Report on official Microsoft Web site lists the mostly minor problems that the titles may have when downloaded on the 360.
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that a selection box of original Xbox games would be available to download through Xbox Live as part of a birthday celebration for the service.
Nobody likes a party pooper, but today, a note on the official Xbox Web site lists some 'known issues' with the titles currently scheduled for launch.
Firstly, the publisher logos which show up at the start of all games may appear 'choppy' on first playing, and any additional content within games, including trailers or demos, will not be supported--unlikely to be a major issue since the games were originally released some time ago.
Specific issues have also been found in the following titles: In Fable, there are "random bursts of audio static and some minor texture issues." In Halo, there are some "very mild" framerate drops, and HDMI 720p is not supported for PAL users of Psychonauts. Fusion Frenzy also has some minor frame rate issues, whereas Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge "very rarely" has minor flickering at the top of the screen, and the "press A to continue" message is missing when a host player leaves a multiplayer game.
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Microsoft is getting ready to celebrate 5 years of Xbox Live, starting December 5th they are going to allow Xbox Live subscribers to turn on their Xbox 360 and download full original Xbox games over the Xbox Live Marketplace. Games will include Halo, Psychonauts, and Crimson Skies: Road to Revenge.
Other games which will be included are Fable and probably a few others. The games are going to be sold for only 1200 Microsoft points of just $15. This is going to be a great deal.
Also on November 15th, the actual 5 year anniversary of Xbox Live, Microsoft is going to give every game on Xbox Live one free Xbox Live Arcade download.
Korean gamers will be able to download Hexic 2 as their free game, while the rest of the world will get Carcossonne. Every Xbox Live subscriber since 2002 will also get 500 free Microsoft points.
This is big news as Microsoft will now be able to compete with the PS3 and Nintendo Wii as the PS3 offers original PlayStation games for download, while the Wii offers the Virtual Console with NES, SNES, Genesis, N64 games and more for download.
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The Xbox is a sixth generation video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed directly with Sony's PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube. It was first released on November 15, 2001 in North America; February 22, 2002 in Japan; and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. The Australian launch came on April 26 of the same year. It is the predecessor to Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. The Xbox was Microsoft's first product that ventured into the console arena, after having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Dreamcast console.
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