My Original Xbox Modding Story, 10 years in the making

[doitall]

I was a part of the xbox modding scene about 10 years ago, only taking a break after my primary system died. I only got back into modding the system this month and DANG, the scene has come such a long way! Map downloaders, a sleek new interface with XBMC4Gamers, the entirety of the experience has been made so much more user friend. Heck, I can order a USB to Xbox adapter now instead of building one myself, it feels like the future man! As a lover of all modded game systems, I have to recommend that EVERYONE buy and mod an xbox. Plus... it might give me some more folks to game online with

If you own a modded original xbox, what are you favorite (preferably obscure) uses for the system? My favorites are the usuals: backups and emulation.

[Ian Micheal]

Coin ops thats it for me..

[NightBreeze]

Are you telling me I need to buy another original Xbox?! I mean I only have 5, I definitely could use one more, if you insist .

I mostly love tinkering with the system, it's what got me into soldering and was basically my gateway into Linux, loved running GentooX on the thing. In recent years I've been trying to actually play some games, currently playing through Fable. Also have an XboxHDMI (or I guess it's called XboxHD+ these days) some extra RAM and an OGX360 (components) I need to get around to installing, haha.

I'm also building a command line FTP client (with BOOST support), but I've gotten sidetracked. It's for uploading to and downloading from the Xbox with optimal speed (and also for controlling the Xbox if the FTP server supports it).

[Ian Micheal]

Funny to think fable was a dreamcast game that was moved to xbox

[dubcity]

coinops ninja on my xbox with 2tb hdd not filled up yet but I'm working on it. using hdmi cable from pound. haven't tried xbmc4gamers.

modding my wii also at the moment

[NightBreeze]

Funny to think fable was a dreamcast game that was moved to xbox

Oh yeah, it would have been truly interesting to see how that one would've turned out. I can't imagine reproducing the same gameplay/experience on the DC as Fable on Xbox has.

[willis]

I recently modded my xbox as well and have been having fun with that.

What are the best sites to visit for the most up to date games and programs for the original xbox? Anyone got any places to get all the goods?

[FlorreW]

Funny to think fable was a dreamcast game that was moved to xbox

Oh yeah, it would have been truly interesting to see how that one would've turned out. I can't imagine reproducing the same gameplay/experience on the DC as Fable on Xbox has.

I agree, the Xbox was a powerhouse. Still it would be fun to know what it would look like on Dreamcast. I'm pretty sure it would play great on DC as well.

[willis]

Can anyone point me in the direction of good active sites for xbox? Is there a good place for the xbox like dreacmast-talk is for the dreamcast?

[turntablism]

ogxbox.com
emuxtras.net