I missed the blade dash a LOT but tbh the NXE dash added party chat which for someone who played with irl friends, was fantastic. Who else remembers when PS3 didn't have party chats because it didn't have enough ram?

@nolef7nu7

2 жыл бұрын

party chat killed game chat

@Sora2314

2 жыл бұрын

I thought they always had party chat. What an interesting fact

@user-sn8zx5mv1x

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sora2314 They did have party chat, it's just that you couldn't play a game while using party chat. You had to close out the game.

@thejjdm1126

2 жыл бұрын

@LeonSora the wii had party chat (wii speak) why couldnt ps3 it was because they didnt have enough time to finish it

@draliththeartist2084

2 жыл бұрын

@@thejjdm1126 wasnt wii speak only a thing with people who had the extension tho?

They ditched the blades in 2009 when they added the avatars to build off the Mii hype

@AllanBakrMHMD

2 жыл бұрын

Something like Nintendo Wii rip offs and ended up into casual & entertainment system.

@DeadPhoenix86DP

2 жыл бұрын

Actually they released a new U.I on November 19th of 2008. I still remember when it happen. And it also gave players the ability to install games.

@Dizastermaster.

2 жыл бұрын

@@AllanBakrMHMD haha lmao

@rody2k6

2 жыл бұрын

It was NXE, new xbox experience. Everything because like more squared tiles and we had avatars. Now the ability to install games I loved that

@potatosordfighter666

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone copies Nintendo, and they always will. Nintendo had the first dpad, the first diamond face button pattern, the first shoulder buttons, the first analog stick, the first 2 stage triggers, the first 1st party wireless controller (Wavebird), First motion controller, first hybrid console. Whether you like it or not, Nintendo drives and shapes the video game market similar to how Apple shapes the cell phone market.

That Xbox dashboard unlocked a lot of past and happy memories.

@rody2k6

2 жыл бұрын

For me was summer vacation playing Halo 3 with a clan that even paid me to change my gamer tag. Sadly I lost contact with them around 2009/10 and never found them again.

I wish they honor the blades dashboard and bring us a new Xbox UI with that style

@Fanto_Sir

2 жыл бұрын

Let's see that in a Xbox 360 mini in 2031 😎

@alexg4324

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fanto_Sir that would be sick

This is still my favorite console OS. Turning on the 360 at launch and seeinf the blade system was mind blowing

@Dizastermaster.

2 жыл бұрын

I remember how bummed i was when mine updated. I remember the last game I played before it updated was the surf's up demo

@dangs4m230

2 жыл бұрын

The first thing I thought was how loud it was

@OrtadragoonX

2 жыл бұрын

I preferred the XMB on PS3 but the Blade was a close second.

@Matanumi

2 жыл бұрын

XMB IS the GOAT. And I don't even like PlayStation

@Theultrazombiekiller

6 ай бұрын

I just booted a brand new/factory sealed xenon 360 from early 2006 this week on my channel... In 2023.

Blades dash is best dash. Holding out for some kind of Series S/X theme based on it around the anniversary.

@Nobbie248

2 жыл бұрын

Doubt. Why would they do 360 blades for the xbox anniversary?

Blade system was just an easy way to fit the dashboard on a 4:3 display until they made a responsive design. I do miss it though, so much nostalgia.

The SOUND of the blades is amazing too. I spent so much time just flipping through blades because that sound made it really satisfying

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I started the generation with ps3 and got a 360 about 2-3 years deep. So mine never had bladez. This videos tho give me some confidence in buying a non opening 360 for cheap and seeing if I could fix it

@IMDYT420

2 жыл бұрын

The blades dash was used until 2008? You must of just been unlucky

@IMDYT420

2 жыл бұрын

@@at-cj2iy yea I had a falcon on blades but ended up killing the gpu probably gonna swap the CPU onto another falcon

@PSYCHOV3N0M

2 жыл бұрын

@@IMDYT420 Must've or must have. NOT must of.

@IMDYT420

2 жыл бұрын

@@PSYCHOV3N0M okay Ms. English teacher 🙄

Xbox 360 is still my favorite home console of all time. Halo 3 ❤️ Ive owned many consoles from Atari all the way to current Gen (about 23 in total). IMO the Xbox 360 is one of the best consoles ever. The 360 is what pulled me completely away from PC gaming. I always had a console and PC until I got a 360 and no longer felt the need for a PC. I’m sure that’s blasphemy to a lot of people 😂

@adrielstout6844

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was a console dude who played old games on crappy home computers growing up so the Xbox 360 really was an amazing experience for online gaming. I had a ps2 and loved it to death but Xbox 360 had it all full offline experiences with awesome online features packed in. Greatest games from the era halo 3, oblivion, gears of war, mass effect 1, and bioshock 1 was the sweet spot of the generation before they started going crazy with dlc back then they were usally full game expansions shivering isles anyone.

@UNSCPILOT

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda funny really, it was the End of the "360 era" that got me started on PC gaming, the Xbox One never peaked my interest but I will always love my Reach Edition 360 slim, it still sits proud by my much more monstrous modern gaming desktop, and now a Wii (with a dead disk drive) that I homebrew modded so I can enjoy some of the Wii and Gamecube games I missed out on years ago

you got a great find here! pristine condition, never been opened, blade dash and a HDMI port.

They definitely tanked the dashboard performance with the NXE update, which was... unfortunate. You can still get back to this dashboard version with current JTAG/(S)RGH mods if you wanted to (with the EFUSE security completely bypassed now). Checking the capacitors and changing the thermal paste on these older models is a good idea With decent "AAA" games, arcade games, indie games, and demos the 360 was definitely a gamer-first console, as _game_ consoles should be. Even the media center integration and local picture/video streaming capabilities were good The RRoD situation was pretty unlucky for M$ though -$1,000,000,000 😐

If I remember correctly, even the manual (or maybe quick guide) had the blade system! Loved it.

I miss the 360/PS3 era. Good times

@markandisobel

2 жыл бұрын

yes to 360 no to ps3 it sucked

@bit4795

2 жыл бұрын

@@markandisobel PS3 had really good games it supported PS1, kinda PS2 and PSP games, it was such a deal, but I still like 360 more

@user-vi4xy1jw7e

2 жыл бұрын

It was ok

LOVE these Sunday type of videos! 😁

12:15 it's these little nuances that can be vital to troubleshooting issues and coming up with solutions.

Keep making these types of videos bro! It’s what made me originally subscribe and become a fan! Love the tear downs and repairs!

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2 жыл бұрын

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This was my favorite 360 UI. Although the UI today still has some remnants and it is pretty speedy but no where as cool as the original Blades UI. I remember I had quite a few themes installed to change it all up and that was so cool. To this day I am still disappointed they ditched all that.

When I worked at a pawn shop I just immediately changed out that disc drive elastic. I would take an unfolded paper clip and poked the disk drive open and after I would manipulate the elastic out and switch it out.

I love when u make these kind of videos great job

I’m all about fixing up Xbox 360’s. Probably my favorite topic on my channel. Great find!

The way you popped that front panel off while talking not skipping a beat was so cold. Love it.

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2 жыл бұрын

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I was the first person in my area to get to try a 360 The rental store I worked at wanted me to be able to tell customers about it, so they let me take the rental machine home for the weekend before launch. I was hyped to play Ridge Racer 6 and Dead or Alive 4. Neither worked as this machine was one of the launch models that gouged rings into the discs!! They nearly fired me and wanted me to pay for the system and the damage, but thankfully multiple reports of this happening started floating around.

Goated video 💯 bring back up old memories

Great video! Brings back good memories. Xbox 360 was first new console I bought with my own money as teenager. I remember working all summer doing car washes and detailing saving up to get one. I wish I still had that thing today. But it got red ring and I didn’t know how fix it so think threw it away.

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I loved the blade dash! I feel like it was the best designed UI of the generation even though everyone seems more nostalgic for the Wii and it's shop channel music. I loved being able to play my own music in-game!

Man such nostalgia! What a time to be alive. Y'all just had to be there!

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@user-vi4xy1jw7e

2 жыл бұрын

It was ok

Blades are still the best UI that brand has ever had.

that UI is giving me major nostalgia feels

I still have my Xbox Live Vision camera sitting in a box somewhere. I think I got it in a bundle that wasn't supposed to be sold separately, but a shop not far from me was selling them. It came with PGR3, an XBLA disc with about 3-4 full arcade games and a bunch of trial arcade games, the XBLV camera, and some amount of XBL Gold membership. All for about £35.

This menu was so cool, it was definity limited but it worked great, the NXE (with blue menu) was the best menu though, after that it became an adhell.

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That blade UI did bring back some good nostalgia!

My favorite dashboard is and always will be the revised NXE dashboard. I was so salty when the metro/tile dashboard came out lmao

@Durango_2016

Жыл бұрын

The first NXE looks defintly better.

Ah amazing. You need that sound on when switching between the blades. What a UI, it was so good at that time!

I loved the blades dashboard the best , because: 1. It was the smoothest to navigate (I think , can't fully remember , since it was so long ago. I think bringing up the side blade while in the game was probably a little sluggish. But outside gameplay , I'm pretty sure I rememberin the dashboard itself, switching between each blade was smooth and snappy) 2. The least advert intrusive ( Every version of the dashboard after they got rid of the blades kept on adding more adverts , making switching between menus more and more sluggish , especially when they added Avatars too ) I think maybe just one banner on the marketplace blade was there and maybe a few more if you actually enter the marketplace itself. (Hard to remember since it's so long ago) But overall compared to the newer dashboards , almost no advertising in general. 3 . All your old themes still fit it. (None of the old themes really fit the newer dashboards , which kind of makes me regret spending money on old themes , since they no longer fit the new dashboard as well . They started introducing premium themes instead , which fit their new dashboards perfect , but cost more, although they are more pretty) 4. No need for Avatars (Another thing that kind of cluttered the processing and loading of the dashboard . Especially on the screen when other friends avatars are loading too) Too bad there was no option to switch back to the blades dashboard though.

I love these older console videos. 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, etc... Keep em coming!

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2 жыл бұрын

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All those years have come & gone but still love the Blade System, I’m still gutted we don’t have Themes like we used to as well now days I like customising my console like that it’s died down the last two generations on both PlayStation & Xbox it’s sad. Take care all be safe.🖖🖖🖖

I loved the Blade UI. It never felt like I was leaving the UI. Xbox has always done online much more smoothly than Sony or Nintendo

Thanks spawnwave I didn't realize different systems had different interfaces... Also hope one day I will be able to find and learn how fix systems in the future too

This takes me back, i do miss having a console as a media center. Wish new consoles allowed it. I do hate taking a launch 360 apart. Those plastic clips suck. Lots of plastic broken in my years of rebuilding them lol

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

2 жыл бұрын

I have one that I've had since lunch it started getting hot a couple years ago and I haven't used it since. I knew I was going to have to break it apart and do some work to it so I've been avoiding it. I've also got a fat PS3 that needs the same.

@Cletus9

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu i rebuild fat ps3s all the time. Reball and reflow them. Fixed many 60gb, 80gbs and dev tool consoles

@PSYCHOV3N0M

2 жыл бұрын

There's nothing difficult about taking apart the 360. All you need is a hair pin. No broken plastic clips for me.

@PSYCHOV3N0M

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cletus9 My original 60GB PS3 got a green screen when I start it up. It's been like 2 years and I still haven't opened it. I'm guessing the thermal paste needs to be replaced. I just haven't bothered opening it up. I was on my 3rd playthrough of Mass Effect 1 lol.

@JohnDoe-wq5eu

2 жыл бұрын

@@PSYCHOV3N0M yeah both my systems need a good reball/reflow. I'm scared to seriously break either of them now is the only problem.

I still have my blades complete in the box since 2006 never been updated or powered on after i used it for 12hrs straight . i still love the sound on start up ,they should of kept that sound.

I still remember the run up to the blades dash update, me and all my friends were so excited for the update due to party functions ect but damn I miss those blades!

Good stuff keep it up John

I first got my 360 around 2009, so a few years after it came out, and by then the Blades UI had been replaced. I got the 360 used and it came with Halo 3 ODST, which was my first Halo game. I had tons of fun playing split-screen games (Halo, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty, Castle Crashers, Peggle, Forza, Minecraft, Terraria, etc.) with my friends and family, and I'm really glad Microsoft has been so serious about backwards compatibility recently, because it's really nice to able to play some of your favorite games on newer hardware. It makes me wish that Sony would develop PS3 emulation for PS5, but I doubt that will ever happen sadly. I'd love to check out what games PS3 had back then, because I only had a 360 and Wii.

Thank you for the nostalgia 🙏

I remember getting the Xbox 360 many years ago at Christmas with the detachable HDD which was bundled with Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War. I thought the design of the console was quite cool and thought that it was awesome that it utilised wireless controllers straight out of the box. I also remember when I had fired up Gears of War for the first time thinking the graphics were amazing. It's a shame those models were particularly plagued by the infamous red ring of death. Now I have an Xbox Series X and it's amazing looking at how far the Xbox has come along since then.

Can we talk about how underrated the controller was? I wish you could use a 360 controller on the Xbox one (without connecting to Windows 10)

@Notpoop906

2 жыл бұрын

Nah. The 360 ones broke way too easily. Dpad was horrible. Bumpers always failed. Triggers were tiny, overall it was small. The newer controllers are better in every single way.

Part of me expected a Haunted Xbox horror story for halloween, but instead I got a great piece of history.

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2 жыл бұрын

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I bought one of the original white launch 360s way back at the end of '05. It worked well for a long long time and then sometime and I'm going to say 2014 or something like that it started getting very loud and quite hot I really need to work on it cuz I have a lot of games still on it. I still love that thing all this time later.

Hopefully we can get a modern interpretation of the Blade UI for the 20th anniversary of the 360 in four years. Which should also coincide with a new hardware release, I'd also love to see the Series X25 in a 360 inspired shell, maybe sqare hourglass?

I joined in on the 360 era just a tad to late for blades unfortunately. Was playing the original xbox up until then and occasionally would go to my big brother's apartment and play his xbox with blades. Such good, good memories.

Got my first 360 July of 2008. It has the Falcon motherboard revisions, and came with the blades dash, so only got to use it for a few months before the updated Dashboard was pushed. Lots of good memories of that dashboard. That 360 still operates to this day, but I have had to change out thermal paste, and a failing laser. I have probably more hours of use on that 360 than any other game console I've ever owned.

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I loved the blade ui. I absolutely hated when they forced the update

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I got a system manufactured 02/02/2009 with Dash 6717, picked it up for $60 and works great. Though the previous owner opened up the DVD drive thinking it was a dead drive but console is NTSC-J which is another reason I wanted to buy it, luckily the system is still in great condition, was kinda surprised when I realised USBs don't work for storage though. Region wasn't labelled but I could tell looking at the sticker on the back that I've seen on a bunch of systems from Hong Kong and Taiwan

This makes me miss my old 360! Vaguely remember the blades, I think they were close to being phased out when I got mine.

The blade System was so great. Back in the days I had on my og XBOX a skin for XBMC (later kodi) in the blade design.

Nostalgia!!! Big time. Haven't seen that UI is a loooong time. 360 is still my favorite system.

I still got my Xbox 360 hooked up to my tv it's the earlyer black elite system, not with the blade UI annymore unfortunatly but i dont mind, never been opened stil works like a charm.

Yeah you were pretty safe with Halo 3. I got my 360 in September 2008, they were still using blade UI then. It must have been 2009 that they first changed it.

I was stationed in South Korea when it came out. All the PX had was copies of Gun and Madden 06. It was an easy decision to stick with my PS2 until I got State side lol.

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2 жыл бұрын

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Fight Night Round 3 Demo, that really pumped me for the future of this console at the time.

I never owned a 360 but my buddy did and I remember thinking how cool the console was when he would bring it over.

God the Blades was so damn good! One of my favorite UIs ever.

I got a Launch Day 360 that has the very first blades dashboard and it was hardly ever used. No RROD ever in it's life, still has the sticker on the front meaning its never been opened. It works flawless and I use it all the time to play music ( I dont play games on it because it will overheat) and I use it with precautions (Plenty of air, on it's side, etc) it's a Xenon

When you opened it I wasnt looking, when you said "wow" I turned to look and also said "wow". Lol.

Man I use to have the wood grain background on the blade UI and I loved it! Never had a red ring on the original Xbox 360 but my disc drive got so hot when I first got it that it started to basically melt my disks which Microsoft refused to replaced and instead offered me perfect darkness a $20 game at the time for $120 worth of disks good times.

Great video thanks😄

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Happy Halloween Spawn Wave!

that triforce t-shirt is awesome!

I miss the Blade UI. Takes me back to playing Smackdown vs. RAW 2007 and Rainbow Six Vegas on the weekends at my moms house

Such a clean menu, Xbox has never been the same since

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Right on the feels, mate.

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I camped outside of my local BestBuy 24 hours before they launched the 360. My friend Corey and I were second and third in line and had taken time off work to guarantee we got one, since we hadn't pre-ordered and availability was pretty sketchy. The hype was unreal & the day spent in line was actually pretty rad. Everyone was playing local multi-player Mario Kart DS since that had just came out and we all kept ordering pizzas and binging caffeine. Those were the days ;)

Got a OG Xbox a few months ago had the same prob. Tear apart clean rubber band all good now. I think they kinda form that shape sitting so long.

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I have a Xenon version that still has some of the stickers like if it was new and still works and has the blade system aswell I think.

I did like how clean the new UI is too but the blade is classic honestly

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Damn, that blade was such fire. I miss this for sure

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I remember my young teenage self so excited to go online for the first time with halo 2 on the 360. I laugh at myself then, always rage quiting and yelling because I died lol. Then playing chrome hounds and phantasy star online. Making friends through squads was awesome. Thanks for the nostalgia trip

@mentalshade1

2 жыл бұрын

My man I loved chrome hounds. Then when they implemented party chat in game it changed everything

Loved and completed Kameo when it was first released. Beutiful game.

Got my first Xbox 360 in 2006 with a copy of Crackdown as my first game. I miss the blades dashboard as even the system sounds alone when scrolling takes me back to those early days of just being in awe that I actually had a 360 as I was only in 6th grade & was one of the first out of all my friends.

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Dude holy shiiii that's literally my old 360. This entire video I was thinking about how I had never connected my 360 to the internet back in the day so the Blade UI was all I ever knew. But my 360 had that EXACT big black smudge on the side panel that this one has. I'm 99.99% sure that this is my old 360 that my ex step dad stole in 2010ish and pawned or did whatever with.

I loved it back in the day :) The SNES and Xbox 360 are the two systems is spend so much money on, the X360 even made me buy a flatscreen.

@OrtadragoonX

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I used my 360 (bought in November 2006) on my PC monitor. I had one of those early 16:9 gamer monitors that had component in for consoles and DVI/VGA for PCs.

@RDJ134

2 жыл бұрын

@@OrtadragoonX Before i bought my TV i played on a PC monitor too. Hard to imagine for people now.

My mom got me an Xbox 360 for my 12 birthday. We didn’t have the money. She knew I wanted it so bad and I was so happy to have one. I got Halo 3 on launch day. Even took the manual to school. So many fond memories with the blades Xbox. I was late to Xbox Live. Later than my friends. I had a GameFly subscription so I racked up some serious gamerscore for the time. It was around 8,000. My friends didn’t believe me so I took a picture with my Samsung Rant to show them at school. Then I finally got Xbox live and got the NXE update and got to make my avatar for the first time. As much as I loved that experience I missed that original Xbox 360 dash. Even now, 110,000 gamerscore and almost 15 years later. Thanks for the video Jon.

a blast from the past!❤❤❤

Does jtag make your xbox last longer? My jtag system with fan speed to 100% still work all my non jtag ones are rrod. now ever my first jtag system does go rrod but if i ubolug the hd it works always so not sure what that means.

i never had one but i do remember the different faceplates you could get for it

I had the 360. The eject button was loose and it was vibrating like crazy when the disc drive was running. It was louder than the drive itself and the fan combined. If you wanted to avoid that, you had to leave the sticker linking the drive's tray and the button together on. That's right. It was such trash that they were using a sticker to try and make it less garbage.

You can update the OS to NXE dashboard

You didnt show ripping the two halves of the shell :( That was always my favourite part

I got my Xbox 360 Elite Model in Early December 2008 it was a late birthday present to myself had to wait for Target to get more in-stock and it had Blades but when i connected to the internet it made me Update to NXE

Man I miss playing music while playing games

I love when rgt85 and dremcastguy make these kind of videos too. Oh, wait a minute…

Love the Blades UI (only remember it on 360 kiosks not on my actual Arcade 360). Closest I have now is the Xbox Arcade Demo disk (Pacman Championship Edition, Boom Boom Rocket and so on I got for $4 or so a few years ago) with it as it's updated to the latest just encase as want to play games and don't care if saves are lost on it compared to on my Xbox One X with whatever BC care about (or 360 E). The fact my Arcade 360 has had a not normal red ring (only the bottom right, rather than the 3 sectors of the ring with moving the 120GB Hard drive in place , I photographed it so I know but it just didn't display them the other two properly then for some reason) and read my copy of Bodycount (got recently and read it as a DVD, then changed its mind after reading it again, even if the disk is a bit unclean) I think it's having issues. It only ever had the 1 hard drive red ring and USB drive/new 120GB this is all I've experienced since but still My Arcade 360 also has a bad disk drive but a good enough 120GB compared to using a USB (can press the button a ton and it struggles, got an Xbox 360 E and my Arcade one is offline because can't be bothered with Ethernet/wifi on it) so this was good to watch to understand what to do to reach it if need be.

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2 жыл бұрын

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I don't know how updates work on the 360 but you can't update it fully unless you have a memory card of some kind plugged in.

I remember this UI while playing Dead Rising and having Slipknot playing through the media player. Great times

i got the 360 at around February 2008 and it had the blades it was a really good UI

Give this the ability to download in the background and install games to hard drive and it's perfect. Of course back then installing to hard drive wasn't a thing as the 360 either came with no hard drive or 20gb. Not much of a jump considering the original Xbox came out in 2001 and already had a 10gb hard drive. Yeah they were pushing it with the 360 in several places, but it was the first next gen system, so they could do whatever they wanted for the moment.

@PSYCHOV3N0M

2 жыл бұрын

Remember the 20GB hard drive being priced at $100 from Microsoft?? 😂😂😂

Dang I remember this when I first got my xb360.. I did like the avatars when they first made them tho 😅 these things used to scratch your discs tho

oh the memories of this dashboard when i first got my xbox 360 back in 2007 😁