22nd January 2010, 8:32 PM
I'd seen it there a week or two ago, but didn't want to get it unless it was cheaper... well, it was today. I got an Xbox from Salvation Army for $20 -- half off the sticker price. It came with the power and AV cables, a controller (the original kind, which was another thing I liked about it because I prefer the original Xbox controller to the S), and a game that was in the drive, Namco Museum -- at least it's a decent one, and something I don't have!
They didn't test it of course, but it works fine, fortunately. I picked up two other games (complete) for $3 each at another store.
Xbox
--
System w/ 1 original-style controller, cables
Namco Museum (disc only)
Quantum Redshift
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
... Yeah, definitely two of my more wanted Xbox games. I've played some of both before, they're just fantastic games... but I hadn't played much single player Crimson Skies. Awesome game!
It is too bad, though, that my TV's 480p mode evidently doesn't work. The thing has component plug inputs on the back, and my cousins gave me a PS2/Xbox/X360 component/composite cable, but either the cable or the TV is bad, because with both the PS2 and Xbox, when I go into 480p mode the screen badly messes up. I'm betting it's the TV because the cable works fine in composite... (it has both a yellow plug and the three component plugs as well as white and red audio jacks). PS2 has very few games with progressive scan support so I didn't care much, but Xbox has more so it's kind of too bad, considering I actually have the cable. Oh well.
They didn't test it of course, but it works fine, fortunately. I picked up two other games (complete) for $3 each at another store.
Xbox
--
System w/ 1 original-style controller, cables
Namco Museum (disc only)
Quantum Redshift
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
... Yeah, definitely two of my more wanted Xbox games. I've played some of both before, they're just fantastic games... but I hadn't played much single player Crimson Skies. Awesome game!
It is too bad, though, that my TV's 480p mode evidently doesn't work. The thing has component plug inputs on the back, and my cousins gave me a PS2/Xbox/X360 component/composite cable, but either the cable or the TV is bad, because with both the PS2 and Xbox, when I go into 480p mode the screen badly messes up. I'm betting it's the TV because the cable works fine in composite... (it has both a yellow plug and the three component plugs as well as white and red audio jacks). PS2 has very few games with progressive scan support so I didn't care much, but Xbox has more so it's kind of too bad, considering I actually have the cable. Oh well.