The Best of Xbox Back Compat 53
Eurogamer takes a look at the best of Xbox backwards compatibility; the original Xbox games that run the best on the 360. From the article: "Enough ranting to embattled Zenmeister Peter Moore about the Xbox games that don't work on our 360s. What about the ones that do? It's not as though Microsoft's 'emulation ninjas' haven't already managed to get a whole bundle of them working, and with that in mind we've cheered up a bit since yesterday and started working through the 'compatible' list and had some fun sorting the wheat from the chaff."
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For the price of a PS3, you could buy an Xbox 360 AND a refurb'ed xbox. You'd probably still have some beer money left over.
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Seriously though how can you love a game console so much? Who cares?
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Hardware failures on the X360? There were extremely limited cases at launch. The PS2, OTOH, is notoriously unreliable and given that even at $599, Sony is scraping the bottom of the barrel for hardware, the PS3 doesn't promise much more.
Crappy graphics are a matter of taste, but for what it's worth, Gears of War looks better than even the PS3 "tech demos." The 360 is less powerful, but more mature and much easier to develop for. There aren't even launch titles for the PS3 yet!
As for "free online," all that means is developers can charge your ass for every single game ($5/mo for just one game=$60/year), not to mention there's no framework for developers to make it easy.
If you want to play your PS2 games, it will be easier to buy a new PS2 than buy a new PS3 when it breaks down (and it will, believe me).
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$499 for a PS3 with 1080p support? Get your facts straight. Only the $599 version supports 1080p.
Bzzt. Wrong. Both versions support 1080p. The less expensive version does not support HDMI. Perhaps it is you who needs to get the facts straight. Take a look: http://www.ps3portal.com/sony/article/308.html [ps3portal.com]
There aren't even launch titles for the PS3 yet!
The PS2, OTOH, is notoriously unreliable
Hmm, that's funny... My
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I like backwards compatibility. It was easier to just leave my PS2 plugged in then swap the cables with the PS1.
My point was that with the other two next gen consoles, you can play the current gen games fine through hardware, not software emulation.
Backwards compatibility is an issue I personally like in systems, even though some don't.
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My *point* was that PS3 and Revolution have backwards compatibility with the current generation through hardware, or at least they are suppose to.
Software emulation can get pretty good, but it takes years to get to that point.
The day I buy a PS3 or Revolution I'll be able to play any game I already own for the current generation of that line. My understanding is that is not true with with XBox.
That is my point!
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As far as I know Sony has not made any official statement on how backwards compatibility will be implemented on the PS3. It seems likely to me, though, that they will do it by including a separate PS2 chipset, such as the one in the PS2 Slim model. Which isn't 100% compatible with all PSX or even all PS2 games.
Nintendo's new console will play Gamecube games in hardware,
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Revolution Report: Is Hollywood based off Flipper, a current or upcoming PC architecture, or built from the ground up?
Swinimer:It is designed the same as the Flipper was -- from the ground up for a specific console. Totally different sort of architecture from what you might find on the PC. Certainly, there are some underlying values, you know, how you get graphics on the screen, that's there. It's not, for exam
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I haven't been following the story, though.
I've wondering how long it will be until there is a "3rd party" "virutal console" to let you play any games you already "own a copy of" on your shiny new "Revolution."
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Links (Score:5, Informative)
Backwards compatible title list:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibi
Launch titles:
http://www.majornelson.com/2005/11/14/xbox-360-la
Arcade titles:
http://www.majornelson.com/2005/11/15/xbox-live-m
The list of backwards compatible games will grow over time, so if you're not already signed up for Xbox Live (even Silver, which is free), you should do so. Enjoy your 360!
Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike & Forza (Score:4, Interesting)
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Everything else is irrelevant.
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This was just a throw-in...meaning that when they made something else backward compatible, this game came along for the ride. They didn't have to do any work to make it happen.
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My guess is because it was a lot easier/cheaper/faster to make Barbie Horse Adventures backwards compatable.
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Which is wrong. Or, well, not exactly right. Bigman answered his own (rhetorical?) question correctly already:
In other words, Barbie Horse Adventure either used the same engine as some other game, or was so technically s
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Perhaps because they have a script that adds anything that has been confirmed as working? Doesn't the emulator use a list of compatible titles internally as well?
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Majority of the Great Games (Score:1)
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Well, IMO the XBox didn't have a large advantage over the Gamecube. The difference was small but the difference in cost to the manufacturer is enormous. The XBox used very cost-inefficient technology, by licensing designs instead of having them custom developed and owning the rights to them MS made the hardware even more expensive and, which is the real issue, mad
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I think the 'funny' part of people requesting this is that the XBox and XBox 360 BOTH run Windows. The Version on the XBox is the Win2K core, and the 360 sports the XP/2003 64bit core.
I guess most people don't realize that an XBox is just a core version of Windows running a version of DirectX.