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Gen Z Reacts to the Original Xbox
- Thread starter IbizaPocholo
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SupremeHoodie
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If you’re in your early to mid 20s and claim this gen z tag with any sincerity then go get your head checked.
MarkMe2525
Banned
I don't know if it's because this reminds me of my mortality, but this was hard to watch.
SlimeGooGoo
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Fatbody
Member
I clicked on this expecting to get a little hit of nostalgia mixed in with some “I’m getting too old for this shit.” But instead, I got the cast of Empire and a weepy teenage girl talking about her panic attacks.
Also, I vividly remember playing with people on the west coast from my suburban basement in NY on the extremely ahead of it’s time OG Xbox Live. There was nothing like it in 2002. It was a unified, system level platform that connected living rooms together all over the planet with a push of the A button. Not only does this video not mentioned anything about it, they straight up deny its existence.
Also, I vividly remember playing with people on the west coast from my suburban basement in NY on the extremely ahead of it’s time OG Xbox Live. There was nothing like it in 2002. It was a unified, system level platform that connected living rooms together all over the planet with a push of the A button. Not only does this video not mentioned anything about it, they straight up deny its existence.
Kuranghi
Member
Fond memories of my chipped Xbox running XBMC and outputing 720p and DD/DTS through VGA + optical, watching movies, playing sound through my Logitech Z-5500s. Having surround sound in console games that early on was immense.
Getting the most stoned possible and watching Advent "won't someone please think of the" Children in that fashion was amazing. I'm sure there was a 720p copy around before the disc release.
Getting the most stoned possible and watching Advent "won't someone please think of the" Children in that fashion was amazing. I'm sure there was a 720p copy around before the disc release.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
First Gen Z-er loads Halo CE and says...
So many hardcore Halo nerds just cried out in anti-sprint pain. Fucking LOL.
So many hardcore Halo nerds just cried out in anti-sprint pain. Fucking LOL.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I made some bank off chipping the OG Xbox back then, our company had one of the few legal mods and never gave/sold dodgy games etc. Just pure modding and the gamers were left to "backup" their games themselves. XBMC was crazy good back then. Such an awesome community of homebrew mods too. The Xbox 360 and Live/DRM killed that shit off though.
Stephen Curry
Member
Being 21/22 now means you'd have been around 7 in the last year of the Xbox in 2005. That's not that young so I don't understand why they are acting like this is ancient technology.
sainraja
Member
Why would you want to restrict running in Halo in any way?
People are able to run. Why can't the Spartans or why shouldn't they be able to run?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I wouldn't, I don't mind sprint per se but I do like it implemented well. It's a common thing among Halo nutters though.
Stephen Curry
Member
One of Halo's main gameplay appeals is that you are not penalized for shooting while moving, jumping, or shooting from the hip like literally every other mainstream FPS. Sprint makes you put your gun down to run at full speed and changes how maps/guns work to account for that. A lot of people feel like that makes the gameplay less interesting.
alabtrosMyster
Member
Because it's YouTube now, it has replaced basic TV and >99.997% is fake produced in a YouTubers mansion where a bunch of them live.
Especially "reactions" type video.
JimboJones
Member
Did they bond over discussing the toxic behaviour of teabagging one another?
kurisu_1974
Banned
Feel like these nitwits would have been just as stumped with current consoles tbh.
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Bernd Lauert
Banned
Dude ten years younger than me:
"HoW dO i PuT iN tHe GaMe????"
Apparently CDs are some ancient history shit
"HoW dO i PuT iN tHe GaMe????"
Apparently CDs are some ancient history shit
GymWolf
Member
Modern people use fucking spotify to listen music so they probably never even used a cd...Dude ten years younger than me:
"HoW dO i PuT iN tHe GaMe????"
Apparently CDs are some ancient history shit
mansoor1980
Gold Member
one of the worst videos i have seen recently
MidGenRefresh
*Refreshes biennially
That 13 year old:
GymWolf
Member
They were starting but the chick had a panic attack when she heard the word toxic most probably...Did they bond over discussing the toxic behaviour of teabagging one another?
jufonuk
not tag worthy
I feel this.Meanwhile Gen Xers:
If I walked into that room going from the SNES I wound have freaked out that I was some awesome room. I guess I can also in hindsight appreciate the leaps the OG Xbox helped to create in console gaming. Well of course not just the Xbox but the PS2 and GameCube. But let’s not forget the real hero the Dreamcast.
man they don’t know shit. Remember back in the day you had to plug your NES into a box to stop the TV/VHS interference.
I think I Gen X have gone from new technology which wasn’t user friendly so we had to plug in wires switch channels make work arounds (scart, scart adapters , RGB, region locked games and game adaptors etc) DVD region unlocking etc. To super easy new tech HDMI that is user friendly.
Also had my son tell me that snes graphics are terrible and look old fashioned. Lol. I had to call myself before telling him he should know where gaming came from. Before telling him of the glory of the 2600
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Wildebeest
Member
It's good that these geriatric millennials can still form bonds over video games. Just let them win, and lie to them by telling them that their opinions are still relevant. It is kinder.
Spaceman292
Banned
Things that are different are scary
Amory
Member
I mean it clearly says Gen Z in the title of the video
SkylineRKR
Member
Because this is fake ass.
The purpose is acting like they don't have a clue. Otherwise its not 'fun'.
Kssio_Aug
Member
I find the attempt of this video cringier than the "teens" in there. It's clearly exaggerated... My brother in law is of their age and he had an Xbox 360 and a PS3, so obviously he knew how to use a disc (and I'm pretty sure he also had a PS2 when younger). The original Xbox and PS2 is by no means that alien to these young people, except if they were living in a cave.
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nikolino840
Member
Maybe "kids" "kidnapping" ? If so is too black humor for a company
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
wait, did people always connect their console to their TV via the front of the TV? I always used a SCART lead and connected it to the back of the TV.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
The reactions they do are very exaggerated.
If you show them an NES or an Atari, they might start to pass out.
If you show them an NES or an Atari, they might start to pass out.
kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
Relax. It's just a commercial.
The US never used Scart, the nearest alternative was component (uncommon for regular CRT) or S-Video. Even then these consoles still shipped with composite cables, even in Europe where most TVs had scart.
Still triggers me that people connect their PS2 via the composite cable, despite their TVs having a component input
FromDuskTillGameOver
Member
OG Xbox was a anomaly in the console buisness that will never reappear. Ill never forget tht first time i saw the linux dashboard with all the bells and whistles. He had an dvd recorder built in, so he could rip Games/Movies/Music, stored them in an FTP Server and could reburn them anytime. Also he loaded N64/PSX games via his FTP Server to play them on the emulator on the console. It was black magic and anything was so promising for the future of home entertainment. I really miss those days...
sainraja
Member
I think that is a silly reason NOT to have sprinting/running in the game. Master Chief is capable of running and so the game should support it. Appreciate the response though! Thank you!
Ofcourse, the focus should be on implementation.
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sainraja
Member
For me, the controller just ruined the experience on Xbox. The S controller (IMO) didn't really improve much. The best Xbox controller was introduced with the One in my opinion. My issue with 360 was the weird battery hump on the back, the shape and d-pad.OG Xbox was a anomaly in the console buisness that will never reappear. Ill never forget tht first time i saw the linux dashboard with all the bells and whistles. He had an dvd recorder built in, so he could rip Games/Movies/Music, stored them in an FTP Server and could reburn them anytime. Also he loaded N64/PSX games via his FTP Server to play them on the emulator on the console. It was black magic and anything was so promising for the future of home entertainment. I really miss those days...
GymWolf
Member
I loved their big controllers, nowadays they only produce controllers fro midgets hands...
Today my switch pro controller arrived and i was hyped after all the praise online just to find this small ass thing that is even smaller than xone pad...
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