Original Xbox games are about to become backwards compatible on Xbox One.
Microsoft announced at E3 2017 that original Xbox games are coming to the Xbox One backward compatibility program.
Any games which supported System Link can still be hooked up and played, even across console generations. What's more, it's perhaps easier and less time-consuming to make specific games backwards compatible rather than work with developers to remaster games (and whole series).
Xbox One X will be released worldwide on 7th November and you can check out the recent TV spot down below. What that means is that the finer details like online multiplayer and achievements for the games will not be available.
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Along with the Xbox One X and a slew of new Xbox One S bundles hitting retail very, very soon, Microsoft has confirmed that a curated list of original Xbox will be available to download and play in the near future. This has been a feature that was offered in a limited capacity with the Xbox 360 but something that is being pushed further with the Xbox One.
Above: A comparison between Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic running on the original Xbox versus it running on an Xbox One. Most still run in their original 4:3 aspect ratios, though Ninja Gaiden Black natively supports 16:9 widescreen so it looks particularly modern.
You can start playing tomorrow. Basically, you can have players on the original Xbox, Xbox One, and Xbox One X face each other in old-school LAN parties. It's set to be the most powerful Xbox One console, and when the company opened pre-orders for the Project Scorpio Edition of the console, it sold out nearly immediately.
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