flashsnaps Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Morning Guys, Staff decided to get the kids an xbox 360 to play on during lunch hours. I really don't know much about them to be honest. Couple of questions really? We've tried to play an old game from the orginal console, & it says we don't have a harddrive? Have we got the basic model? Can we simply by a hard drive as an add-on?
Joanne Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 (edited) yes, you have to buy the special xbox one and download emulators to play original xbox games on it.... games consoles in schools = bad idea! Edited January 24, 2008 by Joanne
Edu-IT Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Can we simply by a hard drive as an add-on? Yes you can. http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/hardware/x/xbox360harddrive/
Edu-IT Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Who supervises the room where the kids play the console and how old are the kids? Do they have to earn the right to play the console?
TronXP Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 I thought it broke the license agreement on the game, unless you have permission from the games company...
flashsnaps Posted January 24, 2008 Author Posted January 24, 2008 Who supervises the room where the kids play the console and how old are the kids? Do they have to earn the right to play the console? The kids/teenagers are 11-16, we have 2 consoles which are both locked in seperate lockers below the TVs and are opened during break periods - the area is supervised during this time.
flashsnaps Posted January 24, 2008 Author Posted January 24, 2008 yes, you have to buy the special xbox one and download emulators to play original xbox games on it.... games consoles in schools = bad idea! What do you mean special xbox one? Says on the 360 box, XBOX 360 Arcade. Does the Arcade part mean anything? I've read that only 212 games of the old games work, knowing our luck we haven't got any of them! So the best thing would be to purchase an add on hard drive similar to the link posted above? Correct?
Joanne Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 there is only one you can buy and it is the one on the above link. It clicks in on the top. XBOX 360 arcade is the 'core' version with just the console. I'd watch kids for trying to steal the new hdd!
tech_guy Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 there is only one you can buy and it is the one on the above link. It clicks in on the top. XBOX 360 arcade is the 'core' version with just the console. I'd watch kids for trying to steal the new hdd! I'd watch for the kids trying to steal the whole lot! We've got Xbox 360s and they're under lock and key. With LCD screens as well and the gaming chairs, our little darlings are spoilt!
clarky2k3 Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 There are only certain xbox games you can play on the xbox 360 see here - http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm. But before you can play them you must have the xbox 360 hard drive and then apply a backwards compatibility update to the console to allow them to be played, see here - http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardscompatibility.htm
gwendes Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Your best bet for the orignal xbox games is to buy a couple of original xboxs! I just got one from freecycle but they're only about £10 or £15 on eBay and a little more 'durable' than the 360. The hard drive add-on (needed for the backwards compat as the old box has got one) is more expensive than a couple of the old one... (plus you can do all the funky XBMC stuff )
flashsnaps Posted January 24, 2008 Author Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks for the advice guys thats great! Yeah the little darlings are spoilt!
gwendes Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 no problem - this thread is going to help my case getting xboxs throughout the school!
Edu-IT Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 no problem - this thread is going to help my case getting xboxs throughout the school! I wonder if it will work for Wii's too?
EduTech Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 I want to come to your school.. i would only get the 20 gig hard drive for the xbox as you wont need the 120 as you wont have the system online will you? Also just make sure you to add the backward compaitability update as thats where alot of people mess up by not installing that and like clarky2k3 has already mentioned there are only certain games that can be played at this time. however the games store is now been updated and we will see alot more of the original games on there. Now i don't know if you are aware of this, but you can actually download original games off the xbox live marketplace so yh that would mean connecting to your network so it has internet access, but it will save you buying discs. Regards James
gwendes Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 I wonder if it will work for Wii's too? Don't think so - Wii is only for the summer holidays It's more popular than raiding the PE dept !
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