Proving once again that it's committed to the feature, Microsoft has got a fresh 360 backwards compatibility update primed for release this week, according to games boss Peter Moore.
Speaking in a Podcast with Microsoft's infamous internet spokesman Major Nelson, Moore - as well as revealing that he's an avid CVG reader - says that "20 titles or more" of the original Xbox games will be made 360-friendly in the next BC update, including Doom 3 and Lego star wars. According to Moore the update is undergoing final testing at Microsoft, and should be out sometime this week. "We're going to continue to get as close as we can to our stated target of every Xbox game being backwards compatible with the Xbox 360," states Moore in the Major Nelson Podcast.
Title: 360 backwards compatibility update inbound
Post by: Naquadah on June 12, 2006, 08:37:00 AM
i hope it adds support for Midtown Madness 3 id love it if we could play that in 1280x720... properly tho, not the whole stretch a 480p/i/576i picture and use Anti Aliasing like halo does... ooo and Panzer Dragoon Orta too... and and Shenmue 2... ooh i could go on all day.. hey at least its an update, taken them long enough too
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Post by: mlapaglia on June 12, 2006, 09:19:00 AM
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Post by: j666* on June 12, 2006, 09:22:00 AM
conker would be ace and maybe fix sum vga issues with some backwards compatable games
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Post by: mikomraz on June 12, 2006, 09:23:00 AM
Is there any way to install the backward compability update without a hard drive? on a memory card?
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Post by: Naquadah on June 12, 2006, 09:26:00 AM
yeah i hate the way Halo and other games that only support 50Hz in PAL cant be played using the vga cable, have to start switching to the bloody Component cable n pulling wires out n sticking wires in n messing about putting the little optical wire in the other cord... BAH! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ...actually it takes about 10 15 seconds but vga is still better, and doesnt suffer from overscan
[edit] Mikomraz, no, and playing xb games on the 360 NEED the HDD cause xbox games use like a 700MB cache on the HDD to operate... without the HDD theres no cache, therefor they cant be played
This post has been edited by Naquadah: Jun 12 2006, 04:28 PM
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Post by: j666* on June 12, 2006, 09:35:00 AM
the hdd also has the xbox 1 emulator on it so hdd is essential
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Post by: sicknasty413 on June 12, 2006, 09:58:00 AM
this is cool.. i wonder what games theyre adding...
they really need to fix halo 2 though.. damn "system lag" when someone picks up cloak.. or if a game starts with cloak... erg... erg!
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Post by: mark_in_2k on June 12, 2006, 10:10:00 AM
Crosses fingers for Rallisport 2...
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Post by: Achtung on June 12, 2006, 10:12:00 AM
QUOTE(mark_in_2k @ Jun 12 2006, 04:41 PM)
Crosses fingers for Rallisport 2...
I double that
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Post by: pdottz on June 12, 2006, 10:15:00 AM
mmmm sf:ac
not many care, but i sure do.
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Post by: mike96sc2 on June 12, 2006, 10:15:00 AM
QUOTE(mikomraz @ Jun 12 2006, 09:54 AM)
Is there any way to install the backward compability update without a hard drive? on a memory card?
many original xbox games take advantage of the hd to speed up load times, so it is essential
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Post by: ILLusions0fGrander on June 12, 2006, 10:19:00 AM
wtf is up with "we are going to support all xbox games" to an xbox scene news posting saying "no longer supporting BC" to "we are working towards our goal of all games"
it would be nice to get some facts straight MS
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Post by: lowendfrequency on June 12, 2006, 09:55:00 AM
QUOTE(mark_in_2k @ Jun 12 2006, 11:41 AM)
Crosses fingers for Rallisport 2...
Yeah seriously! It's the only original xbox game besides Halo2 that I haven't traded in. Get your shit together MS and give me some Rallisport2 compatibility! I'm jonesin!
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Post by: thax on June 12, 2006, 10:24:00 AM
QUOTE(ILLusions0fGrander @ Jun 12 2006, 04:50 PM)
wtf is up with "we are going to support all xbox games" to an xbox scene news posting saying "no longer supporting BC" to "we are working towards our goal of all games"it would be nice to get some facts straight MS
Here are the straight facts:
1. MS never stated they were not working on backwards compatibility. If you are talking about Peter Moore being quoted out of context, then here is the whole quote:
"Nobody is concerned anymore about backwards compatibility. We under promised and over delivered on that. It's a very complicated thing... very complex work. I'm just stunned that we have hundreds of games that are backwards compatible," he said. That doesn't mean we won't get more backwards-compatible games - indeed, "more are coming" - but "at some point, you just go, there's enough, let's move on, or people aren't as worried about a game being backwards compatible - and I like to think we've upheld our end of the bargain in making at least two or maybe three hundred games backwards compat."
2. MS never stated that they would support all games. From the launch of the console MS has always stated that getting all xbox games working was a goal, not a promise. Some titles just aren't worth the effort to emulate.
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Post by: DaShiZNiT on June 12, 2006, 11:56:00 AM
I would like Black to work
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Post by: thesaelens on June 12, 2006, 11:58:00 AM
QUOTE(DaShiZNiT @ Jun 12 2006, 01:03 PM)
I would like Black to work
It all ready is.
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Post by: Neoistheone2000 on June 12, 2006, 12:01:00 PM
lol this probly will never happon but Phantasy Star Online would be awsome.....
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Post by: xjustsumloserx on June 12, 2006, 12:12:00 PM
the few games i really care about are Doom 3 (yay! though curious if it is both, i dont see why not though) Phantom Dust Conker live and reloaded
It is mainly live titles that are the most important to me.
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Post by: BigDaddySlappy on June 12, 2006, 12:14:00 PM
I wish they'd get ESPN NFL2K5 backward compatible, but I doubt it'll ever happen, EA probably told MS to leave it alone lol
I'd love to play NFL2K5 is 720p I just cant get into the Madden games at all.
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Post by: Doyouwannadance on June 12, 2006, 12:24:00 PM
Hope they will improve BC on some of the games - or at least one. I picked up Star Trek: Shattered Universe, and in 480p/720p/1080i, the video playback seemed a little shifted to the left, and the game/menu screens were halfway up the screen, and the bottom-half was all corrupted. Did anyone else get this? The disc said NTSC and I picked it up at a local game store, so I'm kinda confused.
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Post by: JoNike on June 12, 2006, 12:25:00 PM
I hope ea nhl 2006, the 2k nhl2k6 is really bad...
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Post by: foreverporkchop on June 12, 2006, 12:31:00 PM
QUOTE(lowendfrequency @ Jun 12 2006, 05:02 PM)
Yeah seriously! It's the only original xbox game besides Halo2 that I haven't traded in. Get your shit together MS and give me some Rallisport2 compatibility! I'm jonesin!
This is the same exact scenario for me. Still patiently waiting BC for rallisport 2.
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Post by: Peter Gibbons on June 12, 2006, 01:17:00 PM
get xbox 1 you turds.
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Post by: BigDaddySlappy on June 12, 2006, 05:43:00 PM
It's all bout playin some XBOX games in 720p
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Post by: JadaKOD on June 12, 2006, 07:19:00 PM
Seriously if MVP05 isn't included in this update im gonna be pissssssed... The only baseball game 360 has (MLB2k6) is HORRENDOUS... i used to play MVP for hours upon hours... I dunno what the deal is with EA...but I really miss playing a decent baseball game dammit!!!
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Post by: EBear on June 12, 2006, 11:12:00 PM
I predict that Conker will never work. That game really pushes the Xbox 1 to it's limits, and not as many people care about it the way they care for the other Xbox 1 games that really push the original hardware, like Halo 2 and Doom 3. It would be sweet though.
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Post by: Johnny Johnson on June 13, 2006, 05:24:00 AM
QUOTE(Neoistheone2000 @ Jun 12 2006, 02:08 PM)
lol this probly will never happon but Phantasy Star Online would be awsome.....
Never have played Phantasy Star Online; however, Phantasy Star II was my favorite RPG on Sega Genesis! LOL And if I'm not mistaken, a new Phantasy Star game will be out for the 360.
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Post by: Lpk32187 on June 13, 2006, 08:32:00 AM
QUOTE(EBear @ Jun 13 2006, 12:19 AM)
I predict that Conker will never work. That game really pushes the Xbox 1 to it's limits, and not as many people care about it the way they care for the other Xbox 1 games that really push the original hardware, like Halo 2 and Doom 3. It would be sweet though.
Conker was ownage can't remember any of the ranks, but I remember I had the highest rank and all the unlocks for every character. I remember cheating with the snoopas and kept sending them out.
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Post by: BoNg420 on June 13, 2006, 09:29:00 AM
SHit yes!!! LEgo sTar wArS just what I wanted.
<sarcasm>
damn it I just want the last 2 prince of persia games and I will be happy. I cant think of any others.
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Post by: Deftech on June 13, 2006, 09:33:00 AM
1. 4x4 EVO 2 2. Amped® 2 3. Bad Boys 2 4. Big Mutha Truckers 5. DOOM 3® 6. Dreamfall: The Longest Journey 7. Fatal Frame 8. FlatOut 9. Grabbed by the Ghoulies 10. Intellivision Lives 11. LEGO® Star Wars® 12. Minority Report 13. MLB SlugFest 20-04 14. The Punisher 15. RalliSport Challenge 16. Silent Hill® 4: The Room 17. Spawn® Armageddon 18. Spider-Man 19. Star Wars Battlefront 20. State of Emergency 21. Zapper
Rallisport but not part 2?
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Post by: lostboyz on June 13, 2006, 09:35:00 AM
which is funny because I lost my ralisport 2 original, at least I can play the first one
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Post by: mark_in_2k on June 13, 2006, 10:00:00 AM
Damn, can anyone try a copy of Rallisport 2? Maybe they missed the "2" from the list
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Post by: lowendfrequency on June 13, 2006, 10:01:00 AM
QUOTE(Deftech @ Jun 13 2006, 11:40 AM)
Rallisport but not part 2?
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Post by: foreverporkchop on June 13, 2006, 11:00:00 AM
How can they implement rallisport 1 and not the more recent version?
Especially considering everyone was asking for 2 not 1.
Go figure.
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Post by: langlest on June 13, 2006, 12:44:00 PM
can someone post a screenshot & give a rundown of how doom 3 performs in 720p?
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Post by: Hyper_Eye on June 13, 2006, 04:22:00 PM
QUOTE(langlest @ Jun 13 2006, 07:51 PM)
can someone post a screenshot & give a rundown of how doom 3 performs in 720p?
No screenshot for you because I haven't managed to figure out how to get nice pics of my new projector screen yet but I played it for about 45 minutes and it seemed flawless. It looks very nice in 720p.
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Post by: Deftech on June 14, 2006, 02:59:00 PM
