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08/02/03

Wednesday, July 31, 2002

X-Ecutor Addon   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 17:29 PM

The x-ecuter team will soon announce an addon for their x-ecuter award winning modchip. It's a cable that when connected to the modchip, allows you to flash x-ecuter with any new bios publicly available. Just like the cheapLPC cable from renowned milksop creator, you connect the cable directly to your computer on the lpt port. Also, the x-ecuter modchip has a flash capacity rated of about 100 000 times. Of course, you will have to shell out more money again, but hey! Isn't not what you were waiting for?

Not entirely sure if this is for real, but it sounds reasonable enough. The addon solves what I considered to be the one of the only drawbacks of the x-ecutor. =)

Thanks to Jusplayn for pointing this out.

Source: Xbox-Scene Forums

Xbox Media Player Beta 5

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 17:16 PM

Next Beta expected tonight (no later than midnight GMT) assuming that there are no more major bugs in the code! Here's some info from d7o3g4q:

What's in this release:
New GUI (from contest winner!)
A/V sync no longer drifts.
Divx3.11 support
Divx4.xx support
XviD support (this is new and is probably going to have some problems)
VCD (mpeg1) support
MP3 support

What's still to come:
divx 5.0
mpeg2

There are a few minor issues we know about. We don't precalculate the playback time of mp3s or vcds. vcds will never have a playback time. mp3s will when I get around to it.

AC3 downmixes to stereo but will come out on all 6 channels. This too will be soon fixed after the release.

Update: It's out! Great work d7o3g4q and RUNTiME!
I'm sure you all know where to get it.

Source: xboxmediaplayer.com

Xbox Hardware Security Updated

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 02:41 PM

That's what seems to be the case...

CEO Jen Shun Huang said that the second quarter was bad for sales of PCs, with a 13 per cent drop compared to the first quarter.

But he appeared to blame most of the problems on a fall in stock of chips it won't sell, because, he claimed, Microsoft changed security codes on Xbox machines and chips already manufactured won't work with the new codes.

Nvidia therefore had to write off these chips.

The chip in question would be the MCPX...just the other day, I heard from someone who had a new kernel revision. Perhaps these are new boxes? If this news is true, we can expect to hear shortly about their modability.

Source: The Inquirer

Tuesday, July 30, 2002

Xbox Watch   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 17:08 PM

Xbox Watch - iretch @ 15:56 CST
Xbox Watch

It's here folks
The one and only XboxWatch!
It sets the time for you Xbox Correct !
Copy it To your Xbox
Make Sure your Xbox is connected to the Internet
Then Run it!
Have fun
-- Tser

Sounds helpful for us y8k'rs =)

Another Transcript  

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 12:46 PM

I was somewhat suspicious that Microsoft would give out as much detail as the previous posted transcript had to support personnel so early...they still have time to be working on the Live software. Guess we'll have to just wait and find out.

That last transcript I am certain was a joke, I shouldn't be posting news when I am so tired ;-) It did seem a tad extreme. Please ignore, or just have a good laugh then, hehehe. Here's what an xbox.com guy really said about this:

Question: Does the xbox live games detect a modchip? If so how and why?

( johnny has joined )
( Jean-Francois has joined )
Jean-Francois: Hello and welcome to the Xbox Interactive Online Support, my
name is Jean-Francois.
johnny: Hi Jean
johnny: Just curios cause I was going to use a modchip for homebrew stuff
Jean-Francois: We do not know at this time, but it is a possibility.
johnny: can you give me more info than that
johnny: ?
johnny: like check this out
johnny: Question: Is it true that Xbox online can detected a modded Xbox ?
( Human has joined ) ( Chris has joined ) Chris: Hello and welcome to Xbox
interactive online chat support! My name is Chris. Chris: Of Course, we have
implemented several checks for that Chris: First of all we check all the
Harddisk Partition Size, if any of them is larger then normal, we will
restore the partition Table Chris: Secondly, we check if we can write to the
bios, if we can we will restore the old bios, No harm there Chris: Thirdly,
we will verify the dashboard executable, as you know, we are allready
replacing them by default, but just an extra check wouldn't hurt Chris:
Fourtly, we will scan the Harddisk for XBE files. if we detect unsigned
files,or files from our "Dead list" we will. well.. they will found out what
we will do :-) Human: But all i wanted was a bigger harddisk for my mp3
collection! Chris: And eat peanut m&ms ?
Jean-Francois: One moment while I read it johnny.
johnny: thanx
johnny: sorry bout the formating
johnny: u know that chris guy?
Jean-Francois: No and I do not think this is coming from here. Moreover, I
do not have any history of previous sessions. All of this is only
speculation, we do not have any official information about the security
checks the Xbox will be able to perform when using Xbox Live.
johnny: Thats what I thought thanx bro.
johnny: Mind if I copy this conversation?
Jean-Francois: Sure, go ahead johnny.
johnny: have a great day.
Jean-Francois: It does not sound like something we would say, we try to
remain very professional at all times.
Jean-Francois: You too !
Jean-Francois: I hope that you have found our session today helpful! At the
end of this session, there will be a small survey, be sure to fill it out!
Thank you for using the Xbox Interactive Online Support and I hope you have
a nice day!

Thanks to Marc for emailing me this.

Xbox-Linux Article   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 04:19 PM

The Xbox Linux Project, a group of programmers trying to bring Linux software to Microsoft's Xbox, released a "pre-alpha" version of the Basic Input Output System (BIOS) that will eventually run open-source code on the game console. When completed, the BIOS, a crucial price of software that lets hardware communicate with software, will allow programmers to boot Linux up on the device. Pre-alpha versions are the earliest stage of the software development process.

Source: CNET

Modchips And Xbox Live

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 02:37 PM

This is unverified info, just something interesting taken from a forum post. Thanks to tser for posting.

According to an Xbox.com service rep:

Question: Is it true that Xbox online can detected a modded Xbox ?

( Human has joined )
( Chris has joined )
Chris: Hello and welcome to Xbox interactive online chat support! My name is Chris.
Chris: Of Course, we have implemented several checks for that
Chris: First of all we check all the Harddisk Partition Size, if any of them
is larger then normal, we will restore the partition Table
Chris: Secondly, we check if we can write to the bios, if we can
we will restore the old bios, No harm there
Chris: Thirdly, we will verify the dashboard executable, as you know, we are allready
replacing them by default, but just an extra check wouldn't hurt
Chris: Fourtly, we will scan the Harddisk for XBE files.
if we detect unsigned files,or files from our "Dead list" we will. well..
they will found out what we will do :-)
Human: But all i wanted was a bigger harddisk for my mp3 collection!
Chris: And eat peanut m&ms ?

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Monday, July 29, 2002

Xpad Update   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 00:25 PM

Hello all, Sorry to those who have missed us!
In the past few weeks l have personally had major life changing problems. And becasue of these problems l have been unable to contribute to the Xpad team, which has gave the impression that the team is dead. I would like to tell you all that this is not the case. I hope in the next few weeks, l can catch up with my team, and push our goals forward to get this project into some kind of order.

We will create the ultimate driver for the Xbox Controller.

And to all those fans, thanks and we do apreciate it all.

Regards Mr XPad :)

Saw the news at Xbox-Emulation.

Source: Mr Xpad

Xdongle  

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 17:08 PM

Xdongle
A Software soluction to Muti region on the xbox.
It can be run from the HD useing evo x or from a boot cd.
It will allow muti region on any region Xbox with a fitted dongle.

E.g -
USA dongle Fitted will play Regions 1,2,3,4,0
PAL dongle Fitted will play Regions 1,2,3,4,0
No need to buy sevral dongles for sevral regions.

Beta testing.
we have so far managed to get the PAL version working 99% we have found a few small gliches with the beta Mod chips but are working on this problem.

There will be two versions of the software 1 x NSTC and 1 X PAL depending on wich dongle you have fitted.

Source: Xbox-Scene

Sunday, July 28, 2002

Compiled Xbox Info   

 Posted  by Theendisgone at 17:08 PM

Thanks to Deaper for his time spent compiling a ton of useful info in the forums:

Just for the heck of it I've decided to compile a few lists of some of the more useful posts from each forum. That way you can better find information that either you have read before and want to read again, or that you are too lazy to actually search for. These posts are not by any means the only posts on a forum that are informative. But I've posted some of the more informative posts on the list.
There's nor real order to this list or anything I pretty much added them in the order I found them, although there may be a few exceptions here and there.

Source: XboxHacker BBS

Friday, 26, July, 2002

Xdongle
Posted by Theendisgone at 17:51 PM

News Source: Xbox-Scene

" Xdongle
A Software soluction to Muti region on the Xbox.
It can be run from the HD using evo x or from a boot Cd.
It will allow muti region on any region Xbox with a fitted dongle.

E.g. -
USA dongle Fitted will play Regions 1,2,3,4,0
PAL dongle Fitted will play Regions 1,2,3,4,0
No need to buy several dongles for several regions.

Beta testing.
we have so far managed to get the PAL version working 99% we have found a few small glitches with the beta Mod chips but are working on this problem.

There will be two versions of the software 1 x NTSC and 1 X PAL depending on which dongle you have fitted. "

xSNES9x beta 3 released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 2:00 AM

Well a new release, and a chance for me to get some news put up *rolls eyes*. Here's what's new and some words from the author.

·  Fixed issue with DSP-1 games. Super Mario Kart, Pilotwings etc now run correctly.

·  Fixed Jumbled tile/misplaced pixel issue with some games (DKC, Secret of Evermore, Metroid).

·  Added preliminary .ini file support. Read the .ini file section below.

·  Gamepad can now be configured in the ini file. Read the 'Buttons' section below on how to perform this.

·  Removed unzipped Rom Header extraction code. Was creating more problems than benefiting. ROMs will now be displayed by filename only.

·  ROMs are now sorted properly in the menu.

Authors Note :

"I've spent almost a solid week fixing the compatibility issues. xSnes9x should equal that of the Windows version in compatibility.

Enjoy this release - I'm off to play some Mario Kart :)"

We do not provide downloads.

Thursday, 25, July, 2002

X-ecuter Pictures
Posted by Theendisgone at 18:26 PM

News Source: Techno Devices

Techno Devices have posted some pictures of the X-ecuter Mods.







You can buy an X-ecuter Xbox Modchip here ( only $49.00 USD ~ £31.98 GBP, worldwide shipping )

Stella V2 released
Posted by Theendisgone at 12:34 PM

A new release of Stella for Xbox was released yesterday which brought it in line with all the other recent emu's being released.
Here's what's new:

This one has been due an update for a long time. This release puts it
in line with my more recent Emu releases. Fixes/improvements include:

·  Sound is fixed

·  NTSC/PAL should work the same

·  Sorted listings

·  Return to dashboard

·  Search for cheat codes

·  Reload game list

·  Configuration from INI file

·  Resize/reposition game screen

A STELLA.INI file can be written from inside the emulator.
To configure Stella, press the Left Thumbstick. This will let you select
the font height, the menu text offset, and the screen modifiers.

You can make the gamescreen as big or as small as you like and reposition it anyw
here.

When you make your changes, it will rewrite the STELLA.INI file (if it was loaded
from
the Xbox hard drive) If you are running the emulator from a CD/DVD media, you'll
have to construct your own STELLA.INI file and write it to the root directory.

The structure of the STELLA.INI file is as follows:

# # # # # #

Each # represents a number. They are as follows:

First # - Text offset
Second # - Font height
Third # - Game screen X position
Fourth # - Game screen Y position
Fifth # - Game screen width
Sixth # - Game screen height

So, for example, your STELLA.INI file might look like this:

0 12 10 20 630 450

This would mean:

Text offset = 0
Font height = 12
Game screen upper left hand corner position (x,y) = (10,20)
Game screen width = 630
Game screen height = 450

**YOU MUST HAVE A SPACE CHARACTER AFTER THE LAST NUMBER IN THE INI FILE!**

I've included an example STELLA.INI file.

No downloads available sorry.

Gnuboy v4 released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 0:46 AM

Gnuboy has been updated to version 4!
The changes for this release are as follows (from the readme):

Save States
All the other UI stuff to bring it in line with the other emus

The GNUBOY.INI file can now be written automatically from inside the emulator.
To configure Gnuboy, press the Left Thumbstick. This will let you select
the font height and the menu text offset.

*This will also let you resize and reposition the game screen to whatever you wan
t*

You can make the gamescreen as big or as small as you like and reposition it anyw
here.

When you make your changes, it will rewrite the GNUBOY.INI file (if it was loaded
from
the Xbox hard drive) If you are running the emulator from a CD/DVD media, you'll
have to construct your own GNUBOY.INI file and write it to the root directory.

The structure of the GNUBOY.INI file is as follows:

# # # # # #

Each # represents a number. They are as follows:

First # - Text offset
Second # - Font height
Third # - Game screen X position
Fourth # - Game screen Y position
Fifth # - Game screen width
Sixth # - Game screen height

So, for example, your GNUBOY.INI file might look like this:

0 12 10 20 630 450

This would mean:

Text offset = 0
Font height = 12
Game screen upper left hand corner position (x,y) = (10,20)
Game screen width = 630
Game screen height = 450

**YOU MUST HAVE A SPACE CHARACTER AFTER THE LAST NUMBER IN THE INI FILE!**

I've included an example GNUBOY.INI file.

No downloads available on the site.

Wednesday, 24, July, 2002

DEXBE v0.2 Released
Posted by Theendisgone at 21:14 PM

News Source: Dextrose

Changes since v0.1

* Changed Layout due to Information Overload
* Changed Sections to a List view for better Overview
+ Added more Header-Data
+ Added PE Info
+ Added IDC Export
+ Added Bitmap Export
+ Added Flag-Entry to Library-List
+ Added option to Patch between Debug <-> Retail
+ Added TLS Data (not 100%)

You can download DEXBE v0.2 here

Dgen V3 Released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 19:47 PM

Another day, another new release!
This time a new version of Xbox Dgen, now in its third version.
The changes are (from the read me):

Replaced MZ80 engine with RAZE Z80 engine. This fixes sound timing problems
in games like Aladdin.

No downloads available at present.

Dgen v2 released
Posted by Theendisgone at 1:05 AM

A new version of this Xbox Emu has been released, here's what he say's what's new:

This release should fix a lot of problems with the core of the emulator.
The v1 version was using v0.26a of the StarScream engine. This was later
updated by the GENS author to v0.26c to fix a number of bugs. I've
implemented this newer StarScream version. Furthermore, there is also
an option for using a Musashi 68000 core - which I've also implemented from
the most recent release. Both engines play games that v1 could not.

No downloads are available at this time.

Tuesday, 23, July, 2002

eXtremeGB Beta 1 Released
Posted by Theendisgone at 22:31 PM

News Source: Consolevision

"The first classic Gameboy/GB Color emulator for Xbox has been released, eXtremeGB. It's still in early stages, and compatibility isn't the greatest.

Features:
*********
44kHz 16-bit sound with optional bass filter for more punch
Optional bilinear filtering
Optional run-in-a-small-window-in-the-middle-of-the-screen
Optional LCD-fakeblur (to make flicker-"transparency" look better)

What's missing (and MAYBE coming in the future)
***********************************************
More video options (2xSAI, Eagle)
Multiplayer (may emulate 2 linked gbs later)
Better compatibility
Control configuration
State Save/load"

Xbox-Emulation cannot provide a download here, so try checking some place else.
You know the score

Thanks to Huma for the news.

X-Ecuter Diagram!
Posted by Theendisgone at 17:21 PM

Most people have been waiting to see this, so if you want to prepare and be ready, here is a diagram for the X-Ecuter. Click here. Wish I had one :-/ *sigh*.

XPong v1.0 released
Posted by Theendisgone at 16:36 PM

Here is the first original homebrew game for Xbox that is released.

"Enjoy the first Xbox homebrew game by XL productions!

Black on both pads to go back to dash.
White on both pads to exit.
Back on both pads to see title screen."

Nothing else to report. We can't provide binary downloads here.

Update: I decided to get 2 screenshots made. Thanks to the author of XPong v1.0 for these.

In game | Title Screen

Monday, 22, July, 2002

X-ecuter Mod Pic
Posted by Theendisgone at 21:43 PM

News Source: X-ecuter

A picture of the X-ecuter Xbox modchip that can be pre-ordered from LikSang has finally been released.


Also a faq has been given to answer some questions:

:: FAQ ::

Q: How can the mod work with just 1 wire ?
A: Easy. X-ecuter uses a specially designed PCB which is soldered direct to the mainboard - takes 30 seconds.

Q: Surely I can just use one of the public bios' released ?
A: Yes you can. However X-ecuter is the only bios with ALL features on one device. Plus its cheap and easy to install. There are always those
that will flash there own bios - but there are also always those that want to use the latest mod, and this is it.

Q: Can you flash the onboard bios using Evolution-X software and with an X-ecuter installed ?
A: Yes you can.

Q: So basically what you are saying is that this mod takes 5 minutes to fit, and has ALL the features of Enigmah & Evolution-X on one mod ?
A: Absolutely.

Q: Will X-ecuter be working on any new features ?
A: We have an add-on mod in development right now. We can't say what it is yet - but oh yes you'll love it :)

Q: Well isn't this mod just the Evo-x bios ?
A: Of course not - if it was it wouldn't have all the features on one kernel would it ?

Q: I've been hearing stories about you guys being bullshit - care to comment ?
A: The mod uses 1 wire, it takes seconds to install, its cheap, it works. Where's the bullshit ?

Dgen for Xbox v1 Released!!!
Posted by Theendisgone at 19:30 PM

The author that has brought us Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, FCEUltra, HUGO, NeoPop, has now ported Dgen to Xbox in 1 day! This has proven how easy it is to port things to the Xbox with a simple framework. Here is what the readme says.

"Same features as all the others (sound, cheat, Savegame), except no save states. It might be a while before you see save states for this one, so don't hold your breath.

Should have the same compatibility as DGen.

Certain games are flaky and can really screw up the emulator to the point where it won't run any games correctly anymore. Instead of rebooting, I've added an option to reload the emulator XBE file. To do this, press the Left-Thumb and Right-Thumb analog joysticks as if they were buttons. I've verified this to work off the HD. It should work off a CD, but I have not tried it.

Also - if you load up a game and it does nothing but give you a black screen, you should reload the emulator XBE. If you don't you'll probably soon have to do a hard reboot of the Xbox because the XBE will lock up tight. Again, this is due to some flakiness in the emulator."

It is simply a pleasure having such great underground developers such as the anonymous author of the emulators he has ported.

X-ecuter & Messiah-X Pre-Orders
Posted by Theendisgone at 17:15 PM

You can now pre-order your X-ecuter or Messiah-X Xbox Modchips from LikSang
X-ecuter Modchip only $49.00 USD ~ £31.98 GBP ( 1 wire - 9 points )
Messiah-X Modchip only $49.00 USD ~ £31.98 GBP ( 11 Wires )

LikSang deliver/ ship worldwide.

X-ecuter update
Posted by Theendisgone at 16:57 PM

News Source: X-ecuter

"After successful trials and testing with our team of beta testers, we can announce that the X-ecuter will be available before 29th July.
This is the ONLY mod available with 100% of the features on one device.
Forget silly clones like messiah-x and Pandora - you may as well just use an enigmah or xtender for $10 as the features are the same

No other mod has the no-patch hack, no reset on eject hack and hdd patch all on one device.

Pictures and installation diagrams will be available at the end of the week.

Every feature that can be unlocked via the bios is now complete. So no need for any flashing of your bios or updates.
All tools and fun stuff will now be software based like the evolution-x and boXplorer.

We've had a sneak peak at some "internal" tools which are being finished and you guys will just love them."

You can Pre-Order your X-ecuter Modchip here
for just $49.00 USD ~ £31.98 GBP

DEXBE v0.1 Released
Posted by Theendisgone at 0:18 AM

News Source Dextrose

The Dextrose team is at it again & have released a "New Dextrose-Tool: DEXBE v0.1"

"This tool unveils almost all secrets of your .xbe-files. Just load in your file and check out the info. You can use the tool to extract all information you want. This is an early version which will be improved soon. Take a look at the readme inside the zip too...."

You can download it here

You can find a picture of the tools gui over at Dextrose

Sunday, 21, July, 2002

Quake3/Castle Wolfenstien
Posted by Theendisgone at 23:27 PM

Repi!! The people that brought us Quake2x was so chuffed with there release they have decided to bring us

Keep Checking This Space For More Information On This Soon :-)

NeoPop for Xbox Released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 11:54 AM

More proof that the Console emulation scene is taking over comes today as the release of NeoPop for Xbox comes up, what features does it have? ill tell ya :)

- Save state
- ZIP support
- Cheat code searching
- Full sound
- Full video

Obviously you know the score with these emulators, go search in IRC for it as Xbox Emu uk cant host it for legal reasons

Xbox Utility "boXplorer" Released
Posted by Theendisgone at 1:27 AM

Info from the readme.txt file:

"boXplorer is a file browser for Xbox which allows you to directly browse
files and folders on the Xbox harddisk and DVD drive.
boXplorer can also view Xbox video media files (*.WMV) and launch other
application or games (*.XBE files).
boXplorer can be booted from a DVD/CD or added to your Xbox harddrive and
launched from there.
boXplorer is a great addition to Evolution X dashboard (on either
harddrive or DVD/CD) since it provides browsing capabilities which
Evolution X currently lacks.
boXplorer currently does not contain any copy/rename/delete/move file
capabilities, but this is under serious consideration for a future release
"

Thanks too the author T'ulkas for the news.

Sorry I am to tired to go hunting for the file for download, try looking on irc somewhere.

Saturday, 20, July, 2002

HU-GO! PCE for Xbox v2 released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 21:34 PM

The author has updated HU-GO! PCE for Xbox with the following.

What's New:

·  Save state

·  Can selectively turn off each of the 6 sound channels. This will make certain games with that "rumbly" noise sound much better.

·  Correctly sized screen for all games

·  Full screen ( well, as big as can be while maintaining aspect ratio )

·  Toggle bkg-write flipping. Useful on certain games like AirZonk where the background flashes like a strobelight

·  Menu bar (whoop-de-doo)

·  Game lists sorted alphabetically

We do not provide downloads

Xbox ADPCM Audio CODEC
Posted by Theendisgone at 5:10 AM

This audio codec has been released. No further details where enclosed in the readme, however it plays sound files from Xbox games or what not. Might prove being useful. You can download it from . This is for PC.

HU-GO PCE for Xbox v1 !
Posted by Theendisgone at 4:59 AM

The author who has ported Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, and FCEUltra to Xbox, now has ported HU-GO PCE for Xbox. Here is a small list of features.

·  Different menu coloring - possibly easier on the eyes

·  Savegame support

·  ZIP support

·  Cheat code searching

·  NTSC/PAL should work equally well

We do not provide binaries here since it's developed with the XDK.

Friday, 19, July, 2002

Nvidia-Microsoft to work on Xbox II
Posted by Theendisgone at 23:21 PM

News Source The Inquirer

"PEACE APPEARS TO HAVE BROKEN OUT between aggressive graphics chip company Nvidia and belligerent graphics chip company Microsoft, if reports in today's Economic News of Taiwan are to be credited.
And Nvidia is still chummy with TSMC and is developing 130 nanometer graphics chips with the Taiwanese foundry, the report adds.

The newspaper quotes K.B. Ng, Nvidia sales chief in the APAC region, as saying that his firm will work together to produce the next design of the Xbox, The Xbox II.

Microsoft and Nvidia are currently engaged in a dispute over the last generation of the Xbox, and we know that the Vole wants Graphzilla to charge a lot less for chipsets in the console.

Ng claimed that Nvidia will have over 10 per cent of Athlon XP market this year as its Nforce II chipset gets rolled out into motherboards."

MameX Cover
Posted by Theendisgone at 18:21 PM

Our good friend T-Money has released a cool cover for the MameX emulator.

Check it out at his site Here

Wednesday, 17, July, 2002

xSnes9x Beta 2 released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 10:47 AM

xSnes9x Beta 2 has been released, the changes for this version are:
 

Monday, 15, July, 2002

Quake 2x beta 3
Posted by Theendisgone at 23:27 PM

Here's what's new...

·  Added widescreen support

·  Added PAL60 support

·  Added paletted textures support ("8-bit textures" in video settings and gl_ext_palettedtexture "1").

·  Added support for 16 bit frame buffer ("16-bit frame buffer" in video settings and gl_bitdepth "16"). Can be used to save memory in HDTV modes

·  Fixed "double click" bug when pressing back or start to enter/exit menus

·  Added southpaw, legacy and legacy soutpaw gamepad modes (in_xboxThumbMode)

·  Added look up sensitivity scaling (in_xboxSensitivityUpScale)

·  Changed to double-buffering instead of triple-buffering to save memory.

·  Music can now be disabled

·  Added a lot of Xbox specific settings to options and video settings menu and removed old pc specific settings.

·  Made vblank syncing more flexible. It's now possible to: not sync, sync to 50/60 fps and sync to 25/30 fps.

·  Added safe zone setting so that HUD and console may be visible on all TVs

·  Sound quality is now set to "high" instead of "low" as default

·  Fixed bug where config file wasn't saved when exiting options or video settings menu.

·  Config.cfg is now saved as an save game. If you manually change Config.cfg you must remove the "Config" save game, otherwise Quake2X will use the Config.cfg file in the save game.

·  Removed developer debug output so you non-developers won't get confused :)

·  Quit menu now works, reboots back to dashboard. You can also quite with left trigger + right trigger + black.

·  A and B buttons can now be used to navigate in the menus just as START and BACK

Also there is a legit iso builder available wherever Quake 2x beta 3 is served. We don't provide binary downloads here sorry. A source code release will be made once Quake 2x is final

Messiah-X update
Posted by Theendisgone at 19:17 PM

News Source Messiah-X

After successful field testing of the MX prototypes, we are pleased to announce that the MX product becomes available on the 18th of July. New diagrams will be uploaded on the 17th of July for installation of the production version of MX. The following functionality is provided by the MX design:

A) 11 wire installation
B) All Backups of XBOX games will boot
C) All Import Original XBOX games will boot
D) Universal design that works on all models from all regions (USA / JAP / PAL)
E) Automatic detection and switching of bios versions, no need to configure anything for any console
F) Modified XBE's and custom code can boot
G) Macrovision Disabled on DVD Playback
H) DVD Region reset enabled allowing any region DVD dongle to be used thus allowing multi-DVD region playback support

Xbox Media Player Status Report
Posted by Theendisgone at 3:06 PM

Information received from XBM site....

"Here's a brief update - both d7o are well into integration, we are now coming up to the point where we have working build. Currently, MPEG is out pending and improved codec. But the good news is that AC3 is working just fine ;-) DivX 3.x and 4.x have perfect audio/video synch. Also, MP3 files are supported.
The new XStream b5d is working this new codebase (I will be getting in touch with the server people to discuss the tweaks they need to make)"

Sunday, 14, July, 2002

MAME-X b6 Released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 19:00 PM

UberJim has brought this to my attention on IRC, here is what's new (let's just say MAME .61 was ported this time :-) ).

Saturday, 13, July, 2002

Xbox Debugger
Posted by Theendisgone at 22:52 PM

Hello Xbox Developers! From the author who brought you GNUBoy-X and SMSPlus-X, now has brought you a Xbox Debugger for you programmers. Here is what was included in the read me.

"This is a client/server package that will let you send send debug messages from your XBOX to your computer via TCP/IP.

This package can also serve as a beginner's guide to the XBOX networking API and to network programming for Windows."

All released in source code only, and some binaries (for windows). For the advanced user. You can download it here

SMSPlus for Xbox Released
Posted by Theendisgone at 1:03 AM

News from Consolevision:

From the author who brought us GNUBoy, is his new port of SMSPlus for Xbox. It features the following.

·  Put ROMs in \SMSROMS

·  Should work the same on both PAL/NTSC systems

·  Seems to be some frame issues - still ironing out, but just about everything plays beautifully. Sounds great too.

·  Zip support

·  Search for cheat codes. (*REAL* easy - I made unlimited lives and invincibility codes for Sonic the Hedgehog 1 (GG) in about 5 minutes.)

·  Don't try to enter Game Genie codes for Game Gear. Those codes only affect the ROM image instead of patching RAM so they won't work.

We can not provide downloads for this emulator, as it was made with the XDK. Find it on IRC

Quake 2x Released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 0:28 AM

Amazing enough, here is the first ported homebrew game for the Xbox from Repi!! Here is what is included in release!

·  Full single player

·  Full network support (up to 256 clients)

·  Full Xbox/pc network compatibility (Xboxes can join pc servers and vice versa)

·  HDTV resolutions (480p, 720p, 1080p)

·  All Xbox ant aliasing modes are supported (up to 9x super sampling)

·  Movies are played at their native resolution (320x240) instead of being scaled down to 256x256

The read me contains more information as well. We can't provide download links , however find it at the usual place on IRC. Hopefully gamespy integrates support for this online multiplayer title ;)

Friday, 12, July, 2002

GBA-X Released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 1:18 AM

Well the video seen from IRC and on Consolevision (Download Below) is now confirmed to be true footage, and now the real deal has been released. It appears to come from the anonymous author who brought us HandyX. Here is what's featured

GBAX Video (Right Click-Save As..) 7.6MB, DivX

Due to legal reasons, we can not provide binaries here as it was produced with the XDK, however if you look good enough on efnet IRC servers, you'll be able to find it.

Thursday, 11, July, 2002

X-Nes
Posted by Theendisgone at 12:30 PM

X-Nes is a Nintendo emulator for Xbox that was released today, by an author who wishes to remain anonymous.

Unfortunately the info/ ReadMe file offers no information about it accept on how to burn X-Nes.

If anyone could e-mail me here with details as to if it was ported & what the status is, it would be appreciated.

Please note for legal reasons we cannot post X-Nes for download.

Wednesday, 10, July, 2002

BiosXX Flasher for OpenXBOX v1.2
Posted by Theendisgone at 17:14 PM

News Source: Dextrose

The Dextrose Team have released a Win32 app that will allow people to flash the Open Xbox modchip using a printer port.

You can check the details & download this apps here

Thanks to Goofy for the news.

xSNES9x Released!
Posted by Theendisgone at 16:54 PM

Didn't really take very long did it ;) , now here we have a new emulator ported to the Xbox from within the last 2 days since GNUBoy v2 was released. Here is what it features.
 

This is only alpha and has a number of things to be added and fixed.
We can not provide downloads here, however if you look hard enough, you can find a channel on efnet that serves all emulators and applications released for Xbox in which were not leaked, but were released.

Evolution-X is back
Posted by Theendisgone at 7:36 AM

News Source: Evolution-X

The site is back in action & has been given a new design.

"Hey guys. The site is back! :) Many thanks to RuDeDuDe for the new web design. We're are still testing it out and working out the bugs. We notice that the text icons to the left aren't working correctly with Netscape (Mozilla). Also with IE there seems to be an ugly white border around the tables. These will be taken care of soon enough. ;) The forums are open again! We have a lot of guides uploaded (and updated!) so check them out."

"We've added some very helpful EvolutionX guides to the site.. go check them out (they have pictures too! ). Many thanks to Fulg0re for creating and providing us with these guides."


Man that was some short break they had, not even worth sending a post card :)

Carry on the good work guys.

Tuesday, 9, July, 2002

DEXiP v0.1 Tool
Posted by Theendisgone at 18:12 PM

The Dextrose team have updated their site with mention of a new tool.

"hey there ... has been quite some time since the last release, donno I think it was
IP.BIN 4 WIN or H.U.G.O ... pft well and as I am getting warm at Xbox I think now
after EvoX is out its nice to start with this little tool.

Its meant for checking info from the xip archive and extract files.

to round things up .. basically everything in the dashboard is defined inside here -
with a simple scripting language .. if I get the time I'll try to put together a nice
editor for all of this ...

had quite a good time when I checked all the M$ VRML JavaScript mixture of code ... "

Visit Dextrose for the -=download=-

Evolution-X on Hold ?
Posted by Theendisgone at 18:00 PM

Well guys, it's been fun. But after several days of non-stop work, and technical support, we've decided to take a break from the scene.

Much thanks to all of those who have contributed to EvolutionX.

Stay tuned :)

Evolution X site

GNUBoy Xbox Release 2
Posted by Theendisgone at 12:31 PM

News Source: Xbox Hacker

What's New:

Sound is working perfectly now. :) (Had to rewrite all the DirectSound routines)
Added support for ZIP files
Included unpatched XBE (gnuboy.bak)
Added "loading" screens
Now using a smaller font for the game listing so the long names can fit on screen
Removed extra lines on right and bottom of game screen
Made game names all lower case
Lots of other little things

Compatibility as good as GNUBoy (which is pretty much everything) and
all games run at 60fps with full sound.


I didn't mention it last time, but all sorts of thanks and appreciation
must go out to the developers of GNUBoy. It's quite an excellent emulator.

Monday, 8, July, 2002

GNUBoy Xbox Release 1
Posted by Theendisgone at 9:16 AM

GNUBoy, the multi-OS Gameboy/Gameboy Color emulator, has been ported to the Xbox & is already running at full speed. Gameshark functionality has been added to the release as well as a custom cheat-code search engine. Things on the todo list are:

·  Add support for ZIP files
 

·  Fix sound - same kind of problem as with Stella - really annoying

You can download GNUBoy Xbox from this page at EmuCamp.

Saturday, 6, July, 2002

Atari Lynx Emulator
Posted by Theendisgone at 22:43 PM

An Atari Lynx emulator known as Handy for pc, has been ported to the Xbox.
The Emulator is called Handy-X & can be found on irc.

Please note for legal reasons it will not be posted here.

Below is a description of the pc version taken from VG-Network
Description:
Without question, the best Atari Lynx emulator for ANY platform. It has sound support, runs just about every Lynx game known to exist, and runs at a decent speed.

EvolutionX Beta
Posted by Theendisgone at 18:36 PM

EvolutionX Team proudly presents EvolutionX beta Build 1.8.458

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EvolutionX main feature list:

- FTP Server; connect with a standard ftp client from your PC, and copy files to / from your XBOX as you like.
- Copy games and applications directly to the XBOX Hard disk and run them from there.
- Create backups of all your original games.
- Integrated configurable menu system, to launch all your favorite games and applications on HD
- Flash the BIOS on the XBOX console, for easy bios upgrades.
- Use it on a DVD as a menu system for launching several titles (Like XLauncher)
- Replace the original M$ dashboard, or run from a Cd/Dvd
- Easy network setup, set static IP for your XBOX or use DHCP server.
- Upgrade your hard disk, format/partition easily from EvolutionX, and take advantage of cheap 80G+ hard disks instead of the original 8G

EvolutionX will run on all modded boxes, but in order to use all features the EvolutionX BIOS have to be used.

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This is a beta release which may have bugs that could damage or ruin your XBOX.

The EvolutionX Team  will not take any responsibility for any damages on your XBOX/PC inflicted by this software.

Please note for legal reasons Evolution X beta will not be posted for download here.

More details can be found here
You can download the release notes here.

Atari 2600 Emu for XBOX
Posted by Theendisgone at 10:11 AM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

Icy2k got this nice info from a anon person on irc (efnet #xboxhacker)

ReadMe Release Notes:
This is a port of Stella 1.2 for the Xbox.

Obviously, I ripped the menu code from Mame-XBox. Credit goes to opcode for that.

At the moment, there's only one bug that I know about : from time to
time the audio will drift and get garbled. It only lasts about 10 seconds though
and then everything is back to normal. If I get some more time, I'll try and address
that issue.

The only other improvement I might add is a cheat-code finder.

It takes a while to load up, so be patient.

Enjoy!

You can find more details about Stella here

Xbox Games on PC
Posted by Theendisgone at 9:59 AM

News Source: XboxHacker.net

A programme called CXBX has been released:

CXBX is a program that converts a raw Xbox game into an executable PE (.exe) file, so that eventually it can be played on your PC. It is unsure what the system requirements will be to play these translations, but almost definitely your CPU will need to be a P3, and you will most likely need a GeForce card compatible to the Xbox's."

Current versions 0.1.
You can check the full details & grap 0.1 at the official site here

Friday, 5, July, 2002

MAME-X beta 5 released
Posted by Theendisgone at 18:04 PM

Release Notes:

*************
Beta 5:
*************

Opcode is no longer working on this project
Superfro is trying to help out the scene =).

Added splash, soon to be nice gfx when someone makes me one.

Added color, ahhh.

Added Rom Searching message (and progress) at bootup. (good for lots of ROMs).

Added Rom Loading progress meter.

When a rom fails to load, it now prints some error messages for you.

Fixed bug where if a game doesn't load and is just black, it doesn't just sit there you can hit
back+start to go back to the menu. (You'll notice these guys have sound too if you push OK and
keep messing with the buttons, Working on figuring out why now)

Clones displaying is an option now, at the selection screen press X;

You can download the Source Code for MAME-X beta 5 here

MAME-X beta 5 is based on MAME 0.60 for pc.

MAME-X beta 5 ?
Posted by Theendisgone at 8:48 AM

So people can't always win, so an anonymous coder on IRC has decided to fix up MAME-X. This underground release has been speculating on one of the big networks on IRC. It supposedly contains a new splash screen, rom search status, colored menu, rom loading progress bar, and much more little bugs fixed. The source code was obviously compiled by another user though for save measures. Expect a newer beta 6 later to appear with MAME .61 instead of .60 , later sometime today.

Wednesday, 3, July, 2002

Exclusive videos & screenshots of Daedalus-X!
Posted by Theendisgone at 20:18 PM

I've managed to get some screenshots and video captures from a fellow on IRC that has a beta. These have not been seen anywhere else. So check out the following. Hopefully the bigger videos will be linked up soon, once they get uploaded to another server.

Videos
Mario 64 | Mario 64 (video #2) | Mystical Ninja 1 (game freezes up) | Quest 64 | Monster Truck Madness (shows Xbox loading up and menu) | Quest 64 | The Next Tetris

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