XBOX 360 November '07 Backwards Compatibility update..

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www.majornelson.com said:
November '07 Back Compat Update

The Holiday comes a little early this year, as the BC team has just issued out another update. The latest backwards compatibility update is now available over Xbox Live (or will be very soon.) This free update brings the complete list of original Xbox games that you can play on your Xbox 360 to over 300. Remember, your original Xbox games will look better than ever on Xbox 360 running in 720p and 1080i with anti-aliasing. You can also play cross-platform between Xbox 360 and the original Xbox over Xbox Live.

Nvember 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

I am working on a PDF file of the BC list for download, with my goal to get that posted later today. In the meantime, just sign into Xbox LIVE and drop any of the games on this list and you should get a prompt for the update. If you don’t get a prompt, try again later today as the update is just being rolled out. An updated ISO file for you to download is also available on Xbox.com
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This is now added to the games already listed here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

That is 84 new games added, in addition to the previous 381 making a grand total of 465 games compatible.


rp2000
 
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I have been waiting for "Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition" &
"Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2" ever since release date just to get a Street Fighter 2 game on 360 (apart from HF on XBLA).
Im kind of glad they are not in this update, else I would be kicking myslef for selling my Arcade Stick to MetalFace Mark :) prematurely!

I predict, sadly, that the xbox1 games will come thick and fast once xbox live originals launches. At the moment MS would make no money from giving us better BC as you would just go out and buy a second hand copy. Once it's all done through Live and they get a direct cut (and even cut out the retailer) you will see your favourites appear.


rp2000
 
rp2000 said:
I predict, sadly, that the xbox1 games will come thick and fast once xbox live originals launches. At the moment MS would make no money from giving us better BC as you would just go out and buy a second hand copy. Once it's all done through Live and they get a direct cut (and even cut out the retailer) you will see your favourites appear.


rp2000
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To be fair they are not missing much good games from the BC list, but then again I never seen the appeal of playing older games on a new machine :)
 
Mr Men said:
To be fair they are not missing much good games from the BC list, but then again I never seen the appeal of playing older games on a new machine :)
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All down to opinion, though, you say that but then people jump over themselves for some of the XBLA games (I know they have online as an added bonus).

The annoyance would be if said games suddenly start to appear with Xbox Live Originals, as I have already paid for BC through buying the premium package (technically the BC comes as part of the HDD).

Some games people have been crying out for since BC was introduced and nothing has been done, which is most people's gripe.

Cynics would say they are protecting franchises that may impact their 360 software sales etc, I'm not a cynic myself, but holding back the SF2 games and then making us wait for the XBLA version that had less features did make me think twice. (As a huge SF2 fan, I was always going to be disappointed though..).

Myself, I'm not that bothered as I just ordered the PS2 version to play on PS3


rp2000
 
why would they bother adding the old sports titles? fair enough, maybe add the 2005 ones and 2006 but why add 2003 titles?

strange if you ask me.
 
rp2000 said:
The annoyance would be if said games suddenly start to appear with Xbox Live Originals, as I have already paid for BC through buying the premium package (technically the BC comes as part of the HDD).
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Well the XBL originals run on the same emulation software I believe so if they add them to that then the original disc will surely work, be cheaper to buy a Xbox though, so no idea why people care about BC to be honest.
 
Mr Men said:
Well the XBL originals run on the same emulation software I believe so if they add them to that then the original disc will surely work, be cheaper to buy a Xbox though, so no idea why people care about BC to be honest.
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Simple reason, most people do not have the space for an extra machine/network port/hassle etc. Plus when you for a feature that was heavily touted at the time) you get annoyed when it is only half complete.

I have also read that it uses the same BC software for XBL originals, so it is possible the fall update will add some new entries to the list. Only time will tell I guess.

Kyle009 said:
why would they bother adding the old sports titles? fair enough, maybe add the 2005 ones and 2006 but why add 2003 titles?

strange if you ask me.
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Sometimes when they make a certain title work (intentionally) it makes another title work as well, so they add it to the list. A lot of the sports games have had their backend servers turned off so they will only work offline now anyway.


rp2000
 
I don't remember BC being heavily promoted for the 360, more like it was a surprise they even got it to work after they said lots of times it would probably not happen. If it really bothered anyone that much they could get the original machine and game for not much more than a current release game, so I still really dont understand the desire for BC, but then again never have on any machine :)
 
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