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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.

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 Specifically, the white and black buttons are not to be found on the 360 controller, having been replaced by the "bumpers" found above the left and right triggers.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" 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 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).

Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
2002 FIFA World Cup Yes Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk
2006 FIFA World Cup Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes
25 to Life Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
4x4 Evo 2 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Aggressive Inline Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk Opening video runs at around 15 frames per second and stutters often.
Air Force Delta Storm Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Alias Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Aliens versus Predator: Extinction Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
All-Star Baseball 2003 Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk
All-Star Baseball 2005 Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
AMF Bowling 2004 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding /
Tenku: Freestyle Snowboarding
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Can lag heavily through the entire game.
Amped 2 /
Tenku 2
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
APEX Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk Sound clicks while racing around opponents.
Aquaman: Battle of Atlantis Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Arena Football Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Armed and Dangerous Yes No Template:Unk Yes Yes
Army Men: Sarge's War Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Atari Anthology Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk Button prompts and text not sharp.
ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Auto Modellista Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk Aspect Ratio is not correct. Image appears Horizontally Stretched
Avatar: The Last Airbender /
Avatar: The Legend of Aang
Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance No No Template:Unk Yes No Lags when a large number of objects are on screen.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Yes No No Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
The Bard's Tale Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes No Slight cropping noticeable on VGA displays. Occasional corruption of ground textures. Framerate is excellent throughout though.
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Batman Begins Yes Yes No Yes Yes All movies stutter occasionally.
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk
Bionicle Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Bistro Cupid No No Yes No Template:Unk
Black Yes Yes No Yes Yes Game tends to lose screen brightness at the start after black screen with white text writing that comes after the full motion video.
Blade II Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Blinx: The Time Sweeper Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk 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, The framerate on the PAL version is much lower than it should be ingame.
Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Blitz: The League Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk No Yes Yes
BlowOut Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes Lighting and shadow effects are more subdued and grainy. Audio sometimes does not synchronize properly.
BMX XXX Yes Template:Unk 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 Both the Tao Feng and the MechAssault demos cause the game to go back to the Xbox 360 dashboard.
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 Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk Yes Yes 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.
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts Yes Yes No Yes No
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 Yes Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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 (doesn't 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.
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Yes No No Yes Template:Unk Game freezes after cutscenes in several places.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Call of Duty 3 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Capcom Classics Collection Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk No Template:Unk
Cars Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Casino: High Rollers Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Catwoman Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Championship Manager 2006 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Chicago Enforcer Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Close Combat: First to Fight Yes No No Yes Yes
Cold Fear No No Template:Unk No No
Colin McRae Rally 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Colin McRae Rally 2005 No No Template:Unk Yes Yes
Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Commandos 2: Men of Courage Yes No No Yes Template:Unk
Conflict: Desert Storm Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Conker: Live & Reloaded Yes No Yes Yes No Loading screens disappear; some smoke, dirt, and dust effects are colored differently; the pause menu during a multiplayer game operates slower. Intro movies may skip and stutter.
Constantine Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk
Counter-Strike Yes Yes Yes Yes No Loading screen disappears; appears as the Xbox Live update menu when playing online.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Yes No Yes Yes No
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.
Crime Life: Gang Wars Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
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 aren't compatible. May work after multiple attempts. If there are specific conditions for a successful download of these items, they are unknown.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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 Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes No
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk No Template:Unk The game does not boot.
Dark Angel Yes No No Yes Template:Unk
Darkwatch Yes No No Yes No PAL version has problems with 640x480 (480p) resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio - at these settings, the game will lag, but in 720p it will play normally with black bars on the left and right sides of the display.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 Yes Yes Template:Unk 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
Dead to Rights Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Demon Stone Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Doom 3 Yes No No Yes Yes May freeze unexpectedly during the game and back ground sounds will continue playing.
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes PAL50 version requires November 2007 emulator upgrade.
Drake of the 99 Dragons Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk 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
Drive to Survive (EM) Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
Dynasty Warriors 4 /
Shin Sangokumuso3
Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes No
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk Black box appears around character in character selection screen and vehicle.
ESPN Major League Baseball Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
ESPN College Hoops Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
ESPN College Hoops 2K5 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
ESPN NFL 2K5 No No No Yes No Colors are sometimes not right and game plays faster than on the Original Xbox.
ESPN NHL 2K5 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Euro 2004 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Evil Dead Regeneration No Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Ex Chaser No No Yes No Template:Unk
Exaskeleton No No Yes No Template:Unk
F1 Championship Season 2001 Yes Template:Unk 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.
The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules No No No Yes Template:Unk
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Family Guy Video Game! Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
Fantastic Four Template:Unk No Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Far Cry Instincts Yes Yes No Yes No
Fatal Frame (NTSC) /
Project Zero (PAL)
No No Yes Yes No
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut /
Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly
Yes 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 06 No No Template:Unk Yes Yes Update is required
FIFA 07 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ZOOM in replay and Goal Kicks closeups are blurry; otherwise normal gameplay.
FIFA Street Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
FIFA Street 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes The picture which shows the player is gone.
Fight Night 2004 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes Bad glitches with sound and create a boxer with missing hear and no facial hair can be seen on cab. Some patches on the head of a boxer are completely transparent.
Fight Night Round 3 Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes
Final Fight Streetwise Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
FlatOut Yes No No Yes No
Flight Academy No No Yes No Template:Unk
Ford Mustang Racing Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Ford vs. Chevy No No No Yes Template:Unk
Forza Motorsport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Version with "Live Arcade" does not run smoothly. Game 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. Paint editor has a few problems. Sound pops occasionally in races. The save file can become corrupted.

Will only run in PAL60/VGA if console is set to 640x480 and "normal" screen format ("widescreen" will not work).

Freaky Flyers No No No Yes No
Freedom Fighters No No Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Frogger Beyond No No No Yes Template:Unk
Full Spectrum Warrior Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Content download does not work in PAL60.
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Futurama Yes No No Yes No
Future Tactics: The Uprising Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
Fuzion Frenzy Yes No No Yes No Some minor slowdowns when displaying large/complex scenes.
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Godzilla: Save the Earth Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes No
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Scratchy audio during cutscenes.
The Great Escape Yes Template:Unk 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.
Grand Theft Auto III Yes Yes No Yes No Although this game is not listed on the official backwards compatible list. Slowdown in heavy traffic areas. Hi-def widescreen modes are distorted, 480p works alright. Custom radio is no longer supported.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Yes Yes No 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 slightly lagged, making it difficult to control the car. 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 No Yes Yes Sound can sometimes skip, most evident when lip-synch is incorrect. Custom Radio is no longer supported.
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (GTA III & GTA: Vice City) Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk Although this game is not listed on the official backwards compatible list, it is known to be compatible with the 360 in NTSC (North America).
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy (GTA III, GTA: Vice City & GTA: San Andreas) Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk Not officially listed. Contains same problems per game as with standalone games
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Yes Template:Unk No Yes No Freeze in career mode make impossible to finish the second or third tournament.
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Guilty Gear Isuka Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk Minute glitches in sprites (upper right of sprite box) and animation (occasional random frame).
Guilty Gear XX#Reload No No Yes Yes No Minute, occasional graphical glitches in character sprites, similar to those of Isuka.
The Guy Game Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk 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. (Note that the game has also been ported to the 360 as part of "The Orange Box"). Game saves suddenly become corrupted after 2 months of not playing the game (regular playing is required until completion).
Halo: Combat Evolved Yes No 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

Halo 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  • Noticeably lower framerate in four player split-screen.
  • Performance problems when playing on the Backwash multiplayer map.
  • Content Downloader for getting new map packs doesn't work in 60 Hz along with the upgrader.
  • Note: Upgrades now run through Xbox 360 system instead of Xbox upgrade system, so will work in PAL60 now.
  • 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 and have to be re downloaded if the 360's hard drive is used with another 360.
Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Yes No Yes Yes Template:Unk
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 Template:Unk
Hitman: Contracts Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk
High Heat: Major League Baseball 2004 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
The House of the Dead III Yes Yes Yes Yes No Gameplay tends to both speed up and slow down at certain sequences.
Hulk No No No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Hunter: The Reckoning No No Template:Unk Yes No
IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition No No No Yes Template:Unk
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 No No No Yes No
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Incredibles /
Mr. Incredible
Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Yes
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Yes No Template:Unk Yes No Soundtrack stutters and repeats the same part over and over.
Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit Yes Yes No Yes Yes Aspect ratio is slightly narrow in PAL VGA.
IndyCar Series 2005 No No No Yes Template:Unk
I-Ninja Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Innocent Tears No No Yes No Template:Unk
Intellivision Lives! Yes Template:Unk 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.
Jade Empire Limited Edition Disc Yes Yes No Yes No Demos and bonus disc do not work for PAL60 and bsp;Hz. The update already includes Special Edition content (Mong Zhen character).
James Bond 007: Nightfire Yes No No 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 Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Junko Takahashi's Mahjong Seminar No No Yes No Template:Unk
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
Justice League Heroes Template:Unk 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 Kabuki
No No Yes Yes Template:Unk
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Yes No No Yes Template:Unk
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 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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.
The King of Fighters Neowave Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk Backgrounds have graphical issues, sometimes on character sprites as well.
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders Template:Unk No Yes Yes No No Xbox Live Access.
Kunio Yonenaga's Shogi Seminar No No Yes No Template:Unk
Lake Masters No No Yes No Template:Unk
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
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 Template:Unk No Yes No
Links 2004 Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Loons: The Fight for Fame Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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. Gameplay is fine.
Mad Dash Racing No No Yes Yes No This game is compatible on US/NTSC Xboxes, but, it will freeze a couple seconds into a race.
Magatama No No Yes Yes Template:Unk
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Magic: The Gathering – Battlegrounds Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk Occasionally the arena textures may bug out.
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 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Game can freeze for a fraction of a second when a taunt is used.
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Yes No No Yes Template:Unk
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Yes Yes No Yes Yes Cutscenes lag unbelievably.
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. (This game was released in 2009 as an Xbox LIVE Arcade game, but uses the Dreamcast code instead.)
Max Payne Yes Yes No Yes No Minor graphic issues right after saving, doesn't 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 Template:Unk
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk At the end of some levels, the game does not progress onto the next mission. Audio does not load on certain levels.
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
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
Micro Machines Yes No Yes Yes Template:Unk
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Minority Report: Everybody Runs Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
MLB SlugFest 2003 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
MLB SlugFest 2004 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
MLB Slugfest: Loaded Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
Monster Garage Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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.
Mortal Kombat: Deception Yes Yes 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).
MVP Baseball 2003 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
MVP Baseball 2004 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk 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.
MTV Music Generator 3 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
MTX Mototrax Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit Yes No Yes Yes Template:Unk No save game support.
Muzzle Flash No No Yes No Template:Unk
MX Unleashed Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
MX vs. ATV Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes Yes Loading screens turn negative color sometimes.
MX World Tour featuring Jamie Little No No No Yes No
Myst III: Exile Template:Unk No Yes Yes No
Namco Museum Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection Yes No Yes Yes Template:Unk
NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
NASCAR Thunder 2002 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NASCAR Thunder 2003 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NBA Ballers Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NBA Inside Drive 2002 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
NBA 2K3 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NBA Live 2002 Template:Unk No Yes Yes No Black bars on the sides.
NBA Live 2004 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
NBA Street V3 Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes Game stutters on its initial load. When the game isn't spinning the disc, the game play is great and not an issue. Otherwise, there is a stutter in the opening video while the disc spins. 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.
NCAA College Basketball 2K3 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NCAA Football 06 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Yes Slight slowdown in pass plays on making the catch, and kickoff returns.
NCAA March Madness 06 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
NCAA March Madness 2005 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Need for Speed: Underground 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes 2 player bottom screen stares at the ground. Cutscenes are skippy. Sound is occasionally slightly crackly. Occasional frame rate drops, soundtrack stuttering, or freezing. Burnout demo crashes.
NFL 2K2 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
NFL 2K3 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NFL Blitz 2002 Yes No No Yes No
NFL Blitz 2003 Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
NFL Blitz 20-04 Yes No No Yes Template:Unk
NFL Fever 2004 Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Yes Play selection screen does not show correct plays.
NHL 2004 Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
NHL 2005 Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk Yes No
NHL 2K3 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
NHL Hitz 2003 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk Cannot Save in Franchise mode without the system/game locking up
NHL Hitz Pro Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
NightCaster Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Ninja Gaiden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes The unlockable NES-Games are unplayable.
Ninja Gaiden Black Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot remove hard drive or save file will be erased.
Nobunaga no Yabou: Ranseiki No No Yes No Template:Unk
NTRA Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Yes No No Yes No Voices and various sounds become inaudible after a Full Motion Video and all icons and most text can't be viewed, even game save icons are missing.
Open Season Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Outlaw Golf 2 Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of X-mas Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Outlaw Tennis Yes No No Yes No
Outlaw Volleyball Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes No Framerate skips when opponent returns serves.
Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes No
OutRun 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Occasional framerate drops, mostly between stages. The main menu HUD and the unlockable original 1986 Arcade have some slight graphical glitches. Some of the sound effects become permanent (like if some of the channels playing them don't get reset properly at the end of some stage) and only going back to 360 dashboard and restart the game fixes the issue. Luckily the sound fx are not that loud just annoying in the background and playing in a loop.
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Yes Yes No 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.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Over the Hedge No No No Yes No
Pac-Man World 3 Yes No No Yes Yes PAL version works fine and looks great on TV, doesn't 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 Template:Unk Framerate is poor throughout the game making it hard to turn and aim.
Pariah Yes No No Yes No Long loading times.
Petit Copter No No Yes No Template:Unk
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
Playboy the Mansion Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Plus Plumb 2 No No Yes No Template:Unk
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Yes No No Yes No
Predator: Concrete Jungle Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Yes Yes No Yes No The Unlockable Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia 2 games won't play. Some lag when the screen fills up with multiple enemies. Game freezes if Xbox Live is entered.
Pro Cast Sports Fishing Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Letter boxed 4:3 on 1360x768 vga.
Pro Race Driver Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Project Gotham Racing Yes Yes Yes Yes No Graphical detail is high, but framerate is poor.
Project Gotham Racing 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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.
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 Template:Unk Cannot use Pump It Up dance pad. Game also freezes after playing the second song on Arcade Mode.
The Punisher Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Pure Pinball Yes Template:Unk No Yes No Flippers activate on their own on some Xbox 360 consoles.
Puyo Pop Fever /
Puyo Puyo Fever
Yes No Yes Yes Template:Unk
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 Template:Unk Yes Yes No
Rayman Arena No No No Yes Template:Unk
Raze's Hell Yes Yes No Yes No
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. Game also freezes at the loading of the 12th level (Bar Fight).
Red Faction II Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk No Yes No
Reservoir Dogs Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Return To Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Random slow down in Single Player, almost unplayable on multiplayer.
Rent-A-Hero No. 1 No No Yes No Template:Unk
Richard Burns Rally Yes Yes No Yes No
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 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Robotech: Battlecry Yes Yes No Yes No
Rocky No No Template:Unk Yes Yes
Rocky Legends Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Rogue Ops Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk
Rogue Trooper Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
Rugby 2006 Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes No
RugbyLeague 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Samurai Jack No No No Yes Template:Unk
Samurai Warriors /
Sengoku Musou
Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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 During one particular race there is an awful framerate. May also corrupt save files.
Sega Soccer Slam Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Serious Sam Yes No No Yes No
Shadow the Hedgehog Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk 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 No No No Yes No
Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Shark Tale Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Shattered Union Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes No The game stops working past level 7
ShellShock: Nam '67 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Shenmue II Yes Yes No Yes No 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.
Shincho Mahjong No No Yes Yes Template:Unk
Shrek 2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Shrek: Super Party Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling Yes No No Yes No
Sid Meier's Pirates! Yes No No Yes Yes
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams No No No 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 Yes No 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 Yes No Yes Template:Unk Lags heavily on load game menu, save game menu runs fine.
Smashing Drive No No No Yes Template:Unk
Sneakers /
Nezmix
Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk
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 aren't 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 Template:Unk Yes Yes No
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 Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Speed Kings Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Spider-Man Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Spider-Man 2 Yes No No Yes No
Ultimate Spider-Man Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk 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 No Yes No Yes No
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Yes No No Yes No All videos would mute occasionally. Colors will sometimes distort.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk No Template:Unk
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run No No No Yes Template:Unk
Spy Hunter 2 Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Spyro: A Hero's Tail Yes Yes No Yes Yes May freeze in the middle of gameplay. When attempting to save game from pause menu, screen goes black.
SSX 3 Yes No No Yes No Minor graphical glitches in the menus.
Stake: Fortune Fighters Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Starsky and Hutch No No Template:Unk Yes Yes
Star Trek: Shattered Universe Yes No No No Template:Unk 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 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.
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.
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 lags and freezing during gameplay.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Yes No Template:Unk 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 No 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.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Yes Yes No Yes No 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.
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.
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 doesn't work, font is messed up. Also, split-screen play is extremely difficult to play due to graphical glitches for 2nd-4th players.
State of Emergency Yes Yes No Yes Template:Unk
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.
Street Racing Syndicate Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk Some sound glitches, mainly engine noises. Videos of the SRS girls may stutter, although this is uncommon. Game can freeze rarely when crashing at very high speeds into sharp angles (such as the edge of a building or corner).
Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" Yes No No Yes No
The Suffering Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Super Bubble Pop Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
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.
SX Superstar Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Syberia II Yes Yes Template:Unk Yes No
Taz: Wanted No No No Yes Template:Unk
Tecmo Classic Arcade Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk No Yes No
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
Tenerezza No No Yes No Template:Unk
The Terminator: Dawn of Fate Yes Template:Unk 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. Unknown if other regions work better or worse.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Yes
Test Drive No Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Yes Template:Unk No Yes Yes Custom soundtrack features are disabled.
Tetris Worlds Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes No Star Wars: The Clone Wars combined disc doesn't work.
Tetsuya Nakajima's Othello Seminar No No Yes No Template:Unk
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
Thousand Land Yes Yes Yes Yes Template:Unk
Thrillville Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk The Globe on course selections is at times blurry, overall gameplay unaffected.
Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Yes No Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes No Not compatible with VGA HD video cable.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Yes No No Yes No
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike Yes No No Yes No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Yes No Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Yes No Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Yes Yes Yes Yes No the game will slowdown sometimes on your 360
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Noticeable framerate issues during certain levels. Some special sound effects are gone.
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.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X Yes Template:Unk 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.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Walking into objects occasionally initiates knockback. Can occasionally go to a lower framerate at random.
Torino 2006 No No No Yes Template:Unk
Tork: Prehistoric Punk No No No Yes No
Toxic Grind Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
TransWorld Surf: Next Wave Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Trigger Man No No No Yes No
Trivial Pursuit Unhinged Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes No
True Crime: Streets of LA Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Turok: Evolution Yes No Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk No Yes Yes
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk Yes Yes No
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Yes Yes No Yes Yes Random framerate slowdowns occur in gameplay.
Urban Freestyle Soccer Yes Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
The Urbz: Sims in the City Yes Yes No Yes Yes Game freezes (black screen) requiring a console reboot.
Van Helsing Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
Vexx Yes Template:Unk 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 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray Yes No Yes Yes Template:Unk
Whacked! Yes No Yes Yes No
Whiplash Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk No Template:Unk
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes No
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Without Warning Template:Unk Template:Unk No Yes Template:Unk
World Series Baseball 2K3 No No No Yes Template:Unk
World Championship Pool 2004 Template:Unk Template:Unk Template:Unk No Template:Unk
Worms 3D Yes Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes No
Worms 4: Mayhem Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Worms Forts: Under Siege Yes Yes No Yes No
Wrath Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
WWF Raw Yes No Yes Yes No
WWE Raw 2 Yes No No Yes No
WWE WrestleMania 21 No No Yes No Template:Unk
X2: Wolverine's Revenge Yes Template:Unk Yes Yes No
XIII Yes No Yes Yes No
Xiaolin Showdown Yes No No Yes Template:Unk
Yourself!Fitness No No No Yes Yes
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny No No No Yes No
Yukari Umesawa's Igo Seminar No No Yes No Template:Unk
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket Yes Template:Unk No Yes No
Zathura No Template:Unk Template:Unk Yes Template:Unk
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.

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

External links


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