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[Syphon Filter]

Original Dashboard:

New Ip's:

Controller:

 

[Wario64]

You forgot Frame City Killer

 

[Fracas]

Feels like ages ago. It's been a super long gen.

 

[A good poster]

Yup, that was quick.

 

[Unregistered007]

ok?

 

[Oxnard Montalvo]

Man I miss the blades and no ads.

 

[NateDrake]

I miss the original dashboard. Sure, it looks dated now but it worked well.

 

[Kyoufu]

Biggest thing I can remember from the early 360 days was the RROD fiasco. The old dashboard was decent. Definitely better than it is now.

 

[Vashetti]

RIP Blades

 

[Penguins&PolarBears]

Man I miss the blades and no ads.

Press the big guide button in the center of the controller. Nothing has changed.

 

[Willkiller]

This is like a Patrick quick look.

 

[Soulflarz]

My fav was the dash before they became all boxes

You guys? Old one better?

 

[Tenumi]

Man, the blades dash feels like forever ago. I barely remember using them anymore, to be honest.

All honestly, though, besides the ads, I think I do like the newer dashes better. No real reason, I just think they look better.

 

[cbox]

Playing dead rising the first time was an insane experience. I played it with my friend, and we were just absolutely trashing a group of zombies. We had never experienced that before, good times.

 

[El_Chino]

I remember thinking "Wow! It tells you what game is in the disc tray!" I was so young and naive.

 

[CambriaRising]

There was a time when the opening sequence matched up with the controller's lights perfectly.

Once

 

[Mr.Fresh]

I hated the blades. It would take ages for me to find anything I was looking for.

 

[miked808]

First game I booted up.

 

[Izick]

Fantastic machine. One of my favorites up there with the Genesis.

 

[Jhriad]

5 pictures and practically no text. Pretty quick I suppose.

 

[Zomba13]

The blades seem like something from a previous console.

I don't miss them one bit though I do prefer the fewer ads there.

 

[Tomat]

I miss the old dashboard. Wish we could have that again with a better marketplace browser.

The XBLA marketplace as it is is still total shit anyway.

 

[eternaLightness]

I still remember how blown away I was when i first saw Gears. I didn't get to play it until some years later but still was impressed with how good it looked.

 

[Bsigg12]

I hated the blades. It would take ages for me to find anything I was looking for.

Was about to say this. It's damn near impossible to be efficient when looking for Arcade games or videos or anything with the Blades. The current dash is much better at that, especially with the Bing voice search stuff with Kinect.

 

[metareferential]

The 360 had a really good launch line-up (PGR <3), and some truly incredible games early in its life.

Playing Crackdown and Gears co-op on live was something special.

I really hope MS can repeat itself with the new xbox's first year.

 

[CambriaRising]

Press the big guide button in the center of the controller. Nothing has changed.

It isn't the same thing and you know it.

 

[RdN]

Wow, I had forgot about this first version where the Marketplace didn't have it's own blade. Indeed it feels like a very long time.

 

[Izick]

Also, the Blades UI had ads.

 

[salromano]

You forgot Frame City Killer

I kinda wanted to play this.

 

[OMG Aero]

I wonder how many Xboxes actually exist that still have the blades.
I was super bummed out when Giant Bomb discovered one then they updated it.

 

[borius]

Fantastic start, it was slow, but it was the first to come out, 1 year in advance and its predecessor wasn't a success at all.

 

[CambriaRising]

Also, the Blades UI had ads.

It did. The OP's screenshot of the version 1.0 dash isn't even the one it launched with.

 

[Tyrax]

Totally missing out on XBLA and geometry wars.
Kind of a big deal

 

[fallagin]

Is this a new 360 model?

 

[Gaogaogao]

Press the big guide button in the center of the controller. Nothing has changed.

you hear that guys? nothing has changed.

 

[dc89]

I liked the Blades. I remember thinking how the original 360 UI just blew my mind coming from the previous gen.

 

[Raptomex]

Yeah the dash wasn't cluttered with nonsense.

 

[Data West]

This screenshot was the start of next-gen for me.

Loved Dead Rising 1. Wish more games this gen were like it. Loved DR 2 too. I really hope 3 is there for the start of next gen, I'll buy it on either system.

 

[Izick]

 

[notworksafe]

Totally missing out on XBLA and geometry wars.
Kind of a big deal

XBLA was an Xbox 1 thing too.

 

[D4Danger]

Microsoft with that 2004 OS X envy. brushed metal and gel blobs everywhere.

How times have changed.

 

[pswii60]

Don't forget Lost Planet.

Remember playing the hell out of Geometry Wars, Mutant Storm Reloaded and Zuma when I first got my 360.

 

[Tomat]

Anyone else think Geometry Wars 1 is kinda shit? The difficulty in that game was wack.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

I hated the blades. It would take ages for me to find anything I was looking for.

The blades were good at launch but after a few months it became impossible to find anything as the amount of content increased, lots of drilling down. As flawed as today's dashboard is it's infinitely better than the blades were at the end of their life.

 

[CambriaRising]

Anyone else think Geometry Wars 1 is kinda shit? The difficulty in that game was wack.

The (large) appeal for it at launch was the leaderboard/social aspect of the game.

 

[MoeB]

sigh. alan wake was such a disappointment for me. i wanted to like it so much.

 

[pswii60]

Anyone else think Geometry Wars 1 is kinda shit? The difficulty in that game was wack.

You just don't get it. It's all about the leaderboards and beating your friends' scores. And just because you suck at a game doesn't automatically make it 'kinda shit'.

 

[Woorloog]

Anyone remember how fucking slow the Guide was?

 

[megalowho]

Some promising stuff from XBLA at launch.

 

[Deku Tree]

The 360 also had a killer timed console exclusive in Bioshock a little bit later on August 2007.