Platform archive · Xbox
Xbox
The original Xbox brought PC-like architecture and a built-in hard drive to consoles. Halo supplied the identity; Xbox Live later supplied a unified model for friends, voice chat, and online play.
Hardware launch era2001
Physical games1,226
Documented packages2,437
Hardware variants10
XboxLaunch information
The platform’s opening chapter
- Hardware era
- 2001
- Launch region
- Worldwide
- Primary physical format
- DVD-ROM
- First documented physical release
- 2001 · exact day not documented
- Latest documented physical release
- 2009 · exact day not documented
- Special editions and variants
- 1,211
2001 · exact day not documentedChampionship Manager Temporada 01/022001 · exact day not documentedDark Angel2001 · exact day not documentedKikou Heidan J-Phoenix Plus2001 · exact day not documentedMad Dog McCree2001 · exact day not documentedOff-Road Wide Open2001 · exact day not documentedThe Baseball 2002
Hardware collector index
Colors, revisions, and special editions

Launch · Worldwide
Original black Xbox

Special edition · Japan
Skeleton Black

Special edition · Japan
Panzer Dragoon Orta — white

Color · Europe
Translucent Green

Special edition · Worldwide
Halo — translucent green

Color · Worldwide
Crystal

Special edition · Asia / Canada
Halo 2 — crystal blue

Special edition · Japan
Dead or Alive Ultimate — Kasumi Blue

Special edition · Canada
Crystal Green

Special edition · Japan
Pure White
Best-known releases
Platform-defining collector highlights

November 9, 2004
Halo 2

November 15, 2001
Halo: Combat Evolved

May 3, 2005
Forza Motorsport

October 4, 2004
Mortal Kombat: Deception

November 18, 2002
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

November 15, 2005
Need for Speed: Most Wanted

November 1, 2005
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

November 16, 2004
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Complete physical checklist