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Original Xbox games... - Jul.-4th-2008 16:18:03

DarkSniper

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Quick question.

When you play original Xbox games, does it show up on the 360 dashboard to let others know what game you're playing??

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RE: Original Xbox games... - Jul.-4th-2008 16:28:10

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Yeah it does, it didn't always though.

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RE: Original Xbox games... - Jul.-4th-2008 17:00:58

LJWooly

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What a wonderful feature!

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RE: Original Xbox games... - Jul.-4th-2008 17:58:34

toughNAME

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You have no access to the dahsboard while playing an original...so I imagine no. And I have never seen anyone playing Halo: Combat Evolved, Crimson Skies, or Fable. So I doubt it.

'Xbox backcompat' ...I always see that

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RE: Original Xbox games... - Jul.-4th-2008 21:21:52

kwicksandz

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ive seen people playing halo 2 before and that was an original xbox game

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RE: Original Xbox games... - Jul.-30th-2008 0:05:36

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I went to Gamestop the other day to look at some games and I found the sequel to a classic game of mine. Deus Ex 2: Invisible War. It was only two dollars and 99 cents, so my cheapskate eyes lit up and said OMG I GET A CLASSIC GAME FOR ABOUT THE PRICE OF A HAPPY MEAL!!!

Bought the game, put it in my Xbox 360. Just to tell me that the damn thing isnt compatible.

Microsoft are you serious? Why'd you have to do Dark Sniper like that?

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RE: Original Xbox games... - Jul.-30th-2008 10:32:10

Lind_L_Taylor

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Beware cheap Xbox games at Gamestop.

Google Xbox 360 Compatibility list to get the list of all supported games. They got about 75% of them converted. They stopped converting them after Sorny decided to discontinue backwards compatibility in the 40G PS3 model. I wish they had finished. Who knows, perhaps they'll look at bringing the rest at a later time? Some of those games on the old Xbox weren't ported to PC either.

Actually that is one way to gain "backwards compatibility" is by buying the PC version of the old Xbox game. At least you'll have it in some playable form.

Another option is to keep using your Xbox. I've thought about turning my Xbox into a homebrew system, so it can play other games, some can even play PC games, in addition to all the arcade ROMs, etc, & likely still play Xbox games as well. But I haven't done much with it. With the 360, they control the "homebrew" aspects via XNA Programming. Soon, they're supposed to allow at least some people to sell their XNA games over XBL. I wish I had spent more time playing with XNA now. Better late than never I guess.

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