Revisiting The OG XBOX LIVE 22 Years Later.

[@MitchExistsSomehow]

14 minutes ago noice I just woke up (I liked my comment to be the top comment)

[@MrAjking808]

The begging is crazy 😂 it’s just KZbin comments dude

[@D4mnHomie]

I love when you say “it shut down recently back in 2010” which sounds like it was yesterday but it’s been almost 14 years lol I feel old as hell

[@MAWK3]

2010 was such a great year man I wish I could go back.

[@LUCKO2022]

2010 sucked Just like YOU

[@genemachine02]

@@MAWK3so true man, what an amazing year

[@jasonsmith530]

I remember 2010, Barack Obama was America’s president. it was a better time kids

[@B727X]

@@jasonsmith530yeah I really appreciate him more as our head statesmen after this disaster presidency. I'm independent I like him & a bit Trump more

[@equimanthorn6185]

This brought me back to playing Halo 2 on the OG Xbox on a weekend with my friends. We shared pizza and mtn dew, talked trash and stayed up until 2 am playing. Thank you for bringing me those memories back.

[@Blueovalguy]

Insignia is close to bringing Halo 2 servers back to their original state! We are weeks away they claim. Round up your buddies!

[@ThouArtOfWar0724]

As someone who has worked on games, it isn't passion that's lacking. We have plenty of passion. It's unrealistic time restrictions, no creative control, micromanagement etc. People who have no knowledge of how to create a game controlling things they shouldn't be.

[@Noblereach36]

What games have you worked on?

[@madmatt6454]

​@@Noblereach36buncha nothin

[@SNip3RWoLf1337]

I miss this era in gaming , Easily imo the best era there was

[@zzKirus]

Mech Assult and Halo 2 on xbox live was such an experience.

[@500viewz]

I yearned for mechassault and halo 2 online back in 2008 😫

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

Insignia inspired me to restore and mod these consoles. The community is as good as it was back then. Everyone having a good time. Great video!

[@cinnamondan4984]

Played PSO 1&2 offline with my friends and online on both GameCube and Xbox. Great game. Gripped us in our youth.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

Started collecting for OG Xbox last year and got over 250 games for it. I love it so much. So many great games and exclusives.

[@MAWK3]

Nice man! Good console to collect. I've been collecting 360 for a few years now.

[@xSavedSoulx]

Hey Wake Up, It's 2010

[@Hardcoredawg420]

Back when Xbox had exclusives

[@firstnamelastname956]

Back when gaming was actually good.

[@Casey_Truman]

Halo 2 on Xbox live was an experience unlike any other. Clans, matchmaking set up, rankings, Bungie online stats, pre- and post-lobby talk, no mic censorship, I could go on and on. It would be incredible to be able to play it that way again! I hope it can be added to the Insignia catalogue.

[@apothos666]

Halo 2 and Far Cry Instincts Evolution were games I spent the most amount of time on. So much content and fun!!

[@SolarMoth]

So happy I was able to be part of the OG Xbox Live service.

[@Dorian_D1990]

Great video my dude! Outside of the PS3 online ecosystem, the Original Xbox Insignia live online experience has been some of my favourite gaming multiplayer experiences. The team at Insignia have been nothing short of spectacular, and the helpful community to get setup is topnotch.

[@MAWK3]

Thank you dude! Insigina really nailed the simplicity and ease of use. No dns swaps, no major modifications or custom game files. Just your console and an network connection.

[@grandpaontwitch]

360 online community was the best im sorry lol

[@grandpaontwitch]

@@BandicootGames32X mine and many many others lol…. 360 was the greatest online community for gaming ever better then the OG pc gaming days….

[@jumpman2326]

When Halo 2 comes back online insignia is gonna be crazy lit 🔥 😂

[@a88pockets]

Dope video, has me hoping Insignia will get Halo 2 cracking this year.

[@MAWK3]

They made a post recently talking about how they got the MOTD working in it! Still plenty off but they're making it happen.

[@tkfeelg1902]

Boy have I got some News for you. This friday March 15th 2024

[@MAWK3]

@@tkfeelg1902 I heard!! I will be there at launch 😁

[@tkfeelg1902]

@@MAWK3 See you in Halo 2 buddy 😁✌️

[@MAWK3]

That copperCab profile picture is great @@tkfeelg1902 😆

[@Remedyz-tp9nb]

RTCW, R63, Ghost Recon, Halo 1&2 we’re all the best online gaming experiences I’ve ever had

[@nathanstreilein758]

Lol nice Im in your video. I'm JokineAugustus in Area 51. Great video.

[@juthecomedian]

OG Xbox Live changed my life. Met friends online I’m still cool with today.

[@Llamakingmaster7]

you're one of the most underrated content creators on YT, always love watching your videos!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you so much man! That means a lot 🙏

[@cawashka]

what a trip down memory lane man, great video!

[@redslate]

"In today's world, we can technically emulate the original Xbox..." Not without the source code. Xbox emulation has *only* *just* begun to become serviceable. Hats off to those involved in its continued progress, and hats off to the Insignia team.

[@xTheXFallenXOrderx]

My dad bought the OG Xbox in early 2002 and signed me up for Xbox live in December of 2002. The Xbox live network was something out of this world back in the day. Game's like Counter strike, Unreal Championship, Splinter Cell, and Soldier of Fortune 2 were truly an amazing experience. Going into the 360 era, the experience only god better, with COD 2 MP, Halo 3, the original dashboard, gamescores etc. It really felt like Microsoft could do no wrong. Because of this, I had one of the oldest xbox live accounts until the Xbox One (next gen) console. Truly amazing times especially for a kid like myself.

[@arandomguy9616]

your page is insanely underrated man,keep up the good work

[@MAWK3]

Thank you, man! Got more in the oven 🙏

[@HysteriaForever]

Great video, it's shame that not all online services work on all OG games, it's a shame but I hope more and more games get reintroduced

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! The team continues to bring back a lot of games every week to Insigina, so I think we're in good hands. 😁

[@idontknowwhatimdoing6294]

I've never Played the original XBOX, although I want one. I still buy OXbox games that I can play on the 360!

[@TheBotleyBoy]

Get one while they're still cheap. You never know what the retro gaming collectors will go for next.

[@narlycharley]

I’ve been playing on XBL since 2005. So many memories.

[@Adamchevy]

These are still my favorite console games. Having grown up win the 80s and 90s this was the pinnacle of gaming when I was 21.

[@angrycollecter1730]

I remember playing on gamespy it was such a blast

[@Uglier.]

that Xbox live commercial on the Sega GT/JSRF disc was on repeat as a 5 year old 😂

[@steeliest]

Super awesome video, always glad to see more people shedding light on this great service. Don't think I ever got to play with you before but it's great seeing names in the example videos I know like JokineAugustus and the likes.

[@steeliest]

Big shout-out to my buddy R0ry64 too. He's one of the backbones of this community and co-owns a server with me for game nights. Love that guy.

[@MAWK3]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's a great community. Hoping to play with you guys again soon.

[@uncletido99]

My first memory of online gaming was my dad and I getting our asses kicked on mech assault, I was like 6 and he had only ever played mech warrior on PC back in the day lol. God that game was hard.

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

Og xbox was the last best console of the old video game era. Everything after was built for the internet

[@HorsesArePeople2]

I used to looove Phantasy Star Online when I was a kid. I had it on GameCube

[@curiosidadegamebr]

Hello my friend. How are you? I have a project to capture gameplay from all 998 og xbox game library. Could you check out the channel? We already have more than 250 games with recorded videos. It would be great to receive your feedback, and maybe, if you like the channel, have you as a subscriber. Thank you very much. Have a nice day : )

[@benji417]

Really neat video. What's especially impressive with PSO is how you can actually join games with GameCube players. Meaning there is straight up a game in 2024 with crossplay between GC, Xbox and even a PC using emulation. Btw you mentioned wanting something similar for the Wii, Wiimmfi, so thankfully that's been perserved and those games can still be played online.

[@artate92]

this man brought it way back mentioning habbo hotel , holy shxt..memories

[@akamekurome4941]

imagine phantasy star online 1 and 2 working on ps2, and u go into pc users area and if u get asked what system ur on, just say og xbox

[@dudewherearewerightnow]

Cool video. Thanks, man.

[@MAWK3]

Glad you liked it! 🙏

[@FrothingFanboy]

You should make a video about Halo 2 now being supported in Insignia. There's some decent buzz already, but there needs to be more!!

[@MAWK3]

Next video I drop will be covering revisting it again 😁

[@FrothingFanboy]

@@MAWK3 😁😁😁

[@Microwave414]

Everytime I see an original xbox or dreamcast online again I get the urge to get both of them again. Loved them both.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

Because of shutdown servers today, I really appreciate the system link feature that still runs well on the OG Xbox and the 360. I wish this was continued, for I still have teens at lunch playing Halo 3 in my school.

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

I didn't realize America's Army was on the OG Xbox. That was probably the fps I spent the most amount of time on reaching a honor level of 85. I played that game religiously for 3+ years and that was really my bread and butter into multiplayer after first playing RTCW with my 56k modem. I knew all of the m203 shots on the bridge map and Mountain Pass and Insurgent camp were my best maps. The only online game I ever played on the original dreamcast was Phantasy Star Online and I got the Xbox in 2004 for Halo 2 and Shenmue 2. Its funny, but in the mid 90s my friends and I would play the original Red Alert online by calling each others phone lines in the game and connecting that way. It would drive our parents crazy because it would take away the phone line from receiving calls, but the fact that we figured out how to do it at 10 years old was pretty cool given it was a hard set up. This after all was in 97 and the internet for me only began in 96. I didn't have cable internet until 2002 so it was a rough first couple of years of online gaming.

[@swarthybullxxx]

I must be getting old because i laughed hard when you explained your frustration with PSO's tank controlls.

[@lhilkid]

You deserve more subscribers

[@MAWK3]

Thank you man!!🙏

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

U removed ONLY the Clock capacitor, right?

[@MAWK3]

Yep!

[@BIKE_BEERS_AND_DEATH_METAL]

🤘🕹🎮🍻 Awesome video!I love the OG Xbox,

[@MAWK3]

Thank you so much! OG Xbox is great.

[@cokelife5831]

Back when xbox was good…

[@MAWK3]

Crazy to think how much change in one decade..

[@driley1988]

Sadly it still didn't get the credit it deserved

[@cokelife5831]

@@driley1988 i feel u but 360 did

[@driley1988]

@@cokelife5831 yeah definitely the 360 was great. I was just talking about the original xbox in general

[@realgroovy24]

Regarding your Xbox not powering up anymore, check the solder connections on the power supply. Especially by the power connector. Those connections in particular break very easily, and can be simply resoldered/heated up to reflow the two broken connections and may fix the issue. The issue might not be that and some more complex fault, but it's a common one, especially early revisions like your 1.0 revision shown near the end of the vid. Back to the main part of the discussion, Insignia is very fun. I was young when I used OG Xbox Live, and really only used it for a short time, but it's etched in my memory which made me very glad to get on Insignia and see the OG Xbox Live menu, seeing all the features working. Chatting with people has been awesome, there's a real nice community vibe to it all.

[@JasonF-c5x]

I remember playing counterstrike on original Xbox live, good times

[@creolekolbytv1252]

17:30 habbo hotel was my stuffff so many memories

[@Trash432]

crazy the world's I missed out on never taking my ps2 or xbox online even tho I put years on them both. The ps3 was the first console I went online with playing cod 4 was crazy loved every min of that. I always online gamed with the pc even in the 90's tho.

[@jrgamesbrx]

That's a very good video. Congratulations. Greetings from Brazil!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you so much! Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@johnnyvolvox2932]

The original Xbox Live was something special. Gonna have to get myself on Insignia!

[@fyour1st527]

Inverted was a popular style during this time. I hated it.

[@Chloroxite]

The camera controls in PSO are actually really snappy when you get used to it. It's really easy to quickly move your stick to change the camera direction, and then quickly move it back to continue moving.

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

Heads up, that xbox you mentioned is pretty easiliy fixable

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! I still have it somewhere. It is a launch model so I really didn't wanna just throw it away.

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

​@MAWK3 if you find it, consider sending it my way

[@Vade1313]

Back when you plugged in a game and it worked, every time!

[@belladonna442]

I remember as a kid watching the area 51 trailer on my halo disc about a thousand times before never playing it until about 2013 on the pc that game is awesome

[@Lagatortooth]

I love hearing the halo two Heavy Price Paid in the background

[@YOL1K.K]

Just found u on auto play, I enjoyed the vid-like and new sub-achieved!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you very much!

[@andree1991]

You can use an USB to xbox controller port adapter and use an USB keyboard to chat in PSO. It's so good!

[@mckayselbe_6522]

I appreciate the fable music in the background, absolute classic

[@IIOver9000]

Yooo long live gaming 🤙🏼

[@MAWK3]

XBL 1.0 is classic 🎉

[@samhain81]

I know you painted Avatar there in a somewhat negative light with regards to Ubisoft, but let me assure you, that game is a visual masterpeice.

[@MAWK3]

It definitely delivered visually and Ubisoft nailed that aspect of capturing the essence from the movie. My frustration is mostly with it following the Far Cry Formula and not being it's own different experience.

[@johnsmith974]

I still have this one. Never played online. But "Black" and Halo 1&2 are still awesome games. Played Burnout Paradise with an HD Adapter on a 4K last year. Gfx badly outdated though xD

[@nxrp]

Hi, the Miami map for CS was available for the counter strike source for PC too

[@MedicatedMemory]

I had the netlink on the saturn. When i first discovered chat rooms...lol.. those were the days

[@ThePolicenaut]

Another great video,this is on my to do list but my time is limited and I can't play everything lol As for phantasy star online it still gets regular players on dreamcast (and gamecube) ,speaking of which you could look into the dreamcast online scene for another video

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! I wanted to import one and cover it's online community for a while now. Definitely this year though!

[@cMARVEL360]

5:35 Dude Yes!!!! What many prople don't know is that the Ease and Efficiency of Xbox 360 Era Xbox Live was because it Operated Exactly Like Halo 2 Online. Back on Xbox Live 1.0 Every game had its own way of dealing with Matching Making, where Xbox Live simply allowed you to have a Single Unique Name in every Game. But for Halo 2, it used to include small bits of Information on what other people were doing. You could log in to Halo 2, and see your Entire Xbox Live Friends and see what game they were playing, and also have a Clan Friends list and a Recent Players list. Mannnn!!!! I stilll remember when Xbox Live was shut down for a whole 24 Hours to update the systems for Xbox 360. And I still remember when friends in the Clan list, and on the Xbox Live Friends list were starting to grt their Xbox 360's because Halo 2 would tell you what game they would be playing. There were a lot of Geometry Wars which i always thoufht wss a Math Game LOL!!!! PGR and Perfect Dark Zero. Some with Most Wanted the last best Need For Speed. But anyways, once you got on Xbox 360 the Xbox Live Service on that Console Worked Exactly like Halo 2 did with almost the Exactly same layout. You had all your friends and you could see what they were playing, Halo 2 had Voice Messages and not evey game on Xbox Live 1.0 had that. But Voice Messages were a staple on Xbox 360 era. And you also had your recent players list like Halo 2. Halo 2 did a LOT gor Online Gaming on Xbox for thr 360 Era. It was so good it made it absolutely Frustrating to deal with asoects of Xbox Live when thr Xbox One Came out. Not only wss Xbox Live not working right at launch. But some design choices made foe Online Games was Backward and taken back to Xbox Live 1.0 style.

[@GAMEWIPES]

Wow I used to love playing counterstrike Miami was my map!

[@arlisbloxer05]

One thing I don't think you mentioned about PSO specifically is that it isn't JUST Xbox players you can play with, you can also play with people playing the Gamecube version via crossplay which is more often than not, what everyone usually plays (mainly bc its more easy for folks to get their hands on a modded wii and play that way but whatever)

[@Nitroh-]

Will definitely have to bring the old gal out and give this a go at some point. My Xbox is still functional but barely, the disc drive doesn't properly read games anymore, I think the laser reader thin died or something, been meaning to get it looked at by techy guys for years just never found the time. Plus my Xbox is mod chipped with 50 games pre installed which I don't own on disc so I don't wanna have to buy another console if it comes to it. Good video btw, had no clue this existed, thanks for enlightening me!

[@jonny-b4954]

I'm pretty sure you can buy another disc drive and swap it out. Though make sure you double check it's not specific to the motherboard. Some consoles are like that. I just play most Xbox games I have on my Xbox 360. I have the OG White 360 that has backwards compatibility. No idea how it's old HDD that clips onto the side/top of the console is still going 17 years later.

[@Nitroh-]

@@jonny-b4954 Good to know, cheers. Yeah I was looking on Ebay and Facebook marketplace, people are selling parted out Xboxs, might have to give it a sus once I look into all the details of what I need. I have a 360 E, have played some of my OG games on it but just feel like the full original experience.

[@redslate]

Time to softmod it.

[@Slazbob]

Sega actually made an attempt with console to console gaming in the 90’s with a device called Xband I believe. You put your game in it, then plugged it in to the Genesis, then plug your phone line into the Xband cartridge. I used to play a kid across town in NBA Jam and EA NHL live

[@MAWK3]

That's really cool! Never knew that. NBA Jam was so much fun.

[@Slazbob]

@@MAWK3 he actually showed me how to play it correctly; he was blocking shots and stealing shots in the air! Which I didn’t know about until that moment haha. The Xband also gave you avatars in the vs screen. It was great…as long as you didn’t get a call!

[@Tor109]

The series X plays all my OG Xbox games and upscales. Splinter cell looks fantastic.

[@E3T7]

It wouldn’t play all mine

[@Tor109]

@E3T7 I have a small collection lol 10-12 games

[@E3T7]

@@Tor109 That’s still pretty good tho!

[@Tor109]

@@E3T7 the big titles like Halo, splinter cell, and ghost recon.

[@E3T7]

@@Tor109 yeah, makes sense

[@firstnamelastname956]

I miss when gaming prioritized rich single player/splitscreen stories vs the basic live service model we have now.

[@DDDD-qj5gg]

Man, Xbox live was sooo good! What a time to be 12yr lol. I will always remember this generation of games and consoles. The first of two generations of owning every console for me....Xbox live was really perfected with the 360 but, Halo 2 was so good...I miss the excitement and quality of games during this time period....Makes me sad knowing there will never be a time like this again=((((

[@bulkchart3239]

very good video!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you very much!

[@MicrowaveBackground]

Lit video thank you

[@jonscriffignano]

I wish they brought CS2 to xbox and actually had comp on there

[@sapphiredruid4574]

Love the Simpsons hit and run background music at one stage ;)

[@MAWK3]

It fits like a glove 😅

[@paulburkey2]

I just powered up my old Xbox for the first time in over a decade opened it up caps are all good dusted it out and it works great going to do all those mods I never got around to doing mostly because I'm not sure how long the HDD and DVD will continue to work.

[@Xxx_KittySlayer_xxX]

Do a video on revived Xbox 360 games, there’s a bunch popping up nowadays

[@MAWK3]

I was not aware of that so thank you for that! I'll definitely investigate into that.

[@johnnyfiveisking]

You say Vegas weird lol

[@jonarmstrong1961]

For us we had the link cable on the original Xbox. We would hook up 4 Xbox and 4 TV's and play 8 on 8 on halo until the sun would come up. Man I miss those days. All of us in my friends daylight basement screamin having fun together. Gaming lost it's fun when they stopped making games like that. And if they do make games like that I haven't seen them

[@r.9158]

Really enjoyed this video but how the hell did you mess up saying "Vegas"?

[@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog]

More people need to get an original xbox and grow insignia live

[@MAWK3]

I hope this video inspires more people to Insignia! Such a great time capsule

[@Trash432]

I loved Rainbow six V I think 1 or 2 I don't remember but you could down patch it then go into a level and bug it out where you can get endless xp and be max level then end game repatch and go online and everything would be unlocked. I use to have people pay me $5-$10 xbox cards to do it for them.

[@curiosidadegamebr]

Hello my friend. How are you? I have a project to capture gameplay from all 998 og xbox game library. Could you check out the channel? We already have more than 250 games with recorded videos. It would be great to receive your feedback, and maybe, if you like the channel, have you as a subscriber. Thank you very much. Have a nice day : )

[@GamerLegend.97]

The first game I played on the Xbox was need for speed hot pursuit 2. it was a year after my ps2 broke so i bug my parents to get me one, they got it for me in June of 2003 lots of fun. the mistake i made leaving it with my cousins 😑 i didn't get one again until 2017

[@InfernalEternal]

Currently playing Halo combat evolved like I'm 6 years old again, so darn fun. Just need a small usb stick and then I can softmod my Crystal og xbox 😁

[@dragozillasaur813]

I LOVE the OG Xbox. I too Play on insignia xbox live for Godzilla save the earth and TImesplitters future perfect

[@NitNgrit]

I had that starting kit and crimson sky’s the dog fighting in the game was epic

[@JasonF-c5x]

I remember playing early (can’t remember if insignia or xbonline). Mind you, this was before master chief collection, I was playing halo 1 over Xbox live. This was fucking amazing to me because this game never had Xbox live support, only split screen and LAN

[@Norg1]

ive been playing some games i missed ....Destroy all humans crash bandicoot and lord of the rings ...even myst III is on og xbox but im not even going to attempt that game lol

[@MAWK3]

DAH2 was a lot of fun in splitscreen!

[@fiercekrypton]

Counter strike had a check corner feature. I think you click n hold the stick in and it triples your sens.

[@zebrawallace-dl4pq]

Hall, thirteen, mechasault, American wasteland are some I always play everytime I plug in my Xbox og

[@fiercekrypton]

I never realized Miami was an exclusive map.

[@kovalveli]

Great content

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! 🙏

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! 🙏

[@LEWiSG]

It all died when they started adding pay to win stuff like skins, weapons, things like weapon drops in games. It shoulda stayed basic with the only stuff being sold was DLC maps. Rip the good old Xbox live days. My personal favourites are return to castle Wolfenstein, midtown madness 3, mech assault, original ghost recon, Greg Hastings paint ball, counter strike, soldier of fortune, halo 2, espn nfl 2k5, gears of war 1 and 2, cod 4 mw

[@PewKatt]

I bout flipped hearing you call Rainbow six VEGAS VAAAA GUS

[@MAWK3]

It must be a Canadian way of pronouncing it or something 😅

[@TheSlyhound]

This guy wasn’t even born during the o g days

[@n0vi]

10:25 crytek didn't "give" far cry to Ubisoft, crytek was purchased by EA. any far cry after the first is an imitation. I liked FC2 a lot though.

[@MAWK3]

My bad! Thank you for the clarification 😁