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Now I'm craving a creamsicle.

 

[Praise the Lorde]

Strange color. Orange is not something I would associate with Halo.

 

[Toxi]

Strange color. Orange is not something I would associate with Halo.

Master Chief's visor was probably what they were going for.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Controllers were made in a different factory. That said, orange controllers were made for the Xbox Live team, of which I own one and are rare in themselves. Both were considered for a potential Xbox Live set, but it obviously wasn't made. The Halo print is there because it probably came from the same place making it. When its a sample, it doesnt really matter.

Be sure to check my earlier post too, I added bits about other colors.

Here is my Xbox Live controller. The colors are slightly different, because again, different factories and they weren't color matched like you would see if they were retail kits.

Not the duke. Cool points lost.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Now my green one sucks.

 

[Extra Sauce]

Oh wow that's a cool looking controller.

Not gonna lie, when I see two memory card slots on the same controller I get a massive erection.

 

[Killthee]

It looks awesome, but then again I have a weak spot for translucent original Xbox's.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Not gonna lie, when I see two memory card slots on the same controller I get a massive erection.

DP fan?

 

[vatstep]

As someone who thinks the Xbox is one of the ugliest consoles of all-time, I kind of like this — probably the best version I've seen. I just like orange stuff.

 

[tazz3]

I was a huge Xbox fan I never rember seeing that back in the day .

 

[Jack Scofield]

I know all about it. I tracked down the person in charge of Xbox case manufacturing. It's the real deal, made as a sample to test potential colors. Only a handful of complete shells were made, although there were quite a few of tops made. Either way, it is really rare, and I hope it goes to someone willing to take proper pictures and put it in a museum.

There were all sorts of potential colors tested, though this seems to be one of the most common (and thus, the most survived). There were red ones made as well, multicolored, colorshifting, and even glow in the dark.

A museum? It's just an different colored Xbox.

 

[Rivitur]

?

 

[Finale Fireworker]

A museum? It's just an different colored Xbox.

Are there even gaming museums? Maybe in Japan?

 

[The Lamonster]

God damn, there is some sexiness in this thread.

I refuse to buy an Xbox One until we get some cool colors for it.

 

[Loxley]

Are there even gaming museums? Maybe in Japan?

The Smithsonian has a sizeable video game exhibit.

 

[Ronabo]

Wasn't the Halo 2 Mtn Dew orange?

Could this been a promo for that?

 

[Borman]

Not the duke. Cool points lost.

This should make you excited then. Never released to the general public. Plus, the Live controller was filled with two beta memory cards

A museum? It's just an different colored Xbox.

That's nice that you think that, but museums like the Rochester Museum of Play have large pieces of gaming history, which is exactly what this is. By all means, this Xbox shouldn't exist. It is an engineering sample that happened to find its way to a collector.

Wasn't the Halo 2 Mtn Dew orange?

Could this been a promo for that?

No, Mountain Dew was puke green, along with the rarer Pepsi Hulk console.

 

[Persona7]

I like that orange color.

 

[Cody_D165]

Bumping this thread because the dude made a video on MetalJesusRocks's Youtube channelwhere he talks a bit about finding the console.