The Original XBOX is still AWESOME in 2021 | MVG

[@hualni]

The goal of Homebrew was to bring unattainable games to the general public. What it actually did was preserve games that are actively rotting away.

[@magoid]

So many games I didn't knew about, only to discover them trough emulators, mostly here on YT. So many gems that would be locked in the shelters of a few luck (and wealth) ones.

[@Matanumi]

Gundam wing endless duel

[@rustymixer2886]

Amen even helped with game boy hardware find software

[@PSVitaat2am]

You do have a point there!

[@VexAcer]

Not to mention you quite literally need to mod your Xbox if you want to keep it alive for the years to come. Those 2001 HDDs certainly aren't going to stay alive forever and if anything it's amazing they've lasted this long. They're very important for booting it up. The standard drive is locked by default and you need to mod it if you want to change it out with a different/newer one.

[@penrar]

I named my OG modded Xbox the EES - Everything Entertainment System. Because it played (nearly) everything!!!

[@axelpalsson2402]

Simple name i like it. I just named mine Sexbox

[@deoxal7947]

Know how I can connect it to the internet without my router being in the same room?

[@LumbyMcGumby]

My modded xbox I only use it for original xbox games running off a HDD. I use a raspberry pi for mame. I'm wondering if I should slap some emulators on my xbox and see if it runs any better or worse. Especially since n64 emulation is bad on a raspberry pi

[@pisszapper]

@@LumbyMcGumby nutella

[@startedtech]

At the time, it must've been crazy. Being able to play every previous gen console, along with CDs and DVDs then just seems crazy.

[@EduardoHernandez-oq7mc]

mvg got me into homebrew, and now im part of the team porting half life to the wii.

[@SoleilPhoenix]

That s awesome bro! Hope someday the nintendo wii gets a port of grezzo 2!

[@vitalsignscritical]

Doesn't MVG mean to say Step Down Transformer, not Step Up Transformer, Step up would mean stepping the power up wouldn't it?

[@BackAlleyKnifeFighter]

Good luck with your work in porting the game to the Wii! I'm gonna check that port out once it releases.

[@awesomeferret]

Thank you so much! Out of curiosity what programming experience do you have? I'm planning on starting a career in software development and am wondering what languages it takes to port games like that. I hear C+ and/or C++ is good for Xbox homebrew but I have no idea about Wii.

[@EduardoHernandez-oq7mc]

@@awesomeferret If I'm honest with you, I have no "formal" programming experience, Google is your best friend, also the wii uses c and some little c++ if I'm not mistaken.

[@MrMario2011]

Playing discs through the Sega CD emulator was definitely a slept on feature! In a way the Xbox was my first Sega CD.

[@SK8RDAD1983]

Hey Mr Mario I wouldn't have a modded xbox if not for your tutorial! Have you tried playing sega cd games on a modded mega drive mini? That's how I've been playing them. They seem to run fine to me but I've got nothing to compare to!

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

Quincunx? Nasty. Useful in its day, but hideous.

[@stevenbenson9976]

I’d love to see native cd support on og Xbox for ps1

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

One thing you dont see, is my OS lightening techniques are really the best ive seen in the public domain. Of course that little not entirely capped at its L3 knees celeron pentium 3 era architecture was fast. It simply had no other random overhead found in todays windows 10. I still remember 10240 and the powers of ram compression termination with an entire task scheduler regedit adventure to trim CPU cycles that had no business eating my almost 2 multipliers worth of benchmarkable proof it wasnt a waste of time. Mind you people pay hundreds extra for binned silicon from the rare and right sources, myself previously included. I may well return to a modern closed from the net ecosystem style build, that ramps gaming efficiency particularly on more ancient machines instead of favoring security since it was at its height of power, was a generalized driver image anyone could install with almost all required changes in advance. 187mhz worth of cycles lifted from mobile haswell i7 measured potential could potentially in the future, be exceeded particularly if I learn the road to changing kernal as we know it. Purely for the sake of optimization. Like a super razor cortex.

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

Gaben has been waiting for the day of The Prophesy that team blues compiler would be sniffed out and in mass, recompiled as SSE3 negotiation through infiltration patching operations. The great x86-x64 mountaintop deities have all collectively foreseen this as soon to pass. Its my way of giving back to the environment from finding new ways painted across the entire growing library to dump electrons into rendering beauty.

[@EXITMUSIC2011]

Still got my hard modded OG XBox, still relevant.

[@brandonnesfan]

Same. I've got a crystal xbox with a modded bios.

[@EngineHeadCW]

Me too. It's been awesome!

[@mizt3r_420]

same, all i need now is an arcade jostick. and maybe a hard drive upgrade .

[@deoxal7947]

Any idea how I can connect to the internet with xbox being in a different room than my router.

[@EXITMUSIC2011]

@@deoxal7947 could try LAN plug sockets (can't remember what they're called)

[@remakeyourself]

Man this takes me back. I was an IS student in college back in 2003-07 and spent many, many, MANY nights up until 3AM on all the Xbox Homebrew forums, downloading nightlies, uploading and modifying files over the FTP via a 100ft Ethernet cable stretched across the dorm room, and blowing everyone's minds at what was possible with my Xbox and the massive 160gb hard drive I had installed. I absolutely used so much of the stuff you worked on MVG, and the OG Xbox was my household's primary media device connected over the network to a PowerMac hosting media until around 2008 or 2009. What a fun console to work on. I love these nostalgia videos, man, keep em' coming!

[@estoyboy]

This is insane, I couldn't even imagine two years after a console drops and I'm emulating games from the previous generation from other manufacturers in 2021, let alone as a kid. I feel like I missed a golden age

[@dungeonseeker3087]

Still got my OG XBOX, its in a modified white chassis, has the blue LED mod on the case and is rocking an X3. Its my pride & joy.

[@luckyrockmore2796]

I obtained a modded xbox years ago for an arcade cab project of mine. I've been looking for someone to put coin-ops on it to finally finish the project. It's currently hard modded with a 350gb hdd. Where's the best place to have this done? Thanks

[@majorgear1021]

HDMI mod?

[@fffrrraannkk]

I still remember the day I realized I could stream music from my pc to my home theater using xbmc. It was the coolest thing ever to me and pretty much unheard of back then. The xbmc devs did everything they could to support as many audio formats as possible. When media streaming started to become mainstream it took quite a while before any paid system could live up to xbmc. Arguably kodi (xbmc) still wins today.

[@vynxent6913]

Back in 2008 xbmc was my main media center. My own little Nextflix service if you will lol

[@cooltebecool]

XBMC was way ahead of it's time. Adding repo's was a game changer being it was my first for an on demand video service

[@NumbHydro]

I have Kodi on an Android TV Box :)

[@Nagol93]

I remember being a kid and hearing stories of the mythical Xbox and its ability to play games from many different consoles. My eyes were filled with amazement back then.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

And MVG made it even better with his development efforts. Thanks MVG!

[@PSVitaat2am]

He breathed new life into the system!

[@faisal_sama9763]

Tech emulation city

[@davem1027]

My roommate in 2006 had a softmodded OG Xbox and blew me away. We had a cat5 running from the Xbox in the the living room to his pc in the dining room which had A whole bunch of movies music, and tv shows. He just had a cpl DVDs burned with a few of the BAED images he got from someone on the Something Awful forums. We had MAME, Neo Geo, CPS1 and 2, and most of the games forthe 8 bit and 16 bit consoles. I was no stranger to emulation but this was the ultimate couch gaming/media setup! Even in 2006 there were streaming video and radio channels on XBMC, it really was revolutionary!

[@JeremyPeeples]

It's impressive to see just how well-crafted the Xbox was where it could stand tall amongst any hardware released 20 years later.

[@chriswiandt4907]

Still my favorite console of all-time. Love opening up the o.g xbox and working on them and doing all sorts of fun stuff with them. Even regular retail units are awesome, one of the best catalogs of games ever, plus 3rd party games from that gen all run best on xbox over ps2, cube. Xbox is massively overlooked for physical game collectors too.

[@solcreate490]

The machine was an absolute beast in 2001. Especially compared to the other consoles. For four years (until 360) it was the only programmable shader console on the market. The only console capable of true DOT3. It was also SIMD on the CPU-side. These advantages are a big reason why it could squeeze by with the Half-Life 2 (physics) and Doom 3 (lighting) ports.

[@klenchr3621]

The og xbox is a substantial piece of awesome.

[@notyetskeletal4809]

This kinda blew my mind in '06. I still have one and am thinking about another. I dont really play games that much at this age but it just feels comforting.

[@fellipeigor3074]

If you're taking suggestions: Retroarch on PS2 has been surprisingly successful. It's amazing what developers can do with these consoles 20 years after they hit the market!

[@jasonpwilson01XFORCE]

I recently got a fully modded original Xbox and am loving it. Truly a great experience.

[@ShawFujikawa]

I’m glad that Microsoft has decided to embrace this emergent part of their video game console scene in recent years.

[@DangerousPictures]

its a pretty smart move. people who crack consoles are pirates and homebew Devs. by allowing homebrew they took away a big factor for cracking consoles

[@LokiTheClever]

@@DangerousPictures That doesn't mean it won't eventually happen anyways

[@DangerousPictures]

@@LokiTheClever i am Not saying it won't Happen. All i am saying ist that they delayed jailbreaking a Lot by allowing homebrew

[@leodzepe]

@@MarcHendry you can buy a developer account and easily emulate games on the new xboxs

[@DangerousPictures]

@@MarcHendry as Leo Said. You can buy a Developer Account for about 20$ and Run your own Code (or Emulators) in a sandboxed Environment on xbox

[@jslay88]

I just want to give a personal thanks for your efforts in the scene. It was ripping apart, hacking, and playing with homebrew on my OG xbox when I was a kid, that pushed me to become the engineer I am today, and I would have never gotten anywhere if the community (I am sure you were involved, looking at you surreal64) wasn't there helping along. I still look at that as the catalyst for showing me what real passion was, and have carried that forward with me into my professional career. Thanks again.

[@semplew]

MVG Homebrew master, talking about homebrew. Like hearing Elvis talking about Rock&Roll. 😁😁

[@kujo0084]

He’s the Elvis of Homebrew

[@wordsmith451]

Try Chuck Berry or, y’know, anybody who was actually original. Elvis existed as a brand more than a person, specifically to whitewash black music so white kids’ parents wouldn’t feel as threatened by it.

[@jackieburkhart3268]

@@wordsmith451 or, you could just chill out.

[@wordsmith451]

@@jackieburkhart3268 or, people could know what they’re talking about instead of propagating or defending ignorance.

[@whosonedphone]

Master might be a bit of a stretch. I would say he is very talented at Teaching, Video Scripting/Production, and Home Homebrew though.

[@TimurGagiev]

Thanks to your tutorial I managed to port my OpenLara project to the og Xbox! :)

[@freakdave]

Congrats!

[@erwinamanciosilva7693]

oh dear we found another legend here, well I'm really a fan of all you independent devs, you are all the most mvp for me, thanks for everything.

[@cloudagnostic]

I remember modding my OG Xbox. There was an hotswap HDD method that I remember like it was yesterday.

[@sardiax]

I remember having to get the PC and the xbox into a suggestive position just to make the cables reach.

[@cloudagnostic]

@@sardiax those were the days! Happy hacking!

[@shadowtheimpure]

@@YoureUsingWordsIncorrectly I remember doing that, up until I found out about TSOP flashing. Once I did that, the locking problem went away forever.

[@zombiebillcosby]

I actually did this recently on my halo edition Xbox. I bought the hard drive on Amazon and swapped it. I love my OG Xbox

[@AaronParkerFTW]

Man, me too. The hotswap softmod was how I did mine. Took a few tries to get it right but I got pretty good at it and modded a couple more for other people over the years. Then it started to become a challenge to find a PC with PATA ports for the HDD :)

[@Jobobn1998]

Man, I love my modded OG Xboxes so much. XBMC is still my gold-standard for media interfacing, and (especially since I soldered in the extra RAM chips to make it 128mb) it's still such a great emulation machine. And that's not to mention amazing games like Stranger's Wrath, Breakdown, Soul Calibur II, and so on.

[@HALFSQUASHED]

Strangers Wrath must be close to being the most underrated game of all time

[@Jobobn1998]

@@HALFSQUASHED Right??

[@RockyC89]

XBMC was a game changer for me. Streaming all my pirated movies to my tv felt like something outta of the distant future.

[@manamaster6]

Over a decade ago there was a small store near my high school that had 2 arcade machines that were in reality an original Xbox with MAME and some homebrew to play Xbox games.

[@geesterfunk]

I have one of these in my pool room, it powers my arcade cabinet! which is just a OG xbox with a x-arcade stick plugged in and the usb for the roller ball plugged into a usb to xbox adaptor and stuck into player 3 port, works great on all roller ball games and the sticks are superb once you change them to competition sticks!

[@bizalicioso8990]

That sounds awesome af.

[@luckyrockmore2796]

That does sound awesome! Where can I get that USB to xbox adapter? I've got a custom built arcade cab using genuine arcade parts but the pcb is from X-arcade...

[@embedoklistube]

Excellent content as always, thanks Demetres. Regards from Cyprus 🇨🇾😀

[@joesalgadSF415]

I remembered breaking my first OG Xbox trying to solder the d0 point. That’s when I first learned how to solder. I bought another and I finally modded it, did a cool paint job on the case and replaced the jewel with clear acrylic and led’s. I love it so much that I still play it with my friends and family members.

[@fffrrraannkk]

Yeah man I still remember the anxiety trying to solder for the first time ever on the xbox, and the feeling of victory when I got it to actually work.

[@asonou]

Same here 🤣

[@ElSelcho77]

This brings back so many memories. I used to mod OG Xboxes for family and friends for mostly XBMC. I modded mine with an IR receiver that let me turn it off and on via the DVD remote! Thank you for making and being part of the emulator scene, many a night were spent playing SNES games on the machine. Unfortunately I lent ot to my brother, never to be seen again. I'll enter the lottery and maybe I'll be lucky :) Cheers from Germany (230V, I'll be fine)

[@spiralarmament7276]

OG Xbox, IRC and xbins were some of my fondest memories with technology.

[@fffrrraannkk]

I know what you mean. Those were the days.

[@rodchan1]

Thank you MVG for the history lessons. I’ve done everything you’ve covered over the years and I always wanted to know how these things were accomplished

[@danmanx2]

MVG, great to see how passionate you are for the OG Box. Sadly, I missed the homebrew xbox scene. I still have mine somewhere in a box. maybe I should take it out and mod it!

[@jpdunphy1]

Take a shot for every time he says “OG X-Box.” You’re dead.

[@chriswiandt4907]

#Homebrewed

[@null301_]

Oh dear, you are dead!

[@freeman5799]

@@null301_ not big surprise

[@kooldogkid149]

I know one guy who did that. He said he woke up in the middle of nowhere

[@Natei]

We will never see a console this open ever again

[@SHUJINCELL]

@Luffy Haki Marineford True. PS3 was more open as it had Other OS out of box.

[@Natei]

@@pikachulovesketchup666 last I checked, pc isn’t a console

[@devinm9605]

ps3 sucks in compariosn you cant even run n64 games on it

[@EndlessFunctionality]

Xbox Series X/S dev mode would like a word with you

[@Natei]

@@EndlessFunctionality dev mode isnt viable long term, Doesnt have nearly as many features, its cool, but its a novelty.

[@VivaEmptiness]

I was watching your older og xbox video this period and it got me to search hard and find my first ever OG Xbox, capacitor removed and all. Hopefully it won't be very hard to replace the stock hard drive with a bigger one and start have fun! Thanks for making such great content. You can tell how much love you've got, advising the winner to watch out for the power of the xbox you're giving away! Always a joy when you put out new videos, especially about the og xbox, you're the best. Take care!

[@dante600]

8:21 Didn't even talk about the fact that he actually was the one who wrote surreal64. I would brag about that for sure lmao

[@Wally17.]

I don’t think it was just him, but yeah. I think he said in another video that it was him and at least one other person that ported Project64 and the others to make Surreal64 for the Xbox.

[@kaitlyn__L]

I had sort of suspected that considering the praise he gave for other projects and then when it came to N64 he was all “well it wasn’t that hard really, just sort of, putting the pieces together”. I got the sense there was sudden humility and surmised maybe he didn’t want to toot his own horn. Edit: of course that could be seen as disparaging someone else’s work I suppose, but he isn’t rly that kinda guy usually, so that’s why I guessed he’d had involvement there.

[@dante600]

@@Wally17. He ported project64 to the Xbox by himself for a competition, the guy who got second place suggested partnering up to make surreal64. So yeah he made it (in a 2 person team)

[@dante600]

@@Wally17. Also P64 isn't surreal64. Surreal is the frontend for 1964, ultraXLE and Project64.

[@UberNoober147]

I legit owe him a beer. Surreal64 was THE emulator from back then for me.

[@JohnJTymn]

Love your stuff bud. Thanks for the opportunity! Peace be with you.

[@OrangutangGang]

I still remember shitting my pants when I saw zsnes being released for the xbox. The compatibility and the skins made for that emulator were so damn cool. I had the original HD cables for the xbox and I was blown away by just how amazing everything looked on the HDTV I had at the time. Even after the Xbox 360 came out, I remember playing Castlevania Symphony of the Night on it and then putting that game on the modded OG Xbox and saw that with the filters it ended up looking better than the 360 version. I also did the same with a few games that were classic games that were released on the Wii and noticed that there was no comparison. The OG Xbox is still a juggernaut for homebrew and has been since I first soft modded it in 2004. Awesome work man. Been a fan since I was a teenager.

[@reagandow850]

Super awesome of you to give away that stunningly beautiful Xbox MVG. Thanks for everything you do for the community.

[@R3DMSR]

This is a bit offtopic, but I recently got curious about how NDS cartridges were dumped and copied because every time you search for it it's tutorials on how to do it on the 3DS. Any chance of a video about cartridge dumpling?

[@travdump209]

NDS cartridges are dumpable via 3DS, but I'm not sure if the NDS/DSi can dump carts on its own.

[@Gogeta007yBro]

Originally you needed special hardware to read and rewrite cards, but I guess the sceners developed homebrew hardware that could dump the ROMs onto the computer for then patching them for flashcards.

[@floppyD]

You could use a flashcard (or WiFiMe) to run NDS Backup Tool and dump over WiFi or use a Slot-2 flashcard.

[@MultiWirth]

On the NDS (lite) it´s impossible. While the game is inserted, you´ll also need a storage device to copy the ROM onto it. Flashcards have a MicroSD card and there´s actually a homebrew app to dump slot2 (GBA) games but the other way around i don´t think this will work. A GBA flashcard might be a possibility but it will have to talk to slot1 and the full DS hardware which isn´t that easy since it´s booting in a GBA sandbox. For DSi it´s actually possible since the device itself has a sd card slot to store files on but idk if there´s a tool for dumping avaiable. On the 3ds there´s godmode9 which can dump both 3ds and ds games.

[@nathanmead140]

Just install luma3ds and godmode9 and hold down start or select (I don't remember which one) tap the power button and it will boot godmode9 into file manager mode then insert your DS or 3DS game card and go into the drive for it and copy the bigger *.nds or *.3ds file from it to your SD card

[@tlingitsoldier]

I remember following instructions to create a USB adapter to copy a file from my computer to the Xbox memory card. Used the Splinter Cell exploit to do my first soft mod. Still have my modded Xbox hooked up to play Steel Battalion. Great video, and appreciate your contributions to the homebrew scene MVG.

[@Bigsam411]

Seeing Evolution X and Xecuter 2 bios show on the screen brought back memories.

[@joshmurphy484]

Got my Xecuter3 Xbox with the LCD screen at a thrift shop years ago, and I have always loved all the flexibility and possibilities for fun gaming experiences that it had. Thank you for pouring time and resources into making the software for modded Xboxs as awesome as it is today.

[@Ebani]

It is the perfect old-school emulator box, that's what the X stands for imo

[@BenjieGrant]

I used to LOVE my Xbox! In 2003 I took it to a modder in San Francisco I found on Craigslist and he installed a modchip, "massive" 120GB hard drive, and faster IDE ribbon cable for enhanced load times. It all ran on the custom Xbox Media Center dashboard. Right away I began ripping games, installing emulators, and transferring over my movie/MP3 collection via FTP. Back then streaming wasn't a thing and finding something to connect to your TV to play all of your movies and songs in an all-in-one box was nearly impossible so the Xbox was a godsend. Everyone who came over was jealous and asked about how I got it set up like that. It was amazing how many good times we had with this little powerhouse.

[@kpervanidis1145]

First Like then Watch...MVG always delivers the goods!

[@Moravia90s]

Great video!!! Here's my story up to this day: I bought my OGXbox in 2005 and it came modded. I was not aware of the whole modding thing but I simply couldnt believe what I had with it. So many things, games, apps. I was able to watch all my PAL dvds without issues, transfer video files to watch in my tv and most amazing of all, replay all the games I once had in my old consoles (which I sold to buy more consoles). Even to this day I STILL use it a lot, to the point of having unplugged newer consoles because OGXbox needs to be ready to play all the time. Great machine and probably one of my top 3 ever.

[@xIDarkSideIx]

Still got my OG Xbox modded with a TX chip slapped coinops on there and a load of other stuff still works a treat to this day

[@luckyrockmore2796]

Which coin ops do you have? I only ask because I've got a hard modded 350 gb hdd xbox and looking for the same for an arcade cab project of mine. 👍👍

[@xIDarkSideIx]

@@luckyrockmore2796 CoinOps 8: Massive

[@bedwablackburn]

Thank you for the opportunity to get this. Good luck to all!

[@bubbadmatt8124]

Weird the timing. Killer Instinct was fixed this past week to a point where there's some setups reaching a steady 60fps on raspberry pi 4

[@Layby2k]

I love your intro theme, sounds so serious and intense. Thanks for the video mate.

[@samza9233]

Nobody: MVG: Have I told you how amazing the original xbox is?

[@edstar83]

okay zoomer

[@samza9233]

@@edstar83 No dont get me wrong, I grew up on the n64 and ps2 and love all the console generations, the OG xbox was just never a system I really heard many people talk about until now.

[@Dache12]

My modded Xbox was amazing in university, back in 2005-2007. Installed XBMC, hooked it up to the shared house network and helped everyone set up a network share with their videos accessible. With those and all the games and emulators installed to a 500GB HDD, it was student living room bliss.

[@MattGamesYT]

I have literally just soft modded a couple of spares I had kicking around using the Rocky V method, ludicrously easy these days! Just an FYI for you guys on Unleash X since this isn't documented well - If you want to change your Standard Splash Screen (when it boots up) then it's located in /E/UDATA/9e115330/0064122817A8 (if you're accessing remote via filezilla FTP) and it's named splash.jpg or UXSplash.jpg depending on the version. You can replace this with any image you like and it'll happily take 1280x720 jpg files. Don't know if this will be useful to anyone but if you want to keep the default skin but change the splash well, there ya go. 👍 Also if you're using the Archive.org games redump, extract them using XDVD Mulleter then copy via ftp, works a treat as they're not read via Qwix.

[@MISSCHAMPAGNE]

So happy you made an updated version! I'm so happy with my newly modded xbox - had it since I was a kid and never realized the potential of it! So much fun!

[@pnvgordinho]

3:02 Got to play Barbie Horse adventures, right after Black.

[@matilija]

Possibly the most underrated and incredibly awesome piece of hardware to ever be released to the mainstream public. The OG Xbox was so much better than it's contemporaries at the time of release and still only came in a distant second, it's almost criminal that it didn't sell better based on what it was and still is capable of.

[@peraknut]

Original xbox is dear to my heart and a awesome machine. 😀

[@exVengeance]

Because of this channel, I got an OG Xbox for the first time in my life Xmas 2019. Whilst I don't play it everyday, its great to have a emulation box hooked up to a CRT.

[@YosefASelim]

I recall the Dreamcast being able to play the entire NeoGeo library at full speed... I can't remember the coder's name, as it was looooong ago, but he wrote a script that would only partially load a ROM into memory and progressively load more/replace as needed. If I'm remembering wrong though, well, haha. Whoops.

[@mynameisAirport]

This was a major nostalgia hit. Thank you for the video and your work on the OG Xbox. I softmodded my xbox using the memory card hack with splinter cell when I was 14, and had it set up to dual boot with surreal64, xbmc (with the OG 360 dashboard theme), and even figured out how to ftp into the hard drive and modify the maps from the Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack. I modified the weapons on Containment so the sniper rifle was automatic, the shotgun shot a burst of rockets, and the warthog horn shot a tank shell. I loved working on that machine and had a total blast with it. I had left it at home when I went off to college and sadly when I returned home, it was stuck in a bootloop asking me to connect to xbox live to update. Even if I could connect to xbox live, the OG Xbox live servers had already been shut down. So my xbox was retired.

[@Mark_is]

Not so sure why you included that raspberry pi argument at the end, I don't think anyone would argue buying an OG xbox over an RPi nowadays, great video as always though

[@DriveCancelDC]

It's often still cheaper to buy an original Xbox than a Pi4 with the accessories needed, the setup is easier and if you want to use it with a CRT, it's definitely cheaper and the Xbox doesn't have any issues with the image being cut off on a CRT. It's also a great networked media player & DVD player to go along with a CRT. I like to use mine to watch 4:3 shows Scrubs (pre-season 8 or w/e).

[@NeoTeAika]

Just been setting my system up for a 4 player splitscreen night this Wednesday, perfect timing!

[@shadowtheimpure]

Splitscreen is a lot more fun on a 60" TV, isn't it?

[@lordxmugen]

Xbox OG. the greatest console made with by human hands. Such an amazing System and such a great time to be a gamer.

[@MattBooth]

I grabbed an OG xbox last year in October after watching your other video about the OG Xbox. It reinvigorated my interest in collecting "retro" consoles. Ended up getting and home brewing a Phat PS2, a lovely PAL Crystal Xbox which I've soft modded, a PS1 which is untouched (just cleaned up). I already had a Wii, GameCube and Megadrive from before. I'm looking at a new OLED 4k TV soon and will also be looking at some of the HDMI mods for some of these consoles.

[@2007excalibur2007]

14:05 step down* c:

[@ozonesama]

Yep! 230 V AC main voltage here in France. I have such a step down transformer for my Japanese Sega Saturn. Gonna try my luck at winning that Original X-Box. Good luck to all the participants.

[@hycron1234]

It would be easier to change the PSU, honestly, you can do it in your sleep. 🙂

[@zerokunai410]

I watched this 3 times already today, I’m obsessed with these videos

[@TheUberdude187]

Dang I've just started to recollect all the old systems I had growing up and massively regret throwing three og xboxes away a couple years ago. Especially now as the price to buy them back is getting silly.

[@chriswiandt4907]

You can find great deals for original xbox consoles on eBay, many bundled with oem controllers and several games for $50-100

[@AaronParkerFTW]

I can't put my finger on why but there's something really cool about the OG Xbox and it's still fun to tinker with today. I upgraded the hard drive in mine for the second time just a couple years ago, and was pleased to find that there is still indeed an active community for when you have questions. Before cheap and powerful streaming boxes/ dongles, using XBMC to play DVD ISOs from my PC over the network was how I watched movies for years. Good times.

[@mydogzty]

Im in aus melbourne, no freaking way just before midnihgt this video comes out another one about xboxb modding geez, all my answers are answered through you thanks so much.

[@wobblysauce]

Same, been a PC person and never had a console newer than MegaDrive.

[@mydogzty]

@@wobblysauce Xbox is pretty amazing userbiltlty wise, prefer modded 360 and ps1 emulator on it, recently acquired one

[@ssj3axll]

Soft Modding My OGX in 2016 was a struggle for the fact that most of the resources i had were different from guides eventually i found a guy that had everything up-to-date. OGX has been a wonderful emulator machine.

[@chic0ur]

Mine makes strange HDD sound and dvd belt is broken. I have to find a way to clone the HDD inside to replace it before it dies

[@chriswiandt4907]

Dvd belt you can buy a 2 pack from ebay replacement and it takes under 5 minutes to replace. HDD issue- www.ogxbox.com/forums/index.php?/topic/3003-cloning-original-xbox-hdd-using-the-pc/

[@michigansoundwizard]

I've been in the homebrew world since Llamma and Xbox-Scene. These videos are the reason I've been a subscriber. I love my original Xbox. Thank you MVG.

[@6581punk]

Homebrew would rule out unofficial commercial software. Activision would be the first if commercial software was allowed, back on the Atari VCS.

[@moe282]

Thanks for all your hard efforts back in the OG Xbox days, was so excited to buy your Shantae release from LRG.

[@johneygd]

Next, come with a topic at how nes is emulated in beta stage on snes trough nested software, few games do already run pretty well.

[@Yordleton]

Some of my best memories were wowing my friends with modded Halo 2 maps I had made, we'd have so much fun messing around in multiplayer with glitches and modded maps! Thank you so much for letting me live down memory lane. I remember very vividly seeing the softmod installer screen after booting the custom Splinter Cell save file and thinking I was some kind of god-hacker (I wasn't, it was pretty easy lol!). I know for a fact I would not be half as computer literate as I am today if it weren't for messing with OG XboX.

[@savagegamer81013]

MVG is growing hair on his head. Am I the only one who noticed

[@Joshuah24]

just recently re got an original xbox monday im softmodding it as soon as i get my flashdrive in, i love the old memorys that came flooding back, as its next to impossible to get newer consoles right now, this makes it better for me to be able to play games, and have fun in 2021,

[@rustymixer2886]

We need 6 button xbox controller styled like saturn pad for my homebrew fighters

[@luckyrockmore2796]

Mod a controller into a homemade fight stick. It's an awesome project! 👍👍

[@rustymixer2886]

@@luckyrockmore2796 I'm not good at that. You'd think after 2 decades somebody would sell them cuz there even 6 button dreamcast controllers

[@steven-vn9ui]

Absolute beast of a system. I had mine with the xecutor chip. Loved using it for emulation and back ups. I remember xbins - it felt so covert at the time. Great fun!

[@antoniotorres464]

I mess up mines, trying to change the capacitors, I need a new MB.

[@PulpVision]

Thanks for another great XBOX retrospective! Had it not been for you videos and Mr. Mario's tuts, my interest in revisiting the OG Box may not have happened. 20 years and still an emulation beast!!

[@ezzmonster84]

As Much as I’d love MVG’s OG, I can’t enter, I have 5 at home at the moment and that would be me just being pure greedy.

[@bryanreed107]

I've had my MtDew Xbox since the beginning and I had it as my main media player/game system for damn near a decade. Thank you for your contributions to the scene back in the day. I still have it but rarely boot it since hi-def video has become standard and it could no longer be used for a local media player.

[@lamario]

I just recently lost all my gaming systems, the biggest losses are my modded ps vita and oh Xbox.

[@MrCumstein]

What happened?

[@lamario]

@@MrCumstein I moved everything into an RV which was then stolen.

[@MrCumstein]

@@lamario Damn, I’m sorry to hear that.

[@lamario]

@@MrCumstein Thanks, that's life, I guess.

[@InfectedChris]

It's still at my mom's place a couple states over, but I do have a modded Xbox from back in the day with the 128MB RAM. I used that thing for everything. Media streaming, ripping games, and building Halo multiplayer maps were some of my best memories with it. There was very recently released a full running version of KI/KI2 using Twister OS.

[@robykalilla553]

Hombew, when you drink too much beer

[@MrLurchsThings]

Streets of Rage Remake is still a standout for me and always seems to get forgotten.

[@Pixelcraftian]

I never owned the original XBOX, but I've always been a little unsettled by the main UI.

[@epicfaceboy4e585]

I own one and it was pretty unsettling when I was a kid, but nowadays I love it

[@Galgomite]

Was just playing my modded OG Xbox yesterday- it is an MVP!

[@noratube123]

homebew

[@armyofninjas9055]

As an OG softmodded xbox user (running multiple dashes), thanks for your xbox releases. :) These days, I just use a Pi. But I loved my xbox back in the day.

[@jpdunphy1]

Ain't no boo like a Homebew, because Homebew's leave their r's outside.

[@plutoniumshore]

I never played the OG xbox as an OG xbox. My first xbox was bought brand new and within 24 hours had an upgraded HDD and Xecuter chip. Still have it to this day!

[@pippo_san4511]

Please MVG, update xbmc 😂

[@qlum]

Using the old version was probably mostly to show how it used to be.

[@1UpJohn]

Thank you very much for this video! I'm late to the scene! I just got an original Xbox recently for the 1st time and have been diving into its library. I haven't modded it yet but was thinking about it. Your video was helpful in showcasing what could be done!

[@sega-re-trop-vieux]

Xbox with 720p... not for me in Europe 😤. This is one huge reason that I don’t love the Xbox ( I don’t hate it neither but not the best feeling)

[@karioken]

Seeing the EvoX Dashboard brings back memories. My friend and I were huge Xbox fans at the time and we both had a modded Xbox. We both hacked/cracked/modified the hell out of the console. Imagine two young teenagers walking into a game rental store, extracting ISOs and modifying some game content so that we can do crazy things (Flying the banshee in Halo, etc.) We digged into the console, checked out hacker forums with our basic knowledge of English, programmed some things, helped others in the German-speaking scene etc. Also we used GameSpy tunnel software to play games online. Hell, we even used a LAN cable in a residential building just to have some system link matches with friends :D Nowadays we would be called "data miners", "data scientists", "hardware analysts" - but back then we were simply two foolish teenagers who wanted to run all games on the Xbox!

[@paulpaniccia6626]

No mention of the mod community's hardware mods for 128mb mem upgrades and even showed a media player with the 1.4ghz p3 running @ 1.5ghz to allow proper use of some of the stuff mentioned. Though both these mods are not required to continue to utilize these old consoles for grate custom uses that were shown. Currently the hardest to find is the interposer boards for the 1.4Ghz cpu upgrade as they have had production stopped and those modders moved onto other projects. Grate vid none the less and I'm sure there is someone out there that's very lucky to have won the OG Modded Xbox you sent out!

[@jeissonrojas5208]

I really love the Og Xbox scene, back in the 2000's I really want with all my heart a Xbox but unfortunnally I couldn't get it. But some years later I've could buy one and try some of the emus on the video, and offcourse I become in a completly fan of the Og Xbox. Years later i've knew that MVG was Lantus and OMG its like to get know one of your idols. Thanks for tons hours of fun man!