Almost every emulator ever made has been ported to XBox and in most instances has been enhanced still further by enthusiasts with the addition of video sets and artwork. I chose to use this particular hardware after stumbling across websites run by enthusiasts and finding just how big the XBox mod scene still is and what a capable machine they are for emulation purposes. I have been asked on numerous occasions about how to mod an XBox and what a modded XBox is, so in this series of posts I will show you the capabilities of my 2 units and show you how to go about getting your own. My choice of emulation tool is a self-modded original (some call it ‘classic’ now) Microsoft XBox. Emulation lets you experience games in near pixel-perfection that you may not ever be able to afford or find and from a historical perspective it is a great way to archive and catalogue titles that would otherwise disappear. Yes, I know many purists will be hitting the back button in disgust – but I am of the opinion that emulation has a place in every retro gamer’s life.

What is RGC? What is Retro Games Collector and who is behind it?Īs some of you may know I am not only a big fan of gaming on original systems but also like to dabble in the dark art of emulation.

As for the rather bland new menu background, I had to go for a very minimalistic design, because I suck with Photoshop, lol.

xbe files it sees on the HDD.įeel free to test it out. xbe file replaced with a patched version that doesn't automatically create UDATA folders for all. Updated Chimp261812 to JCRocky5's latest release.ġ080i support is now disabled by default (because it slows the Xbox down if enabled). Updated XBMC to include JCRocky5's 480p Game Loader scripts (useful if you have a 1.6 Xbox, otherwise it can be ignored). Ind-bios.cfg now supports 480p by default. Removed iND-BiOS 5004.06 (F only), due to reports that it bricks the TSOP/modchip it is flashed to.

bin files to remove the DVD drive check by default. Main menu's network type is now set to DHCP. But with flashing in mind, there were some issues that should have been addressed, which were 1) editing the EvoX M8+ BIOS files to disable the need for a DVD drive on boot up (because it makes no sense to keep that restriction enabled) and 2) removing the ability to flash iND-BiOS 5004.06 (F only), since it is apparently broken and just bricks the TSOP/modchip.Ĭhanged the default.xbe's title to 'HeXEn 2018'.

There's certainly a lot more that could be done, but I didn't feel like it was necessary to go all-out on it, since the disc is primarily just used for TSOP/modchip flashing and building new HDDs.

The iso zone xbox original