Halo

[CockySOB]

All Xbox games are playable on the 360.

No. The Xbox 360 requires a custom emulator for each classic Xbox title. This means you have to check with the Xbox 360 website to determine if such an emulator has been constructed on a title-by-title basis.

[5stringJeff]

No. The Xbox 360 requires a custom emulator for each classic Xbox title. This means you have to check with the Xbox 360 website to determine if such an emulator has been constructed on a title-by-title basis.

I guess I heard wrong, then. My bad.

[Insein]

No. The Xbox 360 requires a custom emulator for each classic Xbox title. This means you have to check with the Xbox 360 website to determine if such an emulator has been constructed on a title-by-title basis.

Better translated as not all Xbox games are playable but 99% are. You don't need to download any special program or whatnot. Just throw the disc in. IF it plays, it works. If not, it doesnt.

[Insein]

Just so long as you enjoy getting called a nigger by a thirteen year old!

They are actually boys. Puberty hasnt hit them yet, lol.

And besides, you can get called a nigger by all age groups in just about every online multiplayer game available with voice or type chat.

[CockySOB]

Better translated as not all Xbox games are playable but 99% are. You don't need to download any special program or whatnot. Just throw the disc in. IF it plays, it works. If not, it doesnt.

Nope, not near 99% of the classic xbox games are playable on the 360.

Here's a link to the official Xbox 360 webpage listing compatible games. That is to say, games which have downloadable emulators for the old Xbox games ready for your use.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/back...ygameslist.htm

Insein, with all due respect, you don't know what you're talking about. Original Xbox games used an SDK which allowed the executable games to be compiled for the hardware of the original xbox. With the 360, Microsoft went to a different hardware architecture, implemented a different OS (including new kernel from Windows 2000), and a stripped-down hardware abstraction layer. This means that games originally compiled and marketed for the Xbox classic CANNOT run natively on the Xbox 360. Period. That is why Microsoft's Xbox team has to build a custom container (the emulator) for each title, test it, and then make it available for download via Xbox Live. Now, when you stick your original Xbox game disc to your 360, the 360 runs a check on Live to see if the emulator has been made available, and if the emulator needs an update. This on a title-by-title basis. Read that again. It is on a title-by-title basis.

More info for you to read on regarding backward compatibility and the Xbox 360.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/back...ibilityfaq.htm

[Insein]

is that not what i said? People arent going to be installing emulators on there 360s. So put it in, if it plays, it plays. If it doesnt, it doesnt. So far every old Xbox game ive put in, has worked. Never botherd lookin at the list.

[theHawk]

Actually, it does install the emulater. It only takes like 5 seconds and isnt a big deal. It did it when I put in the Ninja Gaiden game.

[5stringJeff]

Has anyone else had trouble downloading the new maps?

[dan]

Has anyone else had trouble downloading the new maps?

They installed fine on our XBOX 360. You do have to have a pay account set up since they cost $4, maybe that's why they're not downloading for you?

Anyway, we've never gotten either map on LIVE, so there's not much point unless you're doing a LAN party.

[manu1959]

finished halo 3 solo campaign last night....what a blast......onto the fall of man on ps3......

[MtnBiker]

onto the fall of man on ps3......

I love that game, good luck killing the Chimera scum!

[diuretic]

Well if I ever play online I know - after reading the whole thread - what my nickname would be - DinoSaw.