Xbox is 10 years old today!!

[metallicorphan]

the big ugly black and green box is 10 years old today(November 15th 2001),as well as of course the launch title Halo


I wasn't a launch machine man myself,i think i was about 2 years too late,so i never did get one of those large controllers,i always had the small one and i thought that was fine

The Xbox Live Headset that went 'around' the back of your head instead of over


using your music...that's right YOUR MUSIC from the HDD to play in GTA in game radio

Xbox Live -for me the defining online game was Star Wars Battlefront,but i have great memories from other online titles:
Midtown Madness 3,Counter-Strike,Black Hawk Down(first console game for 50 players online) and of course Halo 2

Knights of the Old Republic,the mentioned SW:Battlefront,Jedi Knight and Republic Commando all being great Star Wars games(which didn't happen that often in those days)

oh and Shenmue 2 coming with a free DVD of Shenmue I

overall a great machine,and although i have as much fun with the 360 i still miss playing on the big ol' ugly black and green



what are your memories of the first Xbox?

[Teggy]

That there were better games on the PS2 

I remember playing Kill.Switch, which was basically the model for every 3rd-person cover-based shooter on the 360. It was multi-platform, but I couldn't imagine playing it with the buttons on the ps2 controller.

I also played a lot of Burnout 3 online.

[Purge]

Crimson Skies, Kung Fu Chaos, Halo, Halo2, KOTOR, MechAssault, Phantom Dust. Burnout 3, THPS3.5 (IIRC), Amped, Amped 2.

[CeeKay]

Fable!  ESPN NFL 2K5, Beyond Good & Evil, X-Men Legends 1 & 2.

Halo 2 not having an ending

big fat controller too.

[PeteRock]

I have fond memories of the original Forza Motorsport, Halo, Halo 2, ESPN 2K5, Chronicles of Riddick, Fable, Rainbow Six 3, and Splinter Cell.

[Jancelot]

I miss The Duke.  Fit my my mitts perfectly (although I prefer 360 controller button layout).  Very fond memories of this console.

[denoginizer]

My two most played online games ever were on this console.

Mechassault and NFL 2K5.

[metallicorphan]

to Celebrate 10 years Microsoft are giving away this Avatar prop  (i think its fireworks in a box)
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Xbox-Anniversary-Prop/00001000-753d-c213-c7ac-9cfc5858081c


if the marketplace link doesn't work,i got it from Major Nelsons Blog

[Devil]

Links

The best online sports game ever.

[Creepy_Smell]

still have mine hooked up. mostly an emu machine or xbmc but still play it sometimes (psychonauts) if not playing wii or PC.

[KC]

My favorite games were the two Baldur's Gate action RPGs, Crimson Skies and KOTOR (which was the first console RPG I ever completed).

[corruptrelic]

what are your memories of the first Xbox?

That they discontinued it only 5 years later when Sony supported their PS2 for twice as long?

I did love my Xbox though, especially Counter-Strike.. that had to be one of the best FPS's I ever played on a console. I only wish Microsoft wasn't in such a hurry to kill off online support for original Xbox titles.. after all, we were paying them a monthly fee just to play our games so no reason they shouldn't still be supporting original titles.
Believe it or not there are still PS2 titles that have active online communities and there's no monthly fee to upkeep the servers. You play for free, 10 years later.
It's one of the reasons I cancelled my Gold membership and just use my 360 primarily for singleplayer games and my PS3 for online games and streaming.

[Harkonis]

Never so much as powered up an Xbox until the 360.

[Canuck]

I never had an Xbox (or 360) but I'm glad that it came about because I'd hate to think what Sony's online offering would be like if they hadn't had Microsoft give them something to aim for.  We'd probably be playing something not much different than the PS2's internet service.