Microsoft is now owned by the public since it is a publicly traded company.

Bill Gates owns the majority of the outstanding shares. Yahoo has a section in their finance website that lists top owners of public companies.

Bill Gates

William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with more than 8 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Although he is admired by many, a number of industry insiders criticize his business tactics, which they consider anti-competitive, an opinion which has in some cases been upheld by the courts. In the later stages of his career, Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief software architect. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his duties to Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, and Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer. Gates' last full-time day at Microsoft was June 27, 2008. He remains at Microsoft as non-executive chairman.

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Paul Allen.

Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American investor and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world with a personal wealth of US$13.5 billion as of 2010. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which manages his business and philanthropic efforts. Allen also has a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio which includes technology companies such as Evri and Gist, real estate holdings, and stakes in other technology, media, and content companies. Allen also owns two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2009. Allen's memoir Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft was released on April 19, 2011.

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office. The company has diversified in recent years into the video game industry with the Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360 as well as into the consumer electronics and digital services market with Zune, MSN and the Windows Phone OS. The ensuing rise of stock in the company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) made an estimated four billionaires and 12,000 millionaires from Microsoft employees. In May 2011, Microsoft Corporation acquired Skype Communications for $8.5 billion dollars.
Primarily in the 1990s, critics contend Microsoft used monopolistic business practices and anti-competitive strategies including refusal to deal and tying, put unreasonable restrictions in the use of its software, and used misrepresentative marketing tactics; both the U.S. Department of Justice and European Commission found the company in violation of antitrust laws. Known for its interviewing process with obscure questions, various studies and ratings were generally favorable to Microsoft's diversity within the company as well as its overall environmental impact with the exception of the electronics portion of the business.

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These are the MAIN things that Microsoft sell.

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. As of March 31, 2011, there are over 53.6 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide.
The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The console sold out completely upon release in all regions except in Japan.
Several major features of the Xbox 360 are its integrated Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music and movies and its Windows Media Center multimedia capabilities. The Xbox 360 also offers region specific access to third-party media streaming services such as Netflix and ESPN in the US or Sky Go in the UK.
At their E3 presentation on June 14, 2010, Microsoft announced a redesigned Xbox 360 that would ship on the same day. The redesigned console is slimmer than the previous Xbox 360 model and features integrated 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, TOSLINK S/PDIF optical audio output, 5 USB 2.0 ports (compared to the 3 from older versions) and a special AUX port. Older models of the Xbox 360 have since been discontinued. The first new console to be released features a 250 GB hard drive, while a later, less expensive SKU features 4 GB internal storage.
With the announcement of the Xbox 360 S, Microsoft have said that they believe that the console is only mid-way through its life-cycle and will continue through 2015. In 2009, IGN named the Xbox 360 the sixth greatest video game console of all time, out of a field of 25.

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Xbox Live (trademarked as Xbox LIVE) is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It is currently the only online gaming service on consoles that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002. An updated version of the service became available for the Xbox 360 console at that system's launch in 2005. The service was extended in 2007 on the Windows platform, named Games for Windows Live, which makes most aspects of the system available on Windows computers. Microsoft has announced plans to extend Live to other platforms such as handhelds and mobile phones as part of the Live Anywhere initiative. With Microsoft's new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, full Xbox Live functionality is integrated into new Windows Phones that launched in late 2010.
The Xbox Live service is available as both a free and subscription-based service, known as Xbox Live Free and Xbox Live Gold respectively, with several features such as online gaming restricted to the Gold service. Prior to October 2010, the free service was known as Xbox Live Silver.
It was announced on June 10, 2011 that the service is going to be fully integrated into Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8.

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Xbox 360 Arcade

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Xbox 360 Core

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-Xenon (2005)
-Zephyr (2007)
-Falcon (2007)
-Opus (2008)
-Jasper (2008)
-Valhalla (2010)

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2002 FIFA World Cup Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
2006 FIFA World Cup Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes
25 to Life Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
4x4 Evo 2 Yes No No Yes Unknown
Aggressive Inline Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Opening video runs at around 15 frames per second and stutters often.
Air Force Delta Storm Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Alias Yes Unknown No Yes No
Aliens versus Predator: Extinction Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
All-Star Baseball 2003 Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown
All-Star Baseball 2005 Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
AMF Bowling 2004 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding /
Tenku: Freestyle Snowboarding Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Can lag heavily through the entire game.
Amped 2 /
Tenku 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
APEX Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Sound clicks while racing around opponents.
Aquaman: Battle of Atlantis Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Arena Football Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Armed and Dangerous Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Sound on cutscenes occasionally cut out and certain graphics lag (e.g., Snow, Explosions).
Army Men: Major Malfunction Yes Unknown No Yes No
Atari Anthology Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Button prompts and text not sharp.
ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Auto Modellista Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Aspect Ratio is not correct. Image appears Horizontally Stretched
Avatar: The Last Airbender /
Avatar: The Legend of Aang Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Bad Boys: Miami Takedown Yes Unknown No Yes No
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance No No Unknown Yes No Lags when a large number of objects are on screen.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Yes No No Yes Unknown Often lags heavily when a large number of breakable objects are on screen. White Xbox screen flickers for a few seconds when starting.
Barbarian Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue Yes Unknown No Yes No
The Bard's Tale Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Slight cropping noticeable on VGA displays. Occasional corruption of ground textures. Framerate is excellent throughout though.
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007 Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
Batman Begins Yes Yes No Yes Yes All movies stutter occasionally.
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No
Battle Engine Aquila Yes Yes No Yes No In Co-op severe graphic glitches make the game unplayable for the second player.
Battlestar Galactica Yes Yes No Yes No Afterburners show up as black voids instead of white mist.
Beyond Good and Evil No No No No No An updated version of this game with 720p "high-definition" graphics is available for sale on the Xbox Live Arcade marketplace as "Beyond Good & Evil HD".
Big Mutha Truckers Yes No No Yes Unknown
Bionicle Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No
Bistro Cupid No No Yes No Unknown
Black Yes Yes No Yes Yes Game tends to lose screen brightness at the start, after the black screen with white text writing that comes after the intro. Error codes appear on screen in the second chapter, emulation software must be reloaded in order to remove them.
Blade II Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Blinx: The Time Sweeper Yes Yes No Yes Unknown If demo option is selected on main menu, game crashes and returns to Xbox 360 menu. (Option not dummied out as in other Xbox games). Also framerate drops slightly at points where a lot of "action" is going on.
Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Blitz: The League Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Glitches may cause main menu to disappear and suddenly freeze.
Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain Yes Yes No Yes Unknown Some underscan on sides, top and bottom. Traces of blood dropping from the HUD may remain over the black bar on the bottom. Slight framerate problems in some areas.
BloodRayne 2 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes While game is widescreen compatible, game is compressed to 4:3 even if 360 is set to 720p and 1080p.
BlowOut Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Lighting and shadow effects are more subdued and grainy. Audio sometimes does not synchronize properly.
BMX XXX Yes Unknown No Yes Yes All of the Acclaim demos movies and the Competitive Edge movie fail to run and just take the user back to the previous menu. All of the Scores videos will play in the game but will fail to play in the Movie menu.
Breakdown Yes Yes Yes Yes No Some light effects are seen through walls and other barriers (floors, roofs, etc.). Save games often corrupt.
Brute Force Yes Yes Yes Yes No Framerate drops with large number of enemies onscreen. Attempting to run the included Tao Feng and MechAssault demos results in being sent back to the Xbox 360 dashboard.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Yes No No Yes No
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Framerate dips when characters are on stairs, both during cutscenes and gameplay. White lines appear at the top of the screen during cutscenes when characters are talking.
Burnout Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Game freezes for a short while when disc is loaded. Very minor slowdown during some races. Tire screeching noise can last throughout an entire race.
Burnout 2: Point of Impact Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Minor slowdown in a few areas, most notably on stages with rain. In night-time races, the moon appears as a large blue square in the sky!
Burnout 3: Takedown Yes Yes No Yes Yes Shows instructional race videos at the beginning of the race every time the game is restarted and begin a race for the first time. (Seems to be fixed as of 5/7/08). On VGA cable the aspect ratio looks closer to 14:9 than Widescreen 16:9.
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts Yes Yes No Yes No
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2004 Season Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Cabela's Deer Hunt: 2005 Season Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Yes No No Yes No Occasionally dialogue audio is replaced by loud static; Music does not play at all. Has quite a few bugs, including water not appearing at all in the game (does not break anything by not being there). Still, it can be played to the end though some bugs will force the player to replay sections of the game from an earlier save.
Call of Duty: Finest Hour Yes Yes Yes Yes No Text, compass, and prone status not sharpened.
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One Yes No No Yes Unknown Game freezes after cutscenes in several places.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Call of Duty 3 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Capcom Classics Collection No Unknown Unknown No Unknown
Cars Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Catwoman Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown NEVER attempt to copy this game to your Xbox 360 HDD. Although it is extremely rare, there are still some cases of extreme data corruption to random files on your HDD. This may include save game files.
Championship Manager 2006 No No Unknown Yes Unknown
Chicago Enforcer Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars Yes Unknown No Yes No
Close Combat: First to Fight Yes No No Yes Yes
Cold Fear No No Unknown No No
Colin McRae Rally 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Colin McRae Rally 2005 No No Unknown Yes Yes
Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Commandos 2: Men of Courage Yes No No Yes Unknown
Conflict: Desert Storm Yes Yes No Yes Yes Soundtrack unable to be played
Conker: Live & Reloaded Yes No Yes Yes No
There are no loading screens.
Some smoke, dirt, and dust effects are colored differently
the pause menu during a multiplayer game operates slower.
Intro movies may skip and stutter.
The Xbox Live feature is no longer supported.
Console may reset itself after level 2.
Rarely, but sometimes sound cuts in and out.
Constantine Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown
Counter-Strike Yes Yes Yes Yes No Loading screen disappears; appears as the Xbox Live update menu when playing online. May experience heavy lag in some levels, especially in tunnels.
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Yes No Yes Yes No
Crash Tag Team Racing Yes No No Yes Yes
Crash Nitro Kart Yes No No Yes Yes
Crash Twinsanity Yes Yes No Yes Yes Can lag badly if a lot of particle effects are on screen at once. This is most easily seen in the "Rooftop Rampage" level, where many sections of the level run in slow motion.
Crazy Taxi 3 High Roller Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Yes Yes Yes Yes No Some downloads are not compatible. May work after multiple attempts. If there are specific conditions for a successful download of these items, they are unknown.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
The Da Vinci Code Yes Yes No Yes No Sometimes solutions to puzzles are presented BEFORE the actual puzzle is given. Some issues with the context-sensitivity, as well as bad character positioning during actions. (All currently present on PAL version; unconfirmed on other versions).
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics No No Yes Yes No
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4 Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown The game does not boot.
Dark Angel Yes No No Yes No
Darkwatch Yes No No Yes No PAL version has problems with 640x480 (480p) resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio - at these settings, the game will lag, but in 720p it will play normally with black bars on the left and right sides of the display.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 Yes Yes Unknown Yes No November 2007 emulator upgrade required.
Dead or Alive 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PAL version is reported to have severe framerate dips, especially on multi-tiered arenas and full motion videos. Game may also crash after a double KO.
Dead or Alive Ultimate Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dead to Rights Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Demon Stone Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No
Deathrow Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Destroy All Humans! Yes Yes No Yes Yes Widescreen only works properly in 480p widescreen mode, else it's squished to a roughly 4:3 image.
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown
Disney Extreme Adventure Skateboarding Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Doom 3 Yes No No Yes Yes May freeze unexpectedly during the game and back ground sounds will continue playing. Screenshots for save positions may not work properly.
Doom 3 (Limited Collector's Edition) Yes No No Yes Yes Screenshots for save positions may not work properly.
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Yes Unknown No Yes Yes PAL50 version requires November 2007 emulator upgrade.
Drake of the 99 Dragons Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Yes Yes No Yes Yes On the PAL copy, the game may freeze at the beginning just after leaving Zoe's home.
Drive to Survive Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown See Mashed Fully Loaded for the PAL version of this game. Drive to Survive is the NTSC Version.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Drive to Survive (EM) Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No Can lag when a large amount of enemies are on screen.
Dynasty Warriors 4 /
Shin Sangokumuso3 Yes Unknown Yes Yes No
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Black box appears around character in character selection screen and vehicle.
ESPN Major League Baseball Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
ESPN College Hoops Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
ESPN College Hoops 2K5 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
ESPN NFL 2K5 No No No Yes No Colors are sometimes not right and game plays faster than on the Original Xbox.
ESPN NHL 2K5 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Euro 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Evil Dead Regeneration No Unknown No Yes Yes
Ex Chaser No No Yes No Unknown
Exaskeleton No No Yes No Unknown
F1 2001 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Fable Yes Yes Yes Yes No Constantly lagging framerate. Menu to game demos not "'dummied'" and result in a fatal error. Textures can sometimes get mixed up, for example a stretched face on the characters chest.
Fable: The Lost Chapters Yes Yes No Yes No Very slow to start up and after about 24 hours will crash and need restarting. Loading times for saves increases dramatically based on storyline progression, increasing to around five minutes at end game. Some textures for walls on housing are replaced with miscellaneous textures; i.e. texture for grass appeared on the tavern in Oakvale.
The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules No No No Yes Unknown
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Family Guy Video Game! Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
Fantastic Four Yes No Unknown Yes Unknown
Far Cry Instincts Yes Yes No Yes No Far Cry Instincts has been ported to "Far Cry Instincts Predator" on Xbox 360.
Fatal Frame (NTSC) /
Project Zero (PAL) Unknown No Yes Yes No
Some cutscenes just show a black screen with audio still playing.
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut /
Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Pal version is region locked and will not work on an NTSC-J console.
FIFA Football 2003 Yes No No Yes Yes
FIFA Football 2004 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Constant framerate drops and severe sound-glitching ingame.
FIFA Football 2005 No No Unknown Yes Yes No Update Available
FIFA 06 Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Update is required
FIFA 07 Yes Yes No Yes Yes ZOOM in replay and Goal Kicks closeups are blurry; otherwise normal gameplay.
FIFA Street Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
FIFA Street 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes The picture which shows the player is gone.
Fight Night 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Bad glitches with sound and create a boxer with missing hear and no facial hair can be seen on cab. Some patches on the head of a boxer are completely transparent.
Fight Night Round 2 Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown PAL version of game does not load from boot screen. It's unknown if any other version does this.
Fight Night Round 3 Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Yes
Final Fight Streetwise Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
FlatOut Yes No No Yes No
Flight Academy No No Yes No Unknown
Ford Mustang Racing Yes No No Yes Unknown
Ford vs. Chevy No No No Yes Unknown
Forza Motorsport Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Version with "Live Arcade" does not run smoothly. Sometimes the "Game Select" menu will cause it to freeze up. "Live Arcade" games do not work. Forza itself seems to sport varying levels of anti-aliasing with very uneven framerate in some tracks. Some graphics problems, including lockups. The "turbine" loading icon may be missing. Using the paint/decal editor will result in vehicle textures becoming permanently corrupted, even if decals are removed and car is restored to original paintjob. Car sounds can cut out completely, cars with upgraded transmissions will have a whiny sound and no engine sound in races. Music occasionally cuts to loud static for a few seconds. The save file can become corrupted.
Will only run in PAL60/VGA if console is set to 640x480 and "normal" screen format ("widescreen" will not work).
Freaky Flyers Unknown No No Yes No
Freedom Fighters No No Unknown Yes Yes Minor and subtle graphical error while aiming down in the first level.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Freestyle Street Soccer Unknown Yes Unknown Yes Unknown
Frogger Beyond No No Unknown Yes Unknown
Full Spectrum Warrior Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Content download does not work in PAL60.
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Futurama Yes No No Yes No
Future Tactics: The Uprising Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
Fuzion Frenzy Yes No No Yes No Some minor slowdowns when displaying large/complex scenes. Game freezes when trying to access demo videos.
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows Yes Unknown No Yes No
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Godzilla: Save the Earth Yes Yes Unknown Yes No
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Scratchy audio during cutscenes.
The Great Escape Yes Unknown No Yes No
Genma Onimusha Yes No Yes Yes No
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde Yes No No Yes No
Grabbed by the Ghoulies Yes Yes Yes Yes No Menus are shown in a 4:3 manner, ingame is 16:9. If you go to features and select demos then try to exit the demos menu the game crashes.
Grand Theft Auto III Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Although this game is not listed on the official backwards compatible list. Slowdown in heavy traffic areas. Custom radio is no longer supported.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Slowdown in heavy traffic areas. There might be noise while listening to the radio. Sometimes textures go messy, and a reboot is needed to solve the problem. Driving controls are slightly lagged, making it difficult to control the car. Custom Radio is no longer supported. Players are also no longer able to listen to the radio from the "audio" option of the game menu.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Sound can sometimes skip, most evident when lip-synch is incorrect. Custom Radio is no longer supported.
Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (GTA III & GTA: Vice City) Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy (GTA III, GTA: Vice City & GTA: San Andreas) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not officially listed. Contains same problems per game as with standalone games
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Yes Unknown No Yes No Freeze in career mode make impossible to finish the second or third tournament.
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Guilty Gear Isuka Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Minute glitches in sprites (upper right of sprite box) and animation (occasional random frame).
Guilty Gear XX#Reload No No Yes Yes No Minute, occasional graphical glitches in character sprites, similar to those of Isuka.
The Guy Game Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes No
Half-Life 2 Yes No No Yes Yes Loading images at title screen gone. Some frame rate issues are prevalent in the opening part of the game. (Note that the game has also been ported to the 360 as part of "The Orange Box"). Game saves suddenly become corrupted after 2 months of not playing the game (regular playing is required until completion).
Halo: Combat Evolved Yes No Yes Yes No Korean version (NTSC/J) is not backward compatible.
Some textures go white and the demos option in the main menu is gone.
Generally slow and stuttering framerate with significant slowdown in co-op.
Some clipping problems with the Assault rifle.
Weapons can get stuck in the slanted Forerunner hallways in Assault on the Control Room and Two Betrayals.
The 360 can freeze and require a restart if the map selection menu is accessed in Multiplayer.
Halo 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Noticeably lower framerate in four player split-screen.
Performance problems when playing on the Backwash multiplayer map.
Content Downloader for getting new map packs does not work in 60 Hz along with the upgrader.
Note: Upgrades now run through Xbox 360 system instead of Xbox upgrade system, so will work in PAL60 now.
Occasionally, 'ghost' images stay on screen unless console is reset, usually after a cutscene.
Dolby Digital sound cuts out when playing across system link.
When VGA cables are used with 4:3 monitors, the image is compressed onto the narrow monitor as if running on a 16:9 widescreen television. The problem can be avoided by running the game at a resolution of 640x480.
DLC will corrupt and have to be re downloaded if the 360's hard drive is used with another 360.
The Xbox Live feature is no longer supported.
Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes The Xbox Live feature is no longer supported.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Yes Yes No Yes No Usually runs slowly, runs full speed when not looking at complicated scenes, slowdown even evident in intro at any resolution.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Yes No No Yes Yes Some minor slowdowns.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Yes No No Yes No
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Yes Yes No Yes No
High Heat: Major League Baseball 2004 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
High Rollers Casino Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Hitman: Contracts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Must be set at 1080i or below to load does not load correctly at 1080p.
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
The House of the Dead III Yes Yes Yes Yes No Gameplay tends to both speed up and slow down at certain sequences. House of the dead 2 is almost unplayable.
Hulk Yes No No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Hunter: The Reckoning No No Unknown Yes No Loading times between levels are greatly increased.
IHRA Drag Racing: Sportsman Edition No No No Yes Unknown
IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 No No No Yes No
The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Incredibles /
Mr. Incredible Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Yes No Unknown Yes No Soundtrack stutters and repeats the same part over and over, as it did on the original Xbox.
Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit Yes Yes No Yes Yes Aspect ratio is slightly narrow in PAL VGA.
IndyCar Series 2005 Yes No No Yes Unknown
I-Ninja Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Innocent Tears No No Yes No Unknown
Intellivision Lives! No No No Yes No
Jade Empire Yes Yes Yes Yes No A small number of textures in a few scenes do not show up. Old Tien's Landing ruins level stutters badly.
Jade Empire Limited Edition Disc Yes Yes No Yes No Demos and bonus disc do not work for PAL60 and bsp;Hz. The update already includes Special Edition content (Mong Zhen character).
James Bond 007: Nightfire Yes No Yes Yes Yes Freezes when loading levels that give player full control over vehicles. Multiplayer with 4 people is extremely laggy, low framerate in large, open areas or areas with lots of NPCs.
Jet Set Radio Future Yes Yes Yes Yes No Noticeable slowdown in some stages. Flickering and obscured text in pause menus. Textures may disappear after leaving pause menu. Custom graffiti can only be done for SS, S, and M sizes on a zoom. L or XL will not work. If the player does not zoom in, they will NOT be able to see their creation at all. Note for PAL/NL users, Change the locale to 'United Kingdom' and 50 Hz. PAL version bundled with Sega GT 2000 does not support VGA cables due to the 50 Hz start-up menu.
Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Junko Takahashi's Mahjong Seminar No No Yes No Unknown
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Yes No No Yes No
Justice League Heroes Yes No No Yes Yes Very noticeable slowdown whenever large objects players can pick up are on the screen.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Kabuki Warriors /
Zan Kabuki No No Yes Yes Unknown
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Yes No No Yes Unknown
Kill Switch No No No Yes Yes On the mission entitled "All the things she said" the mission ending point is NON-functional.
King Arthur Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
The King of Fighters 2002 & 2003 Yes No No Yes No King of Fighters 2002 has graphical issues including lines through sprites. King of Fighters 2003 is not compatible at all.
The King of Fighters Neowave Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Backgrounds have graphical issues, sometimes on character sprites as well.
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders Yes No Yes Yes No No Xbox Live Access.
Kunio Yonenaga's Shogi Seminar No No Yes No Unknown
Lake Masters No No Yes No Unknown
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game Yes No No Yes No
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Yes No No Yes Yes
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna *** Laude Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Yes No No Yes No
Links 2004 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Works Great. Appears too have no issues. Except for lag.
Loons: The Fight for Fame Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Yes No No Yes No During gameplay the background elements flash solid white at regular intervals, happens around chests. Certain special effects run slowly which can throw off lip synching during ingame cutscenes.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Yes No No Yes No Movie sequences are choppy and buggy and will freeze if subtitles are on OR cheats. Gameplay is fine.
Mad Dash Racing No No Yes No No This game starts to play on US/NTSC Xboxes, but, it will freeze a couple seconds into a race.
Magatama No No Yes Yes Unknown
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Magic: The Gathering Battlegrounds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Occasionally the arena textures may bug out. While game is widescreen compatible, game is compressed to 4:3 even if 360 is set to 720p and 1080p.
Manhunt Yes No No Yes No There is no audio of Starkweather's voice if the player is not using the Xbox Live headset.
Mashed Fully Loaded Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Game can freeze for a fraction of a second when a taunt is used.
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Yes No No Yes Unknown
Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects Yes Yes No Yes Yes Cutscenes lag unbelievably.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Yes Yes No Yes No Ingame character sprites suffer from severe graphical corruption issues. Menus suffer from minor graphical issues. 3D backgrounds are unaffected. (This game was released in 2009 as an Xbox LIVE Arcade game, but uses the Dreamcast code instead.)
Max Payne Yes Yes No Yes No Minor graphic issues right after saving, does not last, nor does it hinder gameplay. Minor slowdown during some busy moments.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Yes No No Yes Yes
Maximum Chase Yes No Yes Yes Unknown
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Yes Yes Yes Yes No At the end of some levels, the game does not progress onto the next mission. Audio does not load on certain levels.
Medal of Honor: European Assault Yes No No Yes Yes
Medal of Honor: Frontline Yes Yes No Yes No Significant framerate issues. Player 1's gun blocks Player 2's screen during multiplayer.
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun Yes No No Yes No Lags in some single player levels.
Mega Man Anniversary Collection No No No Yes No Player character sprite animations in Mega Man 8 have several dropped frames. The sound of robot masters' voices often ends up highly distorted. There are also bouts of slowdown.
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction Yes No No Yes Yes In certain regions, such as around the Pyongyang Airport, the game will abruptly freeze.
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Yes Yes Yes Yes No Bad screen tearing issues in some parts, Also music can skip in places
Micro Machines Yes No Yes Yes Unknown
Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Minority Report: Everybody Runs Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
MLB SlugFest 2003 Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
MLB SlugFest 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
MLB Slugfest: Loaded Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes No
Monster Garage Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Heavy frame rate drops seems to occur when looking around the vehicle.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Yes No No Yes No Some minor graphical glitches occur over the pictures of items in inventory (rarely) and over the pictures for save games (often). Load game option from main menu experiences heavy lag. The game will crash if the skill trainers are used too rapidly (i.e. Leveling up using a trainer and immediately using the same trainer again).
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon No No No Yes Yes Game is only in NTSC available and not region free, so is not playable on a PAL Xbox 360. Some movies in the Krypt do not work and only play audio.
Mortal Kombat: Deception No No No Yes No The Kollector's Edition game disc including Mortal Kombat and the bonus featurettes works. Area-51 demo non-playable (audio is heard but picture is black except for visible HUD).
Mr Bubbles Goes to Cotton Land Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
MVP Baseball 2004 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Noticeable glitches on player uniform textures, also the uniform has random color patches. It also has and choppy video playback.
MotoGP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MotoGP 2 Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Engine sound effects play louder than normal setting when at higher speeds. Engine sounds crackle and cut out during races. The option to assign keys to the Right Trigger in the Settings menu is missing. Tutorial videos shake and flash.
MTX Mototrax Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit Yes No Yes Yes Unknown No save game support.
Muzzle Flash No No Yes No Unknown
MX Unleashed Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
MX vs. ATV Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes Yes Loading screens turn negative color sometimes.
MX World Tour featuring Jamie Little No No No Yes No
Myst III: Exile Yes No Yes Yes No
Namco Museum Yes No No Yes No
Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection Yes No Yes Yes No
NASCAR 2006: Total Team Control Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
NASCAR Thunder 2002 No No No Yes Yes
NASCAR Thunder 2003 No No No Yes Yes
NBA Ballers Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
NBA Inside Drive 2002 Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No
NBA 2K3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
NBA Live 2002 Yes No Yes Yes No Black bars on the sides.
NBA Live 2004 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
NBA Street V3 Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes Game stutters on its initial load. When the game is not spinning the disc, the game play is great and not an issue. Otherwise, there is a stutter in the opening video while the disc spins. When selecting players there is an occasional lag or jitter where the name will blur for a half second and be normal thereafter, happens when changing player highlighted.
NCAA College Basketball 2K3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
NCAA Football 06 Unknown Unknown No Yes Yes Slight slowdown in pass plays on making the catch, and kickoff returns.
NCAA March Madness 06 No No No Yes Unknown
NCAA March Madness 2005 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Need for Speed: Underground 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes 2 player bottom screen stares at the ground. Cutscenes are skippy. Sound is occasionally slightly crackly. Occasional frame rate drops, soundtrack stuttering, or freezing. and demo of burnout 3 takedown in the options menu no longer works it can freeze 70% of the time
NFL 2K2 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes No
NFL 2K3 No Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
NFL Blitz 2002 Yes No No Yes No
NFL Blitz 2003 Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
NFL Blitz 20-04 Yes No No Yes Unknown
NFL Fever 2004 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Play selection screen does not show correct plays.
NFL Street Yes No No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
NHL 2005 Yes Yes No Yes No
NHL 2K3 Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
NHL Hitz 2003 Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown Cannot Save in Franchise mode without the system/game locking up
NHL Hitz Pro Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
NightCaster Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Ninja Gaiden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes The unlockable SNES remix versions of the NES-Games are unplayable. Noticeably lower framerate during CG cutscenes.
Ninja Gaiden Black Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot remove hard drive or save file will be erased. Noticeably lower framerate during CG cutscenes.
Nobunaga no Yabou: Ranseiki No No Yes No Unknown
NTRA Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee Yes No No Yes No
Voices and various sounds became very distant and nearly impossible to hear.
When you start a new game the save icons get messed up (The menu background will be different, or the icons will be missing.)
Cutscenes lag
When there is a lot of action going on (explosions, enemies, etc.), the game lags
Open Season Yes No No Yes No
Outlaw Golf 2 Yes No No Yes No
Outlaw Golf 9 More Holes of X-mas Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
Outlaw Tennis Yes No No Yes No
Outlaw Volleyball Yes Unknown Yes Yes No Framerate skips when opponent returns serves.
Outlaw Volleyball: Red Hot Unknown Unknown No Yes No
OutRun 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Occasional framerate drops, mostly between stages. The main menu HUD and the unlockable original 1986 Arcade have some slight graphical glitches. Some of the sound effects become permanent (like if some of the channels playing them do not get reset properly at the end of some stage) and only going back to 360 dashboard and restart the game fixes the issue. Luckily the sound fx are not that loud just annoying in the background and playing in a loop.
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Sometimes game freezes for a split-second. Sound is output at a noticeably low frequency. Large loadup times as well. The coins on the road are invisible in PAL version.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Over the Hedge Yes No No Yes No
Pac-Man World 3 Yes No No Yes No PAL version works fine and looks great on TV, does not work in 60 Hz.
Panzer Dragoon Orta Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PAL version crashes after the full-motion video at the end of the third level. However there is a solution for this that includes unlocking the level select menu by accumulating 20 hours of gameplay. Occasional framerate hitches during full motion videos. Boss fight with Abadd in the Forbidden Memories stage shows heavy graphical glitches. Original Panzer Dragoon unlockable reported to be unplayable, but is fully playable on at least some NTSC systems.
Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory Yes Yes No No No Framerate is poor throughout the game making it hard to turn and aim.
Pariah Yes No No Yes No Long loading times.
Petit Copter No No Yes No No
Phantom Crash Yes No No Yes No Low framerate and graphical glitches. PAL version crashs often about 10 to 15 minutes into the match.
Phantom Dust Yes No Yes Yes No PAL version never released. Seems to lag occasionally when arena objects (bridges in palace level for instance) are destroyed
Playboy the Mansion Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Plus Plumb 2 No No Yes No Unknown
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Yes No No Yes No
Predator: Concrete Jungle Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Yes Yes No Yes No The Unlockable Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia 2 games will not play. Some lag when the screen fills up with multiple enemies. Game freezes if Xbox Live is entered.
Pro Cast Sports Fishing Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Letter boxed 4:3 on 1360x768 vga.
Pro Race Driver Yes No No Yes No
Project Gotham Racing Yes Yes Yes Yes No Graphical detail is high, but framerate is poor. 4GB 360S with 250GB hard drive doesn't seem to suffer from poor frame rate, at least as single player.
Project Gotham Racing 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Black screen at car (visible for an instant before going black) and gear box type selection. Radio does not work. Emulation can slowdown sometimes (not that frequently) when there are numerous cars around or when sliding around a corner and a lot of the background is changing. Very occasional freezes corrected by a reboot. Xbox Demos option returns the user to the Dashboard. Content download is not compatible with PAL-60. Slowdown is almost constant in 3/4player split-screen races, especially when drifting.
PsiOps Unknown Unknown Unknown No Unknown
Psychonauts Yes No No Yes No Raz's body texture is sometimes replaced with pause menu's background texture. Small, faint, vertical lines visible in the distance. Framerate may occasionally stutter.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Psyvariar 2: Extended Edition No No Yes No No
Pump It Up: Exceed Yes No No Yes Unknown Cannot use Pump It Up dance pad. Game also freezes after playing the second song on Arcade Mode.
The Punisher Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Pure Pinball Yes No No Yes No Flippers activate on their own on some Xbox 360 consoles.
Puyo Pop Fever /
Puyo Puyo Fever Yes No Yes Yes Unknown
Quantum Redshift Yes No Yes Yes Yes Particle effects subdubed on some attacks.
RalliSport Challenge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Framerate issues.
Rapala Pro Fishing Yes No Yes Yes No
Rayman Arena No No No Yes Unknown
Raze's Hell Yes Yes No Yes No The voice features of this game are no longer supported
Red Dead Revolver Yes Yes No Yes Yes Sky flickers from blue to black and parts of many objects flicker during gameplay in widescreen. Objects in the load screens and cutscenes flicker. Game freezes during Chapter 8 (the canyon level) usually during the boss fight, if Bad Bessie manages to attack with her whip. Shoot her from a distance, or use explosives. As long as she does not touch you, game will not freeze and gameplay can continue. Game also freezes at the loading of the 12th level (Bar Fight). Game is unplayable after this lock-up; however, changing the Xbox's output to 480p should fix this .
Red Faction II Yes No No Yes No Thin white bar at the top and bottom and they flick. During the letterbox cutscenes, the previous scene's frame will be flickering where the mattes are supposed to be.
RedCard 20-03 Yes (Moldovan) No Yes No
Reservoir Dogs Yes No No Yes No
Return To Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Random slow down in Single Player, almost unplayable on multiplayer.
Rent-A-Hero No. 1 No No Yes No Unknown
Richard Burns Rally Yes Yes No Yes No
RLH Yes No No Yes Yes Xbox Live connectivity disabled , same goes for DLC . When you open the "Demo tab" to see the included trailers and go back to the game menu, RLH will crash back to the dashboard.
RoadKill Yes Yes No Yes Yes Xbox Live connectivity disabled.
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Robotech: Battlecry Yes Yes No Yes No
Rocky Yes No Unknown Yes Yes
Rocky Legends Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Rogue Ops Yes No Yes Yes No
Rogue Trooper Yes Yes No Yes Unknown
Rugby 2006 Yes Yes No Yes No Shadowing causes all players in shade to become solid black. Some sound stuttering when loading.
RugbyLeague 2 Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Samurai Jack No No No Yes Unknown
Samurai Warriors /
Sengoku Musou Yes No Yes Yes No Walls and bridges do not appear in multiplayer mode. Cutscenes are in higher contrast and brightness but run fine.
Scarface: The World is Yours Yes Yes No Yes Yes Low framerate. Run in 1080i for best results. pal vga narrow aspect in 1280 res.
Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights Yes No No Yes No
Scrapland Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Sega GT 2002 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Version of game bundled with JSRF suffers from reduced framerate, and some textures flashing black or transparent for a single frame.
Sega GT Online Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes During one particular race there is an awful framerate. May also corrupt save files.
Sega Soccer Slam Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Serious Sam Yes No No Yes No
Shadow the Hedgehog Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Intro and CGI cutscenes will lag after starting. Some sound effects are muffled. Small frame-rate issues when large amounts of gunfire and enemies are on screen. Freezes occasionally during cutscenes and gameplay.
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury Yes No No Yes No
Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Shark Tale Yes No No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Shattered Union Yes Yes Unknown Yes No Sometimes tanks and buildings will start glitching and it looks like it is made of spikes.
ShellShock: Nam '67 Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Shenmue II Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Changing the game's 'Filter' to a different color does not work and causes a brief pause. Sound issues with advanced scart leads and VGA cable. Arcade games (i.e.: Outrun, Space Harrier) have noticeable glitches in the textures and the classic games do not work in PAL60 mode. Sometimes, geometry will not get rendered leading to creepy artifacts, such as headless people. Slowdown increases in certain areas, most notably the Dimsum Qr.
Shincho Mahjong No No Yes Yes Unknown
Shrek 2 Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Shrek: Super Party Yes Yes Unknown Yes Unknown
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling Yes No No Yes No
Sid Meier's Pirates! Yes No No Yes Yes
Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams Yes No Yes Yes No Has an issue where the light from the flashlight shines behind the character as well as in front. Textures can frequently load in wrong areas (such as door textures on the floor) or not load at all displaying only gray space. This includes the "picture" views. Later levels lose music and sound effects audio. Many "game over" events render the game unplayable, as game will not reboot once it has been shut off. One method to avoid corrupted saves is to only save to the first slot, and rewrite it on every save. Never save in more than one slot.
Silent Hill 4: The Room Yes No Yes Yes No Slight skipping occurs during full motion videos. Black lines appear in facial areas.
The Simpsons Hit & Run Yes No Yes Yes Yes
The Simpsons Road Rage Yes Yes No Yes No Much of the voice over is missing.
The Sims 2 Yes (Moldovan) No Yes Yes Lags heavily on load game menu, save game menu runs fine. Game is Widescreen but not completely.
Smashing Drive No No No Yes Unknown
Sneakers /
Nezmix No No Yes Yes Unknown
Sniper Elite Yes Yes No Yes Yes Game freezes at the briefing screen before loading if using any resolution other than 480i and 4:3 mode.
Sonic Heroes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Text is not sharp and has some graphical errors on it (lines under or through letters). The stage title screens have lines through them. All movies run at around 15 frames per second but is in sync with the audio. On the opening movie the song has to repeat sections in order to stay in sync. During gameplay button prompts are not sharp. On the title screen the logo still has aliasing issues.
Sonic Mega Collection Plus Yes Yes Yes Yes No Sound glitches in PAL version when playing Sonic the Hedgehog, may occur in other games.
Sonic Riders Yes No Yes Yes No Cinematics have gray cylinder guides under characters, metal city level has loading problems as you can see the stage progress as you go.
Soul Calibur II Yes Yes Yes Yes No Framerate sometimes dips when fighter is airborne, especially when fighting in the Library arena. 720p native, but runs in 4:3 window.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Spawn: Armageddon Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Speed Kings Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Spider-Man Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Spider-Man 2 Yes No Yes Yes No Slowdown occurs in a few missions near the end of the game. Building geometry appears improperly aligned on rare occasions.
Ultimate Spider-Man Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown Some coloured textures over surfaces, particularly walls and floors, are sometimes only partly coloured. Mostly this is only because of lighting effects, such as shadows. Sometimes this also happens with background objects. the coloured areas on textures move when the camera moves.
Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball Yes No No Yes No
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Yes No No Yes No All videos would mute occasionally. Colors will sometimes distort.
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! Yes No No Yes No Subtitles included on everything in the game in a number of copies when played.
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Yes No No Yes Yes Sometimes, trailers echo.
Spy vs Spy No No Unknown No Unknown
Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run No No No Yes Unknown
Spy Hunter 2 Yes No No Yes No
Spyro: A Hero's Tail Yes Yes No Yes Yes May freeze in the middle of gameplay. When attempting to save game from pause menu, screen goes black.
SSX 3 Yes No Yes Yes No
Stake: Fortune Fighters Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
Starsky and Hutch No No Unknown Yes Yes
Star Trek: Shattered Universe Yes No No Yes No Game plays flawlessly if Xbox 360 is using a standard definition non-widescreen display mode. Major graphical glitches make game unplayable if console is set to high definition or wide display.
Star Wars: Battlefront(may not work) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes May freeze unexpectedly in main menu; no save icon for the 360 dashboard. Minor graphical glitches inside the ice caves of the Rhen Var: Harbor map(e.g. flickering ice textures); a similar error also occurs for the water texture on maps.
Star Wars: Battlefront II Yes Yes No Yes Yes Cheat codes may or may not work. Slight delays in between menu selections. Holding down any button in a hosted multiplayer match will result in moving slowly to the right, causing aiming and shooting to require moving to the left to stay centered.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Yes Yes No Yes No
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Yes No No Yes No Multiplayer does not work. May experience lags and freezing during gameplay.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Yes No Unknown Yes No First bonus mission impossible to complete, always a "disk error" message. Severe slowdown on main menu "transition" animations.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Yes Yes No Yes Yes Sound may sometimes become very quiet until the Xbox is reset; often experiences heavy lag during combat and short lag bursts out of combat. May also experience freezing during gameplay not associated with cutscenes. Sound may cut in and out during dialog. Enable Widescreen by setting resolution to 480p within Xbox 360 Dashboard.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Yes Yes No Yes Yes Random crackling sound, music will occasionally stop playing before starting again and then stopping again, music will not play at main menu, also framerate drops fairly low during combat. Enable Widescreen by setting resolution to 480p within Xbox 360 Dashboard.
Star Wars: Republic Commando Yes No Yes Yes Yes Sound may sometimes become very quiet; many textures bug out and appear as a multicolored metallic texture instead.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Yes Yes No Yes No Although this game is not listed on the official backwards compatible list, the single game version (the one without Tetris) is playable on U.S. Xbox 360s. The Tetris Worlds combined disc does not work with "Xenon", "Zephyr" and "Opus" motherboards Xbox 360 models. Also, split-screen play is extremely difficult to play due to graphical glitches for 2nd-4th players.
State of Emergency Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some sound and graphical glitches. Some levels in Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike cause some minor slowdown when the camera captures a player in high altitude.
Street Racing Syndicate Yes No No Yes Unknown Some sound glitches, mainly engine noises. Videos of the SRS girls may stutter, although this is uncommon. Game can freeze when crashing at very high speeds into sharp angles (such as the edge of a building or corner).
Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse" Yes No No Yes No
The Suffering Yes No No Yes Yes
Super Bubble Pop Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Speech balloons in cutscenes are delayed by several seconds relative to the action. A very brief, non-gamebreaking pause may occur every once in a while in 2 player mode. Issues in 4 player mode. Some graphical issues, such as the water surface not being visible during Monkey Target.
SX Superstar Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
Syberia II Yes Yes Unknown Yes No
Taz: Wanted No No No Yes Unknown
Tecmo Classic Arcade Yes Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Game will not run in high-def mode. According to the console, an error message appears stating that the game has encountered a problem and cannot continue. Switch console to 480p mode to play.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Yes Unknown No Yes No
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee Unknown Unknown No Yes Unknown
Tenerezza No No Yes No Unknown
The Terminator: Dawn of Fate Yes Unknown No Yes Yes For NTSC version of the game: Framerate drops dramatically in many areas. Many times ingame audio dialogue will not play at all. Numerous graphical glitches throughout the game. In other regions work better.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
Test Drive Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Yes
Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Yes Unknown No Yes Yes Custom soundtrack features are disabled.
Tetris Worlds Yes Unknown Yes Yes No Star Wars: The Clone Wars combined disc does not work with "Xenon", "Zephyr" and "Opus" motherboards Xbox 360 models.
Tetsuya Nakajima's Othello Seminar No No Yes No Unknown
Thief: Deadly Shadows Yes No No Yes No Particle effects (torch-light, smoke, portholes, treasure, etc.) can be seen through all objects. Shadows are unstable in some places, as they appear to suddenly shift if the camera is moved.
The Thing Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Thrillville No No No Yes No
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 Yes No No Yes Unknown The Globe on course selections is at times blurry, overall gameplay unaffected.
Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Yes No Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder Yes Yes Yes Yes No Not compatible with VGA HD video cable.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Yes No No Yes No
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike Yes No No Yes No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Yes No Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow Yes No Yes Yes No Lots of slowdown when playing the campaign. Unplayable in most areas. Not compatible with VGA HD video cable.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Yes Yes Yes Yes No the game will slowdown sometimes on your 360, DLC are supported
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Noticeable framerate issues during certain levels. Some special sound effects are gone, DLC are supported.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Some SC-2Ok details and some effects are missing. Slight framerate issues with gameplay. Some sound effects are gone. i.e. sounds and voices are no longer muffled by doors and thick walls.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Yes Yes Yes Yes No DLC are supported
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Yes No Yes Yes No Number of Glitches. Sometimes certain parts of the skater will disappear. Sometimes certain things will not work right in the game like they are supposed to, like doors opening to other areas and locations etc.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2X No No No Yes No
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Yes Yes No Yes No Console must be set to 480p/standard def mode. 720p and 1080i only displays Xbox loading screen with game sounds. VGA output works fine as well at various resolutions.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Glitchy Graphics, Frequent Framerate Problems
Tony Hawk's Underground Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Skater occasionally has trouble getting off their board. Loading screens missing entirely.Custom soundtracks ingame are disabled.
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Walking into objects occasionally initiates knockback. Can occasionally go to a lower framerate at random.
Torino 2006 Yes No No Yes No
Tork: Prehistoric Punk No No No Yes No
Toxic Grind No No No Yes Unknown
TransWorld Surf: Next Wave Unknown Unknown No Yes Yes
Trigger Man No No No Yes No
Trivial Pursuit Unhinged No No No Yes No
True Crime: Streets of LA Yes No Yes Yes Yes Frame rate lags while driving. Frame drops or frame skips while shooting.
Turok: Evolution Yes No Unknown Yes No Slows down at times, graphics flicker sometimes.
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan Yes Unknown No Yes Yes
Ultimate Spider-Man Yes No No Yes No
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
Ultra Bust-a-Move / Ultra Puzzle Bobble Yes Unknown Yes Yes No
Unreal Championship Unknown Unknown Unknown No No
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict Yes Yes No Yes Yes DLC are supported in PAL version
Urban Freestyle Soccer Yes No No Yes Unknown
The Urbz: Sims in the City Yes Yes No Yes Yes Minor game freezes (black screen) requiring a console reboot.
Van Helsing Yes No Unknown Yes No
Vexx Yes No No Yes No When booting the white Xbox screen flickers for a few seconds. All trailers in the Extras section stutter and pause occasionally.
Vietcong: Purple Haze Yes Yes No Yes No
Volvo: Drive for Life No No No Yes Yes
WarPath No No No Yes No Virtually unplayable
Wakeboarding Unleashed: Featuring Sean Murray Yes No Yes Yes Unknown
Whacked! No No Yes Yes No
WinBack 2: Project Poseidon Yes Unknown No Yes No
World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 Unknown Unknown No Yes No
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 Yes Unknown No Yes No
Without Warning Yes Unknown No Yes Unknown
World Series Baseball 2K3 No No No Yes Unknown
World Championship Pool 2004 No Unknown Unknown No Unknown
Worms 3D Yes Unknown Unknown Yes No
Worms 4: Mayhem Yes Unknown No Yes No
Worms Forts: Under Siege Yes Yes No Yes No
Wrath Unleashed Yes Yes No Yes Yes Custom soundtrack features are disabled, loadings are quicker.
Title PAL (EU, AU, NZ) NTSC (JP) NTSC (NA) Widescreen Glitches/Notes
50Hz 60Hz
WWF Raw Yes No Yes No No
WWE Raw 2 Yes No No Yes No Custom soundtrack features are disabled.
X-Men Legends Yes No Yes No Unknown Update is available but will not work, there may be a patch missing in update.
X2: Wolverine's Revenge Yes Unknown Yes Yes No
XIII Yes No Yes Yes No Game freezes (black screen) Every time disk is started, requires console reboot.
Xiaolin Showdown Yes No No Yes Unknown
Yourself!Fitness No No No Yes Yes
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny Yes Yes No Yes No
Yukari Umesawa's Igo Seminar No No Yes No Unknown
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket Yes Unknown No Yes No
Zathura Yes Unknown Unknown Yes Unknown

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