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I just learned an interesting piece of gaming history that most people might not know about. (Xbox Live Arcade on original Xbox) (lemmy.one)
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I just learned that Xbox Live Arcade was a service that first started on the original Xbox, not Xbox 360. You had to order a disc online that would let you access the XBLA store. Here's the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live_Arcade

I've never heard anyone talk about this before, so I think this is really interesting. A lot of the OG XBLA games don't even have wikipedia pages, so I'm guessing this service was pretty obscure when it came out? Anyways I found some Youtube videos of some of the games, so here's some gameplay clips if anyone is interested:

Hamsterball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUA-SeFye_0

ThinkTanks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSJ0t8cIQYc

Mutant Storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PpS1giWPGw

Did any of you guys ever use Xbox Live Arcade on the original Xbox? What did you think of it? I'm curious to hear more about it.

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[–] VerseAndVermin@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

This is neat. I would have loved to have played some of these alongside what I did on the 360. Feels similar. Marble Blast Ultra, Geometry Wars, etc. I had no idea either.