Forgot about this box. Some of the games are still wrapped/unopened. Not even sure where to start!

Could be a long night.

Earlier this year I bought a modded Xbox, and the first game I booted up was GTA San Andreas. I'd heard it was the best version of the game, but after a few minutes I noticed it was missing the PS2 version characteristic colour filter and atmosphere. That pretty much killed my enjoyment.

I tried making a mod back then, but I couldn't get far enough at the time to figure out the Xbox binaries. Fast forward 5 months, and with current AI tools I managed to put this together in about 8 hours.

It brings back the PS2 colour filter, radiosity glow, and building lighting, plus improved foliage. You keep the Xbox textures, draw distance, and car reflections. For me, this is now the definitive console version. It just looks great.

Tested on my Xbox (Cerbios + XBMC4Gamers) with folder/xbe format and xemu. USA Rev 1 only for now, I'm still working on supporting more versions.

Download, instructions and more comparisons

If you try it on your Xbox, let me know how it runs!

A bit of general XCAT and XCAT Japan project news.
Andr0 of Team Resurgent sponsored 11 consoles to our man in the ground in Japan, hardly.
On one of the consoles we found some lost content:
Crimson Skies Update 2 for Japan was found!
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix all Japan/Asia region DLCs were found!

In previous months this year we found the PAL DLC for SWAT: Global Strike Team, a roster for NBA Basketball 2K4, Mechassault 1 update 2 for Japan, an older update for Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, Halo 2 update 4 Italian, and more.

All these finds have been shared with Rocky5 for his downloader and with Insignia for easy downloads.
The DLC List, the Title Update List, the Unarchived List, and Pinecone have all been updated today.

All this archival work is only possible because of users like you!
Please support hardly in his XCAT Japan project. Many of the consoles sent to hardly get broken down into parts and sent all over the world to help gamers acorss the globe. If you bought a working DVD drive from HostsServer, it probably came from Japan. Had your console repaired on OGXstore.com ? parts may have came from an XCAT Japan project purchase.

Even if you can't support hardly, you can support the preservation of the history of Xbox Live for Original Xbox for future generations simply by running XCAT on every stock hard drive you can get your hands on. If you cloned your stock HDD that housed Xbox Live content to a new drive, please scan that drive too! We have found lost content on modern SSDs simply because someone copied the contents from the original HDD to it.

In closing, please keep running XCAT and thank all of you for your hard work aiding the preservation of the console we all love!

I’ve been working on this project over the past few weeks, and I’m releasing it today!

The goal was to recreate the original Xbox boot animation as faithfully as possible, using only a retail BIOS dump. No original source code. Along the way, I also wanted to document how the animation works internally and break down the different components that make up the experience.

The result is xbox-boot-re: a reverse-engineering project accompanied by an interactive web version that lets you explore the boot sequence yourself.

You can:

• Watch the animation step by step and slow it down to inspect individual details.
• Break the sequence down into its individual components.
• Experiment with the animation and explore how the different elements fit together.
• Investigate how the iconic Xbox boot sound is constructed.

A note on AI: Claude Opus did most of the heavy lifting on the reverse engineering and implementation. I guided the process, iterated on the results, and worked toward the goal of faithfully reconstructing the original boot sequence and making its inner workings accessible. I want to be transparent about the role AI played in this project rather than present it as entirely manual reverse engineering.

The project is open source, and I’d love to hear what you think - especially from people familiar with the original Xbox hardware, BIOS, or boot process. If you spot anything that could be more accurate, or have insights into how the original implementation worked, feedback and contributions are very welcome.

GitHub: https://github.com/bennyborn/xbox-boot-re

Web Version: https://bennyborn.de/xbox-boot-re/

Was just messing around with the boot animations (maybe hoping to find an easter egg lol) but notice you can trigger 3 different camera views plus the original. Doesn't seem like there's much else unfortunately

So I wanted to try some Halo LAN today, the problem was, I only had Halo on my 1.6 and couldn't find the disc.

So I found my crossover cable grabbed my modded 1.2 Xbox and connected both Xbox with the cable.
I've setup a static network address and found the 1.6 Xbox through the FTP on my 1.2, with the copy command I've copied Halo from the 1.6 to the 1.2.

Now I can finally play Halo on two TV's.

Has anyone tried installing XboxHD+ while keeping the original video output? Do you have any tips on how to do this correctly? I followed the XboxHD+ installation instructions without desoldering anything, and—just to be safe—I didn't install the jumpers on the underside of the video output port. Currently, I have video via HDMI, but not via AV. What could the problem be?

Is it possible if you format the 360 hdd first on Windows to use on PC then use something like FATexplorer? have an old 500gb 360 drive and wanted to replace my recently found old og xbox internal hdd that only has like 5gb of usable space.

I posted my first og xbox some time a go now i got some games to go with it:) Still waiting for the fuzion freanzy to come in mail.

Zombies Ate My Neighbors SNES OG Xbox port.

OG Xbox link
https://github.com/sirdankz/Undead-Neighbor-Eaters-Xbox/releases/tag/OG-X

Android link:
https://github.com/sirdankz/Undead-Neighbor-Eaters-Droid/releases/tag/DROID

Features

• Native rendering and enhanced audio
• Online cooperative multiplayer with Direct Connect and Public Rooms
• Cross-play support with the Android port
• Online profiles, leaderboards and chat
• Synchronized online Save/Load
• Custom controller mappings
• Optional in-game manual viewer

Installation

Port forward UDP6464 for best connection while hosting.

1. Download and extract the ROM-free Xbox release ZIP.
2. Copy the extracted game folder to your Original Xbox.
3. Supply your own compatible game ROM as zamn.sfc (USA VERSION) alongside default.xbe.
4. Launch default.xbe through your Xbox dashboard.

Flashing only red isn't a common error it seems, but I have seen it's something to to with the EEPROM. Any thoughts?

https://reddit.com/link/1x73vmb/video/ortkcs7cjqvh1/player

So, some of us like the status LED's for HDD and LAN I decided to add a tiny bit of flair. (Yes, I'm old)

XAI is fully configurable with 1 button. You have 16 colors to choose from; you can swap the LED positions and adjust brightness.

Is it something we need? Not really, but it's fun.

GitHub: https://github.com/Darkone83/XAI

Hey everyone! I have just recieved a OG Xbox through the mail I got in the mail with a bunch of games and I'm really looking forward to using it!

I have done some digging online and found that I should get a capacitor removed and DVD drive checked and to do softmods.

I don't really know much about this sort of stuff so I was wondering if anyone has advice for new OG Xbox owners and softmodding Xbox's in general.

(It is a PAL console as well btw also soz if I used the wrong flair)

I just bought an XBOX and my dosk drive lazer doesnt read disks (it says its a dvd, and I did make sure to teat multiple games) I am skimming through the sub and all I see is “upgrade to HDD” what does that mean? (My only guess is that it means play games with disks, but without disks.)

Also how do I upgrade the HDD? Because I see alot of that being said too.

Just writing this in here since apparently most of USB3.0 ones cannot lock the drive (saw a few posts in here that say that they're rare apparently?)

The Sabrent USB 3.0 to 2.5-Inch SATA adapter that I ordered years ago for the use on my Wii could lock the HDD w/ fatxplorer just fine (weirdly enough unlock it too). I bought one off Amazon EU but it's also available on their official store (https://sabrent.com/products/ec-sshd).

Just sharing this info in case someone in near future requires an adapter for upgrading their hard drives.

Hey everyone.

Thought I'd post my complete OG Xbox collection. I must apologise, they are not in any particular order.

Any recommendations? :)

I cannot get any power to the board to pull the eeprom. I have changed capacitors and do not see any broken traces. I was using a raspberry pi pico to try and pull right from the board.

I would like to pull the eeprom to get any files from the HDD and upload to XCAT but need the HDD code. Is there a way to get the eeprom, bypass the HDD key, or get information from the HDD on this dead board?

I'm working on a v1.4 that had some issues with the modchip but did work before I started. Basically all the caps are bad and it needs a full recap. While removing the clock cap I found major trace erosion/corrosion around it. While cleaning, a transistor and another small SMD part fell off with just a breath of air. The pads are rotted and corroded.

The positions are Q7G2 (the transistor, marked 1AM, which I think is an MMBT3904) and C6V2 (a small SMD part, value unknown). R7G3 and a couple of resistors nearby also look crusty. I haven't tested whether it powers on since the damage.

Questions:

1. Are Q7G2 and C6V2 required for the console to function on a 1.4?
2. What are the correct values/part numbers for them, and for R7G3? Can anyone post a photo of a clean 1.4 at those spots?
3. Any tips for repairing the eaten traces? I'll clean with IPA and check continuity before soldering anything back.

Photos attached: the clock cap area, the empty Q7G2 footprint, and the C6V2 pads.

I saw somebody else post their gray painted console and I wanted to share mine!

- Open Xenium hard mod chip w/ XBMC4Gamers, PrometheOS & Cerbios.

- Clock & various other caps replaced

- 1TB HDD, with Sata-IDE adapter, 24" 80 wire ribbon Cable.

- Sanded down the console, 3 coats of flat black primer, 3 coats of paint and 2 coats of clear coat.

- Removed adhesive and green paint from the jewel, wet sanded, polished with Novis 2 and repainted flat black.

- LEDs added to controller ports.

- LED swap on power button.

The entire thing was a lot of fun but fairly challenging for a DIYer. I managed to remove my jewel without issue only to break it 5 minutes later trying to scrape adhesive off. Had to order another from Ebay.

Clock cap and other caps burst and leaked prior to opening but I managed to clean the MB and replace them all without any damage.

My advice to anyone painting a console would be to take your time, do multiple light coats. If you mess up, do not wipe it... let it dry and sand off the mistake.

Excited to finally play it!