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A glimpse into the past of Xbox game development with the Xbox Alpha I development kit. The craziest part? You can build one yourself! (sort of) AND IT CAN EVEN PLAY GAMES (maybe). Oh, and we mistake CES 2001 for E3 2001, but really, who hasn't made that mistake before?

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MUSIC CREDIT

Intro: Laszlo Supernova
Video Link:    • [Electro]  Laszlo  Supernova [Monst...  
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana Sugar High
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / mbarek_abdel  
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
1:28 Alpha I & Xbox's Origin Story
3:03 Inside the Xbox Alpha I
4:27 The RAM
7:06 GPU & Peripheral Cards
10:06 The hardest parts of DIY
11:12 Geriatric Dashboard
12:02 Demo Software
13:25 Simpsons Road Rage
15:48 Loading a game onto it
17:31 Dark Summit and a disappointing load screen
18:33 Conclusion