As an owner of both Xbox and PlayStation 2 consoles and over twenty games for each, the pre-release news that both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 would be backwards compatible (in the same brilliant way that PlayStation 2 was fully backwards compatible with PlayStation games) was good news indeed.
PlayStation 3 updated their system firmware to 1.7 this week and, though it isn't mentioned on their official list of fixes and features, some posts included mention that "Gran Turismo 4" was working on PS3. As the PS3 EU BC list hasn't yet been updated with reflect the 1.7 software, I decided to run through all my PlayStation 2 games to see what was what and was delighted to find another third of my games were now playable. Yay!
So here is a summary and list of my games on Xbox and PlayStation 2 and their compatibility with Microsoft's and Sony's shiny new offerings. I've also noted which games I've completed and kept for future nostalgia and replay purposes.
Xbox on Xbox 360
36 games: 13 compatible, 23 not compatible.
Compatible
- Black
- Brute Force (completed)
- Burnout 3: Takedown
- Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
- Forza Motorsport
- Halo 2
- Jet Set Radio Future (got as far as I can, I'm stuck on this spider-like boss at the top of some stairs)
- Panzer Dragoon Orta
- Mercenaries
- Quantum Redshift
- Sega GT 2002 (completed)
- Speed Kings
- SSX 3
Not Compatible
- Carve
- Crash
- Crash and Burn
- Furious Karting
- Galleon
- Group S Challenge
- Headhunter Redemption
- Italian Job: LA Heist
- LA Rush
- Mechassault 2
- Midnight Club 3
- Midtown Madness 3
- Paris Dakar Rally 2 (completed)
- Project Gotham Racing (completed)
- Project Gotham Racing 2
- Racing Evoluzione
- Rallisport Challenge 2 (completed)
- Rally Fusion
- R:Racing (nostalgia)
- Test Drive: Overdrive
- Tour De France
- Wreckless (completed on normal)
- XGRA
PlayStation / PlayStation 2 on PlayStation 3
22 games: 10 no known issues, 4 minor issues, 3 noticeable issues, 7 not compatible
The second part of each list is games tested by me and ten have improved their status to playable.
No known issues to date
- Enthusia - Professional Racing
- Kaido Racer
- Ridge Racer V (completed)
- Runabout 3 Neo Age
- TT Superbikes
- Noble Racing
- Pro Rally 2002
- Riding Spirits 2
(nostalgia)
- Tokyo Road Race
- Tourist Trophy
Should play on PLAYSTATION®3 with some minor issues
- Gran Turismo 3 A-spec (almost completed)
- Driven to Destruction
- Gran Turismo 4
- Sled Storm (DTS sound option crashes game)
Should play on PLAYSTATION®3 with noticeable issues
- Burnout 2: Point of Impact (partially completed) (cars have some areas, including all tail lights and underneath the car, drawn like white headlights though playability appears to be unaffected)
- Grand Prix Challenge
- WRC: Rally Evolved
Not Compatible
- CART FURY Championship Racing (confirmed not compatible)
- Downforce (confirmed not compatible)
- Driving Emotion Type-S (completed) (confirmed not compatibke)
- GTC Africa (confirmed not compatible)
- Shox (completed) (confirmed not compatible)
- Stuntman (completed all but last level) (confirmed not compatible)
- WRC II Extreme (completed) (confirmed not compatible)
Conclusion
Xbox 360 manages 36% BC but PlayStation 3 storms back into the lead with 77%. There are now only 3 PlayStation 2 games which I haven't played not compatible with the PlayStation 3 taking me one step closer to be able to retire my PS2.
