360 and Platinum Hits ...

[tizz78]

Last I heard the 360 will be " backward compatable " , but only with the Platinum Hits titles and with the Hard drive installed ....
If I understand correctly it's that Nvidia owns the " rights " on the chip and software to run it . Now Nvidia is producing chips for the Sony PS3 , at least that's the last I heard .....

[Meat $hield]

i dont feel the need for a new topic since it is just as revlevent to this one.
i have heard this for several places, and it makes alot of sence to me. the xbox 360's HDD will come pre loaded with games and also the 360 may have the abiltity to rip games to the HDD for xbox emulation (strictly xbox games) i know that is a stupid thought (since MS would be promoting the pirating of games).
the ripping ability is most likely not true, but the HDD coming preloaded sounds true.

[tizz78]

None of that was mentioned in the last " Game Informer " I read .... Sounds like smoke to me .... M$ confirmed the " Platinum Hits " to play on the 360 but Nvidia won't release rights for all games ....

[Mister Purple]

No the ripping of games is untrue. Also i dont think that there will be games already on the hard drive. In my opinion it is a $400 paper weight, I probably wont even purchase one until there is a game worth buying. The hard drive will also only come preloaded with some misic videos and possibly some movies.

[tizz78]

Yeah , I can't see it being done without a huge lawsuit against M$ .....
Me thinks someone is blowing smoke up your butt dude ......

[thejt]

From what I gather any game will be playable based on whether microsoft has released a compatibility update for it. I dont think platinum hits or anthing has any bearing on what will work when its ready for each game it will be released. I would imagine that the halo games will be of most importance to them.

I wouldnt call it a paperweight by any means... there are great titles ready for launch. I like the linup that seems to be coming; there is a little something for everyone.

[Guest]

I think the platinum hits was a refernce to a MS rep saying that yes "all platinum hits will be playable on 360 day of release". I read it somewhere do not recall where...

[tizz78]

Well , like I said , last I heard M$ was trying to get Nvidia to release the rights of the GPU " driver " , or something along those lines ... The GI mag i have said it was only going to play the plats , I'll look at it again 'cause I was thinking that was said during an interview with the CEO of M$ . But I could be wrong too ....

[GameDoctor]

If Microsoft has ANY Xbox titles running on the 360, you can be assured that they have a blanket licence to use the Nvidia code.

Give them a chance to get the Emu's tuned for each title they feel is popular enough to warrant their time and effort. Remember, up to the last moment, M$ didn't want to even include a hard drive or backward compatibility in the 360. The pressure from the gamers made them cave in.

[Jeeva]

what the thing he's saying is: Halo and Halo 2 offline mode emulators were preloaded onto the HD's at launch. =) Hope that helps, even a little. What a cliche.

[TollBoothWilley]

i got this list form M$.com

Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360

List updated December 2005.

The folks at Xbox® are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.1

Note: A software emulator is required for each original Xbox game you play on your Xbox 360™ console.

AirForce Delta Storm
Alias™
Aliens versus Predator™ Extinction
All-Star Baseball™ 2003
Amped®: Freestyle Snowboarding
Army Men®: Sarge's War™
Atari® Anthology™
ATV: Quad Power Racing 2™
Baldur's Gate™: Dark Alliance™ II
Barbarian
Barbie™ Horse Adventures™ Wild Horse Rescue™
Batman Begins™
Battle Engine Aquila
Battlestar Galactica™
BMX XXX™
Brute Force™
Buffy the Vampire Slayer™: Chaos Bleeds
Cabela’s® Dangerous Hunts™
Cabela’s® Outdoor Adventures™ 06
Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2005 Season
Cabela's® Deer Hunt™ 2004 Season
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth™
Call of Duty™: Finest Hour™
Casino
Chicago Enforcer
Circus Maximus
Close Combat: First to Fight
Colin McRae Rally 4
Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers™
Commandos 2: Men of Courage™
Conflict: Desert Storm
Constantine™
Crash Twinsanity™
Crash Nitro Kart™2
Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon™
Dark Angel
Darkwatch™
Dead or Alive® 3
Deathrow
Digimon® Rumble Arena®
Dinotopia2
Drake™
Egg Mania™: Eggstreme Madness
ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002
Euro 2004
F1 2001
Fable®
Fable®: The Lost Chapters™
Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules
FIFA Soccer 2003
FIFA Soccer 2004
FIFA STREET
Fight Night 2004
Ford Mustang
Ford vs. Chevy
Forza Motorsport™
Frogger Beyond™
Futurama™
Fuzion Frenzy®
Genma Onimusha
Goblin Commander™: Unleash the Horde
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas™
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
Half-Life® 2
Halo®
Halo® 2
Halo® 2 Multiplayer Map Pack
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone™
He-Man: Defender of Grayskull
Hitman: Contracts™
House of the Dead 3
IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005™
Jade Empire™3
James Bond 007™: NightFire™
Judge Dredd®: Dredd vs. Death™
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Kabuki™ Warriors
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
kill.switch
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events™
LOONS—The Fight for Fame
Manhunt
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2
Max Payne
Max Payne® 2
Medal of Honor European Assault™
Medal of Honor™ Frontline
Medal of Honor™ Rising Sun
Mega Man® Anniversary Collection
Metal Arms™: Glitch in the System
MicroMachines
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing
Monster Garage™
MTV Music Generator™ 3
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit
MX World Tour™: Featuring Jamie Little
Namco Museum™
NBA LIVE 2004
Need For Speed™ Underground 2
NFL Blitz 2002
NFL Blitz 2003
NFL Blitz 2004
NHL® 2004
NHL Hitz™ 2003
Ninja Gaiden®
Ninja Gaiden® Black
Outlaw Golf 2
Outlaw Volleyball
Pariah™
Phantom Crash™
Pinball Hall of Fame™
Pitfall®: The Lost Expedition™
Predator Concrete Jungle™
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
Pro Race Driver™
Pump It Up™: Exceed
Pure Pinball
Puyo Pop Fever2
Quantum Redshift®
Rayman Arena
Raze's Hell™
Red Dead Revolver
Red Faction® II
RedCard™ 2003
Robotech: Battlecry
Rocky™ Legends
Rogue Ops
Samurai Jack
Samurai Warriors™
Scooby Doo!™ Night of 100 Frights
Scrapland
SEGA GT™ 2002
Shadow The Hedgehog™
Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
ShellShock: Nam '67™
Sneakers™
Sniper Elite
Soccer Slam
Sonic Heroes™
Sonic Mega Collection™ Plus
Speed Kings™
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy™
Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball
SpongeBob SquarePants™: Battle for Bikini Bottom
SpyHunter® 2
Spyro™ A Hero's Tail
SSX 3
Stake™
Star Trek: Shattered Universe
Star Wars®: Episode III Revenge of the Sith™
Star Wars® Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy™
Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™
Star Wars® Knights of the Old Republic® II: The Sith Lords™
Street Racing Syndicate™
Stubbs the Zombie™ in Rebel without a Pulse™
Super Bubble Pop
Super Monkey Ball™ Deluxe
SX Superstar™
Tecmo Classic Arcade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™
Test Drive®: Eve of Destruction
Tetris Worlds™4
The Great Escape
The Hulk™
The Incredible Hulk™: Ultimate Destruction
The Lord of the Rings™: The Return of the King™
The Simpsons™ Hit and Run™
The Simpsons™ Road Rage
The Terminator™ Dawn of Fate
The Thing™
Thief: Deadly Shadows™
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™ 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® 2 Summit Strike
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3 Black Arrow™
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell®
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Chaos Theory™
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Pandora Tomorrow™
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ 4
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Tork™: Prehistoric Punk™
Toxic Grind
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger™
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 2: Bush Rescue™
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger™ 3: Night of the Quinkan
Urban Freestyle Soccer
Vexx™
Volvo: Drive for Life
World Series® Baseball 2K3
Worms 4 Mayhem
Worms™ Forts: Under Siege
WWE™ Raw™ 2
XIII
Yourself!Fitness™

[savage]

stop posting on 5 month old posts

[Meat $hield]

what does it matter? its an announcement, hes not bringing anything back form the dead, it was at the top in the first place.

[nothing]

the official line is, M$ DO intend for the 360 to play all - or near enough all - original xbox games eventually, but the developer needs to write the software update, M$ won't do it themselves. When they get the update, if it tests out ok it gets added to the list

[Sgt_Yates]

Yeah...I dont see Mech Assault, Agent under Fire, or Splinter Cell on there...Hmm I wonder why?