Xbox 360 Backwards Compatible!

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Topic started: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:26
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Joined 3 Sep 1999
2088 comments
Tue, 17 May 2005 12:26
Knee. Jerk. Reaction.
richardjamesparker
Joined 16 Apr 2004
7 comments
Tue, 17 May 2005 12:34
The smaller PSTwo uses emulation to play PS1 games and not embedded hardware. Not sure about PS3....

As regards xbox backwards compatibility I'd like to know if I could play a live enabled game on xbox 360 vs. someone on xbox. Or will I have to kepp the xbox for Halo 2.

I wonder if Microsoft will release a list of games that are backwardly compatibile.
SPInGSPOnG
Joined 24 Jan 2004
1149 comments
Tue, 17 May 2005 12:38
richardjamesparker wrote:
The smaller PSTwo uses emulation to play PS1 games and not embedded hardware. Not sure about PS3...


Dude, are you sure about that? Because if the PSTwo can software emulate a PS1, there's no reason why the PS2 couldn't... so then it would have. If you get my drift.
richardjamesparker
Joined 16 Apr 2004
7 comments
Tue, 17 May 2005 12:43
I have this quote form Kutaragi from somewhere:

"PSone runs on the PlayStation 2 through emulation rather than actual hardware. PlayStation 3 will offer the same compatibility for PS2 software and the format will continue forever," he explained.

My understanding is the original PS2 did use hardware to play PS1 games but when they redesigned the PS2 they introduced emulation as a cost cutting exercise.

I don't know if anyone else can confirm....
tyrion
Joined 14 Oct 1999
1786 comments
Tue, 17 May 2005 12:51
richardjamesparker wrote:
My understanding is the original PS2 did use hardware to play PS1 games but when they redesigned the PS2 they introduced emulation as a cost cutting exercise.

I don't know if anyone else can confirm....

The PS2 USB/Firewire controller was a PS1 CPU. Don't know about the PSTwo, it has USB but no firewire, so a different controller may have been used.
TwoADay
Joined 17 May 2005
215 comments
Tue, 17 May 2005 17:24
The cavat is likely there so that the older games, that don't support HD resolution or stereo sound, aren't supported. Xbox 360 is supposed to be "HD all the time" or however they said it.

So all you kids wanting to play Nightcaster, Azurik, and Bloodwake will be crying.

D'oh, that means no original Halo....

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