A list of Xbox games that are backward compatible on the Xbox 360 stands at the heart of this article. This list has experienced significant fluctuations over time and many of these are noted below. Additionally, the manner in which backwards compatibility is achieved and the software errors associated with it are discussed in brief. The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... In technology (especially computing), backward compatibility has several related but differing meanings: A system is backward compatible if it is compatible with earlier versions of itself, or sometimes other earlier systems, particularly systems it intends to supplant. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ...

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. The following 13 games were removed from the list, although many of them have since been re-added: Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Removed from 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: Clone Wars (works only in Europe)

• Returned to list
  • Blinx 2
  • Catwoman
  • Grabbed by the Ghoulies
  • Legends of Wrestling
  • Mortal Kombat: Deception
  • Pariah
  • Sid Meier's Pirates!

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Microsoft continues to expand on the number of Xbox games available for use on the Xbox 360, eventually hoping to make the vast majority of original Xbox titles backwards compatible. The last update for backwards compatibility in the US 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 November 2007, now with a total of 476 compatible games. The latest update for the Japanese was 2007-11-28, with 122 working games. These updates can be downloaded from Xbox Live and Xbox.com (USA), or a disc can be mail-ordered from Microsoft "soon."^[1] Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ...

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 backwards-compatible game is inserted. This article is about emulation in computer science. ... Xbox Live is a subscription-based online gaming service for Microsofts Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is a popular optical disc storage media format. ... Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch time of the original Xbox. ...

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. Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... For other uses, see cache (disambiguation). ...

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 a new version set of emulation profiles is released, drives manufactured after that date automatically include the latest update. While it is likely that a number of games will remain incompatible for technical reasons, Microsoft continues efforts to add popular titles in future updates. Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ... Halo 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. ...

The original Xbox's 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" for its region 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 BC games will stretch to widescreen (potentially distorting the aspect ratio) if the Xbox 360 is configured for standard (480i / 576i) or enhanced definition (480p / 576p). The Wikipedia main page as viewed with a widescreen monitor. ... Generally, high-definition refers to an increase in resolution or clarity such as in: High-definition television (HDTV), television formats that have a higher resolution than their contemporary counterparts High-definition video, which is used in HDTV broadcasting, as well as digital film and computer HD video file formats HDV... A 4:3 image pillarboxed into a 16:9 display The pillar box effect occurs in widescreen video displays when black bars (mattes or masking) are placed on the sides of the image. ... For other uses, see Aspect ratio. ... Standard-definition television or SDTV refers to television systems that have a lower resolution than HDTV systems. ... 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... Enhanced-definition television, extended-definition television, or EDTV is a CEA marketing shorthand term for certain digital television (DTV) formats. ... 480p is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... 576p is the shorthand name for a video mode. ...

Any game not on the list at all does not work in any region at present.

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Backward 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."

PAL games that do not support PAL-60 cannot be played using the VGA HD Cable. Microsoft has an article on this here.

Additionally, a number of titles are technically backwards compatible, but still contain emulation errors or glitches. These are often minor, but can still 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. For other uses, see Glitch (disambiguation). ...

Occasionally, switching from 720p/1080i/1080p mode to 480p will make a previously unplayable game workable (assuming it's on the BC 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. Free content can simply be downloaded again on the 360, but due to purchased content being assigned to systems instead of user accounts, any content purchased on the original must be purchased again on the 360.

External links

• Official Microsoft / Xbox links
  • Official US list
  • Official European list
  • Official Japanese list
  • Official Australian list
  • Official FAQ
  • Support and technical issues
• GameSpot article - shows and explains the graphical differences
• Another GameSpot article - 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.