Last week Microsoft announced the backward-compatibility list for the North American Xbox 360, a lineup of more than 200 Xbox games that would be playable on the 360 on launch day. Earlier this week, the company announced its compatibility list for Japanese 360s, which tallied a mere dozen titles.
European gamers wondering which end of the stick they were going to wind up with now have their answer: neither, really. Microsoft has released the official backward-compatibility list for the European Xbox 360, and it features 156 games. That's a good sight better than the Japanese list, but all of the games on the European list are on the North American list as well, albeit some under different names (for instance, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone goes by the book's original moniker, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). As with the other lists, Microsoft is promising to add to this lineup in the future, though it hasn't given a deadline for the next batch of titles to be added.
The list of European Xbox games playable on the Xbox 360 is as follows:
Alias
Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction
All-Star Baseball 2003
Amped
ATV Quad Power Racing 2
Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2
Barbie Horse Adventure
Batman Begins
Battle Engine Aquila
Battlestar Galactica
BMX XXX
Brute Force
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Colin McRae 4
Combat Elite
Commandos 2
Conflict: Desert Storm
Constantine
Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity
Crash Nitro Kart
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Curse - The Eye of Isis
Dark Angel
Darkwatch
Deadly Skies
Deathrow
Dinotopia
Dead or Alive 3
Egg Mania
Euro 2004
Fable
Fable: The Lost Chapters
FIFA 2003
FIFA 2004
FIFA Street 2005
Fight Night 2004
Fight Night Round 2
Forza Motorsport
Freedom Fighters
Futurama
Fuzion Frenzy
Genma Onimusha
Goblin Commander
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
Half-Life 2
Halo
Halo 2
Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone
Hitman: Contracts
House of the Dead 3
Jade Empire
James Bond 007: Nightfire
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death
Jurassic Park Genesis
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Loons Fight for Fame
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Manhunt
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Medal of Honor 3 Rising Sun
Medal of Honor Frontline
Medal of Honor: European Assault
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
MicroMachines
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Mortal Kombat: Deception
MTV Music Generator 3
NBA Live 2003
NBA Live 2004
Need For Speed: Underground 2
NHL 2004
NHL Hitz 20-03
Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden Black
Outlaw Golf 2
Outlaw Volleyball
Pariah
Phantom Crash
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Predator: Concrete Jungle
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Pro Race Driver
Puyo Puyo Fever
Quantum Redshift
Red Dead Revolver
Red Faction II
Robotech: Battle Cry
Rocky: Legends
Rogue Ops
Samurai Warriors
Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights
Scrapland
SeaWorld: Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
Sega GT 2002
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shellshock: Nam '67
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Simpson's Road Rage
Simpsons: Hit and Run
Soccer Slam
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Mega Collection
Speed Kings
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
Spy Hunter 2
Spyro: A Hero's Tail
SSX 3
Stake
Star Trek: Shattered Universe
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Clone Wars
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
Street Racing Syndicate
Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse
Super Bubble Pop
Super Monkey Ball DX
SX Superstar
Tecmo Classic Arcade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Terminator: Dawn of Fate
Tetris Worlds
The Great Escape
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer
The Thing
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Toxic Grind
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2
Urban Freestyle Soccer
Vexx
Worms 4: Mayhem
Worms Forts Under Siege
WWE Raw 2
XIII
NOOOOO!! Im in America, but what about the chrnoicles of Riddick?! That was the second best shooter for xbox!
;_; No Street Fighter Anniversary Edition? :(
this is really bad half the games i still play on the xbox arnt there farcry? starwars battlefron 2? rainbow 6 lockdown? conker live and reloaded? missing out a lot of good games here hope it wont be for long
Legacy support is so important for this machine because not everyone has a limitless amount of cash with which to buy every launch title under the sun. They may only be able to pick up a few select titles but heck you can't be expected to keep occupied on just a few titles. If it had complete legacy support you could play some of your existing titles to help tide you over till you had enough cash to buy something new.
don't forget star wars battlefronts... as far as japan: they really didn't support xbox 1, why would they really need a huge list of xbox games to play? they never bought them...
ha, they get barbi horse adventure 2!
You guys do know that Microsoft will be continuing to update the emulator list even after the 360 has been released, right? This is mearly the list of titles that'll be playable at launch.
Could do with more games TBH. No Panzer Dragoon Orta? No JSRF? No Burnout 3? Shocking! I'm going to be holding onto my current-gen Xbox then!
No Deus Ex, Battlefront or Metal Gear Solid! I hope they're going to introduce compatability with them later because I'm planning to sell my Xbox soon!
So Japan have ONLY 12 games, Europe - 156 games, but U.S.A. - 200+ games... I think it's not fair for those (***) who buy xbox36o in Japan and Europe, but if they do - it's they mistake! :lol: It's microSOFT after all! :lol:
Where is Unreal Championship 2?!
Dang no Ghost Recon 2..
cmon guys its apowerfull consol why do you guys look at the past the future is much much brighter you know !
[quote=SkarpHedin]I don't understand why people buy a new console, just to play old games? When I bought my PS2, I never touched a PSX game again, and it would probably be the same if i had a xbox now.[/quote] I'll tell you why. Not everyone owns an Xbox. I don't. But I am thinking of buying an Xbox 360, and finally I'll be able to pick up what I missed out on this generation! That is... if it's supported. Obviously, the bigger the list, the better. And I must say, this list really sucks. But please, stop assuming just because YOU don't see a need for it, that no one else will. Such a simple concept is probably beyond your comprehension.
Just be thankful you're not an Xbox gamer in Japan. Those guys got hosed.
Just like the US list, no Rallisport Challenge???
colinjennison is wrong, there are many notable games missing from the list. The very popular Dance Dance Games (which you can use the controller to play) and one of my favorite Xbox games Doom 3. Not to mention they do not list every new games that is set to be launched around the same time as the Xbox 360, so it would be strange to see those not work right away. But, this is still much better then earlier speculated.
no topspin!!!
no conkers, no farcry, no oddworld munch or stranger, no metal gear solid 2,no soul calibur 2. so much for getting rid of the old xbox what a rip.
I don't understand why people buy a new console, just to play old games? When I bought my PS2, I never touched a PSX game again, and it would probably be the same if i had a xbox now.
Look like am keeping my Xbox....thanks Microsoft!
Sad, this is the list I'll have to go with, as I'm in Australia, and we use the PAL system, which Europe also uses. There are many great games in that list, and while I'm hoping to have a Xbox360 by November 2006, I sure hope there is a great deal more games to that list.
Strange, I assumed the PGR series was on there. Pretty weird Microsoft wouldn't have the emulation code ready for thier own bloody games. As for Far Cry, which I agree is a great game, it will obviously come in the first few months, it's just such a new title.
No SWBFII? but we get Barbie....p00nage
I miss a lot of games, especially PGR 1 and 2, Top Spin, Burnout 3, Full Spectrum Warrior, Rallisport 1 and 2, Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta etc. But then again it's not like someone is going to sweep in and take my old Xbox away. :)
I'm pretty upset that FarCry isn't on this list I sold my Xbox for 360 and I really want to try that game.
I was thinking about: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halo2/news.html?sid=6139560
Amped 2, Links 2004, Kung Fu Chaos, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, PGR, PRG2, Toe Jam & Earl III, Voodoo Vince, Splinter Cell, Wreckless, Buffy, Burnout, Hunter the Reckoning Redeemer, Rallisport Challenge... JSRF :_(
People you buy a nex-gen system to play nexgen games not play farcry if you want to play that then play your old xbox Iam pretty sure everybody has more than 1 tv move your xbox to another room if you want to play a game you cant on the 360 play in your livingroom are were ever your xbox is I am gonna give my xbox away to my lil sis as soon as i get 360.
Far Cry instinct, Burnout Revenge, Jet Set Radio Futur, Panzer Dragoon, Shenmue II.... :'(
So these will be the games you can play on your Xbox 360 if you already own them on the regular Xbox right? Sounds like it's only fair. Playstation had already done that with the PS titles with the PS2. Nintendo is the only system that hasn't done it, unless you count their handheld things. As far as consoles go, nintendo never even uses the same device the games are on. All in all I think this is great for Xbox 360 fans.
I don't see how anyone can complain as it covers all the good games. Who wants to play Pulse Racer on thier Xbox 360 anyway?