The OG Xbox is the first console memory i have of getting, and its the console that made me get heavy into gaming as a kid.

My house already had an N64 & the cheaper later revised small PS1 (along with my fathers old Super Nintendo), but I was there for the OGX getting it year 1 for Christmas for myself & my older brother (also was the very first console of that console gen that we got), and its still one of my favorite consoles to this day. It had acclaim back in the day & hype, even outselling the Gamecube by a lil bit at the end of the cycle, but nowadays its almost weirdly obscure-like & only thought of as a 'Halo machine" with a sprinkle of Fable & KOTOR, even though it had a lot more that was well recieved, sold well & known back then.

Well, this is my list of my personal at the time exclusive Xbox OG games, along with some mentions of titles that are/were big deals for the library & the time. If you also have a fond experience with the OG Xbox, then I love you b. These days the general public seems to treat it almost as if its the Sega Saturn or something lol.

Fav OG Xbox Exclusive Games in order (the top 4 are also some of my fav games of all time period):

1. Ninja Gaiden: Black

2. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

3. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1

4. Halo 1

5. Otogi 1 AND 2 (couldn't pick between the two)

6. Voodoo Vince

7. Fable 1

8. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

9. Dead or Alive 3

10. Panzer Dragoon: Orta

HMs: Doom 3, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Fusion Frenzy, Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, House of the Dead 3 & Jet Set Radio Future

Other Notable Exclusive Titles:

Jade Empire
Crimsion Skies
The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Breakdown
Forza Motorsport
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Project Gotham Racing 1 & 2
Mech Assault
Conker: Live & Reloaded
Phantom Dust
Shenmue 2
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Shadow Memories
Steel Battalion
Halo 2
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
Obscure
Shin Megami Tensei: Nine
Gunvalkyrie

Some OG Xbox games I have or rented that weren't good to me:

Blood Wake

Brute Force

Azurik: Rise of Perathia

Blinx 1: The Time Sweeper

Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Dino Crisis 3 (this one hurt the most because I really like the ps1 original and DC2 is one of my fav games ever smh, the cover art is even terrible af)

And here's a bonus, multiplatform games that I really like & first played on the OG Xbox:

Max Payne 1 & 2
Blood Omen 2
Mercenaries 1
Burnout 3
Hunter the Reckoning 1
Psychonauts
The Punisher
Destroy All Humans
Bloodrayne 1 & 2
Fatal Frame 1
Godzilla: Save the Earth
Mortal Kombat Deception & Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Blitz: The League
Turok Evolution

And there you have it. The Xbox that started it all with a mostly great, but now mostly overlooked library. I also enjoy this console overall more than the other 3 of its gen (Xbox > Dreamcast = PS2 > GameCube imo), but I like them all.

Too bad that Microsoft don't make 'em like this anymore

I miss the style of Xbox and ps2 games they were more cartoony then the s*** we have now

How you write ALL THOSE GAMES and leave out the 🐐

edit: nvm just saw it tucked in there

Real for Brute Force and Voodoo Vince btw

I miss splinter cell

Imagine missing out on any of these classics back in the day

Before Forza there was Project Gotham Racing where a rating system called Kudos exist. Driving with speed was important but Driving with style was necessary.

OG Xbox and 360 were so promising. Never owned the OG but I had a 360. Shame XbOne kinda dropped the ball game wise. I think Game Pass is awesome though

Played UC2 the other day for a little bit. Runs so damn good on XB1, compared to that laggy 360 version. Just wish we had access to the dlc

Need for speed Underground I & II

facts

crazy how much the ball was dropped on X1 while the OG had a s***ton of exclusives & the 360 had a moderate amount lol.

s*** is sad, and the few exclusives the x1 does have, most of them arent anything special or impactful minus a couple smh.

the upcoming gen is looking promising tho. maybe the glory days of the two previous gens will come back, hopefully

More than just Halo? Nah fam

ninja gaiden black
had to replay that classic immediately when it got on game pass

I’d happily see Xbox return to their former glory. I’m a PlayStation guy at heart but nothing wrong with some healthy competition

Just to show you how much times change. I remember getting Xbox Live back on the OG Xbox many years ago and it was $50 for the year which came with a headset AND Crimson Skies which was actually a good game

Brute Force was f***ing fye Blinx was too

please tell me someone's played fuzion frenzy

I was thinking of this game but couldn't remember the name