As a number of you might know I’m not a huge fan of gaming original systems but also want to dabble in the dark art of emulation. Yes, I know many purists will be hitting the back button at disgust — however I am of the opinion that emulation has a place in each retro gamer’s lifetime. Emulation lets you experience games in close pixel-perfection you could not ever be able to manage or find and from a historical perspective it is an excellent way to record and catalogue titles which would otherwise disappear.

My choice of emulation tool is a self-modded first (some call it’classic’ today ) Microsoft XBox. I’ve been asked on many occasions on how to mod an XBox and also what kind of modded XBox is, therefore within this set of posts I will show you the abilities of my two components and explain to you just how you can begin getting your ownpersonal.by link https://romshub.com/roms/microsoft-xbox website

I chose to use this particular hardware after stumbling across websites run by enthusiasts and finding how big the XBox mod landscape still is and what a competent machine they’re for emulation purposes. Virtually every emulator ever made was ported to XBox and in the majority of cases continues to be enhanced still further by fans with the inclusion of video collections and art. Obviously it’s possible to use an XBox as a wonderful networked Media Centre and it does many more things aside but as this is RGC I will concentrate on the subject of retro computer and console emulation.

A modded Xbox is my choice within PC/Mac emulation for the next 6 reasons:

1. The XBox is relatively easy to unleash yourself (soft-modding a standard 8gb XBox takes moments once you know the way to have the tools/software)
2. The unit fits beneath your telly, unlike a PC
3. A classic XBox is affordable, I found them being marketed with a control for #14.99 recently at my local GameStation. EBay is another great source of cheap XBoxes.
4. I use Macs, have done since 1988 (Mac Plus, SE-30, IIx) and as Mac users will understand we’re the poor terms of PC consumers when it comes to emulation. Unlike a Xbox 360, the first Xbox is quite reliable — nearly bombproof.
6. The developer scene is still going strong and fresh variations of hot emulators are released weekly

A modded XBox also has the following advantages:

1. Region free games and DVD
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3. You can upgrade your HDD into something bigger
4. You can save your DVD movies and matches to your HDD and play from there (faster loading times)
5. Skill to work with a mouse and keyboard (good for all those point and click adventure games )
6. Tremendous development landscape leading to countless flashed emulators and utilities
7. Fully networkable over LAN with any other devices you’ve
8. Good alternative to a PC in a home arcade cabinet setup
9. When the HDD is upgraded they make decent Network Media Centres (XBMC)