How to play original Xbox Games on your Xbox 360 console

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SUMMARY

This article describes how you can play original Xbox games on the Xbox 360 console.

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You must have an Xbox 360 Hard Drive to play original Xbox games on your Xbox 360 console.

You can only play approved original Xbox games on Xbox 360. Visit the following Web site to view a current list of approved original Xbox games that you can play on Xbox 360:

http://www.xbox.com/games (http://www.xbox.com/games)

For more information about how to update your Xbox 360 console to play the approved original Xbox games, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

911314 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911314/ ) Update backward compatibility on your Xbox 360 console

Note You cannot transfer any original Xbox game saves from an original Xbox console to an Xbox 360 console.

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Additional support

Please visit the following Web site for information about how to contact Xbox Customer Support:

http://www.xbox.com/support/conta ct (http://www.xbox.com/support/contact)

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft XBox 360 Video Game System

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