Last week Microsoft announced the backward-compatibility list for the North American Xbox 360, a lineup of more than 200 Xbox games that would be playable on the 360 on launch day. Earlier this week, the company announced its compatibility list for Japanese 360s, which tallied a mere dozen titles.

　　European gamers wondering which end of the stick they were going to wind up with now have their answer: neither, really. Microsoft has released the official backward-compatibility list for the European Xbox 360, and it features 156 games. That's a good sight better than the Japanese list, but all of the games on the European list are on the North American list as well, albeit some under different names (for instance, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone goes by the book's original moniker, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). As with the other lists, Microsoft is promising to add to this lineup in the future, though it hasn't given a deadline for the next batch of titles to be added.

　　The list of European Xbox games playable on the Xbox 360 is as follows:

　　Alias

　　Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction

　　All-Star Baseball 2003

　　Amped

　　ATV Quad Power Racing 2

　　Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2

　　Barbie Horse Adventure

　　Batman Begins

　　Battle Engine Aquila

　　Battlestar Galactica

　　BMX XXX

　　Brute Force

　　Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds

　　Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

　　Call of Duty: Finest Hour

　　Colin McRae 4

　　Combat Elite

　　Commandos 2

　　Conflict: Desert Storm

　　Constantine

　　Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity

　　Crash Nitro Kart

　　Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

　　Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

　　Curse - The Eye of Isis

　　Dark Angel

　　Darkwatch

　　Deadly Skies

　　Deathrow

　　Dinotopia

　　Dead or Alive 3

　　Egg Mania

　　Euro 2004

　　Fable

　　Fable: The Lost Chapters

　　FIFA 2003

　　FIFA 2004

　　FIFA Street 2005

　　Fight Night 2004

　　Fight Night Round 2

　　Forza Motorsport

　　Freedom Fighters

　　Futurama

　　Fuzion Frenzy

　　Genma Onimusha

　　Goblin Commander

　　Grand Theft Auto III

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

　　Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

　　Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.

　　Half-Life 2

　　Halo

　　Halo 2

　　Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire

　　Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone

　　Hitman: Contracts

　　House of the Dead 3

　　Jade Empire

　　James Bond 007: Nightfire

　　Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

　　Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

　　Jurassic Park Genesis

　　Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer

　　Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

　　Loons Fight for Fame

　　Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

　　Manhunt

　　Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2

　　Max Payne

　　Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

　　Medal of Honor 3 Rising Sun

　　Medal of Honor Frontline

　　Medal of Honor: European Assault

　　Metal Arms: Glitch in the System

　　MicroMachines

　　Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing

　　Mortal Kombat: Deception

　　MTV Music Generator 3

　　NBA Live 2003

　　NBA Live 2004

　　Need For Speed: Underground 2

　　NHL 2004

　　NHL Hitz 20-03

　　Ninja Gaiden

　　Ninja Gaiden Black

　　Outlaw Golf 2

　　Outlaw Volleyball

　　Pariah

　　Phantom Crash

　　Pitfall: The Lost Expedition

　　Predator: Concrete Jungle

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Pro Evolution Soccer 5

　　Pro Race Driver

　　Puyo Puyo Fever

　　Quantum Redshift

　　Red Dead Revolver

　　Red Faction II

　　Robotech: Battle Cry

　　Rocky: Legends

　　Rogue Ops

　　Samurai Warriors

　　Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights

　　Scrapland

　　SeaWorld: Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures

　　Sega GT 2002

　　Shadow the Hedgehog

　　Shellshock: Nam '67

　　Sid Meier's Pirates!

　　Simpson's Road Rage

　　Simpsons: Hit and Run

　　Soccer Slam

　　Sonic Heroes

　　Sonic Mega Collection

　　Speed Kings

　　Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy

　　SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom

　　Spy Hunter 2

　　Spyro: A Hero's Tail

　　SSX 3

　　Stake

　　Star Trek: Shattered Universe

　　Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

　　Star Wars: Clone Wars

　　Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter

　　Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

　　Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2

　　Street Racing Syndicate

　　Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse

　　Super Bubble Pop

　　Super Monkey Ball DX

　　SX Superstar

　　Tecmo Classic Arcade

　　Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

　　Terminator: Dawn of Fate

　　Tetris Worlds

　　The Great Escape

　　The Incredible Hulk

　　The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

　　The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer

　　The Thing

　　Thief: Deadly Shadows

　　Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

　　Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3

　　Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

　　Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

　　Tony Hawk's Underground 2

　　Toxic Grind

　　Ty The Tasmanian Tiger

　　Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2

　　Urban Freestyle Soccer

　　Vexx

　　Worms 4: Mayhem

　　Worms Forts Under Siege

　　WWE Raw 2

　　XIII