andrewdelvard

Received a suprise X-Box for Christmas. Really amused at how much I like this console. Feel like a kid. Something about it takes me back to the great times of the Super Nes.
Anyway, mods.
What will the various mods available do for my X-Box? I don't have a clue. Looked at some UK sites but they don't go into much detail about what they actually do.
We don't currently have broadband so is that going to seriously restrict any usefulness in modding the Box?
How quickly do the mods go out of date and drop in price? Is it similar to buying pc game cards, memory, etc etc in that prices are soon out of date?
Thanks.

dsmith

At the level for 99% of people - once chipped its chipped. A few features become available in later BIOS, like Hard Disks now > 138Gb. I believe some of the very early chips needed to be upgraded to take advantage but for most now its a software upgrade only.

For me the most use of having it chipped is playing films and MP3 off my existing server. I dont have Broadband but do have shared ISDN internet access but havent tried either X-Box Live or the alternatives yet.

Some more stuff here

Deano

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Yep, you can run XBMP/XBMC for playing back any media files, viewing images etc, stream these files from your PC over your network.

You can use many emulators for SNES/Megadrive/N64/Speccy/C64 etc.

You can FTP save games to your HDD downloaded from the net - small files.

Backup your games to HDD so they access & load faster.

Customise the dashboard with menus to run all of your stuff.

Run Liunx.

Plus loads more depending on what you want to do

Edit to say: One of the current Xecutor Lite chips will be suitable for 99% of users. Upgrades are just by means of flashing the bios.

[Edited by DJ Dunk - 1/12/2004 9:26:53 AM]

andrewdelvard

Had no idea about the emulator possibilities. Brilliant!

Hobo_Jojo

plus you can run backed up dvd's and games

Hobo_Jojo

and make its dvd playing multi region

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

If you're after an N64 emulator then Surreal64 has just been released and its great. Its a kind of interface into 3 other N64 emulators and picks the best one for the game you want to run along with recommended settings. Loads of box-art is included too, looks fasntastic, very well presented and easy to use

Hobo_Jojo

does it actually work tho? ive tried a few n there ****e

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Yep it works Its a combination of the 3 decent N64 emulators out there. Some of the emus play some games better than others and Surreal64 sorts all of that out for you by recommending which one to use and with which graphics/sound driver. Was playing Mario Kart64 just the other day, music a little jerky in places but worked a treat

andrewdelvard

OK, Sorry if I sould a little stoopid, but spell it out for me as I'm intrigued by this. I've got an X-box. I've got Goldeneye and a whole host of different games on cartrige. The emulator is software. Do I use some kind of hardware to use the cartriges or is it done in some other way which we can't mention without getting the thread closed?

Hobo_Jojo

you get software versions of the roms u fool!

Hobo_Jojo

but you must delete them within 24 hours

Hobo_Jojo

surreal64 available via xbins?

P1Fanatic

Does getting it chipped cause any problems playing with Xbox live?

Simon.

andrewdelvard

Take a look at this site looks quite good.
http://www.copying-xbox-games.com/modchip-xbox-live.php

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Yes Surreal64 is available on xbins, thats where I got my copy.

The roms can be downloaded from the usual places, mail me if you need one in particular that you own the original of

Simon - You can only play original games on X-Box Live (ie. Not your backups of your originals ). Also you need to switch off the chip with a harwired switch to avoid detection. There are many other ways to play online with chipped boxes though.

Tsunami

lo Si

If u connect a chipped xbox and connect to xbox live u are auto banned from ever connecting again to the live service since microsoft record the mac address of the chipped xbox- make sure the the chip is disabled b4 u connect to the xbox live service.

some useful links:

http://www.baldbouncer.co.uk/catalog/
http://www.xbconnect.com/
http://www.xbox-scene.com/tutorials.php

Give me a call if u need advice mate.

Chris

Hanley

You're not actually banned from ever connecting to Live again.

You're X-Box live account is not banned, your EPROM is.

This is Microsoft being very clever again, this enables you to go and buy another console and connect using your existing Live account.

All this equals more money for Mr Gates.

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Hanley is correct. You can also 'borrow' an EEPROM from a friends X-Box who doesn't intend to go on Live. Then just update it with ConfigMagic