Xbox - 1998 build

I am not going to shout out my real name but I want to tell you a story of, this one of the most greatest consoles of all time that has been out for many years was a game console that everyone has played as a kid was the original Xbox, it was a very good console of video games along with Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance (GBA), Sega Dreamcast, Xbox 360, VTech’s V.Flash and lots of other game consoles that have been our childhood for many years to come to this day. What some people do know about the original Xbox is a game console that was made on November 15, 2001, three weeks after Windows XP and two months and four days after the September 11th attacks and it was a console that most of the adults and teens have played when they were kids and we have played this console when we were young, to this day. I have been playing this console non-stop to this day as the original Xbox was one of my favorite game consoles as a kid. I am a 26 year old Xbox fan and a sports video game fan because I love everything that is sports video games related stuff like EA Sports, 2K Sports, and others sports video games. I have been collecting this kind of stuff for many years, but for most people, the 6th generation of video game systems was a epic, But for me, it's a painful memory that had shocked me and even questioned the sanity of my own self like that one banned Xbox advertisement in the UK titled “Champagne”.

It was June 1, 2006, we arrived at the parking lot where the sale was taking place, my Mother told me to have a look around and to meet her back by our car in an hour or so. I was enthusiastic, I had a small sum of money with me (roughly $40) it wasn't too eventful, I just looked around for 15 minutes or so, not seeing anything that interested me.

But then, I stumbled across an old man. Who had the holy grail, it was an prototype Original Xbox which look like the a huge silver X shape milled from a solid block of aluminum with a light in the center (similar to the year 2000 prototype). My eyes did not deceive me, it was the real deal. I asked him what he wanted for it, He then looked me straight in the eye and said in a raspy voice: Well sonny I've had been trying to sell this 'ere X game box for a couple of weeks now with no success, my original asking price was $80, but for you son I want to give you it for free. What! I exclaimed.

I was in a state of disbelief, this was unbelievable, an old man was about to give me an Prototype Original Xbox, for free!

Not wanting to take advantage of an old man with no knowledge of old technology. I asked Him: Are you sure about this? you can make a good sum of money from this. The man then leaned close and said in a serious tone: Just promise me that you will never sell this device or destroy it, just keep, understand?

The man then leaned back waiting for a response. I then stupidly said: Um... Yes sir, but why do you want me to have it?

He then let out a big sigh and told me: It was my son's who worked for Microsoft he loved testing it, but after the incident, it was left to me, his favorite relative. I loved him so much, but now, I want to pass it on to another child so it can make them just as happy as he was. And that child is you.

I looked back at him with a look of deep sadness on my face, I then tried to say sorry and comfort the man. But as I began speaking he quickly got into his car and drove off in a hurry and I was left behind with the Prototype Original Xbox. After the old man left I walked back to my car to meet with my mother, She seemed surprised: Oh [Name Redacted] You Got something, What is it?

I told her that it was an Original Xbox Prototype and the story about the old man giving it to me, once I was Done telling her the story of how I acquired it. she told me to get in the car we then drove home. Once we arrived I ran upstairs, I had never run so fast in my life! I quickly hooked up the Prototype Xbox. I then grabbed the controller (which was the Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro) and I was ready to play. I then quickly switched on the Prototype Original Xbox, holding the controller waiting eagerly to get my first taste of what the beta Xbox had to offer.

Things quickly took a turn for the strange side as the first thing I noticed was the strange Xbox boot logo. Instead of the green blob or flubber, I see a red blood forming in a red and black laboratory and it had "shields" that would fly around the blood as it played. It keeps moving and moving, but everything zooms out in red light and we see the same red, X as before. Below it is "XBOX" in the same color and font as the final version of the console, The music sounded like some deep synth bass notes with thunderclaps, followed by a screaming that sounded like a Treehouse Horror Version Gracie Films logo. After that, the Microsoft logo appears in red on the bottom. However, I just shrugged it off, thinking that the previous owner, who was the grandson of the old man at the car boot sale, just made a scary game console at Microsoft.

When it finally booted to the dashboard finally booted, After having a quick drink of water I looked at the dashboard, it looked strange.

It was similar to the soft modded Xbox menu but expected it was red, On the top left it saids “Built Sunday, Apr 12, 1998 8:22:44 PM”, there were only 5 options on the dashboard Play DVD, Games, Music, Memory and A option with the name "Prisoner's"

This really started to creep me out, as I knew well that you couldn't mod an Xbox to get rid of functions. This is when my curiosity got the best of me, as I select prisoners, which is a decision I still regret to this day. As soon as I select it, The screen went to static then cut to what looked like an abandoned prison.

The camera then cut to a cell, where what looked like an Kinect avatar (which it don’t even exist) crying in the corner. His clothes didn't even resemble real clothes, they looked like rags. He then turned around to reveal a huge whip mark on his face.

He then looked at me and then suddenly said: What? never seen a whip mark on an avatars' face before?

I was shocked, to say the least, so I muttered out the words: Why are you talking?!?

He then looked back at me and said: I have a life too you know!

I was shocked, how could the avatar talk? And most importantly, how could he hear me trying to make friendly contact? I then said: Hello, are you ok?

He looked a bit more relaxed and said: Yeah I'm fine, just this mark is a bit painful, that's all.

I was relieved knowing that he was ok, I still felt a little uneasy about the events that had just unfolded, However, I then asked him: How can you hear me?

He let out a big sigh and said: My soul uses the tv to communicate directly with the world outside of the Xbox.

I looked down in sadness, feeling sorry for him. I then looked up and he asked me: I’m Michael, what is your name?

I then looked back at Michael and proudly said to him: My name is [Name Redacted].

Michael looked up and replied with: Well [Name Redacted], it's nice to meet you, it's great to talk to someone who’s not a resident.

I looked at Microsoft with a confused expression on my face and asked: A resident? what's that? AND WHY IS THIS XBOX SO MESSED UP?!

Michael Looked at the ground and then stared at me and said: Fine you want the truth, then here it is. The Xbox was my drawing idea, while I was still alive in human form, I was killed, and so me and my killers's soul ended up in the Xbox drawing idea. The killer took the form of the devil, and is now is addressed as the master. he vandalized the drawing until it was made into something he was happy with. I take the form of my cartoon self after all this I was alone and imprisoned by the master he now designs the Xbox with an iron fist we now made it into the 1998 prototype almost two years after my death.

I looked down in great sadness thinking about the horrors Michael must have gone through: That's horrible, you don't deserve this!

I exclaimed, Michael then said: I know it is! Please help me!

The screen then faded away into static once more, and a message appeared on my screen it was the words: "There's no hope" on a black background. It stayed on the screen for 2 seconds before it cut to the dashboard but something was different, the window that said "Prisoners" was chain locked shut and the settings option was added.

This Xbox was starting to freak me out. First an avatar, Michael. Starts talking to me.

Now this, a feature of the console chained locked shut.

And then I turned off the console and went to bed.

Two days later on June 3, 2006, I saw something in the muddy creek. It seemed to be a Original Xbox disc, it was just buried in the mud and had no label on the front of it. I’m seemed interested in getting the cartridge out of the mud. I grabbed the disc, went back home and called my friend Bobo in. I grabbed the disc out, we were very curious on what game it could be. An EA Sports game, a Xbox Sports Network (XSN Sports) game, or even a 2K Sports game we felt nostalgia all over. Bobo rushed over to my house to play the game, once he got in the house I got out the Original Xbox Prototype. I was having some doubts about this, the disc smelled of sulfur and when I cleaned the disc it almost looked like blood was on the napkin. But I still had to see what it was so I gave the disc to Bobo and we turned on the power...

The T.V turned on excitement grew then static. At first we took the disc out and wiped the disc to get any dust out and put the game back in. The startup was the same as last time, but now it had a bunch of screams followed by a same scream but this time it was in much higher tone, then at the bottom was a glitched out logo it looked like it was a Microsoft logo but we still weren't sure. Then the screen went black and a loud screaming was heard that damn blood curdling scream. Bobo quickly got up and turned the volume off and turned of the power and took the disc out. We blew on it more and took a alcohol wipe and cleaned it out. We were starting to get aggravates 2 try’s already but no avail we finally put the disc back in and it finally went to the title screen. It was just a black background and no title only one button in the middle of the screen that read "Press Start". I got a bit scared but We decided to press it, BIG MISTAKE. At first nothing popped up then a bloody, decapitated, skinless face of a little boy came onto the screen with the same screen even tho the volume had been turned off. We all jumped out of my couch "TURN IT OFF!" screamed while I’m covering his ears. Bobo quickly ran up to the Xbox and turned off the power but the scream and face was still there. "Come on Bobo seriously turn it off!" I shrieked "I'm fucking trying!" Bobo shouted back. Bobo finally unplugged the Xbox and it went off, me and my friends got really scared, What game is this? We looked on the back to see if we could find anything, but the no lable like on a regular disc and the label seemed so real we couldn’t take it off or anything. Me and my friends took the disc out back and threw it in the garbage and all went home.

It has been a day since I had played the console when I woke up in the morning on June 4, 2006. My Mom and Dad were talking with Bobo's Parents down stairs and it looked like Bobo's Mom was crying. "What happened?" I asked my Dad. My Dad looked at me with a sigh "Bobo killed himself last night...

I looked at my dad with a very shocked face. My Dad explained "Bobo stabbed himself with a kitchen knife and 333 was written all over the walls in blood." I felt sick to my stomach how could this happen. "By the way" my Dad said "Bobo sent you this letter the day before he died." My Dad gave me the envolope and I opened it. Inside was the disc and I got really shit scared. I called Ousky and Adam and told them about the incident they were pretty freaked out as well. "Could it have been the game?" Ousky wondered "No it couldn't a game can't hurt you." I replied back. Then I heard an eerie voice "Can we play?"

I turned around and All I saw was the disc. I was suspecting it to be a joke by my Dad but still pretty freaky. One day passed and Me and my friends are still pretty freaked out by Bobo's suicide. But then things went really wrong, I got out of bed and decided to watch some T.V. On turned the News, I was about to change the channel when I saw something. They were talking about a local suicide attempt in our town, I turned the volume up. It said that my friend Adam had tried to kill himself last night but his parents walked in just when he was about to do it. I was very afraid now "What the fuck is going on?" I thought, Could it be that the game is Haunted I had to figure out. I rushed over to the police station with the disc in my hand and brang my prototype Xbox console. I told the police about my thoughts and they just laughed, "Yes I know you think I'm crazy but can't you just see the game?" I asked. "Fine," the sherrif said "Let's take a look."

I plugged in the Xbox, connected it to the T.V and put in the game. The startup was now normal as it is in the final version but the shield are still flying around the blob and the Microsoft logo was green, then it was the EA Sports Logo, NCAA Football 2003 intro and title screen, it reveals that this prototype Xbox can play Final Original Xbox games. "WHAT THE FUCK" I screamed in my head, the policemen laughed at me "No, No this isn't it!" I said. "Before it was a scary face and loud volume!" they didn't listen they just laughed. I stormed home and played the game. I played as Georgia Bulldogs because I live in the mid-Atlantic region like for two examples Cartoon Network’s headquarters is located in Atlanta, Georgia and Cable News Network (CNN) is located in Atlanta, Georgia as well, I played against Pittsburgh Panthers. After the match intro and before the kickoff, the game started to glitch. When a Georgia Bulldogs player kicks the ball, the ball just spins around the circles. The ball keeps getting faster until it turns into a killer vortex and the football stadium is drawn in to a specific point where the gravity is high causing to rip an earth-shaking belch. Afterwards, the stadium's surroundings are drawn into this point. The whole city of Pittsburgh follows, then Earth's oceans, the whole Earth, the solar system, numerous galaxies and finally Jesus Christ is drawn into this singularity, a form of a Big Crunch. Then, the text shows up saying “In loving memory of Michael Muir Ribeiro: April 24, 1963 – June 12, 1996” then the text faded to black. And then, a black screen came up and a little boy popped up on screen. It was just a little boy looking at me, not decapitated or bloody, just fine. At first I was confused, then I shit my pants. The boy's mouth extended and started to look like the Predator's mouth and then his stomach exploded and a bloody demon creature popped out. I almost threw up and quickly ejected the disc and bring it to the fire and burned it.

I had enough of the prototype console at that point, so I unplugged it and placed it up in the attic promising myself that I would never touch the console ever again.

Fast forward 4 years. On September 8, 2010, I was 13 years old, I was finishing middle school and was getting ready to go to high school, I had decided to continue my old hobby, which was gaming and collecting sports video games. I also really excited to play Kinect Sports, which will be released in almost two months from now.

I was originally planning to buy NBA 2K11 for my Xbox 360 but it will be released in almost next four weeks. Then I remembered my old Prototype Original Xbox. Which was stored up in the attic, however, at the time my memories of the events that occurred back in 2006 were practically none existent.

So I took it to my room and plugged it into my television. To see if it still worked, and to my surprise it did.

However, The startup this time was extremely loud and it looks the same as the first time I turned on, with what sounded like a Sound collaged of an Atari 520ST speech synthesizer v2.0 for Atari ST from the final dashboard sound followed by the same screaming but this time it was distorted like G-major sound effects that it sounds like a demon.

And the barely red visible text shows on the screen said "333".

As soon as this came on screen, the strange smell of feces and urine could be smelled from the Xbox system.

Then the screen went black, suddenly a deep voice said: It's you, [Name Redacted], I knew someday you'd return.

I was caught off guard by this, then suddenly all the memories of Michael and the messed up menu fade in.

All of a sudden, a graphic picture of what appeared to be a man no older than 33. With a massive stab wound covered in blood and his intestines placed next to him. And the date of the June 12, 1996. With the name of Michael Ribeiro, with a police case file code of 6576. After this a horrifying scene of a monkey being killed was shown. The Gameboy Camera Error Faces suddenly rammed into the screen. Weird considering that this was almost two month before Gameboy Camera was released. One of the faces who almost look like Rob Zombie like “Who are you running from?” said the following.

"You will not escape me you stupid motherfucker! I will find where you live and kill you and your entire family! I hope you will die by me! Microsoft can suck my dick! How do you like that you stupid fucking cunt! Your next to die hahaha bye!"

The Xbox then powered off.

In a moment of rage at what I just had to witness, I took the Xbox outside and smashed it on the patio.

A few months went by, and everything was normal.

Until I started thinking about that image and all the codes, so I went onto the internet and searched the name, Michael Ribeiro, along with the police case file code.

And I found an archive newspaper, it was about a murder which happened on the date of June 12th, 1996.

about a Microsoft worker, who was murdered during a headquarters invasion.

items taken from the headquarters were: some Windows Computer and an Drawing of an Microsoft future console Xbox.

The criminal was found later that week and was dead.

Next to him was the Xbox Drawing, the police two years later gave the two month old build of an prototype Xbox to Michael's relative his father, who looked like the man who gave me the prototype Xbox 4 years ago.

There was also a website set up in memory of Michael, on there were some home videos, in one we hear Michael Ribeiro talk, and sounded just like the David avatar inside the Xbox...