Xbox questions

Yamori · Post by **Yamori** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:38 pm

So I'm thinking about getting a (modded?) xbox to use for emulation... But really know nothing about it. Anyone familiar with this that could mind answering some questions? ^_~

1) Are there smooth, unlaggy SNES emulators for Xbox that can run the more memory intensive games? (Dreamcast failed here ;()
1b) If yes, happen to have a link?

2) Are there PS1 emulators for Xbox that can run burned/copied PS1 disks? (I've got copies of Silent Hill 1 and Lunar Silver Story sitting around that wanna get played, hehe ^^)
2b) If yes, happen to have a link?

3) Are mods needed to do these things?
3b) If yes, what is the easiest way to do such things for those of us who don't trust our ability to solder something without melting the flesh off a few fingers? ;D (Links if happen to know? :D)

DOMO ARIGATO!! <3 :hiphop:

Post by **Tossica** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:44 pm

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php? ... 04,111,113

The answer to every question you might ask is there.

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:12 pm

ill sell ya mine for cheap (its modded and will include emu discs etc)

Gaazy · Post by **Gaazy** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:11 am

lol how much, I want a SNES emu

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:25 am

you don't need an xbox to do snes emulation...

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:31 am

You do if you want a good one. I don't play emulators on my computer with my keyboard like a savage.

PS1 and N64 emulators are far from perfect but they are are very good.

SNES is flawless (unlike Dreamcast SNES emulators).

Plus you can download mediocre x-box games.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:28 am

Zanchief wrote:You do if you want a good one. I don't play emulators on my computer with my keyboard like a savage.

PS1 and N64 emulators are far from perfect but they are are very good.

SNES is flawless (unlike Dreamcast SNES emulators).

Plus you can download mediocre x-box games.

I don't use a keyboard for my emulators on the laptop either

you can pickup an older 700mhz laptop for like 100 bucks and do everything the old xbox can, yet still have enough horsepower to surf the net, watch movies/tv etc

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:43 am

That laptop can play xbox games? Awesome!

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:45 am

Also, the laptop won't be able to play any movies on your TV without a lot of upgrades.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:51 am

Zanchief wrote:Also, the laptop won't be able to play any movies on your TV without a lot of upgrades.

weird, mine does

so does my brothers, bizarre

we must have the only 2 old laptops in the world that are able to play movies!

ps, there are no games for the xbox that are also not available for pc (nothing worthwhile anyway)

Darcler · Post by **Darcler** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:57 am

I'll sell you my xBox too. Has a shitton of SNES games on it, bunch of xbox games and movies stored on the hard drive...uh....I honestly dont know anything else about it. I only use it these days to watch movies from though.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:59 am

Ninja Gaiden Black. You lose.

My brother is like you. He claims his PC is just as good as a modded x-box for playing movies and emulators. In reality it doesn't really compare. PC controllers suck unless you pay a ton for them, he has trouble playing a lot of video files, and he always has huge resolution issues when playing emulators.

It's a no brainer, the x-box is better. And I didn't claim your laptop couldn't play movies, but I doubt a 100$ laptop has a video card that you can plug into your television and not lose a ton of resolution.

Tacks · Post by **Tacks** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:15 am

YOUR BROTHER, YOU MEAN ADAM?

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:17 am

Tae-Bo · Post by **Tae-Bo** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:41 am

heres what i wrote to yamori, he doesnt wanna buy cus no ps1 emu

i think $140 shipped should be cool

it emulates everything really well except ps1/n64/dreamcast/nintendo DS

you can hook it up to your computer thru a network and stream movies from your computer to the tv etc.

can DL and burn games for it

if you looked around on the 'net there are instructions to install a new hd if ya wanted

it's pretty cool, but i really only wanted to play ninja gaiden black :|

comes with:

- soft-modded xbox with original HD
- 1 official s-type green controller
- wires
- ninja gaiden black (in EB games case, no manual)
- splinter cell (i had to use this to crack the xbox so i could mod it)
- action replay (nothing thing needed to soft mod it)
- burned copies of 2 emu dvd's, 1 with all old school consoles + games except n64/ps1, other is all old hand helds and games, except DS
- prince of persia burned on dvd
- chronicles of riddick burned
- metal gear solid 2: substance i think is the name burned
- i think thats it

Post by **Tossica** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:52 am

Getting a new HD in it is the hardest part of the mod.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:57 am

Zanchief wrote:Ninja Gaiden Black. You lose.

My brother is like you. He claims his PC is just as good as a modded x-box for playing movies and emulators. In reality it doesn't really compare. PC controllers suck unless you pay a ton for them, he has trouble playing a lot of video files, and he always has huge resolution issues when playing emulators.

It's a no brainer, the x-box is better. And I didn't claim your laptop couldn't play movies, but I doubt a 100$ laptop has a video card that you can plug into your television and not lose a ton of resolution.

logitech dual action (ps2 dual shock essential) are 20 bucks
I have zero issues playing video files(i've got like 800gb worth of tv/movies on my file server)

my laptop has an old 8mb ATI card with composite video out, which looks just fine on a tv (vga out to hook up to LCD tv's) it'll push out 720p resolution just fine (its native resolution is actually 1440x900 which is higher than 720p anyways)

so your modded xbox has 1 game that I can't get, yet I can do everything else, and do it in the car, or take it wherever, plus download anything else I need/want while on the road

yeah, xbox sure seems better

:umno:

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:02 pm

I'll take your word for it that your video looks fine, and by take your word for it I mean think you're a liar.

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:35 pm

Zanchief wrote:I'll take your word for it that your video looks fine, and by take your word for it I mean think you're a liar.

why?

how much horsepower do you think it takes to play a DivX/Xvid file?

500mhz with an 8 mb card is plenty~

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:48 pm

Zanchief wrote:Ninja Gaiden Black. You lose.

My brother is like you. He claims his PC is just as good as a modded x-box for playing movies and emulators. In reality it doesn't really compare. PC controllers suck unless you pay a ton for them, he has trouble playing a lot of video files, and he always has huge resolution issues when playing emulators.

It's a no brainer, the x-box is better. And I didn't claim your laptop couldn't play movies, but I doubt a 100$ laptop has a video card that you can plug into your television and not lose a ton of resolution.

A lot of EA games for the 360 are available on the PC. I bought a 360 controller that plugs into my comp and I play Need for speed carbon every night.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BT ... 13-5903645

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:50 pm

that's slick, but not really related to the conversation, chief

Naethyn · Post by **Naethyn** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:58 pm

Tikker wrote:that's slick, but not really related to the conversation, chief

Like that has ever mattered here at NT
:asshole:

10sun · Post by **10sun** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:09 pm

http://www.divineo.com/cgi-bin/div-us/dd-xb-goldsp

Solderless chip I put into mine.

I bent the wire initially so it took some work to get that all fixed up etc.

Put a 300gb HD in it and that was about it to be quite honest. Took a couple hours and some manual dexterity.

-Adam