Zelaron Gaming Forum - Back-up (X-box hacked)

This come from http://www.headliner.nl

According some anonymous sources we got through the news submit, it is possible to copy the games from Microsoft Xbox.

There was already floating an WMV (windows media video) file of 6mb (temporary offline) in which you can see someone taking out a just burned dvd-rw out of his computer and play it on his xbox. The date from this video if of April 18th. The image seems very convincing and nothing indicates that it is a modified video but it was doubtfull it was true since no other sources could confirm it worked because of the harddisc locks and region codes built in the xbox by Microsoft.

Though now as of 4th of April there are floating several X-box releases in the illegal "warez" scene. A piece of one of the hacked games for the X-box Shrek:

quote:
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.
/quote

The group who released it all goes by the name of ProjectX and have hacked these games already:

Kabuki_Warriors_XBOX-ProjectX
Crash_Bandicoot_The_Wrath_of_Cortex_XBOX-ProjectX ProjectX
Gauntlet_Dark_Legacy_XBOX-ProjectX ProjectX
Test_Drive_Offroad_Wide_Open_XBOX-ProjectX
Simpsons_Road_Rage_XBOX-ProjectX ProjectX
MX_2002_Featuring_Ricky_Carmichael_XBOX-ProjectX
Nightcaster_XBOX-ProjectX ProjectX
Project_Gotham_Racing_XBOX-ProjectX
Mad_Dash_Racing_XBOX-ProjectX
Bloodwake_XBOX-ProjectX
Blood_Omen_2_XBOX-ProjectX
Max_Payne_XBOX-ProjectX
Batman_Vengeance_XBOX-ProjectX
NBA_Inside_Drive_2002_XBOX-ProjextX
Burnout_XBOX-ProjectX
Spider_Man_XBOX-ProjectX
Tony_Hawk_Pro_Skater_2x_XBOX-ProjectX
NHL_2002_XBOX-ProjectX ProjectX
Dead_or_Alive_3_XBOX-ProjectX
Jet_Set_Radio_Future_XBOX-ProjectX
NBA_Live_2002_XBOX-ProjectX ProjectX
Silent_Hill_2_Restless_Dreams_XBOX-PROJECTX
Azurik_Rise_of_Perathia_XBOX-ProjectX
UFC_Tap_Out_XBOX-ProjectX
Gun_Valkyrie_XBOX-ProjectX
Tony_Hawk_Pro_Skater_3_XBOX-ProjectX
NASCAR_Thunder_2002_XBOX-ProjectX
Fuzion_Frenzy_XBOX-ProjectX
Oddworld_Munchs_Oddysee_XBOX-ProjectX
WWF_Raw_XBOX-ProjectX
SSX_Tricky_XBOX-ProjectX
Cel_Damage_XBOX-ProjectX
Halo_XBOX-ProjectX
Amped_Freestyle_Snowboarding_XBOX-Project
Dave_Mirra_Freestyle_BMX_2_XBOX-ProjectX
Arctic_Thunder_XBOX-ProjectX
Shrek_XBOX-ProjectX
4x4_Evo_2_XBOX-ProjectX

The releases differ in size from around 400mb upto 1500mb and are all in USA/NTSC format. According ProjectX it should work on every development xbox (which cost around the 20.000 - 30.000 dollar) but they think it should work on a normal xbox too but they didn't have a chance to test it yet. Because of the regional code it should only work on the retail x-box from the USA.

As soon as the wellknown "modchips" will be ready (they are not out there YET) the games should be playable on all region xbox machines. Early tests on european xbox show an "illegal media" error message. The wait is for some american xbox owners to test it and then we will know if it is true.

The next few days there will be updated news about the hacked xbox here on headliner.

Furthermore we would like to say that we only got this information from other sources and we have NOTHING to do with Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo and we do NOT own any of these consoles and we have NO IDEA where one can get these hacked versions. We are only a news source and will only spread news. Thank you.