Xbox 360 Arcade System - Backward Compatibility and Shinyness

[lancer]

the arcade is not backwards compatible....

 

[gonaads]

you play backwards games ?

No don't be silly, he means he plays games backwards, like those levels in Ridge Racer :laugh:

same thing

I use mirrors.

 

[Dark Atheist]

to play backwards or forwards ?

 

[lancer]

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now this is how i'm going to post from now on haha.

 

[Electronic Punk]

The reason its not compatible is because it doesn't ship with a HDD, I bought one seperately.

 

[lancer]

but isn't the separate hdd and arcade package the same as the pro package in price.

 

[Electronic Punk]

I ordered the 120 gig from Hong Kong for a fraction of the retail.

 

[lancer]

Spoiler

IT'LL PROBABLY HAVE CHINESE SPY **** ON IT

how much?

 

[Electronic Punk]

Can't remember, but I used the xbox to format it anyway ;p

 

[gonaads]

The reason its not compatible is because it doesn't ship with a HDD, I bought one seperately.

Now when you did the update, did it take fully? Have you tried to do the update again?

Also, what if the disc is from a different country or region than the console? Then it wouldn't play. Have you tried any other original Xbox games?

Found this on MicroSquish site:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909819

 

[Electronic Punk]

The update said it was sucessful when I downloaded the file and put it on a CD, but it still wouldn't sucesfully load halo2 etc.

 

[Muly]

The arcade system is definately backwards compatible if you buy a UK hard drive. My arcade system won't play Oringinal Xbox games as my Hard Drive is from Hong Kong too. So far, i've:

• Tried my Original games on another system - They work fine,
• Tried a UK Hard drive on my system - Games work fine,
• Tried my hard drive on another system - Games dont work

The only link to any of it is that the Hard Drive was from Hong Kong. I've spent a week so far emailing MS support but with no joy. Tried the clear system cache button combo but that doesn't work, nor does updating the system software with a CD. I've rung MS support but they don't know what it is and so my problem has been "elevated" and someone from MS is meant to be ringing me back within 72hrs.

The actual drive works fine to save/load game data so it must be a software issue with Hong Kong drives. When i got it i formatted the drive so it must be software on the drive that doesn't get wiped when formatted through the console. This is doing my head in now, especially because no-one on the support phone lines or email knows what to do! Aargh! :cry:

 

[gonaads]

Soooo, Hong Kong HDD is da poopy. :s

 

[Electronic Punk]

Thats good to know Muly... I don't really wanna wipe my disk but I will see what can be moved to the memory card and then see what can be done.

What is the volume label (if it applies?) of the UK 120 gig HDD?