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OG XBox Backwards Compatibility Final Update – Adam Koralik

It’s Adam Koralik here and today we’re discussing Microsoft’s final roll out of OG XBox Backwards Compatibility on XBox One. The Summer 2019 update with final 8 new games has been revealed. We’ll talk a bit about what it is, how it works, and what is supported. Enjoy!

Titles: Original Xbox games releasing on June 11th Armed and Dangerous Indiana Jones and the Emperor’s Tomb Sphinx and the Cursed Monkey Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

As a bonus, free DLC has been added to several titles, including Star Wars Battlefront Star Wars Battlefront II Star Wars The Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars Republic Commando

The Rise and Fall of Prince of Persia

In 1989, young college graduate Jordan Mechner introduced a 2D platformer called Prince of Persia to the world. Platformers were all the rage during the 80s, yet Mechner’s set itself apart from its contemporaries with its weighty, swashbuckling action, and incredibly smooth animations – a feat that Mechner had achieved by rotoscoping his family and friends into sprites.
After a decade of enhanced ports and a strong sequel, the series would fall into an abyss following a misstep into the third dimension. Yet just when all seemed lost, Ubisoft’s young, Montreal-based studio would step in and transform the series into a modern classic, implementing a gameplay mechanic now as iconic as the franchise itself in the process.
Prince of Persia’s new heroes would continue to nurture it for many years after – until finally, after bringing it to the silver screen, the decision was made to put it on hold. The series’ spark had seemingly vanished – but the mark it had left on the industry and gamers worldwide would still remain.
This is the rise and fall of Prince of Persia.