Xbox 360

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Xbox 360
Designer Microsoft
Manufacturer Microsoft
CPU 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Graphics 500 MHz ATI Xenos
Memory 512 MB
Media DVD, CD, digital distribution
HD-DVD with add-on
Released Xbox 360
Canada/USA: November 22, 2005
Europe: December 2, 2005
Japan: December 10, 2005
Columbia/Mexico: February 2, 2006
South Korea: February 24, 2006
HK/Singapore/TW: March 16, 2006
Australia: March 23, 2006
Chile: July 7, 2006
India: September 25, 2006
South Africa: September 29, 2006
Czech/Poland: November 3, 2006
Brazil: December 1, 2006
Russia: February 11, 2007
Peru: February 25, 2008
UAE: October 28, 2008
Nigeria/Turkey: 2009
Seychelles: Early 2010
Xbox 360 S
North America: June 18, 2010
Australia: July 1, 2010
New Zealand: July 8, 2010
Europe: July 16, 2010
Xbox 360 E
North America: June 10, 2013
Europe: June 20, 2013
Added to Museum Xbox 360: September 13, 2008

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Xbox 360 was the second home console by Microsoft. It was first released in 2005, in configurations with and without internal hard drives. It was followed up by many different configurations with varying hard drive sizes, as well as two slimmer redesigns, the Xbox 360 S and the Xbox 360 E. All Xbox 360 models were discontinued on April 20, 2016.

Models

Xbox 360

The original Xbox 360 was released in North America on November 15, 2001, in Japan on February 22, 2002, and in Europe and Oceania on March 14, 2002. It was available in many configurations. The Xbox 360 Core did not come with a hard drive, and the Xbox 360 Premium came with a 20 MB hard drive.

On April 29, 2007, an Elite configuration of the original Xbox 360 was released with a 120 MB hard drive. The Xbox 360 Core was discontinued on October 27, 2007 and was replaced with the Xbox 360 Arcade, which also lacked a hard drive.

August 1, 2008, the Xbox 360 Premium was released with a 60 GB hard drive.

Xbox 360 S

A slimmer model, the Xbox 360 S, was released on June 19, 2010 with a 250 GB hard drive. On August 3, 2010, another configuration of the Xbox 360 S was released with a 4 GB hard drive.

Xbox 360 E

On June 10, 2013, the Xbox 360 E, a streamlined version of the Xbox 360 based on the Xbox One design, was released in 4 GB and 250 GB configurations.

Retail Xbox 360 games owned by WEC Museum

Name Developer Released Added to Museum Notes
Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition Telltale Games 2015 October 14, 2015 Port of the 2010-2011 episodic adventure game.
Fantasia: Music Evolved Harmonix 2014 January 20, 2018
Kinect Star Wars Terminal Reality 2012 March 22, 2012
Namco Museum Virtual Arcade Harmonix 2008 April 13, 2012 Emulation of the arcade versions of Baraduke, Bosconian, Dig Dug, Dig Dug II, Dragon Buster, Dragon Spirit, Galaga, Galaga '88, Galaxian, Grobda, King & Balloon, Mappy, Metro-Cross, Motos, Ms. Pac-Man, New Rally X, Pac & Pal, Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Pole Position, Pole Position II, Rally X, Rolling Thunder, Sky Kid, Sky Kid Deluxe, Super Pac-Man, The Tower of Druaga, and Xevious, as well as Galaga Legions, Mr. Driller Online, and Pac-Man Championship Edition.

Digital Xbox 360 games owned by WEC Museum

Name Developer Released Added to Museum Notes
Root Beer Tapper Backbone Entertainment 2007 December 12, 2009 Emulation of the 1984 arcade game.
The Simpsons Arcade Game Backbone Entertainment 2012 March 18, 2012 Emulation of the 1991 arcade game.
Sonic & Knuckles Backbone Entertainment 2009 December 12, 2009 Emulation of the 1994 Sega Genesis game.
Sonic the Hedgehog Backbone Entertainment 2007 December 12, 2009 Emulation of the 1991 Sega Genesis game.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Backbone Entertainment 2007 December 12, 2009 Emulation of the 1992 Sega Genesis game.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Backbone Entertainment 2009 December 12, 2009 Emulation of the 1994 Sega Genesis game.
South Park: The Stick of Truth Obsidian Entertainment
South Park Digital Studios
2014 August 20, 2017
South Park: Tenorman's Revenge Other Ocean Interactive
South Park Digital Studios
2012 November 28, 2016
Yaris Backbone Entertainment 2007 July 2, 2009 Free game.