Xbox Originals Manuals and more

Does anyone else find it annoying when reliable resources go missing? In late 2007, when Microsoft launched the “Xbox Originals” project, allowing original Xbox games to be downloaded in their entirety and played on the Xbox 360, they also uploaded instruction manuals for those games for viewing on Xbox.com. Continue reading “Xbox Originals Manuals and more”

Download several Xbox and Xbox 360 instruction manual PDFs here!

These manuals were released on Xbox.com, free to the public. They were a batch of manuals made available as part of Xbox Originals and other programs when full sized games were being made available digitally over Xbox Live. The push to include manuals for all digital games didn’t seem to go much beyond this list, and some Originals, like Psychonauts, Crimson Skies, Fuzion Frenzy, and a few others, have seemingly been removed from the website.


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Xbox Support Sets the Standard

I had a relatively simple question about my Xbox Live account, earlier today, but the answer just wasn’t clear to me. So I hopped on the online and asked the support rep. I had an answer within minutes and was on to the next thing. Mark was a big help. But it got me thinking… I’ve contact Microsoft’s support team a few times in the last few years, and every time they’ve been a huge help. All too often when I call one company or another for support, they find a scape goat. “It must be your internet connection,” they’ll say, or “have you replaced the batteries?” I’ve been asked. Whether it’s for a few hundred dollars in a game console, or thousands of dollars on an enterprise server, I have to work with tech support all the time, and the Xbox Support team continues to deliver the best experience. Continue reading “Xbox Support Sets the Standard”

Downloadable Xbox 360 deals for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, all week!

Major Nelson has posted a list of big deal discounts on Xbox 360 games over the next week or so! Are there any XBLA games on sale you have been looking to pick up this 2013? We have provided the whole list here. Continue reading “Downloadable Xbox 360 deals for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, all week!”