The Story of The XBox with Co-Creator Kevin Bachus - The Retro Hour EP347

We go inside Microsoft back in the late 90s to hear the story of the original Xbox, Direct X, Microsoft's failed attempt to buy Nintendo and lots more with Kevin Bachus.

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