Oh X-Box, I love you so! You make classic gaming rock!!

[GameGuru]

I find I play classic system games on my X-Box more than I do X-Box games. You have not played NES games this clear unless you have a top load famicom with A/V ports.

Anyone else use their X-Box more for classic games then for new games?

[stargate]

how do you do this? Via emulation? If so, what program do you need and how do you do it?

[MarioAllStar2600]

Does it work with any top loader, or only the famicom?

[GameGuru]

how do you do this? Via emulation? If so, what program do you need and how do you do it?

Yeah I do it with emulation, there is a emulator port of just about every PC console emulator for the X-Box. It's really nice. Perfect clarity unlike with an NES RF unit.

[GameGuru]

Does it work with any top loader, or only the famicom?

No I meant you have never played an NES game on your TV as clear as you can on the X-Box because it utilizes A/V cables instead of a RF unit. Some of the famicoms had A/V hook-ups and you can find some US topload NES systems that are modded with A/V ports. NES on the X-Box is crystal clear!

[VACRMH]

Couple of questions....

Does your Xbox have to be modded?

Are the games saved on the HD or do they run off a CD?

[GameGuru]

Yeah you have to mod it, I have a no solder mod called Matrix. It was simple to install. And yes I put an 80GB hard drive in and run them all off the hard drive. Really nice.

The Goonies 2 has never been so crisp and clear!

[WiseSalesman]

I'm picking up an XBox after christmas, and a "no solder" mod sounds a lot less risky. But tell me....are you able to switch it off to keep yourself from getting banned from XBox live (like you can with some solder required mods)?

The only other thing at the moment that's holding me back is price.
$180.00 (XBox) + $50(minimum for modchip/kit) + $75(minimum for a new harddrive) = $305!! Um...ouch?

[VACRMH]

Another question.

How hard is it to install? The only time i've ever opened up a system was to install a new connector for my NES.

EDIT - Wait a sec... according to a review for the Matrix mod chip you...

What you need to install it:
-a v1 Xbox (build prior August 2002)
-a BIOS/Kernel
-a TORX 10
-a TORX 20
-a 9V battery
-milk (flashsofware for win32 and linux)
-the xodus installation guide : here
-good illumination in the room
-concentration


So i'd have to buy an older Xbox? Crap.

Any easy way to tell if they're older? And are there any known problems with older Xboxes?

Thanks.

[Balloon Fight]

Another question.
EDIT - Wait a sec... according to a review for the Matrix mod chip you...

What you need to install it:
-a v1 Xbox (build prior August 2002)
-a BIOS/Kernel
-a TORX 10
-a TORX 20
-a 9V battery
-milk (flashsofware for win32 and linux)
-the xodus installation guide : here
-good illumination in the room
-concentration


So i'd have to buy an older Xbox? Crap.

Any easy way to tell if they're older? And are there any known problems with older Xboxes?

Thanks.

Why would it have to be older? Did Microsoft install a chip or something to ban use of a mod chip?

[petewhitley]

I know there's a definitive site for this stuff, I used to check it out. Anyone know which one I'm talking about?

[norkusa]

But tell me....are you able to switch it off to keep yourself from getting banned from XBox live (like you can with some solder required mods)?

This is what I'm worried about. I'm always on Live and I don't want to risk getting my system banned by forgetting to turn off the mod chip (if it even has an on/off switch...I've got my eye on the non-solder version). Maybe I'll have to pick up another system just for emulator use. Another thing is knowing how to burn the emulators & roms on disc, which if anything like how it's done for the Dreamcast, is way beyond my grasp. It'd be nice if I could just buy them already burned from someone <wink, wink>

[WiseSalesman]

Well, I burned a DCNES disc with no trouble, and, as far as the Xbox goes, I was thinking that once I got the new operating system installed, I wouldn't so much be burning discs to it as I'd be transferring files to it via my network. Hmm....where;'s Omnedon when you need him? If I remember correctly, he knows all about all this crap.

[GameGuru]

This site taught me everything and it will teach you too. There is a great tutorial sections. Here is a quick link to their forums. Xbox classic gaming is the best!

[Dr. Morbis]

If emulating nes on an xbox uses A/V ports, how is that going to be more clear than using the A/V ports on a toaster nes? I can understand the xbox equalling the picture quality of toaster nes, but how is it going to surpass it?

[NE146]

Couple of questions....

Does your Xbox have to be modded?

Are the games saved on the HD or do they run off a CD?

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.p...d1ddb1559bb342

[Sotenga]

Yeah you have to mod it, I have a no solder mod called Matrix. It was simple to install. And yes I put an 80GB hard drive in and run them all off the hard drive. Really nice.

The Goonies 2 has never been so crisp and clear!

The Goonies 2, eh? Good man... good man.

I didn't even know it was possible to emulate the NES on the XBOX! The future is now...

Maybe there should be an XBOX emulation tutorial somewhere on the website here?

[Parodius]

If emulating nes on an xbox uses A/V ports, how is that going to be more clear than using the A/V ports on a toaster nes? I can understand the xbox equalling the picture quality of toaster nes, but how is it going to surpass it?

The Xbox can be hooked-up via component or S-video which both blow A/V out of the water. Who uses A/V anyways?? I avoid it when possible.

[Dire 51]

Classic gaming and XBox = two things I never thought I would hear being used in the same sentence. ~shrug~

[Zubiac666]

I played some NES on friends x-box and I'm sorry to say but it just feels completly wrong playing Mario on x-box
at least x-box has some good games now