Crap. I've deleted a lot of games that I had installed in the past. I just figured that it would delete the install, I had no idea you needed to "drill down" in order to avoid deleting save games.

He was also caught flat-footed. Probably took a crit hit.

You can delete installed games more safely through other parts of the dashboard but I don't recall exactly where at the moment...

The same place on the dashboard where you choose to play your downloaded XBLA games, there should be a menu for the games you've installed - you can safely delete just the install from that menu.

I'm looking at some games to buy after buying the Arcade through Amazon this weekend. Quick question: Can the Arcade play original Xbox games?
I'm wanting Fable II and was thinking of getting Fable I as well.
Thanks

I believe you need a hard drive to play Xbox games. I think I remember reading that the required download exceeds 256MB.

Well that sucks. There's no required dl for 360 games is there? The 512mb should be good enough for just games saves, no?

Yes. You can. To do so though, requires a hard drive and you can buy the official expensive. Or you can buy an inexpensive "official" hard drive off ebay. The one off ebay requires an extra step or two to be backwards compatible, but it is very easy to bring it up to speed. (To do so, make sure you get the free transfer cable from Microsoft which you can then also sell on ebay for $40.)

While Fable 1 is playable on the 360, not all Xbox Original games are. There's a list somewhere of what is and is not BC, but I don't have that link offhand.

Thanks. I think I might just stick with the 360 games I'm looking at right now--Crackdown, Dead Rising, Fable II, Left 4 Dead, Mass Effect, and GTA: Episodes from Liberty City (maybe the GOW games too)--so I think I'll be good for quite awhile.

Am I going to have any problems playing any of those games offline without a hard drive?

I found a list of BC games. In case anyone else is interested here's the list.

I think you should be fine in terms of game saves. But you won't be able to download anything whatsoever. Actually, thinking about it now, I think that GTA episodes from Liberty City are DLC so you would need a hard drive to do that. Someone else who actually has them can chime in with a better response.

There is a disc version of the GTA episodes.

Official list is at
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/back...ygameslist.htm

I have an extra 20gb HDD if you are interested.

So do you play those episodes separate from the game itself? I thought they integrated into the game.

The episodes are completely stand-alone and don't affect the main game in any way.

Duplicate post so no 360 misses out on a great deal:

Good deal at Best Buy for RewardZone members, courtesy of CAG:
Text Gamer to 332211 to opt in for promos and discounts. They'll send you back a confirmation and then later send back this message:
Best Buy RZ Gamer Deal:Show this msg & save $20 on Xbox Live Card. SKU: 9636222 Expires 11/14 RZ Members Only Limit 1.
Show that to the CS and you get a year of Xbox Live for $30. It works with both the 12+1 Month card and the CoD MW2 mini-box that contains a 12 month card and a MW2 t-shirt (XL). Got one of those at lunch today.


Note: You could also just text that message to yourself and it would work fine as well.

Here's the way to stop the texts from coming once you have the one you want (if you're like me and don't have a text plan)

Forgive me for being a complete text message dumbass but how do you text message yourself that particular message? I never text message so I haven't a clue but would like to get in on that deal.

Easy. You send a text message to your cell phone number. The message then shows up a few minutes later as received.

You guys don't actually need the text, just the SKU. Just tell them to enter 9693222 and the package will come up.

It will not, however, work on 4000 point cards no matter how dumb you play

I have Xbox Live until February 2012, so I'm fine. Let me know if they have a deal for Xbox Points.

So just copy and paste the message and somehow send that message to yourself? I don't think I am understanding how you send that above message to yourself.

When I said I know nothing about text messaging, I meant it.

You can send an email to your cell phone number that's received as a text message.

For example for ATT it would be something like this: [email protected]

Brian, send me a PM with your cell number and I'll forward my message from Best Buy to you. BTW : The free shirt packaged with the 12 month card is actually pretty nice compared to some other Best Buy freebies I've gotten. It has the MW2 logo on the front and the Xbox Live and Infinity Ward logos on the sleeve.