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Friday, 31, October, 2003
WinHME v1.5 Beta Release 3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:23 AM
News Source XBINS
Author jimmsta.
Changes
* Some code changes... (opening and saving is less(/no longer) buggy)
* GUI cleaned up a bit (for smaller resoultions)
* Slightly more compressed exe, and other installation files... (UPX = GOOD)
* Two ways to set the file name now... Just be sure to Only select ONE method!!!
- (NOTE: Although the app says "external", this does not mean that the code has been implemented for a temp map to be copied over yet. The reason is because I haven't gotten around to adding a checkbox for xbox/pc version selection).
Thursday, 30, October, 2003
Nes Rom Pack
Posted by Wraggster at 16:17 PM
Today ive scrounged, pinched and borrowed a load of Nes Freeware and Public Domain roms for you to download, a total of over 160. The highlight of the Zip is the once commercial game(now freeware) and infact one of the greats on the Nintendo Entertainment System a game by the name of Elite. The file weighs in at just over 3 megs so even 56k people can download with ease. As usual play with your favourite emulator.
Download from Here
Tuesday, 28, October, 2003
dvd2xbox v0.5.0
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:20 PM
News Source dvd2xbox
WiSo has released a bugfix version of dvd2xbox.
What's Fixed:
v0.5.0
g: drive bugfix.
The g: drive wasn't shown even when enabled due to a typo in the
source.
Nintendo 64 Rom Pack
Posted by Wraggster at 7:23 AM
Today ive gathered 117 freeware (public domain which are legal roms) for the Nintendo 64, there are some true classics amongst the files in this pack which weighs in at 15 megs for download including emulators for the Nintendo 64.
As usual use with your favourite N64 emu, download from Here
This adds to packs for the following
Snes Rom Pack
Spectrum Rom Pack
Commodore 64 Rom Pack
Colecovision Rom Pack
Vectrex Rom Pack
Intellivision Rom Pack
Monday, 27, October, 2003
Limited Edition Pack £139.99
Posted by Sin-Tex at 20:49 PM
News Source Xbox.com
For just £139.99 RRP you can pick up an Xbox console, complete with controller S, the legendary Halo, crazy Midtown Madness 3 and a two-month Xbox Live trial offer! This is the ultimate Christmas offer, containing everything you need to get you through the festive season and beyond… go on treat yourself, your mates will love you for it!
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 0:13 AM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
Saturday, 25, October, 2003
Snes Rom Pack
Posted by Wraggster at 23:10 PM
No really interesting news today so i thought id gather a load of Freeware/ Public Domain Roms for the greatest console of all time the Super Nintendo, the zipfile contains 184 roms and weighs in at just under 13 megs but there are some true gems even though they are free and thus legal roms.
Download from Here and use with your favourite Snes emulator of choice.
Thursday, 23, October, 2003
X2 Bios Manager 2 Beta 7
Posted by Sin-Tex at 20:14 PM
News Source: Team X-ecuter
Quote
We just added X2 Bios Manager 2 Beta 7 to the downloads area. It's not final and there any be bugs - but it seems to program and detect the X2 Pro much better than the previous version. You can also manage your bios's with this app much easier. Please post your opinions / bugs / whatever to this page.
You will need to have an account with us to access these areas. If you are a member of our old forum simply use those login details. if not you can register for free here.
End Quote
Spectrum Rom Pack
Posted by Wraggster at 1:18 AM
Long time since i posted here but its good to return :)
Today ive collected 100 freeware/public Domain (meaning legal) roms (great games actually) for the Spectrum computer. The file is under 2 megs and can be downloaded from this Page
As usual use with your favourite emulator.
Ive also got on the page above roms for
Commodore 64
Vectrex
Colecovision &
Intellivision
They may be freeware but theres some great ones amongst them.
Wednesday, 22, October, 2003
dvd2xbox v0.49
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:42 PM
News Source: dvd2xbox
Author WiSo
What's New
+ fixed a bug where ISO files weren't copied in the main copy module (not disk browser)
when they're in the root dir.
+ fixed a bug where not all encrypted DVDs are decrypted properly (still needs some
tweaking to prevent css key generation for each vob separately. So dvd2xbox isn't
crashed it's just generating the keys :-).
+ implemented newest ISO9660 sources from XBMC (Thanks to XBMC development and team Avalaunch.
Seems to be a little slower but much more reliable. The most of my ISO CDs are working now).
+ added cdio library for iso9660 and CDDA detection (Thanks to XBMC development).
+ incorporated the newest source for lba48 support from XBMC (guys, what would I do without you ?).
Should fix some issues with larger f:\ drives ] 120GB.
+ added 'enableFdrive' do dvd2xbox.xml for boxes without f: drives.
+ renamed 'enablePart7' to 'enableGdrive' in dvd2xbox.xml.
+ fixed a bug where xbox games with a d:\video_ts folder are wrongly detected as video DVD.
+ fixed a bug where CDDA tracks with the same first 42 letters overwrites itself.
+ fixed a bug where dvd2xbox randomly crashes while counting the XBOX game size.
You can download it in the usual place.
Tuesday, 21, October, 2003
xSnes9x v1.05 beta
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:14 AM
News Source: xSnes9x
Lantus has mentioned that last week a private beta was handed out to testers.
Read More below.
xSnes9x update! you will be pleased to hear that last week ive sent out beta's to my testers who are currently in the process of testing/breaking/reporting any issues they find.
we are not far off a release folks!
Some folks have been asking me weather the new S-DD1 "on the fly decompression" will be in this build. The answer is no . The Snes9x team do not wish for this to be released until more testing is done, most likely in their 1.42 release and i must respect their wishes.
However, the new xSnes9x will definetly be the last release that requires graphics packs.
Baku Baku-X v1.3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:08 AM
News Source: XBINS
Author SHiZNO
Official Site XFactorDev.NET
The only known problem with this gane i know of ATM is that the eating is still not perfect, but if you learn what 'trips' the eat engine, you will get around it and itll be fine for the moment... someone should go over my source and write a new eat function (because i suck)...
The reason im not adding every single thing into this game is due to the fact i cant plan for shit, so this will be a 'guide' for my next Baku Baku (2), which will hopefully play -perfect- and include all the features i wanted for this version... (like more customisation).
History:
(Build 1.2: 10/19/03)
- Added Analog support for menus
- Slowed down menu speed a FRACTION
(Build 1.1: 10/17/03)
- Fixed animal chewing (because i sped up animal move speed, it set this off and ruined it...now it works nicely.
- attempted to fix no-soundtrack crash...should work now?
- changed a few graphics 'get ready' and a fee info boxes...
- sped up menu move speed...maybe a little too fast !?
You can download it in the usual place
MAMEoX 0.76.1b
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:46 AM
News Source: MAMEoX
What's New
+ Incorporated 0.76 MAME core
+ Incorporated 0.75 MAME core
(.76 came out too quickly to release)
Download in the usual place
Sunday, 19, October, 2003
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:07 PM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
WonderSwan-X v1
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:06 PM
News Source: XBINS
Author Xport has ported OSwan to xbox.
Features :
- Emulates WonderSwan
- Excellent compatibility - ported from OSwan
- Full sound
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Virtual Keyboard - go to Controller Configuration / UI Mappings to select the button combo that will bring up the Virtual Keyboard while in-game.
Download in the usual place.
Kegs-X v2
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:03 PM
News Source: XBINS
Author Xport has released v2 of Kegs-X ( Apple IIgs/e/c/+ Emulator )
What's New :
- Fixed timing issue
- Added "Force Write Protect" option to game configuration menu.
Download in the usual place.
Friday, 17, October, 2003
XBCD - XBox Controller Driver
Posted by Sin-Tex at 9:54 AM
News Source: -= Redcl0ud =-
-= Redcl0ud =- Author of XBCD E-mailed me with news of a new Xbox Controller Driver he developed & released on the 13th.
Features:
All buttons are supported. The two analog buttons on the back of the
XBox controller are setup as analog buttons, all other buttons are setup
as digital buttons.
Directional control can be switched between the Left Analog Stick and the
Digital Pad by pressing both Analog Sticks simultaneously.
Right Analog Stick is used for X and Y rotation.
Thanks to -= Redcl0ud =- for the news.
Official site + Download here
Qwix 1.0
Posted by Skunkie at 8:08 AM
Qwix 1.0 is a new Xbox and ISO management tool for the Windows platform.
It will be evolving rapidly, but the first version offers the following features.
Many more features planned for upcoming releases.
Connection manager makes it easy to keep settings specific to different Xboxes or dashboards.
FTP browser (more FTP features will be added later)
ISO features:
Create double-optimized ISO files
-Direct from FTP
-From PC folder
-Convert existing ISO to new optimized format
-Optional automatic cross-linking of files
Extract files to PC drive
Direct-to-FTP upload to Xbox
True Average for transfer speed
Browse ISO contents
Smart ISO loading routines compatibile with almost every Xbox ISO
Detects invalid filenames for FATX, allowing rename or skip per file
Batch transfer ISOs to the Xbox
Automatic media patching
Avalaunch-specific features:
Supports the new Boost transfer mode in Avalaunch 0.47.5 and up
Auto-detects Avalaunch boxes for easy connectivity
Powerful game management features (as shown in the screenshot)
-Delete
-Rename XBE
-Launch
-Calculate MD5 values on all files
-Shows picture from XBE file
-Create ISO directly from selected game
Source: Xbins
Find it in the usual places.
FlashX.1.2-XECUTER
Posted by Skunkie at 8:02 AM
New/Fixed:
- Fixed problems with crashing on bank 4
- Fixed bug that made it go slow as shit (1 bank now 6 seconds)
- Added flash time display
Source: Team Xecuter
Avalaunch 0.48
Posted by Skunkie at 7:57 AM
Well, they certainly got some things done with this release!
Here are some of the new/fixed things:
Added "during boot" safety feature : left thumb = boots d:\default.xbe without doing anything else ( not even init of screen )
Added "during boot" safety feature : left thumb + right thumb = writes backup of EEPROM to the EEPROM ( stored in Avalaunch's "savegame" )
Added "during boot" safety feature : autocreates backup of EEPROM in savegame if none is found - made for use with both thumbs on boot, but can also be used with config magic and such
Fixed HTTP code a bit to support a wider area of http-versions
Core : *FINALLY* completed the BFM loader, need someone to make a UI or something for this - sidenote, seems to not work on many xboxes, please give feedback
And so many other things you will have to go check it out yourself!
I just decided to show you a few of the tidbits they worked on! So...Enjoy!
Source: Xbins
Find it in the usual places.
StepmaniaX v5
Posted by Skunkie at 7:49 AM
What's New :
- Option to turn Banner display on/off
This will solve the song skipping problem on the Music Wheel. Some banners take a long time to load and result in skipping on the music wheel. Go to Options -] Graphics Options -] Show Banners and turn it off to stop the music wheel from skipping.
Sorce: Xbins
Download in the usual places
DOSXBox v3
Posted by Skunkie at 7:45 AM
What's New :
- Implemented DosBox 0.60 sources (preliminary DPMI support)
When you start DOSXBox v3, you should see a screen telling you to
press A or B for DPMI/Non-DPMI support. Some games only work with
DPMI enabled. Some only work with it disabled.
Source: Xbins
Download it in the usual places
Wednesday, 15, October, 2003
Adam-X v1
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:57 PM
News Source: Xport Emulation
A ColecoVision Emulator Called Adam ported for Xbox/
Features :
- Emulates Colecovision/Adam Home Computer
- Excellent compatibility - ported from AdamEm
- USB Keyboard support
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Virtual Keyboard - go to Controller Configuration / UI Mappings to select the button combo that will bring up the Virtual Keyboard while in-game.
- Plus but loads more features.
Download in the usual place
X-Pired v1
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:43 PM
News Source: Xport Emulation
This is a port of the game X-Pired.
It's another fun puzzle game of a boxxle type nature.
Super thanks to Lantus for his SDL-XBox libraries!
You can download it in the usual place
Stepmania-X v4
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:25 PM
News Source: Xport Emulation
Author Xport
What's New :
- Resizable Game Screen
Download in the usual place
Tuesday, 14, October, 2003
Finding out your Xbox Version!!!
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:08 AM
News Source: Xbox Linux Project
With thanks a lot to everyone who contributed to the Xbox Version Database the
Xbox Linux Team has compiled a "GUIDE" on how to Find Out Your Xbox Version
without having to even open your xbox.
QUOTE:
Manufacturing Date and Serial Number
On the bottom of the Xbox, you can see the manufacturing date and the serial number. The manufacturing date is in the following format:
YYYY-MM-DD
(Year-Month-Day) which is the Japanese, or Big Endian format.
The serial number looks like this:
LNNNNNN YWWFF
FF is the code of the factory (02: Mexico, 03: Hungary, 05: China), L the number of the production line within the factory, Y the last digit of the production year, WW the number of the week of the production year, and NNNNNN the number of the Xbox within this week.
END QUOTE:
The GUIDE is not yet 100%, please help contribute & give your Xbox Details HERE
Monday, 13, October,
2003
FCEUltra-X v14
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:19 PM
News Source: XBINS
What's New :
- Possible fix for Dolby 5.1 - someone reported no sound via digital outputs. This might correct the problem.
Download in the usual place.
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 9:17 AM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
Sunday, 12, October, 2003
Stepmania-X v3
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:59 AM
News Source: Xport Emulation
Author Xport
What's New :
- Using 3.9 Alpha 7 sources
- Fixed PAL issue (I believe)
- Scores are now saved correctly
- JPEG support
- Can run from DVD ( sortof - see notes below)
===============
Important Notes
===============
There are changes to the file contents of the directories. You'll need to completely reinstall StepmaniaX using this v3 package.
(Delete the old version first - don't just overwrite.)
Download In The Usual Place.
Saturday, 11, October, 2003
Stepmania-X v2
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:42 AM
News Source: Xport Emulation
Firstly, I'd like to thank the developers of Stepmania for making this program. It is truly one of my favorite things to play. They deserve all the credit for this, especially since the most recent CVS source code has preliminary support for XBox already.
I just took it the "last half-mile" or so.
So, here's what many of you have been waiting for :
What's New:
- StepMania 3.9 alpha 6 sources (Alpha 7 came out just as I was finishing this up....
but I just wanted to get this one out since it was practically done already. I'll get around to upgrading to alpha 7 soon.)
- Health Meter Bar bug fixed
- Sync'ing bugs fixed
- MP3 bugs fixed
- Default Joypad configuration maps to DPAD as well as A/B/X/Y
- Keyboard support
- OGG support
- You can remap the Joypad configuration if you have a USB keyboard.
If you do not have a USB keyboard, do *not* select the option to remap input controls. If you do, you will not be able to do anything (since only the keyboard is read on that screen) and you will be forced to reboot.
You can download it in the usual place.
Enjoy!
XBTool 1.0.9
Posted by Skunkie at 8:54 AM
The XBTool team decided to jump right to the next release. Not much going on but here it is!
1.0.9
Fix: fan speed over 50% reset to 50% on read (did not effect actual setting of the speed).
Unencrypted 2bl support (actually added a few versions ago).
Download at the usual places
Source: XBTool Homepage
Friday, 10, October, 2003
KEGS-X Apple IIgs/e/c/+ Emulator port for XBox v1
Posted by XDelusion at 6:10 AM
Finally, we have Apple on the XBOX, the feature list is the standard XPort emulator list, with the addition of USB Keyboard support.
XPort's Page
Thursday, 9, October, 2003
XBMC CVS Release!
Posted by Sin-Tex at 21:52 PM
News Source: #xboxemu
The previous build lacked some of the announced features. This was due to the anonomous cvs server being slightly behind.
Oct 10th 2003 unofficial XBMC build.
notes: "scripts" in settings doesn't work yet. ISO support may not be properly working.
Renamed the main menu options - "My Music" to "MP3", "My Videos" to "Video" etc. for
those who dislike Microsoft-style naming. Removed the "TV guide" option.
The mplayer.dll core is based on mplayer 1.0pre2.
This build now has all of the listed features:
- settings
- added filter settings (not complete yet)
- movie calibration now shows the current resolution
- my music
- fixed: When deleting a file from the play list, selection cursor should not restart at the very beginning of the selection.
- fixed:After stopping Playlist, selected item is not removed. (Stays red)
- fixed: cursor now jumps to the next item when adding a song to the playlist with Y
- my files:
- fixed: rename/delete not visible in my files when no destination directory is choosen
- my videos
- video overlay window is now correctly scaled
- general
- fixed: UI calibration didnt affect the movie/music overlay windows
- removed the FreeMem info from all screens
- textures are now cached so switching between menu's is a lot faster
- added debouncing for remote control
- added remote control support for the virtual keyboard
- latest mplayer of 05-10-2003 with FLAC support
- listcontrol: now cycles. when moving up on 1st item it jumps 2 the last item and vice versa
- autostart discs in D: (thx 2 bobbin007)
- new iso9660 library donated by The Joker from the Avalaunch team (THX guys!)
You can download it in the usual place
Wednesday, 8, October, 2003
Help build an Xbox Version Database!
Posted by Sin-Tex at 23:08 PM
News Source: Xbox Linux
Please enter your Xbox data into "this form" (you needn't fill all fields), so we can provide you a database that will help you find out the contents of an Xbox without opening it.
This database will be online next week.
dvd2xbox v0.4.8
Posted by Sin-Tex at 22:46 PM
News Source: dvd2xbox
AUTHOR WiSo
This is a bugfix. Please don't use 0.4.6 and 0.4.7 anymore.
Main copy modules total rewritten. The new dvd copy module is much more compatible than in previous versions (older versions wrote vobs in 1GB chunks, current version makes an 1:1 copy).
What's New
v0.4.8
+ changed ISO9660 to the newest from XBMC (Thanks to XBMC development and team Avalaunch).
+ added fullpath to 'rename file' logging.
+ added the percentage as digits to the progress bars.
+ fixed a bug where box crashes while copying files
+ fixed a bug where .ogg tracks with too long file names weren't dumped.
You can download it in the usual place
SC3X 0.05 and KOLEKO-X 0.06
Posted by Sin-Tex at 10:54 AM
News Source: XBINS
Looks like these releases slipped by un-noticed.
Both released on 28/Sep/2003.
What's New
+ Added AdvanceMAME Scale2x routines
Can be downloaded in the usual place.
Tuesday, 7, October, 2003
XBMC Alpha CVS Release
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:50 PM
News Source: XBINS
Another CVS release for Xbox Media Center.
What's New
- settings
- added filter settings (not complete yet)
- movie calibration now shows the current resolution
- my music
- fixed: When deleting a file from the
play list, selection cursor should not restart at the very
beginning of the selection.
- fixed:After stopping Playlist,
selected item is not removed. (Stays red)
- fixed: cursor now jumps to the next
item when adding a song to the playlist with Y
- my files:
- fixed: rename/delete not visible in my files when no
destination directory is choosen
- my videos
- video overlay window is now correctly scaled
- general
- fixed: UI calibration didnt affect the movie/music overlay
windows
- removed the FreeMem info from all screens
- textures are now cached so switching between menu's is a
lot faster
- added debouncing for remote control
- added remote control support for the virtual keyboard
- latest mplayer of 05-10-2003 with FLAC support
- listcontrol: now cycles. when moving up on 1st item it jumps
2 the last item and vice versa
- autostart discs in D: (thx 2 bobbin007)
- new iso9660 library donated by The Joker from the Avalaunch
team (THX guys!)
Monday, 6, October, 2003
XBTool 1.0.8b19 and 1.0.8
Posted by Skunkie at 18:52 PM
After all the betas the finaly release is out! Come and get it!
1.0.8
LED/fan settings reading after save.
Fix: third dash setting on Evox BIOS's.
1.0.8b19
DVD drive check skip for M7.
Fixed a minor patching bug
Download it in the usual places.
Source: XBTool Homepage
Xbox Top 100
Posted by Sin-Tex at 11:51 AM
Xbox Top 100 has been reset. If you have time make us number one & give us your vote.
All you need do is click here and click vote.
dvd2xbox v0.4.7
Posted by Skunkie at 1:48 AM
This version is only a bugfix for 0.4.6. It removes the double slash problem and should now copy all files without problems.
Supplemental for the 0.4.6 changelog: removed the copy retries because it was agreed that it made
not much sense.
Can be downlaoded in all the usual places
Source: dvd2xbox Homepage
Friday, 3, October, 2003
VicePET-X v1
Posted by Sin-Tex at 20:05 PM
News Source: XBINS
Xport has done it again & added another emu to his belt.
Commodore PET Emulator port for XBox v1
Features :
- Emulates Commodore PET
- Excellent compatibility - ported from Vice
- Loads disk images, PRG/P00 files
- USB Keyboard support
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Virtual Keyboard - go to Controller Configuration / UI Mappings to select the button combo that will bring up the Virtual Keyboard while in-game.
Plus all the other usual features you would expect from Xport
Download in the usual place
Vice20-X v2
Posted by Sin-Tex at 19:54 PM
News Source: XBINS
VIC-20 Emulator port for XBox v2
What's New:
- Updated skin to distinguish between Vice64X and Vice20X (thanks J-RED)
Download in the usual place.
dvd2xbox v0.4.6
Posted by Skunkie at 1:58 AM
The new dvd copy module is much more compatible than
in previous versions (older versions wrote vobs in 1GB chunks, current version makes an 1:1 copy).
Disk browser:
+ added support for encrypted DVDs (vob copy)
+ made left thumbstick less sensitive.
+ added a remove 'read only' file attribute before patching (to patch even files which aren't copied with dvd2xbox :-).
+ added window refresh after changing media.
+ Helpscreen now always available via black button.
+ fixed bug where browser crashes when encounter disks with more than 100 files in one directory.
Main copy module:
+ all main copy modules switched to the new sources (CDDA working again).
+ added a 'total' progress bar to UDF/DVD copy module.
+ added display of remaining bytes to copy (UDF/DVD) and remaining free space (all types).
+ added a copy report which displays files copied,files failed to copy and files renamed(GAME COPY + files patched with media check 1 and media check 2 long or short hex string).
You can download it in the usual place
Source: dvd2xbox Homepage
Thursday, 2, October, 2003
Vice20-X v1
Posted by Sin-Tex at 18:30 PM
News Source: XBINS
Author Xport.
Vice20X Commodore VIC-20 Emulator port for XBox v1
Features :
- Emulates Commodore 64
- Excellent compatibility - ported from Vice
- Loads disk images, tape images, cartridges
- USB Keyboard support
- ZIP support
- Cheat system - Search/Create your own cheat codes (see notes)
- Favorites list
- Netplay
- Resizable game screen
- 480p, 720p, 1080i support
- Virtual Keyboard - go to Controller Configuration / UI Mappings to select
the button combo that will bring up the Virtual Keyboard while in-game.
- Skin-able :
- Backgrounds
- Sounds
- Background Music
- Sprites
- Text position (right/left/center, top/bottom/center)
- Text color, select bar color
- Font
- Fading speed
- Screenshot position
- Can specify 2 sprites to surround the selected menu option
- Option to have a transparent select-bar color (from select-color menu)
- Can flip sprites horizontally/vertically
- Can set motion_x and motion_y variables for sprites
- Sprites can loop continuously or just once
- If you want to change the way something looks in this new UI,
chances are that you can change it via the Configuration menu.
- Music Control Menu - press LTHUMB anywhere to bring up the music control menu.
This is also a customizable controller action while in-game. Configure it
via the Controller Configuration -] UI Mappings menu.
- Save Game management - delete save game files
- Samba/NetBIOS sharing support (read roms from your PC)
- Relax Network Sharing (read roms from your PC)
- Play MP3 or M3U playlists in the background
(Can also read MP3/M3U from across Samba/Relax shares.)
- User definable save directory. If you don't like the default of
E:\SAVES\VICE20X you can change it via the VICE20X.INI file
- Take in-game screenshots and display them on the game selection list
- New UI feature - auto-screenshot capture mode. When enabled, the emu
will start taking screenshots at a user-defined interval. Useful for
ripping sprites/animation.
- Hardware filtering options : Point, Bilinear, Trilinear, Anisotropic
- Graphics filters :
+ 2xSai
+ Super 2xSai
+ Eagle
+ Super Eagle
+ SuperScale
+ AdvanceMame 2x
+ Simple 2x
+ 2xSai Scanline
+ Super 2xSai Scanline
+ Eagle Scanline
+ Super Eagle Scanline
+ SuperScale Scanline
- Record/Playback feature - record your gameplay in the emu and then
play it back again. Record up to 10 minutes of gameplay.
- Every single in-game command is fully customizable on any of the
four joypad controllers.
- Map any emulator or UI command to a single button or a combination of
two buttons. (e.g. RTrigger+LTrigger = Save State)
- Autofire capabilities for any emulator button on any controller
- One-button combos (define a series of emulator commands to be played
back when you press a user-definable XBox controller combination.)
(E.g. Press RTrigger+LTrigger to execute the command string
A,B,A,B,Up,Down,Left,Right)
- Traverse any directory on any drive ( Continue selecting the parent
directory entry on the file selection list to get the drive selection
list. Selectable drives are C, D, E, F, R, X, Y, Z, and SMB.
R is the CDROM drive. SMB is the samba share you have defined in your
VICE20X.ini file.) Press Y from any file-listing screen to go up one
directory level.
- All UI commands (save state, load state, screenshot, etc) can be
invoked from the Options/Pause menu as well as in-game via your
customized joypad mappings.
- Can be invoked from a command-line to directly run a game from a front-end
or dashboard and bypass the user-selection screens. (Only if the frontend
or dashboard supports this feature.)
- Can return to the launching program *if* the launching program supports this
feature. For example, if the custom-launch routines are incorporated into
a new frontend, that frontend could launch VICE20X and when you exit
VICE20X, that frontend can be automatically reloaded.
You can download it in the usual place
Xbox Media Center
Posted by Skunkie at 11:40 AM
The developers from Xbox Media Player have decided to start on a new project! They are not going to abandon XBMP but they have decided to move all their key developers onto a new project for all of us media fans!
The alpha has been released but they are beta testing now.
Here is what we got:
New and big differences compared to XboxMediaPlayer:
- Entire new fully skinnable GUI engine
- Easy switching between skins (if exist)
- Dynamic loader for multiple cores/engines
- Music database with search feature
- Sort files/folders by name, size or date
- File Manager for DVD-ROM/HDD/Network
- Virtual Keyboard
- CDDB and album cover/info lookup
- Movie calibration per resolution
- UI calibration
Things that are not supported in XBMC yet:
- DVD-movie playback
- Audio Visualization
- Matroska file container
- Windows DLL's (WMV/WMA 9)
- FTP-Server
- SHOUTcast
- TV-Guide
You can download it in the usual place.
Source: Xbox Media Player Homepage
Xbox Media Center Homepage
Wednesday, 1, October, 2003
X-ecuter 3 Update +More
Posted by Sin-Tex at 19:40 PM
News Source: Xbox Scene Forums
Where The Hell Is Our New Bios & the X3 ?,
Posted by Ubergeek
I'm sure you are wondering why we havent released a new bios for v1.4 yet and why dont we talk about X3 or the new xbox case designs we revealed a while ago
well here's a bit of news to wet the appetite.
First of all we had the choice of releasing a new bios for 1.4 or wait a while for the new X3 bios which has X3 hardware dependant features
well, evox kinda made the decision for us so you simply use M7 for now - next bios from us will be X3 (as most of you now know Xecuter bios's are designed entirley differently to Evox bios which is based on implementing hacks to an official M$ bios - therefore making the "standard" hacks much easier and faster to implement)
X3 hardware is pretty much done - we're just packing as many features into it as physically possible. As soon as the new embedded XBE is done (no its not ftp ) then we will make an announcement of the new hardware as well as the new bios (which will of course be 1.4 / 1.5 compatible) plus the new XBE and PC apps that will be incorporated with it. We havent done this before now as its a bitch to announce a new mod then you wait 6 months to see it. X3 will be announced / released within a 2 week period.
Also expect X3 intergration and support from the main homebrew app guys (especially avalaunch, mxm, xbmp, xbmc and offerings from team assembly and others) We will be discussing various issues with this community in the very very near future.
USB Speed is a also priority on X3 and has been completely tested on all OS and all versions of xbox. We will make sure it has an optimal USB chipset (not decided on USB 1.1 or 2.0 yet - its a matter of cost vs function)
on a final note - we're concentrating all efforts now on finishing X3. Most of the time has been on spent on design ideas / implementation. We've been listening to what all of you wanted and what other mod makers have offered. We feel X3 will be the ultimate mod for your xbox giving you all the features you desire both functionally and "coolness".
We won't be showing any feature lists until its all done and finished. However we will offer the chance for you to offer suggestions and ideas for the FINAL version which will be the one that will hit the stores before Christmas.
re: the xbox case. As soon as X3 is finished we will be investing in getting that finished too. A website will be hosted and we will be listening to all your ideas and suggestions which will ulimatley be a design that YOU asked for.
in the meantime enjoy what's available to you right now.
X-ecuter 2.2 & 2.1 chips can be purchased at Xbox-Chipz
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