Fable is an action role-playing video game, the first in the Fable series. It was developed for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, and Mac OS X platforms by Big Blue Box Studios, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft Studios. The game shipped for the Xbox in September 2004. An extended version of the game, Fable: The Lost Chapters, was released for the Xbox and Windows in September 2005. A port of the game for Mac OS X, created by Robosoft Technologies and published by Feral Interactive, was released in March 2008 after a delay of more than two years due to licensing issues.
Fable (2004 video game)
Peter Molyneux enthusiastically promoted Fable.
In addition to the migration to Unreal Engine 3, textures, lighting, and shadows were significantly improved along with longer draw distances over the original game.
The Xbox is a home video game console manufactured by Microsoft that is the first installment in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was released as Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe and Japan in 2002. It is classified as a sixth-generation console, competing with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube. It was also the first major console produced by an American company since the release of the Atari Jaguar in 1993.
Xbox console with the "Xbox Controller"
The use of standard desktop components such as a DVD-ROM and hard drive contributed to much of the Xbox's weight and bulk.
A remote was required for DVD movie playback on the Xbox, which was sold separately.
Original Xbox controller
