Welcome to Xbox console info!
December 15th 2007
| First Avaible |
| November 15, 2001 |
| CPU |
| 733 MHz Intell pentium III based mobile celeron |
| Controller input |
| 4 maximum |
History
The Xbox was Microsoft's first product that ventured into the video game console
market, after having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Dreamcast
console. Notable launch titles for the console included Halo: Combat Evolved,
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding, Dead or Alive 3, Project Gotham Racing, and
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.
Development
The Xbox was initially developed within Microsoft by a small team that included
game developer Seamus Blackley. Microsoft repeatedly delayed the console, whuch
was finally revealed at the end of 1999, following interviews of Microsoft CEO
Bill Gates. Gates stated that a gaming/multimedia device was essential for
multimedia convergence in the new times of digital entertainment. On March 10,
2000 the "X-box Project" was officially confirmed by Microsoft with a press
release.
Controllers and removable storage
An 8 MB removable solid state memory card can be plugged into the controllers,
onto which game saves (.zip archives in reality) can either be copied from the
hard drive when in the Xbox dashboard's memory manager or saved during a game.
Note that some recent games (e.g., Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach
Volleyball) do not support this accessory as a cheat prevention measure and that
some games may work differently with this. This system has been defeated by the
Xbox hacking community, who have developed tools to modify savegames to work in
a different console, though some unique technical information concerning the
recipient Xbox must be known. It is also possible to save an Xbox Live account
on a memory unit, allowing the user to share it with another Xbox owner, assuming
both have access to Xbox Live.
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