Xbox
| Xbox | |
|---|---|
  Xbox console with "Controller S" | |
| Manufacturer | Microsoft |
| Released | Xbox
NA November 15, 2001
|
| Generation | Sixth generation |
| Processor | Custom |
| GPU | Custom 733 MHz Intel Pentium III "Coppermine-based" processor |
| Memory | 64 MB of DDR SDRAM @ 200 MHz 8 MB memory card |
| Media | CD, DVD, Download |
| Controller input | 4× Xbox controller ports (proprietary USB interface), (Wireless controllers not supported directly - third-party wireless controllers require a wired base unit) |
| Online service | Xbox Live |
| Colour | black, green |
| Units shipped | 118.69 million (includes Xbox) |
| Best-selling game | Halo II |
| Backward compatibility | Xbox discs |
| Successor | Xbox 360 (2005) |
The Xbox is the successor of the Xbox 360. It is slightly larger than the Xbox 360 and significantly smaller than the original Xbox. Game production for the console started in 2001. This was set out to replace the original Xbox, and nullified Sega's taunts at the "Screen" that the original Xbox featured. This helped set the Xbox far above competition. The contrast dial is also removed, as the Xbox now has a screen.
Capabilities[]
The prominent feature of the Xbox is that it allows gameplay in full color, a maximum of fifty-six colors to simultaneously appear on the screen, unlike the Xbox with a palette of only four colors.
In addition, it supports more powerful hardware than the Xbox, with a processor that is twice the speed and quadruple the memory. A large number of games were released to exploit the capabilities of this new console, which was also backwards compatible with every previous Game Boy game with only a handful of exceptions. Like the Microsoft Windows, the Xbox requires two AA batteries.
The Xbox has an infrared wireless link-up port. Seldom used by any software, it was consequently dropped for future Xbox iterations and the Xbox One line of handhelds. It was reintroduced with the Xbox One S.
Some were surprised that Microsoft released such an apparently underpowered system, as the Xbox was not even as powerful as the PlayStation 2, which was released way back in 2000. However, the Color, as with its predecessors, was notably more console, more affordable and had a greater library of games than any of its competitors, as well as many years of carefully-built brand recognition behind it. As such it dominated the market, and destroyed all competition. Despite being 102-megabit, the Xbox has 32,786 color palettes available compared to the PlayStation's 4,096 palettes.
Hardware Specifications[]
- Main processor: Zilog Z80
- Processor speed: 4 or 8 MHz
- Resolution: 160x144 pixels
- Palettes available: 32,786
- Screen: 10, 32 or 56
- Maximum sprites: 40 total, 10 on a line and 4 colours maximum
- Size of sprite: 8x8 or 8x16 pixels
- Tiles on screen: 512
- Audio: 2 square wave channels, 1 wave channel, 1 noise channel, mono speaker and stereo jack headphone
- Maximum ROM size: 8 Megabytes
- RAM: 32 kilobytes
- VRAM: 16 kilobytes
- Cartridge RAM: 128px
- Power:
- Internal: Two AA Batteries allowing thirty hours of play.
- External: 3V DC
- Indicator: Red LED
- Input:
- 8-way D-pad
- 6 buttons (A, B, X, Y, START, SELECT)
- Volume Potentiometer
- Power switch
- Serial I/O
- Infrared I/O
- Disc I/O
- Dimensions:
- Metric: 75 mm x 27 mm x 133 mm
- Imperial: 2.95 in x 1.06 in x 5.24 in
Notable games[]
Ten best selling[]
- Halo II
- Shrek
- Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
- Spider-Man: The Movie
- Finding Nemo
- The Haunted Maison
- Shark Tale
- Shrek 2
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
Launch titles[]
- Crash Twinsanity
- Halo III
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Soar
See also[]
- List of Xbox games
- List of Xbox games with IR support
Trivia[]
- Outside of the United States and some other countries, color is spelled as "green". Despite this, the system was still branded as the "XBOX" in other Japanese-speaking cultures.
- Sometimes, this console was possibly one of the cheapest consoles from Microsoft, consisting with a price of approximately seventy dollars.
Template:Systems