Xbox One Backward Compatibility List - It's here

[dipsylalapo Supervisor]

 

Xbox One Backward Compability List

Content Title	Content Type	Publisher
A Kingdom for Keflings	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
A World of Keflings	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Alien Hominid HD	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Assassin’s Creed II	Xbox One Game	Ubisoft
Asteroids & Deluxe	Arcade	Atari
Banjo Kazooie: N n B	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Banjo-Kazooie	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Banjo-Tooie	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
BattleBlock Theater	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Bejeweled 2	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Bellator: MMA Onslaught	Arcade	345 Games
Beyond Good & Evil HD	Arcade	Ubisoft
Blood of the Werewolf	Arcade	Midnight City
BloodRayne: Betrayal	Arcade	Majesco Entertainment
Borderlands	Xbox One Game	2K Games
Call of Juarez Gunslinger	Arcade	Ubisoft
Castle Crashers	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Castlestorm	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Centipede & Millipede	Arcade	Atari
Condemned	Xbox One Game	Sega
Crazy Taxi	Arcade	Sega
Deadliest Warrior: Legends	Arcade	345 Games / Spike Games
Defense Grid	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
DiRT 3	Xbox One Game	Codemasters
DiRT Showdown	Xbox One Game	Codemasters
Discs of Tron	Arcade	Disney Interactive Studios
Doom	Arcade	Bethesda Softworks
Doom II	Arcade	Bethesda Softworks
Dungeon Siege III	Xbox One Game	Square Enix
Earthworm Jim HD	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Fable II	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Fallout 3	Xbox One Game	Bethesda Softworks
Feeding Frenzy 2	Arcade	PopCap
Gears of War	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Gears of War 2	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Gears of War 3	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Gears of War: Judgment	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Golden Axe	Arcade	Sega
Halo: Spartan Assault	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Hardwood Backgammon	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Hardwood Hearts	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Hardwood Spades	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Heavy Weapon	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Hexic HD	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Ikaruga	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Jetpac Refuelled	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Joy Ride Turbo	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Just Cause 2	Xbox One Game	Square Enix
Kameo	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game	Xbox One Game	Disney Interactive Studios
LEGO Star Wars: TCS	Xbox One Game	Disney Interactive Studios
Lode Runner	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
LUMINES LIVE!	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Mass Effect	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Metal Slug 3	Arcade	SNK PLAYMORE
Metal Slug XX	Arcade	SNK PLAYMORE
Might & Magic Clash of Heroes	Arcade	Ubisoft
Mirror’s Edge	Xbox One Game	Electronic Arts
Missile Command	Arcade	Atari
Monday Night Combat	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Monkey Island 2: SE	Arcade	Disney Interactive Studios
Monkey Island: SE	Arcade	Disney Interactive Studios
Ms. Splosion Man	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Mutant Blobs Attack	Arcade	Midnight City
N+	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
NBA JAM: On Fire Edition	Arcade	Electronic Arts
NiGHTS into dreams…	Arcade	Sega
OF: Dragon Rising	Xbox One Game	Codemasters
Pac-Man C.E.	Arcade	Bandai Namco
PAC-MAN CE DX+	Arcade	Bandai Namco
Perfect Dark	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Perfect Dark Zero	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds	Arcade	Mages.
Pinball FX	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Plants vs. Zombies	Arcade	PopCap
Prince of Persia	Arcade	Ubisoft
Putty Squad	Arcade	System 3 Software Ltd
R-Type Dimensions	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Rayman 3 HD	Arcade	Ubisoft
Sacred Citadel	Arcade	Deep Silver
Sega Vintage Collection: Alex Kidd & Co.	Arcade	Sega
Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe	Arcade	Sega
Sega Vintage Collection: Monster World	Arcade	Sega
Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage	Arcade	Sega
Shadow Complex	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Sonic CD	Arcade	Sega
Sonic The Hedgehog	Arcade	Sega
Sonic The Hedgehog 2	Arcade	Sega
Sonic The Hedgehog 3	Arcade	Sega
Super Meat Boy	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Supreme Commander 2	Xbox One Game	Square Enix
The Stick of Truth	Xbox One Game	Ubisoft
Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix Vegas	Xbox One Game	Ubisoft
Tom Clancy’s RainbowSix Vegas2	Xbox One Game	Ubisoft
Torchlight	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Toy Soldiers	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Toy Soldiers: Cold War	Arcade	Microsoft Studios
Tron: Evolution	Xbox One Game	Disney Interactive Studios
Ugly Americans: Apocalypsegeddon	Arcade	345 Games / Comedy Central
Viva Piñata	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Viva Piñata: TIP	Xbox One Game	Microsoft Studios
Wolfenstein 3D	Arcade	Bethesda Softworks
Zuma	Arcade	Microsoft Studios

104 titles in total but big omissions with no Skyrim or Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar and Bethesda need to sort themselves out  

[the better twin]

Mostly arcade titles; pretty lame.

[Jub]

Noooo! I was hoping to get one this year for RDR!

[DConnell Member]

I'm shocked to say that there's a title or two on the list that I actually own!

[George P Global Moderator]

It's not a bad start really, specially when the only thing limiting this is either time or some 3rd party publishers who don't want their games added for some reason. No surprise here that the majority of the list is made up of Microsoft published games.

[Hedon]

Anyone find it odd that it says content type is Xbox One Game? I have 28 of those titles.

[dipsylalapo Supervisor]

Anyone find it odd that it says content type is Xbox One Game?

I did think that at first but can kind of see what they did it. The way that the games are played with a large portion being downloaded locally it makes sense to call them Xbox One games...I think

[HawkMan]

Anyone find it odd that it says content type is Xbox One Game? I have 28 of those titles.

I believe it's because technically they are. the emulator is packaged separately and fully with each title. so each title is a self contained Xbox one executable emulator running the game. 

[George P Global Moderator]

The key to this is how quick they keep adding to this list and if people voting really has any effect.

[Hedon]

More coming in December, so that is good, including Black Ops.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Mostly arcade titles; pretty lame.

Agreed, and the retail ones are very old. I think GoW3 is the most recent title on the list (2011).

[Hedon]

Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

[George P Global Moderator]

Of course the list is going to have mostly old titles, no publisher is going to put up games that could still be selling for them, heck don't expect to see anything that's in the process of getting or already has a HD remake since they're much more interested in selling you that again then just letting you play the original on the new system. 

[+InsaneNutter MVC]

Heavy Weapon  that arcade game is so simple, yet so much fun playing with 4 people crowded around the Xbox.

Very happy to see that on the list.

[President Devil]

It's not a bad start really, specially when the only thing limiting this is either time or some 3rd party publishers who don't want their games added for some reason. No surprise here that the majority of the list is made up of Microsoft published games.

Perhaps those third parties don't want MS tinkering with their source code. I've seen it mentioned somewhere that this isn't emulation. MS recompiles the game executables of those games to make them run on the One and no doubt they change things if performance is insufficient.

[President Devil]

 

I believe it's because technically they are. the emulator is packaged separately and fully with each title. so each title is a self contained Xbox one executable emulator running the game. 

Not entirely true, it's a Virtual Machine which is completely x86 converted (HyperV doesn't support PowerPC operating systems). It's not emulation in the sense that we know it but it is backwards compatibility.

[George P Global Moderator]

Perhaps those third parties don't want MS tinkering with their source code. I've seen it mentioned somewhere that this isn't emulation. MS recompiles the game exécutables of those games to make them run on the One and doubt they change things if performance is insufficient.

I don't think it's tinkering with code itself, more of a automated process that recompiled and repackages the game. If MS had to mess with and "patch" games then we'd be talking about the old Xbox 360 form of BC for original Xbox  games. That's what they had to do back then but they've said any game works without needing to patch it etc. What I think they are "patching" in this game is the Xbox 360 OS that is packaged with the games but not the games themselves.

I really think it's two things, time, some games might need more testing and VM tweaking than others. Second is just a matter of business, if the 3rd party plans to make a HD version and get you to buy it over playing the original, this is why MS lets us vote, they figure with enough pressure from the fans the 3rd parties will give in and add their games.

[President Devil]

I don't think it's tinkering with code itself, more of a automated process that recompiled and repackages the game. If MS had to mess with and "patch" games then we'd be talking about the old Xbox 360 form of BC for original Xbox  games. That's what they had to do back then but they've said any game works without needing to patch it etc. What I think they are "patching" in this game is the Xbox 360 OS that is packaged with the games but not the games themselves.

I really think it's two things, time, some games might need more testing and VM tweaking than others. Second is just a matter of business, if the 3rd party plans to make a HD version and get you to buy it over playing the original, this is why MS lets us vote, they figure with enough pressure from the fans the 3rd parties will give in and add their games.

I think it's the same thing like it was back then because the One simply can't completely emulate an Xbox 360 at full speed. Converting the games to native is the best option.

My friend who's in the preview program already mentioned BC titles getting updates and performing better afterwards. Yes, the OS and other parts of Virtual Machine could have been patched as well, but in this scenario, the game itself is the more likely cause of poor performance, especially with the architectural differences between the 360 and the One.

Of course, marketing could be a part of withholding certain games for remasters, I'm not surprised with this gen becoming such a last gen milkmachine.

[123456789A]

It's a good start, but there's more on the way. Hopefully they'll add a certain amount of games each month.

[HawkMan]

Not entirely true, it's a Virtual Machine which is completely x86 converted (HyperV doesn't support PowerPC operating systems). It's not emulation in the sense that we know it but it is backwards compatibility.

Ummm no. they are emulating the original xbox one as well. sure it may be in a virtual machine but it's still being emulated as it's emulating the power5 architecture of the original xbox. and running the original game files and executables. and well. there's no power5 hardware in the Xbox one cpu

[President Devil]

 

Ummm no. they are emulating the original xbox one as well. sure it may be in a virtual machine but it's still being emulated as it's emulating the power5 architecture of the original xbox. and running the original game files and executables. and well. there's no power5 hardware in the Xbox one cpu

I don't know what you're talking about. The original Xbox is an x86 machine and thus far those games aren't on the One.

[HawkMan]

I don't know what you're talking about. The original Xbox is an x86 machine and thus far those games aren't on the One.

uh, yes, exactly, the backwards compatible games are 360 games, which are power5, which run in an embedded emulator...

[President Devil]

 

uh, yes, exactly, the backwards compatible games are 360 games, which are power5, which run in an embedded emulator...

That's only the CPU part that can easily be done with an interpreter. Since the original game files are modified to run on the Xbox One, this isn't emulation, end of.

[HawkMan]

That's only the CPU part that can easily be done with an interpreter. Since the original game files are modified to run on the Xbox One, this isn't emulation, end of.

No. the 360 games are NOT modified at all to run on the xbox one. that's the thing, and that's why all xbox 360 games can easily be run on the One, because of emulation. heck MS themselves specifically states that it IS an emulator. and it IS packaged with every game(the emulator is around 600meg, or was in it's original form, making a lot of the smalle rgames significantly larger) And no you can't just run power5 code in an x86 cpu through an interpreter either. 

In the Xbox 360 backwards compatibility however it works like you describe and think it does on the One. The game executable where modified and re-compiled for Power5 and for the 360 from the original x86 in the original Xbox. And this is why very few games where ever added to the BX on the 360. 

[HawkMan]

Just in case you're still going to argue it

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Here-How-Xbox-One-Backwards-Compatibility-Works-72606.html

The approach that we've taken is to actually emulate the full Xbox 360 hardware layer. So the [operating system] for the 360 is actually running when you run the game, [...] If you watch the game's boot you'll see the Xbox 360 boot animation come up. From a performance standpoint it allows [emulation] to work. We're able to get frame by frame performance equivalents.

 

The 360 games think they're running on the 360 OS, which they are. And the 360 OS thinks its running on the hardware, which it's not, it's running on an emulated VM. On the other side, the Xbox One thinks it's a game. That's why things like streaming, game DVR, and screenshots all work, because it thinks there's just one big game called 360.