I haven´t found the game fatal frame but as this is the second one I hope u don´t mind if I make a comment of what I have found today. I hope u know that the game fatal frame is also known project zero as well as fatal frame II: crimson butterlfly is known project zero II: crimsom butterfly. Well as u may also know, the xbox 360 can´t use all the xbox games but they are making it possible little by little... well today I saw that they have put new games in the list of compatibility and I saw that the game Fatal Frame was there so I went to my console to try it out and play a bit (my xbox console has broken down and until I fix it I have to use my boyfriend´s console). The thing is that when I inserted the game in the console it didn´t recognized it so while the fatal frame game can be used on the 360 the project zero game can´t . I hope they do something about it.

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XBOX 360 RULEZ!

not to sound like an anal region or anything but fatal frame works perfectly on my 360. and im talking about the original fatal not #2 crimson butterfly. and make sure your playing the american version of the game not any other version becuase its only supoorted by the american version. also another thing would be have you put the update in your bf's 360? if not i suggest you should. becuase it wont obviously work if you dont have the update. so in short make sure you have the american version of fatal frame, you have the update for june 2006, and since you cant find this game new any more make sure its in good condition becuase the 360 has a sensitive lens and scratch fingerprints etc could ruin it for you. so make sure you have those 3 things. update, american fatal frame, clean disc. it should work.

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Actually i think ttere is saying that he has a non-American version of Fatal Frame i.e Project Zero. I just bought it over here in the UK, after seeing that it was in the UK compatability list, however im too receiving a error message stating that the game is not supported. Im connected to xbox live and as far as i know have the latest BC software.

ttere - ive spoken to the UK xbox support people and they said they are currently looking into this issue. Im not too confident they will get this fixed though as the guy on the phone seemed to think this may be down to a fault with my 360!! (even though i explained to him that everything else on my 360 worked fine). If they do get back to me i will let you know what they say.

You can see the current UK BC list here, it clearly lists Project Zero:

http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm

yea i looked and saw that. but at the same time if you look at the american version of the game it says only bc with american version not japanese etc. so thats kinda weird. microsoft in other regions must not work like they do over here in the states.

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Nothing puts a bigger smile on a gamers face than the sounds of gun fire and bullets through flesh. Only Xbox gamers get it.

My UK version of project zero will not work on my fully updated XBOX360. Doom3 works ok so the latest update is fine.

 

I reported this to this site and got this reply....

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your email. On the xbox website, if it says that the game is now backwards compatible, it should work. Although you might want to try it again since sometimes it does not work right away, it depends on the regions as well because of the delays. We do apologized for the delay you may be having for the backwards compatible.

Thank You,
Xbox Customer Care Support

 

Game still does not work though......any suggestions?????

Hi Lepter.

Im too still not able to run project zero. I personally believe that this is just down to the fact that the game has a different name to the US version. Its probably a very small change to get the UK version working.

However it appears that the xbox technical support people (well the ones in the UK at least), either are not interested or don't really know what to do about it.

I think at the very least they should take if of the UK compatability list so more people don't go and buy only to find it doesn't work.

Im not sure what to do here now. I guess we can only hope they bring out another update which fixes this.

well i was talking to my dads friend who works for microsoft, and he said ,note this is unofficial just decided to see if it helps, that since most game from US and UK are almost the same encoding with different names sometimes they assumed that it would work. turns out it didnt. most games have the same coding since they are region "free" and they assumed fatal frame or project zero would be the same coding with different names. how wrong were they right. i hope this comes to any advice. like i said unofficial he could be bsing me. but yea it seems to make sence to me since games are like that.

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Nothing puts a bigger smile on a gamers face than the sounds of gun fire and bullets through flesh. Only Xbox gamers get it.

Personally, i think it's entirely down to the different names on the disc. The 360 recognises 'Fatal Frame' as being BC but doesn't recognised 'Project Zero.' The same thing happened with the updated versions of San Andreas (after the Hot Coffee fiasco in the US.) The filename on the dvd was slightly different & the 360 didn't recognise that version. A simple matter that'd take seconds to fix, but we've been waiting months. And to make matters worse, they still haven't bothered removing it from the UK list, meaning people could go out & buy it only to find it unplayable.

Does the new update today (29/Aug/2006) fix this for us here in the UK? Would be great to play this game on my 360.

Nope. Project Zero 2 plays now, but the original still comes up as not supported. It's a joke, MS have had more than enough time to fix it.

Can someone with a US copy put it into their PC DVD drive & see what the filename on the disc is? The UK version is SEP13011042072. I'm presuming the US version is different & that's the reason it doesn't run. Since the 2 games are identical (other than the title screen,) there can be no other reason for it not to work.

This troubles me, Project Zero is on the UK backwards compatibility list, it should be playable.

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I have an Xbox 360 and a Playstation 3 and I can see the advantages and disadvantages of both of them, I have no preference.

Yeah sadly the BC list is extremely misleading and Project zero does not work at all, There is not a fault with anyones xboxs, its just Microsoft have screwed up.

Its a shame but it hopefully be repair in time and I can finally try and finish it without ruining my pants.

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Too many games, too little time.... and money

Fortunately for me, I kept my original Xbox and I have the 2 Project Zero games for it, I've completed the second (that's hardly scary) but the first one (oh man, you better have some clean pants on stand-by).

I hope MS fixes this and then everyone can ruin their pants.

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I have an Xbox 360 and a Playstation 3 and I can see the advantages and disadvantages of both of them, I have no preference.

Relived to see other people with the same problem.
I also got in touch with the BC team and they suggested it was my 360.
Don't see how, as I've tried it on 3 different consoles, only 2 are connected to Live (including mine).

There has got to be a considerable difference in the code for this to happen.
Can't MS just edit the code for Crimson Butterfly to work with the first game?
Assuming they are running off the same engine (most sequels do).

Well its almost 6 months since ttere created this thread, and about 5 months since i contacted the xbox technical support team, and this game STILL doesn't work in the UK (just tried it now whilst connected to Live)!

Good work Microsoft!

I'll think twice before buying any other games listed on the UK BC list. Thats for sure.

I couldn't agree more. It is really shoddy service. They have got the game working. All they need to do is update an ID somewhere in the campatibility code.

Is there any way a moderator or somebody with official status could contact Microsoft about this? It's obvious they just ignore us paying users.

I do hope they fix it in this new BC update!

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No such luck, I'm afraid. It is still not recognised with the latest update. I wonder if the title will remain one the euro list once they updated it?

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Original Xbox Live beta user
60.53% BC (44 of 76). PS. Need fix for Panzer Dragoon (PAL version) crashing after lvl 3

I can't believe its still not sorted, this is a shambles

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Ideas are bullet-proof

Too many games, too little time.... and money

Hi, greetings from Spain. I've got the same problem with Project Zero.It still doesn't work

thanks to everyone for ur help :D at least I can play them on the xbox.... but now my main problem is that project zero III or fatal frame III has been published just for playstation2 and I would like to have the three games on the same console or at least the third one on the xbox 360 :(

does anyone know anything about this???

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Sadly, that won't be happening, apparently the Project Zero games didn't sell well enough on the Xbox to justify Tecmo continuing the series on that particular platform.

There's a rumor that Fatal Frame 4 (Project Zero 4) is being worked on right now and that it will probably be a PS3 exclusive.

I've never played the third game in the series, but I'm hoping to buy it really soon, I have a Playstation 2 so I should be OK.

Don't get me wrong, I have the first two games on the Xbox and if given the choice, I would rather have the third game on the Xbox as well, but since it's only available on the PS2, it will have to do.

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I have an Xbox 360 and a Playstation 3 and I can see the advantages and disadvantages of both of them, I have no preference.

Project zero II: runs very well on the 360 now. Awesome!

Project zero I: still doesn't works.Buaghh!

Well I bought both Project Zero and Project Zero 2, and unfortunately same problem here, Project Zero does not play (UK PAL version). Fatal Frame is listed on the European backward compatbility list too, so this should be a minor thing to fix, I hope MS does something about this soon.

im mega annoyed, just bought project zero cos it was advertiesed on the uk list and like everyone else not using the american version it wont play, just sent a long angry email to them, not that i think it will do any difference but if your annoyed to u should email em too. surely cant take much to fix the problem and even if they couldnt the least they should do is take it off the list, i would have saved myself £15 if not for them, argh!!! there must be some false advertising law being broken surely.

I've sent e-mail about this issue to both the back compat team and Major Nelson ages ago, but never rec'd a reply - just the automated response. This should be fixed,if not the game should be removed from the PAL version of te BC list. This could be seen as false advertising as people like may buy the game on the basis it is listed.

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Original Xbox Live beta user
60.53% BC (44 of 76). PS. Need fix for Panzer Dragoon (PAL version) crashing after lvl 3

Do you think maybe they meant to add Project Zero: Crimsom Butterfly to the UK BC list and just called it Project Zero by mistake?

The second game does work afterall, it could just be a simple mistake, anyway, I hope that both games will be playable soon.

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I have an Xbox 360 and a Playstation 3 and I can see the advantages and disadvantages of both of them, I have no preference.

man this suck i want to play it i bought it and i can not play it on my xbox 360  Region 4 Project zero i have

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I'am death your time is up

A new BC update is released today. Any chance for Project Zero?

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Original Xbox Live beta user
60.53% BC (44 of 76). PS. Need fix for Panzer Dragoon (PAL version) crashing after lvl 3