dragonyeuw
Member
Has there been any word on Ghostbusters 2009 being BC?
Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Thread: Everyone wants it, no one uses it
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moffattron9000
Member
Please just buy it. I desperately want Take Two to make a similar title, and Allstars still selling will encourage them. I also want to see the AJ/HBK video package that they would do.
Stray Parts
Member
Don't think so and the studio that made the game is gone as is the publisher (Atari) having changed hands a few more times though they still exist as a small company focused on "casino social gaming" whatever that is.
It's not impossible MS could devote the resources to make it work but might be a disc only affair.
dragonyeuw
Member
Aww that sucks. I have the opportunity to buy it from a private reseller for cheap but wondering if I should now....
amdb00mer
Member
It's still available digitally, so there is somebody out there making money off of it. Whoever owns the rights to it could sign off on it while they still have the license before it expires. This makes me think of Forza Horizon. A lot of people said it would never happen due to licensing, but MS got it done before the license expired so the game could be preserved. Hopefully the same happens with Ghostbusters (2009). Cause that new game and the Sanctum of Slime game were utter crap. I didn't mind the twin stick shooter control, that was ok and made sense. It's just the games were no fun.
dragonyeuw
Member
Ok so there's a slimmer of hope by the sounds of. I'll just go ahead and buy it anyways and hope for the best. I really liked that game and it was the closest we ever got to Ghostbusters 3. Plus it seems to go for a pretty penny( on amazon at least) so at worst I'll keep it for collection/preservation reasons.
SkyMasterson
Member
Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime was published by Atari as well and it's BC. So it's still a possibility!
dragonyeuw
Member
Yeah, in that case its kinda odd they havent made the 2009 one available yet. By all accounts it the best Ghostbusters game by far.
I really like the Wii version a lot.
dragonyeuw
Member
I played that one, yeah that wasn't too bad either
amdb00mer
Member
dragonyeuw
Member
I just bought Red dead redemption, Gears 2, and Ghostbusters for $10 total. Can't wait to play these games( and crossing my fingers for Ghostbusters) in BC mode when I get my XB1 on Black Friday. So basically how this works, I just insert the disc and it allows me to download the game file off xbox live, yeah? You're not actually playing these games directly off the disk?
muzzymate
Member
Correct. The game plays entirely off the hard drive. The system uses the disc simply to act as a license allowing you to launch/play the title.
dragonyeuw
Member
OK cool, thanks. So the disc other than authentication really doesn't have much other value as far the XB1 goes.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Voice acting contracts were probably written per platform and that might make it too expensive / likely to lead to a law suit.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
Yes. Just so this is clear, you will need the disc whenever you want to play the game. It won't launch without it.
dragonyeuw
Member
Ahh cool. So it's not like download the game then sell off the disk or something like that. Makes sense....thanks. This should speed up loading times a bit, yeah?
Yes.
Black Republican
Member
hope yall got your blue dragon discs off ebay/amazon etc early before MS makes it BC.
its gonna be Lost Odyssey all over again with the prices heh
its gonna be Lost Odyssey all over again with the prices heh
brotkasten
Member
That's actually a good point. I bought Lost Odyssey at launch, but never got around to buy Blue Dragon.
e: Just bought a copy for 12€. Even if it won't be BC, I still got the Xbox 360 plugged in.
Tbh I think people should keep an eye on digital and physical prices and pick games up that they're interested in. Not just blue dragon but any game. Once it goes bc the value goes up like rdr.
I know I've bought a few games digitally anticipating bc. At this point you can probably make an educated guess on which might go bc and which is completely ruled out so I don't think there's much risk to it. It's just a long waiting game but it's better than potentially paying 2 and 3x what you could have gotten it for.
https://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/789135200231890945?lang=en
ORANGE BOX!!
I swear it was $5 recently (on sale). I hate that they jack the prices back up to the highest possible when games are BC. $19.99 digital. Shouldn't be that much for a 2007 game.
ORANGE BOX!!
I swear it was $5 recently (on sale). I hate that they jack the prices back up to the highest possible when games are BC. $19.99 digital. Shouldn't be that much for a 2007 game.
That was probably a sale price
yankeehater
Member
Way to bury the lead. Galaga Fuckign Legions! My god that was such a great game, cant wait to play it again.
dreamcastmaster
Banned
It's often been $5 in sales, I got it for that much 2 years ago. Let's hope it runs even better on X1.
ClivePwned
Member
if that were the case, that could affect all the middleware used in many 360 games. Things like Wwise (audio) are per platform. Since its still a 360 version, BC games should be considered as part of the original release.
amdb00mer
Member
Need this as well. Never played a game in the series, but I bought the Collection in a sale a few months back in hopes it goes BC.
ChubbleDucks
Member
Finally orange box.
Neff
Member
Man it's like they're systematically going through my 360 collection, which isn't even that big compared to my PS3 collection.
I love you, MS.
Black Republican
Member
Hell yeah
brotkasten
Member
Is it not possible to take screenshots of Red Dead Redemption in BC mode? I can't see the options and read that it's up to the publishers to enable that feature for BC.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
We really are the Orange Box.$30 at gamestop
Night.Ninja
Banned
Has any one got the orange box to work ? some reason my xbox wont recognize the disk
no problem here, just booted up red dead and tested it
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Digichan2006/screenshot/5029093#
EDIT
Can record clips and make gifs too
Gideon_128
Member
Finally the title i wanted most on BC!! Thank you MS!!!
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
Changing the display type from Television to Computer Monitor results in much better saturation and black levels for me when running The Orange Box on my LCD TV.
statham
Member
no problem here, just booted up red dead and tested it
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Digichan2006/screenshot/5029093#
EDIT
Can record clips and make gifs too
shit still looks fantastic.
chronic_archaic
Member
TF2 is running pretty well - glad to have all the Source games BC now.
brotkasten
Member
no problem here, just booted up red dead and tested it
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Digichan2006/screenshot/5029093#
EDIT
Can record clips and make gifs too
Thank you.
I'm really sorry for the confusion. I didn't realize that Game DVR is disabled, when you stream the game to your PC. What a shame.
SpankmasterC
Member
I think they use the same hardware they use for taking screenshots and video's to stream the game to your pc. But yeah, it's a pity.
On the other hand it's quite easy to take screenshots and video on your PC
brotkasten
Member
I think they use the same hardware they use for taking screenshots and video's to stream the game to your pc. But yeah, it's a pity.
On the other hand it's quite easy to take screenshots and video on your PC
That makes perfect sense, yes.
I was streaming over WiFi to my Surface and had to drop the streaming quality, so taking screenshots from there wouldn't have been optimal.
Like you said, it's a pity. But at least it's not some kind of block that's been put in there by the publisher.
amdb00mer
Member
They fixed all the Gears games and Halo Reach. Did your Gears 2 get a new update?
xrnzaaas
Member
Probably. I installed it a week ago and I'm always online. It's not something that's interfering with the gameplay (so far
), but like I said it's noticeable. The biggest one I had was in the Desperation mission when the airstrike begun. I know Gears 1 isn't as advanced technologically, but I managed to complete the BC version without any visible slowdowns.