The Microsoft Xbox - Review - Game Sack

Episode 183 - Let's check out the original Xbox. It was a powerhouse of a console during its time, but not many people talk about this one much any more. They really should. Could this be the best Xbox console that ever was?
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[@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial]

XBOX feels like Sega's last system to me actually. So many sega exclusives were out on xbox. It was like an upgraded dreamcast.

[@kevinsimcom]

xobx was spiritual sequel to dreamcast, microsoft strarted planing their own console when they deisgned the windows CE for dreamcast, and microsoft got a lot console design experience from sega, acturally sega had discussed possibility with microsoft to make xbox compatible with dreamcast game, but microsoft finally refused

[@SkeletorTclaws]

Hipster Black Metal I agree. also if I remeber correctly, the dreamcast already ran on widows software.

[@moviemetalhead]

Real1Gaming Don't forget 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker, Spartan Total Warrior, Beachspikers and Crazy Taxi. I love Skies of Arcadia Legends.

[@netbirth]

Mister M yeah it ran on windows ce, or it was compatible with, what it says on the side of mine.

[@retrospiel]

Funny how that works... Peter Moore's "Manifesto of the Future' was the reason Sega discontinued the Dreamcast. He then made a deal with Microsoft for 12 of the upcoming Triple-A Dreamcast games to be Xbox exclusives before leaving Sega of America to oversee the Xbox launch...

[@Diskhate]

"What is a console without the games?" An Apple Pippin

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Diskhate The Phantom

[@Diskhate]

DoctorWeeTodd but if i remember correctly the phantom was never even released...while the apple pippin not only had practically exclusively incredibly shitty edutainment software...but it was also expensive!!! something like 600-700 dollars when it came out ; which was not optimal considering that you could have simply assembled a PC or, if you only wanted to play games, buy a PS1 for 200 dollars...

[@Rebel_Railroad_Productions]

I actually have an Apple Pippin believe it or not.

[@bigdilfenergy6217]

That would be the Xbox One.

[@aaronwebb2467]

I believe that marathon came out for the pippin

[@Hijynx87]

This console still holds up graphically IMO.

[@davidgeorge3944]

It really does. It was a mix of the graphical power of the console ay the time and great optimisation and utilisation of the hardware available. The first console with a HD also it was so awesome no more buyng memory cards. Only downside was the DVD player function locked without the bloody add on. That was their revenge I think for the Hard drive lol

[@rimurutempest8833]

I also feel like this is when Xbox was at Their best

[@Hijynx87]

@@rimurutempest8833 For sure, I remember when I got my 360 I lost interest in gaming for awhile. Of course most of the good stuff was basically unknown to the public so I missed most of that gen until about 2009 or so when I got a gaming laptop. It was glorious being able to take 360 quality games with me while hanging out. It wasn’t till later when I got my ps3 in 2011 (and much later actually) that I actually explored that gen while buying a ton of used games. I have much fonder memories with the og Xbox, including halo lan parties and the birth of Xbox live.

[@Minnevan]

@@rimurutempest8833The 360 era was a pretty good run as well, in my opinion

[@jacobreeves3110]

Story time: when I was 9 I asked my mom for this. She convinced me I wouldn't get it, so I gave up hope. I opened all my Christmas presents totally forgetting I even wanted one. About an hour after I opened all my gifts my mom brings out my last gift, The Xbox. The first game I got for it... Bloodrayne. It was fucking amazing. I'm getting all teary eyed just thinking about it.

[@ChescoYT]

Those are the BEST memories!

[@marky3609]

Bro that's crazy I literally have the same story I lived with my aunt and uncle and asked them for an Xbox the year it launched but they had convinced me they couldn't get a hold of one but I would instead get a PS2. Well when Christmas came me and my cousin were opening gifts and he opened one and it was a GameCube. He wanted one really bad but my aunt and uncle told him the same thing they told me they weren't able to get one so when I saw that he actually got the GameCube I immediately scanned the room for the biggest box and opened it and low and behold there it was the Microsoft Xbox. I got so excited that I had an asthma attack and had to use my nebulizer machine lol. It was awesome tho I also got Dead or Alive 3, Tony Hawk 2X, Project Gotham Racing and Halo Combat Evolved. That was the best Christmas of my life and I still have that Xbox all these years later.

[@subielife4life]

@@marky3609 I love your story, especially cuz it was from your aunt and uncle, please don't ever get rid of the xbox, what your aunt and uncle did was so freaken amazing!!

[@marky3609]

@@subielife4life I still have it altho I don't know how to take off the clock capacitor so I'm worried it'll break 😢

[@subielife4life]

@@marky3609 clock capacitor? Can you explain that to me?

[@Gladson]

GameSack's videos are so well produced and informative that it's an absurd they have only 150k subs and less than 100k views on videos like this while many other horrible game channels where they barely show the games and most of the time is spent showing the youtubers saying nonsense have hundreds of thousands of subs, sometimes even millions of them. GameSack deserves so much more love than it gets.

[@boseyjones]

Gladson MF agreed. This is one sack that deserves to be fondled a lot more than it is right now.

[@bradyrhino8030]

@@boseyjones Arctic Thunder was also works on this console too! It plays like the arcade original and was being par with Hydro Thunder Eurocom PC on Dell Dimension XPS D333 and MAME on powerful modern computers with emulated arcade games like NFL Blitz and Mortal Kombat 1, 2, 3 Ultimate and 4!

[@CatMandiano]

Tell your friends and get them to sub

[@therealuncleevil]

The end skit should have had Joe shouting "LEFT LEFT LEFT" while the two of them carried the Duke.

[@sjake8308]

That's actually a pretty awesome suggestion!

[@t0xcn253]

Maybe it will be dubbed over in the "Director's Cut"

[@krono5el]

Saturn, Dreamcast, and Xbox are my all time fav systems. ungodly amount of good times

[@BrettsPlay]

I love Crimson Skies! I have a setup in my basement with four Trinitrons and four Xboxes, so the multiplayer is still super fun locally.

[@SkyScourgeGod]

Its awesome to see someone who still appreciates LAN parties on the original Xbox. One of the things I'd love to do one of these days is to get four decent TV's, four Xbox consoles and a big collection consisting of four copies of the best LAN compatible games I can find and invite everyone over to have a LAN night. Junk food and Whiskey is mandatory of course. ;)

[@subielife4life]

Bro I too love crimson skies!! I used to masterbate to the owners manual!!! But kidding aside, I did love it when it first came out and it was the game I played the most online, the multiplayer/online matches were the best!! But on top of that the single player campaign was a blast to play thru!!! I would love to be able to play it again, like maybe a remaster or an HD remake would be awesome!!!

[@shaundavidssd]

Check the videos doing lan on crimson skies with all four generations of xbox system linked lol

[@tonk82]

Splinter cell games were waayyy better on xbox than the other consoles.

[@Phantom_Gabriel]

tonk82 yeah and you can mod it with splinter cell

[@BigStupidJellyfish3]

The PS2 version of the first one was awful, it really highlights the difference between the consoles. The Gamecube version looked pretty good though, just not as good as the Xbox.

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

tonk82 but ps2 had god of war and all of the games lol i had pa2 before

[@BlueflagAlpha]

i like the psp version

[@Hijynx87]

Easily, they were made for Xbox.

[@TheDaliPopka]

As a channel creator who solely talks about the Big Green, I'm so glad to see you guys cover this awesome console! It is a dying shame that the other 2 consoles at the time overshadowed it because it ended up being the superior machine in many cases. Plus, you chose some great and interesting games to showcase. Great video, guys!

[@brandontoppass2894]

Dali Popka I now see that by Big Green you mean the original Xbox, not the mid 90's underdog soccer team film. My disappointment knows no bounds.

[@TheDaliPopka]

I'm sorry, I get that a lot. lol

[@brandontoppass2894]

Dali Popka lol!

[@watchsilverback]

Dali Popka If you like the OG Xbox I cant recommend Dali Popka's channel enough. Been subscribed for a few months and his vids are pretty good

[@bartsimpson83]

True, but in terms of nostalgia and how many people still talk about it as an underrated console (and rightfully so), the Gamecube won in the long run. Sales figures aren't everything. The Turbografx flopped in the US but is now seen as one of the best consoles ever.

[@davelygrave21]

One thing I rarely hear mentioned about the XBox Classic is the 9ft cord for the controllers. Seeing this show's gags about the Turbografix-16 controller cords, I'm surprised it didn't come up in this episode.

[@damienlobb85]

I loved how long the Xbox controller cords were. It made it really good for playing on our projector.

[@rodrigoamansur]

Ninja Gaiden? ;)

[@TheKeithvidz]

my game

[@todesziege]

...and Dead or Alive 3. I was really surprised they didn't show those, as they were easily two of the best (and best-looking) Xbox exclusives.

[@PicoFromTX]

So you're telling me there were HD/60fps games in the early 2000s, but a lot games today can't even give me 60fps? :/

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

Welcome to the DLC/MicroTransaction era of gaming. To shorten a long story, it's essential the fault of everyone under the age of 21. Thanks for ruining games kids!

[@larathelinuxcroft1909]

Slyguy threeonetwonine I'm 20 dawg and only buy bundled CGI with a game if it is physical copy and a pro edition or something. Digital DLC would or should make any normal person wanna kill themselves because of how goddamn expensive it all is.

[@christian6911]

Sonic the hedgehog for Genesis was 60fps

[@PicoFromTX]

Well to be fair, the new consoles lack blast processing :P

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

Pico pc

[@RealH0rr0rsh0w]

Ninja Gaiden Black is the best Xbox game. It's perfect.

[@TheIMMORTALKAHNHD]

Graphic they didnt mention a ninja Gaiden game did they?!

[@RealH0rr0rsh0w]

No but they did mention the Xbox game console.

[@christopherniewiadomski4075]

NG is both the best slasher I even played and the best Xbox game (at lest IMO). There are many games I liked that weren't covered and I am not that much surprised (anyone played Otogi or Phantom Dust?), but lack of NG feels odd.

[@bytex666]

Ninja GAYden, amirite?

[@filipmartinez1162]

Sigma on PS3>all NG games ever period.

[@Rycerz49]

I remember one Christmas when i traded my PS2 in with about 20 games and bought the newly released crystal Xbox console with halo, ninja gaiden and pgr. Awesome

[@unbindingfloyd]

I did the exact same thing but I got the regular Xbox. Got Halo, Dead or Alive 3, and Ninja Gaiden lol

[@brianisebay]

The OG Xbox had a lot of forward thinking design choices. The custom soundtrack feature still impresses me. A lot of sports and racing games utilized it so you could use imported music instead of the songs from the game soundtrack, but it allowed for custom radio stations in the GTA games just like on PC, a feature that sadly never came back for console GTA games.

[@Lone432345]

Im surprised Joe didn't mention that the Warriors video game is based on the 1979 movie of the same name. With all the same actors reprising there roles almost 30 years later. Warriors Come Out and Play-Ya.

[@GameSack]

If it were a full review I would have bu that particular segment was getting pretty long and that was the last game I added to it.

[@Lone432345]

Game Sack Well that understandable.

[@voltare2amstereo]

the xbox audio was produced by the soundstorm chipset ( a true 5.1 on the fly encoder, used with the nvidia nforce chipset for 462 pin amd athlon boards ) aka MCP-T

[@GameSack]

Yep, it was pretty badass. 64 realtime channels if I remember correctly.

[@voltare2amstereo]

i kept an nforce 2 chipset amd running long past the cpu's use by date purely for the 5.1 encoder to drive my home theater amps.

[@kayanel7982]

voltare2amstereo I also have the encoder but isn't there anything better than it on today's motherboards?

[@voltare2amstereo]

nope, it's all done in software now. The soundstorm chipset was the only consumer level product that could take 2 channel audio (music, dolby surround encoded stereo etc) and recreate an acurate 6 channel output, 5 for the speakers and 1 for the sub, All in hardware. Development stopped after this and drivers were never written past XP - it's how the xbox was able to do 5.1 from stereo sources too.

[@scynapz]

I think it was around 51. But not positive

[@konton217]

Man the detail and knowledge you guys put in every video on the power of the hardware and how the game push the limit of the system is incredible. I really hope you guys never change your style of reviewing. GUYS ARE ONE OF THE BEST GAME REVIEWING CHANNELS TO ME!

[@TinyJuiceboxASMR]

Man...I remember being totally blown away by how good chronicles of Riddick looked back in the day

[@roopertrooperviolencejack6281]

Its always good to sleep to some sweet game sack...

[@Farklu]

y

[@roopertrooperviolencejack6281]

Hawk of Light its soothing af

[@Fnatic2010]

Or in my case, It is always nice wake up on sundays to new Gamesack Episode.

[@klaudiothedevil]

The audio quality is really good seeing as the guys talk in even voices with no weird explosions its perfect for some sleepy time viewing :3 It's nice to know im not alone :P

[@roopertrooperviolencejack6281]

HeyItsRye also night mind for me, his voice is soft as silk even if his content is creepy, i really dont mind

[@bountyhunterFett76]

aw man... you forgot Star Wars Knights of the old republic

[@GameSack]

I started playing that one once. I found it distracting that it takes place I don't know how many thousands of years before the original trilogy yet they have all of the same technology and abilities. Like nothing had changed in a thousand years.

[@bountyhunterFett76]

I can see your point, I still play it this day... Came out in 2003-2004, one of the better SW games, lol... Oh well, thanks for the response and keep up the good work

[@bountyhunterFett76]

Oh... It took ace 4000 years before the known trilogy

[@rogersherman3546]

Well the Jedi were always being wiped out and then the Sith vice versa so it would be like constant dark ages not allowing technology to progress to rapidly. But in KOTOR they do use Viroswords a ton which could be a view into a more primitive technology.

[@heroicdefeat5335]

We all just connect to different titles. I highly dislike all zelda titles with only one exception. Along with metroid. But mad respect if thats your shit!!

[@yellowblanka6058]

I remember my jaw dropping when I played "Blood Wake" back in the day - the wave effects looked absolutely incredible at the time - pretty fun arcade-like gameplay too. Dead or Alive 3 also graphically blew away any fighting game on the competing consoles at the time - the character models, cloth effects etc. were incredible.

[@yellowblanka6058]

@RockManLP_Radio Heh, get your mind out of the gutter, I was talking about the various graphical effects, but now that you mention it.....

[@drlove6951]

I remember the good old days, getting the ps2 when it was released & after that the OG Xbox, it was such a great time to be a kid! So many great games! Will never forget.

[@iancruz6617]

I know a friend of mine dewise did i was amaze and had no console since a broke ps1 besides getting a ps2 few years just a few years i got an xbox 360 then a ps3 was amazing

[@rickmarks1282]

What is a console without the games? -The Wii U...

[@bigred902]

Onimusha on the xbox is a must own

[@madskillsgamer128]

Tao Fang, Gun Valkyrie, Sudeki, Otogi 1 and 2, Red Ninja, Dead To Rights 1 and 2, Max Payne 1 and 2, Doom 3, Advent Rising to name a few.

[@cultofdis]

Lesser Known Games From Big Developers would be an interesting episode, I think. Please consider it!

[@link2thepast952]

Star Wars Battlefront 2 was my go to game on the xbox! Still play it all the time

[@netbirth]

Link2ThePast95 same, I play it on pc now for the online, which I never experienced on ps2/xbox. so glad I can now ;)

[@masterskyrunner]

speaking of star wars where is kotor

[@jonizon3978]

4 player fun

[@theroundduckman]

+The Philosophating Phrog The Xbox was THE shit for Star Wars games anyways. Kotor, Jedi Knight, Battlefront... Now all we got is SWTOR the MMO grind and walk fest, and Call of "Battlefront." :(

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

actually 400,000 sold in Japan( the 2 million is for all of Asia and most of those numbers are from Australia and N.Z) AWESOME EPISODE, I remember playing with my brother back in the day and now we barely see each other since we literally live in different continents!!!

[@MrThunderwing]

I like that you guys started with Panzer Dragoon Orta, one of my favourite ever original Xbox games! Kinda surprised you didn't feature Outrun 2 though, that was basically the entire reason I bought an Xbox in the first place. Although Outrun 2006 Coast 2 Coast came out on a lot of other systems a bit later, Outrun 2 remains an Xbox exclusive and has got content not featured in any of the C2C versions (namely the bonus courses made up of all the tracks from Daytona USA 2 and Scud Race and the original 1986 Outrun as a bonus unlockable).

[@BlueflagAlpha]

they did an episode on outrun

[@MrThunderwing]

Sonic Ace 24 I know, but I still think a small mention wouldn't have gone amiss here, even if just to say 'Hey, check out this totally rad video we already made all about Outrun that covers it'. I'm just being pedantic :)

[@MrThunderwing]

Speaking of though... *cough shameless self promotion time* I myself have made a video looking back at Outrun's 30 year history, Sonic Ace 24 can confirm it's radness. Why not head over to my channel and check it out? *cough shameless self promotion ends*

[@BlueflagAlpha]

MrThunderwing that outrun video you made was awesome

[@MrThunderwing]

Sonic Ace 24 Thank you sir!

[@bjnt92281]

I was 20 years old when the OG Xbox first came out. When I was deciding between it and the PS2 I chose the Xbox mainly because it had an internal hard drive which saved me money on memory cards. I remember being amazed how huge it was and how amazingly bright the graphics were. And the original Duke controller really didn’t bother me probably because I got descent sized hands. Eventually I did get a PS2 and while I had fun with it looking back I had more fun with the Xbox.

[@dncewzrd]

The Xbox was my first console, I'll never forget it.

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Mine as well

[@SonofTiamat]

I miss when the original Xbox was called the Xbox 1 :(

[@NeoJ4K3]

Son of Tiamat I've been using the term "Xbox classic" these days

[@0rderSol]

Nowadays I just say OG Xbox

[@Lilbroda]

till 360 come out, it was called just "xbox"

[@Lilbroda]

same way till ps2 come out, ps1 was just called the "playstation"

[@Lone432345]

While Sony keeps it simple with simply numbering there systems. And Nintendo just comes up with new names for there system. Microsoft hasn't figured out how to count to 3 yet or 10. Really the Xbox One sould have been the Xbox 720. I could at least feel like im relieving Atari Glory days.

[@xjeffryx7834]

You can actually still get the patch that fixed the hud issue with widescreen in Halo 2. It was bundled along with the 2nd and 3rd updates on the multiplayer map pack disc.

[@THEFALLOFSONY]

Had every 6th gen console and the Xbox was not only ahead of its time it was easily my favorite.

[@LonSeidman]

Burnout Revenge never gets old!

[@retroboy-fh1ji]

Old Liquid wait, Revenge is a great game yes, but not better than Paradise imo.

[@Haddley333]

Old Liquid i agree, revenge is king.

[@ytanonymity3585]

Also Forza Motorsport

[@Lightblue2222]

FlatOut is great too.

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

Strangely enough I always preferred Burnout 2. Because it didn’t let you get away with crashing into other cars

[@Bernaxxl]

Dave... In halo you can use a flash light in dark areas :P

[@wilton969]

Never had an Xbox - looking back though there was a LOT of green and brown in those games - it was really noticeable for me coming off the back of the Dreamcast. Perhaps it was a requirement in western made games? Good vid, you showed a few games I'd never seen before and the ending made me laugh...

[@diegomineiro]

Ninja Freaking Gaiden.

[@TonySpike]

shoulda done a shenmue 2 refrence on the skit ....you both carry the console with you telling dave left left left ...you drop it on his foot when he gets it wrong lol

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Happy to see Spikeout get some love finally. The atrocious voice acting is what made me buy the game awhile ago, I saw the cutscenes and kept laughing at them and any kind of beat em up automatically gets a nod from me.

[@Protoman85]

The original arcade game/s were sesigned by the guy who made Yakuza, so Spikeout + Shenmue = Yakuza

[@draganskoda3338]

Yes! But I don't get that Game Sack doesn't mention it's four player coop. That aspect really sold me on this game. I enjoyed playing it with my little brother. I guess some people just don't care if a game can be played with two players.

[@pigoe09]

appreciate every video you guys make.....gold

[@exiled5160]

so freedom fighters is an alternate history Mario game?

[@basedpan5281]

Mario for adults

[@djqkronicles24]

I think the thing with the XBOX is that it did everything that everyone else was doing but it did it way better. The landscape at the time was the PS2 and the dreamcast. The PS2 had a vast library of games but they were beginning to look outdated. The dreamcast had improved on the graphics and was trying to do next generation stuff but it was too early. Then comes the Xbox, what impress me to begin with is that the games started out fast. Damn did the system have memory built in. Before you had to buy the external memory packs and they were used up quickly, not the Xbox... shit I dont think anyone who didn't hack it even used 10% of its memory. Add to that Xbox live! Halo 2 was the killer app. Awesome episode guys.

[@moviemetalhead]

John Gotti Jr As if Gamecube wasn't apart of the landscape..

[@djqkronicles24]

During this time I was an undergrad student and I felt that the GameCube was marketed to kids, therefore I didn't use it, with the exception of smash brothers that I would play at my friends house. I didn't get a GameCube until 5 years ago, wish I was playing it back then. But yes I was aware of the system, however it had lesser graphics, it still used physical memory cards, and no online support.

[@moviemetalhead]

John Gotti Jr I got it for all the Resident Evil games and Eternal Darnkess. Yes most of its games were geared towards kids, but it had a few mature games. F-Zero GX and Soul Calibur 2 were a welcome bonus.

[@Lilbroda]

by 2001 DC was dead

[@moviemetalhead]

Rudi Moreira That too.

[@Gamerguy8585]

Thank you for doing the video been wanting this for awhile

[@macctruck]

What a thorough and well-presented review. I admire y’all’s passion for the Xbox/video games.

[@willienelson8513]

I know I asked a lot for this episode in the past, and you were nice enough to respond back to me, but thank you guys for putting this episode out and hope you two have a wonderful year

[@strain42]

Naturally I've gotta mention Fable. I mean I think this is the 129th comment, so I'm possibly in the top 100 people to mention that game, but it was just such a fun RPG title. My friend and I rented it and it was one of the first times we ever stayed up all night glued to a game. I guess in a similar guise there's also Morrowind, which was a great game, but I didn't play it as much. And while Japan exclusive, I have to throw out Shin Megami Tensei: NINE. The last one I want to mention is a game that is just burned into my mind for some reason, Black Stone: Magic and Steel. It was sort of like if Gauntlet was made by Japan. I remember it being a decent on couch co-op title.

[@trunks10k]

"what is a console without games?" The Ouya!

[@dinohermann1887]

Nah, it's either Amiga CD32 or Philips CD-i!

[@GraveUypo]

so many of these games have that "timeless" aspect to them and that makes this console very special.

[@gaminginframes2819]

It was amazing playing games back in the day in 5.1, 480p, 720p/1080i and widescreen, along with having a built in hard drive. True Crime: Streets of LA was 720p.

[@ShogunKilledChuck]

I had PS2 for most of that generation of gaming and only got an Xbox toward the end. It was a really good system. The graphics were just phenomenal.

[@dickheadrecs]

8.5lb.. we're going to need a bigger sack..

[@CptKennyLoggins]

Huge DC fan at the time and Xbox just felt like the spiritual successor to me (the exclusive license for 12 games probably). Great system with great games and introduced the standard for console online gaming (another DC influence). Now I have go play some Stubbs the Zombie.

[@retroboy-fh1ji]

A shame that sonic adventure 1 and 2 didn't got ports for xbox. It would be the automatic spiritual succesor with 2 of the most important dc games.

[@CptKennyLoggins]

@@retroboy-fh1ji 2 made it to the Xbox as a multiplatform release. But that's not same as an exclusive.

[@hughlingard]

May the channel Game Sack live forever!

[@habsfan79sh]

I don't know why but when I watch videos like this makes me want to turn my old Xbox on and play it again who else is like me lol

[@JoshLineberry]

Steve Harper play mine every day!

[@justadude420]

I am actually playing morrowwind on Xbox right now while watching !

[@henriksongaming9051]

shane womeldorff lucky you, I don't have a og xbox 😢 and thr best game of all time MORROWIND

[@Squadalha]

You're not alone.

[@marctouss1862]

mine never look as good as their screen grabs... what am i doing wrong?..

[@subielife4life]

The xbox had graphics similar if not better then the 360 launch titles in my opinion.

[@TrevorFosterTheFosterDojo]

No that is dumb

[@jeffwalker9122]

I recently acquired a fully modded original Xbox jam packed with games from all the retro systems from Sega, and Nintendo to name a couple... I've barely scratched the surface of it.... such a great find!

[@godofmediocrity7582]

35:00 This is inaccurate. You CAN obtain the patch without Xbox Live. The patch is included in the physical "Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack", along with a few other online patches as well as, obviously, multiplayer maps. The pack is also compatible with 360, and it can be obtained for cheap.

[@JMNTN]

That moment when even the original xbox could do 720p 60fps and 1080i but the xbone can't

[@retroboy-fh1ji]

ILLUMINATUS this is so impressive and the same time is very shocking hahah

[@ninjaxams]

Love the og xbox, its easily one of my fav consoles and feel its woefully under appreciated.

[@SimplyTev]

This video brought back so many great memories thank you!

[@MizzesB]

This is a Fantastic Channel....yes I am late finding you. 2021 but hey it is never too late. Awesome and Love all the Episodes I have watched. Thank you :)

[@joedigger9919]

The reason for the weight was the power supply. Instead of having a big ass brick like with the 360, they put it in the console

[@omegarugal9283]

and the 3.5 HDD... and 5 1/4 DVD drive

[@theroundduckman]

+Omega Rugal And the fact it was a PC. ...which does make an interesting point. Why cant the Xbone play the Xbox games, even though they both use the same archeticture?

[@omegarugal9283]

RoundDuckMan completly diferent chipset, propietary API by Nvidia... not gonna happen soon...

[@peacexlove]

I was a PS2 guy at the time but now I kind of want to get an XBOX.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

get dremacst too

[@peacexlove]

Sonic Ace 24 I have one of those. I actually bought it way back in 2002 because the guy who sold it to me wanted to buy an XBOX.

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

Me too Mr. Peace

[@WAFLNeo]

I still have a Xbox with a nice little softmod on it to play emulators and backup games, it was indeed one of the best consoles and with pretty much my entire audio CD collection installed to the HDD, the blocks never decreased.

[@ww2v2]

Loved the post-credits scene :D "Let me get my back brace on"

[@World11HQ]

OG Xbox is underrated

[@flymartian33]

World 1-1 extremely underrated

[@FragLaser]

It's underrated because it sucks. Seriously, the original Xbox was like the Sega Master System of the 6th gen consoles. It had boring, generic, lackluster, and uninspired games that nobody wants to play (with the exception of Jet Set Radio Future (thank fuck for emulators now)), the controller was terrible. It was a fucking hamburger sized controller, and the S controller wasn't any better. They still kept that horrendous D-Pad and used those stupid ass black and white buttons as opposed to just using bumpers like the PS2 (and somewhat like the GameCube with the Z button). Then when you move the Xbox when there's a disc inside, it scratches it, and apparently Microsoft still doesn't understand that. I don't know many people who still has their original Xbox. Most people said they took it back because of how underwhelming as shit it is. I haven't met one person who took back their PS2 or GameCube. So yeah, it's underrated because it was a terrible console with terrible games. I feel sorry for anyone who grew up with only this console. I'd regret getting such a shitty console if I were any of those idiots who bought one.

[@FragLaser]

@AsherLamorte rhodes What is this, 2008? "You mad bro" is old as shit, I literally forgot it existed. But no, Xbox sucks and that's the truth. People still praise GameCube and PS2 up to this day. Nobody likes Xbox anymore. lmfao.

[@FragLaser]

@AsherLamorte rhodes I want you to try to defend the Xbox. If all you can spam is "you mad bro", then you know what I've said about the Xbox is the cold hard truth.

[@anabukashka]

Both OG Xbox and Xbox 360 were outstanding consoles. Xbox One is a big letdown.

[@thomasdesposito]

I agree 100% there were some good exclusives but Microsoft definitely shit the bed lol. Especially with the horrible introduction and launch. I think Microsoft learned from their mistakes with current gen (series x);

[@tyguy6296]

the music direction of jet set radio future was absolutely perfect for matching the feel of the game. when the music was bumping, i never lost the sense of action and speed. I even turned off the music at one point and my enjoyment of the game suffered for it greatly. Turning the music back on instantly brought back the fun and i was hooked again. It's a rare thing to find a soundtrack that does that outside of the obvious rhythm genre, but without it JSRF would have been nothing

[@gozinta82]

Great video! The intro to Halo was freaking hilarious. I was one of the people who got this console on day 1 and even pre-ordered Halo. The coop mode in the first Halo was pretty awesome, and it had a few other great games like Mortal Kombat Deception/Deadly Alliance...but for some reason I got bored with it when I got my new pc and kept going back to my pc at the time for the FPS games that were coming out. The console was very impressive for it's time, but I was upset that a DVD controller was required to play the DVD's. I ended up trading it all in to upgrade my pc. Enclave was another amazing title.

[@kingvoxel6516]

Great episode but uh... Splinter Cell??

[@inorite4553]

Yeah, they missed out on so much

[@NullyBird]

Joe, I had similar problems with playing Quantum Redshift and the original Fable in 480p. What I did was try to go on xbox live via a copy of madden 07, and then downloaded the latest xbox firmware from the disc.I then went to the dashboard and hit both triggers and clicked in both thumbsticks at the same time to run the dashboard in 480i, afterwards I did this again to put it back to 480p. I put my copy of Quantum Redshift in and viola, beautiful 480p,60fps, Mario Kart/F zero rip-off goodness!

[@gamernaut8864]

Crimson Skies is a freakin' masterpiece!!! Love your guys show. It's one of the best on KZbin. It deserves MILLIONS of subs for just the stop-motion animation work alone!!! ....someday hopefully.

[@tracyvenom]

Im surprised you guys didnt mention the graphics of Riddick, It was one of the highlights of the game. even just tthe menu cube was mind blowing to me at the time.

[@videogameobsession]

I enjoyed the Xbox. i think many of these as well as GameCube's library wouls look great on modern systems with just some upscaling on the texures. Especially games like Conker. its beautiful even now. Microsoft should really mame the Xbox One backwards compatible with the original! Xbox and with some upscaling.

[@lwispe]

I didn't even know they made a Blinx II. :OOOOOOO

[@michaelchauvin7219]

They ended up making 182 games 🤪😜

[@RadicalRickEntertainment]

Yet another kickass video from my fave KZbin team!

[@MizfitZer0]

I have watched this episode as well as the saturn and dreamcast console reviews more than a dozen times. They are just so fucking good

[@FrameRater]

7:55 not true actually, it was re-released in the "Assault on Dark Athena" ports for Xbox 360 and PS3 in HD.

[@todesziege]

Also on PC.

[@Zeldaschampion]

Actually there was a remake on PS3 of Escape from Butcher Bay. Also came with Dark Athena. Good games. Beat them both.

[@nicklong27]

If you wanna live, get a shiv

[@Hijynx87]

Dark Athena was hot grabage, but The remake of Escape from Butcher Bay was great.

[@Spicypuff]

still worth getting the Xbox version as it feels like a difrent experience.

[@EsotericArcade]

One of the best-produced episodes so far. Dave, you're totally right - Crimson Skies was incredible online!

[@neo6289]

thank you joe and dave!!! love this in 2023

[@BOLPutube]

Only 163,000 subs? You guys are severely underrated.

[@RolyWestYT]

Halo was everything. Really need to go back and play through the original 2 noew

[@thisisnotachannel]

I never "got" Halo. I thought "Resistance; Fall of Man" and its 2 sequels told a better story. So did the "Gears of War" series. Halo has always felt generic, to me. And I have played them a lot... I own them all... but I never would've paid for them. Someone gave them to me. I mean, it's ok... but "everything"? It wasn't even a selling point of the original XBox, for me.

[@lawsonlee528]

I still play most of these games great review.

[@kevinhibbard320]

I remember being a sophomore in HS when this dropped, my buddy got one for xmas, and we spent the first 7 hours copying cds to the HDD so we could make custom soundtracks... that was so huge at the time.

[@regametro8517]

this console rocks, only if you modify it, really good especially if you plug a component cable, you can play emulators in 1080i resolution.........did you just say tits?

[@Tailslol]

i wish we had first xbox emulator.

[@jaymz6473]

Tailslol Was just thinking that. Never heard of one. Some great games here I'll probably never get to play.

[@Tailslol]

well there was dxbx i guess and variations of it but the project got stopped long ago.

[@Tailslol]

no i cant it is kinda rare here and i have no space to provide for a new console in my collection.so no,real hardware is out of possibility...

[@jaymz6473]

To eBay!

[@beavis5691]

go buy an xbox it's way better than an emulator even if someone made one. You could find it for under 50 bucks easy

[@cellprocessing6832]

Wish you guys included Out Run2 as it was an exclusive for some time and the best version of those games. Alos the arcade release of it was running on xbox hardware. I was shocked not to see it.

[@lacriaturadekentucky]

While I grew up with the PS2, I think the Xbox's influence on the gaming industry is undeniable. There's so many franchises that got their start or became popular on Xbox that I enjoyed a whole lot, like Halo, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, Forza, Fable, and Splinter Cell.

[@curiosidadegamebr]

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[@Sebastian-xy3xk]

You should do another Fan Translations Episode ^^

[@subielife4life]

The forza motorsport game had the best graphics, even today the game looks not much different then the forza games on the 360....

[@justinblackfacetrudeau8943]

Played the heck out of Morrowind, Enter The Matrix, Halo, Mechwarrior and so many others. 2000-2005 really was the golden age of gaming for me!

[@marklechman2225]

Been binging GS episodes this weekend. I miss Dave but I hope Joe keeps it going, still a a great show!

[@trueguy1226]

3:47 hell yeah JSRTF!! yes =D

[@nintendokings]

I wonder if Microsoft would have continued making consoles, had SEGA not gone belly up and fully support the Xbox. Half of the good games on it are SEGA titles. You think MS anticipated SEGA leaving the console market?

[@michaelwolfe9496]

I heard a rumor that SEGA went to MS for financial aid back in 2000. The deal SEGA proposed was that if MS would hold off on releasing the Xbox and supported the Dreamcast, then SEGA would develop games exclusively for MS after the Dreamcast ran its course. For whatever reason, MS declined and the Dreamcast had to be discontinued. There were still several games in development for the DC at that time and the Xbox was the easiest system to port them over to. I'm not sure how much of this is factual though.

[@beavis5691]

microsoft helped them with the dreamcast, so it seems they were paying them back

[@nintendokings]

Interesting theories/rumours

[@exmaarmaca]

But also Sega did ports to other consoles, sonic adventure 1 and 2, as skies of arcadia were port to the gamecube, as crazy taxi and grandia 2 to the ps2.

[@TheGeneral308]

Two thngs got Microsoft into the console market. The Dreamcast failed it used a MS os. And two Sony wouldnt agree to use Direct X in the unpcoming PS2. Just like Sony got into the market because Nindendo backed out of the CD expantion for the SNES

[@mikedelgado8888]

Awesome guys , super informative

[@yamigekusu]

I love my Xbox. I have put many hours into it in the fairly short amount of time I have had it (three and a half years). One of my favorites on the system is Doom 3 Limited Collectors Edition because it has The Ultimate Doom, Doom II, and Doom 3. I am *fairly* new at collecting for the system, but I look forward to expanding upon my small collection :)