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A feature that I consider to be a bit of a lost art in games is the ability to customize the soundtrack with your own music. This feature was possible on early CD consoles, especially if they loaded the main game into RAM allowing for the disc to be swapped out.
The Original XBox is the king of this feature though, and it’s one of the things about the console that nobody seems to big up, but you just KNOW that if it were a Nintendo or SEGA platform you would hear about it to no end.
The Original XBox was edgy, alternative, and rogue. This feature supported it wholesale. You could copy music CD’s to the internal hard disc and listen to them in supported games. This was a revelation for some key titles, with the cream of the crop for me being the Tony Hawk series. Not only did the series have more entries on the XBox than any other console, they also had this feature which perfectly compliments the entire culture of skateboarding. For a series all about creative expression, rebellion, and suburban/urban themes of adolescent frustration, it makes perfect sense.
Plus, you can listen to Weird Al in GTA, thanks to the custom soundtrack option for the radio. Nothing beats a police chase with “Albuquerque” blasting the whole time.
(Bumping this thread because the XBox section is probably the most negative right now and I’d like to have some joy in here.)
The Original XBox is the king of this feature though, and it’s one of the things about the console that nobody seems to big up, but you just KNOW that if it were a Nintendo or SEGA platform you would hear about it to no end.
The Original XBox was edgy, alternative, and rogue. This feature supported it wholesale. You could copy music CD’s to the internal hard disc and listen to them in supported games. This was a revelation for some key titles, with the cream of the crop for me being the Tony Hawk series. Not only did the series have more entries on the XBox than any other console, they also had this feature which perfectly compliments the entire culture of skateboarding. For a series all about creative expression, rebellion, and suburban/urban themes of adolescent frustration, it makes perfect sense.
Plus, you can listen to Weird Al in GTA, thanks to the custom soundtrack option for the radio. Nothing beats a police chase with “Albuquerque” blasting the whole time.
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(Bumping this thread because the XBox section is probably the most negative right now and I’d like to have some joy in here.)
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