XBox 360 Backward Compatibility Update (Aug 2006) Now Available for those without XBox Live

Microsoft Downloads - Original Xbox Game Support August 2006 Update

"... Original Xbox® game support enables your Xbox 360™ video game console to play an array of games from your original Xbox video game console. A list of games that are currently backward compatible is available here and we will continue to add support for additional games over time ..."

For people who do not have their XBox 360 connected to XBox Live (silly of them, I know, but sometimes there are reasons... like the console being at a friends grandparents house who doesn't have broadband, etc, etc) this download will let them update their backward compatibility.

The Aug 2006 list is a little dated (I thought there was a Dec 2005 BC update released on XBox Live?), still it's better than nothing.

Take this 5MB download, unzip it, burn the default.xex to a CD or DVD, put it in your 360 and you're updated...