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A list of Xbox games that are backward compatible on the Xbox 360 stands at the heart of this article. This list has experienced significant fluctuations over time and many of these are noted below. Additionally, the manner in which backwards compatibility is achieved and the software errors associated with it are discussed in brief.

Fluctuations in the list of compatible games over time

The original list was composed of 213 games and was unveiled on November 11, 2005 on the Xbox.com website; however, some games have been subsequently removed due to bugs. The following 13 games were removed from the list, although many of them have since been re-added: Catwoman (now re-added), Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E., Curse: The Eye of Isis, NBA Live 2003, Sid Meier's Pirates! (now re-added), Star Wars: Clone Wars (but works in Europe), Blinx 2 (now re-added), FIFA World Cup 2002, Grabbed by the Ghoulies (now re-added), Legends of Wrestling (now re-added), Mortal Kombat: Deception (now re-added), Rugby 2005, and Pariah (computer game) (now re-added). He-Man: Defender of Grayskull remains on the list despite the fact the game was never released (it had been canceled by the developer before completion). The Japanese version of the console was initially compatible with only 12 games, while the European version had 156 games.

Microsoft continues to expand on the number of Xbox games available for use on the Xbox 360, eventually hoping to make the vast majority of original Xbox titles backwards compatible. The last update for backwards compatibility in the US was July 12, 2007, raising the total number of Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360 to 394. Approximately 42% of the original Xbox library is now compatible with the Xbox 360 (as of the July 12 update). The latest European update was April 2007, now with a total of 295 compatible games. The latest update for the Japanese was April 20, 2007, with 101 working games. These updates can be downloaded from Xbox Live and xbox.com.

How compatibility is achieved

According to Microsoft, each game needs an emulation profile to run. These profiles can be downloaded through the Xbox Live service or from Xbox.com and burned on CD or DVD recordable media. They are also routinely distributed as part of the content on the Official Xbox Magazine monthly discs. The profiles are downloaded as a single bundle, and hence only need to be applied once per update (if doing so offline), or are automatically downloaded the first time a backwards-compatible game is inserted.

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 a new version set of emulation profiles is released, drives manufactured after that date automatically include the latest update. While it is likely that a number of games will remain incompatible for technical reasons, Microsoft continues efforts to add popular titles in future updates.

The original Xbox's controller is not compatible with the Xbox 360, due to its different connector and its marginally different button layout. Specifically, the white and black buttons are not to be found on the 360 controller, having been replaced by the "bumper buttons" 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 60Hz column indicates that the PAL title supports 60Hz output mode, and thus is compatible with the Xbox 360 VGA cable. Any game not on the list at all does not work in any region at present.

Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Glitches
50Hz 60Hz
4x4 Evo 2 Yes Un­known No Yes
Aggressive Inline Yes Un­known No Yes Opening video runs at around 15fps & stutters often.
Air Force Delta Storm Yes Un­known No Yes
Alias Yes Un­known No Yes
Aliens versus Predator: Extinction Yes Un­known No Yes
All-Star Baseball 2003 Yes Un­known Yes Yes
All-Star Baseball 2005 Yes Un­known No Yes
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding Yes No No Yes
Amped 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Aquaman: Battle of Atlantis Yes Un­known No Yes
Army Men: Sarge's War Yes Un­known No Yes
Atari Anthology Yes Yes Yes Yes Button prompts & text not sharp.
ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Yes Un­known No Yes
Auto Modellista Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Avatar: The Last Airbender /
Avatar: The Legend of Aang 		Yes Un­known No Yes
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown Yes Un­known No Yes
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Yes No No Yes 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 Un­known No Yes
Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue Yes Un­known No Yes
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Batman Begins Yes Yes No Yes All movies stutter occasionally.
Battle Engine Aquila Yes Yes No Yes
Battlestar Galactica Yes Yes No Yes Afterburners show up as black voids instead of white mist.
Big Mutha Truckers Yes No No Yes
Bistro Cupid No No Yes No
Black Yes Yes No Yes Game tends to lose screen brightness at the start after black screen with white text writing that comes after FMV
Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space Yes Yes Un­known Yes
Bloodrayne 2 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
BMX XXX Yes Un­known No 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 Some light effects are seen through walls and other barriers (floors, roofs, etc.); PAL Version crashes when a button is pressed in game.
Brute Force Yes Yes Yes Yes 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
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Yes Yes Yes Yes
Burnout Yes Un­known Un­known Yes
Burnout 3: Takedown Yes Yes No Yes
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures Yes Yes No Yes
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts Yes Un­known No Yes
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2006 Yes Un­known No Yes
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season Yes Un­known No Yes
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season Yes Un­known No Yes
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Yes No No Yes
Call of Duty: Finest Hour Yes Yes Yes Yes Text, compass, and prone staus not sharpened.
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Yes No No Yes
Call of Duty 3 Yes Un­known No Yes
Cars Yes Un­known No Yes
Casino: High Rollers Yes Un­known No Yes
Catwoman Yes Un­known No Yes
Chicago Enforcer Yes Un­known No Yes
Circus Maximus Yes Un­known No Yes
Close Combat: First to Fight Yes Un­known No Yes
Colin McRae Rally 4 Yes Yes No Yes
Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers Yes Un­known No Yes
Commandos 2: Men of Courage Yes Un­known No Yes
Conflict: Desert Storm Yes Yes No Yes
Conker: Live & Reloaded Yes No Yes Yes Loading screens disappear.
Constantine Yes Yes Yes Yes
Counter-Strike Yes Yes Yes Yes Loading screen disappears.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Yes No No Yes
Crash Nitro Kart Yes No No Yes
Crash Twinsanity Yes Yes No Yes
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Yes Yes Yes Yes Demos don't work, and some downloads aren't compatible.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yes Un­known No Yes
The Da Vinci Code Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics Yes Un­known No Yes
Dark Angel Yes No No Yes
Darkwatch Yes No No Yes
Dead or Alive 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dead or Alive Ultimate Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dead to Rights Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Deathrow Yes Yes No Yes
Destroy All Humans! Yes Yes No Yes
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey Yes Un­known No Yes
Doom 3 Yes No No Yes The Limited Collector's Edition works as well.
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Yes No Un­known Yes
Drake of the 99 Dragons Yes Un­known No Yes
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Yes Yes No Yes
Drive to Survive Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Drive to Survive (EM) Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Dynasty Warriors 4 /
Shin Sangokumuso3 		Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Yes Un­known Yes Yes
ESPN Major League Baseball Yes Un­known No Yes
ESPN College Hoops Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002 Yes Un­known No Yes
ESPN NHL 2K5 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Euro 2004 Yes Un­known No Yes
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Yes Un­known No Yes
Evil Dead Regeneration Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Ex Chaser No No Yes No
Exaskeleton No No Yes No
F1 Championship Season 2001 Yes Un­known No Yes
Fable Yes Yes Yes Yes Frame rate dips; Attempting to run the demos causes a fatal error in which the game must halt.
Fable: The Lost Chapters Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fahrenheit / Indigo Prophecy Yes Yes No Yes Aspect ratio is slightly narrow in PAL VGA.
Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules No No No Yes
Family Guy Video Game! Yes Yes No Yes
Far Cry: Instincts Yes Yes No Yes
Fatal Frame (NTSC) /
Project Zero (PAL) 		No No Yes Yes
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut /
Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly 		Yes Yes Yes Yes
FIFA 2003 Yes Un­known No Yes
FIFA 2004 Yes Un­known No Yes
FIFA 2007 Yes Yes No Yes ZOOM in replay & Goal Kicks closeups are blurry. Regular wide angle overall gameplay fine.
FIFA Street Yes Un­known No Yes
FIFA Street 2 Yes Yes Un­known Yes
Fight Night 2004 Yes Un­known No Yes
Fight Night: Round 2 No Un­known No No
FlatOut Yes Un­known No Yes
Flight Academy No No Yes No
Ford Mustang Racing Yes Un­known No Yes Custom soundtracks do not work.
Ford vs. Chevy No No No Yes
Forza Motorsport Yes No Yes Yes Version with "Live Arcade" does not run smoothly. Occasional graphical glitches.
Freaky Flyers No No No Yes
Freedom Fighters No Un­known No No
Frogger Beyond No No No Yes
Full Spectrum Warrior Yes Yes Yes Yes Content download does not work in PAL60
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers Yes Yes Un­known Yes
Futurama Yes No No Yes
Fuzion Frenzy Yes No No Yes Several minigames are laggy.
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Yes Un­known No Yes
The Great Escape Yes Un­known No Yes
Genma Onimusha Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde Yes No No Yes
Grabbed by the Ghoulies Yes Yes Yes Yes
Grand Theft Auto III Yes Yes No Yes
Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack Yes Yes Yes Yes
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Yes Yes Yes Yes
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Yes Yes No Yes
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Yes Yes No Yes Sound can sometimes skip.
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Yes Un­known No Yes
Greg Hasting's Tournament Paintball Yes Un­known No Yes
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Yes Un­known No Yes
Guilty Gear Isuka Yes Un­known No Yes Minute glitches in sprites (upper right of sprite box) and animation (occasional random frame).
Guilty Gear XX #Reload No No Un­known Yes
Half-Life 2 Yes No No Yes Loading images at title screen gone.
Halo: Combat Evolved Yes No Yes Yes Some textures go white and the demos option in the main menu is gone. Significant slowdowns in co-op.
Halo 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Noticeably lower frame rate in four player split-screen. Content Downloader for getting new map packs doesn't work in 60Hz along with the upgrader. Occasionally, 'ghost' images stay on screen unless console is reset. Note: Upgrades now run through Xbox 360 system instead of Xbox upgrade system, so will work in PAL60 now. Dolby Digital sound cuts out when playing across system link.
Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Yes No Yes Yes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Yes Yes Un­known Yes 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 Some minor slowdowns.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Yes No Un­known Yes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Yes Yes No Yes
He-Man: Defender of Grayskull No No No Yes Never Released
Hitman: Contracts Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
House of the Dead III Yes Yes Yes Yes Gameplay in House of the Dead 2 tends to both speed up and slow down at certain sequences.
The Hulk No No No Yes
IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition No No No Yes
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 No No No Yes
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Yes Yes No Yes Many textures not displaying correctly.
Incredibles /
Mr. Incredible 		Yes Un­known Yes Yes
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Yes Un­known No Yes
IndyCar Series 2005 No No No Yes
I-Ninja Yes Un­known No Yes
Innocent Tears No No Yes No
Intellivision Lives! Yes Un­known No Yes
Jade Empire Yes Yes Yes Yes
Jade Empire Limited Edition Disc Yes Yes Un­known Yes Demos and bonus disc do not work for PAL 60HZ. The update already includes Special Edition content (Mong Zhen character).
James Bond 007: Nightfire Yes No No Yes
Jet Set Radio Future Yes Yes Un­known Yes Noticeable slowdown in some stages. Flickering and obscured text in pause menus. Textures may disappear after leaving pause menu.
Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death Yes Un­known No Yes
Junko Takahashi's Mahjong Seminar No No Yes No
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Yes No No Yes
Justice League: Heroes Un­known No Un­known Yes Very noticeable slowdown whenever large objects you can pick up are an the screen.
Kabuki Warriors /
Zan Kabuki 		No No Yes Yes
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Yes No No Yes
Kill.Switch No No No Yes
King Arthur Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
The King of Fighters 2002 & 2003 Yes Un­known No Yes King of Fighters 2002 has graphical issues including lines through sprites.
The King of Fighters Neowave Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes No Xbox Live Access
Kunio Yonenaga's Shogi Seminar No No Yes No
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning No No No Yes
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game Yes No No Yes
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Yes No No Yes
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude Yes Yes No Yes
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Yes Un­known No Yes
Links 2004 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Loons: The Fight for Fame Yes Un­known No Yes
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Yes No No Yes Movie sequences are choppy and buggy. Gameplay is fine.
Mad Dash Racing No No Yes No
Magatama No No Yes Yes
Magic: The Gathering: Battlegrounds Yes Yes Un­known Yes
Manhunt Yes No No Yes The Narrator's voice-overs cannot be heard unless a headset is used.
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Yes No No Yes
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Yes Yes Un­known Yes
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Yes Yes Un­known Yes In-game character sprites suffer from severe graphical issues.
Max Payne Yes Yes No Yes
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Yes No No Yes
Maximum Chase Yes No Yes Yes
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Yes Yes No Yes
Medal of Honor: European Assault Yes Un­known No Yes
Medal of Honor: Frontline Yes Yes No Yes
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Yes No No Yes
Mega Man Anniversary Collection No No No Yes
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Yes No No Yes Map can sometimes turn solid blue and sound can skip. PAL version freezes 360 completely when entering top of the map.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Micro Machines Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Yes Un­known No Yes
Minority Report: Everybody Runs Yes Un­known No Yes
MLB SlugFest 2003 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
MLB SlugFest 2004 Yes Un­known No Yes
Monster Garage Yes Un­known No Yes
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Yes No Un­known Yes The Game of the Year Edition works as well; 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. Game seems to crash when using trainers to level up.
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon Yes Un­known No Yes
Mortal Kombat: Deception Yes Yes No Yes 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).
MotoGP Yes Yes Yes Yes
MotoGP 2 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
MTV Music Generator 3 Yes Un­known No Yes
MTX Mototrax Yes No Yes Yes
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit Yes No Yes Yes No save game support.
Muzzle Flash No No Yes No
MX Unleashed Yes Un­known No Yes
MX vs. ATV Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes
MX World Tour featuring Jamie Little No No No Yes
Myst III: Exile Un­known No Un­known Yes
Namco Museum Yes Un­known No Yes
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection Yes No Yes Yes
NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control Yes Un­known No Yes
NBA Live 2002 Un­known No Un­known Yes
NBA Live 2004 Yes Un­known No Yes
NCAA Football 06 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes Slight slowdown in pass plays on making the catch, and kickoff returns. Game still playable.
Need for Speed: Underground 2 Yes Yes No Yes 2 player bottom screen stares at the ground. Cutscenes are skippy. Burnout demo crashes.
NFL Blitz 2002 Yes No No Yes
NFL Blitz 2003 No Yes No Yes
NFL Blitz 2004 Yes No No Yes
NFL Fever 2004 Yes Un­known Yes Yes Play selection screen does not show correct plays.
NHL 2004 Yes Un­known No Yes
NHL Hitz 2003 Yes Un­known No Yes
Ninja Gaiden Yes Yes Yes Yes Game is slowed down.
Ninja Gaiden Black Yes Yes Yes Yes Game is slowed down.
Nobunaga no Yabou Ranseiki No No Yes No
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Yes No No Yes Voices and various sounds become inaudible after an FMV & all icons and most text can't be viewed, even game save icons are missing.
Open Season Yes Un­known No Yes
Outlaw Golf 2 Yes Un­known No Yes
Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of X-mas Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Outlaw Tennis Yes No No Yes
Outlaw Volleyball Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Outrun 2 Yes Yes Un­known Yes Occasional framerate drops, mostly between stages. The main menu HUD and the unlockable original 1986 Arcade have some slight graphical glitches.
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast Yes Un­known Un­known Yes Frequent framerate drops throughout the game. Over the Hedge No No No Yes
Pac-Man World 3 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Panzer Dragoon Orta Yes Yes No Yes PAL version crashes after the full-motion video at the end of the third level. Original Panzer Dragoon is not playable (exits to Pandora's Box menu). Occasional framerate hitches during FMVs
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory Yes Yes No No
Pariah Yes No No Yes Long loading times.
Petit Copter No No Yes No
Phantom Crash Yes No No Yes Low frame-rate=-, graphical glitches.
Phantom Dust Yes Un­known No Yes
Plus Plumb 2 No No Yes No
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection Yes Un­known No Yes
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Yes No No Yes
Predator: Concrete Jungle Yes Un­known No Yes
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Yes Yes No Yes The Unlockable Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia 2 games won't play. Some lag when the screen fills up with multiple enemies.
Pro Cast Sports Fishing Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Yes Yes No Yes
Pro Race Driver Yes Un­known No Yes
Project Gotham Racing Yes Yes Un­known Yes Looks fantastic, but frame rate is poor, does not work in widescreen in 720p.
Project Gotham Racing 2 Yes Yes Un­known Yes Black screen at car selection. Radio does not work.
Psychonauts Yes No No Yes Raz's body texture sometimes replaced with pause menu's background texture. Small, faint, vertical lines visible in the distance.
Psyvariar 2: Extended Edition No No Yes No
Pump It Up: Exceed Yes No No Yes Cannot use Pump It Up dance pad.
The Punisher Yes Yes No Yes
Pure Pinball Yes Un­known No Yes Flippers activate on their own on some Xbox 360 consoles.
Puyo Pop Fever /
Puyo Puyo Fever 		Yes No No Yes
Quantum Redshift Yes No Yes Yes
Rallisport Challenge Yes Yes Yes Yes Frame-rate issues.
Rapala Pro Fishing Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Rayman Arena No No No Yes
Raze's Hell Yes Yes No Yes
Red Dead Revolver Yes Yes No Yes Sky flickers from blue to black and parts of many objects flicker during game play. Objects in the load screens and cut scenes flicker. Game freezes during the canyon level.
Red Faction II Yes Un­known No Yes
RedCard 2003 Yes Un­known No Yes
Reservoir Dogs Yes Un­known No Yes
Return To Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rent-A-Hero No. 1 No No Yes No
Richard Burns Rally Yes Yes No Yes
RoadKill Yes Yes Un­known Yes XBox Live connectivity disabled.
Robotech: Battlecry Yes Un­known No Yes
Rocky Legends Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rogue Ops Yes Un­known No Yes
Rogue Trooper Yes Yes No Yes
RugbyLeague 2 Yes Yes No Yes
Samurai Jack No No No Yes
Samurai Warriors Yes Un­known No Yes
Scarface: The World is Yours Yes Yes No Yes Low framerate. Run in 1080i for best results. pal vga narrow aspect in 1280 res.
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights Yes Un­known No Yes
Scrapland Yes Yes No Yes Minor occasional flickering and start of most speech clipped.
Sega GT 2002 Yes No Yes Yes Version of game bundled with JSRF suffers from reduced frame rate.
Sega GT Online Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes During one particular race there is an awful framerate. May also corrupt save files.
Sega Soccer Slam Yes Un­known No Yes
Serious Sam Yes No No Yes
Shadow the Hedgehog Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures Yes Un­known No Yes
Shark Tale Yes Un­known No Yes
ShellShock: Nam '67 Yes Un­known No Yes
Shenmue II Yes Yes No Yes 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 (ie: Outrun, Space Harrier) have noticeable glitches in the textures and the classic games do not work in PAL60 mode. Sometimes Ryo's head disappears momentarily.
Shincho Mahjong No No Yes Yes
Shrek 2 No No Yes No
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Sid Meier's Pirates! Yes No No Yes
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams No No No Yes Has an issue where the light from the flashlight shines behind the character as well as in front. Many 'game over' events render the game unplayable unless starting a new game via deleting the save file - otherwise the title screen is never presented again even after a reboot.
Silent Hill 4: The Room Yes Yes No Yes Slight skipping occurs during FMVs. Black lines appear in facial areas.
The Simpsons Hit & Run Yes No Yes Yes
The Simpsons Road Rage Yes Un­known No Yes Much of the voice over is missing.
The Sims 2 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Smashing Drive No No No Yes
Sneakers /
Nezmix 		Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Sniper Elite Yes Yes No 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 Text isn't 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 15fps 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 Sound glitches in PAL version when playing Sonic the Hedgehog, may occur in other games.
Sonic Riders Yes Un­known No Yes
Soul Calibur II Yes Yes No Yes Widescreen gameplay only available in 480p. Framerate sometimes dips when fighter is airborne, especially when fighting in the Library arena.
Spawn: Armageddon Yes Un­known No Yes
Speed Kings Yes Un­known No Yes
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Yes Un­known No Yes
Spider-Man Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spider-Man 2 Yes No Un­known Yes
Splat Renegade Paintball No No No Yes
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Yes Un­known No Yes
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! Yes Un­known Un­known Yes
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Yes Yes No Yes
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run No No No Yes
Spy Hunter 2 Yes Un­known No Yes
Spyro: A Hero's Tail Yes Un­known No Yes
SSX 3 Yes No No Yes Minor graphical glitches.
Stake: Fortune Fighters Yes Un­known No Yes
Star Trek: Shattered Universe Yes No No No Boots, but is unplayable - graphical glitches throughout the game.
Star Wars: Battlefront Yes Yes Yes Yes
Star Wars: Battlefront II Yes Yes No Yes
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Yes Yes No Yes
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Yes No No Yes
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Yes Yes No Yes SFX sometimes bug out and become very quiet until the Xbox is reset; often experiences heavy lag during combat and short lag bursts out of combat.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Yes Yes No Yes Random crackling sound, music will occasionally stop playing before starting again and then stopping again, music will not play at main menu, also frame rate will randomly drop for a couple of seconds out of combat.
Star Wars Republic Commando Yes No No Yes SFX sometimes bug out and become very quiet; many textures bug out and appear as a multicolored metallic texture instead
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Yes No Un­known Yes Tetris worlds combined disc doesn't work.
State of Emergency Yes Yes No Yes
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection Yes Yes No Yes
Street Racing Syndicate Yes Un­known No Yes
Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" Yes No No Yes
The Suffering Yes Un­known No Yes
Super Bubble Pop Yes Un­known No Yes
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Yes Yes Yes Yes
SX Superstar Yes Un­known No Yes
Taz: Wanted No No No Yes
Tecmo Classic Arcade Yes Un­known No Yes Game will not run. According to the console, an error message appears stating that the game has encountered a problem and cannot continue.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Yes Un­known No Yes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Tenerezza No No Yes No
Tenku No No Yes No
The Terminator: Dawn of Fate Yes Un­known No Yes
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Yes Un­known No Yes
Tetris Worlds Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Tetsuya Nakajima's Othello Seminar No No Yes No
Thief: Deadly Shadows Yes No No Yes Particle effects (torce-light, smoke, portholes, etc) can be seen through all objects.
The Thing Yes Yes No Yes
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Yes Un­known No Yes
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Yes No No Yes
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike Yes No No Yes
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Yes No Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Yes No Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Yes No Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Yes Yes Yes Yes Some SC-2Ok details and some effects are missing.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Yes Yes Yes Yes Some specular effects are missing.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Yes Un­known No Yes
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Yes Yes Un­known Yes
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Yes Yes No Yes
Tony Hawk's Underground Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Yes Yes No Yes
Torino 2006 Winter Olympics No No No Yes
Tork: Prehistoric Punk No No No Yes
Toxic Grind Yes Un­known No Yes
TransWorld Surf: Next Wave Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Trigger Man No No No Yes
Trivial Pursuit Unhinged Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
True Crime: Streets of LA Yes No Yes Yes
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Yes Un­known No Yes
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue Yes Un­known No Yes
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan Yes Un­known No Yes
Ultimate Spider-Man Yes No No Yes
Ultra Bust-A-Move Yes Un­known No Yes
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Yes Yes No Yes Some cut-scenes sometimes show garbage at the top and bottom and glitch in several ways, random FPS slowdowns occur also.
Urban Freestyle Soccer Yes Un­known No Yes
The Urbz: Sims in the City Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Vexx Yes Un­known No Yes When booting the white Xbox screen flickers for a few seconds. All trailers in the Extras section stutter & pause occasionally.
Vietcong: Purple Haze No Yes No Yes
Volvo: Drive for Life No No No Yes
Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray Yes Un­known Yes Yes
Whacked! Yes No Yes Yes
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon Yes Un­known No Yes
World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Yes Un­known No Yes
Without Warning Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
World Series Baseball 2K3 No No No Yes
Worms 4: Mayhem Yes Un­known No Yes
Worms Forts: Under Siege Yes Yes No Yes
Wrath Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes
WWF Raw Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
WWE RAW 2 Yes No No Yes
X2: Wolverine's Revenge Yes Un­known Yes Yes
XIII Yes No Yes Yes
Xiaolin Showdown Yes Un­known No Yes
Yourself!Fitness No No No Yes
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny Un­known Un­known Un­known Yes
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket Yes Un­known No Yes

Backward compatibility issues

When an original Xbox game has been emulator patched in accordance to Microsoft instructions it may still refuse to play on the Xbox 360. The following error message displayed on the Xbox 360 dashboard signifies this failure:

"This original Xbox game is not supported on your Xbox 360 console. An update to support this game may be available. For more info, go to www.xbox.com/games. X: 2689.0 B: 1884.0"

This message is identical to the one displayed when trying to play an unsupported or unpatched game for the first time. At this time no reference to the significance of the X and B variables can be found on the Microsoft Xbox website. This may be related to international region compatibility; a Microsoft disclaimer notes

"Currently the North American versions of these games are the only ones supported as backward compatible titles on Xbox 360."

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

Additionally, a number of titles are technically backwards compatible, but still contain emulation errors or glitches. These are often minor, but can still include problems with graphics, sound, loading/saving, or gameplay. In some cases, Microsoft has subsequently updated the emulation profiles for individual titles, such that incidence of these issues is reduced or eliminated.

Currently the only way to transfer save files from the original Xbox to the 360 is via a special transfer kit which requires the original system's memory card or a modded Xbox. Without modding an Xbox, this also limits saves that can be moved to those that can be stored on a memory card. Some game saves on the original Xbox could not be moved due to either file restrictions or size limitations.

Another limitation applies to downloadable content. No content can be moved between systems. Free content can simply be downloaded again on the 360, but due to purchased content being assigned to systems instead of user accounts, any content purchased on the original must be purchased again on the 360.


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