xbox 360 dec 06 backwards compatibility update

December 15th, 2006 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

Microsoft has released another update to add some titles to the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility list, enabling a variety of original Xbox titles to play properly on the 360. The newly added and updated titles include:

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Burnout 3: Takedown (updated)
• Conker: Live and Reloaded
• Dead Or Alive Ultimate
• Destroy All Humans!
• Dynasty Warriors 4 / Shin Sangokumuso3
• Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
• Ex Chaser (Japan Only)
• Family Guy
• Far Cry: Instincts
• Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy
• I-Ninja
• Leisure Suit Larry
• Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
• MotoGP
• Incredibles/ Mr. Incredible (Japan Only)
• Muzzle Flash (Japan Only)
• MX Unleashed
• Open Season
• Pariah
• Plus Plumb 2 (Japan Only)
• Psychonauts
• Psyvariar2 Extend Edition (Japan Only)
• Rainbow Six: Lockdown
• Rapala Pro Fishing
• Rent-A-Hero No. 1 (Japan Only)
• Scarface
• Shark Tale
• Shenmue II
• Soul Calibur 2 (North America only)
• Splinter Cell: Double Agent
• Tenerezza (Japan Only)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Ultimate Spider-Man
• Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray
• Whacked!
• Winback 2: Project Poseidon
• Xiaolin Showdown

I’m especially jazzed to see Psychonauts, which I really never got a chance to play before ditching my old Xbox. The full list of backwards compatible games can be seen here, and now includes over 300 titles (but still no Phantom Dust, Jet Set Radio or Panzer Dragoon Orta. Waa!)

[via Major Nelson]

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December 15th, 2006 comments (1): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob