Although we test all games before adding them to the compatibility list, inevitably some problems slip through undetected. Here are issues we have been made aware of and workarounds, if any are known. We continue to work hard not only to increase the number of games that are compatible, but also to improve the compatibility of games already on the list. Thank you for your patience.
2006 FIFA World Cup™
Text on menu options and buttons will sometimes be replaced by text from a similar object on the same screen.
25 to Life™
Random crashes sometimes occur when starting an online game.
Amped® 2
Flickering geometry on some levels. Occasionally a sound effect plays repeatedly.
APEX™
There is missing audio dialogue in the dream mode cutscene.
Arena Football™
Minor audio static is heard during gameplay.
Armed and Dangerous™
There is some audio and video choppiness during the opening cutscene. Voice audio does not play during game cinematics after the first level.
Baldur's Gate™: Dark Alliance™
There is a 30-40fps (frames per second) drop in performance during combat scenes in the second zone.
Barbie™ Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue™
In split-screen, only the top half of the screen is drawn correctly.
Bass Pro Shop Trophy Hunter 2007
The aiming reticule is surrounded by a box. The snowmobile suffers from a partial lack of collision.
Blade II
When reaching a save game point, there is a slight game pause.
Blinx™: The Time Sweeper™
Game runs consistently at a slightly lower frame rate than normal.
Blinx® 2: Masters of Time & Space
There are consistent performance problems.
Blood Omen 2
During cutscenes, characters may randomly spin around in a different direction. Graphic effects do not display correctly when receiving a new ability.
BloodRayne™ 2
There is a noticeable loss in framerate after reloading the checkpoint.
Breakdown™
Light sources show through walls, and system occasionally hangs during gameplay.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer™
The opening logos and cinematic do not display properly.
Burnout™
Performance drops on "USA Marathon" track.
Burnout™ 2
Attract mode boots back instantly to the Press Start screen. There is a performance slowdown in split-screen races, and on tracks containing snow and rain effects.
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth™
A green dot appears and remains on the screen while walking down the last set of stairs on the Prologue stage.
Call of Duty® 2: Big Red One
Dots representing the enemy do not appear on the HUD in multiplayer.
Cars
Pixel color alternation (Z-fighting) occurs during the cut scenes.
Colin McRae Rally 2005™
There is some texture flickering in the background image on the main menu. Graphic artifacts appear on text on screen before the start of a race. There is a minor performance drop in single-player and multiplayer races.
Conker™: Live and Reloaded
There are occasional system hangs during gameplay and in local multiplayer. Loading screens do not appear. Dust and smoke effects do not render correctly. The game crashes when entering the Dung Bettle dungeon.
Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers™
This game was supposed to be on the list but is not.
Counter-Strike™
Single-player-mode-only performance drop in high-bot matches when playing in VGA/HD video mode.
Crash Nitro Kart™
Single-player is fine, but multiplayer games do not work.
Crime Life Gang Wars
Random cutscenes display a static image while audio plays normally. There is an occasional crash during the loading screen.
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics™
After the opening logos, a dirty disc error is occasionally displayed.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2™
The sky is corrupted in the Attract Mode. There is also a random performance drop during gameplay.
The Da Vinci Code™
There are some environments that are transparent. There is some skipping during the cut scenes.
Dead or Alive® Ultimate™
A random crash may occur before starting the opening movie.
Dead to Rights®
Flickering during third helicopter fight on mission #6.
Temporary performance drops on stage #7.
Demon Stone™
In Chapter 4, there is a texture dropout in the cutscene. In Chapters 4 and 5, the unlockable concept art videos do not play. There is a small vertical dotted line distortion on the right side of the heads-up display.
Destroy All Humans!™
The weapon sounds cut out during periods of high activity.
DreamWorks' Shark Tale™
In-game cinematics are choppy when running at 480p.
Drive to Survive
Taunting causes a short pause in gameplay.
Digimon® Rumble Arena® 2
(Japanese version): Save data title is shown in English "Digimon Rumble Arena 2".
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind®
The load game screenshot fails to render correctly.
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind®, Platinum Edition
Performance drops significantly in the very last dungeon in the game.
ESPN College Hoops 2K4
A huge performance drop occurs in Xbox LIVE® matches.
ESPN College Hoops 2K5
During the intro video, there is some choppiness.
ESPN Major League Baseball
The controller sometimes fails to vibrate when pitching outside the strike zone during an Xbox LIVE match. The logos on the player uniforms sometimes flicker during an Xbox LIVE match.
Occasional choppy animations during Xbox LIVE matches when video mode is set to 1080i.
ESPN NHL 2K5
There are texture issues throughout the gameplay and gameplay splash screens.
Evil Dead Regeneration
Some in-game light sources engulf large portions of the screen. There is some random crashing.
Ex-Chaser
Graphics for Y button do not display correctly in Controller Settings.
Fable® and Fable®: The Lost Chapters™
There is an occasional audio "scratch" or static popping sound.
Fantastic Four
There is a random crash during the first full-motion video.
Far Cry Instincts™
During three-person split-screen, there is graphic distortion and loss of control. There are jagged horizontal lines in the attract mode on 480p/720p. Frame rate drops during the second mission, and there are visible texture seams while riding the zipline in the mines. When using a melee attack after transformation, the knife audio effect plays. The checkpoints do not save when running in PAL-50.
Fatal Frame™
Missing video during a ghost introduction cutscene in the mansion.
FIFA Soccer 07
The frame rate drops on the opening video, and the in-game cut scenes are blurry.
Final Fight Streetwise™
There is minor flickering in the cinematics. Audio and video are not synced in the cutscenes. There is a performance slowdown during gameplay when there is a significant number of objects on screen, and the floor texture is missing in the Pier 15 area of Chapter 3.
Freaky Flyers
The frame rate occasionally drops during the game.
Full Spectrum Warrior™: Ten Hammers
There is some improper aliasing on player models and environment.
Grabbed by the Ghoulies™
Video output is too narrow on VGA with 1280x1024 resolution. This can be remedied by selecting a different output resolution.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
The intro has some chugging.
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd
During system link and online gameplay, players may be randomly teleported.
The Guy Game
There is audio choppiness in videos under the bonus unlockables, and on the extra videos at the end of an episode.
Half-Life® 2
As of the most recent system update, Half-Life 2 no longer plays on PAL-60 televisions with composite cabling. This problem does not affect other video cabling options such as component, nor does it affect PAL-50.
Screen corruption in attract mode after console has been idle for a long period of time.
Halo® 2
You may occasionally observe "ghost" images displayed on the screen. To work around this, return to the Dashboard and restart the game. Additionally, there are performance problems when playing on the Backwash map.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™
No graphics on certain objects. There is a frames-per-second issue.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™
An occasional hard lock occurs when switching to cut scenes. Occasionally, enemies will become stuck in a loop or just stuck to the environment.
Indiana Jones™ and the Emperor's Tomb™
Some sound effects are out of sync, and there is a random crash on the last level.
I-Ninja™
The frame rate drops in World 3 Central map.
JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future
There is graphic flickering in the main menu.
Justice League Heroes
Text still appears when scrolling through the upgrade menu screen. There are performance drops duing game play. There are some texture issues.
King Arthur
Minor video stuttering occurs during the actual movie videos.
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders™
Game hangs when selecting "Create Match" after editing a party.
Leisure Suit Larry™: Magna Cum Laude
Incorrect textures are loaded as the player progresses.
Links® 2004
System hangs occasionally when transitioning between players on an Xbox LIVE game.
The Lord of the Rings™: The Third Age™
Various glow effects over-illuminate the screen, and light source misrepresents shadows.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
There is some severe artifacting on character sprites.
MLB SlugFest 20-03
All resolutions above 480i / 480p show no video. There is text corruption throughout the game in the menu, gameplay, pause, and other screens.
Mercenaries™
The thumbnail map does not render. There are random system hangs preventing progress that occur during the China campaign.
Mortal Kombat®: Armageddon™
The Press Start screen has severe flickering.
Mortal Kombat® Deception™
There is flickering on the title screen.
MotoGP 2
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™
The loading progress bar is missing.
Myst III: Exile
It's difficult to see information in the book.
MX Unleashed™
The shadows flicker when leaving the starting gate. Loading screens have a silver box behind the text. Distant trees flicker in and out on the Montauk Plains Freestyle stage.
MX vs. ATV Unleashed
When entering or leaving a race, graphics are polarized. There is object rendering difficulty on the horizon during a waypoint race. Shadows flicker in the THQ SX championship on the Tuscon track.
NASCAR Thunder™ 2002
There is audio static throughout the game, and the performance drops when the rear view mirror is enabled.
NASCAR Thunder 2003
There is audio static throughout the game, the audio effects are loud when in the in-car view, and there is some flickering in the Pause menu.
NBA STREET V3
There is audio stuttering in the introductory video.
NCAA® Football 06
There is some audio static in game play.
NCAA® March Madness 06
Performance problems occur during the intro video, there is some audio stutter during the game setup, and minor audio static occurs during gameplay.
NCAA March Madness™ 2005
Video stutters during the introductory video.
NHL® 2005
Audio and video are out of sync in the introductory cinematic.
NHL 2K3
When launching a Quick Game, there is a random crash at the loading screen. During System Link games, there are performance drops and random de-syncing between consoles. There are minor performance drops during gameplay, and after a goal is scored, an audio squeal can be heard.
NHL Hitz Pro
During faceoffs and replays, there is minor flickering on the players.
NightCaster
Audio dialogue ends early during the gameplay, and there is a minor performance drop during the opening and closing of the spellbook.
Ninja Gaiden®
The unlockable NES arcade games cannot be played.
Ninja Gaiden BLACK
The unlockable NES arcade games cannot be played.
This game renders at a slightly reduced speed on PAL-50 televisions. It runs properly under PAL-60.
NTRA Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships
Video in the Start menu skips.
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
The frame rate drops during in-game cinematics, and the sound effects sound very distant.
Open Season™
The camera is jittery when running uphill on the Beaver Damage Stage.
Outlaw Golf: 9 More Holes of X-Mas
Frame rate drops during gameplay.
Outlaw Volleyball
Flickering background graphics occur during a match.
OutRun 2006: Coast to Coast
The loading screen hangs.
OutRun™ 2
Audio loops occasionally get stuck. Graphics do not always stream in time around checkpoints. : Performance drops during game play.
Pac-Man World™ 3
Character motion can be blurry.
Pariah™
There is a minor, but recurring, drop in performance during gameplay. The Loading bar does not display until it is almost full. There is a green line in the pre-game introduction video.
Phantom Dust™
The system occasionally hangs during gameplay.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™
The unlockable mini-games for this title do not play correctly.
Project Gotham Racing®
There is a performance drop on the Tokyo map.
Project Gotham Racing® 2
Cars don't render properly in Car Select and Transmission Select. The car radio does not work in-game. A graphic error occurs when choosing Xbox Demos.
Rapala® Pro Fishing
The compass fails to load in certain levels, and fish can become stuck in the rocks when on the line.
Red Dead Revolver
There is some graphics flicker in HD video mode.
Richard Burns Rally
Game play pauses during Exercise in the Rally School.
RoadKill
Main Menu does not display. Press A to launch single player mode.
Rugby 2006
There is audio stuttering during the gameplay, and players render as a dark silhouette on the right side of the field but only during the first game played.
SEGA GT 2002
This game plays very slowly.
SegaGT™ Online
Performance drops too low on many levels.
Shadow Ops™
Red Mercury: Performance drops with poor frame-per-second rate in gameplay.
Shincho Mahjong
A line-like graphic is displayed near the character's neck.
Sid Meier's Pirates!®
There is occasional choppy animations when sailing on the world map.
Silent Hill® 4: The Room
Visible seams on NPC’s faces during cutscenes.
Sniper Elite
This game hangs at the beginning of the single-player mission.
Soul Calibur® II
The controller vibration does not work.
Spider-Man® 2
Textures flicker during the game.
The SpongeBob Squarepants™ Movie
Certain textures load incorrectly in the game.
SSX 3
This game has minor graphics glitches.
Star Wars Battlefront™
In some cases, system link games can freeze. Live play is not affected.
Star Wars® Jedi Knight®: Jedi Academy™
Single player is fine, but multiplayer and split-screen games do not work.
Star Wars Jedi Starfighter™
There is a minor slowdown during menu selection and transition, and a minor performance problem during cutscenes. Certain items on the HUD randomly become solid instead of transparent.
Star Wars®: The Clone Wars™
Unable to play games on Xbox LIVE. Graphical artifacts appear around text.
Syberia II
Game takes almost a minute to load from the Xbox splash screen. There are graphical issues when moving between screens.
Taz Wanted
The reconnect controller screen is not displayed.
There is a partially mis-textured graphic on World 3, Stage 2: Haunted.
Terminator® 3: Rise of the Machines
There is a minor performance drop during gameplay. The black bars are not positioned properly at 640x480 VGA.
Test Drive
There are minor performance drops and minor texture flickering during gameplay. Character voices are missing during cutscenes from stage 35 until end of game.
Tetris Worlds™
There are two versions of this game. The offline version runs fine, but the Xbox LIVE-enabled version is not compatible. The Xbox LIVE version has an Xbox LIVE orange stripe near the top of the front of the package, just under the Xbox logo.
Tetris Worlds™ Online Edition
No voice is available on Xbox LIVE.
Thrillville™
There is an occasional random crash during gameplay. The Pirate Raiders mini-game sometimes loads without environments. In the Event Horizon mini-game, enemy sprites are missing and are replaced by a white rectangle.
TMNT™ Mutant Melee™
The introductory video stutters.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon™ 2
Night vision doesn't work properly in split-screen multiplayer.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® 2: Summit Strike
In split-screen multiplayer games, the screen is completely black.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon™: Island Thunder™
In-game voice chat is not working.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell® Double Agent™
When accessing Versus Mode, the system occasionally hangs and the video signal is corrupted. Frame rate drops in the second and third missions. The Save File Snapshot Photo is corrupted after saving.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x
There are graphic obstructions in system link.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Client soft locks after the host leaves a system link game.
TransWorld Surf
There are some graphic textures behind waves. There are some severe performance drops in multiplayer mode.
Trivial Pursuit® Unhinged™
Stuttering occurs during the logo animations during at start up on the splash screen. Texture errors on occur on command prompts.
True Crime: Streets of L.A.
When operating the car, a small indistinct screen appears. Graphic defects are displayed around the track name.
Turok: Evolution™
There are flickering textures during gameplay.
Ultimate Spider-Man™
The frame rate drops in the in-game cinematics, and there is random texture flickering on various surfaces.
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
The frame rate drops in the Story Mode character selection screen. There are occasional system hangs during Instant Action games, and after leaving the game while navigating back to the Xbox Dashboard. There are some missing textures on the Eternal map.
The Urbz™: Sims In The City™
Game stutters in the Cozmo Street area. Random hard locks occur while on the loading screen.
Van Helsing™
There is flickering at the top edge of the main menu and mission briefing screens.
Whacked!
Loading screens display incorrectly. On the High Rise level, characters flicker. On the Space Walk level, there is some texture tearing when in combat, after being knocked off the platform.
Winback® 2: Project Poseidon
There are some missing textures when switching to character B.
Without Warning
Gameplay freezes briefly. There is some texture corruption.
Wrath Unleashed™
The 'You are Victorious' audio file may play twice upon the completion of the battle.
The game units "Centaur" and "Centabra" do not display properly on the map. Only the weapons and armor of the models are drawn.
WWF™ RAW™
The game runs very slowly with six characters on screen.
X2 Wolverine's Revenge
The locker cabinets flash when approached.
Character and/or the surrounding environments experience occasional minor texture flickering on later levels.
Yu-Gi-Oh!™ The Dawn of Destiny™
Random crashes and a hardlock will occur during system link play.
Zathura
There is missing audio in the pre-rendered video in the first level.
