r/originalxbox

By the grace of Akatosh, I entered a time wound.

My inner child is screaming rn 😂🤣

Just got my 1.0 board back from OGXstore and I’m happy with the results. 1.4ghz CPU and 128mb RAM upgraded. I haven’t got around to applying the 720P patches to my games, but for now I’m satisfied.

X3 has been flashed with PrometheOS V1.6.0 and boots into Cerbios 3.1.0.

I've been collecting retro games for about a year now and the one thing I wanted to do with my collection is share with other people to impact them. I got to do that these past few months with my nephew. Specifically, with the OG Xbox.

My nephew is a great kid with a massive love for gaming. He's openly stated that he doesn't care what the game looks like so long as it's fun. With that in mind, I introduced him to the OG Xbox and we've been playing Halo CE and Halo 2 multiplayer a whole bunch every time he comes over. We like to get Mt. Dews and make a night of it. A lot of the time we just do Slayer, or we make our own little mini-games to play with the Slayer formula. One of our favorites is "Shotgun Hide'n'Seek." We go to Chiron TL-34, turn off shields and set the weapons to only shotgun. The "hider" then finds one of the many identical portals and stands in such a way that it fully eclipses his part of the splitscreen. The "Seeker" then has to basically play Russian roulette by entering each one of the portals in search for the hider--both ready to one-shot kill as soon as we see each other. It's TONS of fun.I missed out on the OG Xbox era and never thought I'd get to play the legendary multiplayer on Halo with anyone. But I got to do that with him and it's been incredibly special.

So for this Christmas, I picked up a broken Xbox console that I'm pretty sure just needed a cleanout and drive belt replacement. I'm currently waiting for the belt to come in the mail. But I want to repair this Xbox for him and hook him up with a handful of excellent games for the console.

Of course, I have to get him Halo CE. That way he can not only play the campaign, but we can also have a LAN party together--which would be the very missing piece to my Xbox experience. Also, my nephew is REALLY into tough games. He 100%'d Cuphead on the hardest difficulty before he was even 10 years old. He loves Soulslike games with Elden Ring being one of his all-time favorites. He actively seeks out challenging games to beat. So for that reason, I'm also going to get him Ninja Gaiden Black--a classic tough game.

If anybody has any recommendations for similarly difficult or classic experiences he needs, I'm all ears! Also tell me any peripherals that are a must too. (DvD playback kit maybe?)

Every Xbox here besides the 2 on the edges were Xboxs that did not function along with 1 more i sold. They range from an unmodded 1.6 and a stock 1.3 with ram upgrades to a Led ram dvd delete dual fans 8tb hdd 1.1 xbox. Its a fun console to play and fix and ever since i got my PS3's i realize how far ahead the S controllers erganomics are compared to DS3

Ps: the one thats open is waiting for more mods after trace wire jumping 3.5mm jack addon and cap replace.

Pss: im a told hardware repair noob using a $10 amazon soldering iron $8 hot glue gun $30 solder sucker.

Psss: for anyone with trace damage i always recommend wiring jumping instead of trace repair. Its way cheaper easier for a noob to do and a far more permanent solution.

Adding the MakeMHZ HDMI+ mod to OG Xbox. It’s the 1.0 motherboard version. The other mods are Stellar+ but I misplaced the ribbon cable and I’m patiently waiting for the replacement to arrive in the mail. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow and I can finish this project…. For now:)

Pictures are what they are and I have a microscope 🔬 to check the solder joints. Had to repair a trace as well.

Lessons learned, I opted for the destructive method on the AV port and I will not be doing that again 😬.

That said, I have a retrotink 5X and hindsight is 20/20. Everything else has been super basic and I’d probably skip the hd mod since I already have the upscaler.

Update 10/1: Thanks for validating I'm not in the wrong on this. Couple of clarifying details for the record. This all occurred a few weeks ago. This is a brick and mortar small business that primarily sells used games with 2 locations. I purchased this game on shop.app, not on their website directly -- it's the same inventory/checkout system either way, and the actual item was not pictured (just a listing saying it was CIB), only a stock image of the game. I immediately requested a return from the game store in question after I opened the package. Owner's response was not great. Dismissive, told me I should have called first to ask about condition, his website's game condition policy (not listed on the Shop app) explains that CIB may not include a manual (which like, why call it CIB then??).

I (politely) asked to start a return, stated I didn't think it was accurate to list this as CIB, both for the missing manual and the box art condition, explained where I had placed an order (Shop.app) and wouldn't have seen the policy since I wasn't on their store website where the policy exists. And I offered my (unsolicited) opinion that it should be possible in Shopify to add additional categories beyond "CIB" or "Loose", so that this type of things doesn't create headaches for others, and that to most people, "CIB" includes a manual and reasonably intact box art. I didn't even touch on the fact that all 4 games I'd received from their store were dirty, like black/yellow tar crud in the divot to open the case kinda dirty.

After the returned game showed delivered back to the store, I had to email the owner 3 times over the next week to get a response (leaving days apart) before a refund was finally processed. I don't think he was very happy with me, oh well.

Again, I didn't leave a negative review. I've been sitting on it for a while and that's mainly why I posted, to get feedback. I probably will leave a review somewhere. Just not going to post the name of the store here. Hopefully they get their act together.

Original Post: I won't call out this used game retailer by name, but about a month ago I purchased a "CIB" copy of Conker: Live and Reloaded on Shop.app and this is how it arrived. How would you react to this?

When I emailed the used game store, I was essentially told "Sorry, we don't have a way in our system to distinguish games with or without manuals, I get that you're a collector but the best I can do is initiate a return". Not having the manual despite being listed as CIB is one thing, not ideal but also not the end of the world either, but the cover art... call me out if I'm in the wrong and sound entitled, but how could anyone sell that massively water damaged box and list it as Used CIB? You'd think this should be sold as disc only at that point, right?

Needless to say, I initiated a return and bought a copy from a different store. I did not leave a negative review, as it's hard as a small business. I was not mean, but did express why I wanted to return. I got the impression they knew a return request was coming before I even reached out.

The funny thing is, I was snooping on the businesses facebook page and learned they are now hiring someone to help inventory with at their store - to catalog the games accurately. All stores that utilize shopify have the ability to add additional categories and meta data to their inventory/website/POS system. My hope is they begin listing their inventory more accurately going forward... and that whoever tries to buy this game next buys it as "disc only".

!Hola a todos¡ Ya es jugable Minecraft en Xbox clásico, corriendo desde el disco duro, tenemos dos versiones una async que va un poco mejor si la quieren probar está en los archivos también tiene 720p

https://github.com/xeodeo/OptiCraft-Heritage-XBOX-CLASSIC-Edition/releases/tag/xbox-v1.2

para los que quieren probar

melee is such a nostalgic game for me, so it's honestly amazing to see it running on the original xbox. this isn't an emulator, it's built to run natively on the xbox hardware. of course we had to do the release test on the CRT, wouldn't feel right any other way.

it's fully playable with 4 players and rumble, supports 480i, 480p and 720p, and saves use the gamecube .gci format so you can bring your dolphin saves over.

you'll need a modded xbox and your own copy of the game

github: https://github.com/GabeConway/Melee-X

let me know what you guys think and if you run into any issues. happy to answer questions in the comments

16 Players on 16 OG Xboxes in our online Halo CE Xlink Kai lobby last night! We played for nearly 4 hours and it was a blast! Big thanks to everyone who showed up to try out this new OG Xbox mod with us. More gamenights to come on https://haloclassichub.com

Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/hTiILMtNOzg?is=SzLex7T7vZZA5eAO

From what my family told me, this was almost thrown out by Microsoft, but before it was thrown out, they grabbed it, If you have any questions about whats on the jacket and hat, ask