intbal
Member
That is likely correct, with the one exception being the Ultimate Spider-Man game that appeared on the original Xbox.
That character is a different continuity from Sony's Spider-Man. The game was published by Marvel and Activision.
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All the legacy Activision games that could come to Xbox BC
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That character is a different continuity from Sony's Spider-Man. The game was published by Marvel and Activision.
Gentle reminder that ‘BC’ means ‘Backwards compatibility’
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
So uh.. that sure is quantity. But really mostly trash tier games
I would try
Chronicles of Riddick
Quake 4
Wolfensteins
… and uh maybe Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. Remember it was a good game
Naked Lunch
Member
Yeah. Listen to this guy. No one ever plays old games ever. He never heard of anyone using it, EVER.
Listen pal, im playing games on my Series X that I purchased way back in 2007 (Castlevania SOTN) - or even older with my 2002 physical copy of Panzer Dragoon Orta.
Can you say the same of the other "Big Two"?
the_master
Member
Wreckless, mace griffin, tony hawks, Riddick, Crash Team Racing, and wipeout?
Great stuff in there!
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
maybe some that's for sure. but not enough for GP to thrive.
The masses want new and big games. That's what GP/Xbox needs.
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
I don't understand how this works. If they paid for the license to make a game. Why is it an issue to make it available on other devices. They paid a fee to make the game. It's not like they are making a new game. If they resell it, is it any different than them reselling to original 360 games? Give the license holder a 50% cut them. Win-Win!!
squarealex
Member
You know your old when people are happy to play 20 years old games.
A lot of games licence an IP for a number of years then when that license expires and it's not renewed it gets delisted from the store. For a subscription service that usually means a different new license too. The IP owner often has control over where their property is distributed.
The 20+ year old PS1 and PS2 games you emulate don’t count?
squarealex
Member
You think PS1 and PS2 games are the most played on the PS4 / PS5 ? The truth is... everyone don't care.
BootsLoader
Banned
Yo bro, listen to me ya? Will ya? Yo, you play that old game, maybe you’re 2 of 2.000.000. Play newer game so you may got some bitches in your d***k. /s
Serious talk (are you kidding me or you are talking seriously).
Are you really playing those games or pretending?
BootsLoader
Banned
Well done on buying a new console and playing games of previous decade on it. So far, there are 3 in 30.000.000 (or how many Xboxes are sold so far).
Bridges
Member
Yup, you're right, we're the only three people that use backwards compatibility. All the extra waves after the initial batch? Those were for us. Oh, and the 4K updates and FPS boosts? Just for us too. MS really cares about the three of us more than anyone else.
You're also right that those are the only games I have played on my Series X. I spent $500 to exclusively play old games. It isn't the case that I've played significantly more modern games than BC titles at all, I haven't touched a single one.
Gimme a break man. This is like if you told me you don't believe that anyone listens to music that came out before 2013. Those games didn't just suddenly become terrible and not worth playing when new hardware came out.
SenkiDala
Member
I care.
intbal
Member
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Activision were terrible with permitting their games to be backwards compatible.
They only allowed 22 games to be on the BC list.
They published more than 200 games on Xbox/Xbox360.
SenkiDala
Member
I never heard anyone not using it. Being a casual surrounded of casuals is cool though, no worries here.
Havoc2049
Member
I'll take a Zork Anthology!
- Zork I: The Great Underground Empire (1980, Infocom)
- Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz (1981, Infocom)
- Zork III: The Dungeon Master (1982, Infocom)
- Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle (1988, Infocom)
- Zork Quest: The Crystal of Doom (1989, Infocom)
- Beyond Zork: The Coconut of Quendor (1987, Infocom)
- Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz (1988, Infocom)
- Return to Zork (1993, Infocom/Activision)
- Zork: Nemesis (1996, Activision)
- Zork: Grand Inquisitor(1997, Activision)
Sleepwalker
Member
MarkMe2525
Member
That is quite the list, it just kept going and going.
Fox Mulder
Member
Who cares.
MS had a big effort into 360 backwards compatibility and stopped after hitting a wall with mostly games remaining being from licensing or technical limitations. Buying Activision will probably get a new batch of games added to it.
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BootsLoader
Banned
Ok man I give you a break.
BootsLoader
Banned
I never heard about someone who heard that someone is using it.
BootsLoader
Banned
I agree, and that is all to it.
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
What a crazy list, when you see it, you realise how much they must have wanted CoD, because outside of licensed stuff there isn't a while lot there.
They of course will have all the Blizzard and King stuff too, and I doubt they're too bothered about old stuff anyway. They'll resurrect a few franchises no doubt and that will be fine.
They of course will have all the Blizzard and King stuff too, and I doubt they're too bothered about old stuff anyway. They'll resurrect a few franchises no doubt and that will be fine.
Naru
Member
Then it's time for "Candy Crush Saga Console Edition" lets gooooo!
JackMcGunns
Member
Below are the ones they have full ownership of:
- Crash Bandicoot
- Spyro the Dragon
- Guitar Hero
- Hexen
- King’s Quest
- Space Quest
- Quest for Glory
- Tenchu
- Pitfall
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater
- Zork
- Call of Duty
- Candy Crush
- StarCraft
- WarCraft
- Diablo
- Gabriel Knight
- Overwatch
- Hearthstone
- Phantasmagoria
- The Lost Vikings
- True Crime
- Interstate 76
- Skylanders
- Prototype
- Blackthorne
- Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
- Crash Bandicoot
- Spyro the Dragon
- Guitar Hero
- Hexen
- King’s Quest
- Space Quest
- Quest for Glory
- Tenchu
- Pitfall
- Tony Hawk Pro Skater
- Zork
- Call of Duty
- Candy Crush
- StarCraft
- WarCraft
- Diablo
- Gabriel Knight
- Overwatch
- Hearthstone
- Phantasmagoria
- The Lost Vikings
- True Crime
- Interstate 76
- Skylanders
- Prototype
- Blackthorne
- Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
PSFan
Member
I have the Flashback Classics for Switch and no, the Activision games were not included, just first party Atari games.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Isnt the Xbox BC program dead already?
P.S Im a weirdo, I really want Tony Hawks Project 8.
P.S Im a weirdo, I really want Tony Hawks Project 8.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Isnt the Xbox BC program dead already?
P.S Im a weirdo, I really want Tony Hawks Project 8.
The program is no longer active, but they did say there could be instances where games are added, just not on a regular cadence like they used to be.
YeulEmeralda
Member
Riddick was pulled from GOG so it's probably in copyright limbo.
intbal
Member
Which version was that? The original release or the Dark Athena remake?
Activision only published the version that was on the Original Xbox. Atari published the newer version on 360 and Windows.