I just learned that Xbox Live Arcade was a service that first started on the original Xbox, not Xbox 360. You had to order a disc online that would let you access the XBLA store. Here’s the wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live_Arcade
I’ve never heard anyone talk about this before, so I think this is really interesting. A lot of the OG XBLA games don’t even have wikipedia pages, so I’m guessing this service was pretty obscure when it came out? Anyways I found some Youtube videos of some of the games, so here’s some gameplay clips if anyone is interested:
I had the original Xbox with Live to play with friends, and I played XBLA on the 360; but I didn’t know about the Arcade function on the original. I don’t remember hearing any of my gaming friends talk about it, either.
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I had the original Xbox with Live to play with friends, and I played XBLA on the 360; but I didn’t know about the Arcade function on the original. I don’t remember hearing any of my gaming friends talk about it, either.