Week of December 29, 2002
Game Disk Format Image GUI released!
>> Game Disk Format Image GUI is a GUI for GDFIMAGE, a Microsoft tool useful for make ISO for XBOX console. The GDFIMAGE tool by Microsoft is a program that works in DOS so it isn't easy to use. The GUI requires GDFIMAGE to work (not included due to copyrighted material).
Official Site: here[cryogen1.interfree.it]
Download: here (GDFIMAGE NOT included - MS copyright)
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(Saturday 04 January 2003 22:30 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Distributed computing attack on the Xbox public key *updated*
>> It looks like the guys at The Neo Project will try to find the Xbox private key with distributed bruteforce so it will be possible to sign homebrew utils so they boot on a non-modded xbox. (xbox-linux contest part2)
Althought chances that the key will be found this way in the next few years are near 0 , it is possible ... it's all a matter of chance actually & how many computers participate.
From theneoproject.com:
[QUOTE]
You can download Neo 1.0.600 and start working on the Xbox challenge.
We do not know if it is legal or not to participate in the Xbox challenge, we are looking for some legal advice as a donation to Neo. If this Xbox challenge is found illegal and/or are approached by M$, we will be ditching the Xbox project all together as we cannot afford the legal fees.
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If you want to join the search , just download the program and install it. Once launched select "XBOX Public Key Challenge" at the bottom of the programwindow.
Feel free to join our team ... just fill in "Xbox-Scene.com" (without the quotes) as Team Name when you register (first time program launches).
You can change this in Settings>User Information.
Official Site: here[theneoproject.com]
Download from our mirror: mirror1 or mirror2 (our Team Name is "Xbox-Scene.com")
Check the stats: here[theneoproject.com]
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(Saturday 04 January 2003 12:45 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Image To Xbx Converter released!
>> From readme:
[QUOTE]
This program was designed to create title.xbx files from images.
Im not hold responsible for what ever damage this might cause to your xbox.
USE AT OWN RISK
[/QUOTE]
Official Website: here[volure.zapto.org]
Download: here
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(Saturday 04 January 2003 09:57 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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4 new tutorials
>> We received already alot of tutorials during the holidays , here are a few I just posted. More will be uploaded soon.
* How to flash a homebrew directly from evolutionx dashboard
by Geremia - read now
* Xbox pot tweaking tutorial for Philips drive
by Moe - read now
* How to install Debian Linux using Ed's Live CD 0.0.9
by Col.Havoc - read now
* How to Install a Fan under Hard Drive
by modchipsource.com - read now
Thanks to everyone who sent us a tutorial and sorry for the delay.
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(Friday 03 January 2003 17:31 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Nester-X v0.05 released!
>> What's new/fixed:
* Support frame skip
* Support sound quality control
* Support sound volume control
* Support ZIP compression
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
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(Friday 03 January 2003 08:20 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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UAE-X v0.6 released!
>> A new version of the Amiga emulator for X-Box has just been released.
What's new/fixed:
* happy new year release
* screen position/resize added
* made screen updating to flicker less
* added antialias settings
* you can now disable the drive status bar
Official Website: here[sf.net]
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
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(Thursday 02 January 2003 18:08 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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New game consoles in play for '03
>> hollywoodreporter.com posted a nice article about upcoming hardware releases.
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The true next generation of hardware is pegged for a 2005 launch, with Microsoft planning Xbox Next and Sony planning PlayStation 3. But 2003 might see a portable take on GameCube and cheaper variations of Xbox and PlayStation 2, Envisioneering analyst Richard Doherty predicted.
Doherty expects an Xbox 1.5 that will be cheaper to manufacture and will be a smaller, lighter version of the current Xbox. He said it will retail from $129-$149. Microsoft also might introduce a new combination Xbox-digital video recorder for about $199.
Sony is on the third generation of PlayStation hardware, and the company is expected to ship its second incarnation of PS2 this year.
"I believe you'll see the price of this PS2.5 drop as low as $99," Doherty said. And Sony is a TiVo investor, which leads Doherty and others to think there's a combination TiVo-PS2 device in the works -- possibly a $149 add-on to "fit into the back bay of the PS2," Doherty said.
Little is known about Xbox Next, other than that it will ship before PS3 and likely will include UltimateTV technology (DVR and TV Web surfing), and it could serve as a PC for the living room.
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Read the whole articlehere[hollywoodreporter.com]
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(Wednesday 01 January 2003 21:10 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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GBA emulator
>> CH3 released a Game Boy advanced emulator specially build for the MS XBOX.
A win32 version is also available.
Official Website: here[din.or.jp]
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
News-Source: HyperG
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(Wednesday 01 January 2003 14:08 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Work In Progress: FBAx b3
>> From lantus-x.com/FBAx/:
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No i havent forgotten FBAx - heres a nice tidbit for FBAx fans for the new year, ive managed to merge in the new FBA v0.2.9.4 win32 sources into the Xbox code - so you will be getting the new drivers when B3 comes around.
as well as this - when i make a new compile i fired up FBAx to test out some of the new Cave driver roms and i realised quickly in hindsight our button mapping are pretty poor and could use some work. I couldnt remember a single button mapping without resorting to the code/docs. So most likely what i will be doing is providing a menu system similar to xSnes9x to make life easier.
there is no eta on b3 at this stage. more news as it happens.
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(Wednesday 01 January 2003 10:45 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Work In Progress: LiveInfo Beta 2
>> From team-assembly.com:
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This ALL NEW Version of LiveInfo will have some of the REALLY cool features that you loved so much in ConfigMagic !!
We plan on Releasing it in a few days.. still have some more tweaks and work to do on it :)
Here is a LiveInfo Beta 2 Intended Features List:
* All new Windows User Interface !!
* XBOX V1.0 AND V1.1 EEPROM support !!
* Edit Serial, Mac, OnlineKey, HDDKey, XBERegion, Confounder, Video Mode and DVDZone
* Convert EEPROM images between V1.0 and V1.1
* View HDD Password of attached IDE Drive
* View HDD Status of attached IDE Drive and see if it supports Locking !
* Save as .BIN or CFG file for V1.0 and V1.1 !
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(Tuesday 31 December 2002 23:23 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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neXgen Remote v1.5 released!
>> What's new/fixed:
* Fixed: Tray Open/Close
* Changed: CD Tray -> DVD Tray
* Changed: Power Off -> Shutdown Xbox
* Added: View neXgen Log
* Added: Simple Xbox FTP Browser
* Added: Skins
Official Website: here[cx2.cxgames.co.uk]
Download: here
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(Tuesday 31 December 2002 20:05 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox Linux $100,000 award by Michael Robertson (Lindows OS)
>> From xbox-linux.sourceforge.net:
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In an effort to speed up the work needed to bring Linux to the Microsoft Xbox, an anonymous donor offered two prizes (part A and part B) of $100,000 each last year.
Both before and after the prize was announced many people from around the world were working hard. The free OS Linux has been successfully brought to the Microsoft device, and its users are now able to choose from a huge selection of free Linux applications. These include Home Entertainment, Internet and Office programs. Xbox Linux is available to anyone as a free download from http://xbox-linux.sf.net
The deadline for the prizes has arrived.
* Part A involved running Linux on the box, and this has been successfully completed.
* Part B involved running Linux on an Xbox with no hardware modifications, which has not been acheived yet.
The donor can now be revealed as Michael Robertson, who is the man behind the Lindows OS - which you may have heard recently had some conflict with Microsoft. We are grateful for his contribution in speeding up the goals of the whole group.
Distribution of the monies to several hackers for part A is expected to be completed by the end of January.
Michael Robertson has decided to extend the deadline for part B for another year. We are already preparing new open analysis tools. Any experienced hacker is welcome to join the effort. The updated rules for this extended part will also be available on the Xbox Linux website at the end of January.
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(Tuesday 31 December 2002 18:27 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xskin 1.0 BETA released!
>> Description:
This program alows you to easily create Xbox skins for use with the EvoX Dashboard v1.8.2594 and later.
Official Website: here[osirishq.com]
Download: here
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(Tuesday 31 December 2002 10:17 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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New Tutorials:
>> New tutorials added today:
* IR Remote power on/off: here(html) by Squar0L
* XBOX USB-mini-HUB: here(html) by "anonymous"
* How to auto-launch MS Xbox DVD player from Evo-X: here(html) by m0x
I have a few more tutorials waiting in my mailbox ... they will be posted asap.
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(Monday 30 December 2002 22:45 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Nester-X v0.02 released!
>> A new version of Nester-X has been released.
I have no idea what changed. No english changelog and site is in japanese ...
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
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(Monday 30 December 2002 21:03 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Ballzy released!
>> Team N'Vision released a homebrew game for Xbox called "Ballzy".
From nfo:
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Team N'Vison would like to acknowledge those in the scene that have strived to contribute and support developments for the "little black box". We've enjoyed both past and previous releases for without which we could not have added our own contribution. Lastly we would also like to elevate the state of which homebrew games currently are by our release of "Ballzy"
Enjoy the release,
Team N'Vision.
[/QUOTE]
Official Website: n/a
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
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(Monday 30 December 2002 18:23 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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neXML 0.1.0 released!
>> Team Gotmod released a win32 util (written by Zer0) to help you creating a nexgen.xml configuration file.
Purpose:
The main function of this application is to create nexgen.xml documents for use with the nexgen dashboard, without the use of notepad or other means.
Features:
* Color Sliders with instant previews for easy color configuration.
* Easily enable/disable Snow, music and sound with the click of the mouse.
* Add/Edit/Delete Search Sections without syntax errors.
* Add/Edit/Delete Dashboard Menus without syntax errors.
Official Site: here[gotmod.com]
Download: here
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(Monday 30 December 2002 15:16 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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XboX Media Player Xml Config Creator
>> RobX mailed us a program he made with Otacon. It's a XBMP XML creator compatible with XBMP v2
This program is to aid the user in creating xml files for use with XBMP 2.0 for the xbox.
* Simply select the drives you want to locally have access too.
* Type the directory Paths of the file locations on the xbox's hard drive.
* Press "Get IP" button to automatically obtain the IP address of the machine the program is running on.
* Type the directory name or the directory path used in relax server, as explained in the xbmp2 .pdf file.(ex. C:\pictures\ OR pics depends on relax)
* Type the name of the dash(ex. yboxdash.xbe)
* Type number of Shutdown
* Type number of Sensitivity
* Select Language
* Press Save and the program saves the file config.xml to wherever the program is currently running from.
Official Site: here[geocities.com]
Download: here (v1.1)
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(Monday 30 December 2002 14:56 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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UnOfficial VBAx v0.16
>> Features:
* Engine Visual Boy Advance 1.31
* Support english and japanese
* Addition automatic frame skip
* Support save data management
* Support screen capture
* Support gamepad setting
* Support turbo mode
* Support game pause
* Support full screen Adjustment (VGA)
* Support back buffer resolution setting
* Support graphic filter
* Support frame skip
* Support sound quality control
* Support sound volume control
* Support sound echo
* Support sound low pass filter
* Support not use original BIOS
* Support Game Boy Type
* Support Game Boy Colors
* Support Super Game Boy Border
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
Thx to C.W. for sending us this info
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(Sunday 29 December 2002 17:23 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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ConfigMagic Beta 2 Released
>> Team Assembly brings us ConfigMagic Beta 2 :-)
[QUOTE]
We just Released Beta 2 of ConfigMagic.. and as you can see the biggest thing in this release is V1.1 support..
NEW FEATURES & FIXES:
* XBOX V1.1 Support added !!!
* We no longer have ANY need to supply the eeprom RC4 key with #define, we "look" for the RC4 key elsewhere during runtime :)
* When the HDD is Locked, a Master password of TEAMASSEMBLY is used, so if you screw up you can recover your hdd !!
* Corrected a speling mistake in the .cfg file.. was "VideMode", corrected to "VideoMode"
* Now mostly using JPG images to save a little on the footprint..
CURRENT FEATURES: (V1.0 AND V1.1)
* You can update your XBOX EEPROM in one of three ways
- Using a valid EEPROM.BIN file
- You can "build" a new eeprom image from a configuration file
- Edit your current, loaded (.bin) or built (.cfg) eeprom data "On-The-Fly"
* You Can Lock and Unlock your HDD with the password created from your XBOX EEPROM
* You can create backup of your current eeprom, HDD password and various other settings.
* Security features will not allow a "bad" eeprom update, or update eeprom if HDD is still locked..
FUTURE FEATURES:
* Support to Live Edit Confounder
* Add some background Music
* support for converting V1.0 eeprom images to v1.1 and vice versa..
* Dumping current configuration to a Text file
* Save current configuration as a .CFG file..
[/QUOTE]
Official Site: here[team-assembly.com]
Download: n/a (build with MS SDK)
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(Sunday 29 December 2002 16:29 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xbox-Linux 19C3 Presentations
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(Sunday 29 December 2002 06:31 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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