------------------------------------------ ===== Microsoft X-Box 360 Launch FAQ ===== ------------------------------------------ Microsoft Hardware FAQ Version 0.92 12 December 2005 Copyright 2005 Mikael Forsgren (foppe_v @ hotmail.com) =============================================================================== = Contents = =============================================================================== 0. Introduction 1. What is the X-Box 360? 2. Specifications 2.1. The Hardware 2.2. 2 Systems released 3. Launch Information 3.1. Launch Dates, Packages and Prices 3.2. Launch Titles 3.3. Launch Dates 4. Accessories 4.1. Accessories 4.2. Cables 4.3. Controllers 4.4. X-Box Live 4.5. Personalize 4.6. Storage 4.7. Wireless 4.8. 3rd Part 5. Games 5.1. Released Games 5.2. Unreleased Games 5.3. WTH did he say? 5.4. Backward Compatibility 5.4.1 Backward Compatibility USA list 5.4.2 Backward Compatibility Europe list 5.4.3 Backward Compatibility Japan list 5.4.4 Backward Compatibility Australia list 5.4.5 Removed Backward Compatibility list 6. Your TV 6.1. 720pi? 1080i? 6.2. What Video cables will I use? 7. Installing your X-Box 360 7.1. Place it out 7.2. Connecting the unit 7.3. Starting it up the first time 7.3.1 Offline Profile 7.3.2 I Am a Member of Xbox Live 7.3.3 I Want to Join Xbox Live 7.4. The dashboard 7.4.1 Xbox Live 7.4.2 Games 7.4.3 Media 7.4.4 System 8. Xbox Live 8.1. The Golden Silver 8.2 Xbox Live Arcade 8.3 Xbox Live Marketplace 8.4. Launch Marketplace 9. Media 9.1. Music 9.1.1 Official Supported Music Players 9.1.2 How The Heck Do I Stream Music From USB? 9.1.3 How The Heck Do I Stream Music From my PC? 9.2. Pictures 9.2.1 Official Supported Cameras 9.2.1.1 Unofficial Supported Cameras 9.2.2 How The Heck Do I Stream Pictures From USB? 9.2.3 How The Heck Do I Stream Pictures From my PC? 9.3 Use DVDs and CDs 9.3.1 DVD Movies and Audio CDs 9.3.2 Burned Music CDs 9.3.3 Burned Picture CDs 9.3.4 Burned Music And Picture CDs 9.3.5 Burned Movie DVDs 9.4 PSP 9.4.1 Music 9.4.2 Pictures 9.5 Movies 9.6 Dashboard Themes 9.7 Extern harddrive 10. Gaming Achievements 10.1. Ordinary Games 10.2. Arcade Games 10.3. Japanese Special 10.4. Special 11. Bad Microsoft 11.1. Change this Microsoft 11.2. I AM ERROR 12. Region Free? 13. The rest 13.1. FAQ 13.2. Credits 13.3. Legal Information 13.4. Email Policy 13.5. Version Information =============================================================================== = 0. Introduction = =============================================================================== The X-Box 360 is the first of the next generation gaming system to be released with at least 6 months before Nintendo or Sony is releasing their Revolution and Playstation 3. The reason why I´m making a X-Box 360 FAQ is to make some people less confuse about things that have to do with the X-Box 360. =============================================================================== = 1. What is the X-Box 360? = =============================================================================== The X-Box 360 is Microsoft´s second attempt to release a gaming system and rule the world... The first X-Box was not a flop but still not a big success. Now people will start to send me angry emails saying that I´m a big idiot, but if you look at the aw facts you´ll see that a big cut of the systems was modified and used to play illegally downloaded games and used as media centers to play movies on, This is something that Microsoft discovered, and decided to make it harder to do the same thing with the X-Box 360. They have gone down on a lower level this time to prevent piracy, and why would you modify your X-Box 360 to be a media center when it´s already a media center from the box? And this is the really first step into trying to include the High Definition into the gaming world. =============================================================================== = 2. Specifications = =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2.1. The Hardware - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The specs are truly looking good, and are getting fanboys drooling all over the world. But remember, it´s the games that decides if the system is great or bad. Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU : 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each : 2 hardware threads per core - 6 hardware threads total : 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core - 3 total : 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread : 1 MB L2 cache CPU Game Math Performance : 9 billion dot product operations per second Custom ATI Graphics Processor : 500 MHz : 10 MB embedded DRAM : 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines : Unified shader architecture Polygon Performance : 500 million triangles per second Pixel Fill Rate : 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA Shader Performance : 48 billion shader operations per second Memory : 512 MB GDDR3 RAM : 700 MHz DDR : Unified memory architecture Memory Bandwidth : 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth : 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM : 21.6 GB/s front-side bus Overall System Floating-Point Performance : 1 TFLOP Storage : Detachable and upgradeable 20 GB hard drive : 12X dual-layer DVD-ROM : Memory unit support starting at 64 MB I/O : Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers : 3 USB 2.0 ports : 2 memory unit slots : Built in Ethernet Port Optimized for Online : Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music : Built in Ethernet Port : Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G : Video Camera Ready Digital Media Support : Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD : Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PC´s : Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive : Custom playlists in every game : Windows Media Center Extender built in : Interactive, full screen 3D visualizers HD Game Support : All games supported at 16:9, 720p and 1080i, anti-aliasing : Standard definition and high definition video output supported Audio : Multichannel surround sound output : Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio : 320 independent decompression channels : 32-bit audio processing : Over 256 audio channels System Orientation : Stands vertically or horizontally Customizable Face Plates : Interchangeable to personalize the console Parental Controls : Parental Controls to restrict the games and movies that are played : Xbox Live controls to manage Friends List, voice and video communication, and Gamer Profile sharing Physical Specs : Height: 83 mm : Width: 309 mm : Depth: 258 mm : Weight: 7.7 lbs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2.2. 2 Systems released - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft decided to release two versions of the X-Box 360. The ordinary System (called Premium) and the Core System. To say it easy, the Premium system is a X-Box 360 with some accessories while the cheaper Core system only has what you need to start and play the X-Box 360. Some say that the Premium system is the luxury model. I´m saying that the Core model is released just so Microsoft can say that the releaseprice was lower, and to trick player that know nothing to later buy the accessories for a higher price. The difference between the systems are: X-Box 360 Premium X-Box 360 Core Console with Console Premium Chrome Finish Hard Drive Wireless Controller Wired Controller Xbox Live Headset Component HD AV Cable Composite AV Cable Ethernet Cable The first launch of the Premium version will also get a Bonus Media Remote. It´s smaller and have fewer buttons then the official one. So exactly what can you do with your ordinary and Core system? X-Box 360 X-Box 360 Core Play X-Box 360 games Yes Yes Watch DVD movies Yes Yes Play Music CD´s Yes Yes Connect an MP3 player Yes Yes and listen to music* Connect a Digital Camera Yes Yes and view pictures* Listen to music and view Yes Yes digital pictures from a Windows XP-based PC Use up to 4 wireless controllers simultaneously Yes Yes Play X-Box games Yes No/Yes*** Save games and content Yes No/Yes**** Game online with Xbox Live Gold** Yes No/Yes**** Join Xbox Live Silver for free Yes No/Yes**** Voice chat with friends over Yes No/Yes***** Xbox Live * Not every single MP3 player and Digital Camera is supported ** 1-month trial of Xbox Live Gold included *** Only Yes if you have bought a hard drive. **** Only yes if you have bought a hard drive or memory unit. ***** Only yes if you have bought a headset and hard drive or memory unit. So once again, you can play games with the Core system. You can´t save, but you can play your games. =============================================================================== = 3. Launch Information = =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3.1. Launch Dates, Packages and Prices - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The North American launch date is November 22 2005. The official price will be 399.99$ for the Premium system and 299.99$ for the Core System (some stores will just drop the 99 cents on the price). I think that Microsoft are officially only releasing the Core and Premium system, but a lot of resellers are adding games and accessories and are making their own bundles/packages. I will try to list the most known bundles just for fun. Xbox 360 Premium System -399.00$ Xbox 360 Game Console Wireless Controller Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable 20GB Hard Drive Ethernet Cable Headset Bonus Media Remote Xbox Live Silver Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial Xbox 360 Core System -299.00$ Xbox 360 Game Console Wired Controller Composite A/V Cable Xbox Live Silver Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial Xbox 360 Ultimate Bundle (EBGAMES) -699.92$ Xbox 360 Premium System Perfect Dark Zero Limited Edition Call of Duty 2 Kameo: Elements of Power Project Gotham Racing 3 Extra Wireless Controller Play & Charge Kit Extra Rechargeable Battery Pack Xbox 360 Core Bundle (EBGAMES) -599.93$ Xbox 360 Core System Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition Call of Duty 2 Kameo: Elements of Power Project Gotham Racing 3 Extra Wired Controller Memory Unit Xbox 360 Core Bundle (GAMESTOP) -689.91$ Xbox 360 Core System Perfect Dark Project Gotham Racing 3 Condemned GUN Call of Duty 2 Extra Wired Controller Memory Unit 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Xbox 360 EA Bundle (GAMESTOP) -839.90$ Xbox 360 Premium System Madden NFL 2006 Tiger Woods 2006 NBA LIve 2006 Need for Speed: Most Wanted FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup Extra Wireless Controller Play & Charge Kit G-Pack Travel Case 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Xbox 360 Silver Bundle (GAMESTOP) -839.90$ Xbox 360 Premium System Perfect Dark Project Gotham Racing 3 Condemned GUN Call of Duty 2 Kameo Extra Wireless Controller Play & Charge Kit 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Xbox 360 Ultimate Bundle (GAMESTOP) -1189.84$ Xbox 360 Premium System Perfect Dark Project Gotham Racing 3 Condemned GUN Call of Duty 2 Kameo Quake 4 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland King Kong NBA 2k6 Madden NFL 2006 Extra Wireless Controller Play & Charge Kit Xbox Live 12 Month Card 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Ultimate with Dell Plasma Screen (GAMESTOP) -3689.83$ Xbox 360 Premium System Perfect Dark Project Gotham Racing 3 Condemned GUN Call of Duty 2 Kameo Quake 4 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland King Kong NBA 2k6 Madden NFL 2006 Extra Wireless Controller Play & Charge Kit Xbox Live 12 Month Card 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Dell 42-Inch Plasma TV REMOVED Xbox 360 Omega Bundle (GAMESTOP) -2000.00$ Xbox 360 Premium System Perfect Dark Collector's Edition Project Gotham Racing 3 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Dead or Alive 4 Call of Duty 2 GUN Quake 4 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Condemned Madden NFL 2006 Kameo Amped 3 Ghost Recon NBA 2K6 NHL 2K6 Ridge Racer 6 Top Spin 2 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Tiger Woods 2006 FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup Extra Wireless Controller Extra Wireless Controller Extra Wireless Controller Wireless Network Adaptor Memory Unit Fuego Faceplates Play & Charge Kit Rechargeable Battery Xbox Live 12 Month Card 1-Year Product Replacement Plan They removed the Omega bundle because some of the games included in it (4 I believe) got a later release date. It also existed a Omega Bundle with the Dell plasma screen (like the Ultimate pack from Gamestop) for a price of 4499.68$. It now seems that Gamestop still has a Omega bundle that is exactly the same as the Ultimate pack, but it will be shipped some month after the release. Xbox 360 Customer Choice Bundle (Walmart) -689.06$ Xbox 360 Premium System One additional wireless controller A Play and Charge Kit Live 12-month Gold Card Your choice of a faceplate Three games Xbox 360 Game Bundle (Walmart) -579.06$ Xbox 360 Core System One additional wireless controller A Headset A 64 MB Memory Unit A Play and Charge Kit Your choice of three games Xbox 360 Live Bundle (Walmart) -579.16$ Xbox 360 Core System One additional wireless controller A headset A 64 MB memory unit A Play and Charge Kit Live 12-Month Gold Card Your choice of two games Xbox 360 Pro Bundle (Walmart) -719.24$ Xbox 360 Premium System One additional wireless controller A Play and Charge Kit Live 12-month Gold Card Wireless Network Adapter Your choice of two games Xbox 360 Bundle (Costco) -479.99$ Xbox 360 Premium System One additional wireless controller A Play and Charge Kit Project Gotham Racing 3 Xbox 360 Turbo Bundle (Gamestop) -999.87$ Xbox 360 Premium System Call of Duty 2 Condemned King Kong Madden NFL 2006 Need For Speed Perfect Dark Zero Collectors Edition Quake 4 One extra wireless controller One extra wireless controller A Play and Charge Kit A Play and Charge Kit 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Xbox 360 High Octane Bundle (Gamestop) -1499.38$ Xbox 360 Premium System Amped 3 Call of Duty 2 Condemned Fifa Soccer 06 Gun Kameo King Kong Madden NFL 2006 NBA Live 2006 Need For Speed NHL 2K6 Perfect Dark Zero Collectors Edition Quake 4 Tiger Woods 2006 Tony Hawk American Wasteland One extra wireless controller One extra wireless controller Condemned Official Strategy Guide Quake 4 Official Strategy Guide A Play and Charge Kit A Play and Charge Kit 1-Year Product Replacement Plan Xbox 360 Pro Player's Bundle (Toys R Us) -999.95$ Xbox 360 Premium System Call of Duty 2 GUN Kameo: Elements of Power Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition Project Gotham Racing 3 Quake 4 Ridge Racer 6 Tony Hawk American Wasteland Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com one-year subscription to OXM additional Wireless Controller a Play and Charge Kit a Rechargeable Battery Pack faceplate Xbox 360 Pro Player's Bundle Xbox 360 Core Player's Bundle (Toys R Us) -999.95$ Xbox 360 Core System Call of Duty 2 FIFA 2006 Kameo: Elements of Power Madden NFL 2006 NBA Live 2006 Need for Speed Most Wanted Project Gotham Racing 3 Ridge Racer 6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 Tony Hawk American Wasteland Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com one-year subscription to OXM additional Wired Controller 64 MB Memory Unit faceplate Xbox 360 Pro Player's Bundle II (Toys R Us) -999.95$ Xbox 360 Premium System Call of Duty 2 FIFA 2006 Kameo: Elements of Power Need for Speed Most Wanted Project Gotham Racing 3 Ridge Racer 6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 Tony Hawk American Wasteland Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com one-year subscription to OXM additional Wireless Controller a Play and Charge Kit a Rechargeable Battery Pack faceplate Xbox 360 Core Player's Bundle II (Toys R Us) -999.95$ Xbox 360 Core System Call of Duty 2 GUN Kameo: Elements of Power NBA Live 2006 Perfect Dark Zero: Limited Edition Project Gotham Racing 3 Quake 4 Ridge Racer 6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 Tony Hawk American Wasteland Two months of rentals from Gamefly.com one-year subscription to OXM additional Wired Controller 64 MB Memory Unit faceplate The European launch date is December 02 2005. The official price seems to be 399,99 Euro (279.99£) for the Premium system and 299,99 Euro (209.99£) for the Core system, unless it´s a bad translation done by Microsoft... Xbox 360 Premium System -279.99£ Xbox 360 Game Console Wireless Controller Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable 20GB Hard Drive Ethernet Cable Headset Bonus Media Remote Xbox Live Silver Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial Xbox 360 Core System -209.99£ Xbox 360 Game Console Wired Controller Composite A/V Cable Xbox Live Silver Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial Xbox 360 Deluxe Paket 3 (Spelbutiken) -6295 SEK Xbox 360 Premium System Call of Duty 2 Perfect Dark Zero Tony Hawks American Wasteland The Japanese launch date is December 10 2005. The official price seems to be 37,900 Yen and it seems that they will only release the Premium system. Xbox 360 Premium System -37,900 Yen Xbox 360 Game Console Wireless Controller Combination High-Definition Component and Standard A/V Cable 20GB Hard Drive Ethernet Cable Headset Bonus Media Remote Xbox Live Silver Xbox Live Gold 30-Day Trial Final Fantasy XI beta disc The Australia/New Zealand launch date is March 02 2006. Everybody seems to forget Australia, even I did >_> Since I´m not trusting the Australian version of xbox.com (they say that NO game will support HDTV down under o_O ), I´m going to list more launch data later. The South Korean launch date is February 24 2006. The launchdate in Taiwan and Singapore is March 02 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3.2. Launch Titles - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USA: Amped 3 Call of Duty 2 Condemned: Criminal Origins FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup GUN Kameo: Elements of Power Madden NFL 06 NBA 2K6 NBA Live 06 Need for Speed: Most Wanted NHL 2K6 Perfect Dark Zero Perfect Dark Zero Limited Edition Peter Jackson’s King Kong Project Gotham Racing 3 QUAKE 4 Ridge Racer 6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland Europe: They believe these games will be launch titles Amped 3 Call of Duty 2 Condemned: Criminal Origins FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup GUN Kameo: Elements of Power Madden NFL 06 NBA Live 06 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Perfect Dark Zero Peter Jackson’s King Kong Project Gotham Racing 3 Quake 4 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland Japan: (em) -eNCHANTarM- Every Party Fifa 06: Road to FIFA World Cup Final Fantasy XI BETA Need for Speed: Most Wanted Perfect Dark Zero Project Gotham Racing 3 (delayed 2 days) RIDGE RACER 6 Tetris: The Grandmaster Ace Australia: Unknown. Games that Microsoft thought would be US launch titles but got a later release: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Dead or Alive 4 Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Top Spin 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 3.3. Launch Dates - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The X-Box 360 must be the first gaming system (if not THE first, one of the first) that releases games and accessories weeks before the gamint system. This way people could feel the controller and look at the DVD disc long before they discovered that they would´nt get the gaming unit until January thanks to the shortage. I will try to list the official dates for the things that was released before the system, but they can be +- some days depending on where in USA you live. Some stores started to sell some stuff earlier, som stores started to sell some stuff later. This is the American dates. 11/8/2005 Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote Xbox 360 S-Video AV Cable Xbox 360 Live 1 Month Gold Card Xbox 360 Live 3 Month Gold Kit Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Kit Xbox 360 Headset Xbox 360 Faceplate Silver Xbox 360 Wired Controller Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable Kameo Elements of Power 11/10/2005 Xbox 360 G-Pak Travel Case 11/14/2005 Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack Xbox 360 Network Adapter Wireless Xbox 360 Faceplate Woody Project Gotham Racing 3 11/15/2005 Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Need For Speed: Most Wanted FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup 11/16/2005 Xbox 360 VGA HD/AV Cable Xbox 360 Play and Charge Kit Xbox 360 Live Marketplace Points 1600 Xbox 360 Faceplate Hot Rod 11/17/2005 Mad Catz Xbox 360 Headcom Pro 11/18/2005 Xbox 360 Memory Card 64MB Xbox 360 Hard Drive 20GB Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 Plantronics Xbox Live Headset GameCon X10C Peter Jackson's King Kong Perfect Dark Zero Regular Edition Perfect Dark Zero Limited Collector's Edition NHL 2K6 NBA Live 06 Madden NFL 06 GUN Condemned: Criminal Origins Call of Duty 2 11/21/2005 Logitech Xbox 360 Harmony Remote Control 11/22/2005 Xbox 360 Premiun Unit Xbox 360 Core unit Ridge Racer 6 Quake 4 NBA 2K6 Amped 3 =============================================================================== = 4. Accessories = =============================================================================== Microsoft are releasing a bunch of new accessories and it can be hard to know what you really need. I´m going to list them and their official launchprice here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.1. Accessories - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Random accessories that does´nt fit in another category. Xbox 360 Play & Charge Kit -19.99$ This thing lets you recharge your Wireless Controller. It comes with a NiMH rechargeable battery pack and a charging cable that you can hook up to your X-Box 360. You will be able to get more than 30 hours of play per charge. Xbox 360 Rechargeable Battery Pack -11.99$ Extra battery to your Play & Charge, so you don´t need to have one for every wireless controller. You need a Play & Charge to charge this NiMH battery cell and you can get up to 25 hours of play per full battery charge. Does this mean that you will get a better battery in the Play & Charge Kit? Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote -29.99$ This is THE tool if you want to be lazy in the sofa. It lets you controll your TV, X-Box 360 (turn it on/off, A, B, X, and Y buttons are included for basic control of the system, even without a controller), your Media Center PC and it can almost give you a cold Coke. You get a nice and easy access to your digital movies, music, and games library. And the buttons are backlight so you can see them in the dark. Xbox 360 Limited Bonus Media Remote -XX.XX$ This one follows the first launch of the Premium system and can´t be bought. See it as a collectors item. This one is like a budget version of the Universal Media Remote and you can only access your X-Box 360 and Media Center PC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.2. Cables - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The cables you need to connect your system to a TV/Monitor. Xbox 360 Component HD AV Cable -39.99$ This is THE cables you want if your TV have support for HD. It´s a eight-foot long shielded cable with Component (Y, Pr, Pb) high-definition video output, which means that you will get High-definition gaming output of 720p or 1080i, and progressive-scan DVD playback in 480p. It can also be used as composite cable for standard TV output, if your TV does´nt support high definition. Xbox 360 S-Video AV Cable -29.99$ A eight-foot long shielded cable for your TV. Used for S-Video users, but it can also be used as composite cable for standard TV output. You also get Digital Optical Audio output and Stereo Audio output, which is perfect if you want to run the sound in another system. Xbox 360 VGA HD AV Cable -39.99$ A eight-foot long shielded cable to be used on your monitor or HDTV with VGA input. It is a DV-15S Standard VGA Connector and it supports video outputs settings of 480p, 720p, or 1080i. Xbox 360 Advanced SCART AV Cable -35.99$ A Scart cable that´s probably eight-foot long (I can´t confirm it at the moment) which is perfect for your TV that has a Scart connector. This baby is only sold in Europe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.3. Controllers - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The official controllers. Xbox 360 Wired Controller -39.99$ Take the X-Box COntroller S, give it a little more ergonomic form, add a glowing Guide button in the middle, place the Start and Back buttons on each side of the Guide button, move the Black and White buttons to the shoulders, add a Integrated heatset port, make it as a USB-controller and you have a X-Box 360 controller. Oh, the cable is 9 foot. Download drivers to your PC with XP, and you can use it on your PC. Xbox 360 Wireless Controller -49.99$ Take the Xbox 360 Wired Controller and cut the wire. This is the result. It uses two AA batteries that last around 40 hours. When they are getting low, they will tell you it, so you can easily connect your Play & Charge in good time. It uses a 2.4GHz technology that has 30 foot range, you can use up to four controllers at the same time on one X-Box 360 system. You can use up to 20 controllers at the same time withouth them interfere with each other, perfect for LAN´s at home. You can adjust the vibration feedback to save battery life. And the best part is that you still can use the headset for X-Box Live, even if it is a wireless controller. I just have to add one thing about the Guide button. With it, you can access the dashboard whenever you want. This means that you can stream your own music instead of playing the one in the game, it lets you look at pictures when you take a pause from playing (looking at a scanned guide?), and it allows you to enable a chat communication with your friends online, even if you are playing a offline game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.4. X-Box Live - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things that makes X-Box Live easier. Xbox 360 Headset -19.99$ This is THE X-Box Live accessorie. It lets you talk and listen to people using X-Box Live. Plan how to fight your enemy with your team, shout at your enemies or just talking with your friends when you are playing. Need help with a specific part of a game? Press the Guide button on your controller, look if your friend is online and ask him what to do. Use it to leave messages to your friends over the Xbox Live Message Service and listen to messages that your friends have left to you. Just plug it into your controller and it´s ready to go. It has in-line volume control and mute switch so you can adjust the headset volume and switch mute on and off easily. It has a noise-canceling microphone, which improves game response to voice commands, and gives you a crisp and clear voice communication with your friends. Xbox Live 12-Month Premium Gold Pack -69.99$ This package gives you a 12 month Xbox Live Gold membership and a Xbox 360 Headset. You also gets a 20$ Xbox 360 Game Rebate Card and 200 Microsoft Points. And the Bankshot Billiards Xbox Live Arcade Game. Xbox Live 3-Month Premium Gold Pack -39.99$ This is a smaller version of the Xbox Live 12-Month Premium Gold Pack. It gives you a 3 month Xbox Live Gold membership and a Xbox 360 Headset. You also gets a 10$ Xbox 360 Game Rebate Card and 100 Microsoft Points. Xbox Live 13-Month Gold Subscription Card -49.99$ This is like a Xbox Live 12-Month Premium Gold Pac without the premium. So the only thing you will get is a 12 Month Xbox Live Gold membership with one bonus month. It´s nice that you does´nt need to get a new headset every time you want to renew your Xbox Gold membership ;) Xbox Live 3-Month Gold Subscription Card -19.99$ It gives you 3 extra months with Xbox Live Gold. Xbox Live 1-Month Gold Subscription Card -7.99$ It gives you 1 extra month with Xbox Live Gold. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.5. Personalize - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just Faceplates that lets you customize the front look of your X-Box 360. Xbox 360 Faceplate (Hotrod) -19.99$ A darkblue faceplate with s lighter blueflame on it. Xbox 360 Faceplate (Silver) -19.99$ A faceplate in silver. Xbox 360 Faceplate (Woody) -19.99$ A faceplate that makes it look like your system is made of wood. Just a note, matching Xbox 360 dashboard themes are available online or at participating retail kiosk, just to personalize the inside of your X-Box 360. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.6. Storage - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You need one of these to save your game and to use Xbox Live. Xbox 360 Hard Drive (20 GB) -99.99$ Let´s you save in your games, save your Xbox Live profile, trailers, demos and your own music that you can use as custom music in games. With the harddrive, you can also play your old X-Box games and download Xbox Live Arcade games. It comes preloaded with some bonus content, including Hexic, a Xbox Live Arcade game. Xbox 360 Memory Unit (64 MB) -39.99$ Let´s you save in your games and saving your Xbox Live profile. The X-Box 360 has two memory ports, in case you need more then one. It also includes a portable carrying case that will fit you keychain, so it´s harder to loose it. If you take it to a retail kiosk, you can mostly download things to it, like new dashboard themes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.7. Wireless - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don´t want any cables? Make your X-Box 360 wireless. Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter -99.99$ Plug in this baby into one of the USB ports, and you have done your system wireless. It´s small, takes the power from the USB port so no power adapter is needed, and it uses dual band 5GHz and 2.4GHz 802.11 A, B and G protocoll. Use it to connect to Xbox Live, stream music and photos from your XP PC, and watch movies from your XP Media Center PC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 4.8. 3rd Part - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many 3rd parts developers will make accessories to the X-Box 360. Each company will probably release a big flush of own controllers that are cheaper, have a different form, have turbo buttons, have rubber grips and other crazy things. The same thing with the headset and cables. Everything from AV cables to controller extension Cables. This is things I will not take up here. I will only take up things that are...different. Intec Game Holder 2-Pack Xbox 360 -19.89$ This gameholder lets you put 10 game cases vertically. It´s build in "X-Box 360 Style" to make it look better near your gaming system. It comes in a 2-pack. Intec Vertical Stand with Game & Memory Storage Xbox 360 -19.89$ This will keep your X-Box 360 in a vertically position and have room for five game cases on each side of the unit. It also have place for two memory cards. It is made in Chrome finish. Intec A/V Selector & Storage Xbox 360 -49.82$ This thing comes with two integrated storage compartments to store the remote control, memory cards and other accessories. Features component video, RCA and S-Video input and output jack connections, and two optical inputs and one optical output to support audio and video demanded by HDTV. It also features broadband Internet connections to support online gaming. Intec Pro Gamer's Case Xbox 360 -49.82$ This is a aluminium case holds your X-Box 360, two controllers, attachments and even games. Great if you want to transport your unit somewhere. =============================================================================== = 5. Games = =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.1. Released Games - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a shortie of what the Launchtitles are for games. Once again, this is for USA. Amped 3 A snowboarding game from Indie Built, Inc. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Crude humor, Mild violence, Suggestive themes. Players 1-2 Co-op HDTV 720p *Content from Marketplace *Friends Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Call of Duty 2 A World War 2 shooter from Infinity Ward. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Blood, Mild Language, Violence. Players 1-2 System Link 2-16 HDTV 720p *Players 2-8 *Friends *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Condemned: Criminal Origins A action game from Monolith Productions. Game Rating: M (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language. Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup A soccer game from EA SPORTS. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) for Everyone. Players 1-4 HDTV 720p *Friends *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i GUN A shooter from Neversoft. Game Rating: M (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol. Players 1 HDTV 720p Storage Device Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Kameo: Elements of Power A Action game from Rare. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Animated Blood, Violence. Players 1-2 Co-op HDTV 720p Storage Device Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Madden NFL 06 American Fotball from Tiburon. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-4 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i NBA 2K6 A NBA game from Visual Concepts. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-4 HDTV 480p Storage Device *Friends *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i NBA Live 06 A NBA game from EA Canada. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Need for Speed: Most Wanted A racing game from EA Canada. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Mild Violence. Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Storage Device *Players 2-8 *Content from Marketplace *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i NHL 2K6 A NHL game from Kush Games. Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+) for Violence. Players 1-4 HDTV 720p *Players 2-8 *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Perfect Dark Zero A shooter from Rare. Game Rating: M (Mature) for Blood, Language, Violence. Players 1-4 Co-op HDTV 1080i Storage Device *Players 2-32 *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Perfect Dark Zero Limited Edition Same as Perfect Dark Zero with some extra. Perfect Dark Zero special edition comic booklet, Hong Kong Sunrise. A collectible Perfect Dark Zero Glyph Card. A bonus disc with: The Art of Perfect Dark Zero video feature. Kepi & Kat music track from the game. Perfect Dark Zero Gamer Tiles to customize your identity on Xbox Live. Perfect Dark Zero Heads-Up display (HUD) UI Skin to customize your Xbox 360 experience. The first chapter from the new novel, Perfect Dark:Initial Vector. Peter Jackson’s King Kong A action game from Ubisoft France. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Blood, Violence. Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Project Gotham Racing 3 A racing game from Bizarre Creations. Game Rating: E10 (Everyone 10+) Players 1-2 Co-op System Link 2-8 HDTV 720p Storage Device *Players 2-8 Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i QUAKE 4 A shooter from id Software. Game Rating: M (Mature) for Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language. Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Ridge Racer 6 A racing game from NAMCO-HOMETEK, INC. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-2 HDTV 720p *Content from Marketplace *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 A golf game from EA Redwood Shores. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-4 HDTV 720p Storage Device *Players 2-4 *Friends Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland A skateboarding game from Neversoft Entertainment. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Blood, Crude Humor, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence. Players 1-2 Co-op HDTV 720p *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.2. Unreleased Games - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a shortie of what the at the launch unreleased titles are for games. College Hoops 2K6 A basketball game from Visual Concepts. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Dead or Alive 4 A fighting game from Team Ninja. Game Rating: M (Mature) Players 1-4 Co-op HDTV 720p *Players 2-16 *Co-op *Voice Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Dead Rising A actiongame from Capcom Production Studio 1. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Demonik A actiongame from Terminal Reality. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion A actiongame from Bethesda Softworks. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i FINAL FANTASY XI A MMORPG from Square Enix Co., Ltd. Game Rating: T (Teen) for Animated Blood, Violence. Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Frame City Killer A actiongame from Namco Hometek, Inc. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Full Auto A racing game from Pseudo Interactive. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter A actiongame from Ubisoft. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1-4 HDTV 720p *Players 2-16 Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Saint's Row A actiongame from Volition. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Test Drive Unlimited A racing game from Eden Games. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1-2 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i The Darkness A adventure game from Starbreeze Studios. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i Top Spin 2 A tennis game from Pam Development. Game Rating: E (Everyone) Players 1-4 HDTV 720p Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i The Outfit A actiongame from Relic. Game Rating: RP (Rating Pending) Players 1-4 HDTV 720p *Content from Marketplace Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.3. WTH did he say? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now that you have taken a fast look at the shortie list, you will ask yourself "WTH does he mean with this?". SO here I´ll explain what I really meant up above. The first row is the title of the game. The second row tells what kind of game it is, and who´s developing it. And remember I said developer, not releaser. The third row is the ESRB rating. This means that kids are not supported to play games that are rated 17 years. The ratings are Everyone (age 6+), Everyone 10+ (age 10+), Teen (age 13+), Mature (age 17+) and Rating Pendent (which means they hav´nt rated it yet). The rows after this is different depending on what game it is, but mostly it starts with how many players that can play it. The ones with a * in front means that it is used for online play. I´ll list them all below so you can see what they really means. Players 1-2 This tells us how many players that can play on one system at home. Each players must have one controller. Co-op This means that the players can play cooperative. With other words, you are all on the same team trying to beat the game. HDTV 720p This shows what TV mode the game is supposed to be played in. It can be 480i, 480p, 720p or 1080i. But it does´nt really matter since the system transform the output to fit your TV. System Link 2-16 This means that you can use more then one X-Box 360 to link to eachothers, allowing more players to play against eachothers at home. Storage Device This means that the game was developed with the thoughts that the users have a harddrive in their unit. Supports: 480i 480p 720p 1080i This means that the game can be run in all TV modes. Stupid to write since the unit is doing this itself, no matter what game it is. *Content from Marketplace This means that you can download extra stuff to your game from the marketplace. Some are free, some cost you cash. *Friends This means that you probably can have a friendlist in the game for your online friends. *Players 2-8 This shows how many players you can play with online. *Voice This game supports that you can talk directly to your friends when you play with them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.4. Backward Compatibility - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With Backward Compatibility, you can put in your original X-Box game and play it on your X-Box 360. Not only that, every game will be playable in high definition. This means that every original X-Box game will be upscaled to 720p and 1080i and taking advantage of X-Box 360’s anti-aliasing capabilities. With other words, we will se a picture that is clearer and crisper than what the original X-Box could handle. This sounds like heaven, but there are some small things that you must think of... 1. You need a harddrive. Since X-Box 360 is using software to emulate each X-Box game, they need somewhere to store the software. It would fill up a memory card fast, so a harddrive is the only way. Since most people are getting a harddrive with their units, it´s not such a big problem. 2. Not all games are compatible. The software preinstalled on all harddrives (it does´nt matter if you buy the Premium version or buying the harddrive separatly) are today supporting 200+ games for the North American version. The European version is having fewer games supported, and the Japanese version have twelve (12) games supported as it is now (The lists is listed below). So what will you do if your game is not on the list (for example Burnout 3)? The answer is easy, update the software and hope that it´s included in the next release. Microsoft will continue to add games. And it´s easy to update. Pop in your disc in your X-Box 360, connect to Xbox Live (Gold or Silver does´nt matter) and it will download it if it´s there. If you hav´nt Xbox Live, you can download a file to your computer, burn it to a disk and install it from the disk. Xbox.com will also give you the possibility to send you a CD for a nominal shipping and handling fee (some time after the launch date). There is a possibility that updates can be included in games that you buy, but it´s to early to tell now. 3. Games using Xbox Live. It will be possible to play X-Box games supporting Xbox Live with your X-Box 360 Live account. And you can play cross-platform. So you can play Halo 2 on your X-Box 360 against your friend that only owns a X-Box. But there is a negative thing... You can´t transfer downloaded content from your X-Box to your X-Box 360. This means that you must download it again. All free downloadable content for original Xbox games plus premium content for Halo 2 will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace for free. But if you payed for some premium content you must pay for it again if you want it on your X-Box 360. 4. Saves. As with X-Box contents, you can´t transfer saves from your original X-Box. So you must complete the games again. 5. Xbox Live. All current Xbox Live accounts transfer seamlessly to X-Box 360 as Xbox Live Gold accounts. You'll keep your gamertag and the friends, stats, and reputation that you've built up over the years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.4.1 Backward Compatibility USA list - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, this is the Launch list, more games will be added later and probably have when you are reading this. Games added will have a * in front of the name. But since Microsoft removed the update, you can´t play games with a * in front of the name at the moment. The reason is that they messed somethign up so you could only play Halo 2 in a 4x3 screen. AirForce Delta Storm Alias Aliens versus Predator Extinction All-Star Baseball 2003 Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding Army Men: Sarge's War Atar Anthology ATV: Quad Power Racing 2 Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Barbarian Barbie Horse Adventures Wild Horse Rescue Batman Begins Battle Engine Aquila Battlestar Galactica BMX XXX Brute Force Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures 06 Cabela's Deer Hunt 2005 Season Cabela's Deer Hunt 2004 Season Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Call of Duty: Finest Hour Casino Chicago Enforcer Circus Maximus Close Combat: First to Fight Colin McRae Rally 4 Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers Commandos 2: Men of Courage Conflict: Desert Storm Constantine Crash Twinsanity Crash Nitro Kart Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dark Angel Darkwatch Dead or Alive 3 Deathrow Digimon Rumble Arena Dinotopia Drake Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002 Euro 2004 F1 2001 Fable Fable: The Lost Chapters Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules FIFA Soccer 2003 FIFA Soccer 2004 FIFA STREET Fight Night 2004 Fight Night Round 2 Ford Mustang Ford vs. Chevy Forza Motorsport Frogger Beyond Futurama Fuzion Frenzy Genma Onimusha Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde Grand Theft Auto 3 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder Half-Life 2 Halo Halo 2 Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone He-Man: Defender of Grayskull Hitman: Contracts House of the Dead 3 IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 Jade Empire James Bond 007: NightFire Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis Kabuki Warriors Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer kill.switch Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events LOONS—The Fight for Fame Manhunt Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Max Payne Max Payne 2 Medal of Honor European Assault Medal of Honor Frontline Medal of Honor Rising Sun Mega Man Anniversary Collection Metal Arms: Glitch in the System MicroMachines Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Monster Garage Mortal Kombat: Deception MTV Music Generator 3 Murakumo: Renegade Mech Pursuit MX World Tour: Featuring Jamie Little Namco Museum NBA LIVE 2004 Need For Speed Underground 2 NFL Blitz 2002 NFL Blitz 2003 NFL Blitz 2004 NHL 2004 NHL Hitz 2003 Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Outlaw Golf 2 Outlaw Volleyball Pariah Phantom Crash Pinball Hall of Fame Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Predator Concrete Jungle Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Race Driver Pump It Up: Exceed Pure Pinball Puyo Pop Fever Quantum Redshift Rayman Arena Raze's Hell Red Dead Revolver Red Faction II RedCard 2003 Robotech: Battlecry Rocky Legends Rogue Ops Samurai Jack Samurai Warriors Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights Scrapland SEGA GT 2002 Shadow The Hedgehog Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures ShellShock: Nam '67 Sneakers Sniper Elite Soccer Slam Sonic Heroes Sonic Mega Collection Plus Speed Kings Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy Splat Magazine Renegade Paintball SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom SpyHunter 2 Spyro A Hero's Tail SSX 3 Stake Star Trek: Shattered Universe Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Star Wars: Starfighter Special Edition Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Street Racing Syndicate Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse Super Bubble Pop Super Monkey Ball Deluxe SX Superstar Tecmo Classic Arcade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Test Drive: Eve of Destruction Tetris Worlds (only offline) The Great Escape The Hulk The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Simpsons Hit and Run The Simpsons Road Rage The Terminator Dawn of Fate The Thing Thief: Deadly Shadows Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Summit Strike Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 *Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow *Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell *Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory *Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Tork: Prehistoric Punk Toxic Grind Ty The Tasmanian Tiger Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan Urban Freestyle Soccer Vexx Volvo: Drive for Life World Series Baseball 2K3 Worms 4 Mayhem Worms Forts: Under Siege WWE Raw 2 XIII Yourself!Fitness * The December 2005 update includes the Monk Zheng content from the limited edition of Jade Empire. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.4.2 Backward Compatibility Europe list - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, this is the pre-Launch list, more games will be added later and probably have when you are reading this. Alias Aliens vs. Predator: Extinction All-Star Baseball 2003 Amped ATV Quad Power Racing 2 Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2 Barbie Horse Adventure Batman Begins Battle Engine Aquila Battlestar Galactica BMX XXX Brute Force Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Chaos Bleeds Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Call of Duty: Finest Hour Colin McRae 4 Combat Elite Commandos 2 Conflict: Desert Storm Constantine Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity Crash Nitro Kart Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Curse - The Eye of Isis Dark Angel Darkwatch Deadly Skies Deathrow Dinotopia Dead or Alive 3 Egg Mania Euro 2004 Fable Fable: The Lost Chapters FIFA 2003 FIFA 2004 FIFA Street 2005 Fight Night 2004 Fight Night Round 2 Forza Motorsport Freedom Fighters Futurama Fuzion Frenzy Genma Onimusha Goblin Commander Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. Half-Life 2 Halo Halo 2 Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone Hitman: Contracts House of the Dead 3 Jade Empire James Bond 007: Nightfire Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Jurassic Park Genesis Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Loons Fight for Fame Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Manhunt Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 Max Payne Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Medal of Honor 3 Rising Sun Medal of Honor Frontline Medal of Honor: European Assault Metal Arms: Glitch in the System MicroMachines Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing Mortal Kombat: Deception MTV Music Generator 3 NBA Live 2003 NBA Live 2004 Need For Speed: Underground 2 NHL 2004 NHL Hitz 20-03 Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Outlaw Golf 2 Outlaw Volleyball Pariah Phantom Crash Pitfall: The Lost Expedition Predator: Concrete Jungle Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Pro Evolution Soccer 5 Pro Race Driver Puyo Puyo Fever Quantum Redshift Red Dead Revolver Red Faction II Robotech: Battle Cry Rocky: Legends Rogue Ops Samurai Warriors Scooby Doo: Night of 100 Frights Scrapland SeaWorld: Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures Sega GT 2002 Shadow the Hedgehog Shellshock: Nam '67 Sid Meier's Pirates! Simpson's Road Rage Simpsons: Hit and Run Soccer Slam Sonic Heroes Sonic Mega Collection Speed Kings Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Spy Hunter 2 Spyro: A Hero's Tail SSX 3 Stake Star Trek: Shattered Universe Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Star Wars: Clone Wars Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 Street Racing Syndicate Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel Without a Pulse Super Bubble Pop Super Monkey Ball DX SX Superstar Tecmo Classic Arcade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Terminator: Dawn of Fate Tetris Worlds (only offline) The Great Escape The Incredible Hulk The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer The Thing Thief: Deadly Shadows Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Toxic Grind Ty The Tasmanian Tiger Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2 Urban Freestyle Soccer Vexx Worms 4: Mayhem Worms Forts Under Siege WWE Raw 2 XIII ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.4.3 Backward Compatibility Japan list - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, this is the pre-Launch list, more games will be added later and probably have when you are reading this. Crimson Skies Fable Forza Motorsport Grand Theft Auto Double Pack Halo Halo 2 Halo 2 Map pack Jade Empire Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Rainbox Six 3 The Simpsons Hit and Run ...yes it is 11 games and one package with maps for Halo 2... Thank God they updated the list in time for the release, the official list for the launch day is this. Atari Anthology Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds Constantine Crimson Skies Dead Or Alive 3 EggMania Forza Motorsport Genma Onimusha Grand Theft Auto Double Pack Halo Halo 2 Halo 2 Map pack Hitman: Contracts The House of the Dead 3 Jade Empire Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Outlaw Volleyball Puyo Puyo Fever Quantum Redshift Rocky: Legends Shadow The Hedgehog Sonic Heroes Sonic Mega Collection Plus Super Monkey Ball Deluxe The Simpsons Hit & Run Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell XIII And believe it or not, the American version of Halo 2 is running nice on a Japanese X-Box 360. Maybe time to look if your imported X-Box games are running on your 360? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.4.4 Backward Compatibility Australia list - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The AUstralian version of xbox.com seems to list the same list as the European list. But since I can´t really trust it yet (it says that NO games have HD support o_O ), I´m going to say that we hope it will be at least the same as the European list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5.4.5 Removed Backward Compatibility list - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Games that was on the list, but later removed. Blinx 2 Catwoman Codename: Kids Next Door Curse: The Eye of Isis FIFA World Cup 2002 Grabbed by the Ghoulies Legends of Wrestling NBA LIVE 2003 Rugby 2005 Sid Meier’s Pirates Star Wars: The Clone Wars Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2 * Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon 2 was added again in the December patch. Fable Fable was listed on the Japanese BC list, but was removed before the release. =============================================================================== = 6. Your TV = =============================================================================== So you got yourself a X-Box 360. And you have a TV. But how will you hook it up to get the best picture? How can you hook it up? What is HD and what is 720pi and whatever everybody is talking about? I will try and answer everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6.1. 720pi? 1080i? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p are different TV standards. 480i and 480p is not High Definition. 720p is not really High Definition, but almost. And 1080i and 1080p are High Definition. It´s like saying that the higher number, the higher resolution is it using, and the better picture we´ll get. 480i: This is your basic non-HD TV-screen. It blurr the picture a little, which is why you got a better picture with your games on a TV instead of on your monitor some years ago, before the graphic cards got better. 480p: This is a progressive scan type, which means it gives a clearer picture/text. If you don´t have an HDTV, this is probably what you want your games to run in. 720p: This is not considered to be "true" High Definition because it can not produce a extremely high resolution. When I wrote this, I did´nt knew that I would get so many mails about this. Some saying I´m wrong, some saying it´s correct, some saying it´s almost true. So what is correct? 720p is great. and so is 1080i. And 1080p is even better. But for games with the TV´s today, 720p is better then 1080i in most cases. So if you get a TV today, get one that at least supports 720p. If you get a TV in the future, get at least the second generation of 1080p. This IS a standard today. Most DLP´s, LCD´s and Plasma-TV´s can handle this. This is better on bigger TV´s then 1080i, since 720p are showing moving images better. 1080i: This is true High Definition. Too bad nothing can run it perfectly. It´s using a big 1920 x 1080 resolution o_O Most HDTV´s are supporting this standard. About nothing can run it perfect, the way it draws the picture makes it leaving small trails (or as people calls it, a ghost effect) if the picture is moving fast, on bigger TV´s. If you have a smaller TV, say 28"-34", you will not see it. 1080p: This is the best you can get. This format is only used through HDMI-DVI cables and produce the best picture possible. The only issue with this is that nothing as of yet really use it. Harddrive stores videos can send a 1080p signal to a screen, but no broadcast is sent through this yet. Both BluRay and HD-DVD will be able to run in 1080p. The X-Box 360 is NOT supporting 1080p. So what does this have to do with the X-Box 360? You see, the X-Box 360 supports the 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i standards. Most games will prefer to run in 720p (Perfecr Dark Zero is the first one that prefer 1080i). But what if your old TV does´nt support it? This is the big thing with the X-Box 360. It will scale up or down the picture to give you the best you can get on your set. Yes the picture will look worse on 480p then on 720p, but it´s better then having no pictures at all. Now you think that upscaled pictures mostly are ugly. You are correct. And Microsoft know this, so thereby they have spent alot of money to make the upscaling beautiful. And they did it. I´ve got some letters saying that 720 is always better then 1080. This is up to everyone to see what they like best. But I still believe that if you have a smaller TV like said before, 1080 seems to look better. But try both and discover what yourself like most. I will probably get more letters now, but wait some years until 1080p is standard. 1080p will look even better then both 720p and 1080i ^^ ...why does´nt it exist 720i? ...and I still get emails about this. Ask your TV salesman, they can help you, and they know more about this them me. And to make an end to this, this is correct info from Dee about everything. The difference between i and p is interlaced versus progressive. The reason i looks blurred is because it takes the resolution of the screen, chops the vertical in half, and sends half of the image at a time. It was made like that because (1) at the time, nothing was powerful enough to support 1080p and (b) thinking on broadcast signals, the US standard tv resolution is interlaced anyway. They did this to the HD signals to preserve bandwidth. HD television video files are HUGE and interlacing cuts this size in half. The allure is big for companies...less work and a bigger number. You said you weren't sure which is "better." Well, it depends on how you look at it. If you go simply by the numbers, then 720p is higher resolution than 1080i, and 1080p is higher resolution than 720p. This is because 720p = progressive, so 720 vertical lines of the image information, 1080i is interlaced so 540 lines of vertical image information, 1080p is progressive so 1080 lines of vertical information. They play games with you like that because the companies want to make bigger numbers so the average consumer will go "Oooo, bigger! Shiney!" and buy it. 1080i looks better at times simply because the pixels are smaller. The smaller the pixels used to create the image are, the better the image looks, but keep in mind that while the pixels are smaller, you're not getting as many of them as you would on 720p. I personally prefer 720p or 1080p, but right now 720p is the most mature out of the two, so I go with that. Televisions might support 480p, but television signals are not sent in that strength unless you have satelite (then you can get HD as well) or digital cable (also now has HD). Thanks Dee. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6.2. What Video cables will I use? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So you got yourself a X-Box 360 and a HDTV. But what cables will you use to hook up the unit with your TV? I will list all possible solutions you can do. RF - Radio Frequency The RF is the round hole with a smaller round hole inside. This is what you hooked up your Nes with, if you are so old so you know what a Nes is. This is the worst you can use. It´s so bad so it does´nt even exist any Xbox 360-specific RF adapter, so you need to buy a adapter that converts composite or S-Video into a RF signal. But you will loose picture details if you do it. If your TV only supports RF, do yourself a favor and buy something that at least supports S-Video or composite, the change will be like comparing Super Mario Bros 1 with Super Mario Bros 3. Or use the VGA cable on your monitor instead. Composite This is a cable with three wires in one, ending with a white, red and yellow hat. The yellow one carries the video signal, and red and white carries the sound. This is a nice cable, and should be standard these days. S-Video This one is round and has some smaller sticks inside. It carries the video signal in more parts, which means that we get more details and a improved brightness. If your TV has both Composite and S-Video, choose S-Video. Scart A scart is a rectangle with 21 small dots inside. If you live in USA, there is a 83% chance that you have never heard about Scart earlier, since it´s only popular in Europe. And you know how hard it is to try a European standard to be standard in USA, it´s impossible. The thing with Scart is that it can send a RGB, Composite or S-Video signal. This means that it is as good as a Composite or S-Video, depending on what signal it carries. If it carries a RGB signal, it looks better then both S-Video and Composite. Since the European version is not released yet, it is unknown what signal it will carry. In most times, it will choose what´s best for the system automatically. Component Component cables looks like a composite cable that have taken steroids. Instead of using one cable for the video, it uses three cables for video, which gives us a better pictures. It supports 480p, 720p, and 1080i, while Composite and S-Video only supports 480. Higher modes means a nicer picture. VGA Looks exactly as your monitor connector. It lets you connect your X-Box 360 to a monitor. A monitor can easily display 720p and 1080i with no problem at all, even if it is some years old. The negative part is that it is so small, a ordinary TV is in most cases bigger then your monitor. =============================================================================== = 7. Installing your X-Box 360 = =============================================================================== I will make a shortie on how to install your system. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.1. Place it out - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First you must make sure that you place your X-Box 360 on a safe place. Place it somewhere where it is: Flat and level. Stable and not likely to tip over. Not likely that the unit can slip or slide off. Clean and free of dust and debris. And make sure that all four feet of the unit is in contact with the surface. Don´t place cables and cords so children and pets can trip over them. Don´t place the unit so any ventilation openings are blocked on the unit or the Power suply. Don´t place it in a sofa or othersoft surface. Don´t place them in a confined space, such as a bookcase, rack, or stereo cabinet, unless the space is well ventilated. Don´t place them near any heat sources, such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or amplifiers. Don´t place them in smoky or dusty locations, this can damage it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.2. Connecting the unit - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have your unit turned off. Connect your AV cable into your unit and connect it to your TV. If you are using a HD, set the switch at the AV port connector to 480p, 720p, or 1080i, depending on what your TV supports. When you turn on your unit later, you can change your display settings from the System area. Select the appropriate screen size and resolution for your TV. Connect the power cord into your unit. Be sure to only use the official one that follows the unit. Insert the controller connector into a controller port. If you have a wireless controller, put in the batteries and hold Start or the Guide button until it starts. When you start your X-Box 360, press and release the connect button on the unit. Then press and release the connect button on the controller. The controller is now locked into that unit, even if you turn it off. You can do it again on another XBox 360. but then you will loose the lock on the first one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.3. Starting it up the first time - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once you have hooked it up to a TV, all accessories are ready and you have eaten your food, it´s time to start your X-Box 360. Turn on the power, and it starts up. And you must choose a default language! Choose what you want, and press A. And now the unit is ready o be used. Now you are ready to make your own Gamer profile. It is with this that you can do everything with your X-Box 360. Keep your settings on the machine, play with your friends online, and so on. You can create a profile in three ways. The fastest is to choose Create an Offline Profile. If you already have an Xbox Live membership, choose I Am a Member of Xbox Live. Or if you are not yet a member of Xbox Live but know you are going to join, choose I Want to Join Xbox Live. Remember that your unit must be connected to the Internet with cable or DSL before you are using Xbox Live. After creating a profile, you can go to the System area of the Dashboard (the dashboard is where you are) to change the settings, like change language, time, audio, display, and automatic shutdown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.3.1 Offline Profile - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Choose Create an offline profile. Now you are at Gamer Profile Name, so enter a name for your gamer profile. While it's most convenient if this matches your gamertag—which you may or may not have yet—you can easily modify your gamer profile name later (The Gamertag is your oneandonly name when you are using Xbox Live). Now select a gamer picture. Take the one you like most, you can get more later. And you are done. Now you can play games or just look around on the dashboard. Or change some options. More info about the dashboard later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.3.2 I Am a Member of Xbox Live - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So you already had a Xbox Live account on your X-Box? Collect some basic information. You must write your gamertag, your birthdate, and the e-mail address and password associated with your Microsoft .NET Passport account. And make sure your Xbox 360 console is connected to Xbox Live. From the initial setup Gamer Profile screen, select I am a member of Xbox Live. Select Gamertag and follow the on-screen instructions to activate your current membership. Sidenote: When you activate your existing Xbox Live account for use with X-Box 360, you are not creating an additional membership. You are simply adding to the one you already have. You´ll keep your gamertag, your friends list, and other key information. And you´ll have full Xbox Live Gold privileges for the remainder of your membership period. As long as you maintain the same gamertag, you can play on both the original Xbox and the Xbox 360 systems using the same Xbox Live membership. You´ll be asked to select preferences for language, country/region, time-zone, and Xbox Live promotions. You will also select your gamer picture and Xbox Live Gamer Zone. You can easily modify these settings at any time. And you are done. Now you can play games or just look around on the dashboard. Or change some options. More info about the dashboard later. By the way, it won´t accept you if your age is below 18, even if you have had Xbox Live for some years... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.3.3 I Want to Join Xbox Live - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So you want to join Xbox Live. Make sure your Xbox 360 console is connected to Xbox Live. From the initial setup Gamer Profile screen, select I want to join Xbox Live and follow the on-screen instructions. Here you will enter your gamertag (and choose a new one if your desired gamertag is not available) and supply information like the e-mail address and password associated with your Microsoft Passport Network account, your country/region, your language, your name, and your phone number. If you do not have a Microsoft Passport Network account you will have the opportunity to create one, which requires supplying a valid e-mail address and choosing a unique password. When prompted, select your desired membership type from the list of options. This means that you will choose a Gold or Silver membership. Xbox Live Gold memberships are paid memberships that require you to supply valid credit-card information. Follow the remaining steps: enter a contact address, choose a gamer picture and Xbox Live Gamer Zone, set your communication preferences for Xbox 360 promotions, and select a time zone and daylight-saving option. And you are done. Now you can play games or just look around on the dashboard. Or change some options. More info about the dashboard later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.4. The dashboard - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dashboard is the control center for your X-Box 360. The Dashboard have four clearly defined areas that you can flip between using either the D-pad or the left stick on your Xbox 360 controller. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.4.1 Xbox Live - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From here you can: View and edit your gamer profile. Send messages and invites and chat with your friends. Check messages and invites from other players. Scan and add friends to your friends list. Visit Xbox Live Marketplace. Join or sign in to Xbox Live. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.4.2 Games - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From here you can: View and edit your gamer profile. See the games you´ve played so far. Check out and download simple, fun games in the Xbox Live Arcade. Try demos from Xbox Live Marketplace. Watch trailers from Xbox Live Marketplace. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.4.3 Media - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From here you can: View and edit your gamer profile. Listen to music and create playlists from a portable player. View pictures and slideshows, and set background images. Use a single mixed-media CD to watch a custom digital-photo slideshow with a custom soundtrack. Watch videos stored on your Hard Drive. Listen to music and view photos, live and recorded TV and movies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 7.4.4 System - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From here you can: Edit your console settings, including settings for display, audio, language, remote control, clock, and locale. Adjust your Xbox 360 Family Settings. Manage your memory, including moving or deleting saved games, profiles, and other items on Xbox 360 storage devices. Set up and test network connections. Manage a connection to a PC with XP or Media Center. Run the system setup you saw the first time you started your X-Box 360. =============================================================================== = 8. Xbox Live = =============================================================================== I´ve already told you how to join it, now it´s time to tell you what you can do with it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 8.1. The Golden Silver - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To make it easy, it exist two levels of Xbox Live. One free, called Silver, and one that costs, called Gold. The biggest differences are that Gold gets access to new stuff earlier in the marketplace, that they can play games online and chat with more than one person at a time. I will list what the differences are below: Xbox Live Gold Membership: Play your multiplayer games online with the online gaming service. Use the new TrueSkill Matchmaking system to play against opponents with similar skills. Give player feedback to rate your teammates and opponents on their sportsmanship, abilities, and conduct to influence matchmaking. Play select original X-Box games online. Get access to exclusive Gold Member content. Engage in video chat (scheduled for 2006). Enjoy all the Xbox Live Silver features. Xbox Live Silver Membership: Go online free of charge. Register a unique gamertag and set up your individual gamer card to keep track of your gaming accomplishments. Engage in one-on-one chat with your friends vith the Headset. Access Xbox Live Marketplace, download and view demos, trailers, and purchase classic and casual games over Xbox Live Arcade using Microsoft Points. Preview Xbox Live Gold during free weekend trials. Download auto updates and free downloads for your Xbox 360 games. Access Xbox Live Message Center where you can send and receive voice and text messages from other members. Compare gaming stats and achievements against other Xbox Live members. Use your friends list to see who's online. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 8.2 Xbox Live Arcade - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here you can download arcade games to run on your X-Box 360. Some of them cost, some of them are free, and it exist free demos of most of the ones that costs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 8.3 Xbox Live Marketplace - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The marketplace. Here you can download trailers, demos, themes for your dashboard and player profile, Xbox Live Arcade, Game content and much more. You don+t know what game content is? it is upgrades and extras to your existing games. For example new maps in Halo, new cars in Need For Speed, new stars in sportgames and so on. And best of all, a Download history. So if you accidentally deleted something, you can mostly download it again for free. Free? Yes it exist both free stuff and stuff that costs to download. You are using Microsoft Points. You can get these by buying them in cards in a store, using credit card online or winning them online somehow. It seems that they cost 20$ for 1600 points, or 1.25 cents per point. One good question is how long stuff will stay on the marketplace. Will we still be able to download the trailer to Halo 3 when Halo 6 is released? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 8.4. Launch Marketplace - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will here list the Launch marketplace, so you know what existed when it was new. Amped 3 - Game Trailer (free) - 10 Gamer Pictures (20 points each) - 1 Theme (150 points) Call of Duty 2 - Game Trailer (free) - 7 Gamer Pictures (20 points each) - 2 Gamer Picture Bundles (40 – 80 points each) - 1 Theme (150 points) Condemned: Criminal Origins - Game Trailer (free) - 10 Gamer Pictures (20 points each) - 1 Theme (150 points) FIFA Soccer 06 Road to 2006 FIFA World Cup - Game Trailer (free) - EA Sports Trailer (free) - Game Demo (free) - FIFA Team Logo Gamer Pictures (60 points each) - FIFA Team Logo Themes (150 points each) GUN - Game Trailer (free) - 5 Gamer Pictures (20 points each) - 1 Gamer Picture Bundle (80 points) - 1 Theme (150 points) Kameo: Elements of Power - Winter Warrior Pack (200 points) - Game Trailer (free) - Game Demo (free) - 4 Gamer Pictures (20 points each) - 2 Gamer Picture 5-pack Bundles (80 points each) - 7 Themes (150 points each) Madden NFL 06 - Game Trailer (free) - EA Sports Trailer (free) - NFL Logo Gamer Pictures (60 points each) - Collection of All NFL Logo Gamer Pictures (500 points) - NFL Logo Themes (150 points each) NBA 2K6 - Game Trailer (free) NBA LIVE 06 - EA Sports Trailer (free) - Game Demo (free) Need for Speed Most Wanted - Game Trailer (free) - Game Demo (free) NHL 2K6 - Game Trailer (free) Perfect Dark Zero - Game Trailer (free) Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie - Game Demo (free) - Game Trailer (free) Project Gotham Racing 3 - Game Trailer (free) Quake 4 - Game Trailer (free) - 7 Gamer Pictures (20 points each) - 1 Theme (150 points) Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 - EA Sports Trailer (free) Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland - Game Trailer (free) - 10 Gamer Pictures (20 points) - 1 Gamer Picture Bundle (80 points) - 1 Theme (150 points) Other (price unknown): - High Definition Music Video “Show Me How to Live” from Audioslave’s Live in Cuba DVD. - Music Video “Do You Want To” from Franz Ferdinand’s new album, You Could Have It So Much Better. - “Aeon Flux” HD movie trailer from Paramount. - “Pulse” HD movie trailer from Magnolia Pictures. - Penny Arcade Gamer Pictures and Themes. - Red vs. Blue Videos. - High Definition Movie Trailers and Music Videos. - Game Trailers for upcoming games. And these can be found at Xbox Live Arcade: - Bankshot Billiards 2 (1200 points) - Bejeweled 2 (800 points) - Gauntlet (400 points) - Geometry Wars Retro Evolved (400 points) - Hardwood Backgammon (400 points) - Hardwood Hearts (400 points) - Hardwood Spades (400 points) - Hexic HD (full version included free with X-Box 360 System) - Joust (400 points) - Mutant Storm Reloaded (800 points) - Outpost Kaloki (800 points) - Smash TV (400 points) - Zuma (800 points) These games was supposed to be on the Xbox Live Arcade, but is released in late December instead: - Robotron 2084 (400 points) - Wik: Fable of Souls (800 points) =============================================================================== = 9. Media = =============================================================================== Want to get your MP3´s to your unit? Or watching yor pictures? Change your Dashboard? Then read on. And yes, you can stream music and pictures from your PSP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.1. Music - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So you want to listen to ABBA when you play Perfect Dark Zero? No problems. First you need to get the music to your unit. There is 3 ways that I can think of doing that. 1. Rip it from your CD. This is so much faster then what it was on the original X-Box. 2. From USB. Connect your portable music player or memory stick and you can stream the music from it. It supports the MP3, Wav and WMA format. It also supports playlists in wpl and m3u format. You shall be able to download a patch that allows you to listen to ACC music, as long as it was NOT downloaded frm iTunes. But MP3 in your IPod works great. 3. From PC. Stream it from your XP SP2 PC or XP Media Center Edition 2005. Connect your X-Box 360 to your home network and you can stream your music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.1.1 Official Supported Music Players - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are the official Supported Music Players. More can work, and more will be added later. Apple: iPod (Not music from iTunes). Archos: XS10D, Gmini-XS 200. Canon; PowerShot SD 200 Elph, PowerShot SDA520. Casio: EX-S100, EX-Z55. Creative Labs; PMC, Zen Micro, Jukebox 2, Jukebox 3, Jukebox Zen, Jukebox Zen NX, Jukebox Zen Xtra, Zen Touch, MuVo NX, MuVo Slim, MuVo TX, MuVo TX - FM, MuVo² (1.5GB), Zen Nano, Zen Nano Plus, Nano 128, Nomad MuVo² (4.0GB). Dell: Pocket DJ, DJ2, Digital Jukebox. Fujifilm: E550. iRiver: H10 (5.0GB), PMC, IFP-790, IFP-890T (256MB). Kodak: Easyshare DX4330, Easyshare CX7430. Nikon: Coolpix 5600, Coolpix 4800, Coolpix E7900. Olympus: C-60 Zoom, U Mini-Digital S (TruePic Turbo), M:Robe, X-500. Panasonic: DMC-FX8. RCA: Lyra. Rio: Chiba, Carbon. Samsung: PMC, Digimax V50, Digimax 4010. Sony: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M1, Cyber-shot DSC-P73, Cyber-shot DSC-T7, DCR-DVD403. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.1.2 How The Heck Do I Stream Music From USB? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step by Step guide to stream from USB. 1. Connect a USB cable between the device and a USB port on your unit. 2. Configure the device to play through the USB port (Read the device manual if you don´t know how). 3. On your unit. select Media, Music, Portable Device. 4. Select the music or playlist you want to listen to. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.1.3 How The Heck Do I Stream Music From my PC? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You need a PC with XP SP2 or A Windows Media Center-based PC. First you need to connect your PC with your X-Box 360 in the same network. You can do this with a Ethernet connection from the Ethernet port on the back of your X-Box 360, or with a wireless network. Then you must go to www.xbox.com/pcsetup and download/setup the Windows Media Connect software to your PC. When you are done, Select Media on your Dashboard, and then select music from your PC. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish Windows Media Connect setup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.2. Pictures - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So you want to watch your digital pictures on your TV? Think how fun it is to show everybody those pictures of your brother when he cried after you beating him in Perfect Dark Zero? There are two ways to show pictures with your X-Box 360. 1. From USB. Connect your Digital camera or memory stick and you can stream the pictures from it. It supports the bmp, gif,jpeg, jpg, png, tif and tiff format. 2. From PC. Stream it from your XP SP2 PC or XP Media Center Edition 2005. Connect your X-Box 360 to your home network and you can stream your pictures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.2.1 Official Supported Cameras - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are the official Supported Cameras. More can work, and more will be added later. Casio: QV-4000, EX-S100, EX-Z55. Canon: PowerShot SD 200 Elph, PowerShot SDA520, PowerShot A95, PowerShot S1 IS, IXY 50 (Japan). Fujifilm: FinePix 2600Zoom, FinePix 2800Zoom, FinePix 1300, FinePix 2400Zoom, FinePix 4700 Zoom, FinePix 6800Zoom, Finepix 6900 Zoom, FinePix A101, FinePix 4800Z, FinePix 4900 Zoom, Finepix S602 Zoom, FinePix 30i, E550. HP: Photosmart 315, Photosmart 735, Photosmart 935. Kodak: Easyshare DX4330, Easyshare CX7430, Easyshare DX 4900, DX3600, DX3215. Nikon: Coolpix 2500, Coolpix 5600, Coolpix 4800, Coolpix E7900. Olympus: D-40 Zoom, D-510 Zoom, D-520 Zoom, C-4040 Zoom, C-60 Zoom, U Mini- Digital S (TruePic Turbo), M:Robe, X-500, C-700 Ultra Zoom, C720 Ultra Zoom, D-100, D-370, D-380, D-550 Zoom. Panasonic: DMC-FX8. Samsung: Digimax V50, Digimax 4010. Sony: DSC-P9, Cyber-shot DSC-M1, Cyber-shot DSC-V3, DSC-P31, Sony Cyber-shot DSC-M1, Cyber-shot DSC-P73, Cyber-shot DSC-T7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.2.1.1 Unofficial Supported Cameras - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canon Powershot Pro1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.2.2 How The Heck Do I Stream Pictures From USB? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step by Step guide to stream from USB. 1. Set up your digital camera for viewing pictures. See your camera instructions for details about how to view pictures. 2. With your console turned on, use a USB cable to connect your camera to a USB port on the console. 3. The console will detect your digital camera. Follow the on-screen instructions to access your pictures. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.2.3 How The Heck Do I Stream Pictures From my PC? - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You need a PC with XP SP2 or A Windows Media Center-based PC. First you need to connect your PC with your X-Box 360 in the same network. You can do this with a Ethernet connection from the Ethernet port on the back of your X-Box 360, or with a wireless network. Then you must go to www.xbox.com/pcsetup and download/setup the Windows Media Connect software to your PC. When you are done, Select Media on your Dashboard, and then select pictures from your PC. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish Windows Media Connect setup. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.3 Use DVDs and CDs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This section will probably not be read by many people, but stay, it has some nice info after all. FOr example, use burned CD´s with MP3 ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.3.1 DVD Movies and Audio CDs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open the disc tray. Place the disc on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the unit is vertical). Close the tray. The DVD movie or audio CD will begin playing. Can somebody look if Audio DVD´s are supported? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.3.2 Burned Music CDs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open the disc tray. Place a CD-R or CD-RW containing MP3 and/or WMA media on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical). Close the tray. Go to the Media area of the Xbox Dashboard. Select Music, Current Disc. To play all tracks on the CD, select either Play All or Add to Current playlist. If you have an existing playlist open, Add to Current Playlist will append all tracks on your current CD to that playlist. Selecting Play All will clear a current playlist and create a new one consisting of all the files on the current CD. If it is MP3, you can´t copy the music to your harddrive. Can somebody look if a burned DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW with MP3 and/or WMA media are supported? UPDATE: DVD+R/RW discs with MP3 and WMA are supported! Thanks James. DVD-ROM only seems to support MP3, not WMA (strange)! Thanks KK0425. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.3.3 Burned Picture CDs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems that it only supports discs with JPEG files... Open the disc tray. Place a CD-R or CD-RW containing JPEG files on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical). Close the tray. Go to the Media area of the Xbox Dashboard. Select Pictures, Current Disc. Pictures are shown alphabetically by file name. To watch a slideshow composed of all JPEG files on the CD, select Play Slideshow. To view a specific picture, use the controller´s left stick to highlight the picture you want to see and then press A. While viewing a slideshow or a single image, use the left stick to call a toolbar with the following controls: Pause (only at a slideshow) Skip back one picture (not working on one picture) Stop (only at a slideshow) Skip forward one picture Shuffle pictures (only at a slideshow) Repeat slideshow (only at a slideshow) Rotate image clockwise Rotate image counter-clockwise Can somebody look if a burned DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW with JPEG files are supported? UPDATE: DVD+R/RW discs with pictures are supported! Thanks James. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.3.4 Burned Music And Picture CDs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open the disc tray. Place a CD-R or CD-RW containing MP3/WMA/JPEG files on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the console is vertical). Close the tray. To listen to the music, go to the Media area of the Xbox Dashboard. Select Music, Current Disc. To see pictures, go to the Media area of the Xbox Dashboard. Select Pictures, Current Disc. Can somebody look if a burned DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW with music/JPEG files are supported? UPDATE: DVD+R/RW discs with MP3, WMA and pictures are supported! Thanks James. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.3.5 Burned Movie DVDs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open the disc tray. Place the disc on the disc tray with the label facing up (to the right if the unit is vertical). Close the tray. The DVD movie will begin playing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.4 PSP - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I´ve got so many mails about thisso I must do a section about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.4.1 Music - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First you need a USB to USB mini cable. Connect the PSP to the 360 and put the PSP into USB mode (go to the settings menu, all to the left). The 360 shall now be able to see it. Go to Media on the Dashboard, and choose music. Select Portable Device, and you are on the PSP. Now you must go to the right folder, which is Portable Device -> PSP -> Music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.4.2 Pictures - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First you need a USB to USB mini cable. Connect the PSP to the 360 and put the PSP into USB mode (go to the settings menu, all to the left). The 360 shall now be able to see it. Go to Media on the Dashboard, and choose pictures. Select Portable Device, and you are on the PSP. Now you must go to the right folder, which is Portable Device -> PSP -> Photo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.5 Movies - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry guys, this is in next update >_> But I can tell that you need a Windows Media Center 2005-based PC to stream movies to your 360, and it seems to only support: Video: Windows Media Video (WMV) 7, WMV 8, and WMV 9. Maximum resolution of 1920x1080 (1080p). Windows Media Audio Standard or Windows Media Audio Pro audio. WMV content may be Windows Media DRM-protected. MPEG-1 with MPEG-1 layer I or II audio. MPEG-2. Maximum resolution of 1920x1080 (1080i). AC-3 or MPEG-1 layer I or II audio. WMV Image 1 (Photo Story 1 & 2), and WMV Image 2 (Photo Story 3). Audio: Windows Media Audio (WMA) 7 through WMA 9. WMA Standard content may be Windows Media DRM-protected. WMA Professional. WMA Professional content may be Windows Media DRM-protected. WMA Lossless. Windows Media DRM protected WMA Lossless is not supported. MP3. Other formats that have a DirectShow decoder installed on the host computer that outputs pulse code modulation (PCM) audio. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.6 Dashboard Themes - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Press the Guide button, Personal Settings, then Themes. So easy is it to change Dashboard Themes o_O ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 9.7 Extern harddrive - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you take a harddrive, format it in FAT32, use it in a USB 2 ATA adapter and inserts it into your X-Box 360 USB drive, you can stream music and photos from the harddrive. You can NOT save files on it, since USB is read only. You can NOT watch movies from it. Think of it as a big MP3 player for your own music in your 360 game whenever you want. =============================================================================== = 10. Gaming Achievements = =============================================================================== When you play your games, you can earn Gaming Achievements (I think all 360 games have those). I will later include all achievements here. Activision did this back in 1982 on the Atari 2600. If you took a photograph on the TV with a topscore and sent it in, you got a nice cloth badge. Most games can give you around 1000 points, and most arcade games can give you around 200 points. And no points for demo versions ;) I will list them this way: NAME OF GAME - Total Gamescore - Total Achievements Achievement Name Description (most time you can see it by the Achievement Name) The GameScore The Picture I know that the order can seem strange on some games, I´ll fix it later when I have most Achievements done. Easiest game to get points in: NBA 2K6. Lowest score: 5 G, in most Arcade games. 0 G, in Quake 2. Highest Score: 400 G, in Madden NFL 06. Most Gaming Achievements: 50. Perfect Dark Zero, Condemned and Quake 4. And the only for Japan game, Tetris: The Grandmaster Ace. Fewest Gaming Achievements: 5. NBA 2K6 and NHL 2K6. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 10.1. Ordinary Games - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amped 3 - 1000 - 15 Supreme Snow God Earn a Gold Medal for ALL challenges and media callouts 140 G A crown Lesser Snow God Earn any Medal for ALL challenges and media callouts 70 G A small hat Park Designer Merit Badge Build 200+ terrain park objects 30 G A hand and a hammer King of the Mountain Lab Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of DC to Own the Mountain 40 G A DC badge Laax Stock & Barrel Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Laax to Own the Mountain 40 G A LX badge VIVA VALLE! Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Valle Nevado to Own the Mountain 60 G A VN badge Big Musical Finale! Congratulations! You defeated the Baron! 100 G A act 5 badge Reunited…and it feels so good! Finish Act IV of the story by rescuing the rest of the crew 100 G A act 4 badge Rescued Weiner Boy! Finish Act III of the story by rescuing Weiner Boy and gaining access to the secret C.A.I. area 90 G A act 3 badge Snowbird Dawg Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Snowbird to Own the Mountain 60 G A SB badge Vamonos a South America! Finish Act II of the story to unlock Valle Nevado 80 G A act 2 badge Sledding Merit Badge Earn 1,000,000+ points in sledding scores 30 G A sledding badge Northstar Nirvana Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Northstar to Own the Mountain 60 G A NS badge Snowbird bound! Finish Act I of the story to unlock the Snowbird resort 70 G A act 1 badge Snowmobiler Merit Badge Travel 10+ kilometers on a snowmobile 30 G A snowmobile badge Call of Duty 2 - 1000 - 13 Veteran of the Winter War Finished The Winter War on Veteran difficulty 60 G A picture of a snowy house Won the War Finished the Single Player Campaign 150 G Picture of a soldier Completed Training Completed Basic Training 50 G A picture of a soldier War Hardened Finished the Single Player Campaign on Hardened or Veteran difficulty setting 200 G A picture of a soldier Veteran of Stalingrad '42 Finished "Not One Step Backwards!" mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a house in Stalingrad Veteran of Fortress Stalingrad Finished Fortress Stalingrad mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a house in Stalingrad Veteran of El Alamein Finished The Battle of El Alamein mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a rock in the desert Veteran of Rommel's Last Stand Finished Rommel's Last Stand mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a Indian house Veteran of The Tank Squadrons Finished The Tank Squadrons mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a tank Veteran of The Battle for Caen Finished The Battle for Caen mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a house Veteran of D-Day Finished D-Day mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of houses Veteran of Hill 400 Finished Hill 400 mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of a battlefield Veteran of Crossing the Rhine Finished Crossing the Rhine mission on Veteran difficulty 60 G Picture of some houses Condemned - 970 - 50 Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Fire-Arm Freedom Award You found every available fire-arm 20 G A revolver Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 50 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Chief Investigator Award You found every piece of evidence 20 G A badge Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Test Pattern TV Xbox 360 You found the Test Pattern TV 10 G A test pattern Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Silver Detective Badge You found the Silver Detective Badge TV 50 G A silver badge Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 10 G A ? in a box Gold Detective Badge You found the Gold Detective Badge TV 50 G A golden badge Bronze Detective Badge You found the Bronze Detective Badge TV 50 G A bronze badge Gold Melee Master Award You completed Condemned: Criminal Origins with only melee weapons 50 G Two crossed melee weapons Silver Melee Master Award You completed three levels of Condemned: Criminal Origins with only melee weapons 20 G Two crossed melee weapons Bronze Melee Master Award You completed single level of Condemned: Criminal Origins with only melee weapons 20 G A plank with a nail Melee Mayhem Award You found every type of melee weapon and fire-arm 20 G A pipe First Propaganda Report You unlocked the first propaganda report 20 G A report? Second Propaganda Report You unlocked the second propaganda report and the Internal Affairs report 20 G A report and a coin? Third Propaganda Report You unlocked the third propaganda report and the DUO report 20 G A report and a coin? Fourth Propaganda Report You unlocked the fourth propaganda report 20 G A report and a coin? Static TV Xbox 360 You found the Static TV 10 G A static TV screen Ripple TV Xbox 360 You found the Ripple TV 10 G A ripple TV screen Bird Bath Xbox 360 You found the Bird Bath TV 10 G A bird in a TV screen Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 50 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 50 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement 20 G A ? in a box FIFA 06 RTFWC - 1000 - 6 Cup Qualification Qualified for the FIFA World Cup in the Road to FIFA World Cup mode 300 G A number 1 medal Win World Masters Won the World Masters tournament in the Road to FIFA World Cup mode 200 G A number 2 medal Win International Open Won the International Open in the Road to FIFA World Cup mode 200 G A number 3 medal Win Custom League Won a League tournament created in the Create Tournament Mode 150 G A number 4 medal Win Custom Knockout Won a Knockout tournament created in the Create Tournament Mode 100 G A number 5 medal Win on Perfect Won a match playing on Perfect difficulty level 50 G A number 6 medal GUN - 1000 - 31 Take Down Hoodoo Complete Progress through the 'Take Down Hoodoo' level on any difficulty 20 G A star Defend the Hideout Complete Progress through the 'Defend the Hideout' level on any difficulty 20 G A revolver Ambush the Train Complete Progress through the 'Ambush the Train' level on any difficulty 20 G A speeding bullet Escape From Jail Complete Progress through the 'Escape From Jail' level on any difficulty 15 G A bandit Law and Order Complete Progress through the 'Law and Order' level on any difficulty 20 G A sheriff star Stage Coach Complete Progress through the 'Stage Coach' level on any difficulty 20 G A old western coach Quick Killer Complete Progress through the 'Quick Killer' level on any difficulty 15 G A Indian tomahawk The Red Hand Gang Complete Progress through the 'The Red Hand Gang' level on any difficulty 20 G A bandit Honest Tom Complete Progress through the 'Honest Tom' level on any difficulty 5 G A horse Steamboat Massacre Complete Progress through the 'Steamboat Massacre' level on any difficulty 15 G A cross The Hunt Complete Progress through 'The Hunt' level on any difficulty 5 G A cow skull Save Soapy Complete Progress through the 'Save Soapy' level on any difficulty 20 G A cross Hollister's Fort Complete Progress through the 'Hollister's Fort' level on any difficulty 20 G A knife Attack the Fort Complete Progress through the 'Attack the Fort' level on any difficulty 20 G A revolver Battle at the Steamboat Complete Progress through the 'Battle at the Steamboat' level on any difficulty 20 G A sheriff star Across The Badlands Complete Progress through the 'Across The Badlands' level on any difficulty 25 G A horse Escape the Ambush Complete Progress through the 'Escape the Ambush' level on any difficulty 50 G A speeding bullet Magruder's Mine Complete Progress through the 'Magruder's Mine' level on any difficulty 70 G A revolver Easy Difficulty Complete Complete the game on the Easy difficulty 10 G The GUN logo Normal Difficulty Complete Complete the game on the Normal difficulty 30 G The GUN logo Hard Difficulty Complete Complete the game on the Hard difficulty G The GUN logo Insane Difficulty Complete Complete the game on the Insane difficulty G The GUN logo Professional Postman Find and complete all of the Pony Express side missions 40 G A postman bag Bounty Hunter Find and complete all of the Bounty Hunter side missions 40 G A wanted poster The Greatest Hunter Find and complete all of the Hunting side missions 40 G A cow skull Card Shark Win the Texas Holdem Tournament side mission 40 G Cards Keeper of the Peace Find and complete the 'Keep the Peace' side mission 40 G Two crossed guns The Unrivaled Horseman Find and complete all of the Horse Challenges 40 G A horse Every weapon collected Collect every weapon in the game 40 G A star Every upgrade collected. Collect every upgrade in the game 40 G A star Professional Prospector Mine every gold ingot in the West 40 G A star Kameo - 1000 - 26 Freed Lenya Kameo saved Lenya from the Water Temple 100 G A picture of Lenya Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Freed Halis Kameo rescued Halis from the Forest Temple 100 G A picture of Halis Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Freed Yeros Kameo brought Yeros home from the Snow Temple 100 G A picture of Yeros Thorn's Castle ranking 'A' ranking on Thorn's Castle 50 G A picture of Thorn´s Castle Forgotten Forest ranking 'A' ranking on Forgotten Forest 50 G A picture of the Forgotten Forest Water Temple ranking 'A' ranking on Water Temple 50 G A picture of the Water Temple Snow Temple ranking 'A' ranking on Snow Temple 50 G A picture of the Snow Temple Thorn's Pass ranking 'A' ranking on Thorn's Pass 50 G A picture of Thorn´s Pass with a full moon? Thorn's Airship ranking 'A' ranking on Thorn's Airship 50 G A picture of a Turtle Beaten Queen Thyra (Co-Op) Defeated Queen Thyra in a Co-Op Quest 10 G A picture of Queen Thyra Beaten Old Mawood (Co-Op) Defeated Old Mawood in a Co-Op Quest 10 G A picture of Old Mawood Beaten Corallis (Co-Op) Defeated Corallis in a Co-Op Quest 10 G A picture of Corallis Beaten Lord Drok (Co-Op) Defeated Lord Drok in a Co-Op Quest 10 G A picture of Lord Drok Beaten Thorn (Co-Op) Defeated Thorn in a Co-Op Quest 10 G A picture of Thorn Game Complete The game has been fully completed!! 50 G A picture of a nice castle with a rainbow Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 20 G A ? in a box Secret Achievement Continue playing to unlock this secret achievement. 100 G A ? in a box King Kong - 1000 - 9 King of the Jungle Kong has imposed his supremacy over the inhabitants of the jungle 100 G King Kong´s face Pyromaniac Jack used fire to scare off enemies and get out of harm's way 100 G King Kong Completed game Completed the game 200 G King Kong V-Rex Annihilator V-Rexes got a taste of Kong’s power! 100 G King Kong´s face Protector Jack has protected his friends from getting harmed 100 G King Kong King of the V-Rexes Kong has killed numerous V-Rexes 100 G King Kong´s face Foodchain Master Jack used the foodchain system in order to escape certain death! 100 G King Kong King of Skull Island Kong has killed the Giant Snakes 100 G King Kong´s face King of Demolition Kong has destroyed the village of the Natives 100 G King Kong Madden NFL 06 - 1000 - 11 Enter History Book Enter any of the history book screens in Franchise mode 10 G A dark trophy Four Sacks in One Game Amass four sacks in one game 100 G A dark trophy Rush for 200 Yards Successfully rush for 200 yards or more 100 G A dark trophy Activate RS Card Activate any of the RS cards 10 G A dark trophy Complete an Offline Game Successfully complete an offline game 30 G A dark trophy Get a First Down Gain a first down in any offline game mode 20 G A dark trophy Score a Touchdown Score a Touchdown in any Offline game mode 30 G A dark trophy Win a Franchise Game Win a user-controlled Franchise game 100 G A dark trophy Win the Super Bowl Win the Super Bowl with your Franchise team 100 G A dark trophy Complete 30 Years of Franchise Successfully complete 30 years of Franchise mode 400 G A dark trophy Pass for 350 Yards Successfully pass for over 350 yards or more 100 G A dark trophy NBA 2K6 - 1000 - 5 Grab 20 Rebounds With Any Player This was achieved by getting 20 rebounds in a game with any player 250 G A Square saying Player 20 Rebounds Get A Triple-Double This was achieved by getting a triple-double with any player 250 G A Square saying Triple 3X2 Double Make 15 3-Pointers In One Game This was achieved by making 15 3-pointers in a single game 150 G A Square saying 15x3s Per Game Score 140 Points With Any Team This was achieved by scoring 140 points in a game with any team 200 G A Square saying Team 140 Points Score 50 Points With Any Player This was achieved by scoring 50 points in a game with any player 150 G A Square saying Player 50 Points NBA LIVE 06 - 1000 - 12 Rookie Difficulty Win This user has beaten a CPU opponent in a game set on Rookie difficulty 10 G A wall trophy Starter Difficulty Win This user has beaten a CPU opponent in a game set on Starter difficulty 30 G A wall trophy All-Star Difficulty Win This user has beaten a CPU opponent in a game set on All-Star difficulty 50 G A small tombstone trophy Superstar Difficulty Win This user has beaten a CPU opponent in a game set on Superstar difficulty 75 G A small tombstone trophy with a star Online Win This user has won a game against an online opponent 40 G A jumping guy trophy NBA LIVE 06 Created Player This user has created a player in NBA LIVE 06 20 G A jumping guy trophy All-Star In Season Mode, a player on the user team has made the NBA All-Star team 75 G A dribble guy trophy Clinched Playoffs In Season Mode, this user's team has made the playoffs 100 G A guarding guy trophy Coach of the Year In Season Mode, the coach of the user team has won the Coach of the Year award 100 G A shooting guy trophy Best Regular Season Record In Season Mode, this user's team had the best record at the end of the regular season 150 G A guarding guy trophy Most Valuable Player In Season Mode, a player from this user's team has won the Most Valuable Player award 150 G A dribble guy trophy NBA Champions In Season Mode, this user has won the NBA Championship 200 G A bit trophy NFS Most Wanted - 1000 - 15 Defeat Hector Domingo “Ming” Defeated Hector Domingo and took the 6th spot on the Blacklist 15. 25 G A picture of Hector Domingo "Ming" Defeat Kira “Kaze” Nakazato Defeated Kira and took the 7th spot on the Blacklist 15. 25 G A picture of Kira "Kaze" Nakazato Defeat Jade Barrett “Jewels” Defeated Jade Barrett and took the 8th spot on the Blacklist 15. 25 G A picture of Jade Barrett "Jewels" Defeat Eugene James “Earl” Defeated Eugene James and took the 9th spot on the Blacklist 15. 25 G A picture of Eugene James "Earl" Defeat Karl Smit “Baron” Defeated Karl Smit and took the 10th spot on the Blacklist 15. 25 G A picture of Karl Smit "Baron" Defeat Lou Park “Big Lou” Defeated Lou Park and took the 11th spot on the Blacklist 15. 25 G A picture of Lou Park "Big Lou" Defeat Isabel Diaz “Izzy” Defeated Isabel Diaz and took the 12th spot on the Blacklist 15. 10 G A picture of Isabel Diaz "Izzy" Defeat Victor Vasquez “Vic” Defeated Victor Vasquez and took the 13th spot on the Blacklist 15. 10 G A picture of Victor Vasquez "Vic" Defeat Vince Kilic “Taz” Defeated Vince Kilic and took the 14th spot on the Blacklist 15. 10 G A picture of Vince Kilic "Taz" Defeat Ho Seun “Sonny” Defeated Ho Seun and took the 15th spot on the Blacklist 15. 10 G A picture of Ho Seun "Sonny" Defeat Wes Allen “Webster” Defeated Wes Allen and took the 5th spot on the Blacklist 15. 75 G A picture of Wes Allen "Webster" Defeat Joe Vega “JV” Defeated Joe Vega and took the 4th spot on the Blacklist 15. 85 G A picture of Joe Vega "JV" Defeat Ronald McCrea “Ronnie” Defeated Ronald McCrea and took the 3rd spot on the Blacklist 15. 100 G A picture of Ronald McCrea "Ronnie" Defeat Toru Sato "Bull" Defeated Toru Sato and took the 2nd spot on the Blacklist 15. 200 G A picture of Toru Sato "Bull" Defeat Clarence Callahan “Razor” Defeated Razor and took the top spot on the Blacklist 15, becoming the most notorious racer around. 350 G A picture of Clarence Callahan "Razor" NHL 2K6 - 1000 - 5 Score goal when 2 men down (Pro) Score a goal when 2 men down on Pro difficulty or higher 200 G A Square with two men behind bars Score in Under 1:00 (All-Star) Score a goal in the first minute of play on All-Star difficulty or higher 350 G A picture of a puck and the time 1:00 Score on a breakaway (Amateur) Score a goal on a breakaway on Amateur difficulty or higher 50 G A hockey stick ruching with a puck Score goal with defenseman (Pro) Score a goal with a defenseman on Pro difficulty or higher 150 G A face of a hockeyplayer with few teeths Score on penalty shot (All-Star) Score a penalty shot on All-Star difficulty or higher 250 G A goalkeeper mask Perfect Dark Zero - 1000 - 50 Completed Co-Op Agent Completed Co-op Game On Agent Difficulty Setting 10 G Two people in front of a shield Completed Single Agent Completed Single Player Game on Agent Difficulty Setting 10 G A shield 100 Explosive Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 100 Explosive Kills over all multiplayer games played. 20G A bomb in a telescopic sight 100 Melee Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 100 Melee Kills (armed or unarmed) over all multiplayer games played. 20G A hand in a telescopic sight 10 Flags Captured DeathMatch Award. Captured 10 Flags in DeathMatch: Capture the Flag. 10 G A flag 100 Sniper Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 100 Kills with a Sniper Rifle over all multiplayer games played. 20 G A telescopic sight 100 Headshot Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 100 Headshot Kills over all multiplayer games played. 20 G A headshot in a telescopic sight 100 Kills in Killcount DeathMatch Award. Achieved 100 Kills in DeathMatch: Killcount. 20 G A human on a target 10 Sniper Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 10 Kills with a Sniper Rifle over all multiplayer games played. 10 G A telescopic sight 100 Kills in Team Killcount DeathMatch Award. Achieved 100 Kills in DeathMatch: Team Killcount. 20 G 3 people on a target Played 10 Deathmatch Games Multiplayer Award. Played in 10 DeathMatch Games. 10 G A star on a target 10 Explosive Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 10 Explosive Kills over all multiplayer games played. 10 G A bomb on a telescopic sight 10 Headshot Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 10 Headshot Kills over all multiplayer games played. 10 G A headshot in a telescopic sight 10 Kills in Team Killcount DeathMatch Award. Achieved 10 Kills in DeathMatch: Team Killcount. 10 G 3 people on a target 10 Melee Kills Expert Kill Award. Achieved 10 Melee Kills (armed or unarmed) over all multiplayer games played. 10 G A hand in a telescopic sight 10 Kills in Killcount DeathMatch Award. Achieved 10 Kills in DeathMatch: Killcount. 10 G A human on a target Completed Single Perfect Agent Completed Single Player Game on Perfect Agent Difficulty Setting 25 G A shield Completed Single Secret Agent Com