Following
the announcement that Xbox Live will soon see the addition of downloadable original Xbox titles, Microsoft has revealed more details of the service, and the initial lineup of titles for both the U.S. and Japan.
According to Microsoft's official site for the new campaign, the games available at its launch on December 4th include
Burnout 3: Takedown, Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Fable, Fuzion Frenzy, Halo and
Psychonauts.
Additionally, Japan-based news site Game Watch
has shown that region's lineup of titles, which drops
Crash Bandictoot, Fuzion Frenzy, Burnout 3 and
Psychonauts and instead adds
Puyo Puyo Fever and
Magatama.
Websites for the individual games,
such as Psychonauts', have been updated with additional information, including fully downloadable manuals and controller maps.
Because the games are running through Microsoft's backward compatibility emulator, the service won't be without some glitches at launch, however. The company has
set up a new site detailing the issues, which include "minor flickering," "random bursts of audio static and some minor texture issues" and frame rate issues for various games.
Microsoft also notes that "any additional content within a game (such as a demo or trailer) is not supported by Xbox Originals titles and selecting those options may result in crashing the game (requiring a restart of the console)."
Presumably, because of the software emulator, the service can be tweaked and downloadable emulation improved as the campaign continues with further additional titles.
