Microsoft has dispelled rumors that only some original Xbox games will play on the Xbox 360. Apparently, the 360 will support full backward compatibility via emulation. It seems that maybe a marketing reference to "top games" set speculation wild that only those games Microsoft deemed worthy would be available through some sort of recompiling of the original code. But there will be no need to re-buy any Xbox games; we're assured that all will work on the new hardware (even Kabuki Warriors and The Guy Game - good times!). What's not clear yet is whether you'll have to buy an optional hard drive to get backward compatibility; the belief is that the cost of emulation may be absorbed in the price of additional hardware...
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