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1) Place on steady surface and insert wires.
2) Press little button to open drawer tray. No, the other one. The really small one with the light on. No, that’s the off-switch, the other one.
3) Select the menu to smooth graphics and disc-speed fast. No, that’s the clock settings. No, that’s the one to listen to music. No, not that one either, that’s your other sett…thaaaat’s right.
4) Insert disc
5) Wait.
6) Wait some more
7) Oooh, a PS2 menu!
8) Wait
9) Begin Game.
10) Scratch head and then get a replacement from SCEE 2 weeks after getting a launch machine
Please leave adequate gaps in gaming for a break. You can use the between-levels loading time for this purpose.
Do not sit too close to the tv screen or you will die.
Do not expect too much from Metal Gear Solid 2 or you will be sad and tears will slip down your cheeks
Do not mention the fact that the A+ titles are being ported to the Xbox.
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Xbox Instruction Manual:
1) Get mates to lift it with you
2) Place under Tv
3) Get new tv unit because you just broke the other one under it’s weight
4) Turn on
5) Set system setting by going to the “System Settings” menu
6) Stop listening to the whispery Russian voices, they’re not being subliminal or anything
7) Place disc in tray
8) Play
Please leave adequate gaps in gaming for a break. You can use the time it takes to catch your breath after moving your Xbox 2 inches to the right.
Do not sit too close to the tv screen, not that you can with this behemoth under your tv anyway.
Do not expect too much from Project Gotham Racing, or you will remember Gran Turismo and cry like a girl
Do not wonder why all FPS games aren’t as good as Halo, and don’t think Perfect Dark was any good
Do not try and live inside your Xbox, it smells funny
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Gamcube Instruction Manual
1) Get parents to open box
2) Get parents to plug in
3) Get parents to take your mittens off
4) Push tongue into bottom lip and extend
5) Go “Muuuuuh”
6) Wee your nappy and cry
Do not attempt to turn Gamecube off yourself, get parents to help.
Do not attempt to gum the controller, it tastes like lego
Do not attempt to walk without supervision, tables have sharp corners
Do not cry when Nintendo abandon the European Market and concentrate on the Asian market as they have done previously
Do not open the closet, because monsters live in there.
And clowns
1) Place on steady surface and insert wires.
2) Press little button to open drawer tray. No, the other one. The really small one with the light on. No, that’s the off-switch, the other one.
3) Select the menu to smooth graphics and disc-speed fast. No, that’s the clock settings. No, that’s the one to listen to music. No, not that one either, that’s your other sett…thaaaat’s right.
4) Insert disc
5) Wait.
6) Wait some more
7) Oooh, a PS2 menu!
8) Wait
9) Begin Game.
10) Scratch head and then get a replacement from SCEE 2 weeks after getting a launch machine
Please leave adequate gaps in gaming for a break. You can use the between-levels loading time for this purpose.
Do not sit too close to the tv screen or you will die.
Do not expect too much from Metal Gear Solid 2 or you will be sad and tears will slip down your cheeks
Do not mention the fact that the A+ titles are being ported to the Xbox.
-----
Xbox Instruction Manual:
1) Get mates to lift it with you
2) Place under Tv
3) Get new tv unit because you just broke the other one under it’s weight
4) Turn on
5) Set system setting by going to the “System Settings” menu
6) Stop listening to the whispery Russian voices, they’re not being subliminal or anything
7) Place disc in tray
8) Play
Please leave adequate gaps in gaming for a break. You can use the time it takes to catch your breath after moving your Xbox 2 inches to the right.
Do not sit too close to the tv screen, not that you can with this behemoth under your tv anyway.
Do not expect too much from Project Gotham Racing, or you will remember Gran Turismo and cry like a girl
Do not wonder why all FPS games aren’t as good as Halo, and don’t think Perfect Dark was any good
Do not try and live inside your Xbox, it smells funny
---
Gamcube Instruction Manual
1) Get parents to open box
2) Get parents to plug in
3) Get parents to take your mittens off
4) Push tongue into bottom lip and extend
5) Go “Muuuuuh”
6) Wee your nappy and cry
Do not attempt to turn Gamecube off yourself, get parents to help.
Do not attempt to gum the controller, it tastes like lego
Do not attempt to walk without supervision, tables have sharp corners
Do not cry when Nintendo abandon the European Market and concentrate on the Asian market as they have done previously
Do not open the closet, because monsters live in there.
And clowns