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November 2004

SmartJoy FRAG In The Spotlight
Posted on Tuesday, November 30 2004

News from Lik Sang

Here we go with the latest update about the booming SmartJoy FRAG. SmartJoy FRAG is a unique adapter that allows you to connect standard PS/2 compatible mice and keyboards to your PlayStation®2 or Xbox® console. You will be able to enjoy First-Person Shooters (FPS), or any other game where targeting is important, the way they are meant to be played.

Both versions, for PlayStation®2 and Xbox®, are fully programmable and come with pre-installed key configurations for the best games available on PlayStation®2 and Xbox®. Advanced features such as Deadzone adjustments and mouse control inversion guarantee best gaming experience with your favorite titles.

The Sales and Shipping Rush

Ever since its launch, the SmartJoy FRAG has been so popular that delivered quantity could only fulfill recorded pre-orders. Sold out for weeks, some early customers took their chance and sold their units on eBay between $75 and $100 to desperate gamers. With the latest production run of the SmartJoy FRAG (both versions), Lik Sang was finally able to clear all pre- and back-orders and to keep a few in stock. If you were wondering when the hell you could just click'n'get the Smartjoy FRAG without waiting in line for it, now is your big chance. According to sales stats, the units will be gone within a few days and the next stock is supposed to arrive not earlier than middle of December.

The Customers' Love and the Fanbase

So far, the SmartJoy FRAG has been shipped to plenty of living rooms all across the planet, and also to several gaming press offices. The response is simply unbelievable, and both Lik Sang and the Smartjoy Team wish to thank everybody for this wonderful reception! Our loyal yet unbiased customers rate the SmartJoy FRAG for Xbox (based on 20 reviews so far), while the PS2 version is approved at the maximum as well, with 6 opinion posts in total.

The Media Frenzy

Except if you were on the moon or locked in a Reality TV show for the last three months, you probably noticed the press buzz about the SmartJoy FRAG throughout the international video games and technology newslines. After giants IGN and GameSpot, editors from the entire world are now raving about the SmartJoy's latest installment. The SmartJoy FRAG is quickly becoming the killer-app in the FPS-lover arsenal. If you can't beat them, join them!

Console Skins
Posted on Monday, November 29 2004

Just came across a site that has Skins for just about every console going including Xbox, PS2, PSTwo, Gamecube, GBA(SP) and Nintendo DS, the skins come in every colour you could imagine, check them out Here.

Premodded Xbox Seller in Europe
Posted on Thursday, November 25 2004

Do you live in Europe (not UK) then if your looking for a seller of Premodded Xbox Consoles, i can recommend a site that sells Crystal Xbox premodded with the Xenium ICE Modchip, that site is Nathell.com and they sell them at a cheap price.

They also sell a premodded xbox with a 160gb Hard drive fitted.

Buy your Premodded Xbox from Here

Xbox Spider Chip In Stock
Posted on Thursday, November 25 2004

The new Solderless Modchip for all Xboxs including the new Xbox 1.6 is now in stock at Divineo UK

Xbox Spider Chip ONLINE !
Posted on Tuesday, November 23 2004

News from Divineo USA

The only solderless solution for V1.6 Xbox is finally here: The Spider chip.

We are taking orders and will start to deliver on Thursday 25th of November!

Xbox Xbit 1.6 Adapter now in stock...
Posted on Sunday, November 21 2004

Divineo USA have posted this news:

Xbox Xbit 1.6 Adapter now in stock!
To install your Xbit on a V1.6 Xbox, you need this simple adapter. It also makes the installation much easier.

Only compatible with the new Xbit (the version Divineo is selling)

Buy yours from Divineo USA

Team Xodus Update
Posted on Friday, November 19 2004

Christmas Surprises?
You bet! We would not be Team Xodus if we did not have anything up our sleeves.
To be honest we have really been encouraged at the very positive response and many compliments we have been receiving of late from happy customers, installers and developers alike. We are rated the number one chip out there with the number one Operating System for many good reasons, including unparalleled features, stability, reliability, build quality, ease of use and installation, to name but a few! It seems that the policy of doing things properly, taking our time and ensuring quality is key has really paid off. Having been around for almost a year and proving time and again that we are, and will continue to be, second to none really does count in this industry. We are extremely proud of our own Xenium OS and the fact that it is passing test after test with flying colors such as the recent issues with 1.6b compatibility which were no problem at all for the Xenium OS and of course the ever reliable (unless you are a cloner) ACT. Our OS is not only very stable and relatively bug free but, as promised, allows us the flexibility and opportunity for greater development and the addition of new and unique features. So, in short, the accolades and praise our Xenium OS is receiving is not mentioned here to gloat or boast but to let you know that we are grateful for the commentary and are encouraged to develop and innovate at a greater pace. With such a strong platform from which to launch we are certain to reach heights never thought possible before!!

In the Hardware department, there is the obvious co-operation with Xtender to look forward to as well as many eye opening developments one of which will be guaranteed to cure you of that serious case of arachnophobia :)

http://www.teamxodus.com/

New Xbox Live sign-up promotion offers free games for referrals !
Posted on Thursday, November 18 2004

Microsoft has announced details of its latest promotion for the Xbox Live online gaming service, with the firm offering a free Xbox game to existing members who persuade a friend to sign up.

The promotion runs from now until the end of January, and is open to Xbox Live members in European countries who get their friends to sign up a paid subscription to the service.

Xbox Live has been receiving its toughest workout yet in the past week, thanks to the launch of the Live-enabled Halo 2, while football fans are keenly awaiting the arrival of Pro Evolution Soccer 4 on the platform next week.

However, the list of games on offer in the promotion doesn't include Halo 2 - instead, gamers can choose from recent titles including Fable and Sudeki, or older games such as Ninja Gaiden, Rallisport Challenge 2, Project Gotham Racing 2, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Counter-Strike, Midtown Madness 3, or Links 2004.

The Xbox Live service now has well over a million players worldwide, and has formed a core part of Microsoft's promotion for the Xbox console since it launched around a year after the arrival of the platform itself.

Xbox Hori Fighting Stick
Posted on Friday, November 12 2004

Success HK have posted a new Xbox Fighting stick controller on their site, heres the scoop:

Product Features

Officially licensed fighting stick
From the Japanese manufacturer HORI
Suitable for all Xbox fighting games
True arcade feeling
Suitable for Xbox Live

USD 53.29 is the price.

DosXbox v8
Posted on Thursday, November 11 2004

Xport has released a new version of the 286/386 pc emu for the Xbox, heres whats new:

Fixed support for USB connectors on your joypad upper/lower memory card slots.

More info about this emulator Here

Crystal LE Xbox fitted with X2.6 Lite !
Posted on Thursday, November 11 2004

Mr Modchips have today updated their site with news that they have the Premodded Crystal Xbox with the Xecuter 2.6 Lite Modchip fitted in stock for Ł159.00.

Buy yours while they still are in stock from Mr Modchips

Halo 2 US sales top $125 million; UK retail celebrates successful launch
Posted on Thursday, November 11 2004

Microsoft corporate VP Peter Moore appears to have underestimated the first-day sales of Halo 2 in North America, which are reported today to have topped $125 million, while retailers in the UK are celebrating a hugely successful midnight launch for the title.

"I''m calling a $100 million day on Halo today," Moore told an investor's conference earlier this week - but new estimates from Microsoft suggest that 2.38 million units have been sold through in North America on the launch day, totalling over $125 million in sales.

That makes Halo 2 into easily the fastest-selling media product ever in the United States, another major victory for the videogames industry which builds on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' recent trouncing of UK videogame and box office records alike.

The launch of Halo 2 in the UK, meanwhile, has proved a huge success - with many stores opening at midnight last night to meet demand from gamers for the hugely anticipated Xbox exclusive title.

"It's been a great night," enthused Alex Croft, buying director for leading UK retail chain GAME. "We opened 120 GAME stores at midnight, and they were full of fans queuing to buy Halo 2. We've been in this industry a long time - and know how important it is to customers that they can buy blockbuster titles like Halo 2 or San Andreas the second they're released."

"When you see thousands of people outside your stores in the middle of the night, you realise what a massive audience our industry now has," he continued. "It's excellent to see so many people getting so excited about new games."

Microsoft planning three versions of Xbox 2, claim reports
Posted on Thursday, November 11 2004

The next-generation Xbox console may come in three different versions, according to a report today which claims that the firm plans to launch versions with and without a hard drive in 2005, and a fully functional PC / Xbox 2 combination in 2006.

Technology website The Inquirer reports that an NDA'd presentation given by Microsoft to analysts and market researchers in the UK pointed to the existence of three hardware versions, with two of them launching next autumn.

Xbox Next and Xbox Next HD would largely be functionally identical, but the latter of the pair features a hard drive and offers increased functionality as a result - which could be anything from Xbox backward compatibility (which the basic model could not offer due to the lack of a hard drive) to media jukebox functions or TIVO-style video recording.

In itself, that's not an entirely unlikely scenario, and indeed, Sony is expected to offer two different models of PlayStation 3 as well - one a basic "games only" device, and another with a hard drive and extended media centre functionality.

Indeed, Microsoft has already told developers not to rely on the presence of a hard drive for their games, but has curiously failed to rule out the possibility that a drive could be present. Theories for this range from an internal debate at Microsoft about the cost to benefit ratio of the hard drive, through to the remote possibility of the hard drive being sold as an optional extra - on balance, the idea of two versions of Xbox 2, with and without hard drive, seems eminently more reasonable.

The third version of the Xbox being touted by today's reports, however, is a rather more unexpected beast - titled Xbox Next PC, it combines the Xbox 2 with an entry-level PC which would run a media-focused verison of Windows, run standard PC software and games, and include a CD burner, wireless keyboard and mouse.

This system would not launch until Autumn 2006, and aside from the question about whether it really exists at all or not (a similar system which integrated PC functionality into the Xbox was widely reported on about three years ago, but never saw the light of day and may have simply been an elaborate hoax), there's also a major question mark over how such a system would work - since the Xbox 2 is based on PowerPC G5 processors, which won't run the Windows operating system, let alone PC games.

It's possible that a version of Microsoft's VirtualPC software, which allows Apple Macintosh users to run Windows operating systems under emulation on their PowerPC based systems, could be used to provide at least basic functionality - or PC hardware could be built into the console alongside the existing Xbox hardware, driving costs up but providing much better performance and reliability.

Either way, the possibility of multiple versions of Xbox Next will certainly make Bill Gates' keynote speech at CES in early January, where he's expected to publicly unveil the console, even more interesting.

Retro Flash Carts & Review
Posted on Wednesday, November 10 2004

Most scenes start off with emulation then move onto homebrew, well today GBAX.com have posted news of Flash (Development) Carts for Retro systems like SNES, Megadrive, Genesis, 32x, Sega Master System/Game Gear & PC Engine have been released.

Also they have posted a review of the Classic Flash Carts, heres a small excerpt:

This is somthing which could not have came sooner for all us retro fans! Flash carts for the Megadrive/Genesis/SNES/Master system & PC-Engine. I'm going to review the Megadrive one, but they are all essentially the same.

The Megadrive carts come in 2 flavours 32M and 64M, the latter also supporting the doomed 32X addon. The SNES one comes in just the 64M size, the Sega Master system & PC engine come as 32M.

If you're like me and collect the old games you will probably not like using them incase of damage - I just don't like having the original carts out their boxes at all. So no more worrying about damaging your collected games when playing them, just back them up to this cart instead and begin playing!

Firstly MD, SNES, SMS and PCE games are small - so 64M in these terms is massive, you can fit about 10 Roms on at once, only the very last MD & SNES games from the late 1990's began to creep up in size, I found one which was 24M but thankfully most are 1M to 8M. So I hurredly recreated my old Megadrive collection and slammed it into the cart slot and fired the old girl up! Greeted by a nice menu screen I went from game to game on the big screen TV like I was 10 years old again, these games really come to life on the original system! I then sat for a totally geekish 4 hours playing every game I remembered for 5 mins at a time before I remembered another I wanted to play again!

Microsoft Banning Modded Xboxen
Posted on Wednesday, November 10 2004

Since the release of Halo 2 (ed: and just before), Microsoft has been banning modified Xboxes from Xbox Live. Some have even been banned with their mod-chips turned off. Previously many users had been able to use Xbox Live provided they disabled their mod-chip. There are a few theories floating around as to how MS is doing this: from scanning the hard-drive for non-MS material to being able to check if the DVD-drive/Hard-disk serial number is from stock or not

Smart Frag The Ultimate Weopen
Posted on Wednesday, November 10 2004

For unreconstructed PC FPS fans console shooters always present particular problems. Admirable though the DualShock and Controller S are, they can never quite offer quite the same speed and precision that PC gamers enjoy, reared (some would say spoiled) as we have been on a diet of WASD keyboards, ultra fast Razor mice and specialist speedy mousemats.
What's a PC guy to do then faced with the awesome prospect of some Halo 2 multiplayer? Forsake everything we know and give in to the heresy of a controller pad? No, you underestimate us, for thanks to the handy SmartJoy FRAG you can jack a keyboard and mouse directly into your Xbox and play Bungie's masterpiece in not quite the way its makers intended.

And it's not just Halo 2 that benefits from the FRAG - the piece of kit comes in PS2 and Xbox flavours and comes pre-loaded with control presets for 8 games on each system.

Practically, the FRAG is easy enough to get started. You just plug into the front of your console, attach a mouse and keyboard and away you go. Well... not quite. Although the SmartJoy FRAG has a number of decent default settings, it doesn't for the moment come with a Halo 2 default setup.

Another problem is that console FPSs are designed around joysticks, and thus are designed to react to steady pressure rather than quick jerks - imagine the process of turning 180 degrees with an analogue stick in Halo 2 compared to the instant swivel you can produce with a mouse. The SmartJoy FRAG's on top of it, though. With a little patience and the odd expletive you can custom-map keys, tickle Deadzones into check, and massage sensitivity settings to perfection. Suffice to say, after a little ongoing tweaking, teasing and experimentation, you'll soon be ready - or at least ready enough - to rumble.

And once you're actually in a multiplayer Halo 2 session, it really does give you that old familiar FPS PC feeling. We're not saying it's going to instantly make you into a Halo 2 god and rule every console cowboy out there, but with the SmartJoy FRAG enabled console players will be able to enjoy mouse-like levels of aiming accuracy and PC players will feel a whole lot more comfortable in Bungie's new multiplayer universe.

Halo 2 to sell 100Million$ worth in One day
Posted on Wednesday, November 10 2004

Bungie's killer Xbox sequel Halo 2 finally hit retail in the US yesterday, and Microsoft was quick to jump in with the announcement that it expects - well, maybe that should be 'expected' - that the hotly anticipated game would hit $100 million in its first day on sale.
According to a report on Reuters, Microsoft corporate vice president in Microsoft's games division Peter Moore said in the Harris Nesbitt investment conference held in New York yesterday that: "I'm calling a $100 million day on 'Halo'".

Moore said he expected that $78 million of the $100 million mark would be generated through pre-sales - around 1.5 million units of Halo 2 were pre-ordered before day of release. Considering also that copies were flying off shelves within hours of the game going on sale in the US, his prediction is likely to prove accurate - give or take a few thousand dollars here and there, no doubt.

And Moore's wasn't the only Microsoft voice to reverberate around the globe on Halo 2's launch day yesterday. Bill Gates reportedly commented that :"In the first 24 hours we'll have an opening that's [more] popular than any motion picture has ever had in history."

Jeff Griffiths, EB Games CEO, who along with Peter Moore was also presenting at the Harris Nesbitt investment conference, spoke of the impact of the sequel on the retail company: "We think that this will be the biggest launch in the history of EB, perhaps the biggest launch in the history of video games," he said.

Meanwhile, industry analysts predict that sales of Halo 2 will eventually reach around 10 million units, estimating that around half that amount will be sold in the first month of release.

DOSXBox v7 !
Posted on Tuesday, November 9 2004

Xport has updated his 286/386 PC emulator for the xbox, heres whats new :

Autoexec lines were no longer being automatically created in v6. This is fixed.
Added support for USB connectors on your joypad upper/lower memory card slots. Unfortunately I cannot test this, so someone will need to let me know if this works or not.

More info on this emulator Here

Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition News !
Posted on Tuesday, November 9 2004

News from Lik Sang

Halo 2 is finally here. And it's a monster. But what the makers of Halo 2 would never have expected is now possible: Play Halo 2 with Keyboard and Mouse. The SmartJoy FRAG Keyboard and Mouse Adapter has been extensively tested with Halo 2 and will boost your gaming experience to a new level. To celebrate the launch, Halo 2 is available in four different versions, including lots of stock of the Limited Collector's Edition for a very special price of US$ 34.90 only (Free Shipping Worldwide). Please understand that this offer is valid only until all the stock is gone.

Halo 2: The Biggest Xbox Release Ever

Halo 2 is the sequel to Halo - the best-selling Xbox game to date. Halo 2's plot sees Master Chief and Cortana returning to Earth in an attempt to stop the onslaught of the Covenant, a terrifyingly aggressive alien civilization, bent on the conquest and destruction of any species that dares defy them. Master Chief will be called on to save the greatest prize in the Human colonies - Earth itself.

The sequel includes many of the features players have been asking for, including all-new graphics, new environments and locations, new weapons, vehicles and full support for Xbox Live multiplayer action. Downloadable content should ensure that the game continues to entertain and involve players for a long time to come.

New features like dual-wielding, destructible environments and vehicle boarding change the Campaign and Multiplayer modes dramatically, while still retaining the core gameplay that made Halo an Xbox favorite. The highly involving game plot also features plenty of twists and surprises.

We have uploaded the Halo 2 user guide in Acrobat Reader format (straight from Bungie.net) to our servers. Click on the following link to take a look:

• Download the Halo 2 Manual (4.6MB, right click to save)

Lik Sang made sure to have spare stock of the Limited Collectors Edition, which was originally only available for pre-orders. Please note that the Asian version is NTSC/J encoded and the US version is NTSC/U encoded, please make sure your Xbox can play it. The exclusive Limited Collector's Edition comes in a metal case and includes the following:

• The Making of Halo 2: Behind the Scenes of Bungie Studios.
• Featurettes on Game Design, Animation, Music and More.
• Deleted Cinematics and Characters
• Art Gallery: From Concept to game
• Commentaries from the Development Team
• And much, much more.

SmartJoy FRAG: Keyboard and Mouse on Xbox® and PlayStation®2

Halo 2 plays great with the SmartJoy FRAG and has been extensively tested online and offline. The adapter features an extension slot right on top of the unit for a headset. We have even received word from the developers, that the latest shipment of the SmartJoy FRAG includes a custom preset dedicated to Halo 2 so you can start through right away.

SmartJoy FRAG took the videogame community by storm in the past weeks. The SmartJoy FRAG is an adapter that allows Xbox® and PlayStation®2 owners to connect a mouse and a keyboard to the console and replace the standard controller with the well known PC combo that has been the envy of many console gamers for years.

Due to its popularity, SmartJoy FRAG was sold out for weeks and is supposed to be back in stock in a matter of days. Make sure to use express shipping and put Halo 2 on ice in worst case - it really pays!

Buy 2 Units for a FREE SmartJoy X or SmartJoy PLUS (worth $12.90)

For a limited time only, if you buy 2 units of SmartJoy FRAG for Xbox, you will get a free SmartJoy X USB Adapter (for Xbox Controller) or a free SmartJoy PLUS USB Adapter (for PlayStation2 Controller). One of both will be added to your order automatically, depending if you buy the Xbox version or the PS2 version of the SmartJoy FRAG.

Halo 2 could give Xbox a profitable quarter
Posted on Monday, November 8 2004

This week's launch of Halo 2 is not only Microsoft's most important game launch of the year - it could also drive sufficient software sales to give the firm's Home and Entertainment division its first profitable quarter since the arrival of the Xbox.

The arrival of Bungie's sequel to the best-selling title on the platform marks a key point in Microsoft's efforts to wrest market share from rival Sony, and will be vital to building up the company's credibility as a console manufacturer ahead of the arrival of its next-generation platform next year.

In the more immediate term, though, Halo 2 could potentially sell sufficient units to put Microsoft's Home and Entertainment Division, which houses the Xbox project, in the black for the December quarter according to comments attributed to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter in a Mercury News feature.

The division has lost several billion dollars on the Xbox project to date, making Microsoft's struggle to gain a foothold in the games industry into an extremely expensive venture, and in the most recent quarter showed losses of $273 million.

However, Halo 2 could easily sell around five million units according to Pachter's estimates, generating around $200 million in sales for the division, while if half of the Xbox installed base buys the title, sales could reach $400 million. Almost 1.5 million units have already been pre-ordered in North America alone, according to some estimates.

Combined with the falling cost of manufacturing the Xbox hardware, this could be enough to drive the division into profit for the quarter - although perversely, stronger Xbox hardware sales make profitability harder to reach, since the company is still believed to be making a significant loss on each hardware unit sold.

If Microsoft can manage to give the Home and Entertainment division at least one quarter in the black, it will be a major coup for the company - which has been criticised by some commentators for gaining only a 15 per cent market share of the games industry while continuing to make significant losses on the Xbox every quarter.

DOSXBox v6 !
Posted on Sunday, November 7 2004

Xport released a new version of DOSXBox which is a 286/386 PC Emulator for the Xbox.

Heres whats new:

* Every file gets a unique configuration regardless of whether or not the filename is unique. This fixes the configuration problems where different games have the same executable filename (e.g. play.exe ). This also fixes the screenshot filenames.
* Added configuration option to enable VSync. This should fix the screen tearing but performance will suffer with it enabled.
* Added ability to map the following keyboard keys:
+Num Lock
+Scroll Lock
+PrintScreen
+Pause/Break
* Added ability to use light gun as a mouse pointer

More info about DosXbox Here

Xbox Live Arcade available now
Posted on Saturday, November 6 2004

Microsoft launched its Xbox Live Arcade service today. The service brings retro and original games to Xbox Live users sans discs and packaging. Subscribers can download a select group of titles over Xbox Live and have the charge billed directly to their Xbox Live account. The titles will range from $9.99 for basic games to $19.99 for "fully features titles." Gamers looking to use the service will need to get their hands on a launch CD, available from Microsoft for a $4.99 shipping and handling fee. Launch titles for Xbox Live Arcade include Ms. Pac Man, Bejeweled, Super Collapse 2, Ricochet Lost Worlds, Dangerous Mines, Hardwood Solitaire, and Namco Vintage, which includes Dig Dug, Pole Position, and Galaga.


For a limited time, the launch disc will include a free copy of Ms. Pac Man. Microsoft plans to add new titles spanning multiple genres every month.

Team Xodus Welcomes Xtender Aboard
Posted on Friday, November 5 2004

Team Xodus would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome aboard our friends at Team Xtender. Our co-operation agreement to develop unique and exciting advancements and enhancements for the Xbox is already well underway with new and exciting hardware and software features scheduled for release in the near future.

As many of you may have already noticed, this co-operation will be as interactive and transparent as possible so as to involve all of you in as many stages as we can, (after all we are developing for you are we not?) Phase one of our planned series of competitions is going extremely well with over 700 entries received so far. There is no limit to the number of entries allowed so we encourage you to submit as many ideas as you can think of. Help us find a name for this new, unique product.
We will be updating you regularly with new competitions as well as planned features for our product, so get involved and stay in touch.

Thanks to our loyal wholesalers, retailers and fans for the sponsorship, advice and encouragement. Thanks, once again and welcome to Team Xtender. Lastly, thanks must go to all of you for your participation thus far and for the tremendous support!

Xbox v1.6B News
Posted on Friday, November 5 2004

It seems there is some fool spreading rumours that we are telling lies about v1.6B to cover up issues with alleged faulty Xecuter chips. Well done to the nameless moron who continues her crusade in slandering Xecuter's efforts. Here is some follow up discoveries since we asked for input for the general public.
We have confirmed feedback from a number of people using v1.6B - using X2.6, X3, Xenium, Smartxx, Aladdin and DUOX2 so far. I am sure Xodus and the other makers will confirm this too in the next day or so. All chips had EvoX_M8 v16 flashed (X3 was tested with X3 bios and Evox M8 16) All same results of locking up and freezing at flubber or freezing in games.
All mods work perfect when flashed with MS 5838 Bios (Originals of course) demonstrating that the mod hardware is fine.

So far we have found the "v1.6B" to be very random indeed - results in 3 areas.
1. Xbox Freezes during flubber sequence.
2. Xbox boots fine but freezes during games.
3. Absolutley no problems whatsoever.

We have 6 of these boxes so far in our hands that are confirmed crashing at flubber (6 faulty out of a batch of 20 with the same date - the 14 were perfectly fine as normal). All dates range between 13-09 and 17-09. The strange anomoly is in the process of being investigated.

Thats from Team Executer

Team Xecuter About ModChip Clones
Posted on Friday, November 5 2004

A little off topic but we feel we should comment on the recent news of fake Xeniums once again surfacing.
We know how much hard work goes into designing something as advanced as a 4th Gen Xbox modchip and for someone to produce a cheap copy of it in order to make a fast buck is not only bad for the scene in general but bad for future development as it hits the relevant teams profits hard - profits which are ploughed back into development of mod hardware and also into new and exciting products for their customers. If people think development costs are low, how about this for an example. To design the X3 Control Panel - the plastic moulds alone that we had to create have so far taken an investment of $35,000. Its not even on the shelves yet and not even final - this doesnt include the custom made LCD and other parts involved - do the math guys.

Fakes or Clones are known to be of poor quality and many customers end up being duped into thinking they bought a genuine product. When this product does not work or breaks down due to protections (such as ACT) then the customer is left high and dry and general opinion is soured by none working chips and frustrated users who expected a high quality mod for their money.
What's also shocking is that the clones are not only poor quality, an incomplete package and has the danger of breaking down with future Bios updates - but the sellers are giving a discount to wholesalers just a couple of dollars !

You may think its strange for Xecuter to comment on this as Xodus are one of our competitors, but this is an issue for the scene in general. Fakes and clones are damaging to all mod teams, all members of the scene and all customers who buy our creations in good faith. We ask all Xecuter customers and Xecuter software users to boycott anyone that offers these poorly manufactured chips for sale.
Remember when you buy a genuine product you are assured of its high quality, that it comes as the full package intended by the designers and you also buy the peace of mind that it will work and you will be offered full technical and customer support.
We offer Xodus our support in this matter - let's stamp out this disease to the Xbox Scene once and for all.

PCSXBox v13 - PlayStation emulator for XBox
Posted on Tuesday, November 2 2004

Xport has released a new bugfix version of his Playstation emulator for the Xbox that fixes sound on this release, more info about this emulator Here

FBAxxx 02/11 !
Posted on Tuesday, November 2 2004

fbaxxx is a port of FBA which supports MC68000/Z80, neogeo, cps2 and cps1 based arcade games, heres whats new in this release:

* As I don't have manto's optimizations, I forced fm interpolation in neogeo mode or when no menus are used to avoid balck screen.
* I fixed the problem with the rom counter.
* I removed dat creation on first boot, it was freezing, I verified 3 times and didn t found the problem (probably fix later).
* I added new drivers + ss5snd.zip aka Samurai Showdown V special
* The only new thing, I removed all CRC warning when booting a rom in no crc mode.
* I re-added sound when fast forwarding.
* Sources up to date, sound must be perfect now
* nFMinterpolation resetted to 0 if it was set to none after playing neogeo game
* Fixed dat generation
* Fixed roms properties displaying 4 times when booting a game (if you still have problem, delete fbaxxx.ini or change the three last szapprompaths)
* normally fixed this damn clock bug (freeze when launching a neogeo game)
* fixed loadstate not working anymore
* fixed unibios not being saved (it works at least with unibios 2.0)
* now available with ips patch, so the xbe is clean by default, no more problems with this license thing (thx to Prican)

Xbox Open Transport Tycoon v1.1 !
Posted on Tuesday, November 2 2004

HCl has released an updated version of Xbox Open Transport Tycoon which is a port to the Xbox of Open Transport Tycoon, an open source clone of the game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.

Heres whats New:
* fixed/added screen stretch and position, configurable by editing the values in xottd.cfg (first two numbers are top left x, y, second two numbers are the bottom right adjustments which actually should be in the minus (works oddly.))
Todo:
* better joystick -] mouse routine
* fix the local lan games to use the xbox system link interface so it'll work over kai and xbc (networking already works as long as you know a server ip)

More information and screenshots Here

DOSXBox v5 - 286/386 PC emulator for XBox !
Posted on Monday, November 1 2004

Xport has updated his PC Emulator for the Xbox:

What's new/fixed:
* Implemented DosBox 0.62 sources
* Added standard XPort GUI
* Removed SDL
* Upload/Download configurations to/from xport.xbox-scene.com via GUI

More info on this emulator Here

WinUAEX v8 - Amiga emulator for XBox Released !
Posted on Monday, November 1 2004

Xport has updated his Amiga Emulator for the Xbox:

What's new/fixed:
* Support for 2 mice
* Can assign any mouse/joystick to either L/R analog stick
* Settings are now saved when you launch real CDs
* Will switch to PAL50/PAL60 mode for PAL users depending on if you have selected PAL50/PAL60 from the Game Configuration menu. No effect for NTSC users.
* Upload/Download configurations to/from xport.xbox-scene.com via GUI

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PCSXBox v12 - PlayStation emulator for XBox Released
Posted on Monday, November 1 2004

Xport has updated his port of PCSX the Playstation emulator for the Xbox, heres whats new:

What's new/fixed:
* Improved speed 5-10% on average
* Most recent version of standard GUI (lots of updates since last version)
* Fixed a bug with loading save states
* Fixed problem where it was impossible to return to main menu
* Changing discs now works (tested with Chrono Cross)
* Upload/Download configurations to/from xport.xbox-scene.com via GUI
* Implemented FF9 movie fix - select the option from the CPU fixes menu
* Diablo works now (?) see notes
* Fixed default ROM path not being set at startup
* Support for simultaneous shared memory cards and game-specific memory cards. To select a game-specific memory card, change the Memory Card number to 10 via the Game Configuration menus.
* Memory card settings saved per game
* Merged in PEOPS SPU v1.9
-speed optimized ADSR mixing
* Merged in PEOPS GPU v1.16
-Dark Forces fix - set it on the Graphics Fixes Menu
-Skullmonkeys y-coordinate fix

PS3 and XBox 2 Processors to be Exactly the Same !
Posted on Monday, November 1 2004

IBM (the manufacturers of some of the parts for the PS3 and Xbox 2) told Alex Albrecht that the processors they are putting in the new PS3 and Xbox2 are going to be the same processor, with the parts around it arranged slightly differently. Alex pried this information out of an IBM employee, likely while interviewing him for the show on which Alex is a cohost, The Screen Savers. Alex equivocates by saying "Now again, this is a rumor... so no Slashdotting". Too late for that, but keep in mind this is just hearsay at this point.

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