Playing Xbox Games on Xbox 360?

[flinkpoydian]

I can't play any of my friend's orginial xbox games on xbox 360. it says i need an external hard drive, which are around 70-90 bucks. is this true? do i really need an external HD to play xbox games? i just want to play battlefront II, damnit!

 

[SamuelW]

yeah b/c you need an update i believe. I'm selling my 20Gb hard drive for $50