Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Recently, we got hold of a launch Xbox 360 that had never been powered on before. First, we unboxed it for your viewing pleasure and now we're putting it to good use. See the original "Blades" dashboard on the original launch firmware, before we dive into the first part of our extensive look at EVERY launch game for Microsoft's greatest console.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - The Beginnings of Xbox 360
03:04 - The Blades - Freshly Captured for You
08:43 - Chapter 1 - First Party Games
11:46 - Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo
17:03 - Every Party
19:40 - Chapter 2 - Ridge Racer 6
21:57 - Tetris: The Grand Master Ace
24:34 - Chapter 3 - PC Ports/Call of Duty 2
33:32 - Quake 4
37:52 - Condemned
42:14 - Need for Speed: Most Wanted
47:56 - Outro for Part 1