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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.
    When the game was patched, the achievements
    mysteriously disappeared into the Xbox 360 jungle,
    much like the gorilla the game is based on.
    Barbie’s Horse Adventure Achievements
    30 Achievements, 1,000 Total Points Whether you are a Barbie fan or an equestrian
    enthusiast, your blood might have gotten pumping
    at the prospect of unlocking achievements in
    Barbie’s Horse Riding Adventure: Horse Rally . Alas,
    it was nothing more than a misguided joke put out
    by popular gaming Web sites. Zero Hour Achievement
    1 Achievement, Zero Points (get it?)
    Before ushering in the next-gen era, Microsoft
    held a prelaunch event called “Zero Hour.” Certain
    lucky gamers and Xbox devotees were invited to the
    California desert to celebrate the birth of Microsoft’s
    new system. Those who attended were also granted
    one of the first achievements ever, the Zero Hour VIP
    Achievement. Since you had to be there to get it, it
    will never be attainable by anyone who wasn’t. Lucky!
    Xbox 360 Launch Team Achievement
    1 Achievement, 0 Total Points, Infinite Bragging Rights Perhaps the mother of all achievements is one
    not just anyone can unlock. It is the one that came
    before all others and was available only to an elite
    few, the Xbox 360 launch team. Having created the
    very system that revolutionized the way you game,
    Xbox 360 launch team members were awarded with
    this rarest of achievements.
    
    As an alternative to the achievement solution offered in the Treit & True
    column, Hardcore’s Hardcorner lists some of the toughest achievements to get. If you’re a purist and you want your gamer profile to reflect your awesome skills, then head to this column on Xbox.com and learn the most arduous ways to boost your gamerscore.
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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, reading another person’s gamerscore
    can tell you about the kind of gamer he or she is. Predominantly high gamerscores in first-person shooters, for
    example, reflect a player’s skill in that particular genre. Because many FPS games’ achievements revolve around
    online competition, a gamerscore built predominantly on FPS titles may indicate that the player is a skilled
    online competitor. While it’s not a guaranteed way to gauge another player, take the following into consideration when reading a
    gamerscore.
    > High FPS achievement count: Player likes FPS titles. Probably owns online.
    > High sports achievement count: Player prefers sports titles. Plays offline a lot.
    > Low gamerscore, but many sports titles on his gamer card: Player is a sports fan, but plays mostly online.
    > Mixed bag of achievements: Player is well-rounded, doesn’t much spend time with any one particular genre.
    > Gamerscore is more than 10,000: Player is an overachiever.
    > Gamerscore is at or about 5,000: Player plays moderately, but often enough.
    > Gamerscore is less than 1,000: The player either doesn’t play very often, or spends a lot of time online.
    > Gamerscore is composed mainly of Xbox Live Arcade titles: Gamer is fan of arcade-style gameplay. Short pick-up games are his or her thing.
    > High gamerscore, but not a single title’s achievements are completely unlocked: Player probably plays a lot, across different genres. Doesn’t stay with one game too long.
    Of course, the above is mostly conjecture, but you will find it to be true most of the time. Keep in mind
    that more games come out every month, so after
    the Xbox 360 has been around a while, the number
    of games available will increase the number of
    achievements available to unlock. Three years down
    the line, a gamer with a gamerscore of 10,000 might
    be considered a casual gamer.
    Achievements have also changed the way
    gamers buy games. When a title comes out for multiple systems, the Xbox 360 version auto-
    matically has more value added with its built-in achievements. More bang for your buck!
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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 achievements!
    Achievement Name How to Unlock
    Snowbird Bound! Finish Act I of the story to unlock the Snowbird resort.
    Vamanos a South America! Finish Act II of the story to unlock Valle Nevado.
    Rescued Weiner Boy! Finish Act III of the story by rescuing Weiner Boy and gaining access to the secret C.A.I. area.
    Reunited...and It Feels So  Good Finish Act IV of the story by rescuing the
    rest of the crew.
    Big Musical Finale! Congratulations! You defeated the Baron!
    Northstar Nirvana Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Northstar to Own the Mountain.
    Snowbird Dawg Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Snowbird to Own the Mountain.
    Viva Valle! Impress the req uired number of bystanders in
    each area of Valle Nevado to Own the Mountain.
    Laax Stock & Barrel Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of Laax to Own the Mountain.
    King of the Mountain Lab Impress the required number of bystanders in each area of DC to Own the Mountain.
    Sledding Merit Badge Earn 1,000,000+ points in sledding scores.
    Snowmobiler Merit Badge Travel 10+ kilometers on a snowmobile.
    Park Designer Merit Badge Build 200+ terrain park objects.
    Lesser Snow God Earn any Medal for  all challenges and media
    callouts.
    Greater Snow God Earn a Gold Medal for  allchallenges and
    media callouts. Points Added to Gamerscore
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    Tons of user-created websites out there are
    packed with information about achievements and how to unlock them. Sites likewww.achieve360points.com and
    www.xbox360achievements.com have tutorials, forums, and lists for the overachieving gamer.
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    If you’re still not entirely clear on achievements and gamerscore, check out the following example for  Amped 3.
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    06:
    This Little Gamer 
    Went to Market
    
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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 rats and a food court, they can visit the Xbox Live Marketplace in the comfort of their own home (mall rats
    not included!). Better still, shoppers don’t have to search through aisle after aisle looking for what they want and then check
    out through some grouchy cashier hawking the company’s credit card. The Xbox Live Marketplace is a digital
    storefront where you can expand on the games you play, find new games to download, give your dashboard a
    dash of you, and even see what’s coming to a theater near you.  In this chapter you’ll learn about the goods you can get on the Xbox Live Marketplace and what you need to
    go on a digital downloading spree.
    Microsoft Money—Microsoft Points
    To shop, you obviously need a method of payment. You use
    Microsoft Points ™
    to purchase digital goods on Xbox Live
    Marketplace. Microsoft Points can be purchased directly on Xbox
    Live with a credit card. Microsoft Points can be purchased at retail outlets as well. The
    cards are available in increments of up to 1,600 points, and you use
    them as you would an Xbox Live Subscription card. After you buy
    the card, scratch the covered portion on the back to reveal a code,
    enter it into your Xbox Live account, and you’re armed for your
    shopping extravaganza. Not everything on the Xbox Live Marketplace costs points. There
    are hours of free content available for perusing and downloading.
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    Getting to the Xbox Live Marketplace is as
    easy as one...yeah, just one. Click on the Xbox Live Marketplace button from the Xbox Live blade, and you’re there.
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    To make use of the Marketplace, you will need
    a high-speed Internet connection, an Xbox Live
    Silver membership, a Passport or Windows Live ID, and a hard drive to store all your digital
    wares. You can use an Xbox 360 Memory Unit
    rather than the hard drive, but that will severely limit the amount of room in your basket.
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    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 card you have on file for your gamertag account. You can also select the Change Payment
    option before confirming your purchase. This will let you choose a different credit card or
    redeem a prepaid card purchased from a local retail store.
    NOTE
    Purchased Microsoft Points don’t expire. Onlypoints awarded through promotions have expiration dates.
    NOTE
    If you bought a Microsoft Points card, skip
    straight to the Redeem Code option on the
    Xbox Live Marketplace menu to activate your digital currency.
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    You will soon be able to use your Microsoft Points
    on other Microsoft properties. There are plans for
    transactions on MSN® Spaces, and for the Zune
    music service. The company has its fingers in
    many honey pots, so you can expect to find more
    uses for these points in many other areas of
    entertainment.
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    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 Advanced Warfighter ? After picking up some new content on the Marketplace, you can
    extend the shelf life of your favorite game.
    Newly Released Downloads
    Make this your first stop, especially if you check in
    regularly. After clicking on the Newly Released Downloads
    option (the very first option on the Games menu)
    you’re taken to an alphabetical list of game titles. Not every game is represented on this list, only
    titles for which there has been a recent content
    release. If a new map pack or game-inspired theme
    has been released for a game, you’ll find it here.
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    Most items (no
    rentals) purchased on Xbox Live Marketplace are available for
    download again at no extra cost. Say
    you’re running low on hard-drive space and need to delete a fewitems to make room
    for some HD trailers.
    No problem! Get rid of
    a few themes, demos, and so forth. When
    you have more space, you can download
    them again for free.
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    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 best option for newcom- ers. After checking the Newly Released
    Downloads section, check in here for older stuff that you might not be aware of.
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    Lazy gamers, beware! Not everything releasedon Xbox Live Marketplace will be available for- ever. If you miss out on downloading a free
    game or demo that was available for a limited time only, you’re out of luck!
    CAUTION
    So what is the differ-ence between the
    first 12 genres and
    Xbox Live Arcade? The first 12 genres cover
    retail games you can purchase at the store; Xbox Live Arcade is
    for downloaded game
    titles exclusive to the Xbox Live Arcade. So if you’re looking to
    download content for Dead or Alive 4 check
    the Fighting genre. If you’re looking to
    download content for Street Fighter II Hyper
    Fighting check the Xbox
    Live Arcade genre.
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    By Genre
    Gamers who know what
    they want usually know
    exactly how to get it. This
    section has all game
    downloads organized by
    genre. If you don’t want
    to sort through every
    game title for a particular
    download, don’t!
    Come here, pick your
    preferred genre, and see
    what’s good for you.
    Genres include:
    > Action
    > Adventure > Family
    > Fighting
    > Other
    > Platform
    > Racing
    > Role Playing> Shooter
    > Simulation
    > Sports
    > Strategy
    > Xbox Live Arcade
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    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 will
    have only two characters unlocked, but Game Demos
    will always serve up enough to give you a real taste
    of the game. This section is also separated into
    Newly Released Demos, All Game Demos, and Game
    Demos by Genre.
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    Remember how Xbox Live Arcade was its own
    genre in the Games list? That’s because Xbox Live Arcade has its own genres!
    > Action Arcade
    > Bar Sports
    > Camera-EnabledGames > Card and Board
    > Coin-Op Classics
    > Puzzle and Word
    > Strategy and Sims
    NOTE
    Pay attention to the banner on the Xbox Live
    Arcade menu. It typically highlights a new game or fresh downloads.
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    Check out chapter 7, “Arcade Action, Zero Quarters,”for more information on Xbox Live Arcade.
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    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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    Not every third-party game will have a game
    demo, so don’t expect every title to be in this
    section. All titles developed by Microsoft, how- ever, will have demos on Xbox Live Marketplace.
    NOTE
    Remember, these demos are for retail gamesonly. If you want to try an arcade title before you buy it, download the free trial version of that game in Xbox Live Arcade.
    NOTE
    Because these are demos of larger games,
    they require more room on your hard drive. The demos range from a few hundred
    megabytes to more than a gigabyte—good-
    sized chunks of free gaming. Be sure you have enough room on your plate.
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    You can also get to Game Demos by choosing
    the Demos and Game Videos option in the Xbox Live Marketplace main menu.
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    Access your game demos by going to the Games
    blade and clicking on Demos. Easy as pie.
    Manage Your Media!
    This section isn’t just for game trailers. Thegame videos also cover trade show events,
    game-sponsored events, and things like in- game strategy created by your favorite games developers.
    NOTE
    You can also get to Game Videos by choosing
    the Demos and Game Videos option in the Xbox Live Marketplace main menu. U.S. users can also get to Game Videos from Media and Entertainment too!
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