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Xbox Music Mixer


several features that enhance the Xbox's multimedia capabilities: The Xbox Music Mixer comes with a few accessories like the microphone that can be used with the "Xbox Music Mixer". The Xbox Music Mixer is currently no longer sold at retail stores. It is now considered rare and can only be bought online from auction websites such as eBay. Even when sold online, it is still very difficult to find one that still comes with the microphone and even more rare to find one still in its original packaging. While Microsoft no
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APB: All Points Bulletin


the EA announcement that the title was being developed for Xbox 360, during today's presentation [at E3 2010], Realtime's Dave Jones said that the first consideration would be the PC release, and then it'll come to the console side. So, while what follows isn't strictly for the Xbox 360, it seems that Realtime Worlds sending the game our way is a definite. If everything that I saw today actually comes to our favourite system, we should all be very, very happy." In July
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Xbox 360 launch


as quickly as possible. Evidence indicates that Microsoft launched with all consoles available at the time, and was operating at maximum production capability (that is, they did not withhold produced consoles). They did not, however, build up a sufficient supply of consoles to satisfy the entire demand at launch. This allowed them to launch several months earlier than would otherwise be possible, but also led to shortages. Immediately after the launch, reports about the new machine's technical glitches started coming out. Some reported the Xbox 360
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Overload (video game)


for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will come later in Q3 2018. When the game was first announced, it was described as a 'spiritual successor' to "Descent" and "Descent II". On release, the game received positive coverage from "Rock, Paper, Shotgun" and "Engadget", with Dominic Tarason of the former calling it "very good". "Metacritic" states that the game received "generally favorable reviews". "4Players" praised the music as well as the level and sound
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Castle Crashers


under the working title "Ye Olde Side-Scroller"; however, the game did not receive its title until 2006 Comic-Con, when it was announced for Xbox Live Arcade. Though the original Comic-Con 2005 demo was shown running on a Nintendo GameCube, no mention has been made of a release on a Nintendo-based platform. It was released for the Xbox 360 on August 27, 2008. On July 23, 2009 The Behemoth announced that "Castle Crashers" would be coming to the PlayStation Network
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Big Bumpin'


Gamasutra's interviewer, Brandon Sheffield, noted the odd choice of an American company using a British developer, but Oliver explained that Burger King was familiar with their first Xbox release "Fuzion Frenzy". The development began as Xbox Live games, but Burger King wanted the games to also be playable on the Xbox, but the console platform was not able to access Xbox Live Arcade. Burger King decided that having them as boxed games which would require the customer to come into the store to obtain the game. When advised of
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Double Fine Happy Action Theater


game and avoided added extraneous features, as to make the game "more like interactive experiences", according to Drew Skillman, the technical artist for Double Fine. Schafer wanted to avoid over-thinking any aspect of the project: the team did add the idea of Xbox Achievements, but Schafer avoided adding any more features as he felt that the more open game is "very powerful when you put kids in front of it and see how much they’re able to make out of it". Skillman admits that they could
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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition


single player. At the Expo, Keiji Inafune explained Capcom's reason for choosing the Xbox 360 as the prime console saying "What the Xbox 360 represents is a great balance. When you think about when it was released, what it can do, how much it costs, the type of games it will have, it's just in a very nice position. The PlayStation 3 being that expensive is going to put it out of the price range of a lot of people, but yet the 360 will still be there
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DayZ (video game)


team is targeting the release at an audience who want to be involved in what Hall called a "very barebones experience that is a platform for future development." At Gamescom 2018, it was revealed that game would be released on the Xbox One's Xbox Game Preview on August 29, 2018. "DayZ" was officially released out of early access for Windows on December 13, 2018, and will be released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in early 2019. The alpha release sold over 172,500 copies in the first
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Online console gaming


it was initially quite popular when launched on September 10, 2000. Unlike a standard ISP, game servers would be connected directly into SegaNet's internal network, providing very low connection latency between the consoles and servers along with standard Internet access. "ChuChu Rocket!" was the first online multiplayer game for the Dreamcast. Xbox Live (trademarked as Xbox LIVE) is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft Corporation. It was first made available to the Xbox system in 2002. An updated
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Japanese war crimes


then as soon as they get behind the lines they drop grenades and you lose a few more people. You get a little bit leery of taking prisoners when they are fighting to the death and so are you." The other reported, "Very few of them came out on their own; when they did, why, usually one in the front he'd come out with his hands up and one behind him, he'd come out with a grenade." Soon after the war, the Allied powers indicted 25
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Tim Hetherington


. In a June 2010 interview for "The New York Times", when asked by photojournalist Michael Kamber about "Infidel", the book he did with Chris Boot that was about to be published, Hetherington commented on the level of danger he encountered when working on it:The first time I went to Afghanistan, in 2007, the world was very much focused on Iraq. People had forgotten – and now we have come to accept – that the Afghan war was going out of control. When I got to the
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Armen Anassian


was talking about it, the idea was so amazing. I myself was very skeptical, understandably so. But the truth is, it happened. We did it." He goes on to say, "I did one tour as concertmaster and I got to know [Yanni] very, very well." "[Yanni] heavily relies on his instincts, and I am happy to say, they're usually good. Especially when it comes to people, when it comes to audiences, when it comes to music
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World of Tanks


2014. All stats on all of the players who participated were reset. The people who participated in the beta got the game first when the full version came out on 12 February 2014. On 18 February 2015, Wargaming announced that they were developing an Xbox One version of the game. The game was released on 28 July 2015. It supports cross-platform play between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Players' status and progress can be transferred from the Xbox 360 version to the Xbox One version. Xbox Live regulations bar
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Monster 4x4: World Circuit


, they will perform a stunt from the ramp. Other games may make use of this peripheral as well when using the same controls. The game was met with very mixed to negative reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 54.18% and 51 out of 100 for the Wii version, and 50.82% and 47 out of 100 for the Xbox version. Two additional "Monster 4x4" sequels followed "World Circuit": "Monster 4x4: Stunt Racer" and "Monster 4x4 3D". The first was
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds


Bleeds" is generally regarded as an inferior sequel to the 2002 Xbox-exclusive game, with GameCell UK stating that "There are other games out there that do what this does better; one ironic thing is that the first "Buffy" game is one of them. The Xbox "Buffy" seemed to play much more smoothly and faster, had 5.1 sounds and did not have so many combat glitches and iffy collision detections." "Xbox World Australia" mentioned that "It manages to improve slightly on most aspects of
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List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360


original Xbox games were available until April 15, 2010 until support for original Xbox games were discontinued. System link functionality between original Xbox and Xbox 360 remains available. Microsoft launched the "Xbox Originals" program in December 2007 where Xbox 360 owners could purchase select original Xbox titles digitally if they did not own a game disc and could be found inside their own section in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Beginning in June 2009 the branding was phased out and the games were moved to the "Games on Demand" section of the store
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Star Ocean: The Last Hope


We can say that it will be released first [on the Xbox 360]. Whether we'll release it on the PS3 is undecided. We may release it, we may not." Square Enix and "The Last Hope"'s development team later stated that there were no plans for a PS3 version. In an interview, Yamagishi said that Xbox 360 was the first seventh generation console to come out, and its "extremely well-made hardware", from a developer's standpoint, as the reasons why he
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Castle Crashers


finding available online games, as well as their Xbox 360 sometimes freezing when attempting to join an Xbox Live game, or while already in a game. "There are certain network settings," said Paladin, "where, if you're in a very specific network environment, it won't work with another person's connection and that's what's happening. But that's something we're already addressing by working with Microsoft to get a patch out as fast as possible." In addition to multiplayer problems, the game
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Perfect Dark Zero


did not become disorientating. A first-person roll was implemented at one time, but it was ultimately dropped. Because "Perfect Dark Zero" was intended to be an Xbox 360 launch title, the last stage of development was very challenging and several features had to be canceled so that the game could meet the launch deadline. The number of players in multiplayer matches had to be reduced from 50 to 32, and a "dataDyne TV" mode that would have allowed players to upload and watch multiplayer matches over Xbox Live
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Brain Challenge


), but still singled out the Stress Test as an innovative twist to the brain exercise game formula, as was its review of the Xbox Live Arcade version (7.2/10), though it did mention, "There's quite a bit of depth to "Brain Challenge"...Making your way through "Brain Challenge" could take a very, very long time." "DS Fanboy's" review was more generous with an 8/10 review, and while calling it "an odd little game", it praised, "Lots
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The Pinball Arcade


and a user interface revision. Although FarSight Studios expressed interest in working on Xbox One, they did not commit to developing the game until 2014. It was formally announced at GDC 2014 along the "ID@Xbox" Program, following Microsoft's relaxation on publishing policies before the Xbox One's launch. The game, plus its first three seasons of content, was released on November 24, 2014. Despite releasing on April 21, 2016, the game was intended for release within the system's launch window. When it was unveiled
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Official Xbox Magazine


games out of 10.0 with increments of 0.5. The UK edition though switched to a 10-point scoring system, scoring games out of 10. This ratings scale was detailed on the introduction page to every issue's review section. A score of 10.0 was not considered perfect, but is called "Classic" and is considered to be "one of those rare and very best of games." "OXM"'s review scale did include a score of 11.0 (termed "Mecha Godzilla's Choice") as "Perfect,"
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50 Cent: Bulletproof


received generally very mixed reviews due to poor game-play mechanics, but it was praised for its solid storyline and music. It received 1 out of 5 and a Golden Mullet from X-Play. In spite of this, it received a positive rating of 8/10 from "Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine". The PlayStation Portable "G-Unit Edition" was also received by generally very mixed reviews from critics. GameSpot's Alex Navarro did, however, say that it was a better game than the PS2 or Xbox
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List of Xbox games compatible with Xbox 360


360 consoles with the program ending less than two years later in June 2009. The following is a list of all backward compatible games on Xbox 360 under this functionality. At its launch in November 2005, the Xbox 360 did not have hardware-based backward compatibility with Xbox games due to the different types of hardware and architecture used in the Xbox and Xbox 360. Instead backward compatibility was achieved using software emulation. When the Xbox 360 launched in North America 212 Xbox games were supported while in Europe 156 games were supported.
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List of Xbox 360 accessories


and other Xbox 360 content would be coming on April 6. According to Major Nelson, any USB flash drive over 1GB can be configured for use, with up to 16GB per device and two devices per system. He also announced that Microsoft will be partnering with SanDisk to create Xbox 360 branded USB flash drives that will come pre-configured for use right out of the box. With the Fall 2012 Dashboard update, released on October 16, 2012, the flash drive size limit has been increased to 32GB
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The King of Fighters '98


could have been a lot better." He also found that the game had a bug when he tried to perform a special move from Mai Shiranui, which unlike the other ports, is very inconsistent. GameRankings gave "Ultimate Match" a 77% based on 14 reviews for the PlayStation 2 version and 74% based on 5 reviews for the Xbox 360 version. Metacritic gave it a 73 out of 100 for both the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions based on 11 reviews and 4 reviews respectively. Various publications for video
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Xbox (console) special limited editions


consoles, these did not have the "Special Edition" label on the front right of the console. This Xbox was given to hardware companies that produced components for the Xbox such as Nvidia and Intel. A translucent green Controller S was included with this model. These are considered to be rarer than the Launch Team console because of their distribution to companies rather than individual people makes them harder to come across in the world. Units Available: 50,000 planned - 10,000 sold Retail Price: ¥35,800 JPY In 2001, a Clear
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List of Xbox 360 retail configurations


game demos, video clips and a free Live Arcade game, "Hexic HD". In July 2007, this version of the Xbox 360 began appearing with the Zephyr motherboard (the motherboard used in the Elite) which features HDMI 1.2 output and an improved GPU heatsink. Although this model did include an HDMI output, it did not come with an HDMI cable. Starting at the end of September 2007, the newest systems were shipped with the new "Falcon" motherboard. This motherboard includes the new 65 nm CPUs,
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The Darkness II


of gunplay and superpowers far better than its predecessor ever did – even if those powers will inevitably conspire to turn the game's protagonist into a monster and wreck his entire life." 411Mania gave the Xbox 360 version 7.5 out of 10 and called it "a fun, albeit short, romp through the criminal underworld and several sets of NPC innards that you'll be glad you took." However, "The Digital Fix" gave it seven out of ten and said it was "very much a mixed bag. Despite
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List of video games notable for negative reception


I grant the Zero Punctuation Lifetime Achievement Award for Total Abhorrence to "Ride to Hell: Retribution", which it will hold indefinitely until a worse game comes along. That should roughly be around the time apes have retaken the Earth!". The game has a Metacritic score of 19 out of 100, based on 14 reviews of the Xbox 360 version. It is the third lowest scoring game on the Xbox 360, and the lowest scoring retail Xbox 360 game. It received a 13 out of 100 score from Metacritic
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Indie Games Uprising


The Indie Games Uprising is a developer led event designed to promote the "best of the best" Xbox Live Indie Games. The promotion was originally conceived by Robert Boyd of Zeboyd Games and Ian Stocker of MagicalTimeBean, when they noticed that they both had games coming out in the same time frame. The first Indie Games Uprising launched in December 2010. The promotion was curated by developers Robert Boyd and Ian Stocker. Notable releases include Cthulhu Saves the World, "Soulcaster II", Decimation X3 by Xona Games, and "
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind


add-on modifications on the Xbox version was unhappily felt, as was the non-native resolution, but the qualities of detail and open-endedness which had similarly graced the PC release made good the Xbox release's faults. "Morrowind"s Xbox release sold very well; it continued to rank among the top 10 sellers on the console one year after its initial release—a feat matched only by "". In spite of its critical and commercial success, "Morrowind" did not win any end-of-year
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Xbox controller


hands. It was meant exclusively for the Japanese market. After the original controller had received much criticism, and initial sales of the Xbox were very low, the "Controller S" was later released in other territories by popular demand and in 2002 replaced the first-generation controller in the US Xbox's retail package, and Europe in 2003, with the larger original controller remaining available as an accessory. Seamus Blackley was a Video game developer for  Xbox and helped design an early prototype controller. The first-generation Xbox controller
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Jack Thompson (activist)


contracting with Rockstar Games to release the game on the Xbox. The Xbox version has since been cancelled for undisclosed reasons, but a version was released years later on the Xbox 360. In August 2006, Thompson requested a congressional subpoena for an early copy, threatening to file suit in Miami if he did not gain help from U.S. Rep. Cliff Stearns. Once the game is out, according to Thompson, "the horse will be out of the barn and it will be too late to do anything about it". Thompson
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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light


owned series - Kain and Raziel of Crystal Dynamics' "Legacy of Kain" series, and Kane and Lynch of IO Interactive's "" games. The first downloadable content pack, entitled "All The Trappings", received a thirty-day free release alongside the online cooperative patch on 27 October 2010 for Xbox 360. "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light" was very well received by critics. The Xbox 360 version of the game holds an average score of 85 out of 100 on the aggregate website Metacritic.
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2003 Serena Williams tennis season


when Williams hit a first serve in the seventh game and denied such happened. Williams was the world no. 1 and defending coming into the Wimbledon Championships. Williams began her title defense 24-hours after the upset of no. 1 and defending men's champion Lleyton Hewitt, However, Williams did not want to be part of history to have 2 world no. 1 and defending champions bow out in the very first round as she routed compatriot Jill Craybas dropping three games in each set. In the following round, Williams faced Els
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Xbox One


clear advantage at launch, that edge is slowly evaporating as Microsoft has worked feverishly to undo most of the Xbox One's original missteps." Nick Pino of "TechRadar", giving it four stars out of five, similarly felt that the Xbox One "[felt] more like a media titan today than it did 12 months ago," citing OneGuide, Upload Studio, and Microsoft's decision to drop the Xbox Live Gold requirement for multimedia streaming apps, and that "there's still a lot of potential locked away
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History of the ambulance


a system of fixed-wing aircraft and ground facilities designed to provide medical services to the Australian Outback; the first custom-built air ambulances did not come into existence until the late 1920s. These ideas became reality under the guidance of the Very Reverend John Flynn in 1928 when the Australian Inland Mission service established the Aerial Medical Service, a one-year experimental program. Physicians in this program had several responsibilities, one of which was to fly out to a patient, treat the patient, and fly the patient to a
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Billy Bean


for three years. He had his first sexual experience with a man when he was 28 years old. Bean came out as gay to his parents during his time playing for the Padres. He came out publicly to Lydia Martin of the "Miami Herald" in 1999. He became the second Major League Baseball player to publicly come out as gay. Glenn Burke was the first to come out to his teammates and employers during his playing days, though Burke did not come out to the public at large until his career was
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Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds


button attack system from "Tatsunoko vs. Capcom" and the addition of Simple Mode. Unlike previous titles in the series, Capcom had no plans for an arcade release, and focused only on console versions for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. When asked if Capcom was planning to release the game on other consoles, Niitsuma did not dismiss the possibility for a Nintendo Wii version; however, this ultimately did not come to fruition. Employees from Marvel Comics worked closely with Capcom's art design team to ensure that each character from
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy


" FPS. Sure, it's the best one yet, but with some often laughable AI and creaking tech underpinning it, the flaws are there for all to see." Kevin Gifford of 1UP.com scored the Xbox version a B-. He lauded the addition of Xbox Live support and the ability to use a lightsaber from the opening, two of biggest criticisms of "Jedi Outcast". However, he called the graphics "worryingly out of date by current Xbox standards", saying that when playing in first-person mode
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Coming Out on Top


some of the programming, while Doubleleaf did the scene art, Badriel did the backgrounds, and Saguaro did the programming. The character of Brad took a while to create due to frequent rewrites. She relied on the community response to improve the game; in one instance she had previously removed a heavy-handed coming out scenario with the protagonist's parents, but after a community member noted the issue was never addressed, she decided to add it back but with a lighter more comedic tone. When the game was first beta
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Chessmaster


and features animated 3D sets in which the pieces "walk" between squares and have simulated battles when a piece is taken, reminiscent of "Battle Chess" or the Wizard's chess set from Harry Potter. "Chessmaster 10th Edition" also comes packed with a pair of red and blue glasses to view the set in "enhanced 3D". An Xbox Live Arcade version with Xbox Live multiplayer and Xbox Live Vision camera support for the Xbox 360 called "Chessmaster Live" was released on 30 January 2008, but is no
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Dynasty Warriors 3


to turn on Japanese voices and they are considered to be of a much higher quality. IGN strongly criticized the Xbox version over the sound, both music and the voice acting. Despite a number of negative points coming up throughout the review it scored 6.8/10 and the reviewer saw it had potential to become a very good game. "Famitsu" gave the PS2 version 34 out of 40. Chi Kong Lui of GameCritics.com looked past the sound and graphical flaws and concentrated more on the gameplay and setting, giving a high score of
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Gentleman's Agreement


it comes out, it is very well received by the magazine staff. Kathy meets with Dave and tells him how sick she felt when a party guest told a bigoted joke. However, she has no answer when Dave repeatedly asks her what she did about it. She comes to realize that remaining silent condones the prejudice. The next day, Dave tells Phil that he and his family will be moving into the cottage in Darien, and Kathy will be moving in with her sister next door to make sure they are treated
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Mary Wings


. Her work is driven generally by the desire to discuss underrepresented topics that are relevant to her personal life. Initially, she did not intend to publish any of her work. Wings was not originally a cartoonist or part of the 1970s underground comix movement when she created her first comic book, "Come Out Comix." This comic book was created in response Trina Robbins's comic in "Wimmen's Comix" number one, "Sandy Comes Out""—"the first comic about lesbians. Wings was angered by "Sandy Comes Out,
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Xbox (console) modchips


use of third-party homebrew software and legal backup discs. These modchips were the very first modchips to appear on the Xbox console. These chips resulted from the initial work eavesdropping on the HyperTransport bus of the Xbox. Common features of this generation of modchips include basic abilities such as burned discs, removal of region restrictions and removal of Macrovision protection from video DVDs. One major issue that occurred with this generation of modchips is that it only worked on the first revision of the Xbox motherboard which was labeled v1.0. Another issue
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The Fabulous Five (book series)


Seeing as how she did very well in science at Wakeman, she can't figure out why she is not doing well here. She tries to be enthusiastic about her answers, showing initiative, and working carefully to ensure that each assignment or test is done correctly. However, she cannot catch a break from her teacher, Ms Finney. When a science fair opportunity comes up, Christie decides to go all out in order to show Ms Finney that she is a good student. She comes up with an idea that
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Halo (franchise)


launch title for the Xbox video game console. After receiving Xbox development kits, Bungie rewrote the game's engine, heavily altered its presentation, and turned it into a first-person shooter. Though the first "Halo" was meant to include an online multiplayer mode, it was excluded because Xbox Live was not yet available. "Halo" was not intended to be the Xbox's flagship game due to internal concerns and gaming press criticism, but Microsoft VP of game publishing Ed Fries did not act on these concerns.
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List of Xbox 360 accessories


support for the Big Button Pads. The Big Button Pads use an external IR receiver which connects to the Xbox 360 via USB. When the IR receiver is connected all four quadrants on the 'ring of light' are lit to tell the user that four controller devices are active. These Big Button Pads can be used at the same time as the wired and wireless gamepads and the wireless headsets. The Xbox 360 Arcade Gamestick from Mad Catz has a full size joystick and spinner control. It comes with the Xbox Live Arcade
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Xbox (console) special limited editions


, a copy of "Panzer Dragoon Orta" with its soundtrack CD, and a dragon head necklace. When the console was first planned, 3,000 units were set to be produced, but during production, the process of applying the silk screen design of the black lines seen on the top of the console proved to be a very difficult task. Units Available: 20,000 Manufactured - 5,000 sold (Europe) Retail Price: €229/£149 On May 2, 2003 a Translucent Green Limited Edition Xbox(rare) was released in Europe to celebrate
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Borderlands (video game)


a rating of "Great" and the game went on to win the site's Xbox 360 Game of the Year award, and be named the Runner-up for overall Game of the Year 2009, losing out to "Demon's Souls". In late August 2009, Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich said ""Borderlands" could very well surprise the market and consumers as "BioShock" did in 2007." By December 2009, the game had sold over 2 million copies according to Take-Two
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Herschweiler-Pettersheim


, and work began again in 1923. The industry’s promising development was again cut short in October 1929 when the stock markets in the USA crashed and the Great Depression struck the industrialized world. Since demand for diamonds was now very slight and since rough stones were now hard to come by anyway, many diamond cutters were out of work for weeks or even longer. Once the National Socialists had seized power, though, the situation did not improve at first. The Nazi boycott of Dutch and Belgian diamond dealers, brought about
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Rebecca


that the two nations will never gain power simultaneously; when one falls, the other will rise, and vice versa. According to tradition, Rebecca did not share the prophecy with her husband. When the time came for Rebecca to give birth, the first child to come out emerged red and hairy all over, with his heel grasped by the hand of the second to come out. Onlookers named the first עשו, Esau ('Esav or 'Esaw, meaning either "rough", "sensibly felt", "
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Xbox (console)


in its first day and became the best-selling Xbox game worldwide. "Halo 2" became Xbox Live's third killer app after "MechAssault" & "". That year Microsoft made a deal to put Electronic Arts's popular titles on Xbox Live to boost the popularity of their service. By 2005, despite notable first party releases in "" and "Forza Motorsport", Microsoft began phasing out the Xbox in favor of their next console, the Xbox 360. Games such as "" and "Perfect Dark
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Dismas Clark


Charles Dismas Clark (1901–1963) was an American Jesuit priest based in St. Louis. In 1959, he created the first halfway house to support men coming out of prison: Dismas House. Clark knew that if a man coming out of prison could be given a decent place to live and a job, he rarely returned to prison. However, if a man did not receive such support he had a very high chance of committing another crime and returning to prison. For his work with ex-convicts, Clark earned the
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A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story


and Tracey issued a restraining order against him, but he continued to harass and threatened to kill her. Tracey went to the police, but they did very little to help. After the divorce was finalized, he showed up again, causing Tracey to call the police hoping that when they saw him threatening her, they would arrest him. Buck demanded Tracey to come out immediately, and when he stated that he wanted them back together, she refused to stop the divorce. When the police showed up, Buck pulled out
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection


. On August 27, 2018, the changes were published for all players. On March 12, 2019, following a series of teases, Xbox Game Studios announced on the "Inside Xbox" live stream that "The Master Chief Collection" would be coming to Microsoft Windows via the Steam digital distribution platform in addition to the Microsoft Store. Splash Damage and Ruffian Games aided 343 Industries in the development of the port. Xbox Game Studios plans to roll out the individual games in the collection separately, starting with "Halo:
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Xbox (console) modchips


to their Xbox such as replacing the internal 8GB hard drive with something larger and running their own dashboard (Xbox operating system). The second generation modchips did not have the capability to enable these functions. In addition to this, the next revision of the Xbox v1.1 started to become more and more prevalent in the field. The second generation modchips were still unable to run on these Xbox consoles. This generation of modchips improved upon the previous generation in many different ways. The first major improvement was the fact that now
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Danny Thomas


the series was coming to an end. After several auditions, I was the first von Trapp cast. I asked Danny Thomas if he would let me out of my contract so I could be in the movie and he was very gracious to let me out of the last show of the season. He didn't have to do that and I am very grateful he did." In 1965 and 1966, Danny Thomas presented "The Wonderful World of Burlesque", featuring Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, Don Adams, Carol
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Māui (Hawaiian mythology)


and "Tuna" struck her and covered her with slime. Hina was able to escape back to the house but did not tell Māui what had just happened. But the next day it happened again and Hina told Māui. Māui then ventured to the banks to find and kill Tuna. Māui was very flustered and was going to punish the long eel, so then he laid out traps in order for the Eel to come out of hiding. When Tuna came out of hiding, Māui pulled out his stone axe and killed
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Kameo


the game was a suitable fit for players' first experiences on the new Xbox 360. The game released without online support for co-operative play, but Rare promised to add the feature as a free patch and did so in April 2006. The patch let two players play the story simultaneously when their consoles were connected through Xbox Live or System Link. It also added new achievements. For a fee, players could download a series of costume packs that change the visual appearance of the game's characters. In September 2006
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Xbox One


even when the console is in sleep mode. It is possible to wake the console with a command, although settings are available to change which individual Kinect functions are active. Prior to and after the mandate, all Xbox One consoles initially shipped with the Kinect sensor included. On June 9, 2014, cheaper Xbox One bundles were introduced, which did not include the Kinect sensor. Microsoft stated the decision to offer Xbox One bundles without Kinect was to "[offer] a choice to people that would allow people to buy
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Dark Void


just very forgettable after you beat it." "The Daily Telegraph" gave the Xbox 360 version five out of ten and called it "a game we wanted to like more than we did. Its retro sci-fi concept is so appealing it initially makes it tempting to excuse some of the game's rougher edges. In the end, however, no amount of nostalgia can absolve the game of its ropy gameplay, patchy plot, substandard production, generic (and sometimes poor) level design and thin content; the
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The Enchanted Princess


woman appears with a basket full of seeds. She scatters them all over the grass and tells Henry that as his first task he has one hour to pick all the seeds up and place them back in the basket. She leaves him and Henry laughs out loud at what he sees as a pointless task and goes off for a walk instead. When he comes back the woman is very angry that he did not even attempt the task. Next she takes twelve golden keys and throws them into a pond giving Hellmerich his second
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Peter Jackson's King Kong


"Making of" was actually the "Bonus" disc and vice versa. The signature edition also comes with a Topps trading card of King Kong, a code for a downloadable ringtone, and a cover signed by Peter Jackson. Symptomatic of early seventh generation console games, the Xbox 360 version is only set up for HDTV, leaving the image on standard-definition TVs very dark and unsatisfactory for gameplay. As a result, Ubisoft recommended fans buy the Xbox version until a fix for the problem was produced. The patch
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Deus Ex: Invisible War


porting "Deus Ex" to PS2 when creating the console version. The team wanted to bring the original PC-based experience to consoles rather than making the game for consoles, so the team chose the Xbox as it had the largest memory capacity out of available consoles at the time. The biggest issue faced by the team when moving from PC to console was the smaller processing power and RAM. Due to the limited hardware of the Xbox, the environment sizes needed to be scaled down compared to the first game, but
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Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)


" the composer expounded much later on what he meant: One very important point was that when Hitler attacked Russia, he did so with his entire military might. Practically everyone who lived through it remembered the event as an instantaneous shock of tremendous power. None of this comes out in the symphony. The "invasion" theme begins very softly in the strings, "pianissimo". It eventually becomes a howling monster, but only gradually. If this music portrays an invasion, it is not depicting a sudden one. It
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Namco Museum


disc, however, they do not come with achievements or online play. "Namco Museum Virtual Arcade" is the first "Namco Museum" game to include "Sky Kid Deluxe" (1986), while all of the rest were already or previously available on consoles. In common with other disc releases that include full Xbox Live Arcade games on-disc (like "Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged" for example), installation of the game disc to the Xbox 360 HDD is disallowed. Xbox Live Arcade Games Museum Games Arrangement
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Xbox One


technology, 1440p resolution, and/or 120 Hz refresh rate on compatible displays. The Xbox One X is compatible with all existing Xbox One software and accessories. To assist in optimizing the new hardware to run existing games at 4K resolution, Microsoft developers used internal debugging software to collect GPU traces from major titles that did not run at full 1080p resolution on the original Xbox One. "", which uses a scaling system that dynamically lowers the game's resolution when needed to maintain a consistent frame rate, was able to run
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The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age


and the Xbox version 75 out of 100, based on thirty-eight reviews. Eurogamer's Patrick Garratt scored the Xbox version 7 out of 10. Comparing the combat system to "Final Fantasy X", he wrote "it's a great formula [...] but there's nowhere near the depth." However, he praised the graphics ("the presentation of the combat sequences will leave Tolkien fans in absolute ecstasy") and the story ("the story itself is actually very cool, and for "LOTR
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Riley Freeman


personal gain, such as stealing his Granddad's car with knowledge that Riley will not reveal they did it, then when it was eventually returned, they stole his new bike, fitted with rims riding as they shouted: "Thank you for not snitching!...You stupid motherfucker!" Riley also contacts Ed when he needs additional muscle, such as when he tries to get his Lethal Interjection chain back from Butch Magnus or when he and Huey need to seek out the Xbox Killer. Riley likes to make fun of the Dubois
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Metal Slug 3


are peripheral to the experience itself. If these things don't concern you, then you'll have a blast." Eurogamer's Spanner Spencer scored the Xbox version 7 out of 10. He praised the original game, but as an Xbox game, he found it somewhat wanting; "So short, so sweet. Two-player spins it out for a while, and there are Hard and Very Hard modes, but at £15 if you shop around "Metal Slug 3" arguably transcends the usual rental recommendation.
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Showdown: Legends of Wrestling


point in the game's favor was the inclusion of many famous arenas used for pro wrestling and many other sports. They included: "Showdown: Legends of Wrestling" was met with very mixed reception upon release. Metacritic gave it a score of 55 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version, and 57 out of 100 for the Xbox version. "Xbox Nation" called it "a steaming doodie. With extra stank on it." Consumer reaction was negative too, though not excessively so, primarily tempered by the
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Alien: Isolation


but did not specify any format. Sega boss Mike Hayes also said that the game was going to be "very much a triple-A project. We want this to be a peer to the likes of "Dead Space 2"." Although the game's name was anticipated following a trademark registration in October 2013 and some screenshots of the game were leaked in December 2013, "Alien: Isolation" was formally announced and confirmed for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One
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Metal Slug 3


an Xbox title, it was weak when compared to other games on the system; "If this game were $20 or even $30 it would merit a better score and better recommendation. This is not a $40 value unless you absolutely must have this game on your Xbox. When this game drops in price (and it will), that's when you'll want to snatch it up for sure." He scored the Xbox 360 version 7.4 out of 10, again feeling that the game was good for
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Free60


Free60 is the successor to the Xbox Linux Project that aims to put Linux, BSD, or Darwin on the Microsoft Xbox 360 using a software or hardware based "hack". The Xbox 360 uses hardware encryption and will not run unsigned code out of the box. The project's goals were met in March 2007, when shortly after the announcement of a critical software vulnerability in the Xbox 360 Hypervisor a loader for Linux appeared, which allowed to run a Linux ported to the Xbox 360. To date, there are two
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Boom Boom Rocket


Boom Boom Rocket (BBR) is a downloadable video game for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service. "Boom Boom Rocket" is the first rhythm game for Xbox Live Arcade and was developed by "Geometry Wars" creators Bizarre Creations and published by the Pogo division of Electronic Arts. The game was made backwards compatible on Xbox One on July 26, 2016. The objective of "Boom Boom Rocket" is to trigger fireworks explosions in time with music, in a gameplay style very similar to that of "Dance Dance
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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood


. However, he confessed that in some areas, the game did take liberties with historical actuality; "Bound in Blood" received "generally favorable reviews," with the PC and PlayStation 3 versions holding aggregate scores of 78 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on thirty-nine and forty-seven reviews, respectively. The Xbox 360 version holds a score of 77 out of 100, based on seventy-seven reviews. GameSpy's Eric Neigher scored the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions 3 out of 5, writing
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Xbox (console) special limited editions


only available by having a winning scratch card when you purchased a Popcorn and Pepsi meal in participating UK UCI Multiplex cinemas. No other information about the packaging is known. Packaging is the same as the original black Xbox but has an additional sticker on the rear of the box stating hulk edition. Comes with a standard black controller. Units Available: 1 Retail Price: Not For Sale The Atari Edition Xbox was given away at the Leipzig Game Convention in 2004. It is one of a kind and is orange in color.
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Joseph Fielding


-episcopalians, did not practice baptism. He was aware that the missionaries were coming to England and eagerly awaited their arrival in Preston. According to Joseph his brother had, "raised their expectations very high." In this way, James laid much of the ground work for the conversion of his members to the Mormon faith when they were invited by him to preach in his chapel, which they did for the first time on Sunday 23 July 1837, speaking at two services and again during the week. When the missionaries
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Butch Reed


the Steiners when one of the members of Doom pinned Rick Steiner after a headbutt with an illegal object in his mask. Doom followed up on this success by defeating Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich at , looking very strong in the process. Doom's next PPV outing did not come with the same success. Along with the Steiner Brothers, The Road Warriors, and the Samoan Swat Team they were entered in a one night, tag team round robin tournament. They did not score a single point, ending dead last in the
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G-Force (film)


average score of 41 out of 100 based on 19 reviews. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film 2.5 stars out of four and called it "a pleasant, inoffensive 3-D animated farce". The video game based on the film was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows on July 21, 2009. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions come with 3D glasses. G-Force: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film
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Star Trek: Legacy


Responses to the Xbox 360 version were slightly more positive than to the PC version. Reviewers felt that the 360 version did not contain some of the perceived control difficulties of the PC version, which had resulted from mapping the Xbox Controller onto a keyboard. Also absent were the issues with game compatibility encountered by some users of the PC version. GameSpot's Jason Ocampo scored the game 7.2 out of 10, writing ""Star Trek: Legacy" for the Xbox 360 captures the grandeur and feel of the epic starship battles in
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High-definition optical disc format war


entered into talks with Sony regarding Blu-ray; although, Windows Vista has supported basic filesystem and shell functionality for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD since launch, relying on third parties to implement movie playback. A Blu-ray drive was not released for the Xbox 360, but its successor, the Xbox One, features a built-in Blu-ray drive for movies and gaming, and the Xbox One S supports Ultra HD Blu-ray for 4K playback. Toshiba's pull-out did not
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ZSNES


featured netplay via TCP/IP or UDP. Due to being written in low-level assembly language for x86 processors, it is not possible to port ZSNES to devices using RISC processors. Commercial gaming consoles did not typically use x86 processors (with the original Xbox being the most well-known exception) prior to the eighth generation, with the 2013 releases of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. British game magazine Retro Gamer called ZSNES "very impressive" and praised the "incredible toaster mode" in 2005. With the
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Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved


player shots and the behavior of certain enemies. This version introduces new enemies and a score multiplier that increases as the player destroys enemies without losing a life. The game initially started out as a way for the team at Bizarre Creations to test out the Xbox controller while making "Project Gotham Racing". The team included the game as an extra in the sequel not expecting very much. When the creators realized how popular the game was they decided to work on a stand-alone game for the 360's Live Arcade.
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Halkhori


about the name called “Chakwa”, it is very difficult to point out who named this place as “Chakwa” How did the name come into existence? Who was the first person called this place as “Chakwa”? The answers of all these questions mentioned above are unknown. No one knows about it. Now if I judge and utilize my creative and critical thinking for the origin of the name of this village, I think the name “Chakwa” might have come like these: Some of the elders of
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Seventh generation of video game consoles


Sales in North America and Europe have continued to be strong, even after the release of the Wii and PlayStation 3. Like its predecessor, the Xbox 360 received a muted reception in Japan, attributed to the lack of content aimed at Japanese gamers. This early launch did come with some trouble, as technical problems appeared in a portion of Xbox 360 units sold. The most well-known problem is the "red ring of death" and Error E74, which received a great deal of attention due to some users having
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The Driver


when it was released (there was a delay because the studio were waiting for other Bronson films to come out). Hill says he was interested to see how "pure" a film he could make: a genre film that did not conform itself in conventional, Hollywood ways. He said he wrote it as a "very tight script." "I knew when I was getting ready to do the movie that I was taking a chance," said Hill. "This was not meant to be an everyday action
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ZootFly


Xbox Magazine and in that interview stated that ""What Zootfly did for us, inadvertently, is help sell the concept. When their footage came out, we were close to our green-light meeting, and when the executives saw the reaction from the fans, they immediately knew, 'Hey, Ghostbusters is going to be a big hit – we need to put this game into production."'" TimeO, another title developed by the same team as ZootFly's "Ghostbusters" game, dropped off the radar
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Sarah Kemble Knight


holy Sister just come out of a Spiritual Bath in dripping Garments." This is not the last danger water presents during Knight's journey. Near the end of the journey, she has a rather close call when she writes, "But in going over the Causeway at Dedham the Bridge being overflowed by the high waters coming down I very narrowly escaped falling over into the river Hors and all wch twas almost a miracle I did not." In addition to the danger posed by the rivers, Knight writes about the less
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Dragon Ball Z: Sagas


on a rechargeable meter for power. The most powerful Ki blast is the "Special Move" found in the first level. Each character has their own special Ki blast, but they all have very similar properties. "Dragon Ball Z: Sagas" received generally mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 52% and 51 out of 100 for the Xbox version; 52% and 48 out of 100 for the GameCube version; and 49% and 49 out
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PocketBike Racer


as boxed games which would require the customer to come into the store to obtain the game. When advised of the difficulty in the production, Burger King explained that it would be able to get approval from Microsoft and that both the Xbox and Xbox 360 versions of the game should be available on the same disc. Blitz Games assigned two project managers for the games, Chris Swan and John Jarvis, who held daily conference calls with Burger King and Microsoft's Xbox division throughout the project. Blitz Games worked on increasing communication between
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Xbox 360 system software


supports playback of DVR-MS, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and WMV videos. Every Xbox 360 can play DVD movies out of the box using the built-in DVD drive, with no additional parts necessary, although the user may control everything with an optional remote. There are other improvements to the experience on the Xbox 360 over the original Xbox too, including the ability to upscale the image so it will look better. Progressive scan is another feature of the DVD output in the Xbox 360 that produces smoother output when playing movies
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Xbox Live


Microsoft sent these beta testers a translucent orange memory card, a headset carrying case, and a beta tester tshirt with the slogan "I have great hands". When the service debuted, it lacked much of the functionality that later titles included, but Xbox Live grew and evolved on the Xbox and many aspects of the service were included with the Xbox 360 console out of the box, rather than through a later update. Microsoft's 5000th patent was Live-related and gave Xbox 360 users access to watch other gamers compete
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Ōoka Tadasuke


Ōoka was born in 1677, but did not come into public notice until he was 35, when he was appointed an obscure judgeship. When he accepted this job, he found out that there was a long–standing boundary dispute between the farmers of the Yamada and Wakayama (Kishū) fiefs. While it was obvious that the Yamada claim was the just one, no previous judge had been fool enough to irritate Yoshimune, Lord of Kishū, as he was very close to the shogun, Tokugawa Ietsugu. However, Ōoka
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Chesney Brown


go on a holiday with her when he finds out she has lied about the seriousness of her condition. In January 2007, when Cilla returns, Chesney begins to feel unwelcome. In May, Les leaves Weatherfield to work as a roadie and has little subsequent contact with Chesney. By October 2007, Cilla also chooses to leave Weatherfield for Las Vegas because she has come into money. Not wanting to take Chesney with her, she gives him £1,000. He spends a third of his money on an Xbox 360, angering
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The Sims Bustin' Out


The Sims Bustin' Out is a video game that was released in 2004/2003 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, & N-Gage. It is the second title in "The Sims" console series and the first "The Sims" title not released on Windows PC. It featured the same 3D environment and engine the past game did, however adds several features from "The Sims" expansion packs: "", "", and "". As the title suggests, the
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