Crystal OG Xbox - Rare Variants - Adam Koralik
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- čas přidán 9. 12. 2022
- It's Adam Koralik here and today we're discussing one of the oddball limited versions of the Microsoft Xbox, specifically, the Canadian Crystal clear version! This was only released in Canada, various European countries, and....kind of sort of in other places. We'll talk all about the history!
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Crazy how common it is here in the UK. I used to get more of these than the standard editions back in the day for around £20 a pop lol
Modern Vintage Gamer also has a Crystal model. He also has a Xbox devKit. I recommend his channel to all Xbox and homebrew fans. He is a developer and he ported Quake, doom and many other games to Xbox himself and he has videos about all of that
I found him years ago (MVG)but I’ve followed Adam a lot longer from his early dreamcast stuff. Man’s a technical engineering legend. MVG I mean though I’m sure Adam’s no slouch.
I could really see Matt Damon rocking a clear Xbox.
black og xboxs are rare in comparison to clear Xboxes in canada, the clear green is the most common i seen here in nova scotia
I love the history details you always put in these, specifically that Singapore variant. Excellent job as always, Adam
I think my dad had the HALO 2 bundle version of the translucent green XBOX! the crystal one looks super cool, though. (also wouldn't mind having the Japanese Hello Kitty one, haha)
The Maple Curtain 😂. First time I heard that and I’m a Canadian. Thanks Adam, best thing I heard all week. Keep up the awesome videos.
I always love seeing that copy of Shenmue on the shelf!
I love collecting OG Xbox consoles, so far only have the normal, the crystal and a transparent black. Great video!
I had a friend in school who had one of those. We got to see how the vibration in the controller functioned because it is seethrough. I'd never even thought about it before then.
It’s great to see pickups like these that were on Flying & Eating come full circle.
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I only heard of the MSX by name, but I didn't know that Microsoft had a hand in that system. Interesting to know, actually.
These clear crystal ones are heaps common in Australia. They look amazing if you put LEDs in them.
UK resident. My brother found one of these in a skip about ten years ago alongside a hacked stock black one. Both worked perfectly and to this day I curse the lucky bastard for finding them.
I found your channel a few years ago by looking for original Xbox content I really enjoyed your xbox videos i own a crystal a bell Canada blue and a halo edition xbox a original Xbox power arcade that I made a few years ago and I'm in the process of making a cocktail table power by a original Xbox the original Xbox is one of my favorite consoles thanks for the cool video Adam
Who knew the crystal Xbox of all consoles had so many international variants? I did manage to get a Canadian one for a fair price a few years ago, just without the controller. It became my 5th different Xbox variant. I have my original black one, the halo green, the crystal, the mtn dew one, and my most rare and expensive one is the green launch team edition. Not trying to self promote here either, but in Nov 2021 I featured my Xbox variants on my channel throughout that month as it was Xbox's 20 year anniversary, so I do have video proof of owning all those for anyone curious. As always thanks for another informative video Adam, and hope you have a good holiday season!
It probably was made for the anniversary. There was also a crystal edition with 2 controllers in Europe. The OG Xbox was released March 14th 2002 in Europe.
That... makes a lot of sense
The Controller is more visually appealing to me than the console imo
Another stellar video! Thank you Professor Adam!
It's the 2 years anniversary of its european release, it was a european (pal) console before being released in Canada
When I was younger, in the north east of England this was the one I'd always see and the black ones were rare. Crazy
5:17 Sweetchild also happens to be the codename that Microsoft used for their XBox Devkits
woah these went up in value!? Back in 2017 they were around $60cdn while all the black systems were like $20cdn. I ended up with 2 of them, still use them now. I paid $50cdn for one with 2 controllers from a retired guy and my old high school buddy called me up gave me his old crystal xb when he noticed i was into retro games.
Very reliable and no clock capacitor to change. However, the 5 capacitors on the MB near the PS connector and below the bigheat sink tend to start bulging. I changed all 5 on both of mine for longevity 3/5 were bulging. Regardless take it apart, and check around the mobo. OG xbox for the most part is like an old car, relatively reliable but doing preventive maintenance and upgrades goes a long way
This might be just me, but I have only ever bought hardware just released in North America. Hardware released in other regions I am just oh ok. The only OG XBOX I have is the black color console. Did not even know XBOX had other color variants. Adam teaching us console history my favorite class.
If I am not mistaken the hello kitty console was a promo with either Singtel or Starhub, I actually picked one up when i lived there, since Microsoft had a factory there, they have a few exclusive oddities including a bruteforce collectors edition game, which I rarely see around.
Adam if you had a choice which disgraced mascot would you save from extinction? Blinx the Time Sweeper or Bubsy Bobcat? I am only asking because I have nothing constructive to add to this edition of rare variants.
Blinx. Bubsy came back a few years ago.
Blinx games were actually good.
Mine is also the crystal model. I got it in 2004 and I believe it cost like 140€. I modded it and upgraded the hard drive last year. I use Kaicolabs hdmi adapter and games that support 720p look really good. Love the original Xbox!
Greetings from the UK.
I have 2 crystal Xboxes & 1 joypad, both for around £40. One with the original packaging & in excellent condition can go for a lot more than one without it's box.
The fact that Singnapore got the same amount of limited editions of the Original Xbox as America is the most nuts fact to me lol.
More actually.
@@AdamKoralik Jesus
They should make modern consoles with these cool clear shells, imagine the series x in clear blue
Got the Crystal model here in Australia, it's 1.4 and modded to NTSC. Not seen many here, my controller has a transparent cable as well.
Original XBox was released in Europe in March 2002, so releasing the Crystal one in March 2004 definitely makes sense to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of the European release date of the Original Xbox.
I assume the Crystal Xbox release focused on the European market and as Canada has strong ties with France, that is why it was released in Canada as well.
I quite like Hello Kitty for some reason, the ring binder I mentioned I was going to use for storing loose Hucards, is a Hello Kitty one, I have a Sanrio themed Razer keyboard, mouse and mouse mat, I have a complete, pink Hello Kitty Dreamcast, however, I will NOT be buying what is essentially a crystal Xbox with a Hello Kitty decal on it, ever. Congrats on finally finding a crystal Xbox and thanks for this video.
We got the crystal xbox here in Australia, I found one last year that also had a mod chip in it too but back in the day my bro had one he bought brand new.
I dropped from position 146 to 0 yesterday and bought my Chimeric cable :) very excited to use it... Soon I hope! Keep the Xbox videos coming 👍
Can't wait until you do the Skeleton & Panzer ones!
im from northern ireland and i remember my dad taking me into xtra vision for my birthday or christmas and this xbox was sat behind the counter on a big pedestal. was amazed when i got it and my own little tv to play it on. still have it to this day although i dont think the controller wires held up :D
I bought and still have brand new box Halo edition when originally released. Many many years ago I also picked up the crystal variant and the Mountain Dew limited edition. It’s impressive seeing all these different full colors variants of such a massive sized console
i just picked up a crystal xbox today for $76 NZD, was looking at the underside and seen it has been opened before. when i get home i open it up and discover a Super Aladdin Live chip. just need some cables and controllers and see what treasures are within
Picked up a crystal controller today at a local store here in SC. Pretty cool!
This is the Xbox that i remembered.
I've got got the crystal version, picked it up with 2 matching controllers in a charity shop for £20
Great video and explanation! It’s almost like you’re right here with me!
I understood that reference.
I Got Mine From A Charity Shop In Box For £20 In 2018 And After That I Started Collecting Original Xbox Games Because They Were Really Cheap. Now I Have Over 100! Stubbs The Zombie Is Probably One Of The Most Expensive Games On There & I Softmodded It To Play American Games Like Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2X, Which Is Great!
My favourite varient of the original xbox is the hulk 2003 varient such a underrated movie
Love the OG Xbox. I have had (and sold) many versions of the xbox, but haven't been able to part with my smoke xbox.
Great video I want this pretty bad. This is so cool. I only have the black normal version but hope to get some of the special editions. Have you ever seen the the Japanese smoke one when you have been in Japan?
I have it.
I bought a crystal version here in Australia to use as as my Xbox Live connected Xbox after I modded my first one. When I met my wife years later she still had her own crystal Xbox too.
For a special edition it was pretty common in the european market. I picked up one crystal og xbox 3/4 years ago for like 20 euros (the shop owner also gave me two additional logitech wireless controller and a copy of crash nitro kart with it).
I had one, it came with halo 2 and fable, my brother and I traded it for a new 360 a few years later. Wish I still had it, didn’t know they were rare
Walter white would love this xbox
I am in the uk I picked up the transparent green and the crystal for £20 for the pair about 6 years ago even including the controllers and a box for the crystal
The msx was a computer though yes it was a console incognito as a game console but still🤷♂️
Adam out here flexing with the roller rescue hello kitty game on the OG Xbox oh and the crystal Xbox but the hello kitty game tho 😮💨
The Crystal Xbox. I can see right through it.
Also, I am a Canadian. And just so you know I AM COOL! If I had one of this I'd sell it for like, well I'd probably just say take it.
Yeah, I"m from Canada and I've got one in storage. I'm currently in a small apartment and don't have the space for retro gaming, but I got it back in '05 probably and I hope to be able to move into a larger place in the future where I can set it up again and play my old games on it. It's unmodded, too. My brother modded his black X Box and I was seriously considering it, but I had a decent media computer at the time, so I didn't bother. I'll probably mod it eventually though, so I can try some ripped images of more rare games I can't find at my local retro games store.
That Hello Kitty Xbox... I think is the manliest game console ever made... Love it!
The blue bell xbox and even the blue asian one are not showing a bunch of the solds on price charting for some reason. I have the blue bell one and my brother has the crystal one
Idk why but since I was a kid I just think see-through electronics are cool. And I think all the see-through iterations are pretty neat and something I'd love to own one day. So far I only have the OG Xbox Halo edition
Still play my modded OG Xbox on the regular, mainly for outrun 2 and coinops retro arcade. Damn thing does a bunch of older consoles so well it’s kinda replaced my snes mini for older Nintendo stuff. I have a few with the 128mb ram mod and I have three versions of Outrun 2 - arcade, Xbox first release, and Coast 2 Coast. Kinda a fanatic I even have the iTunes soundtracks for it.
Never got the hdmi mod but I’m fine with the monster component cables with a low lag converter box. I have a wireless adapter for 360 controllers. It has a firmware hack for using a chat pad with steel battalion, and yes I have a pristine full controller with pedals I bought my son. We never got around to multiplay with them though I could we have all the necessary hardware. One of these days.
I just picked up a smoke skeleton og xbox from Japan. I'd love to see something on that version.
I remember we had a zellers in Illinois at St clair square mall back in the mid 90s. I forgot all about that
Zellers in the US? Don't think so. Maybe you're thinking of Zayre? Possibly Venture?
@@AdamKoralik I could have swore there was a zellers. I'm gonna text my buddy bc we used to go there back in the day. I could be getting the names mixed up lol
@@AdamKoralik my buddy didn't remember and he's got like a photographic memory lol. I could have swore we had a zellers in our mall briefly around 1996 and then they changed the name to software etc and then to babbages but maybe they were under the same umbrella of stores and I just seen the name on promotional material or something who knows lol. Mandella effect I guess. You win this one Koralik!! 😡 haha
I had one of those 2 years ago but sold it. I know it is not a popular opinion but in crystal like this, I personally think that it is one of the most attractive video game console design ever released.
Attractive 🤔
I've got a couple of Crystal Xboxes, but one is non-working. I should open it up sometime.
So much retro gaming stuff to do!
I reckon the variant colours and styles were used to try making the console more attractive, because nobody was buying them - everyone into gaming already had a Dreamcast, PC or PS2, so it was a good way to encourage people to buy one - along with a decent bundled game.
If Driver 3 had been a good game, then that bundle would have been a massive hit at the time, as the Crystal Xbox and the S controller were both new just at that point when it was coming along.
That Hello Kitty one looks badass. lol
8:59 Brits use their Crystal OG XBox shells to eat fish and chips or bangers and mash out of
Have this one, kind of Frankensteined it together with a regular black Xbox. Looks pretty good actually.
Do want to get the blue and smoked black one eventually.
I have the blue one, I showed it in the video. I do have the smoke black one as well. Admittedly I didn't show it.
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Yeah remember the video where you showed the smoked black one, really like how that one looks
Actually rather common in Europe.
Pretty sure here in Mexico every two xbox you find on sale are this clear edition, maybe it was also a walmart exclusive or halo bundle so maybe a Mexican console it would be a nice alternartive for American buyers since we share region
It was for the anniversary in PAL regions
I like the old days when an xbox was simply called xbox not xbox 9,000 x series 2. Cool looking console dude
I didn't use to like clear frost colored consoles but for some reason they are starting to look cool to me.
Do they have that chemical in the plastic that makes them turn yellow over time?
Bromine? That was more of a Nintendo issue.
I have one of these and two controllers. Yes they can yellow unfortunately.
@@casey_shame That's from sun-staining. Bromine was a specific chemical issue Nintendo had with the SNES.
Great content on original Xbox. One of my favourite consoles despite being in the pal territory. I’ve got the crystal one, quite a few of them about in the uk like you said. I’m lucky that I have a old 480p edtv plasma tv that I use for my Xbox, picture is pretty good considering it only outputs 480i.
That’s sick!
Hey, I used to have two of those. Sold one after it died, still have the other one, with two crystal controllers. Hardmodded 🙂
if you worked for microsoft you could get orange one
Looks like a platinum hits edition
Got one complete in the box for $20 once
Only sorta rare in the us in the UK you see them in pawn shops fairly easily
Guessing you commented before watching.
wow what cool variant.
Think crystal xbox was in US and it seems to be most common limited edition. Where you getting canada only now? I have one. I dont like the metal shield and tried to take it out but it needs it for grounding so took top metal off only
It was Canada only in North America, like famously. If you got one, it came from across the border.
I have one of those. Didnt realise it was rare lol
I have the Clear Crystal Xbox. It's one of my favourite limited edition consoles. Still looks beautiful. Also have the green Halo one which is also nice. But I really want the DOA Blue one. It's a Japan exclusive...still can't find one though. They seem to be very rare. There is also an extremely rare crystal Orange colour. I believe there may have only been 2 of them ever made and I think they belonged to the original creators of the Xbox. Strangely enough, it was on one of Metal Jesus's videos.
I like these varient vids
You may like to add to your collection the Smoke Skeleton Black edition from Japan. Surprised you didn't mention this one.
I have it, I didn't mention it as I've never made a video on it and it wasn't relevant to the video.
Crystals are very common here in the uk.....and can be picked up cheaply..
13:23 I'm not judging you for getting _Hello Kitty Jet Set Rescue: The Sentimental Graffiti Chronicles,_ I'm judging you for trying to get a full set of 🏀🏀
i just fauond one of these from my older brother and i am going to get a adapter and a game and start playing it
Do you still have the Japanese Transparent Black Xbox? I know at one point in one of your videos you had it on display?
Skeleton, yeah I have it.
@@AdamKoralikThat one I would like to get my hands one it one day
You had a shot at insignia for Xbox yet?
Nah.
@@AdamKoralik Go for it Adam! Xbox live is working great again in 2022!
Surprised you didn’t talk about the see-through orange one
Well, it's not really relevant.
i have one sitting in a closet. This video makes me want to dust it off one more time, thanks Adam.
Hi Adam, I'm currently in Iowa game hunting. Not as exciting as Atlanta but I'm trying okay? Not an amazing find but I got three copies of nfl club complete for $15 total for the 32x.
I have one of these, they don’t sell for anymore than the usual black Xbox’s.
I remember my uncle once had a crystal xbox
australians also got the halo and crystal variants, they're apparently rampant there but scalpers try to claim theyre so rare and original which is dumb, considering your mentioned use and reuse of shells and assets.
Xbox was released in march 2002 in Europe so the crystal xbox could have been a anniversary edition overthere.
I have to imagine back in the early 2000s some poor marketing director getting a call from the warehouse division telling them "oh no there's too many of the funny colored ones left over. What the hell do we do all these parts?" He puts his hand in his head for a moment, lets out a brief sigh, and then says "I guess we need to do another Halo edition."
I would like to see like maybe just a list of all the variants they got in Japan, every list I check online is different.
Yeah, good luck with that. It's massive.
Damn good looking Xbox!