How to play Xbox games on Xbox360 console?

[nediscrepair]

Hi - I have a bunch of Xbox games that I've been able to remove the scratches and want to see if they will play. If so, I'll sell them cheap....I have Wii, PS2, PS3 and Xbox360 consoles. How can I use my Xbox360 console to play Xbox games on it? (Cheaply)

[Jokersvirus]

you would have to physical mod your xbox to do so but if you have xbox live this can result in a permaban

[Ilyich Valken]

You should be able to just play them. Doesn't require any sort of modification.

[EpsilonX]

Why would you need to mod your 360 to play an xbox game?

here is a list of games that work, as well as known bugs:
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[nediscrepair]

It looks like some games are Xbox Live and some are 'just' Xbox.

[Ilyich Valken]

Well, a lot of the original xbox games won't work on LIVE because they shut down the servers that dealt with the original xbox's game.

[EpsilonX]

The ones that say Xbox Live are ones that you could play online. However, all Xbox online servers have been taken down, only 360 games are playable online.

[egg-whites333]

the only way to play those games online is if you mod and found a modders lobby

[jcmcdo12]

I can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned this yet but, if you don't have a hard drive your going to need to get one and it should work with just that. If you have a hard drive but you can still not play original xbox games then it would be because some original xbox are not supported by the 360.

[ROFLBRYCE]

Sign into Xbox Live, or apply an update via Official Xbox Magazine demo disc, and ensure that you have a MICROSOFT harddrive, lots of 120gb ones off eBay and stuff aren't legit Microsoft brand, and will not work, and then you just put in a game off the list above saying which ones work and which don't.

No modding, no bootlegging, anything required unless the game isn't on that list. You just pop in the game, hit "Update" if you're on Live (silver accounts work too) and then it's all done. But you MUST have a harddrive. (4gb on the new Xbox 360 S don't count, need a 20gb or larger Xbox one.)