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Run to your Xbox collection! 360 backwards compatibility gets updated photo

The latest update for Xbox 360 backwards compatibility is here! Some of your favorite Xbox games like Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Jet Set Radio Future, and Outrun 2 are now playable on 360. With E3 2007 going on right now, the timing for this announcement is definitely unexpected, but we're not complaining.

Back when Best Buy had their huge game sale, I picked up Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay for $2 thinking that it would work on my Xbox 360 ... nearly 5 months later and it still refuses to play. Why must you torture my soul, Microsoft?

You guys know the drill; hit the jump to see the newly added/fixed games and pray to God that your favorites are on the list. If they aren't, yell profanities at your computer monitor or a nearby pet.

[Via Major Nelson, thanks for the killer photo, tengaport]

Title Name Type Notes
America's Army New  
Auto Modellista New  
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 New  
Blinx 2 New  
Bloodrayne 2 New  
Burnout New  
Crash Bandicoot 4 New  
Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex Updated  
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil New  
Drive to Survive New  
Drive to Survive (EM) New  
ESPN College Hoops New  
ESPN NHL 2K5 New  
Evil Dead Regeneration New  
Exaskeleton New Japan only
FIFA Street 2 New  
Full Spectrum Warrior: 10 Hammers New  
GUILTY GEAR XX #RELOAD New  
Harry Potter: And the Chamber of Secrets New  
Harry Potter: And the Prisoner of Azkaban New  
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge New  
Jet Set Radio Future Updated  
Justice League: Heroes New  
King Arthur New  
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders New No Live Access
Magic: The Gathering: Battlegrounds New  
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects New  
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 New  
Mech Assault 2 New  
MLB Slug Fest 2003 New  
Morrowind New  
MotoGP2 New  
Myst III: Exile New  
NBA Live 2002 New  
NCAA Football 06 New  
Nobunaga no Yabou Ranseiki New Japan only
Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of X-mas New  
Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot New  
Outrun 2 New  
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast New  
Pac Man World 3 New  
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory New EMEA only
Pro Cast Sports Fishing New  
Project Gotham Racing New  
Project Gotham Racing 2 New  
RoadKill New No Live Access
Rogue Ops Updated  
Sega GT 2002 Updated  
Sega GT Online New  
Shadow Ops New  
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling New  
Silent Hill 2: Dreams New US/EMEA only
Sponge Bob Square Pants: Lights, Camera, Pants! New  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee New  
The DaVinci Code New  
The Sims 2 New  
The Urbz: Sims in the City New  
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X New  
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 New  
Transworld Surf New  
Trivial Pursuit Unhinged New  
Winning Eleven 8 New  
Without Warning New  
WWE Raw New  
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny New

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ZombieLifeTaker's Avatar
ZombieLifeTaker at 07/12/2007 21:25

YES! Now i can get back to racing in PGR!
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 07/12/2007 21:27
OMG!
That was totally unexpected
zomB Eter's Avatar
zomB Eter at 07/12/2007 21:27
no psi-ops fuck you very much microsoft
Roryzilla's Avatar
Roryzilla at 07/12/2007 21:34
i dont think riddick will ever work. Microsoft will just make you buy the new one, and if you don't like it, well, tough titties.
Ignus's Avatar
Ignus at 07/12/2007 21:37
The Morrowing GoTY edition works right?
HarassmentPanda's Avatar
HarassmentPanda at 07/12/2007 21:39
Roryzilla is correct. Chronicles of Riddick will never be backwards compatible because then the remake would be a lot less appealing to consumers.
-D-'s Avatar
-D- at 07/12/2007 21:40
Rogue Ops, Shadow Ops but now Psi-Ops? What the hell?!
Vexxed's Avatar
Vexxed at 07/12/2007 21:40
Still no Gunvalkryie *sob*
subnet6's Avatar
subnet6 at 07/12/2007 21:42
Yeah, leaving out chronicles of riddick is pure horseshit and there's no way it's not intentional. Thats the kind of shit that really gets under my skin and reminds me I mean nothing more than what I can spend. I know it's true of every megacorporation, but I don't like to have it rubbed in my face.
Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 07/12/2007 21:46
@Roryzilla and Harassment

I know! Two whole dollars down the drain lol. I guess I'll have to by the remake.
Shenocide's Avatar
Shenocide at 07/12/2007 21:50
Tony Hawk 2X! Woot!
crveck's Avatar
crveck at 07/12/2007 21:53
No time splitters FP :(
Vexxed's Avatar
Vexxed at 07/12/2007 21:56
The pic keeps making me laugh, sigh.
Lynx's Avatar
Lynx at 07/12/2007 21:59
Hopefully JSRF got updated to get rid of the God-awful framerate drop that happens only on 99th Street...
Megaphone's Avatar
Megaphone at 07/12/2007 21:59
I can play guilty gear again. FINALLY.
Hearse's Avatar
Hearse at 07/12/2007 22:03
Still no Stranger's Wrath. That sucks.
Mike's Avatar
Mike at 07/12/2007 22:15
Still no Beyond Good and Evil or Rallisport Challenge 2 *grumbles*
relik's Avatar
relik at 07/12/2007 22:50
OutRun 2!!!

At last.... :)
Lord_Satorious's Avatar
Lord_Satorious at 07/12/2007 23:01
Anyone else besides me want Gunvalkyrie? Oh yeah, the original MechAssault would be nice too.
CorpseGrinder's Avatar
CorpseGrinder at 07/12/2007 23:13
Where the fuck is The Warriors on that list?!
shadow300z's Avatar
shadow300z at 07/12/2007 23:17
True that corpse, I want the Warriors and my Metal Gear Solid 2
NightDehumidifier's Avatar
NightDehumidifier at 07/12/2007 23:25
Why didn't I pick up that mint copy of Marvel Vs. Capcom 2?! It was sixty bucks but still!
Bob Arctor's Avatar
Bob Arctor at 07/12/2007 23:30
Why not deus ex?
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 07/12/2007 23:34
the gaming Gods just answered my prayers!
JET GRIND RADIO COMBO DISC version now works on 360!!!!!!!!!
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 07/12/2007 23:43
SEGA GT/JET GRIND RADIO combo disc version works now. SEGA GT worked, but now JGR. now it does and this update couldn't have come at a better time. i just got the game off ebay and i was pissed JGR wouldn't work. I prayed that 360 would update their list. Oddly this game isn't mentioned on the list, but sega gt and JGR got updates. i assumed it was the single versions, but just for the heck of it i put my combo version and it started doing the update download. i was like WTF! no way and the game started up, hell yeah!!!
cbebop007's Avatar
cbebop007 at 07/12/2007 23:52
MORROWIND!

Huzzah!

Just need Deus Ex, and I will never ever again need a 360 backwards compatibility update (thanks to the new Riddick...)
Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 07/12/2007 23:54
Awesome story, Orionsaint

I'm going to print a big ass list of back compat games and bring it with me to EB Games ... just imagine how cool I'll look.
Anthony Burch's Avatar
Anthony Burch at 07/12/2007 23:56
GODDAMNIT ADVENT RISING YOU FUCKASSES
cbebop007's Avatar
cbebop007 at 07/13/2007 00:03
Oh. Wow. If Morrowind GOTY doesn't work....fuck that shit.
Azereki's Avatar
Azereki at 07/13/2007 00:23
Buying Morrowind tomorrow, thank you.
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 07/13/2007 00:27
Uh..hasn't JSRF been backwards compatible for a while now? Because I have been playing it on my 360 for a while now?
Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 07/13/2007 00:43
Yes tazar, but now it's "updated." Apparently parts of the game were fucked up or something
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 07/13/2007 00:53
tazarthayoot, yes JSRF the single stand alone version works. But there is a SEGA GT/JSRF combo disc version. That only came when you bought the Xbox console. That means both games are on one single disc. Well only SEGA GT was working on thisa disc. JSRF wasn't. Now suddendly it is. Works fine, although the game has some slowdown. Was it always like that?
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 07/13/2007 01:10
GGXX# AND JSRF? HELL YES. Too bad I lost my copy of GGXX# ;_;
Dr Hairy Dwarf's Avatar
Dr Hairy Dwarf at 07/13/2007 01:22
Outrun FTW.
Pangloss's Avatar
Pangloss at 07/13/2007 01:36
@orionsaint: fuck yes. I have had the hugest need to play JSRF for almost a month now, but I'm stuck at college with my 360 and the combo disc, which only lets me play Sega GT. Why in the shit would I want to play Sega GT when I have Forza 2 sitting right here?

After a month of anguish, I can finally get my physically impossible skating on. This is the best news that I've heard all week.

For those of you who are wondering, basically every moment of my life where I am not grinding on a roller coaster while covering it in graffiti is torment.
onomelon's Avatar
onomelon at 07/13/2007 01:57
I have to say horrary for GGX#R, JSRF, Doom 3:RoE, America's Army (I've been wanting to check that out) Yu-Gi-Oh and Morrowind (please God let the GotY edition work)

On another note, when the fuck am I gonna get Stranger's Wrath, Wrestlemania 21 and SVC Chaos on the list? When Microsoft?
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 07/13/2007 04:38
Silent Hill 2 FTW!
0bshaky's Avatar
0bshaky at 07/13/2007 05:00
And still No Beyond Good and Evil... And Still Mercenaries freeze the fuck up.... And Marvel vs Capcom 2 is still $100.00 on Ebay... And I got the JSRF on single disc because the bundle didnt worked on the last update... oh well... it was just $3. Im happy with Sega GT and Outrun
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 07/13/2007 05:29
I got the bundle version for 3 dollars as well. hehe. probably one of the reasons it was so cheap was because it didn't work on 360. Now that it does. It may go for a lil higher.
HarassmentPanda's Avatar
HarassmentPanda at 07/13/2007 06:37
Beyond Good & Evil and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath are two games that should definitely be on this list.

I wonder if MGS2 will ever end up being BC, or are they afraid it will remind us that we have to buy a console from "that other company" in order to play any of the sequels?
garrfunkel's Avatar
garrfunkel at 07/13/2007 08:30
Im sick of having my old Xbox hooked up just so I can play Timesplitters 3 occasionally. I want it made backwards compatible now. And if i dont get my way i will throw a tantrum the likes of which the world has never seen.
savagesaladin's Avatar
savagesaladin at 07/13/2007 10:01
OMG Sponge Bob Square Pants!!!1!

They wont make Riddick work because they're rereleasing it on the 360.
KyleGamgee's Avatar
KyleGamgee at 07/13/2007 12:50
no Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
no Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Needs moar backwards compatability!
tengaport's Avatar
tengaport at 07/13/2007 13:57
Its a shame Jaws isn't on the list, I'm still itching to try that game out. Aside from that game I think the only one still on my wishlist is Beyond Good & Evil.

Oh, and photo credits are always nice when you 'borrow' photos Destructoid ;)
Jordan Grim Devore's Avatar
Jordan Grim Devore at 07/13/2007 14:44
I can't believe I let that slip my mind. My apologizes tengaport. I updated the post to credit you. Funny how I always run into your gaming-related pics.
allisonaxe's Avatar
allisonaxe at 07/13/2007 19:13
still no spikeout (has anyone else ever played that? or even heard of it?) or capcom vs. snk 2. soon, we can only hope.
Linkoman's Avatar
Linkoman at 07/14/2007 16:40
fuck, no timesplitters future perfect.
although morrowwind is playable now which is nice
D-Nez's Avatar
D-Nez at 07/14/2007 17:23
I second and thrid:
Timesplitters
Advent Rising
Psi-Ops
Deus Ex
and add:
Brothers in Arms
Godzilla Destroy all Monsters Melee:Save the Earth* Its my party game guilty pleasure
And then I wouldn
t need no mo' BC.
zomB Eter's Avatar
zomB Eter at 07/20/2007 16:07
how about wreckless man that game was sweet the first time i wanna play wreckless on my 360 and still psi-ops fucks
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