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 Specifically, the white and black buttons are not to be found on the 360 controller, having been replaced by the "bumpers" found above the left and right triggers.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 | |
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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 |
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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
- Official Microsoft / Xbox links
- Backward compatibility games list
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Support and technical issues
- How to update backward compatibility on your Xbox 360 console
- 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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