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dub3's pixel tribute to Xbox Games Store in 2005: a Web 2.0-era games portal
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2005 page

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Xbox Games Store (2005)

Your cart misses you.

Cost
6 RAM
Power
13
Rarity
Rare
Family
Commerce
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Enemy cards cost 1 more to play here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 13 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.

The site, in 2005

Microsoft's digital shop for the Xbox 360, for downloading games, demos, add-ons, gamer pictures and Dashboard themes.

It launched with the Xbox 360 on 22 November 2005, as Xbox Live Marketplace, with 400 pieces of content. It was renamed in 2013, and the Xbox 360 store closed on 29 July 2024.

Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2005 page.

Put it on your site

Run Xbox Games Store, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Xbox Games Store is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2005, then plays a short scene. Want Xbox Games Store in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.