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While attempting to play an original Xbox game on your Xbox 360 console, you receive the error message: "The region code for this game does not match your console's region"
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Last Review:July 23, 2008
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SYMPTOMS
When you try to play an original Xbox game on your Xbox 360 console, you receive the following error message:
The region code for this game does not match your console's region
CAUSE
Xbox game discs only work with Xbox consoles that are sold in the same region.
For example, if you purchase an Xbox 360 console in North America, you cannot play game discs that are sold in Europe or in Asia. An Xbox 360 console that is sold in Europe can only play game discs that are sold in Europe. And an Xbox 360 console that is sold in Asia can only play game discs that are sold in Asia.
You cannot make an Xbox 360 console from one region play discs that were produced for a different region.
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THINGS TO TRY
Here are some steps that you can use to try to resolve the issue. If you cannot resolve the issue yourself, please contact Xbox Customer Support by visiting the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.xbox.com/support/contact (http://www.xbox.com/support/contact)
1.Determine whether the game disc is from the same region as the region where you purchased the Xbox console. To determine the region, view the back of the game package. Look for one of the following codes:
•NTSC: North America and South America (United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil)
•NTSC-J: Asia (Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan)
•PAL: Europe, South Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand
2.If this symptom occurs with only one or two discs, search the Microsoft Knowledge Base (http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1 (http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1)) for the specific game title or titles. If you find a known problem, follow the instructions in that article.
3.If this behavior occurs with only one or two discs and no known problem exists, return the disc or discs to the retail store where you made the purchase.
4.Turn off and unplug your console, remove the Xbox Hard Disk Drive (HDD) unit and any attached memory units (MUs), and then reconnect your console. Try the disc again. If this procedure seems to resolve the problem, turn off and disconnect your console, reattach the HDD and any MUs, and then delete any saved games for the game title in question.
Note If you can do this, save games to a different memory unit.
5.If you have this problem only with original Xbox games, the original Xbox backward compatibility update may be missing from the HDD. To resolve this problem, download and burn a copy of the backward compatibility update to a disc, and then install the update to your console.
If this behavior occurs with more than two discs, the console may have to be serviced.