Xbox 360 BC list updated

Twenty-one more Xbox games now playable on Xbox 360; Doom 3, Lego Star Wars, Silent Hill 4 lead pack.

Early this month, Microsoft VP Peter Moore stated that "nobody is concerned anymore about backward compatibility," prompting the company's PR department into action. Moore has since retracted the statement, saying he was taken out of context.

Regardless of what was said before, it's apparent that people do still care about backward compatibility on the Xbox 360. Microsoft has announced the latest additions to its list of Xbox games run on the company's next-gen console.

Answering the prayers of many gamers, Doom 3 is now one of the 200-plus Xbox games that can be played on an Xbox 360. Also on the list are horror titles Fatal Frame and Silent Hill 4: The Room, as well as a few from a galaxy far, far away--Lego Star Wars and the original Star Wars Battlefront.

A list of all 21 games added to the list is below:

• 4x4 EVO 2
• Amped 2
• Bad Boys 2
• Big Mutha Truckers
• Doom 3
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
• Fatal Frame
• FlatOut
• Grabbed by the Ghoulies
• Intellivision Lives
• LEGO Star Wars
• Minority Report
• MLB SlugFest 20-04
• The Punisher
• RalliSport Challenge
• Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Spawn Armageddon
• Spider-Man
• Star Wars Battlefront
• State of Emergency
• Zapper

In addition, the following Japanese-only Xbox games are also now playable on the Xbox 360:

• Bistro Cupid 1
• Flight Academy
• Othello Seminar
• Igo Seminar
• Shogi Seminar
• Mahjong Seminar

441 Comments

  • sm00thpapa

    Posted Sep 23, 2008 8:34 am PT

    The Punisher FINALLY!!!!

  • shadynate82

    Posted Aug 9, 2008 7:26 pm PT

    no new games and its been over a year..dont disappoint me microsoft

  • animeownage

    Posted Jul 16, 2008 12:27 pm PT

    I'm still waiting for Metal Gear Solid 2 Subsistence and MechAssault. It seems kind of dumb to have MechAssault 2 but not the original.

  • rbkballa

    Posted Jan 5, 2008 1:15 pm PT

    Can play Metal Gear Solid 2 subsistence

  • Percypoo

    Posted Oct 27, 2007 5:28 pm PT

    Please tell me I can play Fable The Lost Chapters

  • ilikeyoshi7799

    Posted Jul 31, 2007 5:01 pm PT

    Lego Star Wars Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!!!

  • --Sinister--

    Posted Apr 8, 2007 6:25 am PT

    sweet the punisher is awsome!

  • paulust2002

    Posted Jan 23, 2007 12:36 am PT

    Please, silent hill 2, please, please

    oh and the doom expansion would be nice to

  • flubagalub

    Posted Nov 18, 2006 2:15 am PT

    W00t, keep em' coming!

  • benboz

    Posted Nov 4, 2006 3:48 am PT

    They need to add Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil. I have finish Doom 3 on my Xbox 360 and I'm waitng for the DOOM 3 Resurrection of evil to be on the list.

  • alexpalmgren

    Posted Oct 20, 2006 2:34 pm PT

    SOUL CALIBUR 2 GODDAMNIT! I cant believe how they could add such a load of CRAP into compability but missing SC2!

  • MrFuturePerfect

    Posted Sep 25, 2006 9:06 pm PT

    BILL GATES IF YOU ARE READING THIS...ADD CONKER LIVE AND RELOADED TO THE 360 COMPATIBLITY LIST PLEASE. CANT YOU SEE EVERYONE WANTS IT!!!!

  • MartinWinthrop

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:50 pm PT

    Are they going to add Fatal Frame II to this list??

  • MartinWinthrop

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:47 pm PT

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  • Topdog7033

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 3:07 pm PT

    I am glad they brought back the backward compatibility issue for the 360. I knew that by canceling BC games for the 360 was a mistake. And hopefully Microsoft will continue to support BC and add lots more games, then what they have already done. They need to make all the Platinum Hits BC, seems easy enough.

  • wise_one1234

    Posted Jul 17, 2006 3:04 pm PT

    ok i would think that being one of the recent games released before the 360, Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict would have been done by now!

    didn't MS say that they would be putting in a great effort to make most of the xbox games BC? so why isn't one of the best sellers up there :S

  • paulust2002

    Posted Jul 17, 2006 10:32 am PT

    darn it all, sold doom 3 the day before i bought my 360, bought it again ltd edition for a tenner on ebay so loving it.

    What about ressurection people come on

  • Valek1394

    Posted Jul 10, 2006 7:52 am PT

    The list is getting...... better? Well.. it's getting longer atleast. Of course for the 200+ games on there, only about 1/4 of my games are on there. Fortunately the 360 has very little to entice me into buying it at the moment. Nor anything upcoming in the next year that I know about. Maybe [eA] or 99 Knights.... Superman? I dunno. I'm going to stick with my box until atleast half of my games can be carried over with me to the 360. Namely the ones I still enjoy playing.

  • light_ninja

    Posted Jul 8, 2006 9:46 pm PT

    SOUL CALIBUR 2 PLEASE my soul still burns for SOUL CALIBUR 2 !!!!

  • Hermitkermit

    Posted Jun 29, 2006 11:38 pm PT

    I think the reason that Mircosoft is adding these bad games is that their rushing they keeping putting on these games cause thier easy to make BC and they just want ot show us a list of games to encourage us.

    Really Bad boys 2 and Barbie's adventure?????????

  • EPaul

    Posted Jun 28, 2006 7:16 am PT

    y can't the xbox360 handle all xbox games
    I bet the ps3 backwards compatiblity will be perfect

  • GhOsT-AC_06

    Posted Jun 27, 2006 8:26 am PT

    super sweet! Doom 3 is gonna be great its about time aswell

  • durial117

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 8:09 pm PT

    FABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • KillerC15122

    Posted Jun 26, 2006 3:13 pm PT

    Woo Hoo!!! Well thatz 2 games Doom3 and Silent Hill4 I was keeping for a "rainy day" well its rainin now baby!

  • the_greenzero

    Posted Jun 25, 2006 5:55 am PT

    I can't believe them, how the hell are u gonna make a system that's not fully backwards compatible, most of my xbox games I can't play and the ones that I can play like crap. they should've never put that damn system out so quickly.

  • Junomaster2006

    Posted Jun 24, 2006 1:36 pm PT

    Why is bad boys 2 playable for the 360? I heard that game sucks. They wasted thier time trying to put that game on 360

  • frosty02184

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 1:10 pm PT

    Thats still crap that we have to buy yet another xbox360 I go xbox360 in January so I don't have the backwards compatible one could someone help me find a way to make it backward compatible or find a way for me how to get one for my original xbox360?

  • PeachyRamune

    Posted Jun 23, 2006 12:31 am PT

    I think Microsoft is a huge troll. They know Grabbed By The Ghoulies and Barbie House Adventures pisses everyone off. No Panzer Dragoon, no JSRF. It's obvious.

  • Shirimasen

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 8:45 pm PT

    No one plays half of those games at all. Could they at least *look* at the Steel Battalion crowd? I just dont have the space for a pair of massive microsoft consoles to play my amazing niche game.

  • Karjah

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 2:45 pm PT

    thank god nintendo and sony don't have to face this stupid problem. it's a sad day for 360 owners.

    You can't even play some of the games you payed for!

  • lttlpinkpanther

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 1:15 pm PT

    what are they smokin

  • Nightfire117

    Posted Jun 22, 2006 11:01 am PT

    omg why the hell isn't Mechassault on there yet!?!?!?

  • dunser1

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 5:48 pm PT

    Why not just use your old xbox to play xbox games ? I didn,t pay 400 bucks to play old games.

  • CapcomKing

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 1:16 pm PT

    Wow, It sees that they atleast added some good games! How about them adding some fighting games like MVC2 and Capcom vs SNK 2 EO on the list? Come on Now????? I know microsoft can do better! Because if you can put a game called sneakers on the 360 what about all the Real good oldies!!!! GOSH!!! lol

  • gta_bandit

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:26 am PT

    Where is Timesplitters 3
    I DEMAND IT!

  • gta_bandit

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 7:25 am PT

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  • Midgarmerc_777

    Posted Jun 21, 2006 12:22 am PT

    did anybody even BUY Bad Boys II?

  • Acharya77

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 9:46 pm PT

    For the love of God ,give me Panzer Dragoon Orta ,and the Otogi games!

  • savage161

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 5:30 pm PT

    This is what i want and i dont have and i will BUY them when there BC, BC is not dead if im going to buy all them games, Thry have got only a few good 360 titles at the moment anyways.

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
    Conker: Live and Reloaded
    JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future
    James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
    Mercenaries XBOX
    Oddworld Stranger's Wrath
    Project: Snowblind
    Psychonauts
    Rallisport Challenge 2
    Star Wars Republic Commando
    Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
    The Warriors
    Morrowind

    For others and Microsoft read what people want.

    Shemune 2
    Deus Ex IW
    X-men Ledgends 2
    Kingdom Under Fire
    Midnight Club 3
    Beyond Good and Evil
    Otogi
    Indigo Prophecy
    Phantom Dust

    They should do these games, Leave the sports games and other games that have it on the 360 but with better graphics.

    And do the rest the games after you done these and then i will me happy.

  • jpp67

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 4:00 pm PT

    just make all Xbox games playable on the 360

  • Ra-Devil

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 1:49 pm PT

    There are only 3 GAMES i'm hoping for.

    BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!

    PHANTOM DUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    RALLYSPORT CHALLENGE 2!!!!

    Please gods of M$, grant me this one wish and i would treasure you forever.

    Oh, and Conker L&R would be nice.

  • diesil

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 1:36 pm PT

    brothers in arms 1 an 2 need to be on there

  • mthe1337one

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 9:24 am PT

    wow and i would have thought doom 3 would have been one of those games they should have made first priority to be BC earlier

  • cabbs02

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 9:08 am PT

    HALO???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Conker?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Warriors??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? And WHY THE HELL IS BAD BOYS 2 ON THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • payne6705

    Posted Jun 20, 2006 6:37 am PT

    wow this sucks i only own like 3-5 of those games what about our other collections of games thats unfair why can't it be like the PS2 the PS2 could play almost any PS1 games not a list of X amount of games

  • peterferrif

    Posted Jun 19, 2006 3:53 pm PT

    I want conker, but good that they finally got flatout and they should fix some of the problems with half life 2 makes the phisics engine all f-d up

  • poi101

    Posted Jun 19, 2006 1:43 pm PT

    yeah

  • hangid

    Posted Jun 19, 2006 1:22 pm PT

    all xbox games should be able to be played on the xbox360.

  • jonesy250f_101

    Posted Jun 19, 2006 9:44 am PT

    OH COME ON!!! Operation Flashpoint!?!?!?!

  • VZA

    Posted Jun 19, 2006 8:31 am PT

    could they have picked worse games? the least they could do is add counter-strike or give us a 360 version of the game.

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