Yes, its true its been finally hacked by Project X, I cant tell you much but go and look at isonews forums for more info.

Some of the games are only like 600Mb :D

i found this 2 site from there. http://www.konsoll.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=204 , and http://www.xboxmods.co.uk/

It is true, however the games released can only be played on a dev machine. It is rumored that the neo-x will let you play backups but I haven't seen anything to confirm that rumor yet.

http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/imgs/jams.gif

so it's not far from cracking the xbox.

So that mean Project X have a dev machine?

I don't have an X-Box (nor do I think I ever will, though the games look great) ... but I can't help but be a bit cynical about this release. (releases?) I've only got Shrek but nothing to test it on.

what is a dev machine?

developer machine

Here is a list of all the releases so far with the NFO's. Happy reading!!:laugh:
http://www.chip.de/artikelbilder/bilder_galerie_8707255.html?show=0

yes, once the xbox is chipped and is capable of playing backups expect the sales of hardware to increase. i will be a person buying one myself. i was hoping the xbox would drop in price, but with this i guess xbox will not drop their prices after all.

Just go to

www.ps2-news.org they seem to keep up to date on the X-BOX SCENE

Microsoft said that their profit will mostly be from software, not hardware. Guess they will have some hard time now.

not really. u are talking about microsoft... beside, most people don't play backups. and let ms worry about their profit. we should worry about how to get a dvd writer.

DC's right: i'm getting one as soon as i can order them on-line, chipped and all, and then i still need a dvd writer. damn costs much, but it pays off... after some dozens of copies.
Are games on dvd's copyprotected anyway?

we will just have to play the games that will fit onto cd's :(

Originally posted by king nero
Are games on dvd's copyprotected anyway?
The only protection is the DVD9 format. However now that it is known that there are backups we can assume that future releases will have some form of protection.

http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/imgs/jams.gif

is there any chance of a xbox forum now that the xbox is finally cracked (that would be great) or do we have to post in here and flood it with xbox questions till one is made :D

But how will we copy the games. Even with a dvd burner the PC still can't read the original disks.

because some of the files i saw are huge. so i assume that project X will ripped the game, but people can download it and burn it into a dvdr. because some games are huge. look at # of files below:

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_________________________
___________ _________________ __
_/ / _ / \ / / _ | / | ___//_/
| / / / / _ \___/ / / |/ /___|_ |__._______
| ____/ \ \_ \ \ / / ___/_ / | | | /
|_____| |_____\_____/________// /__________)________|___| | _/
-X----- - --- - --- --- /___________/ -- -- ---- -- --- X/ \
/______|______\
presents ......: Jet Set Radio Future
Company .......: SEGA of America

Origin ........: USA / NTSC Format ........: *.ISO Image
System ........: Microsoft XBOX # of Files ....: 34 x 50MB
Released ......: May 4th, 2002 Filename ......: PX-JSRF.RAR

-X- ---- --- - --- ---------- -- - ------------- --- -- --- ---- --- --X-

Get ready to skate, grind and trick to a new beat. "Jet Set Radio
Future"(Jet Grind Radio 2) is a next-generation street action game
for Xbox that delivers fast-paced action, new awesome tunes and an
artistic look that's truly ground-breaking.

* New, more powerful tricks - grind up the side of a building while
executing multiple combos!

* Cooperative and competitive multi-player modes - work together or
try to foil each other's plans

* Cartoon dimension art style - 2D meets 3D in a unique and
refreshing blend

* Cutting edge hip-hop and techno soundtrack to keep you grooving to
the beat


We tested this game on a developer XBOX, and it works. Since there is
no mod chip yet, we have no idea if this release will work on retail
XBOXes when/if a mod comes out. However, now that there is a release,
a modchip developer will be inclined to get our releases to work, so
we think a future mod will work with this release.

If a game is small enough to be burned to a CD, you can burn it to
either a CD or DVD, at your option, using the same ISO file.
The Xbox does not use media checks like the PS2.

When burning to a CD, if your CD burning program has an option,
choose "MODE1/2048", exactly as if you were burning a PC CD-ROM.
We recommend PrimoDVD for burning Xbox for both CD and DVD, but
all CD writing software besides Clone CD should work fine.

From our experience, the retail Xbox can only read DVD-RW's
and CD-RW's, so if you want to be sure that these will work
with a future mod, we recommend burning them to Rewritable
discs. We have heard reports of the retail Xbox reading some
types of DVD-R discs, but we have been unable to verify this.

-X-- --- - ----------- -- -------- - - -- ------------- -------- --- --X-

_____ _____ ____ /____ __ ___/___ /
/_____)_____)/ \ //__ / / \/
_ _/ / \_ /______\/______/______/ /\
___/ / \_ _
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A Working mod chip is out, if you look in the BST forum you will see people went to Bowlers and saw a working mod (also check my site in sig for some info).

Originally posted by Tuckerisgreat
is there any chance of a xbox forum now that the xbox is finally cracked (that would be great) or do we have to post in here and flood it with xbox questions till one is made :D

this is a very good idea as there are many x-box posts throughout the different forums and it would be good to have its own forum, even though we are not yet able to make working backups of our x-box games yet but it would be good to share info

so welll need a dvd burner to be able to make an xbox game right???

Yes as games are so big, will only fit on dvdr

No, some games, like Shrek can fit on cd.

How do you know if you've got a developer machine, because I got an x-boc that plays both UK and US games, but as far as I can see, thats the only difference ?

no m8, i dev box isnt a console, its like a pc but costs like $20,000. i think its used for developing software for the x-box

goto the link below, it says the xbox has been hacked but you do not need a dev machine.

It looks like the games will work off cdr and I assume some games will be dvdr. Just like the ps2 I guess

http://www.ibelite.com

thats a dvd-r or rw in the vid, not a cdr

the chip for the xbox will bet out in 1-2 weeks as the xbox on the video had a bios chip but the chip thats coming out will be about the same price as the neo 4 for the ps2

how do you know this??

and will these bios chips be available to the public or a method of flashing the origanal bios

someone from another forum very reliable guy and he has played on the xbox that was on the video, i dont know if the bios chip will be available if you listen to the voices in the video you will hear the are scottish

heh, thats cool :) we cant have yanks taking credit for everything now can we :D

so is there any news on this bios chip? did they just flash it or what??

iv no idea about the bios chip all i know is the chip we will get will be like the neo 4 for the ps2 and about the same price and should be out in a few weeks, i dont see any reason for them to lie or fake the video as im sure i know who was playing the game in the video

if you know him could you try and find out more about the bios chip as if there was a diy way to do it, it would make things alot better.

i personally dont think it is a fake but am getting alot of mixed info from people, (it will/wont read dvd'r(w), cd'r(w) etc etc)

i dont know him personally but i think i know who he is, i used to by my games from him but i stay far from where they are and i never go there now as i get my games cheaper from this board, and as for people saying it will and wont play dvdr and cdr the only people who realy know are the people that have tried them

raptor confirmed it,

the full mod neo-x will play backup, unfortunely he's only releasing the mod that only play import...

yes other companies are gonna do the full chip, but i bet its gonna cost a bomb.

i remember the playstation, had mine chipped for £15, now look at the prices for chips, £60

actually OvAZ, the full neo x will run any unsigned code as well as modified xbe files.... it isint all about backups you know. this will ( in a few weeks) open so many doors. personally cant wait for mame, divx, and snes emulators to be ported ;)

i cant wait for good N64,SMD,NES emulators and DivX ;-),VCD and SVCD players.
things will be heaven

i hope everything goes well, unlike the psx2 scene

can't wait for the chip

me either, I cant wait, anyone know how to get an xbox dvd to read in a comp dvd drive, projectx must be doing it somehow since they are releasing games

Originally posted by dcsurfer
actually OvAZ, the full neo x will run any unsigned code as well as modified xbe files.... it isint all about backups you know. this will ( in a few weeks) open so many doors. personally cant wait for mame, divx, and snes emulators to be ported ;)

actually i didnt say it couldnt :p

cant wait for a snes/genesis emulator, with the power of the xbox, imagine full speed and sound..

Oh this could be great year for X-box owners!! VCD, SVCD Players, Divx, Web Browsers. and emulators galore! I"m starting to save up right this instant....course I wouldn't have to if I hadn't decided to ditch my box a couple of weeks ago. =(

What kinds of protection are on the discs anyways???

So these backups are booted directly?

Nice!

30 wires though on these chips....ouch
hehe

Yeah, I have noticed a lot of X-Box releases floating around the scene, so I came here to find out what in the world is going on. Looks like ProjectX has the upper hand so far.

Way to go guys!

What about this site, they claim the chip is nearly ready to ship. Not sure if you already new this, if you did sorry for posting old news.

http://www.xtender.info/index.html

I was reading on a site today that one chip is already finished and just about ready to be shipped, then I saw the video that Raptor from Neo released just to shut the xtender people up and prove that their chip was ready long ago. Anyways, the video for Neo was pretty funny, I don't know if I can link this but if not, mods, please delete - the best site for news is definitely the one below.

www.xbox-scene.com - you can find the link for the Neo vid there.

Later, Super

haha, nice vid neo tech. thanks for the link superjunx, been lookin for it since i saw neo was gonna put a vid out...... now if they would just release the chip ;) ......

Moving this to the XBOX forum.