Hey folks!
I just wanted to give a heads up on the X Box game system. First off I must say I haven't been much of a gamer for nearly 10 years - although in my youth I spent many a quarter on stand up games in the 80s and then later hundreds if not thousands of hours spent on home systems like Atari,Nintendo,Sega. (not to mention my real early years spent on my uncles Pong tv game) Well I must admit I slowed to a stop around 2000. After that I only played the PS game 'Hot Shots' (a golf game) for nearly 10 years - I never purchased the PS2 or3 and havent tried the xbox or xbox 360 (non the less the Wii) Till now..
As a gift from a childhood friend I received a Xbox when my son Thor was recently born. He picked up a refurbished system for under 50$ and then had found a ton of games under$5. and hooked me up with several used game shops were I have now found many titles for $1,$2 and 5. I have been pleasantly pleased with many of the titles and blown away by some graphics on this system (even after seeing the newer systems which sell for 700% I must say I like this system!)
The purpose for this post is just to give you heads up that these deals might me in your neighborhood too. take a peek around and pick up a system and probably 20 games for the price of one or two newer games. If you havent grabbed a system for yourself in awhile give this a shot. (If you have younger kids I say grab this sytem and probably 100 games for the price of a newer PS3 and 1 game! - your kids will love you for it) - the xbox 360 is a little more expensive but it plays the older games too (all that ive seen so far) and is a nice way to get the newest games and still have a chance to buy these older titles and play them on the same system.
a few titles that i thought were great and you should check out. - all of these I picked up for 5$ or less and would have payed much much more for them.(although with a baby in the house these older games are all i will be able to afford for a bit)
Peter jacksons King Kong - a great playable version of King Kong! You even get to play the great ape in some scenes - cool stuff.
John Carpenters the Thing. This takes off from where the movie stopped - good fun!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I wasnt expecting much for this title when i picked it up for $1 - boy was i surprised!
Gun - a mature western themed game.. a must see!
Thief (and thief deadly shadows) - You play a thief in a midievel fantasy land. Get your pick pocket on!
Matrix Path of Neo - fun movie inspired game
Tiger Woods. - Ive seen several version (2003-2007) personaly i loved 2005 but all were worth playing
Scooby Doo 1000 fright - fun scooby stuff
Fight Night (1-3) great boxing games - filled with famous boxers.
Dark Watch - a vampire western? fun stuff
I just wanted to give a heads up on the X Box game system. First off I must say I haven't been much of a gamer for nearly 10 years - although in my youth I spent many a quarter on stand up games in the 80s and then later hundreds if not thousands of hours spent on home systems like Atari,Nintendo,Sega. (not to mention my real early years spent on my uncles Pong tv game) Well I must admit I slowed to a stop around 2000. After that I only played the PS game 'Hot Shots' (a golf game) for nearly 10 years - I never purchased the PS2 or3 and havent tried the xbox or xbox 360 (non the less the Wii) Till now..
As a gift from a childhood friend I received a Xbox when my son Thor was recently born. He picked up a refurbished system for under 50$ and then had found a ton of games under$5. and hooked me up with several used game shops were I have now found many titles for $1,$2 and 5. I have been pleasantly pleased with many of the titles and blown away by some graphics on this system (even after seeing the newer systems which sell for 700% I must say I like this system!)
The purpose for this post is just to give you heads up that these deals might me in your neighborhood too. take a peek around and pick up a system and probably 20 games for the price of one or two newer games. If you havent grabbed a system for yourself in awhile give this a shot. (If you have younger kids I say grab this sytem and probably 100 games for the price of a newer PS3 and 1 game! - your kids will love you for it) - the xbox 360 is a little more expensive but it plays the older games too (all that ive seen so far) and is a nice way to get the newest games and still have a chance to buy these older titles and play them on the same system.
a few titles that i thought were great and you should check out. - all of these I picked up for 5$ or less and would have payed much much more for them.(although with a baby in the house these older games are all i will be able to afford for a bit)
Peter jacksons King Kong - a great playable version of King Kong! You even get to play the great ape in some scenes - cool stuff.
John Carpenters the Thing. This takes off from where the movie stopped - good fun!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I wasnt expecting much for this title when i picked it up for $1 - boy was i surprised!
Gun - a mature western themed game.. a must see!
Thief (and thief deadly shadows) - You play a thief in a midievel fantasy land. Get your pick pocket on!
Matrix Path of Neo - fun movie inspired game
Tiger Woods. - Ive seen several version (2003-2007) personaly i loved 2005 but all were worth playing
Scooby Doo 1000 fright - fun scooby stuff
Fight Night (1-3) great boxing games - filled with famous boxers.
Dark Watch - a vampire western? fun stuff
ok enough praise for video games... back to the other stuff!
2 comments:
I borrowed the old Xbox from a friend that moved on to newer systems last year. I too haven't really played video games since the Super Nintendo was replaced by the N64, and I have to say that some of the games are great, I am especially fond of the Oddworld series and Psychonauts. Thanks for the recommendations!
xbox also has a free online gaming engine called XLink Kai so you can play the games like Halo2 online without paying for xboxLive. This might require you to get your xbox flashed but thats easily done and then you would get xbmc which is a great way to play files off your pc onto your tv. I also agree with JJ Psychonauts is a really good platform game which should appeal to oldtime gamers. I'm 42 so I guess that means me. I reside in the UK and here you can get an xbox off ebay or similar for £10 thats about five US dollars these days so yeah get an xbox for fun. Oh yeah if you liked Gun (GTA in the West) then you would probably like Red Dead Revolver.
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