wow, it's huge....

[Jimid2]

- Crimson Skies (I LOVE this game)

Ditto... fave game on the system bar none... I played this game to death on Live... in fact, it's the only game I've spent an inordinate number of hours playing on-line in the past several years... used to play Air Warrior on CompuServe way back in the dark ages before HTML and Mosaic heralded the beginning of the end of the Internet as a geek preserve; Crimson Skies on-line captured a lot of that tumbling abandon that the big fur balls in Air Warrior had, only it was a lot easier to fly!

[Joe West]

the only way to go is: -halo 1 & 2

[XYXZYZ]

1. Mod it.
2. XBMC
3. Emulators

[Porksta]

Wait, you are in Europe and can't stand soccer? *head explodes*

[CosmicMonkey]

Wait, you are in Europe and can't stand soccer? *head explodes*

Lol. I can't stand football either. Bores me to death.

And yes, the Xbox was big for a games console, but it's quite small for a PC with a full size DVD, HDD and PSU in there.

[tom]

Wait, you are in Europe and can't stand soccer? *head explodes*

I guess nowadays you could refer it to 'spitting contest', it's quite disgusting.

So, I played with my XBOX all weekend, got many gaming suggestions from you nice guys, and even found out from a friend that I need an Action Replay and Splinter Cell for something called 'soft modding', which I will attend to later. Both items are easy to find on German ebay anyway.

I quite like the XBOX so far, the pads are easier to handle than the DC pads, in my opinion, but I also want to setup my DC to make a side by side to make a graphic comparison. From memory, DC is almost on par with XBOX, where graphics/fx are concerned?
Annoying is the GREEN screen of XBOX, that looks so dated, and that green bubble in the middle of the console is quite useless too.
Other than that, so far so good.
One happy Tom.

[c0ldb33r]

...and even found out from a friend that I need an Action Replay and Splinter Cell for something called 'soft modding', which I will attend to later. Both items are easy to find on German ebay anyway.

You don't even need the action replay to do it. If you check online, you can find out how to (1) DIY xbox to usb adapter (very simple) and (2) configure a standard USB flash drive to think that it is an Action Replay (simple, but there are numerous steps). With this, you put the Splinter Cell save onto the usb flash drive using the Action Replay software, load it onto your xbox and run the exploit.

Having a softmodded xbox is just fantastic, if only for XBMC. You can also install your games to the hard drive, swap the hard drive to a larger one, run emulators if that's your thing, etc...

Please note, there are a few games that you can use to do the exploit, and only certain versions of Splinter Cell will work. Later versions fixed the exploit.

[Emuaust]

From memory, DC is almost on par with XBOX, where graphics/fx are concerned?

blink blink, how good is your memory?

[Push Upstairs]

There is no way I'd mistake "Outrun 2" for a DC game.

[tom]

blink blink, how good is your memory?

not very :-)

[TwinChargers]

Sorry to kind of Hijack the thread, but what are some of the better FPS for the Xbox that aren't in need of Live? I read tons of reviews that tell how great lots of the games are on Live, but are vague or say that the single player missions are lacking.

[c0ldb33r]

kind of obvious, but Halo 1 and 2.

[jupitersj]

Armed & Dangerous(third person)
Brothers in Arms
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System(third person)
TimeSplitters2/Future Perfect

just to name a few..

[jdc]

I've scrapped all three current gen systems ( 2 Wiis, 2 360s, and am in the process of dumping my 60 gig PS3) in favor of going back to the original Xbox. It's got such a huge library of stellar games that can be had for peanuts. I'm becoming a cheap gamer. If you use a cable upgrade with a nice tv, the console really looks great and some games almost look current gen.

[Mobius]

Plenty of platformers to be found. And of course, one of my favorites, a platformer/murder mystery called Scrapland.

Thanks for mentioning this. I had never heard of it, and it looks right up my alley.

I want to throw Metal Arms and Toejam & Earl III on the list of recommendations, too. And for retro compilations, the Midway Arcade Treasures series gives you some major bang for your buck.

[tom]

Thanks for mentioning this. I had never heard of it, and it looks right up my alley.

I want to throw Metal Arms and Toejam & Earl III on the list of recommendations, too. And for retro compilations, the Midway Arcade Treasures series gives you some major bang for your buck.

Yes, I will try that one for sure. And Metal Arms. Toejam I never liked on Genesis, so I know I will pass on that one.

Any 'Special Editions' or 'big boxed' games for XBOX? I know of a Golf game coming in a bigger box.

And what were those Burgerking games?

[Push Upstairs]

I only own two of the BK games and I think they are really the only two worth owning.


Big Bumpin' - bumper car game.
Pocketbike Racer - Racing game where everyone is on tiny motorcycles.

These are pretty good multiplayer games.


The 3rd was "Sneak King".....you sneak around as the Burger King and.....uh...someone help me out here.

[jdc]

Burger King Pocketbike Racer is lots of fun for a cheap game. It has weapons (that can be turned off) like Mario Kart. It can be run on an Xbox or a 360. I've always wondered about that game Scrapland, since every review that I read absolutely trashed it.....which doesn't mean much these days. In defiance of those "pro" reviewers, I'm going to grab a copy this week. That'll teach 'em.

[JunkTheMagicDragon]

Any 'Special Editions' or 'big boxed' games for XBOX? I know of a Golf game coming in a bigger box.

you're thinking of real world golf.

there's also steel battalion. i'd like to get it, but it's damn expensive.

there was also a ddr game for the og xbox.

[c0ldb33r]

I recently saw the burger king games for sale at a zellers store near me. They were 9.99 each. I was surprised, I didn't think these were released to stores, I thought they were only sold at Burger Kings.