Xbox brings original Xbox backward compatibility to PC

BeeLy10118

Does this mean we could finally get DOA2U-DOA4 on PC? 👀

Cat-thode Ray Tube 💜8

This is so neat. It'd be really nice if I could use my original discs,,, (delusional)

psychbomb8

fuzion frenzy WOW i wouldn't have committed to that xbox boycott had i known that i could be playing the beloved smash hit fuzion frenzy in the year 2026. everyone i know has been demanding a pc port of fuzion frenzy

Rain (TheRayReviewer)7

MOM DAD OG XBOX EMULATION That’s right, OG Xbox emulation only available on Windows 11 via Game Pass!

NightSkye27 🏳️‍⚧️6

Requires Windows 11 ....Might just use Xemu on Steam Deck out of pure spite.

Zalno6

Welp. Guess the rumors were right. Sort of. We'll have to wait until Project Helix gets properly unveiled to see if any of this will bear fruit, but if this results in Rare Replay coming to PC, that might push me into finally upgrading to Windows 11. #blutoid

Victor McKnight6

I'm a bit confused. Does this require a cloud gaming set up? I have Conker for Xbox (the digital version). It still won't let me play it on PC.

Crashy News6

There are 4 Crash games on the original Xbox, 2 on the Xbox 360, and none of them have even come out for the BC program on the Xbox consoles. Do you reckon this will even come to fruition with this announcement?

blueberries johnson5

on everyones souls we're getting ninja gaiden black and the doa games

barleybap103

BIG Xbox news, Microsoft are still ghouls that you shouldn't give money to, and you can buy / softmod an old Xbox for pretty cheap anyway. It's still one of the cheapest retro consoles to collect games for too, if that's your jam.

Scarlet Magus 💀 Horror Vtuber52

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Ami - BUY MY BOOK 🏳️‍⚧️📚💙13

If you get a 4K external blu ray drive with omnidrive you can already have access to your entire disc library

daffodil 🇵🇸 🇱🇧12

I see what you're trying to do Microsoft but it won't work. I hope yall don't fall for this attempt to wash over their genocide complicity and their corporate layoff destruction. Microsoft is an evil company who we do not need to hand it to.

Barry Pierre11

But we already have that. It's called an emulator.

Josh | Still Loading Podcast | 🔜Long Island Retro Gaming Expo8

I wish I could be happier about this. I would normally love this kind of thing. But to announce massive layoffs just a few weeks ago and then try to use nostalgia as a way to bring some good will back their way is just a shitty thing to do.

Woke 2.0 Project Manager5

You can already do this with basically every Xbox game for free and they can't randomly take the games away from you in 5 years

✖Crossbite [GREMLIN SQUAD]4

Depending on how this is implemented, I might be the perfect demographic for this. I have a huge game collection and Xbox is my biggest of the library. If we just get the ACTUAL Xbox exclusives (Otogi, GunValkyrie, etc) this could be huge for game preservation. I'm being hopeful. 🙏🙏🙏

Hellrazor Ramon4

This is not "backwards compatibility" unless you can stick the Xbox disc in your PC and play it. This is a port. Four 25 year old Xbox games have been ported to PC. Woopty doo.

ethers.elixirs 🏳️‍⚧️5

I'll add that you can get a 360 and some used games and support your local game store. You can even buy already modded 360s or send in yours somewhere to be modded.

eggry4

와 구엑박 타이틀 4개가 MS 공식으로 윈도우 PC에서 하위호환으로 제공. 엑스박스 게임이 PC에서 공식적으로 돌아가는 건 처음 있는 일. 단순 당시 구엑박 사양으로 구동만이 아니라 수직동기화, 안티, 텍스쳐 필터링 등 인핸스드도 들어감. MS가 엑박게임 윈도우 구동을 다 준비해 놨다는 게 처음 증명됐군. 프로젝트 헬릭스의 전조라고 봐도 될 듯.

Prof. 92

This is nice but if I can't put the disc in my PC and play, it's not backwards compatibility, it's a rerelease.

Boto, Donkey Kongs Husband5

Good news out of Microsoft? They can still do that?

Felipe Gugelmin4

Pera, uma boa notícia... do Xbox?

Yeet Kune Do7

OG Xbox had Shenmue II, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Sega GT 2002, Jet Set Radio Future, GunValkyrie, Otogi 1 & 2 (published by Sega), Toejam & Earl 3, Spikeout: Battle Street, Headhunter: Redemption, Crazy Taxi 3, House of the Dead 3, OutRun 2, and Phantasy Star Online 1 & 2. C’mon, now.

🍀 LuckyStar ✨7

The Gamecube had Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Monkey Ball, the Virtua & 2K sports games, Billy Hatcher, Skies of Arcadia, Crazy Taxi, 18 Wheeler, Puyo Puyo, and PSO. Don't be saying the Xbox is the Dreamcast successor just because of the controller and certain games on it lol

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈11

can i play lost odyssey in 4k?

Flip Satan7

"you know that thing we could already do but kept it from you bc we wanted you to stream games? Yeah you can have that now."

Snow || Marcel2

That's actually pretty cool But fuck Microsoft anyways.