
We don't know about you, but we love backwards compatibility on Xbox. Over 500 games from the Xbox 360 have been made playable since the program began in late 2015, and 41 more original Xbox titles have also been added to the service over time. The team at Microsoft has undoubtedly done amazing work in bringing these to fruition.
That said, there are still plenty of games that haven't been added to the service - likely due to licensing issues more than anything - but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll never make their way to the Xbox One / Xbox Series X.
Microsoft confirmed recently that it "continues to listen to feedback from the community on additional titles you would like to see added to the compatibility program," so let's open up the floor - what original Xbox and Xbox 360 games would you still like to see made backwards compatible? Give us your wishlists in the comments.
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TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
Daisenryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics
OutRun 2006: Coast2Coast
Namco Museum Remixed
Wolfenstein & Quake 4 from the 360 era!
Tony hawks American wasteland. And the prince of Persia sands trilogy (I know the original sands of time is bc but warrior within was one of my favorite gaming experiences ever and the hd trilogy needs to become bc)
*May be an issue with Licensing
** Remake possible?
Original Xbox:
007 Nightfire*
007 Everything or Nothing*
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Jet Set Radio Future
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2*
Shadow The Hedgehog
Sonic Heroes
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
The Sims
The Sims: Bustin' Out
The Sims 2
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2x** (remake confirmed)
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3**
Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4**
Tony Hawks Underground**
Tony Hawks Underground 2**
The Urbz: Sims in the City
Yu-Gi-Oh! : The Dawn of Destiny
Xbox 360:
Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)
Spider-Man 3
Tony Hawks American Wasteland*
Tony Hawks Project 8*
Tony Hawks Proving Ground*
all games cannot be listed, the more the better
Jet Set Radio Future. Period.
Jet Set Radio Future and I'm good. I play it anyway on my Xbox 360, but bringing it back to Series X as a BC game could let more people enjoy this beautifull gem. Hasn't aged a day.
Oh, and just for fun (and cause Matrix 4 is coming) : Path of Neo. I own the original disc since an eternity and has never been able to play it (I thought my 360 would play it just fine, then realized that it was not compatible).
But really : Jet Set Radio Future is an original Xbox Exclusive, it has never been released anywhere else, and just for the music of the launch screen ("Understand ! Understand ! The concept, the concept... of Love !"), any gamer should give it a try.
Jet Set Radio Future and the Timesplitters games are both amazing choices. I can't think of any others that I would want before them.
I'd like a few titles that most overlook, like Singularity, Fuse, Metal Arms, and Stubbs the Zombie.
Lots of OG Xbox games I never had the chance to play! There are lot of Sega games and From Software games still stuck in xbox 1!
And 360 games too, where is Ridge Racer 6? XD
The first thing they should do is bring the balance of their own titles such as MechAssault and Bloodwake from OG Xbox. AND.....Eternal Sonata would nice
OutRun 2006
Ridge Racer 6
Spider-Man 2
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena and Escape From Butcher Bay
Burnout 3 and
Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3
Jet Set Radio Future
@Richnj
Singularity gets my vote too! 👍🏻
@BionicDodo
I agree with the Chronicles Of Riddick gsmes! 👍🏻
Binary Domain, Resonance of Fate, and Bionic Commando ReArmed are the big 3, plus more OG Xbox games in general.
Id like to see more games that have remasters be made compatible as well, DMC HD collection, the Resident Evil games, etc.
Call of duty 2, modern warfare, black ops series x enhanced
Lollipop Chainsaw, Splatterhouse
Only three games I’m looking for. Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Xbox360), Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 1&2 (Xbox 360), and Kung Fu Chaos ( Original Xbox). I’m fine with anything else but I’m really hoping for those three
Dead Or Alive 4 🙏🙏🙏
I really only care if the resolutions are bumped and we have x enhancements again.
JSRF and Outrun2 would be too of the list. And where the heck is Rez HD?
But Scott Pilgrim still isn't out so that first please.
Nfl blitz
Mlb slugfest
Mortal kombat 9
The original ghost recon
There are many others that I'm leaving out, too many to mention them all. The following aren't backwards compatible, they're games from N64, but I would love it if these classics made their way to xbox in the future:
Wcw vs nwo
Wwf wrestlemania 2000
Ready 2 rumble boxing
Goldeneye 007
Advent Rising... I’m convinced I’m the only person who played/liked it, but I’d love to jump back into that game.
Wet
Remember Me
Skate 2
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Criterion’s Need For Speed Most Wanted
Kane and Lynch
Saboteur
Daytona USA
Outrun
SSX On Tour
Any Tony Hawk Game
Outrun 2
Outrun 2006
Fear
Fear 2
Silent Hill 2 on the original Xbox
Silent Hill 4 on the original Xbox
Fatal Frame (not sure which ones came to Xbox, but I want all of them!)
Any Japanese games that haven't been included because they were too small, like Bullet Witch, 99 knights etc.
and please please please, Nier Gestalt from the 360. With Nier Replicant coming out, and Automata available right now, I think this would be an amazing trilogy (of sorts).
@MAC26 I like your preference for arcade like games.
True crime La and new York
The warriors
Stubbs the zombie
State of emergency
Project Zero/Fatal Frame 1 and 2, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and the other Sonic games, Jet Set Radio Future, Silent Hill (original games)...
@WesEds Daytona USA is backwards compatible.
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
Burnout 3
Outrun 2006
FEAR
The Dishwasher, All Pro Football 2K8 (i liked it, ok? lol)
Transformers: Devastation
Top: Deus Ex: Invisible War
Everything else:
Blinx 2 (Og)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (og)
Brutal Legends
Bullet Witch (yes, I like this game, shutup!)
Chronicles of Riddrick: Assault on dark Athena
Dynasty Warriors (every single one of them, but specially the Gundam ones)
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Two Worlds
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension
Spider-Man: Edge of Time
(While there, also throw every spider man game ever on an Xbox console.)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (the game was actually good!)
Ok I think that’s basically my full list (at the moment, anyways.)
@Richnj bleep how did I forget Stubbs the zombie?!?! Yes! I’ll never stop regretting getting this game for PC.
“It will be future proof!” I said... thing won’t run outside of XP, and now trying to get a copy of the Xbox version would cost me a small fortune... ugh...
@xMightyMatt14x great shouts. I know not everyone likes them but I’d love a proper Prince of Persia Trilogy / Quadrilogy HD Remaster. Hopefully leading back to a new PoP game.
Hell I loved the much maligned 2008 Prince of Persia reboot too.
Bring back Prince if Persia please Ubi!
Wet
Remember Me
Skate 2
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Criterion’s Need For Speed Most Wanted
Kane and Lynch
Saboteur
Amped 1 & 2!
I've wanted these for soooooo long
Beautiful Katamari
Binary Domain
Bullet Witch
Nier
Otogi 1 & 2
Outrun 2006
Outrun Online Arcade
Singularity
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Wolfenstein (2009)
Also all the Marvel games, all Cave shooters and all Musou/Warriors games.
Edit: And the three FEAR games!
Jet Set Radio Future
Burnout 3
Can't think of one right now, The BC list we have now is already so big..
NCAA football 14 dynasty warriors games and burnout takedown
MechAssault yes please loved this game in the day.
Second Sight
Scott Pilgrrim
Outrun 2
Outrun 2006
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Enter the Matrix
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Force
Jet Set Radio Future
Balders Gate dark alliance
Forza Motosport 2
Forza Motosport 3
Forza Motorsport 4
The Elder Scrolls IV Shivering
The Elder Scrolls Knights of the Nine
Max Payne 3
@Dian Oblivion is BC, including all expansions and DLC.
Binary Domain and Jade Empire are the main ones. Maybe The Suffering too, just as it was the first game I bought at full price, and wouldn’t mind replaying it.
Bring back blur.
@MarkD01 Fortunately, Jade Empire is already BC
Cheers JoakimZ! Somehow managed to miss that. Just hope it holds up to my memory of it!
I'm glad to see Binary Domain is getting some love - I thought I was the only person in the world who played it. A cross between Gears Of War and Mass Effect, with robotic enemies which satisfyingly tear and shred to pieces under fire, it's far more competent and engaging than it's rather generic appearance (and godawful title) let on. For those with the means to play it, you should check it out.
Other games I'd like to see made backwards compatible are:
Batman: Arkham Asylum/City (not overly keen on the remasters)
Blur
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena
The F.E.A.R. series
Max Payne 3
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit/Most Wanted (Criterion)
PGR 3/4
@JoakimZ NieR is the one I'd kill to have backwards compatible! Thank goodness we are getting the Nier Replicant remake on XB1, which is even better and more exciting!
You need to add tenchu z to xbox one compatibility cos this is a good game
Motogp07 xbox 360 verson
Full Spectrum Warrior- Ten Hammers.
Max Payne 3.
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena
Wallace and Gromit curse of the wererabbit gets my vote.
Blur
Soul Calibur 4
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk Underground
Tony Hawk Underground 2
Tony Hawk American Wasteland
Tony Hawk Project 8
Tony Hawk Proving Ground
Q) What original Xbox and Xbox 360 games would you still like to see made backwards compatible?
A) I never owned an original Xbox so it'd be lovely to be able to collect original Xbox games and then play them on an Xbox Series X. In particular, I'd love for Blinx to be made backwards compatible but there are a few others that have my interest (I had a list of them somewhere - Found it!)
The Dead or Alive and Project Zero entries would be spectacular. Having a modern system capable of playing the likes of Malice and Worms 3D would be neat. An I hear the original Xbox had an exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh game, that would be fun to track down. Gunvalkyrie looked pretty cool, as did both Nightcaster and Black Stone: Magic & Steel.
For Xbox 360 games... off the top of my head I can only think of the BlazBlue games and some of the JRPGs I got like Eternal Sonata, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey. I'll have to look up more titles later on; backwards compatibility does a great job of incentivising old school purchasing.
id love to see juiced and def jam fight for new york back
The Warriors
Def Jam: Vendetta
Def Jam: Fight for New York
Legacy of Kane: Blood Omen 2
viva pinata party animals
Soul calibur 4
Soul Calibur 5
Baldur's gate dark alliance
Baldur's gate dark alliance 2
Champions of Norrath
Champions return to arms
D&D Heroes
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 1&2
Brute Force
Neverwinter Nights 2 would be cool
Two Woulds 1&2
Digimon world
Army of two 1&2
The original Thief
Sacred 2 Fallen angel
All of the Cave shmups
NFL Blitz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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