Holy God, Microsoft just answered two of my biggest prayers. The latest upcoming backwards compatibility update for the Xbox 360 covers a round of half-decent titles, but also includes the A-List But Sadly Forgotten (And Thus Very Cheap) Champions of Awesome, Panzer Dragoon Orta and Jet Set Radio Future, thus bringing my list of Xbox games I can finally play on my 360 up to... uh, two. I can't say for certain whether or not that includes the JSRF/Sega GT bundle disc, but seeing as how the Xbox 360 compatibility list now includes both of those titles, it very well might.
The patch isn't available on Live just yet, but you can download and burn the patch manual-like if you just can't wait to update your 360 to play these games. The linked page says "August 2006 update", but the file is most certainly an April 2007 deal, so be not afraid.
Hit the jump for a full list of newly-compatible games.
[Thanks, Deeko!]
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Breakdown
Call of Duty®2: Big Red One
Call of Duty® 3
Cars
Crash Bandicoot5: Wrath of Cortex
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics™
FIFA Soccer 2007
Full Spectrum Warrior™
Guilty Gear Isuka
JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future
MechAssault® 2: LoneWolf
Mercenaries™
NASCAR 2006:Total Team Control
NFL Fever 2004
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Panzer Dragoon ORTA™
Phantom Dust™
Reservoir Dogs
Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Rugby League 2
Sonic Riders™
Star Wars Republic Commando™
Street Fighter® Anniversary Collection
The King of Fighters Neowave
The King of Fighters™ 2002 & 2003
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07
Tony Hawk's Underground
Ultra Bust-A-Move
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
Xiaolin Showdown
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1:44 PM on 04.19.2007
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Phantom Dust, though.... Nice.
Now where's Stranger's Wrath, dammit?
so i can go live with this game via 360
Stranger's wrath now!
=)
Long Live 2D!
I GET PANZER DRAGOON ORTA AND JET SET RADIO FUTURE FROM DTOID HERE AND NOW THEY'RE BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE. YOU GUYS ARE LIKE FREAKIN MIND READERS! :O
My roommate owns that game. Finally, I can lay my paws on it.
Though still I wait for Outrun 2 to be involved in the party.
:(
COME ON MICROSOFT, I JUST WANT TO PLAY THESE TWO DAMN GAMES
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Well, at least I can dig KOF and Street Fighter out of bargain bins when I get a 360.
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I've beaten that game twice while borrowing it from friends, and I think its about damn time I picked it up.
...
Anyway, long as they get Stranger's Wrath, Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, and Voodoo Vince on there sometime soon, my pickle is sufficiently tickled.
I'm currently at 7/11 titles working, with the exceptions being: Project Gotham Racing 2, The Sims: Bustin Out and X-Men Legends 1&2.
Of those games the only one I care about is XML2, and I can always play MUA instead.
All I need now is Chronicles of Riddick, Beyond Good & Evil, and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath and I'll be an extremely happy 360 owner.
http://www.petitiononline.com/rc360/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/rc360/petition.html
Mercenaries was the hotness. Maybe I'll try to find that cheap for my girl's little brother now that he can play it on his 360.