The Black Art of Xbox Mods- P4:This book would not exist without all the incredible amount of diligence by individuals who freely gave their hard-earned knowledge to others. This book is not a unique work by any means, and although everything described herein was performed by me, I do not take credit for figuring out anything on my own. | CHAPTER 4 Introduction to Xbox Modding Xbox Media Center is my absolute favorite Xbox application because it really allows me to do what I ve always wanted to do bridge the gap between my entertainment center and my PC. I have never liked the multimedia PCs and media center PCs available at retail because these hybrid devices are too much PC and not enough media center by trying to satisfy both camps at the same time. Xbox Media Center completely nails the solution by being easy to use able to link to the PC LAN and able to connect to the Internet for updates skins and application downloads. It is totally awesome. Truth be told I have two Xboxes each equipped with 250GB hard drives. One sits on a shelf in my entertainment center controlled with the Xbox DVD remote control running XBMC. My other modded Xbox is used just for playing games. My Programs My Music My Pictures k My Videos My Files My Weather Settings w. 00 14 Alive And Kickin FIGURE . . xbox Media Center. Homebrew Games One of the most interesting things you can do with a modded Xbox is run homebrew games created by an enthusiastic and creative Xbox development community that functions outside the normal licensed retail realm. Many games already available for Xbox will probably never see a retail shelf but that doesn t mean they will go unappreciated. Thanks to a mod chip you can enjoy these homebrew games. Figure shows a game called xBomberbox2 a homebrew game inspired by Bomberman. This is just one example of the many scores of homebrew Xbox games available on the Web. Overview of Available Mod Chips 77 FIGURE xßomberbox2 is a homebrew Xbox game. Overview of Available Mod Chips Many mod chips available for Xbox date back to early 2002. The earliest mod chips such as Enigmah and LPC work with only the first few Xbox revisions which is fine if you own an early Xbox usually or but will not work with later revisions. The war it seems between Microsoft and the mod chip manufacturers .
