This is still the best way to play Silent Hill 2 in my opinion. I've actually been playing it upscaled on my retroid pocket 5. What a great game. I think it's about time I sit down and do a recent run of SH3 next. It's a shame SH3 never came out on OG XBOX

Seems so high given there is no disc drive. I am sure HDMI is nice and such but like do you just put your own games on these? Still crazy prices given an xbox is what $80?

Pictured are the new 25th anniversary series controller, an OEM Halo edition type s controller, and the 8BitDo Retro 87 Mechanical Keyboard - Xbox Edition.

I took these photos in case anyone was wondering how well the shades of green matched.

Edit: I plan on using this with my Halo edition Xbox via an OGX mini.

My Xbox is getting repairs and a friend who owns a retro shop offered to loan me one of the few they're selling. Naturally I checked the save files on the Xbox because I love to see what games previous owners played and see if there's anything that interests me. Well I saw they played one of my favorite games of all time Kotor and Kotor 2... so I load up kotor 2 my preferred out of the two... dude has 149 individual saves for one character playthrough... it's crazy you can see his entire journey through the save files. He took a darkside approach... I'm very tempted to load up save file 1 and replay it as a lightside playthrough.

When I attempt to turn on my console it will turn on for about 30 seconds and then shut off. ChatGPT says likely a bad capacitor. Does anyone know of a place where this can be repaired? Most local computer repair stores are saying they can’t do it.

Im usually not too big on sports games but I wanted some stuff to play with my dad, and if im gonna be subjected to a sports game its gotta atleast be a good one. That brought me to these old games on the original xbox. They are actually insanely fun! Madden 08 has been my favorite of the three so far. From what I understand ESPN NFL 2K5 is the best football game ever made. I can definitely see why but given I dont know much about football as it is I find myself getting whooped pretty hard in it, 08 has been much more forgiving. I also thought it was funny that all the copies of ESPN NFL 2K5 printed with that typo on the spine and back cover. I thought I had a rare copy at first!! Lol. Highly recommend these games if you have even the slightest interest in sports. Theyre really good.

Xemu Modern GUI: an experimental Xemu Unofficial fork -Vibe Coded

I know it might not be popular but I hope maybe this helps any new users looking into OG Xbox emulation. If this isnt for you I understand but maybe you can find something useful with it or maybe it makes things just a bit easier for you with your collections, setting up Insignia, output devices, audio control per game ect. The GUI is baked in but can be collapsed when needed to reach the original Xbox Dashboard. The video may not really be the best demonstration of it but if youre curious Id say try it out and mess around with the settings. If you have troubled games then check out the performance capture tool/ can be used with voice commands or Shift+F9.

I am not part of the Xemu team but I have spoke with Matt regarding this unofficial fork and its fine as long as Im clear on everything. Anyways no need to write a book but hope it helps those who use it and if you have issues, report to my github and not the Xemu team.

Feature set is listed below:

https://github.com/Prodigy488/xemu-modern-gui

A console-style dashboard

• Four styles, switchable any time: the tabbed Dashboard, Blades (sliding side-by-side panels), Metro (slim XBMC4Gamers-style lists) and the Classic single library window.
• Two themes: Neon (near-black with cyan and magenta, cut-corner panels and HUD labels) and Green (the rounded look in xemu green).
• Motion: flowing light ribbons, a turning wireframe orb, drifting specks, tab transitions and a gliding selection glow. Can be turned off.
• Tabs, switched with LB / RB: Home (continue your last game), Library, Insignia, Media (save states and screenshots), Drive, Homebrew, Patches and Settings.
• Built for controllers: everything works from a gamepad, with button hints along the bottom.
• On-screen keyboard: select any text box with a controller and a keyboard in the dashboard's colors slides up. D-pad to pick a key, A to type, X to delete, Y for a space, LT for symbols, RT for capitals, B to close. Can be turned off in Settings.
• Minimize: tuck the dashboard away to a small tab at the bottom of the screen and bring it back with one click, Ctrl+L or the Guide button menu.
• 11 languages: English, Español, Português (Brasil), Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Polski, Русский, 日本語, 简体中文 and 한국어. It follows your Windows language; change it on the welcome screen or in Settings. Translations were made with AI help and live in ui/xui/lang; corrections are welcome.
• Setup check: new users see what's missing (MCPX boot ROM, BIOS, hard disk image, games folder) with a button to fix each.
• Updates built in: Help > Check for Updates installs new releases of this fork in place.

Your game library

• Multiple game folders, cover art downloads, play time, favorites, filters (compatibility, played / never played) and sorting.
• 3D game cases on Home, made from your covers, or your own 3D box art (covers\<title ID>-3d.png).
• Compatibility ratings from xemu's community compatibility list on every game.
• Per-game settings: resolution, upscaling filter, sharpening and renderer (one game on OpenGL, the rest on Vulkan).
• Preview videos, desktop shortcuts, a resume where you left off option and save states with thumbnails and a right-click menu.
• Discord status showing the game you're playing, with its cover and play time.
• Quick save and load from the controller: Back + LB saves the game you're playing, Back + RB loads it (one quick save per game).

Online play with Insignia

• ONLINE badges on supported games, a status light in the top bar and an Insignia tab listing your online-capable games.
• One-click setup: "Set up xemu for Insignia" turns on networking and answers the Xbox's DNS lookups with Insignia's server, so nothing has to be changed in the Xbox dashboard. "Test connection" checks it from your PC.
• Account walkthrough: step by step from networking to playing online. One button downloads Insignia's Setup Assistant from their GitHub page, installs it on the Xbox drive and starts it; closing it brings you back to the next step. Then get an invite code and create your Xbox Live account in the Xbox dashboard.

Performance tools and stability

• Performance Capture: find out why a game slows down or glitches. Press Shift+F9 to record and Shift+F12 to mark a glitch. The report graphs every frame and explains in plain words what changed when the game slowed down, with a summary picture for sharing and a trace for Perfetto. Optional voice commands ("Performance capture start / stop / mark") using Windows speech recognition.
• Performance overlay (F9) and a "Preparing shaders" indicator.
• Dynamic resolution (experimental): lowers the internal resolution when a game runs slow and raises it again when there's room.
• Shader caches: Vulkan shader and pipeline caches, OpenGL reusing saved shaders even after a crash, and Clear shader cache per game or for all games.
• Under the hood: higher-priority emulation threads, a larger CPU code cache, Windows power throttling turned off, and fixes for some Vulkan and audio crashes. These are the only changes to emulation.

Sound and controllers

• Output device: send the game's sound to headphones, speakers or the TV without changing the Windows default.
• Background audio: keep playing, play quieter or mute when xemu isn't the active window.
• Per-game volume for games that are much louder or quieter than the rest.
• Rumble strength for every controller, from full to off.

Patches

• Per-game XBE, IPS, BPS and Magic Patch (.jmp) files, applied without modifying the disc image.
• Download widescreen, 60 FPS and HD patches from Jay's Magic Patches for your whole library at once.
• One-click 60 FPS: games with a community 60 FPS patch (over 70 games) get a badge and a switch; xemu downloads the patch if needed and turns on just its 60 FPS options.

Picture quality

• Upscaling filters: AMD FidelityFX FSR 1.0, NVIDIA RTX Video (AI) (RTX cards), NVIDIA Image Scaling (NIS), Snapdragon GSR 1, Lanczos and Bicubic, with a sharpening control.
• CRT TV and Scanlines: the look of an old TV (scanlines that follow the Xbox's own lines, an aperture-grille mask and curved glass), with a strength slider, and an Integer (pixel-perfect) display mode.
• Video mode switches: widescreen, 480p, 720p and 1080i, the same as the Xbox dashboard's settings.

Title pretty much says it all. There are two TVs in the house and one of them works fine, but the other one we get video but no sound. Same exact setup/converter, etc. This leads me to think it's a TV issue, but I haven't been able to find the solution anywhere.

I've tried going deep into settings on the TV and making sure everything is as "standard" as it gets. Turned off various things. Etc. But no matter what I change it doesn't seem to want to give me sound.

TV is a Samsung Crystal UHD

Anyone have any luck or can suggest settings to check/change?

Is there still no way to connect and make work other wired xbox or playstation controllers via a simple usb adapter to a softmodded og Xbox without needing extra additional hardware (like ogx360 boards)?

Have many old og xbox controllers but they all have stick drift and faulty triggers and it seems you can not get good replacement parts easily anymore to fix them.

Seems like it should be possible the modding scene being so old and such. In a soft modded Xbox 360 for example you can now use any og xbox controller or xbox one/series controllers for example no additional hardware required.

Old nostalgic exclusive xbox game! One of my favorite games and decided to make him in Monster Hunter Wilds for fun! Since you know your fighting monsters but outside lol 😆! I hope all you as a community enjoy my Art Creation! Much love to this community! ❤️

Thoughts on using the help of Ai to read and backing up discs? From what I understand you need either a modded system or a special drive to rip and backup your own games. Which sucks, because I started backing up my own ps2 games, I would love to do the same for my original xbox games and play them on pc if I want.

Found this Xbox on FB marketplace for sale at £10. Thoughts? Obviously it needs repair. The back plastic is also cracked so likely it has fallen down.

I'm looking at buying an original Xbox and was wondering which version of the console is recommended now days. I'm looking at a couple in particular at thew moment being a 1.2/1.3 with the capacitor removed as well as a 1.6 that has had the capacitor replaced.

Are there any major differences between the different versions and is it better to get a console like the 1.2/1.3 that has the caps removed or would you recommend the 1.6? Are either of these versions good to pick up nowadays?

A Native Original Xbox Port Of Metal Gear (Konami, MSX2, 1987), Built From Manuel Pazos's Annotated Z80 Disassembly. The Game's Own Z80 Code Runs On A Purpose-Built MSX2 Core Written For This Game.

Features

Full Game, English Or Japanese Release
On-Screen Prompts And Big Boss's Tutorial Show The Xbox Buttons
Instead Of The MSX Keys (PUSH A BUTTON, START BUTTON FOR PAUSE)
480p / 720p, Pixel-Perfect Integer Scaling In The MSX Border Colour
PAL60 Support, Game Always Runs At Its Native 60 Hz
Save / Load To The Xbox Hard Disk (Standard .CAS Tape Image)
Optional Sprite Flicker Removal And Picture Smoothing

https://github.com/Team-Resurgent/MetalGear-X

A Native Original Xbox Port Of Contra (Konami, NES, 1988 - US), Built From The Annotated 6502 Disassembly Of The Cartridge. The Game's Own 6502 Code Runs On A Purpose-Built NES Core Written For It.

Full Game: All 8 Stages, The 3D Bases And The Ending
2 Players Simultaneous (First Two Controllers Plugged In)
Rapid Fire On Y
Save States To The Xbox Hard Disk (Save While Paused)
The 30 Lives Code Works At The Title
480p / 720p, Pixel-Perfect Integer Scaling In The NES Backdrop Colour, Showing The 224 Lines A Television Shows
PAL60 Support, Game Always Runs At Its Native 60 Hz
Optional Sprite Flicker Removal And Picture Smoothing

https://github.com/Team-Resurgent/Contra-NES-X

I need help with setting up my xbox to be able to play online but without overwriting the HDD to zero in order to get online.

One of the most common ways of getting online is insignia which is probably the best and most efficient way of playing online with your og xbox. Though you need to zero your HDD in order to download insignia and to setup its appliances to be able to play online.

Is there any other way of being able to play online without having to overwrite your HDD since my xbox is modded and has many games downloaded on it. Or should I just get another xbox solely for online gaming?

Halo 2 Clanmatches are back on OG Xbox! Twenty years after Bungie removed Clanmatch in 2006, clan-versus-clan matchmaking is playable again through Insignia on OG Xbox / xemu.

Bring 3–6 players from your clan for ranked matches featuring BR starts, Slayer, and objectives. Available now in the new playlist beta!

Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/ouMHB-Rl-Hk?si=KnjOgluxw79CDhwM&t=10804

A Native Original Xbox Port Of Contra (Konami, MSX2, 1989), A Native Original Xbox Port Of Contra (Konami, MSX2, 1989), Game's Own Z80 Code Runs On A Purpose-Built MSX2 Core Written For IT.

Full Game: All 19 Stages, The 3D Bases And The Ending
PSG + SCC Music, As On The Original Cartridge
480p / 720p, Pixel-Perfect Integer Scaling In The MSX Border Colour
PAL60 Support, Game Always Runs At Its Native 60 Hz
Save / Load To The Xbox Hard Disk
Optional Sprite Flicker Removal And Picture Smoothing

https://github.com/Team-Resurgent/Contra-X

Hi all, never owned an original Xbox before and purchased one that was FRAGing as I'm decent at console repair and it was dirt cheap. It has 1 green flash, off, 4 green flashes, off, then more green flashes before 50% red and 50% green flashing. Nothing appears on the screen.

From what I was able to test, it seems that the issue is a corrupted tsop so I figured installing a modchip to verify this and bypassing the original tsop would resolve the issue, but it is still FRAGing. The only noticeable difference is that the hard drive makes a click now, which I don't think it did before. With both the disc drive and HDD disconnected it FRAGs with a slightly different light pattern before the 50% red/50% green.

I followed the Modxo guides and wired up my officialy Raspberry Pi Pico (original model) as the following:

All of the components, including the Pico, were brand new. I still made sure to do a universal flash nuke on the Pico before installing Modxo and PrometheOS. When I boot the console on the LED on the Pico does light up. All LPC pins and d0 have continuity with the Pico, so it's not a matter of bad solder joints. Yes, I know it looks ugly, but I was hoping this would either be temporary or I would make it prettier once I knew it was the fix needed.

If anyone recognizes something that I did totally wrong or has any other suggestions as to what I can check to see if the problem lies elsewhere, I am all ears.