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[wwm0nkey]

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Microsoft shutting down the servers for the original LIVE service to "make way for new features" which have still yet to actually happen.

So let this thread be about all the good times you remember having on the original Xbox service, you know when it was full of KSI members and kids talking about Runescape

Halo 2 and Spy vs Merc on Chaos Theory will always be my top 2 OG Xbox LIVE games.

 

[Princess Skittles]

I only ever played PGR2 on it and not even that much thanks to the.. "special" people that typically populate Live.

Oh, no, I DID play some PSO.. and the people there were much nicer, but I guess I realized I had had my fill of that game on the Dreamcast.

 

[ultron87]

PGR2 Cat and Mouse on Nurburgring remains one of my favorite multiplayer experiences ever.

And Halo 2 was pretty good too.

 

[wwm0nkey]

I still think its a load of BS that they took the servers down. Have the features you want to include done before taking out a service for them and have them done in atleast a year.

 

[GasProblem]

Mechassault was the first game I played on Live, actually, I think it was one of the first times I played a game online. I went :O when I heard people talk through the mics, haha.

 

[Gandie]

It's been one year and MS has delivered none of the things I was hoping for, except for the improved speech quality over XBL.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Mechassault was the first game I played on Live, actually, I think it was one of the first times I played a game online. I went :O when I heard people talk through the mics, haha.

Yeah the first time you talk on a mic with a large group of people, that moment was awesome. I personally didnt start online gaming till Halo 2, good times.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I only played Phantom Dust and Street Fighter Anniversary Collection, but they are missed.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Pour one out for Crimson Skies. Then thank the space gods for snoopy:flying ace.

 

[Xenon]

This thread reminds me of the fun I had with Rainbow Six:3 online. Good times =)

 

[naib]

Mechassault was the first game I played on Live

Me too. I was booted from the first few games I joined and I gave up.
My first time online on a console.

I miss GR2:SS more than anything.

 

[TheOddOne]

Pour one out for Crimson Skies. Then thank the space gods for snoopy:flying ace.

Offtopic: You have the most awesome avatar ever, I aint even joking around. I keep reading it in Ryan Davis voice. Brilliant.

 

[Hey You]

Its unbelievable that its already been a year. I only got Xbox Live (for my 360) in Jan.08 I still played some Halo 2. I remember playing alot of H2 on April 15th. It was pretty fun and I wish I wasn't late on the scene.

Spoiler

I still want a bigger friends list Microsoft.

 

[Sanic]

I still think its a load of BS that they took the servers down. Have the features you want to include done before taking out a service for them and have them done in atleast a year.

Seriously. We haven't really had anything even announced let alone released.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Halo really hasn't been the same since imo.

Chaos Theory and RS3 were top notch as well.

 

[Diablohead]

moto gp 1 and 2, godly online 16 player games.

pgr2 was great fun, played it with some good friends at the time more then randoms.

Halo 2 and republic commando online were some of the best shooters back then, good times.

 

[The Lamonster]

Sucks that we can't get patches anymore for games like KOTOR.

 

[DRock]

Seriously. We haven't really had anything even announced let alone released.

Didn't they increase the quality of voicechat? Maybe that was something that old XBOX Live couldn't handle?

 

[LosDaddie]

Halo 2 is/was my most played XBL game. Either Crimson Skies or NFL 2k5 come on 2nd. I really wanted to get into Forza1, but was still too busy with Halo 2.


Great games for their time, but I prefer Halo Reach...and I'm sad no CSkies sequel has come out.

 

[water_wendi]

i wonder how long the 360 infrastructure (Arcade titles, online play, etc) will be left intact?

 

[Grisby]

Pouring a hard one for Ghost Recon, Crimson Skies, Halo 2 and the granddaddy, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory.

Oh, and Doom 3 co-op.