shenmue II Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Changing the game's 'Filter' to a different color does not work and causes a brief pause. Sound issues with advanced scart leads and VGA cable. Arcade games (i.e.: Outrun, Space Harrier) have noticeable glitches in the textures and the classic games do not work in PAL60 mode. Sometimes, geometry will not get rendered leading to creepy artifacts, such as headless people. Slowdown increases in certain areas, most notably the Dimsum Qr. Also the shadowing effects no longer work. Shincho Mahjong No No Yes Yes Unknown Shrek 2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Shrek: Super Party Yes Yes Unknown Yes Unknown Showdown: Legends of Wrestling Yes No No Yes No Sid Meier's Pirates! Yes No No Yes Yes Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams Yes No Yes Yes No Has an issue where the light from the flashlight shines behind the character as well as in front. Textures can frequently load in wrong areas (such as door textures on the floor) or not load at all displaying only gray space. This includes the "picture" views. Later levels lose music and sound effects audio. Many "game over" events render the game unplayable, as game will not reboot once it has been shut off. One method to avoid corrupted saves is to only save to the first slot, and rewrite it on every save. Never save in more than one slot. Silent Hill 4: The Room Yes No Yes Yes No Slight skipping occurs during full motion videos. Black lines appear in facial areas. The Simpsons Hit & Run Yes No Yes Yes Yes The Simpsons Road Rage Yes Yes No Yes No Much of the voice over is missing. The Sims 2 Yes (Moldovan) No Yes Yes Lags heavily on load game menu, save game menu runs fine. Game is Widescreen but not completely. Smashing Drive No No No Yes Unknown Sneakers /
NezmixNo No Yes Yes Unknown Sniper Elite Yes Yes No Yes Yes Game freezes at the briefing screen before loading if using any resolution other than 480i and 4:3 mode. Sonic Heroes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Text is not sharp and has some graphical errors on it (lines under or through letters). The stage title screens have lines through them. All movies run at around 15 frames per second but is in sync with the audio. On the opening movie the song has to repeat sections in order to stay in sync. During gameplay button prompts are not sharp. On the title screen the logo still has aliasing issues. Sonic Mega Collection Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes No Sound glitches in PAL version when playing Sonic the Hedgehog, may occur in other games. Sonic Riders Yes No Yes Yes No Cinematics have gray cylinder guides under characters, metal city level has loading problems as you can see the stage progress as you go. Soul Calibur II Yes Yes Yes Yes No Framerate sometimes dips when fighter is airborne, especially when fighting in the Library arena. 720p native, but runs in 4:3 window. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Spawn: Armageddon Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Speed Kings Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Yes Yes No Yes Yes Spider-Man Yes Yes Yes Yes No Spider-Man 2 Yes No Yes Yes No Slowdown occurs in a few missions near the end of the game. Building geometry appears improperly aligned on rare occasions. Ultimate Spider-Man Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Some coloured textures over surfaces, particularly walls and floors, are sometimes only partly coloured. Mostly this is only because of lighting effects, such as shadows. Sometimes this also happens with background objects. the coloured areas on textures move when the camera moves. Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball Yes No No Yes No SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Yes No No Yes No All videos would mute occasionally. Sky can sometimes just show random colors. Models can, in rare cases, distort. Shadows occasionally glitch out for certain characters (Plankton, Patrick, etc.) SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! Yes No No Yes No Subtitles included on everything in the game in a number of copies when played. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Yes No No Yes Yes Sometimes, trailers echo. Spy vs Spy No No Unknown No Unknown Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run No No No Yes Unknown Spy Hunter 2 Yes No No Yes No Spyro: A Hero's Tail Yes Yes No Yes Yes May freeze in the middle of gameplay. When attempting to save a game from the pause menu, the screen goes black. The same applies for the credits, model viewer display (e.g. total of models included), concept art gallery and mini game select menu found on the extras at the title screen. SSX 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Stake: Fortune Fighters Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Starsky and Hutch No No Unknown Yes Yes Star Trek: Shattered Universe Yes No No Yes No Game plays flawlessly if Xbox 360 is using a standard definition non-widescreen display mode. Major graphical glitches make game unplayable if console is set to high definition or wide display. Star Wars: Battlefront(may not work) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes May freeze unexpectedly in main menu; no save icon for the 360 dashboard. Minor graphical glitches inside the ice caves of the Rhen Var: Harbor map(e.g. flickering ice textures); a similar error also occurs for the water texture on maps. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Star Wars: Battlefront II Yes Yes No Yes Yes Cheat codes may or may not work. Slight delays in between menu selections. Holding down any button in a hosted multiplayer match will result in moving slowly to the right, causing aiming and shooting to require moving to the left to stay centered. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Yes Yes No Yes No Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Yes No No Yes No Multiplayer does not work. May experience lag and freezing during gameplay. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Yes No Unknown Yes No First bonus mission impossible to complete, always a "disk error" message. Severe slowdown on main menu "transition" animations. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Yes Yes No Yes Yes Sound may sometimes become very quiet until the Xbox is reset; often experiences heavy lag during combat and short lag bursts out of combat. May also experience freezing during gameplay not associated with cutscenes. Sound may cut in and out during dialog. Enable Widescreen by setting resolution to 480p within Xbox 360 Dashboard. Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Yes Yes No Yes Yes Random crackling sound, music will occasionally stop playing before starting again and then stopping again, music will not play at main menu, also framerate drops fairly low during combat. Enable Widescreen by setting resolution to 480p within Xbox 360 Dashboard. Star Wars: Republic Commando Yes No Yes Yes Yes Sound may sometimes become very quiet; many textures bug out and appear as a multicolored metallic texture instead. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Yes Yes No Yes No Although this game is not listed on the official backwards compatible list, the single game version (the one without Tetris) is playable on U.S. Xbox 360’s. The Tetris Worlds combined disc does not work with "Xenon", "Zephyr" and "Opus" motherboards Xbox 360 models. Also, split-screen play is extremely difficult to play due to graphical glitches for 2nd-4th players. State of Emergency Yes Yes No Yes Yes Street Fighter Anniversary Collection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some sound and graphical glitches. Some levels in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike cause some minor slowdown when the camera captures a player in high altitude. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Street Racing Syndicate Yes No No Yes Unknown Some sound glitches, mainly engine noises. Videos of the SRS girls may stutter, although this is uncommon. Game can freeze when crashing at very high speeds into sharp angles (such as the edge of a building or corner). Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" Yes No No Yes No The Suffering Yes No No Yes Yes Super Bubble Pop Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Speech balloons in cutscenes are delayed by several seconds relative to the action. A very brief, non-gamebreaking pause may occur every once in a while in 2 player mode. Issues in 4 player mode. Some graphical issues, such as the water surface not being visible during Monkey Target. SX Superstar Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Syberia II Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Taz: Wanted No No No Yes Unknown Tecmo Classic Arcade Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Game will not run in high-def mode. According to the console, an error message appears stating that the game has encountered a problem and cannot continue. Switch console to 480p mode to play. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Yes Unknown No Yes No Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown Tenerezza No No Yes No Unknown The Terminator: Dawn of Fate Yes Unknown No Yes Yes For NTSC version of the game: Framerate drops dramatically in many areas. Many times ingame audio dialogue will not play at all. Numerous graphical glitches throughout the game. In other regions work better. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Test Drive Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Custom soundtrack features are disabled. Tetris Worlds Yes Unknown Yes Yes No Star Wars: The Clone Wars combined disc does not work with "Xenon", "Zephyr" and "Opus" motherboards Xbox 360 models. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tetsuya Nakajima's Othello Seminar No No Yes No Unknown Thief: Deadly Shadows Yes No No Yes No Particle effects (torch-light, smoke, portholes, treasure, etc.) can be seen through all objects. Shadows are unstable in some places, as they appear to suddenly shift if the camera is moved. The Thing Yes Yes No Yes Yes Thrillville No No No Yes No Thousand Land No No No Yes [1] No Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Yes No No Yes Unknown The Globe on course selections is at times blurry, overall gameplay unaffected. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Yes No Yes Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Yes Yes Yes Yes No Not compatible with VGA HD video cable. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike Yes No No Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Yes No Yes Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Yes No Yes Yes No Lots of slowdown when playing the campaign. Unplayable in most areas. Not compatible with VGA HD video cable. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Yes Yes Yes No No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Yes Yes Yes Yes No DLC is supported, but all Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. Keypad colors do not appear properly when using the thermal vision goggles. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DLC is supported, but Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some SC-2Ok details and some effects are missing. Slight framerate issues with gameplay. Some sound effects are gone. i.e. sounds and voices are no longer muffled by doors and thick walls. Minor graphical corruption on the save/load screen. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Yes Yes Yes Yes No DLC is supported, but Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Yes No Yes Yes No Number of Glitches. Sometimes certain parts of the skater will disappear. Sometimes certain things will not work right in the game like they are supposed to, like doors opening to other areas and locations etc. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X No No No Yes No Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Yes Yes No Yes No Console must be set to 480p/standard def mode. 720p and 1080i only displays Xbox loading screen with game sounds. VGA output works fine as well at various resolutions. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Glitchy Graphics, Frequent Framerate Problems Tony Hawk's Underground Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Skater occasionally has trouble getting off their board. Loading screens missing entirely.Custom soundtracks ingame are disabled. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Walking into objects occasionally initiates knockback. Can occasionally go to a lower framerate at random. Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Torino 2006 Yes No No Yes No Tork: Prehistoric Punk No No No Yes No Toxic Grind No No No Yes Unknown TransWorld Surf: Next Wave Unknown Unknown No Yes Yes Trigger Man No No No Yes No Trivial Pursuit Unhinged No No No Yes No Xbox Live online features are no longer supported. True Crime: Streets of LA Yes No Yes Yes Yes Frame rate lags while driving. Frame drops or frame skips while shooting. Turok: Evolution Yes No Unknown Yes No Slows down at times, graphics flicker sometimes. Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Yes Yes No Yes Yes Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Ultimate Spider-Man Yes No No Yes No Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Ultra Bust-a-Move / Ultra Puzzle Bobble Yes Unknown Yes Yes No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Unreal Championship Unknown Unknown Unknown No No Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Yes Yes No Yes Yes DLC is supported in PAL version, but Xbox Live online play and features are no longer supported. Urban Freestyle Soccer Yes No No Yes Unknown The Urbz: Sims in the City Yes Yes No Yes Yes Minor game freezes (black screen) requiring a console reboot. V8 Supercars 2 No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Van Helsing Yes No Unknown Yes No Vexx Yes No No Yes No When booting the white Xbox screen flickers for a few seconds. All trailers in the Extras section stutter and pause occasionally. Vietcong: Purple Haze Yes Yes No Yes No Volvo: Drive for Life No No No Yes Yes WarPath No No No Yes No Virtually unplayable Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray Yes No Yes Yes Unknown Whacked! No No Yes Yes No WinBack 2: Project Poseidon Yes Unknown No Yes No World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 Unknown Unknown No Yes No World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Yes Unknown No Yes No Without Warning Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown World Series Baseball 2K3 No No No Yes Unknown World Championship Pool 2004 No Unknown Unknown No Unknown Worms 3D Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Worms 4: Mayhem Yes Unknown No Yes No Worms Forts: Under Siege Yes Yes No Yes No Wrath Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes Yes Custom soundtrack features are disabled, loadings are quicker. Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz WWF Raw Yes No Yes Yes[2] No WWE Raw 2 Yes No No Yes No Custom soundtrack features are disabled. X-Men Legends Yes No Yes No Unknown X2: Wolverine's Revenge Yes Unknown Yes Yes No XIII Yes No Yes Yes No Game freezes (black screen) Every time disk is started, requires console reboot. Xiaolin Showdown Yes No No Yes Unknown Yourself!Fitness No No No Yes Yes Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny Yes Yes No Yes No Yukari Umesawa's Igo Seminar No No Yes No Unknown Zapper: One Wicked Cricket Yes Unknown No Yes No Zathura Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes 50Hz 60Hz Compatibility
When an original Xbox game has been emulator patched in accordance to Microsoft instructions it may still refuse to play on the Xbox 360. The following error message displayed on the Xbox 360 dashboard signifies this failure:
- "This original Xbox game is not supported on your Xbox 360 console. An update to support this game may be available. For more info, go to www.xbox.com/games. X: 2689.0 B: 1884.0"
This message is identical to the one displayed when trying to play an unsupported or unpatched game for the first time. At this time no reference to the significance of the X and B variables can be found on the Microsoft Xbox website. This may be related to international region compatibility; a Microsoft disclaimer notes
- "Currently the North American versions of these games are the only ones supported as backward compatible titles on Xbox 360."
Note that Microsoft terms the compatibility of Xbox titles on the Xbox 360 consoles as "backward compatibility" whereas in fact it is the console that is being made backward compatible, and the titles are being made forward compatible.
Contrary to popular belief, custom soundtracks are still supported while playing Xbox games, though it requires connecting the 360 hard drive to the PC.[3]
PAL games that do not support PAL-60 cannot be played using the VGA HD Cable. There is an article about this on the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Additionally, many listed Xbox titles still contain emulation errors or glitches. These are often minor, but can include problems with graphics, sound, loading/saving, or gameplay. In some cases, Microsoft has subsequently updated the emulation profiles for individual titles, such that incidence of these issues is reduced or eliminated.
Occasionally, switching from 720p/1080i/1080p mode to 480p will make a previously unplayable game workable (assuming it's on the BC list). Changing the display setting, usually from widescreen to normal, should fix any game on the list.
Currently the only way to transfer save files from the original Xbox to the 360 is via a special transfer kit which requires the original system's memory card or a modded Xbox. Without modding an Xbox, this also limits saves that can be moved to those that can be stored on a memory card. Some game saves on the original Xbox could not be moved due to either file restrictions or size limitations.
Another limitation applies to downloadable content. No content can be moved between systems.
References
- ^ http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/how-to/play-original-games
- ^ http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/how-to/play-original-games
- ^ "360 Users who want custom soundtracks.". 2008-05-20. http://www.operationsports.com/forums/espn-nfl-2k5-football/249867-360-users-who-want-custom-soundtracks.html. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
External links
- GameSpot Article Do Xbox Games Look Better on Xbox 360? – shows and explains the graphical differences
- GameSpot Article Progress Report: Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility – explains the technical issues of many of the Xbox games on the Xbox 360
- 360 Splurge BC/VGA List – Frequently updated UK Backwards/VGA Compatibility List where the staff at 360 Splurge hand test a large percentage of the games from the official list.
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