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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by TheTurnipKing » Wed May 13, 2015 9:01 am

Green Gecko wrote:Power caps? That happens with loads of stuff. It's not a big deal to fix for anyone with a little experience soldering.

This particular one doesn't even need soldering experience, you can apparently just rip it right out of the board at the cost of the systems ability to remember the date.

It's just a particularly vulnerable one that's really unfortunately situated, which makes it better to remove than risk the damage from cap leakage.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Herdanos » Wed May 13, 2015 10:20 am

Lazy Fair wrote:Had some fun playing Conker and Hitman blood money.

Anyone recommend anything else? I have halo 1 and 2, doom 3, pgr 2 and Fahrenheit.


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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Errkal » Wed May 13, 2015 10:32 am

I always used to like Star Wars ObiWan. I have it ont he shelf to play again at some point. I loved that you had free control of the lightsaber with the thumbstick unlike other games where it was just "attack"

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PostRe: RE: Re: Original Xbox questions
by Green Gecko » Wed May 13, 2015 2:50 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:[quote="Green Gecko"]Power caps? That happens with loads of stuff. It's not a big deal to fix for anyone with a little experience soldering.

This particular one doesn't even need soldering experience, you can apparently just rip it right out of the board at the cost of the systems ability to remember the date.

It's just a particularly vulnerable one that's really unfortunately situated, which makes it better to remove than risk the damage from cap leakage.[/quote]
That's interesting, so it's probably a "pop in" pin type design (forgot the name). My xbox can't remember the date so I guess my mate already did this when he total converted mine (paint job, lights, mod multi region and switchable firmware flash mod chip, replaced disk drive and hard disk, roms and xmbc etc). It's a cool machine, but I hardly use it, sadly I just don't have room.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Original Xbox questions
by jawafour » Wed May 13, 2015 3:01 pm

Green Gecko wrote:...my mate already did this when he total converted mine (paint job, lights, mod multi region and switchable firmware flash mod chip, replaced disk drive and hard disk, roms and xmbc etc). It's a cool machine, but I hardly use it, sadly I just don't have room.
The machine sounds ace, Gecko. It'd be cool if you were able to post a pic :-).
Green Gecko wrote:...but I hardly use it, sadly I just don't have room.
:shock: . That's a shame, man!

Lazy Fair, this seems to be a good time to point you towards the legendary GRecommends Xbox Games thread as that provides a tanatalising list of great games to consider.

Oh, and Burnout 2 is better than Burnout 3.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Original Xbox questions
by TheTurnipKing » Wed May 13, 2015 3:17 pm

jawafour wrote:Oh, and Burnout 2 is better than Burnout 3.

Preferred the GC version, but yes it is.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Original Xbox questions
by Ironhide » Wed May 13, 2015 3:32 pm

TheTurnipKing wrote:
jawafour wrote:Oh, and Burnout 2 is better than Burnout 3.

Preferred the GC version, but yes it is.


Agreed, Burnout 3 was arse, mainly due to the hideous soundtrack.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by jawafour » Wed May 13, 2015 3:39 pm

I preferred 2 because I pretty much exclusively played Crash Mode - which was terrific fun and amazingly addictive. I found that Crash Mode in 3 just didn't offer the same level of fun or addiction.

Even so, they are both excellent games and I'd love to see a new Burnout; although perhaps Need For Speed has now taken on much of the feel of the series.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Green Gecko » Wed May 13, 2015 10:30 pm

Sounds like I need to finally pick up burnout 2 for gamecube at some point. I got into the series with the original on gc. The tournaments are still unbelievably slick.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Skippy » Wed May 13, 2015 10:35 pm

What's all this utter bollocks about Burnout 2 being better than Takedown?

Nah m8

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Green Gecko » Wed May 13, 2015 10:37 pm

Here's the crazy xbox

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I painted the dragon originally.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Lazy Fair » Thu May 14, 2015 12:14 am

That's mad. I got Outrun 2 today. Got it for 3 quid on eBay. It's so good!

Any idea how I unlock the Enzo?

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Lazy Fair » Thu May 14, 2015 8:23 am

Anyone get any experience of soft nodding the old Xbox? I quite fancy trying some emulators (for games I already legally own).

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by more heat than light » Thu May 14, 2015 8:35 am

I've just sold a load of Xbox games on eBay, but I have tons more still to shift. Let us know if you fancy any of this lot and I'll do you a price.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Moggy » Thu May 14, 2015 8:40 am

Ninja Gaiden. :wub:

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by jawafour » Thu May 14, 2015 9:11 am

Green Gecko wrote:Here's the crazy xbox ...

Woah! That is a pretty funky machine, Gecko... it definitely stands out!

Lazy, OutRun 2 for three quid is a terrific deal. It still stands tall as an ace racer.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by Green Gecko » Thu May 14, 2015 1:06 pm

I know, it's hideous. I don't even like yellow. But it's a lot of fun all the same.

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PostRe: Original Xbox questions
by TigaSefi » Thu May 14, 2015 1:08 pm

I actually preferred the Xbox over 360.

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