How Powerful was the XBOX?

[@zachsteiner]

Man I really enjoyed this generation of consoles. in my opinion I feel that this was when 3D gaming really became a great thing. There was a level of polish and realistic graphics that for me anyways made me feel like I was in another world. I truly felt emersion while gaming I'd never felt before. The textures were might higher quality, better polygon count, actual reflections, shadows, lighting, it was the real deal. I remember when I first played Gran Turismo 3 which was my first time playing a next generation game, my Dad and I were BLOWN away. Anyways, thanks for the nostalgia, I loved this generation of gaming and it's very important to me. Great video!

[@jpuc5568]

Gamecube was extremely impressive if you look at what came before it.

[@Fizzlepop72]

And the games were also more creative and focused on gameplay, rather than graphics still. Also, no Microtransations or crazy DLC

[@jpuc5568]

@@Fizzlepop72 dlc wasn't even a big thing but the dreamcast had it surprisingly.

[@lmcgregoruk]

The good thing about the Dreamcasts DLC was that it was free, mostly just little addons/tweaks. I remember my brother having the "themed"(Halloween/Christmas) Station Square in Sonic Adventure. Also trying and failing to get the Detonator Pak for Dynamite Cop. Also first console we owned that was played online(ChuChu Rocket!/Phantasy Star Online)

[@domymbd]

Mike Hawk my favorite 3D game of all time was in that generation: Metroid Prime on the GameCube

[@RayRayIsCoolio]

when I was younger and didn't have a computer that could run half life 2. I played Half life 2 first on the OG Xbox

[@DoesThisMatter]

Same. I would love a video on it.

[@random_gamer_guy82]

Me too.

[@TheLeevoy]

Same here. It was great being able to basically get most of the big PC games as ports on the Xbox and I certainly didn't feel cheated. I know PS2 was the king of that generation but for their first home console, Microsoft really delivered a killer console. To this day, I've not had one issue with it. I can't say the same thing about my 360. And don't get me started on the exclusives. Damn that was a time...

[@DarkLinkAD]

@@TheLeevoy My brother N law has 6 Xbox 360s, after a while microsoft refused to fix them, so they just stacked up over time. (Mabye 3 years of playing after school)

[@lloydtshare]

It was laggy

[@berend213]

Very nice video, had been missing your content for a while.

[@SummonerArthur]

Me too

[@Petar321_GT]

@@SummonerArthur me three

[@etlttc353]

Same

[@harsesishoktar9386]

The Chronicles of riddick: escape from butcher Bay is one of the best looking games on the OG Xbox.

[@dalton2k538]

And due to it's at the time amazing dynamic resolution tech, it can also be the blockiest game on the Xbox at times.

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

@@dalton2k538 It was ahead of its time, in that regard, since modern games now heavily use dynamic resolution to maintain frame-rates at all costs. Doom 2016 did it to maintain a frame-rate on the Xbox One.

[@haloepic3092]

VGamingJunkie splinter cell chaos theory

[@Dash120z]

Chaos Theory I'd say, the graphical difference between the consoles was almost a generational one

[@rjmp5900]

Really!!! It was!!!!😌😌🙏🙏😌😌xbox s!!! Kiss me ass!!!😌😂😂😂

[@lmurphy0000]

1:59 64 Megabytes probably wouldn't power a game's loading screen these days...

[@samsurace5713]

Minecraft, especially when modded is able to utilize 10gb+ of ram when it starts. And minecraft was made in 2009.

[@tanasirobert9157]

el negro are you a bot?

[@samsurace5713]

he doesnt like big smoke must have missed the train

[@xtcrider8270]

@el negro big iron on his hip

[@unapersona100real6]

@@xtcrider8270 1and 19 more

[@reisu_3708]

One of the best consoles of all time. Multiplatform games were amazing, exclusive titles were usually VERY good, the PC ports were fantastic feats and the homebrew scene is the second best in console history. Thanks for the video!

[@Sniper257]

Sore Throat What do you consider the best?

[@reisu_3708]

@@Sniper257 personally i think the Wii brought everything to another level, specially when talking about emulators. Running GameCube games was awesome!

[@matilija]

@@reisu_3708 The Wii runs gamecube games natively, it's the same powerPC architecture as the gamecube and didn't require any emulation...that said I would argue the homebrew on the Dreamcast is better than any other, there are still new homebrew games being released for it.

[@RoxNoAnne]

For a 2001 console, it is very impressive. In terms of power for the most part, it's at the very least slightly above average. The GPU is impressive though. In terms of games, it pushes the limits. I love it. Also, your videos must be doing something right if you keep my attention.

[@thunburg2694]

@Disappointed N64

[@bmx7596]

Yeah never heard the term average used to describe the Xbox, even from developers at the time.

[@RoxNoAnne]

@Disappointed well by kinda average i mean at the very least slightly above average instead of below

[@bmx7596]

@@RoxNoAnne That makes no sense. Its just a weird way of saying it was actually powerful. It just was, no way around it. Developers from the time said it. Running Doom 3 and Riddick at that time was bonkers.

[@Treynath84]

Got an OG xbox ages ago from a teacher, once I got the wire to display an image, (just came with AC power wire and controller) it worked fine, and was loaded with a ton of games as apparently it used to be in a pub...

[@FullyBuffered]

Good to see you back! Even though I was a PlayStation guy back then, the OG XBOX has always intrigued me with it's PC components. Also nice to see a framerate overlay overlay on the recorded XBOX footage, nicely done!

[@sakariaskarlsson634]

This inspired me to install my old xbox again, runs like a clock, not bad for a almost 20 year old console this advanced, sits next to my one s

[@brandonnesfan]

If you want to ensure the xbox doesn't die, you need to remove the clock capacitor. Over time they leak and destroy the board.

[@at-cj2iy]

Vad faen 😂😂😂

[@ExStaticBass]

Really well done mate. I'd love to see one on the Nintendo GameCube actually. For the time with it's Ati graphics, it was something to behold. Having really enjoyed Metroid Prime which had a lot more to offer visually than most other titles of that era on the NGC it was something to behold. Again, well done mate. Cheers...

[@nitrax8629]

Yep, totally agree - It is so powerful, yet compact and well designed! In my opinion the most impressive out of the bunch.

[@amused7928]

I know you struggled to fit a pc inside the case of the xbox... Its now time to do the easy build with much more room... Put a pc in the controller

[@dan3a]

@MarcoC978 I think even a full raspberry pi should fit into the Duke

[@Mdudeman13]

You could put an Intel compute stick in it.

[@Kenopy]

Now that's a life hack! I'm sure the controllers are cheaper than two full towers. And had just the same amount of space.

[@metryped]

Only game missing in this video is Black. PS2 version of this game is impressive, but XBOX one is on another level in terms of graphics.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Saw it for sale when I was making this video but didnt pick it up, will keep that in mind.

[@cyphaborg6598]

It's enhanced for the XBX as well,only a shame it's not a full 16:9 ratio.

[@theghost7277]

Black Is pretty on xbox

[@MLWJ1993]

@@theghost7277 doesn't matter what it's on, I've seen both versions and they're both stunning. The broken glass effect on Xbox is a little weird to me though (big chunks of it instead of small pieces on ps2).

[@theghost7277]

@@MLWJ1993 because the graphics processor on a ps2 is still working with octagons like a dreamcast used to whereas the xbox is actually useing pixels to create an image like a pc would. I'll put it this way the ps2 is good looking for it's time its use of octagons is amazeing one of my favorite games is on the ps2 because of this(colloses) and it looks good but the problem with the ps2 is when people tried to put pixelated images on it like the xbox which was basically a pc at the time.

[@kainey]

First Xbox was a BEAST, I remember that GTA SA was more beautiful on it than on PS2.

[@megami215]

Sypher Ti yea but it didnt release until years later

[@LakesideAmusementPro]

It had terrible controls though.

[@jamesvinson3998]

@@megami215 It came out in 2005, just one year after the PS2 port. Sony had the shared timed exclusive rights to it along with PC when it released in 2004.

[@theghost7277]

The ps2 was a weak console though it had nasty graphics and was basically no better then a gameboy

[@thomassmith4999]

@@theghost7277 PS2 is a complete boss, I have all the consoles from this generation modded and setup currently. PS2 kills them all... Easily. I actually rate them PS2, Wii, OG Xbox in their modded state. PS2 can go all the way from 240p to 1080i + VGA modes plus it feels way more arcade solid.

[@ugzz]

Never made a proper console video? Had me fooled, because it was fantastic. I also have lots of love for the OG Xbox, great system, and awesome to see some coverage on it!

[@ShawFujikawa]

My first and only original Xbox was a softmodded Xbox, lol. Had a whole bunch of games on it that started off my enjoyment on a lot of series. Halo, Dead or Alive, Timesplitters, Blinx the Time Sweeper, PhantomCrash... Good times.

[@ZunaZurugi]

Phantom Crash Gang rise up xD

[@lionfire3359]

Panzer dragoon was very visually pleasing as well as the original onimusha on Xbox.

[@minimme]

british big boi budget builds y33ts his du$ty xbox right onto the channel 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@VapeTheWaves]

hi mr 3d gba guy

[@davidst4679]

Where is 3D Atari 2600 games ??

[@rafee9442]

hi mr nightmare thumbnails guy

[@minimme]

hi guys

[@Kurusu691]

Please make a collaboration, both of you!

[@mikeyp4690]

I remember playing Doom 3, with co-op over XBL. That was good times!

[@boingkster]

I played it as a kid on desktop with my brother. Scared the daylights out of us!

[@thedungeondelver]

Knowing about the RAM and CPU upgrades makes me wanna track one down and give that a try. It could also (probably) benefit from an IDE->SATA converter and then a solid-state drive.

[@supermonk3y07]

You can upgrade the CPU too?

[@matilija]

From experience in trying a SSD, Solidstate doesn't really offer any benefits over a standard sata HDD, the problem is the bitrate of the IDE interface isn't fast enough to even fully saturate a slow 5400 rpm platter drive, let alone a SSD.

[@ezg8448]

Morrowind took advantage of pixel shaders which many people on the PC didn’t even have at the time of release. I remember being mesmerized the first time seeing it, that particular effect could only be done on the Xbox at the time.

[@E_lisa_a]

i would love to see a HL2 Original XBOX video, it was my first HL2 Experience too

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@E_lisa_a]

@@KokoroKatsura ok

[@Mateo_98]

Kotonoha Katsura ok boomer

[@Neerus2007]

Seeing someone who actually knew what Phantom Crash was let alone played it and enjoyed it has to be one of the rarest things possible. Game was a hidden gem and honestly I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after you mentioned it.

[@cyn.dragon]

No words. I remember the video you did on the broken Xbox's GPU.

[@retrostansolo]

Steel battalion on the original Xbox is a marvel to behold it really is and it still impresses me to this day the same way from when I brought it on release. The original Xbox is my most played console, I absolutely love the thing. Great video.

[@fatefulcoma]

Bloody worth it and I have to agree the Xbox was and still is a great system and I miss having one in my collection. As a whole the 6th Gen of games consoles will always be my personal favourite along with the PS3 from the 7th Gen.

[@Fizzlepop72]

How the hell did Microsoft manage to make their GPU stronger than a lot of PCs at the time? Nowadays, consoles can't keep up with PCs at all

[@whyareyoureadingthis5308]

Well, they are one of the most popular tech companies in the entire world.

[@Charles-hy6gp]

"Nowadays, consoles can't keep up with PCs at all" because in order to make it profitable and affortable OG Xbox was sold at $299 while it costed $425 to manufacture that console cause $4 billions of loss in the market

[@Thebossstage1]

@@Charles-hy6gp Generally consoles are sold at a loss

[@CHA0SHACKER]

Price. High End GPUs back then were 250 to 300€. These days it’s 5 times that.

[@ilikeamd4579]

They were willing to take the risk

[@thelazywanderer_jt]

LOVE the Digital Foundry esque way of displaying framerate and frame times~

[@caveresch]

Chronicles of Riddick Escapee from Butcher's Bay was easily my favorite og xbox game. The second game was meh but it came with a remaster which made it worth it!

[@CRG]

Probably my go to console out of all in my collection. The 4 joypad support out of the box is a big plus. Had a few great nights with 4 player arcade emulated fun.

[@Windows71246]

Half-Life 2 blow my mind back in 2005 had great fun playing games such as Fuzion Frenzy and Halo CE also Driver Parallel lines love the original Xbox.

[@Windows71246]

@KaheeroZ Sure did you can get it on eBay for cheep.

[@DoubleTime53]

Most surprising thing about this video, you managed to not put any Sega GT 2002 music in despite the Xbox being its exclusive console.

[@MrBoggy101]

Amazing video. Absolutely top quality. The original xbox was quite the beast. This was the only generation where my family owned two consoles when I was growing up. For some reason, we had a copy of spiderman 2 on both consoles. It was the first time I really appreciated differences in actual console performance.

[@mspeter97]

watching this as I mourn my xbox who died this morning

[@ayyshin9265]

Time to get a pc

[@galaxymaster]

I`m sorry for your loss

[@Zecrid.]

F

[@zoronic4345]

*F*

[@juliannunez8430]

F

[@MrJamesonStyles]

This was a good video on the subject! I actually had no idea HL2 was ever ported over, that kind of made my jaw drop.

[@jamiecullen9075]

Love the video, excellent work as always Hamish! Would love to see a video like this on the Wii

[@bard246]

Yooo, Phantom Crash was so dope. Loved that game, especially the soundtrack! Also loved the vid!

[@computercatgaming02]

I'm still impressed how alot of the games still look so good and perform on the original Xbox, it's clearly the best of the three when it comes to playing playing third-party games where the PS2 and GameCube can fall behind.

[@shockwaveexp3465]

Definitely was the most powerful console of its generation. When I first played GTA: San Andreas on Xbox, the draw distance was unbelievable compared to PS2. I would sadly never get to try the golden days of Xbox Live as I didn't have internet as a kid.

[@DerFliegendeMocca]

Xbox was my first very own console. Blinx, Jet Set Radio Future, and most importantly THPS 3 and GTA San Andreas. I loved it! I probably get a well used one some day and enjoy the nostalgia :)

[@rhyswilliams999]

Phantom Crash was one of my favorite games, there was a sequel for the game called SLAI that was for the ps2. Spent ages trying to remember name of the game. Thank you!

[@amnottabs]

this is the comment I was looking for, also there was a recent game for PS4 with the same thematic tone called Hawken

[@deadonarrival909]

@@amnottabs Hawke has been out on pc for well over half a decade. it's a shame the servers are awful or I would constantly be on it

[@UpheavaI]

JSRF gameplay made me happy.. and TY the tigger background music

[@FORDboy357]

Please do a video on the porting process for HL2 on Xbox! I played it originally on a 3.06ghz P4 and 512MB of DDR2 and it struggled then

[@halo37253]

I played the game on a Celeron D 2.8ghz and FX5700 (Entire Combo was big purchase mistake, Should have went AMD and ATI). With 768MB DDR RAM running windows XP. I thought the game played pretty decent, granted I only had a 17" CRT at the time. 1280x1024. Had the game on the Xbox as well, and enjoyed playing it from the TV. I wish I still had my old modded Xbox, even with the softmod you can still swap out the HDD. I had a 160GB HDD in mine, autobooting into XBMC. Which was used as a hub that managed all my content. Tons of emulators, and could connect to network drive to watch all the xvid avi Movies I had at the time. That Media Machine really did me proud for years. I was lucky Enough to have a old 32" CRT TV with Component jacks in the back. Wasn't until around the time xbox360 got its first dashboard revision that I stopped using the xbox as my media box.

[@theghost7277]

Half life 2 didnt need a port m8 it was a late release if you can find it

[@ayuchanayuko]

I had the exact same specs and I had no problems playing the game in DX9 1380x1024 with a geforce5800 or so card. Also playable in dx8 mode in Intel GMA gfx (gma800 or so)

[@FORDboy357]

@@ayuchanayuko I didn't have dedicated graphics at the time 😥

[@xjohn1970]

I playes it on a amd 2600+ 32 bit cpu i think and ati 9800pro xtx and 512 mb and it ran good

[@digitalsarcomere]

Phantom Crash fan here. My brother & myself were mecha fans & played that game to death. Still have a copy safely stored away with 2 original Xboxes. So much fun & that soundtrack kicked ass.

[@hampuscarlberg924]

Got a nostalgia feeling with an Xbox original and "Ty the Tasmanian Tiger" music in the background

[@Trusteft]

Good video man, thanks for doing this. The original Xbox was the first console I actually thought about buying (but didn't). I remember seeing one of the Gotham Racing games and wanting it so bad!

[@DonvanW]

So the whole main menu shifts a little on idle? That's so cool!

[@Phoenix_SW20]

I've got two softmodded original Xbox consoles. A 500GB 1.6 and a rescued 1.0 with a upgraded 2TB SATA drive. The 1.0 had a dying hard drive with the click of death. Both of their DVD drives were dead but luckily I had a friend sell me a 1.4 Xbox with a working DVD drive. Unfortunately that console was dead (probably clock cap killed it), but I was able to salvage the DVD drive to softmod my other systems, and I swapped the GPU heatsink from the dead 1.4 over to my 1.0 since the GPU fan was dying causing it to overheat. I'm so happy I discovered the modding community for these things. These old consoles are great with a few QOL upgrades.

[@alaskanhybridgaming]

I enjoyed the effort you put into this video so you earned a subscriber.

[@leegsy]

9:51 - "So by this point I'm sure you get the point" Subscribed for this alone.

[@nikolakarovic5964]

That Gpu in 2001 was something like rtx2080ti in today console.

[@shagstars]

But a rtx 2080ti that is beat by amd (ati). At least during that time ati were better for quite a while. Nvidia was getting better during the gtx 600 series 11 years later. Xbox could've used faster ati chips that are also a bit cheaper but yeah...

[@nikolakarovic5964]

@@shagstars Gforce3 was state of the art in that time , ati had few months later ati8500 gpu but in time of Gforce3 just ati7500 which was dx7 gpu. Later in 2002 came out ati9500pro and 9700pro.

[@raven4k998]

yeah how the mighty have fallen back then kick ass hardware for 400 dollars now days it's low end shit for 5 or 6 hundred dollars in it now days it's low end hardware like integrated graphics and abandoned cpu architecture that never made it into a computer cause it was not good enough to be put into a laptop funny they made such a big deal about jaguar cpu's tech and it was thrown into the trash for full on desktop cpu's instead for the laptop lines

[@nikolakarovic5964]

@@raven4k998 gforce4200ti top of the line Gpu was 180$ I bought it for that price in 2002 .

[@RetroFan]

@@shagstars What? Nvidia was king, not ATI. The Geforce 3 and 4 Ti was the best.

[@scellyyt]

Nice video! I like how in depth this video is, it gives good detail

[@enigma776]

Kinda miss my xbox now, seeing as there so cheap might pick one up again. Just need to find a copy of Chaos Theory and a usb cable.

[@bombjack1984]

Not Chaos Theory, you want the original Splinter Cell for a softmod.

[@lmcgregoruk]

The original Splinter Cell's what I used to softmod my OG Xbox, back in 2018, had the game since my brother bought it for me years ago. Also had a USB to Xbox controller port cable for years before I finally got around to modding it.

[@theelite1x721987]

At a yard sale they are cheap. But at local flea markets they normally go for 50 bucks. Local game stores recently jacked up prices for them to around 65 to 85. Your mileage may vary around you but for me it's hard to find serious deals on retro game hardware. Hell, unless I get lucky with a private seller, SNES systems go for 100 to 120 around here.

[@Skuttle87]

@Gavin Townsley that's not what he meant

[@MattyStoked]

This was absolutely excellent. You've been teasing about this Phantom Crash video for ages now...

[@bluecollargamer7071]

I play the original fable all the way through about once a year on my og xbox.

[@hydro5378]

I do the same with fable 3 on the 360

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

@@hydro5378: Gonna be honest here. Fable TLC is a 10x better game than Fable III could ever hope to be

[@hydro5378]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial I still love fable 3

[@utp216]

This was a great video! Thanks for the gen 1 Xbox love!

[@patrickstrijker7574]

The FPS counter at the bottom can be bit confusing at times. Other then that its a great video!

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Only way I know to measure the frame rates at this moment in time without creating custom software (Digital Foundry etc...)

[@SummonerArthur]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial doesnt digital foundry uses this same method?

[@robertmonnig7132]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial what did you use to record the framerate?

[@antonnym214]

Well done! I subscribed and liked and looking forward to more quality content. All good wishes!

[@Whomsky]

You should probably make the green FPS bar a brighter color like red if possible - I kinda struggle to see it on mobile

[@KokoroKatsura]

build a computer

[@warenwakolj]

@@KokoroKatsura shut up not everyone can get a computer lol

[@llynellyn]

One of the best things about the Xbox was how easy it was to mod. Install the XMBC O/S (referred too as Kodi today) and it could stream media files over your home network, play online radio stations, backup you discs to the HDD to run from there, and you could install some emulators in XBMC and play any game from the 8/16 bit era and pretty every 2D arcade game ever made. It was the ultimate HTPC before HTPC was even a thing

[@realmchat6665]

I still fire my og xbox up on occasion for one game: Outrun 2

[@glitchcharliemartin1157]

Realm Chat omgggg outrun yes I remember playing it in arcades and I will always use the Ferrari nostalgic af

[@luisernestorodriguez5483]

glad to have you back with this good material!

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Love the original Xbox. I wish it had 128MB of ram which was the original plan instead of the 64MB that we got!!!! PS2 had 32MB of ram so the Xbox only had double memory. Imagine 128MB of ram on the Xbox....the PS2 would have been in real trouble. Hope Budget Builds does a "How Powerful was the PS2/Gamecube" and he opens up both consoles and checks their hardware

[@VV-wl8gb]

I’m very pleased to see a well-researched video on the Xbox, not a mere repetition of mundane facts. Great job!

[@manmonkee]

I just bought my first Xbox, 15 quid from a charity shop , 2 controllers

[@UmVtCg]

5:00 Ah Yeah, a black Volkswagen Corrado, Exactly the car I was driving at the time the original Xbox was late in it's generation.

[@oscarruda7200]

I was literally opening up an original Xbox an hour before seeing this video trying to get the disc drive to work

[@antonschaf4088]

Nice Video. I dont knew the XBox is that old. Maybe 10 years i thought and was wrong.

[@movement1957]

I still am more impressed with what Sega dreamcast did with such a small package

[@jokerzwild00]

Dreamcast was super efficient for what it was. It took awhile before developers got the ps2 running up to its potential, and before they did it was tough to look at something like Tekken Tag Tournament running next to Soul Calibur, because it made you wonder if the ps2 wasn't quite as powerful as we'd been led to believe. Then GT3 Aspec and SH2 came out and we sadly realized that our old friend the Dreamcast had finally been overtaken in the visuals department. That first batch of ps2 games definitely didn't meet expectations though!

[@omegarugal9283]

did you know that, if Sega had gotten its head out of its ass and had worked on the Dreamcast instead of keeping the stupid Saturn alive, the Dreamcast could have been release in late 1997?

[@bitsnbobsbobsnbits368]

I upgraded my Xbox to the Tualatin 1.4 and added the extra ram. Hard modded. Also removed the dvd drive and using ultrasonic cutter, made it slim, changed controller ports 3 / 4 to usb. Filled gaps with epoxy, primer and sprayed it white. Also removed backing off Xbox logo, Dremel a hole behind it and added a few blue LEDs. It was a little hobby about 15 years ago. I basically used it as an Amiga in the end. And Xbmc media player which was really powerful for the time. Gutted I sold it

[@CR055H41RZ]

I hadn't heard about being able to replace the CPU or add ram on the XBOX before, please do a video on this when you can!!

[@etlttc353]

Yeah

[@nighttimestalker]

It can use a Pentium 4 and have an additional 64mb added

[@foxxy46213]

it's not a job for a mere mortals u need a reflow station an a special socket I think to put the chip in. there is a guy who does it on the net think there called dreambox or something. I like stuff like that an read up on how to doit a long time back but it's a hard process. but results are amazing compared to stock an his work is top notch. but they ain't too cheap

[@alvhinssepino7437]

Nice video! Can you also do one for the Dreamcast? Such a waste it died too early before any devs tapped its full potential. Shenmue 1&2, DOA 2, and Soulcalibur are the only games I know that looked really good on it. It also had a custom Windows CE which some devs took advantage of

[@fredericgadoury6610]

Why nobody ever talks about Riddick? For me this is one of the best looking game ever released on Xbox and it was awesome!

[@internziko]

This was incredibly enjoyable. I look forward to more like it

[@LukusMaxamus]

could you do a video on the original ps2? would love to see what that used to be like.

[@LukusMaxamus]

@Spencer Rees obviously, but I want to see it from his perspective

[@OverDoseVapes]

I fucking LOVE Phantom Crash! Me and my kid brother played hundreds of hours of that game. Literally nobody has heard of it unfortunately. I felt like I was the only person that knew about it. It had an amazing soundtrack, one that I listen to even to this day and I never listen to VG OSTs. I am so happy to hear you talk about it and I hope you do make a video on it.

[@profile_memes]

should have added a counter for the amount of times you said original in this video 😂

[@UnluckyCarousel]

Well before 2014 you used to be able to call it the Xbox 1

[@EvertvanIngen]

Amazing video Steve, well done! I'm a PS2 guy but this makes me want to grab one and make it into a Arcade Cabinet XD

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Not Steve but cheers for the compliment.

[@TheFableHistorian]

I wanna see this thing run 3D Pinball Space Cadet

[@GreyWolf6625]

Great video dude and Fable is one of my all-time favorites used to play the hell out of it back in the day with the Xbox Crystal

[@simonaarekol3336]

In the time where consoles had the absolute best specs

[@lexibigcheese]

WOAH DID I JUST HEAR THE TY SOUNDTRACK?YES I DID.THAT WAS BASICALLY MY FAVOURITE GAME ON THE XBOX!

[@darknespker]

You should try playing BloodWake - probably the most fun boat/ship game for this generation.

[@takeshi7]

I effing love that game. And they never added it to backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 or Xbox One AFAIK, so it can only be played on the original Xbox.

[@darknespker]

@@takeshi7 Yup. I wish they made a second part for it for the 360. The graphics blew me away considering how old the game was and the hardware it was running on.

[@HoennLink]

The Volkswagen at 5:00 actually fooled me for a second. I’m surprised the Xbox was able to pull off all that it did tbh

[@matthewhall6589]

Escape from butcher bay was the most technically impressive game on the xbox.....

[@RetroFan]

I soft modded my Xbox many years ago and had tons of fun with it. Custom main menu with background music, web browser, a 250gb hard drive with tons of games and emulators, XBMC. I even had mods for Halo. One was shooting bouncy plasma grenades. I also had Quake 3 Arena. One of my fondest memories was playing Halo 1 and Rainbow Six 3 & Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow online using Gamespy & Xbox Connect. Yes, thanks to tunneling software you could play Halo 1 online on the Xbox.

[@Schlafanzugmen]

Do the famous but not very succesfull Gamecube!!!

[@rubblemonkey6904]

I guess that explains how Team Ninja got their games to look so amazing! Also, I would love to see more console videos especially since so many of them had interesting aspects, like the Dreamcast being able to run Windows CE, the Gamecube's PowerPC cpu, the PS2 using original PS1 cpu as an IO controller, or the Saturn's quad based gpu, and that's just scratching the surface!

[@ImperiaGin]

When it's still more powerful than an iPhone X

[@megazenn22]

my farts are more powerful than an iphone

[@nightopia2911]

I am agree

[@glitchcharliemartin1157]

it’s just not though

[@megazenn22]

@@glitchcharliemartin1157 we found the deluded apple fanboy!

[@nightopia2911]

Apple echo system ediction is more dangerous than the drugs

[@markschwartz9905]

great video, definetly a blast from the past! one minor correction: when i last messed with the original xbox, the only version of linux available for it was called xdsl (or damn small linux), and it ran suprisingly well. however, when you load the hacked gamesave with the buffer overrun exploit (mechassault) the title is "run linux" from within the game, but it's actually evox, the original homebrew dashboard, and not "linux". anyways... keep up the good work! i've been watching all of your videos.

[@c0rpse1]

thats a 1.2-1.4 so you can tsop flash it

[@ACGamingST]

Finally, you are back ! and you are not empty handed, this was a really amazing video, it reminded me of the good ol' days that will never come back, it was well made i like it

[@fcukugimmeausername]

Everything about this video was spot on right up until where you made an unbelievable, fundamental error that reveals a substantial lack of basic knowledge. It's morning here, not night.

[@minimme]

ok I've now finished it and I loved it great work

[@EVRLYNMedia]

Forza on this thing looks better than my intel hd graphics run forza horizon 4

[@KankaWasTaken]

phantom crash was my favorite game as a child! I love it and I was very surprised to see you liking it as well

[@LG1ikLx]

All my friends had ps2 but i always thought xbox was better :D

[@anonymousfreedom1253]

Just like me now I have Xbox one x while they have Ps4 slim

[@1985FordBronco]

@@anonymousfreedom1253 Same I got xbox they got ps4

[@anonymousfreedom1253]

@@1985FordBronco so do they make fun of you as well for having Xbox or is it just me?

[@ayeitsdayday1471]

gaming freedom yeah they make fun of me but guess what XBOX had Online/Live before anything and all the classic games from 2007-2010

[@1985FordBronco]

@@anonymousfreedom1253 Yeah

[@03chrisv]

I remember I immediately started to save my money for an Xbox when I was a teenager after seeing a demo of Halo CE at Gamestock 2001. It blew my mind! Good memories... I would love to go back in time and relive a few gaming moments as a kid that had a big impact on me, like playing Halo CE, Metroid Prime, Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2, Resident Evil Code Veronica on Dreamcast, Silent Hill 2 on PS2, and The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess on Wii. Sure I can replay those games now, but that "awe and wonder" and initial first impression that I got as a kid just can't quite be replicated now that I'm an adult.

[@codyiscul7559]

13:45 playing a xbox on a sony tv Hmm

[@Treynath84]

Want something weirder? Get a fake xbox, that uses fake ps3 controllers, and plays nintendo games...

[@PiddeBas]

Nice to see you're back!

[@ivelissefranco8127]

It played DOOM 3 that’s all I cared about. And then...... STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT HALO 2 KOTOR You all know the rest.

[@ethanevenson3855]

I'd love to see a full video on the hl2 xbox port. I remember that I was really impressed by it, but starting in about 2010 and going until now, I've only heard people mention it in passing, as being very unnecessary and compromised, released right before the 360 came out. Still, even compared to the orange box version on the 360, it isn't too bad, in my opinion, really playable, and it looks fantastic.