MadFerIt Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 This is coming from Microsoft themselves, so this is no rumour. 200+ games at LAUNCH will be backwards-compatible. The catch is the system will use xbox live for the most part (200+ profiles won't come preloaded with the HD, although I'm sure there will be some of the top games included). For those without Xbox Live (meaning those without an internet connection to their 360) you can get the emulation profiles off the xbox website and burn them to a CD. Very surprised over 200 games are already emulation ready, great job Microsoft did. I was only expecting the very top titles to work. For a full list of titles emulation ready go here: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halo2/...tml?sid=6139702 Oh btw, it also says all Xbox-Live enabled games emulated will work online, and cross-platform (meaning you can play with xbox players). Of course this should be expected but still nice to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted November 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted November 12, 2005 Good list they have there :) I'm guessing that more than just Halo/Halo2 will be supported out-of-the-box (without signing into Live) but I could be wrong. Of course, you won't need to pay for Live to get those, just sign in with the free Silver subscription that everyone gets. Notably missing is MechAssault 1&2 - I hope those get added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGeorge Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Now how come I knew they were gonna leave out Panzer Dragoon Orta? Dammit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esco Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 A lot of the ones i want are on there (Halo, Halo 2, Fable, Ninja Gaiden Black), but no Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadFerIt Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 A lot of the ones i want are on there (Halo, Halo 2, Fable, Ninja Gaiden Black), but no Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory :( 586798860[/snapback] I noticed that too.. All the Splinter Cell's are missing... Hopefully they're working on getting the emulation profiles and they will come out soon after launch. It would bloody sweet to see Chaos Theory at 720p/FSAA. Brings it much closer to the PC version (abeit with better control.. Hate the PC version's control lol). Hell it already looked next-gen on the xbox lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 interesting that NONE of the madden games work......typical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Ah far better than I had hoped. Don't they all add FSAA and higher resolution like Halo1 and 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Sounds pretty sweet to me :happy:, I'm assuming you need a Xbox Live gold account to download the profiles too? I'm hoping silver members can also download the profiles... For those without Xbox Live (meaning those without an internet connection to their 360) you can get the emulation profiles off the xbox website and burn them to a CD. How will that work exactly? won't the Xbox 360 like the Xbox before it refuse to read a burnt CD? I'm guessing maybe they will do what Sony did, make it so it can read burnt data CD's/DVD's but have extra files on the game disks that can't be copied (or some other protection mechinism) so if you try to burn a game it doesn't work I guess.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadFerIt Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 Sounds pretty sweet to me :happy:, I'm assuming you need a Xbox Live gold account to download the profiles too? I'm hoping silver members can also download the profiles...How will that work exactly? won't the Xbox 360 like the Xbox before it refuse to read a burnt CD? I'm guessing maybe they will do what Sony did, make it so it can read burnt data CD's/DVD's but have extra files on the game disks that can't be copied (or some other protection mechinism) so if you try to burn a game it doesn't work I guess.. 586798922[/snapback] Well it does read all burnt media (CD-R/RW dvd-+R/RW), but for games it will probally refuse any burnt. But it does accept mp3 cds, burnt music cds (the xbox did as well for music cds), dvds ect. So I'm assuming if it detects an emulation profile on the cd it will simply transfer it over to the HD thats all ^_^. It does require the HD. And it will work with Xbox Silver. The cd burning function is for those without an internet connection into their xbox360 (those still on 56k for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 No Unreal Championship 2 :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted November 12, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted November 12, 2005 no project gotham racing 2... nice microsoft :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b mitchell Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 interesting that NONE of the madden games work......typical 586798863[/snapback] What, you think EA was actually going to sell many copies of Maddon 06 on the 360 without something like that?? Now it forces everyone who owns Madden to buy that version. EA is quite evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilfruit Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Cool, Thief: DS works, so I'm happy (wasn't expecting it to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshuggah Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 What, you think EA was actually going to sell many copies of Maddon 06 on the 360 without something like that??Now it forces everyone who owns Madden to buy that version. EA is quite evil. 586799266[/snapback] and im still not buying 2006, there's nothing special about it and no reason for me to upgrade, ill wait until 2007, even if i have to use my xbox to play football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 This list is very nice.... But the real question remains... How well do these games work under emulation with the Xbox360?? Will the emulated games profits from the HDTV resolution? Is it going to be like Bleem! for the DreamCast that could play PS1 games with better graphics and more speed? Is this emulation mode stable? Will my game crash or blue screen the Xbox360? Before jumping and be too hapy about this list, I'll have to see if the emulation works as expected. Just don't trow away your Xbox because of this news. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killmaster84 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 All I want is Halo2 :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Will the emulated games profits from the HDTV resolution? Is it going to be like Bleem! for the DreamCast that could play PS1 games with better graphics and more speed? 586799322[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 586799353[/snapback] And where do these pictures come from? And if they are for real, GREAT! But how fast (fps) is the game? And it does not answer the question about emulator stability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecaveman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 And where do these pictures come from?And if they are for real, GREAT! But how fast (fps) is the game? And it does not answer the question about emulator stability. 586799359[/snapback] http://bungie.com/News/TopStory.aspx?story...rsary&p=5312619 Why would they release instable emulator? It would serve no purpose then to emulate at all, plus it will be upgradable through live. You can be sure it plays as good or better than the original, although some games might be locked on lower FPS than the x360 could support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 The profiles might just be a new recompiled XBE. in wich case they don't even really need to emulate wich would explain a lot around the profiles thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+vlsi0n Subscriber¹ Posted November 12, 2005 Subscriber¹ Share Posted November 12, 2005 Good, I'm glad to see a large amount of XB1 games being emulated over to the x360 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 What, you think EA was actually going to sell many copies of Maddon 06 on the 360 without something like that??Now it forces everyone who owns Madden to buy that version. EA is quite evil. 586799266[/snapback] ' its ****ing evil as ****.. I can't believe they are forcing us to buy madden 360 over madden 06 which i already own. Not to mention that NCAA 06 isn't even listed on compatability ... this is a major disapointment... and a possible reasonf or me not buying the 360 until July ... I can only afford 1-2 360 games and the main game my roommates and I play are Madden or Ncaa football... w/out those two games really, it is a waste... **** them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipster Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 (edited) What?!? No Brothers in Arms or Splinter Cell?? Those are like my favorite Xbox games. Who gives a flying F**K about games like Barbie Horse Adventure or Monster Garage. And did anyone even know there was a He-Man game?? Oh well, at least there is Half-Life 2. Can't wait to get my hands on that next week. Do you think with games that played at 30 FPS on the Xbox will play at like 60 FPS on the 360? Or will that not change? Thats another reason why I'm so bummed about Brothers in Arms. Earned in Blood would of been euphoric to play if the framerate didn't bog down at times so much. Edited November 12, 2005 by Hipster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 http://bungie.com/News/TopStory.aspx?story...rsary&p=5312619Why would they release instable emulator? 586799373[/snapback] You know, it's from Microsoft. I know they do terrific things but they also can't get away with no bugs at all. Just look at all the service pack for Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian- Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Now how come I knew they were gonna leave out Panzer Dragoon Orta? Dammit.... 586798858[/snapback] yeah that's a bummer, that game is awesome...and Barbie Horse Adventure is on the list :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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