Xbox Originals

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The Xbox Live Marketplace and the Xbox 360's compatibility with certain Xbox games are utilized to make Xbox Originals - Xbox games that can be downloaded to and played on the Xbox 360.

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On November 13, 2007 Microsoft announced that that they would be offering a number of games for the original Xbox as downloads on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The service launched on December 4, 2007 with seven titles available in North America. All Xbox Originals cost 1200 Microsoft Points in all regions.

• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
• Fable (Game)
• Fuzion Frenzy (Game)
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Indigo Prophecy (Game)
• Psychonauts (Game)

Japan's Xbox Originals launch included Magatamaand Puyo Pop Fever (Game).

On June 2nd, 2009, Microsoft announced that they would not continue to focus on the Xbox Originals program, instead choosing to focus on putting up "older" Xbox 360 games for download under the brand Games On Demand.  All existing Xbox originals will be rebranded to the Games On Demand brand.

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• Black (Game)
• Blowout (Game)
• Burnout 3: Takedown (Game)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Game)
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (Game)
• Destroy All Humans! (Game)
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Game)
• Fable (Game)
• Fuzion Frenzy (Game)
• Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (Game)
• Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (Game)
• Halo: Combat Evolved (Game)
• Indigo Prophecy (Game)
• Intellivision Lives! (Game)
• JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future (Game)
• Jade Empire (Game)
• Magatama (Game)
• Max Payne (Game)
• Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (Game)
• Ninja Gaiden Black (Game)
• Psychonauts (Game)
• Puyo Pop Fever (Game)
• Raze's Hell (Game)
• Sega Soccer Slam (Game)
• Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live the Life (Game)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Game)
• Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (Game)
• The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (Game)
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (Game)
• Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! (Game)

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Xbox Originals

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Games

• Black (Game)
• Blowout (Game)
• Burnout 3: Takedown (Game)
• Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (Game)
• Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge (Game)
• Destroy All Humans! (Game)
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Game)
• Fable (Game)
• Fuzion Frenzy (Game)
• Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (Game)
• Grabbed by the Ghoulies (Game)
• Guilty Gear XX #Reload (Game)
• Halo: Combat Evolved (Game)
• Indigo Prophecy (Game)
• Intellivision Lives! (Game)
• JSRF: Jet Set Radio Future (Game)
• Jade Empire (Game)
• Magatama (Game)
• Max Payne (Game)
• Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Star Wars (Franchise), Grand Theft Auto (Franchise), Jet Set Radio (Franchise), Halo (Franchise), Splinter Cell (Franchise), Tom Clancy (Franchise), Ninja Gaiden (Franchise), Puyo Puyo (Franchise), Max Payne (Franchise), Burnout (Franchise), Crash Bandicoot (Franchise), Spyro (Franchise), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Franchise), Guilty Gear (Franchise), Sid Meier (Franchise), Destroy All Humans (Franchise), Fable (Franchise), The Longest Journey (Franchise), The Legend of Spyro (Franchise), Crimson Skies (Franchise), Gauntlet (Franchise), Fuzion Frenzy (Franchise), Pirates! (Franchise)

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• Has objects: Xbox (Object), Xbox 360 (Object)

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Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Digital Distribution (Concept), Xbox Live (Concept), Backwards Compatibility (Concept), Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility (Concept)