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XboxGamePreservation.com is an independent fan project, built and maintained by a single Xbox fan. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Microsoft Corporation in any way. All Xbox trademarks, logos, and game titles belong to their respective owners.

Microsoft and the Xbox team have done something genuinely remarkable with backwards compatibility. Since launching the program in 2015, they have brought over 600 games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 to Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X - often with enhancements like higher frame rates, resolution, HDR, and improved loading times that the original releases never had. It stands as one of the most consumer-friendly initiatives in the history of game consoles.

The program was an act of respect - for players' libraries, for developers' work, and for gaming history itself. At a time when other platforms were abandoning their back catalogs, Xbox made preservation a priority.

While the job was done extremely well, the program ended with thousands of games left behind. Games from the original Xbox and Xbox 360 era remain unplayable on modern hardware - not because they aren't worth preserving, but because licensing complications, publisher negotiations, and limited resources make every addition a complex undertaking. Some of these games exist nowhere else. No PC port, no re-release, no digital storefront. The original disc is the only way to play them, and original hardware will continue to fail in time.

Since the BC program ended (again) in 2021, Microsoft completed the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which theoretically should ease some licensing agreements for the many games ABK developed and published.

This site exists to make that fan enthusiasm visible. By voting for the games you want to see added to the backwards compatibility program, you're sending a signal and showing Microsoft and publishers which titles fans care about most, and which pieces of gaming history are worth fighting to preserve.

This is a passion project. If you find a missing game, an incorrect entry, or anything that looks wrong, please be patient while I work to fix them.