The Xbox Games You Won't Be Playing On The 360

[Justin Buser]

Gamers in recent days have been looking at the backward compatibility lists that have been released all over the web. Now if you look at the list then take every other game currently playable on the Xbox you will get some idea of which games will not be available on the next gen console - games like Chronicles Of Riddick, which is far superior to the likes of Total Fitness. So why is it not backward compatible?

Here is the full list, take a look and see what games you may have to sell or trade in:

007: Agent Under Fire - Electronic Arts 007: Everything or Nothing - EA
2002 FIFA World Cup - Electronic Arts
4x4 Evolution 2 - Gathering of Developers
Aggressive Inline - Acclaim
All-Star Baseball 2004 - Acclaim
All-Star Baseball 2005 - Acclaim
Alter Echo - THQ
AMF Bowling 2004 - Bethesda
Amped 2 - Microsoft
Antz Extreme Racing - Empire Interactive
Apex - Infogrames
Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis - TDK
Arctic Thunder - Midway
Armed and Dangerous - LucasArts
Arx Fatalis - Dreamcatcher
Auto Modellista - Capcom
Azurik - Microsoft
Backyard Wrestling - Eidos
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown - Crave
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - Interplay
Batman: Dark Tomorrow - Kemco
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - Ubi Soft
Batman: Vengeance - UbiSoft
Beyond Good and Evil - Ubi Soft
Bicycle Casino 2005 - Activision
Big Mutha Truckers - THQ
Bionicle - Lego Media
Black Stone: Magic & Steel - Xicat
Blade II - Activision
Blinx: The Time Sweeper - Microsoft
Blood Omen 2 - Eidos
BloodRayne - Majesco
BloodRayne 2 - Majesco
Bloodwake - Microsoft
Bloody Roar Extreme - Konami
Breakdown - Namco
Broken Sword: TSD - Dreamcatcher
Bruce Lee: Quest Of The Dragon
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Electronic Arts
Burnout - Acclaim
Burnout 2: Point of Impact - Acclaim
Burnout 3: Takedown - EA
Cel Damage - Electronic Arts
Chase: Hollywood Stunt Driver - Bam!
Chessmaster - Ubisoft
Chronicles of Riddick - Vivendi Universal
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 - Codemasters
Colin McRae Rally 3 - Infogrames
Conflict: Desert Storm II - Gotham Games
Corvette - TDK
Counter-Strike - Microsoft
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Universal
Crash Nitro Kart - Black Label
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller - Sega
Crimson Sea - Koei
Dakar 2 - Acclaim
Dance Dance Revolution: Ultramix - Konami
Dark Summit - THQ
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 - Acclaim
Dead Man's Hand - Atari
Dead or Alive Ultimate - Tecmo
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball - Tecmo
Dead To Rights - Namco
Def Jam: Fight for NY - EA
Defender - Midway
Deus Ex: Invisible War - Eidos
Dino Crisis 3 - Capcom
Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure - Activision
Dr. Muto - Midway
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair - Ubi Soft
DRIV3R - Atari
Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the GL - Ubisoft
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes - Atari
Dynasty Warriors 3 - Koei
Dynasty Warriors 4 - Koei
Enclave - Conspiracy
Enter the Matrix - Atari
ESPN College Hoops - Sega
ESPN International Winter Sports 2002 - Konami
ESPN Major League Baseball - Sega
ESPN NBA 2K5 - Sega
ESPN NBA 2Night 2002 - Konami
ESPN NBA Basketball - Sega
ESPN NFL 2K5 - Sega
ESPN NFL Football - Sega
ESPN NFL Prime Time 2002 - Konami
ESPN NHL 2K5 - Sega
ESPN NHL Hockey - Sega
ESPN Winter X-Games Snowboarding 2002 - Konami
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick - THQ
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel - Interplay
Fatal Frame - Tecmo
FIFA Soccer 2005 - EA
Finding Nemo - THQ
Ford Racing 2 - Gotham Games
Freaky Flyers - Midway
Full Spectrum Warrior - THQ
Furious Karting - Infogrames
Galleon: Islands of Mystery - Atlus
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy - Midway
Ghost Recon: Island Thunder - Ubi Soft
Ghost Recon 2
Ghost Recon 2: Expansion Pack
Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance - Acclaim
Gladius - LucasArts
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters - Melee - Atari
Grabbed by the Ghoulies - Microsoft
Group S Challenge - Capcom
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload - Majesco
Gun Metal - Majesco
Gunvalkyrie - Sega
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban - EA
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets - Electronic Arts
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup - EA
Haunted Mansion - TDK
Headhunter: Redemption - Sega
High Heat Baseball 2004 - 3DO
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - Eidos
Hunter The Reckoning: Redeemer - Vivendi
Hunter: The Reckoning - Universal
IHRA Drag Racing 2004 - Bethesda
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb - LucasArts
IndyCar Series - Codemasters
IndyCar Series 2005 - Codemasters
I-Ninja - Namco
Inside Pitch 2003 - Microsoft
Intellivision Lives - Crave
Jet Set Radio Future - Sega
Kakuto Chojin - Microsoft
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders - Microsoft
Knight's Apprentice - XS Games
Knockout Kings 2002 - EA Sports
Kung Fu Chaos - Microsoft
Legacy of Kain: Defiance - Eidos
Legends Of Wrestling - Acclaim
Legends of Wrestling II - Acclaim
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude - VU Games
Links 2004 - Microsoft
Loons - The Fight For Fame - Infogrames
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - Universal
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King - EA
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - EA
Lotus Challenge - Xicat
Mace Griffin Bounty Hunter - Universal
Mad Dash Racing - Eidos
Madden 2002 - EA Sports
Madden 2003 - EA Sports
Madden NFL 2004 - EA
Madden NFL 2005 - EA
Mafia - Gathering
Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds - Atari
Malice - Bethesda
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Capcom
MechAssault - Microsoft
Men of Valor - VU Games
Mercedes-Benz World Racing - TDK
Metal Dungeon - Xicat Interactive
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance - Konami
Metal Slug 3 - SNK
Midnight Club II - Rockstar
Midtown Madness 3 - Microsoft
Midway Arcade Treasures - Midway
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 - Midway
Midway Arcade Treasures 3 - Midway
Minority Report - Activision
Mission: Impossible - Operation Surma - Atari
MLB Slugfest 2003 - Midway
MLB Slugfest 20-04 - Midway
MLB Slugfest: Loaded - Midway
Monopoly Party - Infogrames
Morrowind: Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - Midway
Moto GP 2 - THQ
MotoGP - THQ
MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - Gotham Games
MTX: Mototrax - Activision
MVP Baseball 2003 - EA
MVP Baseball 2004 - EA
MX 2002 - THQ
MX Superfly - THQ
MX Unleashed - THQ
Myst III: Exile - Ubi Soft
NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup - EA
NASCAR Heat 2002 - Infogrames
NASCAR Thunder 2002 - Electronic Arts
NASCAR Thunder 2003 - Electronic Arts
Nascar Thunder 2004 - EA
NBA 2K2 - Sega
NBA 2K3 - Sega
NBA Ballers - Midway
NBA Inside Drive 2002 - Microsoft
NBA Inside Drive 2003 - Microsoft
NBA Inside Drive 2004 - Microsoft
NBA JAM - Acclaim
NBA Live 2002 - Electronic Arts
NBA LIVE 2005 - EA
NBA Starting Five - Konami
NBA Street Vol. 2 - EA
NCAA College Basketball 2K3 - Sega
NCAA College Football 2K3 - Sega
NCAA Football 2003 - EA Sports
NCAA Football 2004 - EA
NCAA Football 2005 - EA
Need for Speed Underground - EA
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - Electronic Arts
New Legends - THQ
NFL 2K2 - Sega
NFL 2K3 - Sega
NFL Blitz Pro - Midway
NFL Fever 2002 - Microsoft
NFL Fever 2003 - Microsoft
NFL Fever 2004 - Microsoft
NFL Street - EA
NHL 2002 - EA Sports
NHL 2003 - Electronic Arts
NHL 2005 - EA
NHL 2K3 - Sega
NHL Hitz 2002 - Midway
NHL Hitz Pro - Midway
NHL Rivals 2004 - Microsoft
Nickelodeon Party Blast - Infogrames
NightCaster - Microsoft
NightCaster II: Equinox - Jaleco
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee - Microsoft
Otogi: Myth of Demons - Sega
Outlaw Golf - Simon & Schuster Interactive
OutRun 2 - Microsoft
Pac-Man World 2 - Namco
Panzer Dragoon Orta - Sega
Phantasy Star Online Ep. I & II - Microsoft/Sega
Pirates of the Caribbean - Bethesda
Powerdrome - Bethesda
Prisoner of War - Codemasters
Pro Cast Sports Fishing - Capcom
Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Pro Fishing Challenge - Atlus
Project Gotham Racing - Microsoft
Project Gotham Racing 2 - Microsoft
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy - Midway
Pulse Racer - Jaleco
R: Racing Evolution - Namco
Rallisport Challenge - Microsoft
RalliSport Challenge 2 - Microsoft
Rally Fusion: Race of Champions - Activision
Rapala Pro Fishing - Activision
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc - Ubi Soft
Reign of Fire - BAM Entertainment
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: ToW - Activision
Roadkill - Midway
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown - Capcom
Robocop - Titus
Rocky - Ubi Soft
RollerCoaster Tycoon - Infogrames
Room Zoom - Jaleco
Run Like Hell - VU Games
Samurai Warriors - Koei
Scaler - GlobalStar
Scooby Doo: Mystery Mayhem - THQ
SeaBlade - Simon and Schuster
Second Sight - Codemasters
Secret Weapons Over Normandy - LucasArts
Sega GT Online - Sega
Serious Sam - Gotham Games
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury - Atari
Shark Tale - Activision
Shenmue II - Microsoft/Sega
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling - Acclaim
Shrek - TDK
Shrek 2 - Activision
Shrek Super Party - TDK Mediactive
Silent Hill 2 - Konami
Silent Hill 4: The Room - Konami
Silent Scope Complete - Konami
Simpsons: Road Rage - Fox Interactive
Smashing Drive - Namco
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix - Activision
Soul Calibur II - Namco
Spawn: Armageddon - Namco
Spider-Man - Activision
Spider-Man 2 - Activision
Splashdown - Infogrames
Splinter Cell - Ubi Soft
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - Ubisoft
SpongeBob Squarepants: The Movie - THQ
SpyHunter - Midway
SSX Tricky - EA Big
Star Trek: Shattered Universe - TDK
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Outcast - LucasArts
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy - LucasArts
Star Wars: Battlefront - LucasArts
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 - LucasArts
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter - LucasArts
Star Wars: Obi-Wan - Lucas Arts
Starsky & Hutch - Gotham Games
State of Emergency - Rockstar Games
Steel Battalion - Capcom
Steel Battalion: Line of Contact - Capcom
Street Hoops - Activision
Sudeki - Microsoft
Superman: The Man of Steel - Infogrames
SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom - SNK
SWAT: Global Strike Team - Sierra/Vivendi
Syberia - XS Games
Tak 2: Staff of Dreams - THQ
Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus - Microsoft
Taz: Wanted - Infogrames
Tenchu: Return From Darkness - Activision
Tennis Masters Series 2003 - HIP Interactive
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Atari
Terminator 3: The Redemption - Atari
Test Drive - Infogrames
Test Drive Off Road: Wide Open - Infogrames
Tetris Worlds - THQ
The Bard's Tale - VU Games
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Guy Game - Gathering
The Hobbit - Sierra
The Italian Job - Eidos
The Sims - EA
The Sims Bustin' Out - EA
The Suffering - Midway
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 - Electronic Arts
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - EA
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 - EA
TimeSplitters 2 - Eidos
ToCA Race Driver 2 - Codemasters
ToeJam & Earl 3 - Sega
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 - Activision
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2x - Activision
Tony Hawk's Underground - Activision
Top Spin - Microsoft
Total Immersion Racing - Empire
Totaled! - Majesco
TransWorld Snowboarding - Infogrames
TransWorld Surf - Infogrames
TriggerMan - Crave
Triple Play 2002 - EA Sports
Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged - Atari
True Crime: Streets of L.A. - Activision
Turok: Evolution - Acclaim
UFC: Tapout 2 - TDK
Ultimate Fighting Championship: Tapout - Crave
Unreal Championship - Infogrames
Unreal II: The Awakening - Atari
Van Helsing - Vivendi Universal
Vietcong: Purple Haze - Gathering
Voodoo Vince - Microsoft
V-Rally 3 - Infogrames
Wakeboarding Unleashed - Activision
Wallace & Gromit - Bam Entertainment
War of the Whiskers - New Kid Co
Whacked! - Microsoft
Whiplash - Eidos
WhiteOut - Konami
Wings of War - Gathering
World Championship Pool 2004 - Jaleco
World Series Baseball - Sega
Wrath Unleashed - LucasArts
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions - Activision
WWE Raw - THQ
X2: Wolverine's Revenge - Activision
Xbox Music Mixer - Microsoft
XGRA - Acclaim
X-Men Legends - Activision
X-Men: Next Dimension - Activision
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of Destiny - Konami
Zapper - Infogrames

Now don't forget this isnt final, and some of these games could creep onto the 360, but it does amount to a lot of succesful games unable to be played on the next gen console.

[Scythe3d]

Are you serious??? This list is in NO WAY final. I can't believe you would even put that on the site. Any one who is to run a site about xbox should have noticed the q & a section where they state that there are many they intend to add AND that a lot of the other games like barbie horse adventure ran without hardly any issues using other emulations they had made for other games. The most popular single and live games were put on a list seperately and they started with the top and started working there way down the list. As they would finish one they would see some similarities in other games that werent on the list that would work fine. This site was one of the top xbox sites (or so i thought) but seeing how loosely you throw information, i will think twice before trusting any information here again.

[jt_mares]

Are you serious??? This list is in NO WAY final. I can't believe you would even put that on the site. Any one who is to run a site about xbox should have noticed the q & a section where they state that there are many they intend to add AND that a lot of the other games like barbie horse adventure ran without hardly any issues using other emulations they had made for other games. The most popular single and live games were put on a list seperately and they started with the top and started working there way down the list. As they would finish one they would see some similarities in other games that werent on the list that would work fine. This site was one of the top xbox sites (or so i thought) but seeing how loosely you throw information, i will think twice before trusting any information here again.

Excuse me??! next time why not waste someone elses time, he said that the list was not final at least twice. maybe you need to attend your grammar class a little more, learn how to read english, and keep ur ridiculous comments to yourself

[Arqentus]

The Xbox Games You Won't Be Playing On The 360
Quote:
Gamers in recent days have been looking at the backward compatibility lists that have been released all over the web. Now if you look at the list then take every other game currently playable on the Xbox you will get some idea of which games will not be available on the next gen console - games like Chronicles Of Riddick, which is far superior to the likes of Total Fitness. So why is it not backward compatible?

Here is the full list, take a look and see what games you may have to sell or trade in:

The post is one negative one that seems to focus on telling people to start selling there games because there is little to no chance you will be playing them. Scythe3d is right on the money.

We all know that the lineup emulator games are not final, and that more & more games WILL be ported to the 360 ( inc after the release & available on xbox life ). Its not because they haven't gotten around to equipping those games in there emulators, that they won't emulate them. Saying BS like get ready to sell or trade them off is just plain wrong.

Also, something that people did notice, is the fact that a lot of those games are more recent ones ( or the less popular ones ). What seems to give the correct impression that for the more recent ones, developers have been programming more on the xbox1's core, making the need for large custom emulation needed. While the less popular ones on the list get set on the back-burner.

[Nomino]

With all the news about launch line-up and reviews coming out, I can't believe news sites still find the time to concentrate on this crap. Sorry, but it has to be said. Backwards Compatiblity is a marketing thing - people think they need it, think they want it, and when they get it, they don't really use it. Why? Well, I don't know about you, but I'll be buying an Xbox 360 to play next-gen games on it. For god's sake, focus on the Xbox 360 games you CAN play, rather than the old Xbox games you can't :stupid:

If money is so tight that you have to sell your Xbox, and plan on playing old Xbox games on your Xbox 360 instead, maybe gaming is not the hobby for you?

My Xbox has been long gone, donated to my younger cousin who is getting masses of enjoyment out of it.

[KahNManN]

Being a software developer and having read a bit about emulation, I understand that anything that uses an API exclusively to display graphics is relatively easy to emulate. It gets tricky (but not impossible) when the program makes native calls to the hardware without using some intermediary. From the list of incompatible games, I'd say that for the most part, the games that are not yet compatible must make calls to the hardware that are difficult to set the emulator up to handle.

So, the original developers of the games are probably the ones to blame for their games not being emulated. Sit back, relax, and wait a while - I would be willing to bet that there will be quite a few of the other games that will be emulated later.

[hrdone]

ok didnt Star Wars Battlefront 2 just come out why is it on the list of no play on the 360

but that is a lot of great games on there and alot i have i am kinda mad but like matt said it is not final but i hope that some of the games that are on there get taken off.

[Ratty]

Its a dodgy list BECAUSE WE MADE IT and we warned people it was dodgy.

Now we're miffed (http://game-over-yeah.blogspot.com/2005/11/what-xbox-360-games-are-not-backwards.html)

[Skier130]

I have a feeling that someone will come out with emulator software or some mod that will enable us to play almost all xbox games on the 360 so as far as trading or selling my old games I'll just sit on them plus I plan on keeping my xbox as well as using my 360..... I have confidance in the higher powers with tech and know how for this to happen....:top:

[Kornbred]

Excuse me??! next time why not waste someone elses time, he said that the list was not final at least twice. maybe you need to attend your grammar class a little more, learn how to read english, and keep ur ridiculous comments to yourself


his post says no such thing maybe you should learn how to read.

[Kornbred]

my bad i did not read the end, i am putting foot in mouth right now......

[Eazy_D]

my bad i did not read the end, i am putting foot in mouth right now......

ROTFLMGDMFAO!! @ Kornbread. Maybe you should learn how to read :withstupi

[drivingpro]

ROTFLMGDMFAO!! @ Kornbread. Maybe you should learn how to read :withstupi

way to dig up an old thread :stupido2:

[Gamerkid360]

I have a feeling that someone will come out with emulator software or some mod that will enable us to play almost all xbox games on the 360 so as far as trading or selling my old games I'll just sit on them plus I plan on keeping my xbox as well as using my 360..... I have confidance in the higher powers with tech and know how for this to happen....:top:

I hope this happens but honestly do you play alot of your original xbox games? Or do you focus on 360 games?

[Ghostspectrum]

Well thats REALLY not final i played Star Wars Battlefront 2 a couple times already!

[Jay2984]

Dude this thread is really old, some of these games have made it to the BC list.

[Wingman1977]

If you guys look at the date of this thread, it's from last year before the 360 launched.

[Ghostspectrum]

Oh yeah i just bearly noticed that! No wonder.

[FyrFox]

I hope this happens but honestly do you play alot of your original xbox games? Or do you focus on 360 games?


gona hafta aggree with da kid. really the only XBOX game i poped it sence i got XBOX 360 is Halo2 just for multi-player

[Ghostspectrum]

I've played Halo 2 and Fable and Star Wars Battle front 2 a couple times. But now im hooked on Oblivion!

[Superior Grant]

doom should be on the list

i really hope they make doom and shenmue b/c
im yet to play both properly and i got rid of xbox

they bring a few more, but i cant really see them spending time on anywhere near half the games - so i would consider trading some in, ill hold on though

With all the news about launch line-up and reviews coming out, I can't believe news sites still find the time to concentrate on this crap. Sorry, but it has to be said. Backwards Compatiblity is a marketing thing - people think they need it, think they want it, and when they get it, they don't really use it. Why? Well, I don't know about you, but I'll be buying an Xbox 360 to play next-gen games on it. For god's sake, focus on the Xbox 360 games you CAN play, rather than the old Xbox games you can't :stupid:

If money is so tight that you have to sell your Xbox, and plan on playing old Xbox games on your Xbox 360 instead, maybe gaming is not the hobby for you?

My Xbox has been long gone, donated to my younger cousin who is getting masses of enjoyment out of it.

the 360 being out though doesnt suddenly make good xbox games void. i ahve a GC and play that even though a newt gen console is out and same applies to xbox games. i started doom 3 slightly, was loving it, but thought why get into a game when i cant transfer my saves over - so ive kept it for 360. the game has not become any worse with 360 out

and pro evo 5 is my most played live game