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OG Xbox Appreciation and Lack of Emulation Thread of the big black box of doom
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Some stuff that's arrived this week:
Finally get to play Phantom Dust! Also picked up BO2 since I hear it's the best version and is by far my fav in the series.
Does anybody know if it's possible to de-yellow the crystal xbox? the pad's in worse shape than the console. I'll be swapping the case with the other xbox I have as I'm not a fan of the original black xbox look.
Finally get to play Phantom Dust! Also picked up BO2 since I hear it's the best version and is by far my fav in the series.
Does anybody know if it's possible to de-yellow the crystal xbox? the pad's in worse shape than the console. I'll be swapping the case with the other xbox I have as I'm not a fan of the original black xbox look.
been playing x-men legends on my Xbox. mostly like it but the missions are much too long, I'll probably do a lttp write up once I'm done.
great find! enjoy the best shenmue.Found a game store in a small town(pop 428) up the road from my parents. He had a pretty good selection. Picked up Shenmue 2 complete with dvd/manual for 25 bucks. Not bad.
Havoc2049
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Some stuff that's arrived this week:
Finally get to play Phantom Dust! Also picked up BO2 since I hear it's the best version and is by far my fav in the series.
Does anybody know if it's possible to de-yellow the crystal xbox? the pad's in worse shape than the console. I'll be swapping the case with the other xbox I have as I'm not a fan of the original black xbox look.
Nice pick-ups. Since it is clear plastic, try either paste based toothpaste or a car headlight cleaning solution used to clean cloudy headlights. Try on the backside of the console first and keep it away from logos on the console.
I've used toothpaste to clean cloudy headlights and it works like a champ.
Since I have yet to get around to cleaning it I will try the toothpaste! Thanks, Havoc. I was looking at making some of that retrobright solution but didn't have all the ingredients yet.
Burnout 1 is surprisingly good. I like how going for near misses to fill the bar are a lot more dangerous than other burnouts!
blast processed
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I got Auto Modellista today. The game has a bad reputation, but I'm enjoying a lot more than I expected so far. I especially enjoyed the "easy tune up" feature that asks you a bunch of questions about how you want the car to be like and does the turning for you (are there other racing sim that do something like that?)
The Xbox version looks amazing. imo, with a resolution bump, it could look acceptable as a x360/ps3 game without much changes.
The Xbox version looks amazing. imo, with a resolution bump, it could look acceptable as a x360/ps3 game without much changes.
I wish that game had better controls.
It came out on Xbox?!?
I didn't know either. I bought the ps2 version a year ago or so (I think bc someone in the ps2 thread was posting screens and I never played it back in the day). I also have a wheel for ps3(2) so that played into my purchase as well.
sixteen-bit
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I kinda want to buy it now cuz a cel-shaded NSX sounds really cute
I know, my xbox is hooked up and ready to go too. Although I would lean AE86, RX-7, or WRX.
What are the issues?
Got it, thanks. I didn't know if there was one nagging issue. I'll check out my ps2 version with a controller this weekend. I have only played it (briefly) with a wheel so far.
$20?! Buy it! You can make room.
cars are very drifty on the stock settings and have a funny tendency to lose traction on straights
it's Worth It.
Voodoo Vince, Beyond Good & Evil, Blinx, Sphynx, Rayman 3, the Odd World games, Project Gotham Racing 1&2, Crimsom Skies, Spy Hunter 1&2, the Burnout games...
Not all these games are my cup o' tea, but they're worth checking out for anyone else.
The first Spy Hunter is crap on xbox. More slowdowns, washed-out, darkened view, controls they didn't bother to adapt for the xbox's controller layout... etc. It does have 480p and an emulation of the original game (which is crap), but the problems I mentioned are severe enough to cancel any advantages it has.
SpyHunter 2's port is great, though.
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Anyway, um, arcade-ey, approachable games on the xbox you say...
MechAssault and MechAssault 2 Lone Wolf
Phantom Crash
Airforce Delta Storm
Gun Metal (also on Steam)
Silent Scope Complete
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions
XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association
SpyHunter 2's port is great, though.
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Anyway, um, arcade-ey, approachable games on the xbox you say...
MechAssault and MechAssault 2 Lone Wolf
Phantom Crash
Airforce Delta Storm
Gun Metal (also on Steam)
Silent Scope Complete
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions
XGRA: Extreme G Racing Association
Every Xbox owner should have the Burnout games, it's mandatory!
I wonder about how the Gamecube version of Spy Hunter compares.
Wow, just simply awful. Who knew the PS2 version would be the best as that's really rare for that to happen!
DO IT!
You might try swapping in a compatible power supply from another spare Xbox. You make it seem like you have several dead boxes.
I went through 3 so yeah.=p
Say... Would you have a spare DVD drive?
I don't since they are all thrown away!
You've broken my heart Timu.
I know, but I can't keep useless consoles around. Hell, 2 of them had disc drive issues as well, 1 of them wouldn't even open anymore.XD
Duuude! You can fix that stuff easy. Drives that don't open just need the band either boiled or replaced. C'mon...
I didn't know that, I don't fix consoles!!!=O
Well, if you're planing to throw this busted power supply console away, let me know before you toss it. I can use the DVD drive.
It was replaced at Play N Trade since I was trying to use my warranty...sorry.=O
2 different power cables couldn't turn it on, yet the same power cable I used worked perfectly for my Dreamcast, so it's the console that's dead.I keep a spare OG Xbox for the parts
Timu, the issue is that it just won't turn on? Have you tried swapping power cables? Good thing the power cable for the Xbox is universal.
Just a thought
shanafan
Member
Hmm, gotca.
I know you said you don't fix consoles, but when I got my OG Xbox back in 2001, the following year the fan just got insanely loud. I opened it up, and was able to remove it. There was information for the manufacturer so I contacted them and they shipped me a new fan and told me to trash the defective one. Cost to me, $0.
Microsoft wanted at least $100 to fix it.
Could be a fun project to find out how to replace the power supply inside the unit. Good thing about the OG Xbox is that it is pretty easy to take it apart, and the guts inside are large enough to easily know where the things go.
Sorry about the troubles!
There's nothing more I can do with them since they don't work, and besides, they were taking up space.This is heartless
ArclightBorealis
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Went to Gameover Videogames this afternoon and bought another controller for my Xbox, because I'm not going to ever use the Duke unless I have an opportunity for local multiplayer and the left stick on my S controller has been driving me crazy with it getting loose and triggering inputs when I don't want it to. And what I got turned out to be an interesting find: a Japanese S Controller.
I knew about how the S controller was the default one when the Xbox launched in Japan, and I remember the major difference with that was the Xbox logo in the center of the controller. But I did not realize the minor design differences compared to what we got, like the analog sticks and how they look and feel just about the same as the ones on the 360 gamepad, rather than just having the smooth concave layer of rubber that the NA and EU versions of the S controller had. Plus the letters on the face buttons are just an outline and not solid. Other than that and the logo, everything else is exactly the same, and it's nice having a controller with no issues (trying to play Ninja Gaiden Black with that old S was infuriating).
Thought it was cool to share. Interesting to see the slight variations in design across regions for the same hardware.
I knew about how the S controller was the default one when the Xbox launched in Japan, and I remember the major difference with that was the Xbox logo in the center of the controller. But I did not realize the minor design differences compared to what we got, like the analog sticks and how they look and feel just about the same as the ones on the 360 gamepad, rather than just having the smooth concave layer of rubber that the NA and EU versions of the S controller had. Plus the letters on the face buttons are just an outline and not solid. Other than that and the logo, everything else is exactly the same, and it's nice having a controller with no issues (trying to play Ninja Gaiden Black with that old S was infuriating).
Thought it was cool to share. Interesting to see the slight variations in design across regions for the same hardware.
Ahh I have the same, stick drift on my current S controller which is a pain, I have some spare analog pots that I want to swap these current ones out with. I actually have the same issue on my xbox one controller a a month into getting the thing! Those buttons on the JP version look really slick.
Some pick ups...
Burnout 3 has a clean disc but gives me a dirty disc error after the intro and silent scope disc looks like it's been in a fight with a very angry cat but it sort of works, had to wipe the disc a couple of times. Finally got Tony Hawks 2x and I'm so bad at it, falling on my face after every trick lol
Some pick ups...
Burnout 3 has a clean disc but gives me a dirty disc error after the intro and silent scope disc looks like it's been in a fight with a very angry cat but it sort of works, had to wipe the disc a couple of times. Finally got Tony Hawks 2x and I'm so bad at it, falling on my face after every trick lol
Oh did not know about the 4 different games thing, I'll give it a shot, thanks, FyreWulff.
It's easiest to notice with OXbox Doom 3, but you can catch Halo 2 installing it sometimes. In Doom 3 though, if it hasn't installed it's data you can't skip the attract/intro FMV for about 2 whole minutes. Get to the main menu, eject the disc and start again, and you'll be able to skip the attract instantly.
It keeps about the 2 or 3 latest data installs (somewhere around there), then dumps the oldest one. As far as I know there's no fast way to reset the cache. You just have to push out old ones by putting in games.
It's a long shot, but like I said, BO3 has data corruption issues that even carry over to playing it on 360. I've lost my profile 3 times now on there : p