Xbox Originals Manuals and Controller layouts (and free themes and picture packs)

re: Xbox Originals Manuals and Controller layouts (and free themes and picture packs)

Steve CTID — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

There is a little confusion on the xbox.com forums as to whether Fable is the Lost Chapters edition or not, theres a lot of conflicting information regarding it.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

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The Capester — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

How do I find out want games support the VGA cable as that is the only way I can use my 360. As I don't want to waste points on a game if I cant Play it.

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Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:59:10 GMT

Unfortunately the only way to show M$ this is overpriced crap is for nobody to purchase it, but we all know that won't happen.

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II Tapio II — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:38:07 GMT

Major,can you pass a word..

We want Shenmue 2 to the orginals

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Jenovaproject — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:48:02 GMT

Why isn't the Fable the Lost Chapters version? That's the one worth getting.

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GhostRiderTGAC — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:12:40 GMT

Wow, the negativity here is pretty heavy duty. When I heard that MS was bring the XBOX Originals I was excited. I remember the days when I used a little package called Gamedrive on my PC gaming rig. I could load up all my game CDs into virtual CDs on the hard drive and then when I went to LAN parties I didn't have to lug all my discs around. Now I'm not saying that the selection on Originals is great and the prices are a bit loft considering, but the potential is there now. Maybe we will eventually see digitally delivered 360 titles. As with many things MS is just testing the waters right now, but as they learn from what happens with these we will hopefully see more. I am guessing we will start to see more Originals soon and more large downloadable content which will make it more compelling for users to purchase a larger hard drive. I know the announcement of the Originals made me think harder about buying a 120GB and swapping out my 20GB. I will probably get flamed myself for my more optimistic outlook on this but I am just a gamer hoping for more good stuff from my 360. (BTW I was on the Wii forums and pleading for better Virtual Console stuff. The 360 has way better downloadable content that the Wii or the PS3 so keep that in mind when you start complaining)

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EnigmaNemesis — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:38:45 GMT

One Word:

Over-priced!

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hudsmack — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:04:41 GMT

@Atomicow

Indigo Prophecy - $4.99 used on eBay BIN

Halo - $8.99 new on eBay BIN

Psychonauts - No used BIN, so this one may be the only one worth buying

Crimson Skies - $2.99 used on eBay BIN

Fable - $5.99 new on eBay BIN

I think you get the point by now. $15 USD is not a good deal for these games. As someone else pointed out, 800 points would have been the sweet spot for these games.

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Muzzymate — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:41:02 GMT

Time for me to get the 120GB drive...

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aftonstund — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:55:33 GMT

Just bought Crimson Skies, and I'm very dispointed that the game don't support Widescreen and that I can't even update the "Live option" because the VGA cable don't support 50hz output ... :(

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pickassoreborn — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:52:30 GMT

Tried to download Psychonauts last night - speeds seem to be pretty slow due to everyone downloading the update I suppose... also it doesn't look like you can resume the download. Not good.

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Mordochai — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:27:06 GMT

I have had my Live account since March 2003, when it became available in Sweden. But I work and live all over the world.

For the last 2 years I'm in Hong Kong (HK) and Shenzhen (in mainland China, just north of HK). I also have a HK "based" Live account, cos I can't buy MS Points in HK and put them on my "normal" account. And now I get the same error message mentioned above "Can't download from your current location".

MS policy regarding regions etc is deeply flawed. I have a lot of experience in this field (including economic optimization) and would be happy to help you fix it. Cos now, your service is working poorly for us Xbox fans that are globe trotters (remember, I'm only talking about countries where the service is supported, though China is so only to a degree).

Please look this issue over and fix it once and for all! We want our Originals and pay you for it, but you don't want our money?

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metallicorphan — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:44:19 GMT

so,i bought Fable and Farenheit(indigo prophecy)...and after 8 hrs the first download,was still on 52%....oh goody.....so i cancel it and start again...and it has been stuck on 1% for the last hour...when are MS going to fix these slow downloads?.....its all good and well having these new features,but if they are a nightmare to use,then this will be my last games i do buy from this service i could of gone to GAME picked up the game pre-owned and finished it and traded it back in by now!!

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Atomicow — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:27:13 GMT

Indigo Prophecy is 12.99 used. But it's fairly difficult to find. Halo is 24.99 used. Psychonauts is pretty much impossible to find - so much so that Gamestop doesn't even list a price on it. Paying 15 dollars for a full fledged game isn't a ripoff. Sure, some of the games, like Crimson Skies, are cheaper and it's a better deal to just buy a used disc for a few bucks. But for most part these titles are hard to find and/or expensive.

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Odin — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:32:06 GMT

Burnout 3 lives again! Now that wasn't so painful was it EA?

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LeAtHeR x fAc3 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:12:36 GMT

This is ridiculous that I can't play my games on my computer monitor. You go ahead and sell a VGA cable for the 360 and you can't even support the XBOX Originals correctly. What about all the people that don't find out or get warned? I was a second away from purchasing it before I found out. It really disappoints me because I was looking forward to playing some XBOX games. Please get this fixed.