<P> He - Man: Defender of Grayskull remains on the list even though the game was never released; it was cancelled by the developer before completion . </P> <P> The last update for Xbox 360 backwards compatibility in North America was on November 27, 2007, raising the total number of Xbox games compatible with the Xbox 360 to 461, which is approximately 51% of the original Xbox library in North America . The latest European update was in November, 2007, with a total of 476 compatible games . The latest update for Japan was released on November 28, 2007, with 122 working games . </P> <P> According to Microsoft, each game requires an emulation profile to run . These profiles are downloaded from Xbox Live, or are downloaded manually from Xbox.com and burned on CD or DVD recordable media . They were also distributed as part of the content on the Official Xbox Magazine monthly discs, which were discontinued in 2012 . The profiles are downloaded as a single bundle, thus only needing to be applied once per update if doing so offline, or are automatically downloaded the first time a compatible game is inserted . </P> <P> An official Xbox 360 hard disk is required to play any of the games on this list . The hard disk is used to store the emulation software, and also to store saved games, downloaded content, and to serve as a data cache for titles which utilize disk caching . Since games for the original Xbox were designed with the expectation that a hard drive always would be available, most titles rely heavily on its presence . </P>

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