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Computer software giant, Microsoft
would not want to miss its share in the lucrative video gaming market.
Their first creation was Xbox which directly competes with Sony
Playstation 2 and Nintendo's Game Cube. The Xbox was innovative as it
was the very first video game console to incorporate a hard drive to
store compressed games files. This eliminated the need of using memory
card like other consoles.
Most of the games also used the hard drive as a disk cache which led to
faster game loading times. Some of the games would support custom
soundtracks which was another particularly unusual feature allowed by
the hard drive. Essentially an Xbox owner could rip music from standard
audio CDs to the hard drive of the console so players can play their
custom soundtrack in addition to the original soundtrack of Xbox games
that support this feature.
The Xbox console itself was much larger and heavier than its
contemporaries largely due to a bulky tray-loading DVD-ROM drive along
with the standard 3 ½ inch hard drive. That found the Xbox a target of
mild derision from critics who would quip that the Xbox manual should
include a warning that “a falling Xbox could cause serious injury to a
small child or pet”.
However, there were safety features in the Xbox that no other console
system could boast themselves. These included breakaway cables for the
controllers to prevent the console from being yanked from the shelf.
Critics also did not like the game controllers. The original design was
quite large making it ill-suited to those with small hands and causing
severe hand cramping of other users. A smaller controller was
introduced eventually as the Xbox Controller S.
Unfortunately, while Microsoft is a giant in the computer software
industry, they didn’t realize as much success in the video game console
industry. As of the end of 2006, their total losses in their gaming
division totaled over $4 billion.
Again, since there are still Xbox units out there, you may be
interested in some of the hunting titles that were released for this
system. Here are some we found:
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Bass 2007
- Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007
- Cabela’s Alaskan Adventures
- Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures
- Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts
- Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2
- Cabela’s Deer Hunt: 2004 Season
- Cabela’s Deer Hunt: 2005 Season
- Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures
- Pro Fishing Challenge
- Rapala Pro Fishing
So what if you don’t want to mess around with owning a video game
console but you still want to play video hunting games? All you need a
personal computer and an internet connection and you can play hunting
games directly on your computer – often for free
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