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Legends of unattainable achievements are rampant on the Internet. A few are true, but most are nothing more
than jokes. Are any of the following achievements more than gaming lore? It remains to be seen. You might
see one running in the wild of Xbox Live. In the meantime, check these achievements and judge for yourself.
Did You Know?
King Kong Kiosk Demo
6 Achievements, 0 Total PointsBefore it was released, the kiosk demo for  Peter
Jackson’s King Kong sported six achievements....

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Making Your Mark

Gaming Résumés
Completing a level or winning a game be damned! Xbox.com is full of gamers with outrageous gamerscores.
These players pull out all the stops to pad their profiles by unlocking achievements and increasing their
gamerscores. Talk about creating a whole new way to play! These players aren’t playing to beat games; they
play to build on their gaming résumé. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!Reading a gamer card tells you a lot about another gamer. More important,...

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How Will You Play?
Instead of plowing through a game the way you’re used to,
you now have a second layer of challenges. Best of all,
they stay with you! Because they’re tied to your gamer
profile, your achievements and gamerscore accom-
plishments are part of your permanent record. The question now is: How will you play? Will you contin-
ue to play for the credits screen or will you play to get
the credit you deserve? Now take a break from reading
this book, and go unlock some...

Xbox 360™Han dbookThe Official User ’s Guide

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THE XBOX LIVE®MARKETPLACE
Everyone, from the closet shoe shopper to the avid game enthusiast, digs new things. There is nothing like
cracking open a brand new something. Xbox 360 gamers are no different. Perhaps that is why Microsoft created
a virtual mall in the Xbox Live Marketplace.There, 360 owners can window-shop, try out new content, and purchase to their heart’s content. They can
even see a trailer for an upcoming movie! The only difference is that while the local mall might be littered with
mall...

THE DEPARTMENTS
Just like any other mall, the
Xbox Live Marketplace has
different departments to
stroll through. You can
window-shop through
Games, Media, Themes,
and even a Featured
Downloads section.
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To purchase Microsoft Points from the Xbox LiveMarketplace main menu (or any other menu)
press  3. You have the option of buying 500,
1,000, 2,000, or 5,000 Microsoft Points digitally.
Select an amount, then confirm your pur-
chase. It will be charged to the credit...

The Food Court—Games
The most novel area of the Xbox Live Marketplace is its game content section. Here you can purchase and
download content that bolsters your play experience. Some of the content is like dessert (new costumes for
your character), while others are meat and potatoes, like several hours of new gameplay (new maps and so
forth) for a title you’ve already completed.Tired of the cars you have in  Project Gotham Racing® 3? Or maybe you’d like some new challenges in  To m
Clancy’s Ghost Recon...

All Game Downloads
Ye s ,  allgame downloads. Every bit of anything that has
ever been released for a game will be listed here. Click
on this option to go to an alphabetical list of games. If something new was released recently for a game,
it will sport the “New Releases” tag to its right. Not
every game in the Xbox 360 library is here, however,
only games that have benefited from digital content.
That includes Xbox Live Arcade games as well.
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This is obviously the...

Xbox Live Arcade™
This is the same option as clicking Xbox Live Arcade
from the Games blade. It takes you to the Xbox Live
Arcade storefront, where your options to find games
are Newly Released Arcade Downloads, All Arcade
Downloads, and Arcade Downloads by Genre.
Game Demos
Whoever said nothing in this world is free was wrong.
Game Demos serves up small chunks of upcoming
games (and even past releases), absolutely free.
Check out a game before you buy it!It may be only one level, or perhaps the demo...

Trailers and Game Videos
If you’re not the try-before-you-buy type, or simply
don’t want to make room on your hard drive for a
game demo, download a free trailer or game video.These are smaller chunks of game footage for
upcoming or previously released titles. These trailers
range from bite-sized 480p resolution appetizers to
720p side dishes (the game demos are the real meal).
Depending on the resolution you choose, their size will
vary from about 15MB to upward of 100.
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