Unboxing a NEW Xbox Console! 20 Years Later

Opening up a new old stock original Xbox! Microsoft released the system nearly two decades ago, and with that anniversary coming up I figured it's as good a time as any to set it up and play some games. Plus I needed to check on the clock capacitor, so yeah. OG XBOX TIME.
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● All background music licensed from:
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00:00 Intro - I Finally Got an Xbox!
02:38 The Unboxing
13:17 Power on and setup
16:56 My Games!
18:35 Midtown Madness 3
21:30 Dead or Alive 3
23:54 Halo
26:00 The Sims Bustin' Out
28:54 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
30:31 Forza Motorsport
33:11 Summary/Outro
#LGR #Gaming #xbox20

[@MrJav69]

I love how you could download your music CDs onto the hard drive and then listen to them during gameplay so sick

[@SammyM00782]

Omg, I forgot about that

[@milkapeismilky5464]

Yes! I loved that too. It seemed so incredible at the time

[@Klynch111]

Yeah gta one is the stations you could play was your saved music 😂👍

[@prich0382]

You could do on on XBOX 360 too

[@cloudyimperfections5951]

Or being able to use a flash drive with music on it. I have a friend that had a flash drive full of songs just for the XBox

[@darthv72]

such a great system. I got mine in Dec 01 at my office xmas party. The boss gave everyone an envelope of $$ to bid on the different things he bought and some were DVD players, CD players, other electronics and only 5 xbox systems. you didnt know what was in the box you bid on but he did give out clues. After the first few gifts werent the Xbox, i took a chance that the next one was. So when he gave out the clue "plays discs" I bid every $ in my envelope (I think it was like $400 in monopoly $$) and won. sure enough it was the original Xbox. And like Rafiki in lion king, i held that xbox up over my head with a hearty "YEAHHHHH!!!!" I still have it as well.

[@boog7429]

You had a cool ass boss

[@bingboompow8861]

That sounds like the most lit office party ever , who did you work for If you don't mind me asking ?

[@CardboardSliver]

Dude. Your old boss sounded like a cool guy.

[@izzyhope58]

Thats such an amazing story. Your boss sounds so cool. Never get rid of that xbox

[@pieluvr7362]

I'll buy that for a dollar know the line , hey u bought it for monopoly money so u get a profit of a dollar

[@ThunderHorsePyro]

I'll never forget the good old days of having four TVs and four Xboxes with all the LAN cables and 12 or 15 of my friends in the garage just blasting each other in Halo. Great times.

[@Studio23Media]

Man those were the days...

[@bdawg4231]

Hell yeah!!! we used to do that over at my buddy Shawn's house... We grew up in a huge neighborhood & his parents were never home lol... So we'd garbage pick couches and bring them on over to the garage, haul our huge ass TVs over there to set up 16 player split screen Halo matches! We'd be having kids from the neighborhood popping in and out all afternoon & throughout the night! Man, those days were freaking awesome!

[@SlammedZero]

Right? I remember one night we took 4 TVs, centered them down the middle of the living room, and would flip-flop how each TV was facing. That way there was no screen watching. Also, no radar! LOL! Great times.

[@bucknasty69]

16 player Halo LAN parties were the pinnacle of gaming in my opinion.

[@krakrug3958]

The graphics and framerate are mind-blowing for a system released in 2001.

[@b2bgood870]

2001 .... not the 1900s Graphics wasn't bad then

[@deepakx7]

@@b2bgood870 graphics were bad then are you kidding me

[@sithisdawnsend2730]

​@@b2bgood870There are games that still look amazing on this system. You're a fool.

[@dhl-96]

@@b2bgood870 the best consumer GPU on the market at the time was the Geforce 3...

[@dc-vw4qm]

@@deepakx7 zoomer moment

[@BlackHerringGames]

Wow, nostalgia. I wrote most of the rendering code, as well as the animation, collision, and streaming systems on Midtown Madness 3. It was quite difficult to squeeze in the large cities into 64 MB of memory. To save memory the rendering relied heavily on instancing of small geometry building blocks which were transformed using various vertex shaders (the roads are segments being deformed by splines). The DirectX CPU overhead dispatching all these draw calls was quite high which is the the main reason the game ran at 30 FPS. The GPU could have run the game faster though probably not at a locked 60 FPS. The absence of collision on the trees was very intentional. The big trees looked weird when they fell over and having them rigid destroyed the flow of just driving around and plowing through everything so in the end we just removed them from the collision. Fun fact, the game is using a limited form of deferred rendering which is how we could afford all the street lights and headlights at dusk and night.

[@hazy33]

Thanks for the info, that's great!

[@John-bn7ux]

That was an absolutely amazing game for the time, played it so much. All those tricks must be why there still isn’t a good emulation version of it

[@FloppyDorito]

That's sick, dude! Nice work. Did you do work on other titles as well?

[@txe1nd]

Cool

[@txe1nd]

Ps I’m the 44 like

[@OhmegadJT]

Man playing halo for the first time was one of the greatest feelings as a kid. It was absolutely mind blowing going from N64 to this.

[@FreidPickles]

Yep haha I went from N64 Bomber Man to Xbox Halo. That was quite the weekend when I was 12.

[@OhmegadJT]

@@FreidPickles bomber man was such a classic though. I still have the Second Attack, can’t believe the price that’s going for now lol

[@monkeyball9223]

Facts

[@dustinbaker7516]

I felt this comment

[@TheWorstShowEver1]

Its an experience you don't get much anymore. The difference from N64 - Xbox is so obvious whereas the average person would not be able to tell an Xbox One game apart from a Series X/S.

[@JonSudano]

I actually got teary eyed when you first turned it on and heard the startup screen. My dad got me an Xbox for christmas when I was 11, a year before he passed at the age of 44. I remember Christmas morning him and I setting it up in the living room for the first time and we played Halo co-op together, as well as MK: Deadly Alliance and JSRF. This was 2002 when they were still sold with the original chunky controllers the size of a hamburger (we literally called them the hamburger controllers), literally the best Christmas I think I ever had. A lot of happy memories associated with this console, so I hope you cherish it and treat it well.

[@ericmutchler5373]

Sorry for your loss, those moments are incredible to sit down with a loved one and play a game.

[@vandal214]

somebody once told me

[@WestGeorgiaProductions]

Lost my dad last year and never cried at a comment in my life. 26 years old and grew up on the internet. Never got offended or got teary eyed from someone’s comment. But this. Man I felt this so hard. First gaming system my dad got me was a Nintendo 64. Sorry for your loss. Merry Christmas.

[@minto420]

absolute based memory my man. i hope you are well this christmas

[@xSorai]

Sorry for your loss homie, merry Christmas!

[@aelius3805]

I remember the first time I picked up "The Duke", and played Halo. It was so cool. I love big chunky electronics, like something from the Alien universe. Like what people in the 70/80's thought tech would be.

[@UNSCPILOT]

A lot of the "chunky" 70's/80's sci-fi tech still looks cool to be honest, sometimes modern stuff is a little too fiddly and delicate

[@aelius3805]

@@jeradpaulson771 The first xbox shipped with a bigass controller nicknamed The Duke. You should be able to find it pretty easily online.

[@guido11450]

Master Chief: "I need a weapon." LGR: "I could use a gun, bro."

[@patrickstar2027]

im surprised he's never really played much of halo

[@alfaholic3]

I still have mine from back in 2003. My family had just moved countries and I was really struggling with the transition so even though we had almost no money my parents somehow managed to scrape together enough to get me an Xbox for my birthday it is one of my favourite memories and ill never get rid of it.

[@panterarosa4325]

Imagine killer7 on xbox with enhanced graphics such as texture mapping on the characters and everything better controls to move freely without restrictions and a 360 degree camera high quality sound playback while keeping the midi music

[@Skidward420]

Dude said he “moved countries” as if it’s like changing schools

[@camotech1314]

You moved countries and your parents still bought you an XBOX?? Your family definitely had money lol

[@alfaholic3]

@@camotech1314 No they didn’t, that is why it was such a sacrifice for them and why it meant so much to me.

[@randomname4726]

@CamoTech You have no idea, don't be such a douche.

[@fritosgaming]

hit me right in the childhood. my father and i would play halo like no other, rip

[@dell732]

same bro 😥😥

[@nigererstew1908]

same bro,, Rip dad.

[@Baz09]

R.I.P

[@anonmanji612]

may he rest in peace

[@fritosgaming]

@@anonmanji612 TY

[@johnnytrongaming]

When you first opened the box and I saw the blue packaging I instantly jumped into a time machine. I remember cutting yards for weeks to save up for the original Xbox.

[@GunsNGames1]

The early 2000s was such an special era for video games, we had the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and some of the most iconic and important games of all time were from this very same era. This video brings me an amazing joy, I really love it seeing a piece of history being shown in that condition nowadays, 20 years later.

[@bangthehankers1985]

The evolution of hardware and the possibilities that this enabled video games, was something that never failed to excite me. Remember the E3 previews for Half Life 2? My children will never know that feeling.

[@ElCapitan88]

I didn’t care for the Xbox until my dad bought one for dirt cheap at a garage sale 3 years before the 360 came out. I really liked it I bought a 360 next.

[@petejones6827]

its because competition was heavy theres not much competition anymore its all monopolized by a couple corps

[@lisafairymeadow2034]

It is sort of pitiful how much "Wow factor" of the new from hardware to games themselves is just gone. 360 to Xbone and PS3 to PS4 was "Maybe I notice a difference- Yeah there it is." Xbone to Whatever the new Xbox is even called now and PS4 to PS5 is "Alright you're just trolling me now." And Nintendo just sort of dropped out of the running of trying to be revolutionary with hardware. The gamecube was mindblowing when it was new- Metroid prime is STILL an aesthetically solid game. And PC gaming isn't faring much better... Between hardware shortages, faulty units, scalping, and nothing actually requiring the hardware so much as bad optimization offloaded to the consumer forcing their hands.

[@davidsilverfield835]

Agreee

[@vlad4evar]

Such a time capsule, and the black-and-green color scheme is still so iconic!

[@TommyAgramonSeth]

Fun fact: the Xbox isn't actually black, neither is the controller, it's just a very dark shade of green.

[@vlad4evar]

@@TommyAgramonSeth really? I think the particular machine LGR got is actually black but looking at pictures of the first model, I do see a bit of green in there

[@TommyAgramonSeth]

@@vlad4evar It's very subtle, only really noticeable under bright light. As LGR's box of X is the latest revision, there might've been some cost saving measures but my 1.4 (April 2003, China) is definitely green, especially next to my black monitor. (12:34 in the video seems to confirm that, it looks like it's just the lighting but the shade matches with mine)

[@markhaus]

@@TommyAgramonSeth yup I remember noticing this whenever the console or its controllers were in the sun, there’s a green shine to it when it’s lit up. When it’s darker it’s hard to notice but it is in fact a subtle dark green

[@cliftongardner4367]

20 years later and it still looks very contemporary. I really think the OG Xbox was the one that Microsoft really knocked out of the park in almost every way.

[@smaariseth]

I still remember my unboxing with Halo and ghost recon. Best gaming experience of my life!

[@ericmutchler5373]

Ghost recon yes!!! Island thunder and advanced warfighter were incredible.

[@smaariseth]

@@ericmutchler5373 Fantastic games, great memories. Wish I could go back in time and relive it

[@ericmutchler5373]

@@smaariseth their still out there. Especially with xbox backwards combatibility, you can relive those older games.

[@zombl337og]

@@ericmutchler5373 the world needs a new GRAW

[@ForeverCacti]

Old mf

[@BenKlassen1]

16-player Halo LAN parties were the social events to look forward to. Lots of work getting those 4 CRT's together.

[@Precisionreelworks]

I remember having a 50' ethernet cord strung across my parents house to be able to do dual consoles playing halo multi player. Each room was its own team. So much fun and so many good memories!!! btw, editing this comment as I watch the video. 4x4 EVO 2 is a hidden gem of a game! I thoroughly enjoyed its ability to be able to customize all your 4x4 trucks

[@adamwhite2364]

I bought a remnant of a roll of Ethernet cable, a crimping tool, and RJ-45 ends to link consoles on our dorm floor. I eventually had to buy a switch to link a third in and make some standard cables instead of the crossover cables, but that was good experience in all ways!

[@JohnnyBananaTV]

Played XBC online with my best friend and had to run back and forth my entire basement to see if lobbies were working or kicking me, freezing, etc. lol Good old days.

[@MrCarGuy]

Although I played that game on GameCube, and not my Xbox, I have to say it was ahead of its time and the courses were fantastic. We need a modern 4x4 EVO game.

[@Precisionreelworks]

@@MrCarGuy it was also excellent on PC. Couldn't agree more. Spin tires/mud runner/snow runner is pretty close

[@GoTeamScotch]

4x4 Evo was like a spiritual successor to Monster Truck Madness... the first game I played over the internet as a kid.

[@jack-o-bear4414]

I miss my old xbox, had so many good memories with it. It was actually my introduction to one of my favorite games of all time, Morrowind... Yes, I know it's better on PC, but I didn't have a PC at the time that was able to play games. The family PC was just there for email really.

[@KevinRay_man]

Same. I printed out about five hundred pages of gamefaqs when me n my cousin played it. Fargoths ring in the stump and just so, so many memories. Good times.

[@yardh]

That was a brave task tackling morrowind on xbox. It was hard enough on the PC. I just did morrowind content on elder scrolls online and you get to meet Vivec et all over again, really took me back to the original. The thing is, the content is so easy now. No more tiny text, cryptic clues and searching. Quest markers and easy fast travel everywhere. The original morrowind was a proper challenge!

[@gregcushing6195]

One of life’s first crushing disappointments was firing up Morrowind on my family’s computer after following it’s development for years and having it stutter like a slideshow. A couple of my friends had Xbox and became obsessed with Morrowind while I withered in agony and despair. I finally played through Morrowind years later on Xbox 360 backwards compatible. A moment of silence for those who equipped unique sword Fury and had their stats and armor class permanently ruined.

[@TheDudiest3Dude]

Same, got Morrowing on Xbox and didn't relly know what it was, started playing, and was absorbed into it and am still playing it occasionally now.

[@SEATACx]

The old “family PC” I love that everyone had those. Remember trying to play Half-Life 2 on ours and literally just changing the settings in the main menu completely crashed the poor thing.

[@camotech1314]

I remember going round my friend's house where we would congregate and play Halo on the XBOX all night long. Ah the times!!

[@CANAM1027]

Me and my cousin used to run a cable and connect both one up stairs and one downstairs just so we couldn’t screen peak

[@oregonhockeyfan]

This was the most underated console of that era. I still don't know why the PS2 go so much credit. The Xbox was the coolest thing I ever got for Christmas. It was exactly 20 years ago for me now, 2002 and it still feels like yesterday.

[@thefilmdirector1]

It had all the good games and could play ps1, cds, and dvd movies, thats why it beat the xbox (that needed a remote add on to even play a dvd for whatever stupid reason)

[@cameronholtan3407]

Three letters DVD

[@oregonhockeyfan]

@@thefilmdirector1 mine came with the remote so it was a nonfactor.

[@oregonhockeyfan]

@@cameronholtan3407 yeah xbox played DVDs just fine.

[@cameronholtan3407]

For most people the Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit was not included. It was a separate purchase. The PlayStation 2 just let you do it.

[@collinmc90]

Oh man, the memories of all the LAN parties and sleep overs! Eating pizza and staying up all night long. So glad this was my teens and not all the insanity now.

[@MisfitoX]

You sound old 🥲

[@radgamez738]

@@MisfitoX damn millenials lol

[@airbud3]

The last time before everything went 100% crazy

[@MrInfinityX]

Hopefully, enough deodorant was worn

[@heartbreakrichy5826]

The golden age

[@billdestroyerofworlds]

"Never delved too deep into this library." Literally owns 72 games.

[@tonberryhunter]

He's a bit of a retro tech hoarder so its not surprising if he hasn't played everything he owns.

[@em_birch]

@@tonberryhunter That makes me feel better about collecting books I've never looked/read through.

[@snoballuk]

Such are the hazards of collecting retro computers and consoles. I used to have a stack of Saturn games but never owned a Saturn, and had a Jaguar console but no games.

[@billdestroyerofworlds]

@@em_birch I have the same problem, actually.

[@em_birch]

@@billdestroyerofworlds I'm a sucker for art books in particular. I have a ton of art books, a few photobooks, manga, and random novels I've collected throughout the years. Goodwill is a real hazard for me in terms of dirt cheap novels. XD

[@farronkelly7899]

I remember my Xbox: the first console that was purely mine. I had owned a PSOne (the mini revision one), but since my brother owned a PS2, I always felt like I was following his lead. When my mom surprised me one day with an Xbox for me and me alone, it was the beginning of a loyalty to a brand and an identity separate from my brother (who later got himself an Xbox as well due to Halo being amazing). Long nights spent staying up playing MechAssault and Rainbow Six 3 online, Halo LAN parties where we played for 8 hours straight on two TVs. God that was the height of gaming. I miss the days when consoles were different design ecosystems with permanent exclusives and devoted fanbases that led to unique gaming cultures and console specialties. Everything is multiplatform these days, even Sony's exclusives, and consoles just feel like the same thing being sold to you under a different label. Everything is freemium trash, built around making you an addict and draining you of life and money to feed corporate profits. Watching this video just makes me want to turn off my internet and go play Halo 1's campaign again (that AI is still very impressive; most games are still playing catch-up).

[@KopperNeoman]

Worse than corporate profits. Corporate revolutionaries.

[@tdestroyer4780]

I also remember multi platform games used to have different features. Usually small, but they were there. Some games would have completely different soundtracks or some levels/features only available to the one console. The xbox version felt completely different than a ps2 version of the same game most of the time.

[@UNSCPILOT]

LAN Parties for Halo 1, 2, and 3 are still the peak of multi-player gaming, for me at least, nothing could beat a bunch of friends dragging over CRTs and Xbox/Xbox 360 consoles to play multi-player or co-op all night long. Online multi-player, even with friends isn't quite the same

[@YousefMohamedAbdulMoniem]

lmao

[@didisaythat4230]

Everything about this system was "chonky". I loved this system soo much. I worked at Ace Hardware when I was 17, and I got myself both the ps2 and the Xbox. The Xbox was my favorite, by far. I have one word for all the Sony lovers of this time.... Morrowind. Simply groundbreaking in its genre on the console platform. I cannot say that the Xbox controller prevailed over its competitors in this generation but it also wasn't a complete dud. The controller, like everything else to do with this system was just.. "chonky " which has no place in the the controller department. But it still got the job done and doesn't change the delivery and overall feel of this system. And also to sum it all up, the new system came right on time and was a welcome addition.

[@CadetKosmov]

I love the UI so much. Matrix style UIs need a come back

[@LGR]

Hard agree

[@ohioxboxcollection4838]

I agree as well! Clint has spoken!

[@anen9332]

@Dylan That's what I have as my background right now. MS needs to get back compat going again for the twentieth anniversary: would love to see stuff like Max Payne, DOA3, Jet Set Radio Future, Riddick, etc. be given that treatment.

[@EpsilonXenos]

Finally! Someone out there feels the same way!

[@FranciscoNieves-db8hi]

Don't forget they use you for the origin

[@CFDEngCo3]

This just brought be back to Christmas morning, 2001.

[@rustymixer2886]

As the heat from ground zero STILL remained after 911...not really a good time

[@RM-ep2dc]

@@rustymixer2886 Not everyone is american.

[@rustymixer2886]

@@RM-ep2dc that is true, but 911 affected more than Americans ;) xbox failed everywhere at first except in 🇺🇸

[@jacksonteller3973]

@@RM-ep2dc and not all of us lived in NY.

[@RM-ep2dc]

@@rustymixer2886 well we had large xbox lan parties here in germany, so i disagree :)

[@SlammedZero]

That was insanely fun to watch. Talk about a nostalgia overload. It's such a bittersweet feeling. Amazing to have those memories, but sad that those days slip further and further away. That Halo section really hit me in the feels. That game was absolutely game changing back then. Me and all my friends bought it and we would have LAN parties and play for hours. Such great times. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@ecomm7048]

This is that nostalgia that hurts. Man do I miss those days.....

[@UNSCPILOT]

Having a Steamdeck Now makes me ache for the Lan Parties of old, such a portable device would be great, much moreso than renting to haul a console and TV to my friends house back in the day XD Would still play Halo 1&2 though, either via MCC or Xenia emulation... still sorely tempted to pick up a OG Xbox anyway and softmod it to play online on the new community servers

[@BBegaye]

Your right

[@mrpauling2507]

The christmas you described was my actual christmas. I was 10 years old, I wanted nothing more than an Xbox and on Christmas Eve I slightly ripped the packaging of a huge box under our tree (seemed huge to me). Behind that little sliver was a green X. Words can barely describe how happy I felt. Also, the first game I played was Midtown Madness 3, since the first level of Halo was too scary for me. Of course that changed quickly a few weeks in. I still remember vividly cruising throught the cities in MM3 with a friend in Splitscreen or going at the Halo campaign in coop on legendary for the bazillionth time. I have rarely felt this dedicated or bound to games afterwards. It was a great period of time for me and the original Xbox is a huge part of it.

[@PepeNuclear]

You were scared of Halo at 10 years old? 😂 What a c00chie

[@mrpauling2507]

@@PepeNuclear Haha, maybe. But to be fair, I was only playing games like Final Fantasy before and to be actively attacked like this was indeed new for me at the time.

[@prateekpanwar646]

Damn midtown madness 3. I remember I was roaming with $100 in market (2008) then I realised it's only available on xbox and xbox original is impossible to find in my city. Still miss it, Why they stopped the series, It was one of the best sellers.

[@prateekpanwar646]

@@PepeNuclear Not even halo, Those old fps games always had a weird feeling. In half life, halo, portal, A creepy feeling. I cannot explain but if you played during lone noon or night (mostly when no one is at home). Because those games mostly lacked any other human and with their weird background sounds they seemed a bit scary.

[@deus_nsf]

@@PepeNuclear Well, to it's credits, CE is by far the scariest in the entire Halo franchise, especially in the later half.

[@Shinobi33]

Can't believe you found it in a thrift shop. So lucky

[@luckybreak360]

No

[@FreeStyleProduction8]

Facts

[@brandonXmascara]

Not really I find these all the time and cash them in still in box

[@Shinobi33]

@@brandonXmascara what city?

[@brandonXmascara]

@jame Matthew I can't really tell you since I am areseller and these are my small Fortune I'm accumulating made over 20k this year over them

[@Mattribute]

I’m impressed with how well the graphics have held up. Also, your content is wonderful, sir.

[@austinkoeppen6122]

I'm amazed you were able to find one with a box in such good shape.

[@mr.electronx9036]

in MINT condition is it rare AF

[@AuntSteve]

That startup noise sent a shiver up my spine. It's like hearing the voice of a friend you thought you lost. Thank you, I needed that today. If you ever do more with this, I'd love to see a bit on Blood Wake. I remember playing it all the time growing up when visiting family, but from what I understand neither the 360 or One are compatible with it!

[@user-dr1bj1bq2e]

😆 ✌

[@UNSCPILOT]

Making me think need to record my "Halo: Reach Xbox 360 slim" starting up before the old gal dies or goes missing on me

[@GreenSwede]

You got balls for not immediately replacing the clock capacitor, even after seeing the kernel version being too old.

[@Bountyhunter108]

It doesn't blow up immediately. Mine was actually fine. It was 4 other capacitors that blew open.

[@BenDeSwert666]

*Duke voice* Balls of steel.

[@bl1gh7y]

Can’t have leaked if it hasn’t been used yet. It wont last long though.

[@reshimaster1019]

He also likes to live dangerously

[@ashokathegreat4534]

Somewhere in late 2003 or 2004 my parents bought me the xbox Halo 2 crystal bundle. As a 14 year old thats one of the best gifts you can get. I still have it and it’s the best looking console I ever had. Sometimes I play GTA San Andreas on it…almost 20 years later

[@ColtComanche]

Would have had to have been late 2004 or 2005, Halo 2 came out November 9th

[@markn9619]

ebay - 700 dollars now…

[@ashokathegreat4534]

@@markn9619 yes, but my has been used a lot and not in a new state anymore lol

[@finderskeepers1993]

what baffles me is how well those beefy controllers hold up. I had the OG for maybe 13 years with no issues . Been through several Xbox one controllers in a few years.

[@ashokathegreat4534]

@@finderskeepers1993 Even the beloved xbox 360 controller was not as strong as the OG controller. My Xbox One Elite controller is the only one that matches it in build quality. Only the rubber changeable sticks get teared up fast

[@Transmedal2]

that's the first console i bought with my own money through rent a center when i was 16. Had one last payment to go before owning it so i pawned a woody woodpecker Mountain bike i had at the time to make the final payment. My friends also had the system at their houses. At the time it felt like one of the most advanced pieces of technology available at the time. Im 37 now

[@jbucky1092]

So the controller connection was actually just USB shoved into a custom physical form factor. I remember back in the day using a USB extension cable to basically put a disconnect on my second controller; you could then use the controller on PC, AND (as I was jailbreaking the system to run XBMC) you could use the other end to plug in a thumb drive for media or whatever. The hard drive I believe was a whopping 8GB.

[@TrackZero]

There was also the Xbox port>USB adapter you could get for Phantasy Star Online. Let you plug a variety of devices in native (aside from a keyboard, which was it's intent).

[@kshadehyaena]

Yep, I remember softmodding our Xbox with a controller port to USB adapter cable and a flash drive.

[@ps2jak2]

From memory the later units actually had 20GB drives but were limited to 8GB of usable space by partitioning. This was because they couldn't source 8GB HDD's anymore towards the end of the OG Xboxs production run. Installing XBMC or another mod would typically let you unlock the full drive.

[@GoTeamScotch]

@@ps2jak2 Early models had 8GB drives and later models had 10GB drives. Xbox didn't change the partition layout on the drives at all, so the 10GB drives didn't offer any extra usable space unfortunately. If you modded the system, however, you could format the drive in a way that allowed you to use the extra space, which was pretty nice.

[@brianm2881]

8gb? Who would ever fill that?

[@sicc2977]

“Like a Christmas I never had” I felt that.

[@alexsilva28]

Adulthood in a nutshell for me

[@FranciscoNieves-db8hi]

Nope not accurate in the least

[@FranciscoNieves-db8hi]

@@alexsilva28 just sounds like your trying to argue over something no one responsible for

[@txe1nd]

Lol

[@vincent2053]

@@FranciscoNieves-db8hi Sthu

[@blackmesacake5361]

I couldn't remember opening this but I'll never forget the first time I turned it on. The Xbox carried me from beggining to end of high school, soooo many great gaming memories!!!

[@Waryan1]

Playing halo as a kid with this console truly felt like I was in the future. Still my most memorable Christmas 🎄

[@musestarlight1]

Same :) nothing like it when you we're a kid in the early 2000s and getting the new game or console on Christmas

[@seriouslycoolful]

Being able to upload CDs and play them in the background as you play was one of the best features. I remember trading in my PS2 just because Halo was so good, and seeing how good Doom 3 looked on this thing was insane

[@seriouslycoolful]

Holy fuck just remembered me and my friends at 14 y/o saving money to buy better routers and chasing long RJ45 cables under the carpets in our houses so we could game on Xbox live together. It was that good. Those were the days.

[@vine00]

@@seriouslycoolful Xbox and pizza rolls until 4 or 5 in the morning I take it?

[@madness_rising]

Agreed. The music feature was amazing.

[@janstraburg5282]

Yeah, I was impressed by the Dead or Alive „physics“ as well, Clint.

[@bigmeatswangin5837]

Jigglin

[@Sevier7777]

Had a copy of DOA beach volleyball. The physics were great

[@MegaManNeo]

Thinking about this game with non pervert eyes is interesting. I am still impressed by how good a human body can be detailed on a system from 2001.

[@marccaselle8108]

Badass bouncing breasts physics lol

[@nex69696]

boobs

[@kevinhallman4762]

Been watching for years from Asheboro NC, now living in Holden Beach and all I can say right now, Clint thank you. Thank you for growing up with me, thank you for comforting me and binging with me. Thank you for teaching me about these things. Retro tech is a passion of mine and I’m glad I have got to experience years of your channel and I hope to see much more in the future. Loved your old store shut down sale videos especially.

[@aaronspeck1644]

The nostalgia hits I get from these videos is insane. Appreciate you posting these, I'm incredibly jealous of you.

[@ShortHax]

I’m not crying, my eyes are just sensitive to memories

[@PowerUpT]

I'm not crying, there's just something in my eye. What's in your eye? TEARS!

[@Jamal_Tyrone]

I'm not crying, it's just all the bloom in the Xbox games is stinging my eyes.

[@BeB02090]

I'm with ya! 🙈😭

[@retropuffer2986]

Twenty years is nothing. Imagine how you'll feel when your childhood systems are 40 years old! :)

[@BeB02090]

@@retropuffer2986 Oh my, you bring up a great point. Times freaking flies!

[@CoronaMobius]

I spent so much time with this system in my teen years. I miss LAN parties for Halo 2. Moving in freshman year, my dorm's ethernet jacks actually functioned as a LAN, so everyone on my floor would just play Halo all week long before classes really got in full swing. I have a vinyl wrap on mine, both because 2004 me thought it looked cool (it did not), and also to keep it from taking too much damage bouncing around in a duffel bag. My parents were divorced, so I'd take my games with me back and forth when it was to go to/leave my dad's place. I need to check that clock cap...

[@sayuhedead85]

Best part about your comment regarding the control of Halo feeling pretty standard. Halo CE set the foundation for what FPS controls schemes would become

[@Mayonnaise006]

I love the fact that clint shares the same sort of appreciation for the smells and peeling off of old plastic on electronics that I do.

[@alexm566]

I always sniff new laptops when I get them...

[@briengakaplan-b1550]

That new car smell phenomena.

[@paulweston8184]

Get a room. 😂 jk

[@BigDHomeVideo]

“Dork Norkem” had me dying 😂

[@majorschemer4872]

Man this brings me back to Christmas of 2002 when I got one. Thank you this this nostalgia trip!

[@salcarreiro6756]

lots of memories here, working at EBgames and helping so many people with this , the PS2 and Cube was a great time. :)

[@cliftongardner4367]

I'm just impressed by Clint's restraint. I mean, if I found an Xbox sealed brand new, I would have broken into the box before I made it out of the parking lot.

[@robertwarf3316]

Right? I never owned the original but I'd be stoked to open it. I don't know how collectors do it haha

[@arcadely]

Forza still looks great. The racing line was an innovation I first saw in Geoff Crammond's F1GP on the Amiga all the way back in, maybe 1991. It also suggested the gear you should use. So helpful when just starting out with it. Took the game from impossibly hard to actually playable.

[@ellisjackson3355]

I've played some F1 arcade games from the early 90s that really impressed me with their details, like flames coming from the exhaust and wheel spin when shifting up to 2nd and 3rd

[@limpa756]

the lighting is still really impressive

[@lukekucera6728]

Awesome video!! Brings me back to Christmas morning 20 years ago when I unwrapped mine. Still have it!!

[@regdenee]

Ooh Jesus, the nostalgia in this one is insane. Haven't touched my original Xbox since 2005, it's amazing to see that start up screen again.

[@Cyber_Akuma]

I love how much he talked about the power cable when Microsoft actually advised people toss out their old power cables and replaced them with one that had a GFCI-like fuse on it to prevent fires/shocks.

[@hackbug77]

Yeah I went and looked it up because he said that and I think if he has one manufactured in '04 he's fine.

[@afriend9428]

*I got 2 free!*

[@PicksterTG]

There is actually an oversight in the design/implementation of the PSU that can cause it to spark. In short the solder points of the mains input can become cracked and lose because the power port ideally needs reinforcement to give it extra strength to cope with the forces of plugging in and unplugging the power cable. It seems that Microsoft deemed it cheaper to go down the route they did rather than replace or 'fix' the effected power supplies / consoles. I have never seen anyone actually talk about this and on the few times I looked on Google, searches turned up little to no information. I only know about this because one of the times I was inside the console having a poke around I spotted the issue myself. At which point I reflowed the solder and used the internal screw holes on the power input connector to screw the connector to the console case which gave it that extra support.

[@4468]

I never thought at the time that I'd ever get nostalgic for the early 2000's yet here we are; take me back there!!

[@joshuabacharach8124]

Why do times always only get worse

[@RPI79]

Jesus. You both sound like boomers! I'm 42, and while i have fond memories of the late 90s and early 2000s, the tech now is insane and i wouldn't give it up for anything.

[@f00koff42]

@@RPI79 tech means nothing when life is worse. Wer are nowhere near the quality of life back then, can't count how many of my neighbors lost their jobs or stopped going on vacation.

[@joshuabacharach8124]

@@RPI79 technology is ruining life, yea it helps in certain areas like medicine but ultimately technology has transformed humanity from a pride lions to a colony of ants

[@RPI79]

@@f00koff42 It's hilarious that you all assume i'm from the states. I'm not and i'm far happier now than 20 years ago. Also, i don't know a single person personally who has lost their job in the last 2 years.

[@bernardjones5056]

I remember my dad getting an Xbox, me getting a PS2, and my younger sister getting a PSone on Christmas 2001. This takes me back to much simpler times as a 9 year old, not having to worry about bills and debt.

[@Voice.of.the.Fire.Ministries]

Man! The nostalgia is kicking in. I was fortunate enough to have gotten in the Xbox Live Beta Testing, and went online before it launched. Those were some fun times, I thought it was wild playing against people in London when I was in the US. 🤯

[@hilde198881]

That’s crazy how well that box looks maintained. It almost looks like it just came from the store.

[@rellfromcentral4343]

For sure !!!

[@MutantAnomaly]

Fresh off the Xbox tree

[@bigtitmaster]

it prob is from a depot or something

[@Spillmansgarage]

“Man I miss those years.” That hit me too hard. 🥲

[@mnomic8371]

Watching you play dead or alive and Halo just reminded me how dam good the graphics and processing power was for the time! I bought one a few years after it came out and it was the transparent “crystal” console which was friggin awesome!

[@donaldharkness1325]

One of the cool things about this console is the fact that it is actually green, not black. I was in the Navy when the console was released. We were told it was a good idea to engrave our names into our electronics and stuff. It blew my mind when I was engraving into a black box and was flinging green shavings lol. If you take the console and get the angle just right in a bright light, you can barely make out the dark green color.

[@MondySpartan]

When I think of Xbox, Halo is always the first game that comes to my mind. As a launch title for the console, it’s also sharing the same anniversary.

[@turnoffautoplay]

Some would argue Halo is one of the main reasons Xbox still exists.

[@Aggrofool]

Not Blinx the Cat?

[@faiebul]

@@Aggrofool blink the time sweeper was so good, it’s just sad that Microsoft has let the trademark go so it looks like blinx is dead 😪

[@manuell3505]

Rallisport Challenge 4 person multiplayer

[@MondySpartan]

@@turnoffautoplay Yup. Halo saved the Xbox from uncertainty and obscurity, following the failure of the previous American-made console, and helped boost the console sales. Today, Halo stands out as the mascot of Xbox and the console FPS industry.

[@xXDemkaBelikovXx]

My husband: But wait, LGR only covers OLD stuff! Me: Dear, the xBox is 20 years old Husband: .... Ouch

[@FelineBlue]

Not to make you feel old, but I was only 6 and a half months old when the original Xbox first came out and now I am in university studying video game concept art haha. Time moves so fast! It's insane to me that there are now 14 year olds who are younger than my Wii. In recent years I've gained such a fascination with late 90s-early/mid 2000s gaming. I've built quite a PS2 collection up, recently got a dreamcast and have held onto the same Wii I had as a child all these years. There's just something different about that era compared to gaming today, it feels a lot more earnest and a lot of it still holds up super well today.

[@briengakaplan-b1550]

How I know I'm old - I regularly play games older than my teenage kids and they ask me why I keep playing those old games.

[@repairtech9717]

@@FelineBlue Check out the Sega Saturn

[@starwindamada5313]

@@FelineBlue I turned 16 a little over a week after it came out. Didn't get one though. My dad got me a PS2. My first two games were MGS2 and a Gundam game.

[@FelineBlue]

@@repairtech9717 ive played a friend's sega Saturn before, it was fun :)

[@fchavez73]

I remember having the first Xbox (2001) before Xbox Live was launched a few years later. You could link the XBox to your PC and there was a software program that would find other user's connected and you could play with them online. Basically, it would emulate a local network with them through the internet. It wasn't perfect, but it was the first time I ever played Halo online with other players. That was an epic time.

[@Bardolf87]

Oh man, this was so cool! Such a blast from the past. I still remember opening up my console with the Duke controller when I was a kid. I was also always a fan of the Duke controller over the S model.

[@catfish552]

"I've never intentionally collected for this system..."

[@dingdongbells3314]

I remember, very vividly, unboxing this with my dad one Christmas day (Either 2002 or 2003), and then doing co-op Halo 1 campaign with him. Really had a blast watching!

[@metaltallica]

Lol I have this exact memory

[@Menace2DaComments]

@Julius Brooker had me in the first half

[@ShaddyzZz]

This made me smile and remember some good times, thank you for this.

[@smokeybones1991]

This is the first video I've seen of yours, and the nostalgia makes me so freaking happy, dude! I got one for Christmas as a kid that my parents worked their rears off to afford. Just seeing the antimatter reactor start up and the matrixey style menus brings back that morning, and how it was just the marvel of technology. Oh, how far we've come. Thank you bro. Thank you.

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

That intro really did a lot for how I perceived this console as a kid, it's like it was alien. It helped that Halo and Brute Force were some of my first games on it, I don't think I ever saw such games before... I still remember how impressed I was charging up the plasma pistol in Halo, the memories are really vivid.

[@Brownaut1993]

I remember that blue wrapping on the controller. Pure nostalgia

[@mr0o]

@@BriFiConnections I agree with you, but the og xbox controller is still pretty interesting and unique compared to the 360 and every xbox controller that came after it.

[@807D14M0ND5]

@@BriFiConnections you would have liked the S controller

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

@@BriFiConnections honestly I think I like the feel of the 360 controller more than the Xbox one. One of the best shapes ever made.

[@ToadyEN]

24:58 “still feels really standard” it set the standard ❤️ Loving watching this, I loved playing midtown madness in my local EB games

[@cannonedman]

Instant chills seeing that brand new box, I remember that Christmas like no other

[@DocBrown1]

A trip down memory lane. Awesome to see this epic console brandnew again. I still have my XBOX too and it runs perfectly. Thank you for the video.

[@AdoringFan]

I would recommend softmodding the console and backing up the eeprom. If the hard drive dies, then you'll be able to restore it from the backed up eeprom. Without it the console is kind of dead.

[@AdoringFan]

Also, interesting fact. Sega made an arcade system based off of the original xbox called the Sega Chihiro. If you mod the console to have 128MB of RAM you can play Chihiro games on the xbox.

[@cloudedgun]

Good advice. If the EEPROM is not backed up and the drive dies, it's still possible to recover the console using a hardware mod-chip, an EEPROM reader/flasher, or a EEPROM chip swap.

[@c.jarmstrong3111]

Seeing that boot up animation and console menu brought forth IMMENSE nostalgia! I grew up with the Xbox

[@GioAyala12]

This system was way ahead of its time.

[@mts4651]

Amazing console for his time

[@brandons.3177]

the dreamcast was, microsoft just stole a bunch of their designs and ideas.

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

@@brandons.3177 Really? the case was custom, the parts were off the shelf PC components, hardly like a dreamcast the two are not even comparable.

[@brandons.3177]

@@MarcABrown-tt1fp memory card in the controllers, 4 controllers slots, internet access, and the box design. the dream cast did it first.

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

@@brandons.3177 Nand flash, parallel copper to copper tab connections, and... the "box design" are hardly new tech even for deamcast standards... 🙄 Again Dreamcast isn't even remotely comparable except with a few key elements like controller nand port. Why should dreamcast take all the spotlight for open source designs? ---To summarize--- Xbox was much more powerful than the dreamcast nearly 25 times faster to be exact, nand memory cards were hardly new regardless where you put them. The dream cast was short lived and even less so with internet, not to mention woeful in comparison to Xbox Live of its day. Why are we even talking about dreamcast?

[@jthom0027]

This video brought back so many memories for me. I was a manager of a game store when the Xbox and the Gamecube came out. I actually opened a Xbox before they were released and thought I was the coolest person in the world. I absolutely adore that chunky bastard. Being able to have your game saves on the hard drive and being able to play certain games with a custom soundtrack just blew my mind. And thats not even taking into account the many nights I played Halo with my friends with 4 consoles connected to each other. I really love and miss that console. Thanks for the video!

[@maltomeal3]

"Anyways, Halo, it's still good." -LGR 2021

[@FranciscoNieves-db8hi]

He's playing games we all know

[@txe1nd]

Yep

[@txe1nd]

I’m the 61 like

[@txe1nd]

@@FranciscoNieves-db8hi true

[@minecraftnickelodeonstudio774]

I agree

[@adaml7349]

The release of the Xbox reminds me of my mom who went to find one for my birthday, and the store manager let her know when the second shipment would arrive so she had my dad come back to pick one up. Made my 12th birthday extra special. Miss you Mom ❤️

[@Thirdeyelife2836]

definitely brought back alot of good memories. I even had the same TV you used to test it in this video lol

[@CANAM1027]

Think we all did at one point

[@dahrokgaming6378]

Thank you so much for all this great memories bro. Awesome video !

[@alexsilva28]

Dude I wasn't ready for that massive OG Xbox game collection. You made it sound like you only had a couple games wow. Nearly cried hearing the boot up intro again and seeing Maple Valley after all these years... Also you have The Punisher!!! That game is awesome and rare to find!

[@cyberdemon9306]

I miss those old school user interfaces, they were so creative an quite distinct from each other, now everything is the same boring minimalist patterns...

[@evolicious]

That's becasue that's what the average person likes. Unfortunately, the average person is boring and has no imagination.

[@scrarymonster8984]

So much nostalgia. My grandma won an xbox in a local grocery store raffle one time and she gave it to my brother and me for Christmas. Fuzion Frenzy, Project Gothem Racing, Halo 2... wow time flies.

[@xenophagia]

So nostalgic! I got one very shortly after they came out for xmas. Had the Duke controller and it came with Sega GT racing & Jet Set Radio Future (one of my favorites) and I also got Perfect Dark Zero & Halo separately I think. I remember tripping out on how real Sega GT looked at the time! I was so stoked that I had to bring my parents in my room and show them how real it looked looked and to thank them more lol. They actually thought i was playing a trick on them and that I was showing them video footage 🤣. Man...how far we've come since then.

[@s1140285]

This video made me smile so big. I remember being 13 and sitting on my parents carpet opening it for the first time. Playing Halo 2 on Christmas morning was probably the biggest highlight of my childhood.

[@EposVox]

This is so cool, I only ever had a used one as a kid, this experience is niiiice.

[@josequintero7250]

Same

[@extinctnine]

Takes me back. I used to put all my music on the box so I could play GTA with my own music.

[@madheadmadDAZ]

Yeah must have been some right c**ts about in 01 to buy one new lol

[@vine00]

I'm very nostalgic for the Xbox, not because I had one (I had a PS2) but when I was a kid I saw my cousins playing Halo and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I always wanted one but my parents wouldn't get me another console for obvious reasons. Eventually got a 360 when I was 10 and played the hell out of it, then bought an OG Xbox off eBay one year later because I STILL wanted one and they were very cheap. (20 bucks for the whole system) No regrets, 11 years later both the 360 and OG Xbox are still running to this day.

[@kingofdust9725]

@@madheadmadDAZ Huh?

[@ogre706]

Kinda sad to see one of these still boxed up to this day.. and feels great to see it finally free, turned on and enjoyed the way it was meant to be.

[@midnightjay1343]

This is the last system I owned where I really still felt like I was a gamer. I’ve owned lots of systems since but this was the last time I was in love with gaming

[@SweetBean92]

Can't ever look at one of these things without being flooded with great memories of playing Morrowind.

[@JayTohab]

Bro, they had Morrowind on this??

[@collinmc90]

I dug mine out of my parents basement and all I could think about was Morrowind and Tony Hawk Underground. I was so excited but the Morrowind disc was missing. Got to play THUG though and that was amazing

[@ix8750]

@@JayTohab yeah, morrowind was Bethesdas first console release.

[@Snocone333]

@@JayTohab yeah, it was sooo cool. Load times were horrible. But it was nice to play since only one friend of mine had a PC that could actually run it!

[@vicrules6666]

It works on the xbox 1.

[@Merjia]

OH BOY The memories are incredible. Dad used to work for Microsoft back in the day, so we got an Xbox a few weeks early. It was such a big deal. That start up sound just brought me straight back to saturday mornings with the TV volume down trying not to wake up my parents. Brilliant.

[@lutboy2909]

Fk yeah trying to no wake up early with the start up sound but the fan noice was the second culprit for being cachet up in the couch playing videogames Early in the morning

[@Sixtyten6010]

So you where the one in all my COD lobbies threating to get me banned cause his dad "works for microsoft"

[@dzrewn1]

@@Sixtyten6010 😂🤣😂😂😂😂

[@NorthBoiX]

And my dad works for nasa.

[@AlexVanChezlaw]

every dad ever worked for MS back then

[@lozzamarie]

This makes me so happy, thanks for uploading LGR ☺️

[@mlangland]

Thanks for posting this. So many memories. Those were great times.

[@jmalone1187]

"The first person to have the honor to put a finger print on fresh glossy plastic" ... You monster. Also, no description of the amazing smell of a new console!? That is all I could think about while you unboxed this lol

[@alexsilva28]

Ikr? I cringed at that part

[@mobaby1979]

Smells like p***y

[@daveincambridge]

@@mobaby1979 putty?

[@nateholden7598]

lmao

[@BongRip]

Most console unboxing videos do not have any smell descriptions, if that’s all you thought about you’re in the wrong place

[@magregory1985]

I remember my friend had one and saying it was a brick but after playing it I was wowed by how ahead of its time it was and blown my PlayStation away. Year later bought one and never looked back since, so many original great games back then, including midtown madness 3 such over the top racer.

[@Beautifulcomments]

Thanks for doing this! Watching this bought back such good memories! The first Xbox isn’t my top 3 favourite consoles, but I 100% have a few fond memories. I think my favourite games I played on this was KungFu Chaos and Fable.

[@Octavianus08]

I was a Playstaton 2 player and didn’t feel the need to get an Xbox. However, my mom bought a new mobile phone and got an Xbox doing it and gave it to me. It was a few games and 12 months of Xbox Live included. It was a game changer. It felt so powerful and playing online was another planet compared to PS2. My games on that was Forza, Halo, Full Spectrum Warrior, Far Cry Instincts and many more. I’ve been an Xbox player (and some Nintendo) ever since.

[@hitbox524]

Setting up my power shield in HALO Christmas morning is why I’ll always love Halo: Combat Evolved the best of the series. That was the most immersive game I had played by far at that point.