Superfro Hacked Bios's
Posted by HyperG at 23:02 PM

There are a few hacked bios's which contain modifications to where they do not display the flubber animation you see at the beginning at boot up. You can find these at the usual places.

InvaderX version 2.0b released
Posted by HyperG at 22:20 PM

lubby has released a new version of InvaderX, here is the info as follows from the readme.

"Probably second last release of invaders, hope you enjoy it.

Some people are having problems with screen being cut off, this is because your television does not fully
support 640x480 resolution. I could have fixed this by lowering the resolution of InvaderX, but i didnt so sorry to those that are effected. I will add option for this mode in all future XBOX games i release.

Features added in Ver 2:

Xbox Only £159.99
Posted by Sin-Tex at 12:40 PM

News Sources: Xbox.com & Official Xbox Magazine

"In reaction to Sony's just-announced PS2 price cut to £169.99, Microsoft has gone one step further by offering the world's most powerful console for £159.99 from tomorrow 30th August."

"European gamers have even more to be celebrating heading into this Christmas shopping season as Microsoft today announced that the European price of its Xbox video game system will be reduced to an estimated street price of €249.99/£159.99, effective from Friday, 30th August."

"The video games industry is more robust than ever this year, and new consoles and games are expected to dominate Christmas wish lists," said Sandy Duncan, Vice President, Xbox Europe. "Xbox is extremely well-positioned to be at the top of those lists because it's the best value. The intense power and gaming experiences consumers get with Xbox is simply unsurpassed."

"Duncan pointed out that only with Xbox this holiday can consumers get a choice of over 200 game titles (with over 300 currently in development) representing the most advanced movie quality graphics, sound effects and music ever experienced on a video game console, plus a built-in hard disc for the most intense gaming experiences and a built-in broadband adapter for instant online gaming with Xbox Live, a new online gaming service launching soon in Europe. "Best value is not just about price," said Duncan. "It's price, plus the most advanced hardware features, plus a killer games portfolio all in one package."


Thanks to Lee Dicks & Big Dave for the heads up.

DoomX v0.12 Alpha released!
Posted by HyperG at 21:08 PM

The author has released a working alpha, which features the following.
Source code has also been released.

Whats Working:

Microsoft throws DVD kit in with Xbox
Posted by Sin-Tex at 20:36 PM

News Source: CNET.com
By David Becker

"Microsoft announced Monday that it has begun offering a full-cost rebate for a DVD playback kit purchased in conjunction with the company's Xbox video game console. The DVD kit includes a remote control and an infrared receiver that plugs into the Xbox, allowing the console to function as a DVD movie player. Customers who buy an Xbox and the DVD kit between now and Nov. 2 will get a $30 rebate, covering the cost of the DVD kit."

Please Note the above news was posted on CNET.com on the 26th August 2002 & shows a $30 USD rebate, indicating the offer is only valid from 26th August 2002 -
2nd November 2002 + only available for those living in the USA.

Doom-X Alpha 0.02
Posted by Sin-Tex at 14:28 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

Please note this is an internal alpha release for alpha/beta testers & has not been released for puplic use.

"Made some progress with DoomX, if you have seen the Video going around you will notice the wall textures are bugged (solid colored lines). This has been fixed and along with some other bugs which caused some levels to lock up Check out a few screenshots of the new internal release."

You can also check out 4 new pictures of Doom-X running here

Xbox Linux 0.2
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:00 AM

News Source: Xbox-Linux

Xbox-Linux 0.2 has been released with framebuffer support.


Check out the latest screenshots and a video of 0.2 here.

You can download it here, read news posted 25th download link at bottom of news post.

RelaX v0.2 released
Posted by HyperG at 16:24 PM

This opensource XStream server program was released a few moments ago. Here is info straight from the readme.

"RelaX is an XStream server program that will let share your media to your XBOX media player (www.xboxmediaplayer.com) made by d7o3g4q & RUNTiME. Currently only tested on B5."

When b6 is released, changes will be need to be made to the source. I would mirror it here, but it seems the login to upload has changed (hint hint sintex :-p ).

Source :: Xbins (IRC)

InvaderX version 1.0b
Posted by HyperG at 15:04 PM

An Invaders clone was released, here is what's featured.

XCommander R2
Posted by HyperG at 14:39 PM

Zhivago has posted on the Xboxhacker.net forums that he has released a second build of XCommander. It is a file manager for the XBox. XCommander supports gamepad and USB keyboards. It is also possible to create a connection to your Windows PC. A new feature is to copy wma files directly to your stored soundtracks and use them in some games (for example in Rallisport Challenge or Project Gotham Racing). You can check out the thread here.

XB Connect 2.0 Released
Posted by Sin-Tex at 13:44 PM

News Source: XBConnect

Whats New:

- New graphical user interface
- Network code optimized
- Buddy system
- People can now join games even if they are behind a firewall

You can download it here

XFactor's PacmanX v1 released!
Posted by HyperG at 2:55 AM

Yup a clone of Pacman has been made for Xbox. Here is some information from the iNFO.

"This is our first homebrew release so we hope you
like it. It ain't perfect by any stretch but it is
only a beta version and we'll update ASAP.

It's basically the traditional game of Pacman, but
a bit less well made :D

Hope you enjoy it. Give us some feedback on the
chat room or by email if you do! If you don't,
then we don't want to hear from you :P"

You can find it at the usually places.

Source :: XFactor Dev

xSnes9x beta 5 progress
Posted by Sin-Tex at 19:04 PM

News Source xSnes9x

Just a quick update on this:

No eject and rescan have been implemented into xSnes9x beta 5 and its working well. You are now able to swap cd's of containing your favorite roms as many times as you want.
The roms must exist on the root directory on the cd.

However, you will need to bios capable of the eject-trick otherwise this feature wont work.

Doom-X (Sneak Peak)
Posted by Sin-Tex at 16:35 PM

News Source: XboxHacker.NET

A full minute of video footage from loading up Xbox to evolution-x to Doom X , etc.
It is encoded using Divx 5, visit XboxHacker.NET for the download.

Thanks to HyperG for the news.

LoGo-X v0.42
Posted by Sin-Tex at 16:26 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

LoGo-X has been upgraded to modify evolutionX. Features are: -Replace the background picture -Replace the splash screen -Remove version string -Remove date/time (from the top left corner)

Pandora 2 ( 1 wire )
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:40 PM

News Source: Pandora Chip

The Next Generation Pandora Chip

Features:
"Only 1 Wire to Solder for quick installation
Plays All Original Games Including Imports
Plays all Personal Backups (All Media)
Plays All unsigned code & Modified XBE's (Custom code)
Universal Design- Plays On PAL/USA/JAP Consoles
Bios Detection (More stable)
Region Free DVD
Macrovison Off
DVD Reset
Eject Trick (Software version)
HDD Swap for Evolution X
Compatible with all version of Evolution-X
Mod based on Evo X 2.3 Bios functions"

So it is 1 wire, but the site does not seem to mention how many solder points.
We will just have to wait & see.

EvoX Menu Editor
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:59 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

Just a little program for Windows which allows you to connect to your XBox to edit the \\\'menu.ini\\\' file used by Evolution-X dashboard. The program parses the \\\'menu.ini\\\' file and creates a nice tree view in the GUI. You can easily drag and drop items around, add new, delete, modify, etc. There are commands to alphabetically sort a section or the entire menu tree. There is a command to automatically add games from your \\\'AutoAddItem\\\' directories into the menu file, so you can edit the default titles they are given by Evolution-X dashboard, and can sort them, etc. When you\\\'re all done, the program will reconstruct a new \\\'menu.ini\\\' file and send it back to your XBox. Of course, you can also use it to work with local \\\'menu.ini\\\' files (i.e. for buring to DVDR). It\\\'s nothing earth shattering, but for the slightly anal types, like myself, who don\\\'t always like the names that \\\'AutoAddItem\\\' assigns, and who like to keep their menus in alphabetical order, it\\\'s a real time saver.

LoGo-X v0.3 Released
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:55 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

LoGo-X allows you to change the little 'microsoft' logo when you cold boot (cd or first time hd). Under the XBOX logo after the animation a 'microsoft' logo appears. You can put whatever you want there now! The logos are 100x17 4bit greyscale, lets see some good artwork folks...

Sorry no download for it here, you know where to look.

Xbox Media Player B6 info
Posted by Sin-Tex at 7:20 AM

News Source: Xbox Media Player

"Development Update

Well, those of you who didn't visit #xbplayer today missed out on some news. It looks like B6 is coming in about 2 weeks.

So, what have we accomplished and what's still not done? Well, I'll try my best to list everything.

Completed
----------------
Remote Control
Divx 5.0 support (including 5.0 Pro)
Local and Remote Directories supported
Linear buffering code (for cd-rw/dvd-r playback)
New MMX/SSE optimized motion compensation routines
Xvid color bug fix
Anamorphic aspect ratio bug fix (16:9)
Customizable aspect-ratio control
Static IP/EVOX/DHCP support
Easier settings configuration format
DVD tray auto-eject/close
Power-down XBOX
Launch XBEs
Dashboard replacement mode

In Progress
-----------------
AVI Preemphasis. (AVI with an encoded silence)
XStream Web Front-end
JPEG Viewer

To Do (If they get finished in time)
----------------------------------
AC3 digital output
Mpeg2 (SVCD) support

The AVI Preemphasis is almost done. This will correct some minor sync problems. With the current state of the code, mpeg2 decoding will be really easy to drop in. I've already done some research on the AC3 stuff."

Xsne9X BETA 5 info
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:47 PM

News Source: Xbox Power

The next release is brewing and should be out in around a week or so.

Some of the new features are mainly bugs but also savestates and ips patch loading! He also said just maybe there will be a no-eject on reset so you can swap rom cd's in and out might also be avalible in this version. He also said that he has infact started netplay as well, but it wont be ready in this version. Hopefully the next one. Well hope those tid bits are usefull to you. Enjoy!

Thanks to jordash for the e-mail :)

cxbx-0.3.0 Released
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:16 PM

News Source: caustik.com

This is the first version released that demonstrates the successfull hijacking of xbox kernel exports. the next step in emulating the xbox system is to provide accurate wrappers for all the xbox kernel exports. this can be done one of several different ways. currently, i am experimenting with both user mode and kernel mode techniques. each has its advantages, and i am unsure which method will be used in the end.

Head over to the download section to grab a copy of cxbx 0.3.0

FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW THE PURPOSE OF "CXBX"

It is to run xbox software on a compatible pc. ( ie xbox emu for pc )

Xbox Mod Chips
Posted by Sin-Tex at 16:59 PM

Not much news about so thought i would point out this site for UK people wanting to buy modchips.

It’s based in the UK and so is ideal for UK orders, and with low prices that will be hard to find anywhere else. It also takes international orders as well for people around the world.

The site is Playstation Services, allprices include FREE P+P (To UK)

Here is a example of some of the low prices:

Enigmahs £20
X-ecuters £31
Messiah-X £45
Pre-chipped Xbox’s £260

All inc P+P

Click here to check the site out - Or click here to gostraight to the ordering

Doom & Doom 2 for Xbox
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:25 PM

News Source: XboxDeveloper.NET

DoomX is a port of Doom for Xbox. It is currently very early in the development/alpha phase however things are looking promising.

Thats all the info at present.

Xbox-Linux v0.1b
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:44 PM

News Source: Xbox-Linux

This new version fixes the problem with Enigmah-X xbox mod chips, it also has a new splash screen + Sound and USB kernel modules available.

Files can be downloaded here

Xbox-Linux v0.1 released
Posted by HyperG at 0:13 AM

Straight from the site, here is a release that features only telenet support and http server. Don't expect playing Tux racer quite yet :-p, no video output.

""This is the first full release of a 'clean' 1MByte BIOS implementation
for the Xbox (<-- TM Microsoft) which actually contains and boots a
2.4.18 Linux Kernel, and brings up the network and some applications
like a small webserver, etc.

The BIOS can either be executed from the motherboard or LPC boot flash,
or from a specially constructed CD, which runs an unsigned XBE that
copies the BIOS into RAM and starts running it as if it was a warm
boot. (So for the CD method, you must have a mod installed allowing
unsigned code to be run.)

Yes, the box lights up on the network and can be telnetted into.
All Microsoft 'innovations' (ie, restrictions) have been burnt away.
The box is still 0wned, but now its 0wned by YOU."

Check it out here.

Thanks to Consolevision for the news!

boXplorer v0.96
Posted by Sin-Tex at 19:43 PM

Here is whats new:

BUGFIX: Rename function did not trim leading and trailing spaces.
New file operation : "Calc. Used Space..."
Rewritten Move file/folder function - now allowing moving folders across different drives.
All file operations improved to give more accurate info on errors and success.
Progress bar when copying/moving/deleting files.
Drive Select and Main Menu selector now wraps.
Correctly display large free/total space on Drive Selection screen (for those big HDDs)
"Exit to Dashboard" added to Main Menu.
"Shutdown Xbox" added to Main Menu (thanks ausCoder).
On edit screen (Rename and New Folder functions) simple onscreen help is displayed.
Automatic retry (3 times) on failed file copy - may help copy files from some bad DVDs/CDs.
Improved navigation: use left analog stick to navigate thru lists, menues, etc.
Improved contrast
And other cosmetic changes.

Sorry no download, i dont want microsoft complaining :)

No Wires, No Solder, No Catch !
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:38 PM

It's name is Xodus "Coming Soon"

Specifications:

No Wires, No Solder, No Catch !
No technical experience needed at all.
Flash upgradeable.
All bios features currently available on competing "mods"
More info to follow soon.

Official Site

Bochs x86 for XBox v1 ( DOS, LINUX & WIndows )
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:24 PM

This is an x86 emulator for the XBox. This basically emulates a PC and allows you to install DOS, Linux, Windows, etc onto it.
There is also a virtual SB16 card to output SB16 sound (except for MIDI which doesn't work yet.)
There is no network support in this version, though - so don't get your hopes up about running a linux server. The linux-xbox project will work much better than any emulation anyway. I ported Bochs primarily to play old DOS games.

You can read more about bochs emulator here

Your read the full details of Bochs x86 for XBox v1 here

Buy 2 get 1 Free
Posted by Sin-Tex at 19:19 PM

GameGizmo is doing a buy 2 get 1 free on Enigmah Xbox Mod Chips.

XBox pre-modded consoles for only $309 at this time, as well as the Enigmah Xbox modchips are buy 2, get 1 FREE, buy 5, get 3 FREE!

Click here to order yours.

Error Codes Text Description
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:00 AM

Found this interesting peice of info on xSnes9x

Not xSnes9x related, Superfro has put together a nice text file outlining what all the service numbers mean if something goes wrong when trying to mod your xbox.

Click here for codes

xSnes9x CD Swap
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:53 PM

News Source: xSnes9x

Lantus has mentioned maybe implementing software code to allow swapping cd's for various rom disc's.

"Since most people have no eject bioses installed, im looking at implementing code which allows you to pop a cd in full of roms and have the menu scan the new cd and update the list for you. You should be able to eject and rescan as many times as you like."

Complex 1.02 updated
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:35 PM

"Modified complex1.02 in order to boot from hd evoxdash.xbe instead of xboxdash.xbe

So if you want to put evolutionx to hd, simply copy it and menu.ini to c: and rename it as evoxdash.xbe without touching original dashboard.

using pc-bioxx you can boot with my modified bios and have evolutionx or the original bios (eject button) and have original dashboard.

Kinaweb release"

Thank to lellomascetti for the e-mail :)

Xbox Modchip ( No Wires, No Soldering ) ?
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:27 PM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

"A modchip is in the works which will implement all the features of current mods (including debug support), but will require no wires or soldering whatsoever! Prototype has just been tested and it is a success. It will be fully flash-upgradable and extremely easy to install. The name and more details will be released soon.

This info is from a reliable source so do not go discounting it.

update:
No, it is not made by the x-ecuter team. It is not based off the x-ecuter chip. It is a 100% custom mod."

X-Marbles v0.5 released
Posted by HyperG at 16:25 PM

A new day and a new release, here is info from the readme.

"*****************X-Marbles**************

Release 0.5 (August 13, 2002):

First release. Just got this up over the weekend,
This is about 90% my own code, originally modified from a code sample
over at Code Project for a Pocket PC game (Bubbles). The gameplay
matches a popular Java game online.

There's no sound, no keyboard support, and name entry is clumsy, but it's a rush job.... I'm headed off to vacation.

Figure out the controls... it's not too hard; or press "START" in the game screen to display the help.


The resources aren't bundled well, so you'll have to put up with this until I clean up my texture display routines.

Enjoy!"

Since it was developed with the official XDK, we can not provide downloads.

Lik Sang acquires OpenXbox (PC-BioXX) project.
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:11 PM

Source Lik Sang

"Hong Kong, August 13, 2002 - Lik Sang International Limited, world leading online videogame accessories supplier, and the OpenXbox Team (aka PC-BioXX Team), a group of independent developers in Germany, today announced that Lik Sang has acquired the complete OpenXbox project.

"After looking at all available Xbox Mod Chips, Lik Sang decided to completely acquire OpenXbox (aka PC-BioXX), the best possible Mod Chip solution for Xbox users. Worldwide sales are started and a release is expected before end of this month", says Brian Lo, Technical Support Executive at Lik Sang. "Due to the way how all other Xbox Mod Chips work, this OpenXbox (PC-BioXX) is the only Xbox Mod Chip solution with a warrant for future compatibility."

"The full power of OpenXbox (PC-BioXX) has not even been unleashed yet. The development of special tools and BIOS versions designed for OpenXbox (PC-BioXX) are in progress. We are very confident about the success of this product." said a member of the development team.

Larger quantities of the OpenXbox are available before the month is over, retail orders and bulk orders are welcome. The retail price has been set to US$ 59, while bulk pricing is available as follows:"

1 = US$ 59 ~ £ 38.50
10+ - US$ 45 Each
20+ - US$ 40 Each
100+ - US$ 35 Each

Click here to order now.

Thanks to monkey69 for the e-mail

Details of the Xbox Hard Drive Locking Mechanism
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:48 PM

News Source: Xbox-Linux

"The hard drive in the MS Xbox(tm) is a standard ide drive, which implements a rarely used security feature to restrict access to its data. This document will describe in full the security features, and the algorithms required to access the data on an xbox drive."

Click here to read the documentaion.

Oh yeah the kernel booted aswell ---> click here

Xbox Media Player - Remote Control Support
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:11 PM

Remote Control Support is Here!

Big thanks to Woodoo - with his help I've just finished adding remote control support to XB Media Player!

Now that we have a heck of a lot more buttons to play with I might just get round to adding some more features :)

You can visit the official Xbox Media Player site here

Xbox Mediaplayer B6 progress
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:42 PM

News Source: Xbox Media Player

I've finished the new buffering code. It now reads everything sequentially which should give us better performance on high latency seek devices (your dvd drive).

When I was porting Xvid optimizations, I introduced a bug which caused some minor color distortions. I have a new, optimized idct for Xvid which should take care of the problem. I should be integrating it tomorrow.

I'm expecting that the new buffering code is going to take care of a lot of the problems we were having with seeking.

I bought an Advanced A/V pack yesterday. Now I can listen to surround sound on my xbox. This means that AC3 digital output will probably be going in soon.

I found the problem with the AVI audio predelay. This is causing some videos to be out of sync. This will be fixed.

X-ecuter Flash Chip, PSX Emu + Retail - Debug Xbox
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:37 PM

News Source: X-ecutermods

"X-ecuter Flash Chip
Flash updateable via LPT or USA port. No further features (In progress) the chip comes blank (no bios installed) you choose what program to flash the bios with, more for the dedicated user and more details to follow"

"PSX Emulator
Play your playstation games on your XBOX (in progress)"

"Debug kernel on Retail machine
To use a retail machine as a fully working debug machine (Completed - not released)"

EvolutionX "2.3"/X-Ecutor Clone
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:31 PM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

EvolutionX "2.3"/X-Ecutor Clone:
All features of evox 2.2 (no patch, macrovision off, large HD support) but with the eject trick!

From the .nfo:
"bios exact same as EvolutionX V2.2.bin, except it allows the trick to patch the media type to 0x80000007 to eject without rebooting the xbox."

While unofficial (created independantly), it is confirmed to work!

COMPLEX 1.0:
Supposedly this bios runs debug code as well as having all the features of evox 2.3. It is based on the yet-unreleased ms kernel 4627 (which probably has many bugfixes).

XB Connect 2 Progress
Posted by Sin-Tex at 15:47 PM

News Source: XBConnect

"Still hammering away on 2.0. ]v[atrix and I had a good day designing the initial layout. Things are still a little rough but it is taking shape.

NFL Fever appears to be running ok with XBC. There are some minor issues synching the game at the begenning. A work around I thought of last night seems to work. Sync up the players with Halo, then swap discs to NFL. I'll be trying to address this issue in 2.0 as well."

BreakoutX3D web page
Posted by LyonHrt at 2:17 AM

Partyman has now got a website for BreakoutX3D, and has updated with a wip for the models for his newest version, v2.0.

Check out the screenshots at his site here.
Thanks to Guyfawkes at emuXbox for the news.

DVD-X v2.0 released!
Posted by HyperG at 18:24 PM

This morning, DVD-X v2.0 has been released. Here is what the readme had to say.

"DVD-X v2.0 *DONGLE & REMOTE FREE*

Some said it couldn't be done. Some said we had no talent.
Some were wrong.

Enjoy this free release from your favourite kernel hackers ;)

Features:

OpenXDK: Planning Session
Posted by Sin-Tex at 16:02 PM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

Posted by SiliconIce
I would like to announce a planning session for the OpenXDK project. It will be held Sunday evening at 6pm Central Standard Time (so 0:00 or midnight GMT for you Europeans and 4pm Pacific for you Californians). We will meet in #openxdk on EFNet. The channel will be moderated to keep things orderly.

I am opening a thread here in the Development forum for developers and programmers to post suggestions for topics of discussion. Please post issues you think are important for the OpenXDK project move forward. We would like to get a roadmap ironed out and begin moving forward with development.

(OpenXDK will be an open source development kit for the Xbox and will not include any Microsoft code.)

Public Plea for UK Internet users
Posted by Wraggster at 21:16 PM

Those of us who use the Internet all around the world know about the pitfalls of the net, and this week the horror has been brought home to all of us regarding the abduction of 2 10 year old girls from Soham which is a small town in the UK. I myself have a child the same age has these girls and it is terrorfying. So my plea is for anyone who knows where Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are or the people holding these young girls please get in touch with either the police or anyone so that these children can return home safely. Those of you in other parts of the world can find out more information in this News article

If you do know please tell someone so that the parents can see their children again.

Thanks for your time and lets hope we can see an happy ending to this sad story.

Breakout X3D v1.3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:55 PM

News Source: XboxHacker BBS

Breakout X3D v1.3

Well here's the second release of BreakoutX and i've gone 3d! All the changes from v1 are pretty much cosmetic. I've added music (Big shout out to the Chemical Brothers for letting me "borrow" the rocking track), some sound effects and textures. Also ironed out a few little bugs. You can change the textures and music if you want, just remember to rename the files you replace correctly. (The BALL.bmp files are the backgrounds BTW.)

Controls:

Either Thumbstick: Move paddle.
Y: Pause
A: Turn off background
X: Turn on background
Shoulder buttons plus black: Back to dash.


This will be the last release for quite a while as it's gonna take quite some time getting everything ready for the next version. I hoping to add power-ups, user-defined levels, a menu where you can change difficulty etc. Plus all sorts of other exciting stuff!

Info about Version 1.0

"Here's a nice simple Breakout clone for you. This release is very basic, but I think it's a good example of what can easyly be acheieved (I only started c++ and directX 4 days ago.) All levels are the same except the blocks get lower and the ball gets faster quicker. Future versions will have sound and music, cool models and brick textures, powerups and all the other stuff you'd expect from a quality Breakout clone."

Unfortunatly we cannot provide a download for it here :(

Frodo-X beta 1 released!
Posted by HyperG at 0:33 AM

The authors have released Frodo for Xbox, which is a c64 emulator originally for PC, here is what's from the readme.

DIY USB Keyboard for xbox
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:36 AM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

"We just got a USB keyboard working with the Xbox today. Me and Joker knocked our heads together for an hour since we were so inspired of the upcoming C6 emu and Voila keyboard. We changed one of the controllers ports to a USB type B connector. Plugged in an original Microsoft keyboard, Joker did some fiddling with some code and the we were writing stuff on the screen. We will add more info and pics on www.xboxtechinfo.com/xbooty tomorrow when we get back on work."

For more details & info visit XboxHacker BBS

Commodore 64 Emulator
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:52 PM

XboxHacker.net has reported news about a Commodore 64 Emulator "Frodo" being ported to xbox & should be out this week.

Features:
Full video, sound, and joystick support
100% speed
T64, D64 support
Multi disk support
State Saving
Onscreen keyboard (v2)

Xbox Plugged-In to go open source!
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:25 PM

News Source: Xbox Community Plugged-In

I've become very busy with work and am no longer solely focusing on XPlugged-IN. I will be putting xbox plugged-in into SourceForge and open source development network by the end of august so that everyone can work on the application. I will not be able to work on it until at least october and I apolagize for not updating you guys for a couple of months!

-Cheers, Jon

xSnes9x Beta 4 PAL/PAL60 issues
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:00 PM

News Source: xSnes9x

For all you people using a pal xbox & getting a black screen when running some of your games on the new beta 4 xSnes9x read below.

"Welp, i let one bug slip thru the Beta 4 release. If your running a PAL Xbox and have your video mode set to PAL you cannot load NTSC roms , you will see a black screen. The reason for this is is that a 50hz PAL signal doesnt know what to do with a 60hz NTSC signal. Theres a couple of ways around this issue:

- If your TV supports PAL60 set your Xbox console to PAL60 mode. This problem wont occur in this mode.

- Try using the european rom instead of the NTSC.

- If its really ticking you off , go back to Beta 3 for the time being.

Rest assured. It will be fixed for the next beta.

XBConnect News Update
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:09 PM

News Source: XBConnect

"Work on XBC 2.0 is progressing well. I cant promise a release date yet but it will be this month. I may also be recruit a couple programmers to make some third party addons. I will be exposing some of the server stats and lists so people can develop their own messengers, user lists, etc."

To find out more about XBConnect visit the official site here

X-ecuter Diagrams
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:20 PM

Source X-ecuter

The X-ecuter Team have released some installation diagrams.

You can order a X-ecuter Mod Chip here - only £31.98 ~ $49.00

I also noticed a post on Xbox-Scene about a X-ecuter Mod-disable Switch diagram posted
on X-ecuter Mods

Xbox Top 20
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:09 PM

"IMPORTANT"
Click links at your own risk.

I would like too advise people against visiting Xbox Top 20 for maybe a day or two, once again it is under attack by Xbox Haxor. If visiting Xbox Top 20 when the page has almost fully loaded
( i beleave when the 19th top site loads ) you will be redirected too http://www.freewebs.com/xboxhaxor/ you will be vaced with 3 or more add-banners & also 6 pop-ups.
Not only that but your hompage will be altered too http://short.as/haxor
( Title "Xbox Haxor" )

xSNES9x beta 4 released!
Posted by HyperG at 0:08 AM

Yes, the news that was hyped on a few sites including ours, is now made official. Here are the details of the latest release from the readme :-) .

Xzizor Mod Fake! ?
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:04 PM

News Source: XboxHacker BBS

Posted by Arakon:

rotfl. look at the bottom right. between the screws.
it says "AC".
new feature?

"The only modchip powered by 110V for high performance!"

not to mention theres a relay on the left (no mod ever needs a relay), and if you consider the size of that PLCC chip compared to the wire size shown, these wires are HUGE, as in, AC power wire huge. where do those connect in the xbox, 15 pins at once each?

it's a scam, period."

XB Media Player B6 News
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:47 PM

News Source: Xbox Media Player

"Development Updates

Duo has virtually completed work porting ffdshow's FFMPEG library which means that you'll be able to watch DivX 5.0 encoded clips. Similarly, I've almost finished imdb.org intergration which means that movie details and pictures will be harvested automatically for those of you who run XStream off internet connected PCs."

Also this from XboxHacker.net

"I'll post here to let everyone know whats happening with the current development builds.

Divx 5.0!!! Woohoo!

I also have finished MsMpeg4v2 support.

I'm doing a lot towards optimizing the video codecs to speed them up. These include new SSE optimizations. I have just finished a new version if IDCT that combines the most common Motion Compensation functions all into one big optimized function. It gave a noticable improvement in video decoding time.

So we're still having fun working on the latest and greatest. I'll add more posts here as I get new things working."

Xzizor Mod - Only 4 Solder Points!
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:39 PM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

The Xzizor Features:

-Runs unsigned code
-Boots Backups
-100% undetecable with Xbox live
-100% Compatible with Xbox Live
-Abailty to Switch between Xzizor and original MS bios
-Only 4 Solder points
-Extreamly Easy to install
-No patch hack
-Macrovision off
-All DVD Region Compatible
-Reset Trick Enabled, which other mods seem to have trouble with
-Abilty to swap Harddrives while remaining undetectable to Xbox Live

Estimated Launch Date: August 26,02

Official site here ---> Xzizor Mod

xSnes9x Beta 4 Soon.
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:32 PM

News Source: xSnes9x

This is a round up of the soon to be expected release of xSnes9x beta 4.

"Finally got round to implementing SDD-1support. Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Star Ocean are supported. Tested both games and they are working great. Chalk up another new feature for Beta 4 (soon!) For it to work you will need the graphics packs from www.dejap.com. More information to come when Beta 4 is released."

"Im currently working on Beta 4. This will mainly be a bug fix release that takes care of all the annoying issues users have reported to me over the course of the Beta's (hey thats what Beta's are for right!?!) There are some nice new things implemented also including : Proper PAL/PAL60/NTSC support, Experimental HDTV support, Turbo Button Support and the ability to specify your Rom directory - no more hardcoding yay!"

X-ecuter Update + PSX Emu news
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:41 PM

News Source: X-ecuter

"Final installation methods & diagrams will be posted in next few days. We have now finished our work with hardware. We much prefer playing with software tools so all hardware details have now been passed onto our Chinese friends along with all ideas and designs for new flash update tools. They will be selling things from next week as this is not really our scene. It's been lot's of fun playing with this and we will now be concentrating 100% on Playstation emulators for the XBOX."

:: Final Note:

Yes MS will change all their encryption routines. Yes MS will have chip detection in their software. Yes MS will change designs of the console. Yes they will all be cracked. So chill - be thankful for what you have, you all gotta choice whether its a homebrew or something manufactured. If you don't like a mod - don't bitch about it - make your own. If you don't like a group - don't bitch about them - start your own group. If you think buying a mod is expensive make your own homebrew. If you can't do that and still bitch about money, hell you shouldn't have brought the console in the first place if you never planned on paying $60 for your games.

Peace out."

Good luck with the PSX Emu guys & thanks for such a good chip.

FCEU X v2 released!
Posted by HyperG at 21:20 PM

Second release today! Very good release, check out what's new.

"What's New:

Dgen v4 released!
Posted by HyperG at 21:18 PM

Here is the latest from readme, which is quite interesting.

"What's New:

X-ecuter add-on "False Info"
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:08 PM

News Source: X-ecuter

For those of you that have been reading about a X-ecuter add-on on various other sites, it's false info.
Read below for what it really is.

:: False Rumours ::

We have been "looking" at a flash upgradeable design (connect to LPT port) but this will not be any kind of add-on and will be a seperate product designed for those that want to play around with the inferior BIOS files available online, if and when we ever decide to do it. This will be similar to the openbox but would be much cheaper and will not have any BIOS programmed to it. Remember if there is any news on X-ecuter - don't beleive it till you read it here. If we are working on something as opposed to just looking at something we will let you know.

boXplorer v0.95
Posted by Sin-Tex at 17:56 PM

News Source: XboxHacker BBS

T'ulkas author of boXplorer has posted news of an updated version coming soon.

I've been working hard on the next version and there are some big changes which I belive people will like

Here are the new features in v0.95 :

- Introduction of file operations making boXplorer a real file manager :
Copy multiple files/folders.
Move multiple files/folders.
Delete multiple files/folders.
Rename single file or folder.
Create new folder.
- Main Menu with file operations and other features (activate with WHITE button)
- Mark files for file operations (press X)
- "Mark All", "Clear Marks" and "Inverse Marks" in main menu to bulk-mark files.
- Panel A and Panel B - used like in Norton Commander or Windows Commander to select
source and destination for file operations (toggle with left thumb button or trigger buttons).
- Select Drive function now shows free and total space on each drive.
- Button layout changed slightly to make room for new features.

All features are currently implemented and work nicely but need a bit of testing and polishing up for release... expect a release soon.

XBC 1.5
Posted by Sin-Tex at 8:44 AM

News Source: XBConnect

"XBConnect 1.5 has been released. This version vastly improves on chat and other interface issues. I have even added an Ignore list. Starting with this version, XBC's install has been digitally signed. This ensures you are getting the product from us and is not hacked or has virii."

More Info can be found at XBConnect

You can download XBC 1.5 here

XBPlayer b5 released!
Posted by HyperG at 4:15 AM

RUNTiME and d7o3g4q have released the totally rewritten XBPlayer b5. It features the following.

What's in this release: