 | Xbox 360 Console Core System (Includes: Xbox 360, wired controller and composite TV connection & SCART adaptor)
Buy used from: £113.95 I'm assuming you're like most students - absolutely minimum cash. If so, this is the console for you. You'll save on batteries (or by not getting rechargables, your choice) but to save games...
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 | Xbox 360 64 MB Memory unit (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £34.35 / Used from: £12.99 ... you'll need one of these bad boys. No game demos, downloads or HDD music, but saving games is essential.
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 | wired controller (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £24.26 / Used from: £21.65 One extra controller will be a requirement. Wired is much cheaper, although you can only have three (fourth will have to be wireless).
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 | Xbox 360 VGA Cable
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £14.40 Thanks to the 360's scaler chip, it can output to pretty much any VGA monitor - so you get HD without the price! It's also sharper than component!
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 | V7 L22WD 22in Widescreen LCD Monitor DVI 5ms Built In Speakers Silver & Black
If you haven't got a monitor more than 1280px wide, this is a corker. Big, widescreen, with speakers so you don't need to buy some, and it's even got a DVI-D input for your computer.
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 | 1001Cables - 3.5mm Stereo Plug to 2 Phono Sockets 2m
An adapter for those audio plugs. Good for outputting to ...
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 | Logitech S200 Speakers (2.1)
Buy new: £45.99 / Used from: £40.99 ... these great-value 2.1 speakers. Not essential if you're using your monitor/TV speakers, but a good idea if you've got the money.
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 | Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £15.43 / Used from: £5.40 Utterly fantastic, a real old-school platformer with next-gen graphics. Incredible fun for messing around on, but co-op mode is sadly Xbox Live or System Link only.
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 | Halo (Xbox)
Buy used from: £3.76 I know it's not a 360 game, but this is one of the best first-person shooters ever made, an better than Halo 2 at that. Won't work with a VGA cable though!
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 | Halo 2 - Best of Classics (Xbox)
Buy used from: £5.43 Halo 2 isn't quite as good but it's still fantastic. This'll work over VGA no problems, and the four-player split-screen mode (syslink also) is phenomenal.
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 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £15.11 / Used from: £6.45 Tactical shooter game with incredible graphics and awesome squad commands, combined with split-screen co-op and a sweet cover system, make this the best shooter on the 360...
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 | Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Buy new: £16.74 / Used from: £12.95 While this is easily the best-looking game on the 360, its tricky controls drop it below Vegas - but only just. Split-screen co-op mode is excellent and well-made and will provide hours of brutality.
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 | Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Xbox 360)
Buy used from: £1.08 1v1, 2v2, 3v1 or even 4vCPU, whatever you fancy Pro Evo has you covered. Great graphics and an unbelievable replay function - a must for those post-pub rematches!
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 | Burnout 3: Takedown (Xbox)
Buy used from: £1.99 If you want an arcadey driving game, Burnout 3 is currently the king (B:R's traffic-checking took the series backwards). Multiplayer lets it down but singleplayer is brilliant.
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 | Guitar Hero II with X-Plorer Guitar Controller (Xbox 360)
Buy used from: £58.00 If you can stump for it, GH2 will give you and your mates a hell of a lot of fun. Don't knock it til you've tried it...
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