I got into the original Xbox towards the end of last year and it has quickly become my favorite system (next to the Dreamcast)

Here's what my collection looks like as of now:

These are my games that have yet to make it to the shelves. Some are dupes and some I bought because the cases were in great condition



These are the games that are currently on the shelves








And these are my imports. I really want to get some more

Sounds like you play a lot of Playstation. No, seriously, not trying to knock or make jokes. I've never heard anyone complain about the offset analog sticks that wasn't already a huge PS player, since their sticks are centered symmetrical. The ABXY buttons are actually pressure-sensitive for certain games, which is why they are a little squishier than other controllers. I don't mind it, but I can see where someone else would. I've never had a problem with the d-pad, but it is very different from most consoles. 

I'm loving these collection photos. My collection is dismal, since I only started buying casually again recently. That, and they're stacked on my bedroom tv, which isn't ideal for showing off.

Still Life is an adventure game, you switch back and forth between time periods playing as an FBI agent and her father, a private eye. In both cases you're trying to solve a serial murder. If you like games like Syberia, it's a good one.

House of the Dead 3 is definitely a light gun game, I don't remember if you can use a controller instead, but I doubt it. 
 

I bounce all over the place for consoles and don't tend to stick to one specific controller for very long periods. I don't play almost any FPS games though and most of the people I talk to tend to favor the offset sticks for those kinds of games. 

Like I stated earlier, I don't even use the stock controller. A good 3rd party wireless is a must for either xbox or ps2. I think an alternate controller might fix some of your complaints also. 

 

Do you have any recommendations for 3rd party Xbox controllers? I always shun 3rd party controllers for any system, but for this one I might make an exception. 

The Logitech Wireless controllers are a must: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-...

Deathrow is a great game. I never hear anyone mention it. 

I use a pellican that's not bad, but my PS2 is a logitech and that looks pretty similar. It's a nice controller.

Are there any good controllers that are a drastically different design?

Here's the one I have:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft...

The black and white buttons are positioned like the playstations RB and LB as well as on the face. That's a nice touch. But it's pretty chuncky, the logitech is slimmer and will probably feel more like a standard controller. I think you'll be hard pressed to find something that doesn't have the offset sticks.
 

I've used both of the controllers you guys mentioned already (I own a game store so I get to try a lot of hardware) and didn't like either of those controller either

Was hoping for something as far from the Xbox design as possible that I may have overlooked or not seen yet.

Honestly you should just use a controller adapter! No reason not to use your favorite controller when playing a given console when there's 10 dollar converters out there.
 

They make controller adapters. You could just use a PS2 controller instead.

Bah! Nick ninjad me.

 

+1 for the controller adapter suggestion. I already had a couple of different PS controllers(arcade stick, Street Fighter fight pad, etc) and wanted to try them out, worked great!

@ Silent hill I mentioned Deathrow on the few occasions that I do post about xbox haha. But what's awesome about deathrow is that is system link capable with 4 players on each xbox so 8 people on 2 xboxes and you can actually win a match by beating up and incapacitating the other team kinda like Brutal Football on the Atari Jaguar. As Price wise it's great that it is cheap so more people can enjoy a rather underrated System that despite it's many Ports were usually the best version of those ports sans the PC version. Xyanide is a decent shooter that get's play time from me as well as Taito Legends 2 PAL version which has the Arcade Port of Cadash which is 4 players and also Region Free and one of my favorite Arcade games of all time.

We will have LAN parties every now and then so it sounds like I'll have to grab another copy of Deathrow.

Do you have a list of imports that are region free?

Whoa, Deathrow is system-linkable? I need to play this. Also, I need to find people to LAN with. I went through the trouble of hooking up my xboxes, linked up wirelessly, and my friends bailed. Twice.

So obvious I kinda feel like an idiot! I'm always so pro first party everything that converter never occurred to me. Thanks guys

I made this for a Facebook group last week. It's the top CIB prices for OG XBox games (excluding CEs or pack ins what-have-you):


Jurassic Park Operation Genesis $91.00
Teen Titans $47.75
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 $44.90
Futurama $42.66
OutRun 2006 $41.33
Star Wars Battlefront 2 $38.49
Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth $36.49
Test Drive Eve of Destruction $36.12
Xyanide $34.98
Stubbs the Zombie $33.98


I also did a top PS2 list and only JP Operation Genesis crossed over. Don't let people here fool you some of these game are rare. I've yet to find a Futurama of Xyanide in person.

Obscure seems kind of pricey. Or are the ebay sellers just being collective dicks right now?
 

Well none of the sale match the listing prices if that's what you mean.  I'd have a hard time believing someone would pay $40 for that game.

So the later.

The PS2 version of Obscure seems to have jumped up recently. 

I just picked up Futurama recently and I haven't seen Xyanide in quite some time. Looks like I'm only missing Teen Titans and Digimon from that list. 

Pretty awesome when the most expensive game is less than three figures.