I'm Buying Original Xbox Games In 2022...Here's Why 

Because these games just work. I’m sick of all the nonsense you have to go through today just to play a game. I bought a slim Ps2 with a selection of games and it was very refreshing to just turn it on and the game just work. Amazing

My dad bought me a Xbox at launch. Such a awesome system. It felt so futuristic. I remember the Duke controller being way to big

The 10 best years in video games were from 1995 (with the launch of the original Playstation) to 2005 (with the launch of the Xbox 360). I still have my original Xbox, had a lot of great times with it.

Over here finding OG Xbox games has actually become a bit more rare. But 360 games can be snagged up cheaply with regularity. Probably not a bad idea to build a collection now, before things inevitably explode in price in 20 years. Collecting both, myself. The OG Xbox has a surprisingly solid library and I feel it's overlooked a lot.

Love the old Xbox and it’s games. Enjoy watching MVG and all the home brew community stuff. It’s a cool system.

I love the OG Xbox, been collecting for it since it launched 21 years ago - HD compatible, no memory card needed, custom soundtracks - will always be one of my favourite consoles and the HD compatibility has kept it hooked up in my main gaming set up while most other retro consoles are separate under my ‘thank god it still works’ CRT setup.

Wow my OG Xbox was stuffed into a box in the basement for 4 years and I just decided to pull it out and set it up on Friday! I was feeling really nostalgic for some Burnout 3 Takedown and it fired right up with component RGB cables. It was a blast remembering how I felt 18 years ago when I first played Burnout 3 and it’s still one of my all time favorite games, I forgot how challenging it could be too. We need a remaster!

The original forza motorsport towards the end of the og xbox's life was mind blowing. I don't know how I would feel about these games now but I have fond memories of escaping my crappy reality in my teenage years to the emersion I got from xbox and gamecube games. Love the channel mate, thanks for reminding me of the good old days 😁

Xbox Classic is a really awesome console in 2022 👍 Main problem is I had couple of discs in my collection those where bad. Like I wonder if most game still work over 10 years ? 😳

Playing old games Just works, it just works. No annoying d*cks online No micro transactions No long waits for content No incomplete games No bullshit no strings attached Born in 96 so my childhood was early 2000’s What can I say, I’m still living in the past and it’s f*cking wicked 😎🤘

Have to say, I think the graphics on the OG Xbox hold up really well today. Really putting me in the mood to grab mine from my storage unit. Remember just being amazed that you could rip CDs to the hard drive and play in games. Just blew me away.

I work in recycling, mainly paper, but we do take electronic waste as well. Well someone brought a box of what we thought was just books. Charged her 10$ to drop it off, it had like 40 PS2 games. All complete, a couple even sealed still! Insane. My boss is reselling what was valuable and I got to keep the rest! Love when this happens 😂

Wow, its crazy you’re doing this. I just started collecting again for original Xbox as well. There’s a tonne of great games for the console.

I recently bought an original Xbox and am collecting for it. So many memories from my teen years. I have been playing Project Gotham Racing 1&2, Amped Freestyle Snowboarding, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, RLH Run Like Hell, and Halo 1&2. I have been enjoying playing original Xbox games over anything new as of late.

Great video. Growing my collection as well. The original xbox and the 360 were amazing. So many creative games.

I’ve actively been collecting for The original Xbox for about 2 years now. Original Xbox was the first console I bought with my own money when I was younger and my current collection is a little over 25% of the NTSC games!

I remember how big of an upgrade 720p was over 480p. It seems silly now, but back then it was night and day.

Original Xbox was my favorite system to collect for, and I had a pretty epic collection. But a tornado wiped it all out last year. All tallied, I lost about double my insurance limit. That's counting all systems and games, at market value as of time of loss. Was floored and devastated to see what years of collecting added up to, but it's definitely a testament to the financial viability of just collecting the games you love, as you can afford, over decades. It's not money wasted... unless a natural disaster makes it all go poof in an instant.

That HDMI mod really breathes new life into the system

Hi Spawn what HDMI adapter do you use on your XBOX? Thanks Awesome collection, huge score there

Love the Original Xbox ! One of my favorite consoles to collect for . panzer Dragoon is fantastic. It is backwards compatible as well .

If you’re interested, Spyro : A Hero’s Tail (on PS2, GameCube, and the original Xbox… I personally have the PS2 version) is one of my favorite games!

I bought a bunch of original Xbox games last year as they were really cheap and I have a strong feeling that Xbox games are going to get more expensive in the near future.

You should look into the Brooks Wingman XB. Its compatible with OG Xbox via a usb adapter and enables use of modern controllers like the XS/Elite controllers or the DS4/DualSense. The black/white buttons get remapped to the bumpers.

That TMNT franchise on the 6th gen was phenomenal, particularly due to the 4player co op.

I've been focusing alot on collecting for the fifth generation of consoles in general. Just got Metal Gear Solid 2 for the XBox not too long ago. This generation was such an awesome and creative time for video games!

Loved the video! I just picked up an Xbox 360 and started collecting for the original Xbox and 360. Loving the prices for the games. Makes it so easy and fun to collect for. I’ve always been a PlayStation guy but looking forward to getting into Xbox finally.

I never owned a OG Xbox. I had a 360. I did get Marvel vs Capcom 2 for like $50 disc only from GS back in the day. Nice to see it's valuable now

Just seeing booklets in game cases makes me nostalgic.

I've been on this for the past month. Picked up a LE Halo Ed Xbox and started stacking games immediately for cheap. The gems are no less than $30 and up but you can grab legit great games for $4-$10 complete. Still highly playable and loads of fun.

In the last few years, I’ve regretted selling my Xbox and all my games back when the 360 came. And then recently I’ve played the original battlefront/kotor on my 360 and it still looks great. I need to get one again for xmen legends 2, Batman vengeance, republic commando, bf2, and so many others

The British MVG picture was amazing Also, I totally forgot about true crime streets of LA. Was fun back in the day.

I just recently started collecting for the OG Xbox and already 10 games in. Half are stinkers but still super fun to see the history behind my go to console. Got several titles I’m currently looking for so hopefully I can get them before they become impossibly expensive

Great advice. I've been doing this with the og Xbox & PS3 over the past couple of months to get in before the market starts really climbing on those systems. I've got about as many Xbox games now as my PS2 collection, and if there's a multiplat game I'm probably gonna get the Xbox version since it looks/plays better and it's a fraction of the price. I can't justify the prices on some of my preferred systems for the physical copies so I've also started down the path of ODE. Since I have so many multiples of each console I can have my cake & eat it too. Of course I'm still willing to shell out the cash for certain titles I really enjoy just to have them. I've never particularly ever had the desire to go for a "complete" game collection for any system, not even digitally. I just want the games that I like. But there still exists the problem of supply & demand, finding these older games in the wild at a garage sale or fleamarket is a lot different now than it was 10 years ago. I almost never get good scores anymore like I used to because A) they're just not out there as much as they used to be, or B) I have a lot more competition than I used to, in my case there's a number of local "hunters" that scoop up everything and resell it for top dollar. And forget finding a good deal at a retro game store anymore. Yeah, they might have some banger titles in the glass case, but you're paying for em.

question, how does it work with the HDMI and stuff? do you need any special cables or not?

Been collecting for the OG Xbox last couple of months and has been a blast! Only regret is that I didn't got to play with it when it came out. Lots of fun games.

I fell in love with the OG Xbox! So amazing machine

I just bought a PS2 Slim at second hand store for $30. Walked to the game store and picked up a few ps2 games for $60. It's awesome. I'd highly recommend not waiting out for the "perfect" find and get whatever is available if you are interested in starting a collection.

Thanks for this video I just bought an Xbox 360 like the you had in your video on offer up got a great deal your video gave me a better look as to what games to buy down the road thanks

Where do you get your retro consoles from?

Absolutely love the OG Xbox. If your buying one now either do your homework first, some models have failing cpu capacitors while many more suffer from clock cap leakage. Die hard xbox fans will be bored of hearing about it but it’s worth considering. At this point unopened Xbox’s are more of an issue than ones that have been opened and maintained. Pro tip: Disc drives that don’t open are the best 😉👍

Started collecting for the OG Xbox about a year and a half ago when i found a copy of the futurama game at a goodwill for 2.99. Still the most valuable game in my collection but it has grown a lot since then

We need M O R E of these videos. Great work Jon.

i was really hoping you'd pop in JSRF lol. God i miss that game so much.

Mortal Kombat SHaolin Monks was a GREAT game. I loved it and I was so looking forward for its sequel, MK: Fire & Ice with Scorpion and Sub-Zero, but that game got sadly cancelled. I beat that game twice with Liu Kang & Kung Lao and twice with Sub-Zero & Scorpion (unlockeble), The 1st time with me and a friend and the 2nd time was me & my then girlfriend. Lovely memories.

Last month I discovered OG Xbox is one of the last cheap video game collecting frontiers. On eBay I grabbed 40 ish games for about 60 bucks with all the staple titles you can think you. I'm glad there is still some cheap retro collecting to be done, though it's weird to think of OG Xbox as retro. It's also a beast of an emulation console.

Nice video! For best picture I recommend component cables and Retrotink 5X. Works only in NTSC mode, but softmodding is recommended anyways on PAL systems. I currently have almost 500 games for the OG Xbox. Getting slowly more!

wassup Spawn. Have a great day. also, wish i could go back in time man. and play all my games and look into more. not having the knowledge or worry of whats to come, but to ENJOY the moment and what you have. These games still look great, it was always about having fun🤙🏼 also, also. that Mortal Kombat game looks fireee🔥

I was a PS2 user when the Original Xbox came out. I got mine in 2006 when they became cheap. bought like 15 games such as Halo, Splinter Cell, Half Life 2, Doom 3, Ninja Gaiden, Hitman Blood Money, Max Payne etc. I have collected a few more titles because of the Xbox One BC. And i also got plenty of free with GwG. After the PS2 generation i got a Xbox 360. Later on did got a PS3 for those exclusives. Also recently collecting more Third Party titles. Most of the games are ranging from 5-20 euro. So still a good time to pick these up while the prices are good. I Must have bought over 50 Games by now. But was worth every penny. Because who know's how much they're going charge for them in the upcoming years. Plus The X360 and PS3 can still be connected to a HDTV, and Online is still available for the majority of title's. But will if i ever get to play them all??? Unlikely. But working on it slowly.

i just got an original xbox half a month ago. My experience with it is really good I loved playing through halo combat evolve and I also have a copy of gta san andreas which Im finishing currently right now. Games are super cheap and I find them all the time at savers and goodwills. So if anyone here needs the question answered if they should jump on a original xbox, I have to say from my experience just go for it especially now that we know that xbox has ended its support with adding original xbox games to the xbox series of consoles. They only managed to port around 48 titles and there is 800 original xbox games so there is alot to play and alot of good split screen local multiplayer games. so go for it!

He really hooked you up. That is a great collection with some of my favs in there. Get the Otogis, KOTORS, and Baldur’s Gates games when you can!

Great video. Great raz on MVG. Yall some wholesome dudes

OG Xbox is such an under-rated system. It brought that PC like type gaming to consoles, made internal hard drives the new norm, high speed online gaming and made the FPS relevant on consoles. Great 1st console by MS.

I absolutely loved justice league heroes back in the day lol. I actually played through it like 3 times on 3 different systems. I originally played it on PS2 and then while deployed I played it on PSP and I picked it up for my Xbox later. And if I remember correctly it will actually play on the Xbox 360. One of the few co-op games I played completely through with a friend as well

Awesome vid sir. Yes indeed MK Shaolin Monks desperately needs a remake/remaster for sure. Awesome collection of games to be sent.

I just recently got back into gaming. I’ve not owned a console since the original Xbox. I broke my old console out and I’ve been playing and buying games. It’s a blast. I also just picked up a PS5. I have really missed gaming.

I like this guy he really does understand retro gaming he picks really good stuff to talk about too .

The Answer: MVG was selling Xbox games at a discount. Score!

Same Here .. Having over 21 OG Xbox Games atm for my Original *UNMODDED* Crystal Xbox.

Had the major annoyance with one of the games I bought not being backwards compatible. Should I try to get an original XBox with Jon’s mod for HDMI?

Backwards compatibility makes some of these look ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

Be sure to remove the clock capacitor folks. I just lost my OG Xbox 2 days ago and I'm pretty sure that's the cause 😭. All my childhood gaming saves are on that old console which makes it hurt that much more

Gotta love that street fighter collection for the OG xbox had voice chat and battlefield 2042 still doesn't. Miss when devs/publishers made an effort

I've been collecting for OG Xbox games over the last year, still a few holy grails to go, but pretty darn close to my ideal collection.

Very few games on the Xbox are 480i only, but with a Modded Console (which I assume pretty much every one has at this point) it's incredibly trivial to patch them to run in 480p. Which means functionally the entire Library is at minimum 480p, which is better than the other console where 480i is inevitable in some games, regardless of what cables you use.

I love the original Xbox & have close to 240 favorites for the system as well as having 2 very clean modded Xbox consoles, one with a 500GB HDD & Coin Ops 8 installed in it with Purple LED lighting, the ultimate Xbox!

These videos bring more light to these consoles and games and og Xbox games are going to start climbing in price. So glad I got most the ones I wanted years ago.

Hm I was waiting for you to talk about gun spawnwave.. what do you think about that game , I recently found it sealed for 10 dollars at a flea market.

Ahhh the years where game shipped complete and non buggy ☺️

still waiting for more original xbox games for backwards compatible?

Which video speaks about the hdmi connection? I have my Xbox put up since the picture is blurry.

MVG hooked you up big time, lots of excellent games there. Some of the best ones really.

Depending on your collecting goals, many OG Xbox games have become difficult to find and fairly expensive

You don't even need to own an original Xbox, these games work on the Xbox 360 and One and Series S/X, Microsoft's backwards compatibility is amazing.

Greetings from FL. The Halo2 release night was amazing. Probably didn't get home until 1:30 and played until the sun came out

Humble collectors (including myself): collecting xBox games happily. Spawn Wave: posts this video. A few hours ~ a few days later, prices will skyrocket on ebay and 2nd hand shops, and scalpers will empty the market from cheap games. You do realize how much RU-vidrs have influence on the market of these things? :)

Talking about how cheap certain consoles are to collect for is a good way to get the prices to go up. The less people talk about retro consoles the more affordable they'll become.

The amount of quality Xbox exclusives is staggering. Deathrow, JSRF, PGR, Amped & RalliSport 2 to name a few. I've never seen the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but that Xbox exclusive game is a masterpiece. Even more fun than the developer's subsequent release, the X1 backwards compatible Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. The combat in Buffy was just flawless. Too bad the sequel Chaos Bleeds wasn't as good.

I met Tony Hawk skating in a parking lot in Carlsbad California, he was a cool cat. His demo that summer was insane.

Where can I find a new disc drive for the og xbox. I can't seem to find one anywhere online?

Just got red dead revolver

I highly recommend looking into Castlevania curse of darkness for either the xbox/ps2. It’s the best castlevania game of the entire series imo. It’s semi open world & you get a familiar which can evolve depending on what weapon you choose. There’s a boss rush mode, the music & visuals are beautiful and aged well. If any game deserves a remaster/remake it’s this game. I’d even settle for a bare bones modem port at this point because the game is so rare & expensive.

I have Steel Batallion. I wish a company was still crazy enough to give us something like this again.

Hi what kind or name of the hdmi hook u have to make graphics better on xbox

I remember Black and the hype that surrounded it. Said to be the cutting edge of physics based simulation in the gaming industry at the time. It was more or less a $60 tech demo.

For me a Must own game during that generation is Burnout 3 Takedown.

Wow... I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 so much as a kid and seeing it again in 2022 brought back some serious memories!

I love the OG Xbox. I play mine pretty regular while in my man cave! Predator Concrete Jungle, one of my favorites.

This makes me the most sad. When I was a kid I traded in about 50 Xbox games to Play and Trade. They gave me store credit and didn't warn me I only had a year to use it. Came back more than a year later and they claimed I wasn't even in the system anymore because it had been so long. For me as a kid that was an absolute tragedy. Ever since then I've warned people that Play and Trade robs children so end of the day maybe I cost them more than they made.

Yeah it's cheap right now and your gonna wreck it for the rest of us collectors by putting out videos like this!

I collect as well, at least my "childhood favorites"...thanks to backwards compatibility on SX I also buy some OG Xbox games in the store...very convenient 😀

I have a decent OG Xbox collection, including two functional consoles. I have two systems i bought to repair, and yikes. Error Code 16 and Error Code 12. Never seen them until now. Can you recommend anything, if you have seen the errors?

The only thing I'd be concerned with the og Xbox is the hdd I'm sure this one has been replaced with an ssd with the original os installed onto it but if not that could become an issue as it ages another thing is the Xbox got more pc ports because it was basically a Dell laptop customized to run direct x and shoved into a console case

Spawn wave every other week: “imma just buy a console real quick” In all seriousness though it’s pretty cool. I remember playing Star Wars battlefront with my older brother on this thing, so I have fond memories of the console, despite never owning one myself

Glad MVG was able to help out all the way from London 🤣

best feature Black had was the custom soundtrack option, loved that back in the day

Why he collected Xbox games and made a video about it? To buy cheap, make hype and sell for a higher price.

Dude, I just snagged one from my local game shop. Going from mainly collecting ps1 and snes, I can't believe how cheap xbox games are! I also snagged the hdmi adapter, and the games actually look pretty good

The RU-vid retro gaming community is truly close and thriving. 👍🏼 I have a launch day black Xbox and Halo transparent green bundle; and many games to last me for years.

Good luck your original Xbox doesn’t break cause 3 of them broke on me and my cousins it’s the worst console that Microsoft released