Backward compatibility...ever gonna move forward?

[RedIsNotBlue]

So are they ever going to put out an update that makes ALL Xbox games playable on the system??? I am getting sick of popping in a different Xbox game each time and it telling me I can't play it.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

They literally JUST released an update. What games are you still waiting for?

 

[StrainedEyes]

I'm still waiting for when they put Path of Neo and From Russia With Love on there. BC updates take forever and are so random.

 

[Dark_Lord]

Here's the list. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm
Last update was July 2007

 

[ProjectPat2280]

The games im waiting for will never come out being that they have versions coming out for the 360.

Brothers in Arms : Road to Hill 30
Brothers in Arms : Earned in Blood
Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay

Sucks.

 

[Joker]

actually, when they have 360 versions come out of games, the updates for the xbox versions usually arent far behind, seeing as they can then emulate it easier...

the only game I need anymore is Aeon Flux though, so I'm fine

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

They literally JUST released an update. What games are you still waiting for?

It's not so much that I am waiting for certain games it is just an inconvenience that the last 5 games I have popped in I couldn't play. The latest examples are True Crime: New York City and MVP 06 NCAA Baseball. I don't understand why the PS3 can play any PS game and the 360 just has a limited list.

 

[StrainedEyes]

It's not so much that I am waiting for certain games it is just an inconvenience that the last 5 games I have popped in I couldn't play. The latest examples are True Crime: New York City and MVP 06 NCAA Baseball. I don't understand why the PS3 can play any PS game and the 360 just has a limited list.

Well, Check the list next time before you try games out.
BC was added at the last minute to the 360, it wasn't originally going to have any. But they have to code everything to work with the 360 which takes longer from some games than others.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Well, Check the list next time before you try games out.
BC was added at the last minute to the 360, it wasn't originally going to have any. But they have to code everything to work with the 360 which takes longer from some games than others.

I know there is a list I just figured by now it would be heavily updated by now. Guess it takes much longer than I hoped for. No Xbox games for me right now then I guess.

 

[Green Lantern]

It IS heavily updated by now

 

[StrainedEyes]

It IS heavily updated by now

Not really.. It's fluffed out with poorly made no-sell games that were very easy to convert due to how cheap they were (All the Barbie games...)

It's still missing alot and is updated at an amazingly slow pace.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

It IS heavily updated by now

Uhh not really. Geo's post above says it all. I have tried 5 random games recently and could play none of them.

 

[Purple Prancer]

What games are they, anyways??

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Their updating is awful. The fact that they even call it "backwards compatability" is a ****ing joke.

 

[hippy fascist]

It's not so much that I am waiting for certain games it is just an inconvenience that the last 5 games I have popped in I couldn't play. The latest examples are True Crime: New York City and MVP 06 NCAA Baseball. I don't understand why the PS3 can play any PS game and the 360 just has a limited list.

I don't think the update is lacking for that one. It's just such an abortion of a game that the 360 spontaneously developed sentience and doesn't want you to poison it with that POS. It's a self defence mechanism

 

[hippy fascist]

also I'm still waiting for the x-men legends games

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Their updating is awful. The fact that they even call it "backwards compatability" is a ****ing joke.

Why? They all work fine.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

The only one that works flawlessly is Halo 1 and 2 for obvious reasons. All others I've played have some glitches.

 

[XtromaniaK]

Fable works fine as well. Actually, it removed some of the glitches that you could use in the original game to get insane amounts of gold/items.

 

[OobeDoobBenubi]

I am still waiting for


Advent Rising
The Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay
Crimson Sea

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I am still waiting for



The Chronicles of Riddick : Escape from Butcher Bay

Yea i am too, but your not gonna see that one being that the remake is coming out.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

I am so getting the Riddick remake it's not even funny.

Best game ever. I have it on the Xbox and PC. Can't wait for the 360 version.

 

[Dark_Lord]

November 2007 Back Compat titles 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
MVP Baseball 2005
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

http://www.majornelson.com/

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Hmmm... they've already had Breakdown working.

Armed and Dangerous is nice, Freedom Fighters was supposed to be great...

Other than that... ultra "meh". They still don't have Deus Ex 2 and Hitman 2.

 

[StrainedEyes]

Wow what a crappy list... Thank goodness we got NBA blah blah and NHL yada yada. Aren't new ones released every year?

I wish they would take requests and work on the ones most requested. I don't think anyone was waiting anxiously for Blade II or Goldeneye Rogue Agent.