Xbox (Prototype)

DirectX Box was the original prototype of the Xbox founded by a Reddit user in late 2018. Some footage can be found in r/xboxprototype or on the Prototype Archives twitter account.

Design
The Xbox Prototype was a huge silver X shape milled from a solid block of aluminum with a light in the center. The light would glow green when touched and stay dark when the console is not in use or was turned off.

It's controller was named The Dakota Pad, which was used during development of the prototype Xbox.The controller is almost identical to the Duke, with the only difference being a different jewel with the signature wordmark and colour in the middle.

Early History (1999-2000)
Sony Computer Entertainment first announced the PlayStation 2 on March 2, 1999. The company had positioned the console as a centerpiece for home entertainment, as it not only would play video games, but also could play audio CDs and video DVDs. Microsoft, whose business had been primarily in supporting the personal computer (PC) business with its Windows operating system, software, and games, saw the PlayStation 2 as a threat to them.

Four engineers from Microsoft's DirectX team—Kevin Bachus, Seamus Blackley, Ted Hase and DirectX team leader Otto Berkes, began to envision what a Microsoft console to compete against the PlayStation 2 would be like. They designed a system that would use many hardware components in common with PCs, effectively running a version of Windows and DirectX to power the games on the console. This approach would make it easy for developers on Windows to build games for their new system, differentiating itself from the custom hardware solutions of most consoles. Numerous names were suggested for this console, including "Direct X Box", and the "Windows Entertainment Project". Later during that day, the final title for the console was Xbox, a shortened version of a previous idea.

From March 10, 1999 to May 23, 1999, Microsoft was developing the Xbox project, in which it included named for their first video game, Windows Millennium Edition was also in production the same time. Prototypes for the console and controller designs were found on Xbox's 20th Anniversary site including Exterminator, X-Wing, Bio and Racer X. These concepts would leave to The Dakota Pad, same as Duke but was different. After paying the bill for modelling the console and adding hardware, the Xbox was finally completed. Now they

As of mid-June 2000, Bill Gates returned to the task of their console which now had a new name, Xbox. Bill had planned the future of the console in the next decade or two. It would begin simply with the release of Xbox and its games. Bungie requested a team up for a new shooter game called Halo (originally called Slam!). A first look at the