Xbox live for the 360 will be shutdown sooner or later. This is why online multiplayer should have decentralized servers so the players can always set one up themselves
There are lots of 360 games that have multiplayer servers turned off. Developers should include the server software on the game disk so online can last forever.
For people who play Rhythm Games (Specially Guitar Hero and Rock Band) is a must buy a modded 360 due to easy installation of DLC (Official and Custom), mods like Rock Band 3 Deluxe and play with Arduino controllers instead of use exclusive controllers. For me, it was like have a huge ocean to navigate.
Side note: if you can’t get your hands on an RGH 360, Rock Band 3 Deluxe runs amazing on RPCS3. A mini PC replaced my PS3 in my living room for that purpose.
From what I remembered, 2TB should hold like 80% of a region's library. The new theorical limit of 16TB should be more than enough for the entire library of all regions with a lot of space space.
I have a devkit xbox 360. Specifically the one used to develop Marble Blast Ultra. One of the former employees was selling it on ebay. So glad I got that :D
Just wanna say I appreciate you're still making content even though you mentioned how much time you were taking and that it was getting a little bit more difficult as you got older. Appreciate everything you cover, and you keep delivering with awesome content
This was such a special generation of gaming, we had constant bangers of games coming out. I even remember being able to add mods to certain games by using programs like Modio & Horizon with a USB to be able to download modded saves, even had custom player homes in games like Fallout and Skyrim all on a non hacked, non jtagged xbox 360
I had so much fun modding skyrim but being a fallout fan I had a blast with that, was a good time in 360 era. Nothing has really beat that for me since lol
Haven't heard about modio since it switched to Modio 5 and so on and so forth, Sad to see these days slowly becoming a relic and just a memory, I still have my RGH'd xbox 360 and play it almost daily, Its a corona board
For the ability to load older versions of games, this can be specifically really nice if you want to get into speed running for certain games, some patched versions remove specific glitches or exploits that some categories want for skips or sequence breaks in different games
@@alphonsoskate5193 To be fair speedrun leaderboards often have glitchLESS categories, with the assumption being most glitches are kosher for basic any%
i really wish someone with a lot of free time made this or at least made aurora look like the original dash. my main issue with aurora is how ugly it looks in my opinion
@@kimoVoid FSD has had an unofficial update which restores asset downloading and you can get a blades theme, windows 8 start menu theme or you can customise the standard theme to look like NXE
Sad the One was never open like this, just for game preservation alone it's necessary I think. I love having all games of old consoles available on my hardware when it goes EOL, since no publisher is harmed after they stop selling their games actively. It's a huge chest of inspiration for me as a developer to just fire up any game I like on my original hardware.
@@rodjefdamMicrosoft learned a lot from the 360 era. Unlocking Xbox One requires far more effort because of this. There is a talk called "Guarding Against Physical Attacks" by Tony Chen that covers this subject.
I have a feeling that the hacking scene is eventually going to turn their eyes to the one and the series consoles. People want to run Linux on them, whether they just want to run Linux or they want to genuinely do something with the Xbox running Linux. It won't be safe forever.
This video inspired me to actually go and do it! I haven't modded a console since my original Xbox, something like 2003, but my memories of that console after it was modded are still some of my favourite. An 80GB hard drive, ripping my games to the console so I didn't need to swap disks. Being able to load Midtown Madness 3 and be in the game playing in 8 seconds was like having an SSD before there were SSDs. After seeing your video on the 6th of November 2023, I didn't want to risk my own Xbox 360 (going to preserve that one), so I looked on Ebay and found a second-hand 4gb slim with no power supply or anything for about £25. But that was fine, because I have my Xbox 360 and can use it's PSU etc. It arrived on the 29th of November, and it took me about 12 days from getting it delivered, had to assemble some items (needed to order resistors, an Rpi Pico and some solid core wire) and getting pockets of free time, but as of last night, I'm up and running! I had a couple of set backs and moments when I thought I had possibly done something wrong or bricked the console, and at the last moment came close to putting it aside for another day. But the whole time your video was in my mind and it felt like it was worth doing and pushing through. * Disassembly was exhausting * Scratching off the silk screen was nerve wracking * Soldering such small points was frustrating (Mr Mario makes it look so easy) * Accidentally powering it on while it had all the wires hanging off it and getting a red ring of death was terrifying * Having the Pico report back "console not found" was dis-heartening * Taking a macro photo to see two wires that might not be connected right was encouraging * Re-soldering those points was doubly frustrating (as now all the others are in the way) * Seeing the pico report "Trinity 16mb found!" was relieving * Booting up the custom dashboard for the first time and playing one of my old games from an SSD I put in, AMAZING! It actually feels like an accomplishment to see this thing boot up, so worth the effort, and I wouldn't have even started this project if not for your video. All of your videos on console copy protection and security have been so interesting, I've re-watched the Nintendo Wii one a few times actually. The subjects you pick and the way you present the videos, especially historical timelines of homebrew efforts etc are so interesting. Thank you for all your hard work.
I did this on an Xbox 360 Slim I was given from my old workplace when they were moving. Managed to do it over the Covid period. Did the mod myself from guides on YT, a chip board off eBay and a great modding community on Discord. I didn’t have anything to loose and it works great. I would like to STATE that although the mod isn’t hard, it can be difficult with some of the soldering being very small and does require you to completely strip down the console to the motherboard. If that doesn’t bother you. I can definitely recommend doing this to your console. It’s surprising how much it allows you to do. It also allows you to clean it up and apply some new thermal paste 👍
Sounds good... Can you point to the discord server you recommend? A heads up on what you did in a bit more detail? You don't need to go nuts, but a little help would be appreciated. Cheers..
@@davidsantiagoalonso You need to work out which version of console you have. Not just a phat/slim either. The motherboards ARE different depending on it's release date. You can use serial numbers and Google to identify which one you have. (Pray it isnt a Winchester) After that get yourself an RGH chip that has the timing set for that motherboard, a soldering iron and a steady hand. MODDED WARFARE is the YT channel I used for this one. It has a detailed guide in how to install and what you need to do afterwards on the software side. IF you are willing to do this to your console. My advice is, take it slow and steady with the whole process, Flux is your friend and don't be afraid to ask people if you get stuck at any point.
@@chr1998is thanks for the general heads up... im pretty sure ive got the super slim model with 320 or 500gb hdd. it was the skyrim/forza bundle as i recall (in aus). But ill do the identifying and chip it accordingly... i loved the org xbox and 360 above all others... so now its time for the 360 to get the modded treatment. thanks again!
@MVG, thank you for this reminder. I have an unmodded XBox 360 that I've kept largely because my kids like a handful of Kinect games. None of these games were included in the Xbox One compatibility layer and they require the original Kinect as well. It's been getting harder and harder to justify keeping a 360 around for such a small selection of titles. Your video serves as an important reminder that there is so much more to modding the 360 than just being able to rip some games. I'm definitely going to add this to my projects with that shutdown deadline approaching. Most of my 360 game library is tied up in the MS Store and I had assumed and was coming to terms with the loss of access. Thank you for pointing out a much more sensible alternative.
For Rock Band fans, Rock Band 3 Deluxe + Rock Band 3 Enhanced are incredible mods that make RB3 on 360 (or PS3!) the definitive plastic instrument music game.
@@Gravy1255 not built in, but it's relatively easy to get all the DLC. In fact, including Rock Band Network and customs, there are actually more songs than the vanilla game's nearly 3k song limit, and both RB3DX and RB3E raise that limit (not to infinite, IIRC the limit is now 8k)
Hey MVG, if you turn on Automatic Scrolling in your browser and press the scroll wheel and move the mouse slightly down (the more, the faster it scrolls), it should start to scroll through the page automatically. This gives it a more pleasing effect when you use it in a video. Just my 2 cents.
I never hack my consoles, but as a huge Guitar Hero and Rock Band fan, I think I will absolutely be getting an RGH Xbox 360 in the near future due to the incredible wealth of delisted DLC songs for the games. I've already spent upwards of $1000 on Rock Band DLC alone, so I don't have any moral issue with doing this.
I was wondering what you meant by the title, but you clarified very quickly. It's not even about piracy, it's about being able to play stuff that you paid for. I like it.
360 will always be one of my favourite consoles when I think about all the games I’ve played on it over the years. During the pandemic I picked up a 360 Slim and found someone local who could RGH it for me, wow - I’ll never not have a hacked 360 👏
I have modded PS2, PS3, Wii with GameCube back-compatibility, only one non-hacked PS4 and modded Xbox 360. And man, i bought it 4 years ago and i'm still playing. This is my most playable console i have. I have powerful PC, but i spend most of the game time with 360. It has large library of games that still present only on this system and the best hack mode (Freeboot), where you can change and download anything you want to. Didn't like PS3 Multiman much and not a big fan of USB Loader or other things in modded Wii. But Freeboot is just great for user.
I had a good time modding and selling these on eBay several years ago. I sold a few dozen of them and got pretty good at modding them. Definitely a fun experience.
Man, I didn't know about the store closure. It stung when Nintendo did it for their platforms, but man, this one hurts. I remember going back onto the 360 marketplace specifically cause it was the only way I could repurchase some stuff I couldn't on the current store, like GTA IV or old ports of games like Sonic 3.
A few weeks ago I went onto the 360 Marketplace and redownloaded all of my purchases. It took all day because it's so slow now. Also, about 50% was no longer available! That's when I decided to buy an RGH3 Halo 4 system. It's pretty awesome.
Greetings from Russia. I 100% agree with everything you said in the video. Xbox 360, especially the slim version, is one of the best consoles for customization right now. I got myself one three years ago. I would like to add information for those who are interested in purchasing it: 1) to connect a larger capacity sata hard drive, you can buy an adapter case instead of the original hard drive; 2) I recommend that you purchase a USB-Bluetooth adapter for modern gamepads, for example 8bitdo, in order to connect gamepads from other consoles that you already have; 3) don't forget to buy a Kinect so you don't miss out on a whole layer of body control games from that era, like just dance, etc.; 4) I also recommend considering purchasing a guitar for playing guitar hero.
I’ve been considering this for a while. These have been popping up on marketplace for $20-40. I got a 360 for the first time last year and it’s been blowing me away how good some of the titles are. I’d love to pass a modded system down to my kiddos to enjoy for years to come.
Great video, RGH3 makes it super simple to get into these days too. X360 really is a power house which can run so much content. A must have system when hacked. Cheers
I finally got a Phat Black Jasper 360, and got it RGH1.2 modded!! I LOVE this console and the dashboard is so cool!!! Lot's of stuff to do with it and can't wait to use it for so much :)
Id love a modeed xbox 360, it was my childhood console. Unfortunately i cant easily find a decent priced console in my country and i lack the skills to solder, i can barely solder a wire, let alone a mod chip
The soldering process has gotten much easier now. It only takes a few wires and hardware components. I think most beginners could do it. But i dont think it's a first project. Get a friend or local electronics shop to help.
I got over 50 360 games on disc today for free. I just have to fix one of my old consoles on the bench. I'm lucky because I microsolder all the time but it sucks to be someone who can't. It's not hard to learn. Buy some practice kits and a station from ali for under 60usd and you're all set. A multimeter is a must as well. Learning to use a multimeter is as important as being able to solder.
I’m not sure if by “once delisted you will never be able to play them again" you meant online playability, purchase or redownloading. Delisting doesn’t mean servers off and viceversa. Redownloading might disappear at some point but, thanks to a little known update made years ago, the 360 supports non-official external storage without the need of a special formatting. This means that you can plug any storage device with FAT32, NTFS or exFAT, copy anything you want and back it up. Of course you will need to have your console registered to the account where the content was purchased but you can still back up anything. BTW, Mushihimesama and MuchiMuchi Pork are region free. The first one is dirty cheap and you can get the Black Label DLC.
With an RGH system it is also possible to replace a defective drive and remarry it to the system. Very useful if the drive is missing or defective or the drive board is defective. The only requirement is to know the key of the donor drive or to change it to the existing one stored in the system. So I was able to save a few consoles and they are still running today. Thanks for the movie.
I bought so much digital media back in the 360 days and only recently got back into gaming. There was a good chunk of that library still available to me with my series s but so much that wasn't. Over the years I check on my account and watch my purchase history get deleted that's when I realized I owned nothing.
As long as u still had the game on hard drive and it wasn't locked to only be playable online u should still be able to run it on 360, I used to play tons of doritos crash course 2 and recently found it on my 360 drive but can't get past the start screen due to it being online only 😕
The content that only is compatible with 360 and not with series s/x will simply not show up. It is not deleted. You need to sign in on 360 console and download it there
Iv had the same account sense 07. If you look at your account history on the xbox website it shows you're entire purchase history. Some of my purchase have been removed, this was back in 2015 and more have been removed sense. I even had a windows phone and thats how I even found out cuz I had my account connected to it even bought more media with it. It's true you don't really own your digital content. Things like Sony and there movies on playstation being removed is nothing new its been happening for years. Hacked consoles at this point might be justified. Physical media is you're friend its dirt cheap right now and might even be a money investment. I have to be honest too I have gamepass ultimate and a series s and I'm still buying digital.😒
I use Xenia and I have an RHG 1.2 that I did back in 2011 or 2012. I setup the rgh in the living room and it’s just convenient. All of my games are on there and the interface just works for a living room setup. Plus I’m a sucker for old dashboards so I have the 2010 version of NXE in it. I do have it able to go online but I run it through a VPN and I do not participate in cheating. Very nostalgic. Preserve your games in ways that best fit you and continue to enjoy them
Well...MVG has motivated me again! I'll be looking into modding my Xbox 360 which has been sitting in a moving box since July 2021. Did this for my Wii U last year, did it with my old PSP 1000 and then a renewed PS Vita over summer..time to tackle the Xbox 360.
My Xbox 360 gets taken out of its box about once a year as well. I’m not sure if I want to mess with it as it works fine for playing non backwards compatible titles.
Ah but there are more than those 2 ways to hack the Xbox360, one of which does not require any soldering. You can do so by flashing a custom firmware onto the DVD drive itself using jungleflasher, the only thing you require is a PC, some cables and the ability to read guides.
That's my biggest issue. I BOUGHT games that through the years simply disappeared from my online library. I keep a 360 to play the games I still have access to, but would love to be able to get back some of the other games I legally bought but can no longer download for whatever reason. The freakin achievements are still listed, and I've sent screenshots to MS but always get a generic canned response telling me to go to my downloads history, yeah I never thought of that...
We need not a piracy, but some legal way to save old consoles and games for them. Legal and well supported. Like small console re-edition with written games on it (and with home-made emulator, like Microsoft -implemented, like it was for xbox OG games on Xbox 360), and with proper way to use discs with it or to add new games from roms.
Getting those RGH boot timings down can be a fine art and a test of patience. I've had systems be in range of anywhere from instaboot to 5 minutes, which is why I always loved the JTAG. No fuss, no timings to mess with! Excellent video, my dude.
Just hate how easily all the 360 controllers and accessories broke down. The battery pack constantly popping out, the joystick sensors wearing down caused me to have to buy four replacements. The system itself broke down and needed repairs. Ended up looking like a Frankenstein monster
Decided to buy an RGH Halo 4 console after the store closing announcement. It's pretty awesome and I have no intention of going online with it. I've modded all of my other consoles, but the RGH3 goes beyond my capabilities so I bought one modded and then did the software side myself.
It’s super easy can you use proto stealth sever or my favorite XBnetwork stealth sever fun to troll or play for free without membership and been online for couple months and still no ban:D
Nice video. I am considering having my x360 modded but I have the earlier version where you can't expand the hard drive that easily. I feel I may be better off finding a more recent model, upgrading that hard drive for all the game images and then modding that. Keeping the earlier one unmodded (for now).
@@Harmonic14 I just looked at a video and it seems those enclosures are quite easy to open. Did not know about that. I will be looking at upgrading that drive somewhere in the future. And modding the xbox.
The Xbox 360 has way more games and more use than the Xbone! Because of exclusives, easier to hack and play retro games from Nintendo. I wish Microsoft didn’t blow it with the Xbone, because the Xbox 360 had the best gaming experience of that console generation!
I have around 6 RGH3 hacked X360 - FATs, Slims and the e-Slim. I collect consoles, but I only keep so many units of X360. It's because the hack is awesome. The game presentation is superb. I just upgraded one of the Slims with a 1TB SSD and filled it to the brim with a huge XBL Arcade collection and retail games. It's the best platform to store that generations games. Love it so much I actually left it on the desk to finally finish Forza Horizon 1.
I have a modded Xbox 360 but I haven't made much use of it because I don't have a 2TB external hard drive. Once I get the external hard drive, I will start playing my modded 360.
Great video @MVG is it just ME but i thought you should know Volume Level in this Video seems a bit low Compared to you normal Videos Thought it should Know and keep up the good WORK Mate
Oh nice, been meaning to mod my old launch 360 (still going strong after a RRoD fix) to play all my old games again and check out a few I missed so this is very interesting indeed!
The problem is modding the first few motherboard revisions of 360 is that nobody makes modchips for them because half of them died and nobody wants to do it, I've been on ebay shopping and the oldest I've found support for was Falcom motherboard from late 2006/2007. I got my slim from the garbage... I'd just grab another honestly
I saw Apache Air Assualt on there!! This is the number 1 reason I’ve been looking at doing this. Years ago my dad modded an original Xbox when I was about 7 or 10ish and we used to play halo 2, battlefront, and a few other things offline as we had downloaded the game to the Xbox. Now I’m an adult I can do the same thing with games that you literally can’t play anymore!
My favorite game on the OG Xbox was Quantum Redshift. The only thing that annoyed me was the soundtrack. On the Xbox it was possible to rip audio CDs to the hard disk and then choose from that library if the game supports it. If you play QR on an unmodified 360 this feature doesn’t work. While the 360 has a media library, it was always shown empty in the game menu. So is there a way to get this going on a hacked 360?
You know what's funny? All Games on Demand titles on 360 are region-free (unlike disc versions)... except Original Xbox games. I purchased Burnout 3 from US region and couldn't play it on PAL console. That was a bummer. Also, games getting delisted do not take away your ability to play them. I got plenty of delisted digital games on my 360 and they work just fine and you can also redownload them from Download History.
i wish you could softmod a 360 like you can w/ a PS3, the PS3's homebrew and modding community is so much more alive thanks to the ease of modding sony consoles
My understanding is that FSD and Aurora are 2 separate projects. Due to nagging issues with FSD I load Aurora on all the systems I sell. Also with a patched freeboot you can now have up to 16TB, not that you need that much space, but larger drives are now an option.
I have an RGH from consolewearhouse. Love playing custom songs for Guitar hero and DJ hero on it. Plus loads of other mods and hacked games as well. Have mine whitelisted to to play OG Xbox games. Also love that you can get all the delisted DLC and delisted games as well if you know how to do it. I will say though it’s not for everyone. It could be hard for a non tech savvy gamer to figure out how to do all of that. I’ve even had a few issues with my RGH that I have no idea what happened but it still works so I’m good
Nice vid, thanks. I recently did a Gears of war (all of them) revisit on my 360 and loved it. Suprising that there are still some really impressive visuals across the board. Even in 2006's Gears 1 (final 2 chapters) looked *REALLY* good by todays standards. Great machine. Cheers MVG!
I ripped all of my (hundreds of) purchased physical games to my modded 360. It took several DAYS to complete this but it's absolutely worth it to load anything from my collection at any time. The whitelist feature, for original games, is also nice but as noted in the video they don't always run as they should.
Xbox 360 is a very good console machine. Some of its games during its life final phase are nothing short of amazing and can pass off as xbox one and ps4 games. Mgs5. Rise of the tomb raider. Dead or alive 5 the characters skin texture is so good etc.
When a game gets delisted, it doesn't become unplayable for those that already own it. It just means it can no longer be purchased. I own many delisted games that all remain downloadable and playable.
What about the eventual day when they remove all support for the Xbox 360 from their online infrastructure? There will be a day when those purchases will no longer be downloadable. You don't really "own" digital games.
@@LocalAitch you own them as much as you do the physical. the online infra going down for good and having lost your digital copy is comparable to having your disc broken and seeing that the local game shops dont sell the physical game anymore. yea if you have the disc you can make copies of it and whatever (legally gray) but people are just as able to tamper with the digital versions. if anything, the digital game market is much more sustainable. it ofc depends on the publishers good faith but on xsx today im able to download games i bought on xbla in 2006 with updates and all. physical media doesnt compare to that at all in terms of potential
Not to mention the Xbox 360 supports 12 resolutions, 3 aspect ratios, and 6 video connection types. Modern Xbox supports 2-4 resolutions, 1 aspect ratio, and 1 video connection type.
The only issues I have with these hacked Xbox 360s is that these custom dashboards just looked so ugly , I just want my Xbox to look like a retail model but with all the mods enabled...
To each his own. IMO, Aurora is the best, cleanest, no bs dash ever made for any console. It takes you straight to a cloverflow view of all your games. You click on a title and you get summary, you pick updates, etc. Almost all other dashes/Xmbs aren't even centered around your games. The games are usually buried under menus and sub-menus.
Give it some years, now that the xbox store is close maybe they’ll probably try to find a way to softmod so it’ll be easier for many people. Who knows🤷🏻♂️
@@garfieldfan925 He never said it was easy, and after completing an RGH sucessfully today, it's not "insane shit" either. I'm an ameteur at soldering, and I was able to pull it off
at the time my dad bought Xbox 360 Slim black coloured, I never knew that he bought me a modded console without any hard drive installed. Then again I still have some games on the hard drive and I wanna preserve more in the future, especially racing games.
Wow, do I miss the OG Xbox scene. The modding, XBMC, making it a linux box, it was just insane of all the possibilities. Far more fun modding the box than actually playing the games. The hours spent on Xbox-Scene are surely missed. I feel the 360 never got that much love because a softmod was never possible, well none for a dashboard that is, only for the CD ROM. The OG Xbox softmods were so easy you could practically sneeze at an OG Xbox and unlock it. I never tried the Jtag mod on the 360, but when the RGH mod became available, I was on the waiting list, and it worked flawlessly provided you had the timing adjusted right with the use of a specific resistor. The 360 was fun AF too, and I loved the original Freestyle dash, Auroa not so much in terms of its UI, but the scene was nothing like the OG days. The OG Xbox scene felt like a tight knit family, the 360 scene felt like everyone was on their own.
i have played so much 360 games in the past, more than my ps3. my first hack i have installed on it was the X-key 360, that allows you to play games on external drives on ISO format without losing online features, then on my next consoles i just install RGH and i still using my 360 to play some of the games on my collection. before the pandemic, i was able to find a lot of 360's in the thrift stores for nothing as well as games and i still own a decent collection of physical games(about 150 games). in my personal opinion and despite the software and some hardware issues Xbox 360 is the best xbox that microsoft have created so far, very simple menu, good catalog of games, and xbox live was super fun to play. thank you for this video.
Xenia doesn't support system link. Being able to network 2 or more hacked 360s for some good, old-fashioned LAN party action is definitely an advantage original hardware has over emulation.
With games going digital it's also getting more expensive to preserve all of this media if you want to at home. But people who do want this also should think about realistic expectations where if they legit plan on playing these titles or a couple of them. I'm personally curious MVG if you do store all these titles at your home, and if so, how do you preserve it?
Found a Xbox 360 E version next to my apartment's dumpster and power supply inside a large empty dog food bag with a couple game disks! The HDD had been removed, but I had one handy from a faulty 360 slim. Got it up and running. Sold it for $100! I already had a healthy running 360 Slim w/ Konnect and a bunch of physical disks. I also have two Executer chip modded O.G. Xboxes. Both in dire need of repair. An Xbox One S. An Xbox Series S hooked up to a 144hz 24" 1080p IPS monitor. As well as a SSD internal drive upgraded PS4 Pro w/ PSVR & every related controller peripheral (Move, Hotas, Racing wheel, AIM, ect...) I've recently heard tell of an "easy" two wire 360 mod to get it burning burned disks?! May just have to check some of the local pawn shops for a potential test subjects, although? I haven't really even had enough spare time to get the Series S emulation capabilities up and running. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Great content tho mate! Cheers!
Having Aurora made me want to buy more OG games, specially for the price of the games of Xbox 360 in UK. I own a huge library now, and I NEVER thought I would own. Play almost everyday to games I thought I would never played, like After Burner Climax, World of Sensible Soccer, and Daytona USA for example, and there are not better versions of these. I love mine and thinking about getting another one for the future for when it inevitably dies. Not interested on Series X though....
Almost two months ago I did the RGH3 mod on one of my 360s, I own almost 300 physical Xbox 360 games which includes almost every game I ever wanted, but I only did it because it was a challenge, specially the point you have to scrape to get access to it to weld one of the wires to, what makes it difficult is how tiny the point is, and surrounded by tracks you should not damage.
I bought a pre-modded Xbox 360 5 years ago after seeing your "Why YOU need a modded Xbox 360 in 2018" and it still runs like a champ, as of now it has 340 totally legitimately obtained games on it. 🙂
I've been thinking about getting one for a good while. Soldering isn't my thing, though, so I'll have to buy one already done. Quick question for those of you that have a hacked system already. Can Aurora use a dark theme for its menus? I always hates the menus since they switched them to White.
Hey, no mods man.. Xbox 360 is the last greatest console because without any internet connection or updates games just worked. (I'm talking about the pre Wii avatar phase it went through in it's last third lifespan) We got Doom II No Rest for the Living first, Perfect Dark remaster, Halo 3, RAGE and GTA 5 Alright the last 2 games had to be installed on the harddrive but they were amazing. No updates every week, if I bought a game for the 360 it worked. Also Quake 4 came with a HD port of Quake II that I played more than the bonus DOOM 3 engine game. Oh! And it had backwards compatibility to Doom 3 and Ressurection of evil! By the way, Xbox 360 was the greatest console ever released. 😃 Also, wireless controllers!
All hail Xbox! It truly is my most played console, even though I’m mostly playing ps2 games this year. I recently got a modded ps2, so I’m playing through that library now. My 360 gets some time off this year. :)
That title updade menu is incredible. Instantly though of a couple of games that I would love to to play the release version rather than the fully updated version.
1:02 wait hold on....can u really hack a switch to play games without having to worry about getting a thing on the joycon for old models? better yet can u hack oled switch already?
I've been in love with the Xbox 360 since 2005, got one in 2008, have about 400 physical games and 15 consoles (lol), and I FINALLY modded one. I RGH3'd a spare Jasper and put it in a beat up Halo 3 case I have with a 2TB HDD. I'm loving it so far. With the Proto Stealth Server, it functions exactly like retail for me, but no more disc swapping (plus ARRRRGH MATEY!).
I've been waiting and hoping for a softmod for years but finally gave up and sent it off for a RGH3 mod and honestly wish i'd done it years ago, its absolutely fantastic. Aurora is also great but I do wish I could create custom categories. (I'm aware there are genre filters but these aren't what im looking for)
The 360 was the last hurrah for console gaming before everything became digital only. The late games were ofc pushing limits with huge patches and installs(GTA V) but overall the disc based ease was an amazing period in gaming. Now if only they had kept the beautiful blade interface instead of the tile based one they introduced with avatars Buying my first xbox 360 phat with no HDMI(because who would ever need that) and hooking it up to a Sony triniton CRT TV with gears of war, halo 3 and forza motorsport 2, GTA IV later, red dead redemption, GTA V, is absolutely fond memories. Xbox live doing what we had been doing with ventrilo on PC for many years already and being so easy, was just great
Love your videos! 1:40 you actually showed my listing! And again at 1:43 which is actually a system I just posted a video of. 😅 ❤ you are the best of the best! Thanks Modern Vintage Gamer! #RMGC
A hacked xbox 360 may be the last gasp platform to remember the "pre constant DLC/ micro transaction/gambling" era of gaming where you bought a game and could play it without an internet connections. It can cover classic emulation too so you can really get that full era of gaming from simple sprite based games to the huge 360 3D games.
Xbox live for the 360 will be shutdown sooner or later. This is why online multiplayer should have decentralized servers so the players can always set one up themselves
it won't, it's the same as this current one
There are lots of 360 games that have multiplayer servers turned off. Developers should include the server software on the game disk so online can last forever.
@@DrJamsbahahah you live in fairy tale land
@@gulla04 Many devs wouldn't want to yes
I don’t think they’ll shut it off soon, since a lot of 360 titles arrived on the series X and call of duty reopened their online service on old titles
For people who play Rhythm Games (Specially Guitar Hero and Rock Band) is a must buy a modded 360 due to easy installation of DLC (Official and Custom), mods like Rock Band 3 Deluxe and play with Arduino controllers instead of use exclusive controllers.
For me, it was like have a huge ocean to navigate.
I concur as one of the people who has worked on RB3DX, it's so good
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Side note: if you can’t get your hands on an RGH 360, Rock Band 3 Deluxe runs amazing on RPCS3. A mini PC replaced my PS3 in my living room for that purpose.
any xbox item is great in 2023 their still live and respected ps3 onlines not ps4 not respected and ps5 can suck sonys d all it wants im done
You can also play Clone Hero and import the old songs. Some people have put in a lot of work to get them right.
The 2TB limit has been patched out.
There are so called XL patches that allow you to use (iirc) 16TB HDDs.
I came down here to comment on the same thing. Internal SATA and external USB drives can be up to 16TB as of August 2022.
thats actually an INSANE amount of storage. Wow, 16 TB?!
Can you use network storage devices? I have a 28TB NAS...
From what I remembered, 2TB should hold like 80% of a region's library. The new theorical limit of 16TB should be more than enough for the entire library of all regions with a lot of space space.
@@claudiobizama5603space for the og xbox library too lol, the ultimate xbox
I didnt realise the whole library was so small. I figured it would take up 10tb or more. I need to look onto this when i get home.
I have a devkit xbox 360. Specifically the one used to develop Marble Blast Ultra. One of the former employees was selling it on ebay. So glad I got that :D
Dude, I love the Marble Blast games. That is a sick find, even if PlatinumQuest is the superior Marble Blast game at this point
Ah I love Marble Blast Ultra,I recently got it emulated on my computer,hearing the music and seeing the levels definitely brought back some memories
@@moistvibes5697 No need to emulate it anymore now that OpenMBU is a thing. (Disclaimer, I'm the lead dev of the project)
i had a slim with a sidecar from ubisoft. ended up getting scammed out of it through ebay’s horrible return policy
That’s very interesting!
Just wanna say I appreciate you're still making content even though you mentioned how much time you were taking and that it was getting a little bit more difficult as you got older. Appreciate everything you cover, and you keep delivering with awesome content
This was such a special generation of gaming, we had constant bangers of games coming out. I even remember being able to add mods to certain games by using programs like Modio & Horizon with a USB to be able to download modded saves, even had custom player homes in games like Fallout and Skyrim all on a non hacked, non jtagged xbox 360
I had so much fun modding skyrim but being a fallout fan I had a blast with that, was a good time in 360 era. Nothing has really beat that for me since lol
@@JimmyIV Such a wonderful time man, I actually skipped the entire Dead Space 3 controversy cause I had a modded save with all the materials lmao
Modio and horizon, Bro takes me back😂. Amazing times
@@TeoZMuff313 Glad at least some folk remember, good to know I wasnt the only one lol
Haven't heard about modio since it switched to Modio 5 and so on and so forth, Sad to see these days slowly becoming a relic and just a memory, I still have my RGH'd xbox 360 and play it almost daily, Its a corona board
For the ability to load older versions of games, this can be specifically really nice if you want to get into speed running for certain games, some patched versions remove specific glitches or exploits that some categories want for skips or sequence breaks in different games
thats not speed running thats playing with glitches
@@alphonsoskate5193 To be fair speedrun leaderboards often have glitchLESS categories, with the assumption being most glitches are kosher for basic any%
The optimal custom dashboard is the original Blades!
i really wish someone with a lot of free time made this or at least made aurora look like the original dash. my main issue with aurora is how ugly it looks in my opinion
@@kimoVoid FSD has had an unofficial update which restores asset downloading and you can get a blades theme, windows 8 start menu theme or you can customise the standard theme to look like NXE
Sad the One was never open like this, just for game preservation alone it's necessary I think.
I love having all games of old consoles available on my hardware when it goes EOL, since no publisher is harmed after they stop selling their games actively. It's a huge chest of inspiration for me as a developer to just fire up any game I like on my original hardware.
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True, The community should give a bit of love and work on open the Xbox one
@@rodjefdamMicrosoft learned a lot from the 360 era. Unlocking Xbox One requires far more effort because of this. There is a talk called "Guarding Against Physical Attacks" by Tony Chen that covers this subject.
There are people looking into the One consoles, there was some progress with beta testing NAND ripping.
I have a feeling that the hacking scene is eventually going to turn their eyes to the one and the series consoles. People want to run Linux on them, whether they just want to run Linux or they want to genuinely do something with the Xbox running Linux. It won't be safe forever.
This video inspired me to actually go and do it! I haven't modded a console since my original Xbox, something like 2003, but my memories of that console after it was modded are still some of my favourite. An 80GB hard drive, ripping my games to the console so I didn't need to swap disks. Being able to load Midtown Madness 3 and be in the game playing in 8 seconds was like having an SSD before there were SSDs.
After seeing your video on the 6th of November 2023, I didn't want to risk my own Xbox 360 (going to preserve that one), so I looked on Ebay and found a second-hand 4gb slim with no power supply or anything for about £25. But that was fine, because I have my Xbox 360 and can use it's PSU etc.
It arrived on the 29th of November, and it took me about 12 days from getting it delivered, had to assemble some items (needed to order resistors, an Rpi Pico and some solid core wire) and getting pockets of free time, but as of last night, I'm up and running!
I had a couple of set backs and moments when I thought I had possibly done something wrong or bricked the console, and at the last moment came close to putting it aside for another day. But the whole time your video was in my mind and it felt like it was worth doing and pushing through.
* Disassembly was exhausting
* Scratching off the silk screen was nerve wracking
* Soldering such small points was frustrating (Mr Mario makes it look so easy)
* Accidentally powering it on while it had all the wires hanging off it and getting a red ring of death was terrifying
* Having the Pico report back "console not found" was dis-heartening
* Taking a macro photo to see two wires that might not be connected right was encouraging
* Re-soldering those points was doubly frustrating (as now all the others are in the way)
* Seeing the pico report "Trinity 16mb found!" was relieving
* Booting up the custom dashboard for the first time and playing one of my old games from an SSD I put in, AMAZING!
It actually feels like an accomplishment to see this thing boot up, so worth the effort, and I wouldn't have even started this project if not for your video.
All of your videos on console copy protection and security have been so interesting, I've re-watched the Nintendo Wii one a few times actually. The subjects you pick and the way you present the videos, especially historical timelines of homebrew efforts etc are so interesting.
Thank you for all your hard work.
I did this on an Xbox 360 Slim I was given from my old workplace when they were moving. Managed to do it over the Covid period. Did the mod myself from guides on YT, a chip board off eBay and a great modding community on Discord.
I didn’t have anything to loose and it works great. I would like to STATE that although the mod isn’t hard, it can be difficult with some of the soldering being very small and does require you to completely strip down the console to the motherboard.
If that doesn’t bother you. I can definitely recommend doing this to your console. It’s surprising how much it allows you to do.
It also allows you to clean it up and apply some new thermal paste 👍
Nice!
Sounds good... Can you point to the discord server you recommend? A heads up on what you did in a bit more detail? You don't need to go nuts, but a little help would be appreciated. Cheers..
@@davidsantiagoalonso You need to work out which version of console you have. Not just a phat/slim either. The motherboards ARE different depending on it's release date. You can use serial numbers and Google to identify which one you have. (Pray it isnt a Winchester) After that get yourself an RGH chip that has the timing set for that motherboard, a soldering iron and a steady hand. MODDED WARFARE is the YT channel I used for this one. It has a detailed guide in how to install and what you need to do afterwards on the software side. IF you are willing to do this to your console. My advice is, take it slow and steady with the whole process, Flux is your friend and don't be afraid to ask people if you get stuck at any point.
@@chr1998is thanks for the general heads up... im pretty sure ive got the super slim model with 320 or 500gb hdd. it was the skyrim/forza bundle as i recall (in aus). But ill do the identifying and chip it accordingly...
i loved the org xbox and 360 above all others... so now its time for the 360 to get the modded treatment. thanks again!
Been considering doing this to my slim, but it's mint and the thought of breaking a plastic tab prevents me from attempting it
@MVG, thank you for this reminder.
I have an unmodded XBox 360 that I've kept largely because my kids like a handful of Kinect games. None of these games were included in the Xbox One compatibility layer and they require the original Kinect as well.
It's been getting harder and harder to justify keeping a 360 around for such a small selection of titles. Your video serves as an important reminder that there is so much more to modding the 360 than just being able to rip some games. I'm definitely going to add this to my projects with that shutdown deadline approaching. Most of my 360 game library is tied up in the MS Store and I had assumed and was coming to terms with the loss of access.
Thank you for pointing out a much more sensible alternative.
For Rock Band fans, Rock Band 3 Deluxe + Rock Band 3 Enhanced are incredible mods that make RB3 on 360 (or PS3!) the definitive plastic instrument music game.
Does it have all the songs
@@Gravy1255 not built in, but it's relatively easy to get all the DLC. In fact, including Rock Band Network and customs, there are actually more songs than the vanilla game's nearly 3k song limit, and both RB3DX and RB3E raise that limit (not to infinite, IIRC the limit is now 8k)
@@jnackmclain thank you for the hard work to everyone at Milohax!
When the service finally shuts down new purchases, I'll be migrating to 3DX. I need my keyboard fix and 4 couldn't scratch it.
Does the 'store' work similar to Nuspli on the Wii U?
I've done 4 rgh3 in the past couple months for friends after they realised how cool my setup was. Great video and still showing the 360 some love
Hey MVG, if you turn on Automatic Scrolling in your browser and press the scroll wheel and move the mouse slightly down (the more, the faster it scrolls), it should start to scroll through the page automatically. This gives it a more pleasing effect when you use it in a video. Just my 2 cents.
I never hack my consoles, but as a huge Guitar Hero and Rock Band fan, I think I will absolutely be getting an RGH Xbox 360 in the near future due to the incredible wealth of delisted DLC songs for the games. I've already spent upwards of $1000 on Rock Band DLC alone, so I don't have any moral issue with doing this.
I was wondering what you meant by the title, but you clarified very quickly. It's not even about piracy, it's about being able to play stuff that you paid for. I like it.
360 will always be one of my favourite consoles when I think about all the games I’ve played on it over the years. During the pandemic I picked up a 360 Slim and found someone local who could RGH it for me, wow - I’ll never not have a hacked 360 👏
I have modded PS2, PS3, Wii with GameCube back-compatibility, only one non-hacked PS4 and modded Xbox 360.
And man, i bought it 4 years ago and i'm still playing. This is my most playable console i have. I have powerful PC, but i spend most of the game time with 360. It has large library of games that still present only on this system and the best hack mode (Freeboot), where you can change and download anything you want to. Didn't like PS3 Multiman much and not a big fan of USB Loader or other things in modded Wii. But Freeboot is just great for user.
I had a good time modding and selling these on eBay several years ago. I sold a few dozen of them and got pretty good at modding them. Definitely a fun experience.
Is it possible to sync achievements from a modded Xbox 360?
Man, I didn't know about the store closure. It stung when Nintendo did it for their platforms, but man, this one hurts. I remember going back onto the 360 marketplace specifically cause it was the only way I could repurchase some stuff I couldn't on the current store, like GTA IV or old ports of games like Sonic 3.
A few weeks ago I went onto the 360 Marketplace and redownloaded all of my purchases. It took all day because it's so slow now. Also, about 50% was no longer available! That's when I decided to buy an RGH3 Halo 4 system. It's pretty awesome.
@@CarsandCatsTo redownload delisted games, you need to look it up on your download list. Same with PSP, PSV and PS3.
Greetings from Russia.
I 100% agree with everything you said in the video.
Xbox 360, especially the slim version, is one of the best consoles for customization right now. I got myself one three years ago.
I would like to add information for those who are interested in purchasing it:
1) to connect a larger capacity sata hard drive, you can buy an adapter case instead of the original hard drive;
2) I recommend that you purchase a USB-Bluetooth adapter for modern gamepads, for example 8bitdo, in order to connect gamepads from other consoles that you already have;
3) don't forget to buy a Kinect so you don't miss out on a whole layer of body control games from that era, like just dance, etc.;
4) I also recommend considering purchasing a guitar for playing guitar hero.
Where I can find a good controller adapter?
@chrisfinals I can recommend you to buy 8bitdo USB dongle.
Xbox 360 is a legendary console. I still have mine hooked to my TV and play a game from time to time.
I’ve been considering this for a while. These have been popping up on marketplace for $20-40. I got a 360 for the first time last year and it’s been blowing me away how good some of the titles are. I’d love to pass a modded system down to my kiddos to enjoy for years to come.
Exactly what I did, picked up 2 360s for $35 each. Both different motherboards, messed one up to practice on and did rgh3 on the other
Great video, RGH3 makes it super simple to get into these days too. X360 really is a power house which can run so much content. A must have system when hacked. Cheers
I love your videos man!
The 360 + OG Xbox makes for a killer setup when it comes to modding, seeing people in the 360 home brew community in 2023 makes me happy
Thanks for the recommendation. Just ordered one. I got a ton of OG xbox games I can't play anymore since my OG Xbox died of Capacitor Plague.
So many slick enhancements, I really dig the “versioning” of software available on the hacked system. Great coverage, as always!
I finally got a Phat Black Jasper 360, and got it RGH1.2 modded!! I LOVE this console and the dashboard is so cool!!! Lot's of stuff to do with it and can't wait to use it for so much :)
Not to mention, with the proto stealth plugin you can also (kinda) preserve older dashboard variants like blades and NXE.
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Can that be done on a 360 slim
@@TheAqua11026 it can be done on all models, as long as your console is jtagged or rgh'd. Simple answer: yes. The console I use is a slim
still not as cool as having a downgraded system, but then you can't play new games. thankfully, most of what I play runs on 6717
I'm in my late forties, and the 360 was my favorite, most used console
Id love a modeed xbox 360, it was my childhood console. Unfortunately i cant easily find a decent priced console in my country and i lack the skills to solder, i can barely solder a wire, let alone a mod chip
It’s not hard to learn. Modded warfare is a great channel.
The soldering process has gotten much easier now. It only takes a few wires and hardware components. I think most beginners could do it. But i dont think it's a first project. Get a friend or local electronics shop to help.
Im talking about RGH specifically
Thanks for the site name... That will help.
I got over 50 360 games on disc today for free. I just have to fix one of my old consoles on the bench. I'm lucky because I microsolder all the time but it sucks to be someone who can't. It's not hard to learn. Buy some practice kits and a station from ali for under 60usd and you're all set. A multimeter is a must as well. Learning to use a multimeter is as important as being able to solder.
You know what's still awesome in 2023? You, the reader
When a 10 month old comment makes your day 🥲
I’m not sure if by “once delisted you will never be able to play them again" you meant online playability, purchase or redownloading.
Delisting doesn’t mean servers off and viceversa. Redownloading might disappear at some point but, thanks to a little known update made years ago, the 360 supports non-official external storage without the need of a special formatting. This means that you can plug any storage device with FAT32, NTFS or exFAT, copy anything you want and back it up. Of course you will need to have your console registered to the account where the content was purchased but you can still back up anything.
BTW, Mushihimesama and MuchiMuchi Pork are region free. The first one is dirty cheap and you can get the Black Label DLC.
With an RGH system it is also possible to replace a defective drive and remarry it to the system. Very useful if the drive is missing or defective or the drive board is defective. The only requirement is to know the key of the donor drive or to change it to the existing one stored in the system. So I was able to save a few consoles and they are still running today. Thanks for the movie.
I bought so much digital media back in the 360 days and only recently got back into gaming. There was a good chunk of that library still available to me with my series s but so much that wasn't. Over the years I check on my account and watch my purchase history get deleted that's when I realized I owned nothing.
As long as u still had the game on hard drive and it wasn't locked to only be playable online u should still be able to run it on 360, I used to play tons of doritos crash course 2 and recently found it on my 360 drive but can't get past the start screen due to it being online only 😕
Get a hacked console and restore your library given that you already paid Microsoft for your purchases
Wdym ur purchase history got deleted?
The content that only is compatible with 360 and not with series s/x will simply not show up. It is not deleted. You need to sign in on 360 console and download it there
Iv had the same account sense 07. If you look at your account history on the xbox website it shows you're entire purchase history. Some of my purchase have been removed, this was back in 2015 and more have been removed sense. I even had a windows phone and thats how I even found out cuz I had my account connected to it even bought more media with it. It's true you don't really own your digital content. Things like Sony and there movies on playstation being removed is nothing new its been happening for years. Hacked consoles at this point might be justified. Physical media is you're friend its dirt cheap right now and might even be a money investment. I have to be honest too I have gamepass ultimate and a series s and I'm still buying digital.😒
I use Xenia and I have an RHG 1.2 that I did back in 2011 or 2012. I setup the rgh in the living room and it’s just convenient. All of my games are on there and the interface just works for a living room setup. Plus I’m a sucker for old dashboards so I have the 2010 version of NXE in it. I do have it able to go online but I run it through a VPN and I do not participate in cheating. Very nostalgic. Preserve your games in ways that best fit you and continue to enjoy them
What is RHG?
I go online and play legit for the most parts but sometimes it’s just fun to kid and troll😂😂
Well...MVG has motivated me again! I'll be looking into modding my Xbox 360 which has been sitting in a moving box since July 2021. Did this for my Wii U last year, did it with my old PSP 1000 and then a renewed PS Vita over summer..time to tackle the Xbox 360.
My Xbox 360 gets taken out of its box about once a year as well. I’m not sure if I want to mess with it as it works fine for playing non backwards compatible titles.
Ah but there are more than those 2 ways to hack the Xbox360, one of which does not require any soldering. You can do so by flashing a custom firmware onto the DVD drive itself using jungleflasher, the only thing you require is a PC, some cables and the ability to read guides.
That's not a true softmod, all that lets you do is play burned games. You also then need to track down a DVD drive and blank DVD-R DLs
@@mysticaxolotl8215 Track down a DVD drive, you mean for burning the games yourself? isn't that obvious?
That's my biggest issue. I BOUGHT games that through the years simply disappeared from my online library. I keep a 360 to play the games I still have access to, but would love to be able to get back some of the other games I legally bought but can no longer download for whatever reason. The freakin achievements are still listed, and I've sent screenshots to MS but always get a generic canned response telling me to go to my downloads history, yeah I never thought of that...
Could you list which games for other people who might not of noticed them disappearing?
@@chronossage Forza motorsport 2 DLC was delisted for me already in 2014 or something, so this definitely sounds plausible.
We need not a piracy, but some legal way to save old consoles and games for them. Legal and well supported.
Like small console re-edition with written games on it (and with home-made emulator, like Microsoft -implemented, like it was for xbox OG games on Xbox 360), and with proper way to use discs with it or to add new games from roms.
Getting those RGH boot timings down can be a fine art and a test of patience. I've had systems be in range of anywhere from instaboot to 5 minutes, which is why I always loved the JTAG. No fuss, no timings to mess with! Excellent video, my dude.
Yeah it's seriously annoying. Mine sometimes boots in less than a 1min then another time it takes like 3-4min.
I haven't tried a RGH Xbox 360 but after seeing this video I may have to buy one and give it a go
Rgh3 is instaboot son.
This is something from the past, rgh3 takes no time
@@JoshLineberry RGH3 isn't for fat xbox 360
Just hate how easily all the 360 controllers and accessories broke down. The battery pack constantly popping out, the joystick sensors wearing down caused me to have to buy four replacements. The system itself broke down and needed repairs. Ended up looking like a Frankenstein monster
Decided to buy an RGH Halo 4 console after the store closing announcement. It's pretty awesome and I have no intention of going online with it. I've modded all of my other consoles, but the RGH3 goes beyond my capabilities so I bought one modded and then did the software side myself.
It’s super easy can you use proto stealth sever or my favorite XBnetwork stealth sever fun to troll or play for free without membership and been online for couple months and still no ban:D
Playing OG half-life 2 xbox classic on xbox 360 is definitely one experience i can say people must have.
Why? I'd rather play the Orange Box on Xbox 360
Nice video. I am considering having my x360 modded but I have the earlier version where you can't expand the hard drive that easily. I feel I may be better off finding a more recent model, upgrading that hard drive for all the game images and then modding that. Keeping the earlier one unmodded (for now).
With the console modded, expanding a phat hard drive is extremely easy
@@Harmonic14 I just looked at a video and it seems those enclosures are quite easy to open. Did not know about that. I will be looking at upgrading that drive somewhere in the future. And modding the xbox.
you can have several hdds and swap as needed...
@@NaoPb If you have an old WD Scorpio drive (500GB or less) that will also work on a retail system thanks to HDDHackr.
The Xbox 360 has way more games and more use than the Xbone! Because of exclusives, easier to hack and play retro games from Nintendo. I wish Microsoft didn’t blow it with the Xbone, because the Xbox 360 had the best gaming experience of that console generation!
I have around 6 RGH3 hacked X360 - FATs, Slims and the e-Slim. I collect consoles, but I only keep so many units of X360. It's because the hack is awesome. The game presentation is superb. I just upgraded one of the Slims with a 1TB SSD and filled it to the brim with a huge XBL Arcade collection and retail games. It's the best platform to store that generations games. Love it so much I actually left it on the desk to finally finish Forza Horizon 1.
Wanna sell one?
11:58 did he seriously just talk about "old retro games" while GTA V was on screen? 😿
Scary! I just got my 360E modded with RGH3.0 to future proof it, and here MVG uploads a video on the topic!
Coincidence?
I have a modded Xbox 360 but I haven't made much use of it because I don't have a 2TB external hard drive. Once I get the external hard drive, I will start playing my modded 360.
So you are saying I can play Pokémon Red by emulating a Game Boy in Pokémon Stadium 64 on a N64 Emulator for Xbox while emulating Xbox on an Xbox 360?
Great video @MVG is it just ME but i thought you should know Volume Level in this Video seems a bit low Compared to you normal Videos Thought it should Know and keep up the good WORK Mate
Oh nice, been meaning to mod my old launch 360 (still going strong after a RRoD fix) to play all my old games again and check out a few I missed so this is very interesting indeed!
Rgh on a launch 360 that has been updated is not gonna work. Or is not gonna work reliably
You should just buy a Jasper or slim to replace it. They're cheap and are much less likely to break
The problem is modding the first few motherboard revisions of 360 is that nobody makes modchips for them because half of them died and nobody wants to do it, I've been on ebay shopping and the oldest I've found support for was Falcom motherboard from late 2006/2007. I got my slim from the garbage... I'd just grab another honestly
I just love the fact you can use your Xbox 360 to emulate the original Xbox in order to emulate another system XD
54 min till Xbox 360 store shuts down
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I saw Apache Air Assualt on there!! This is the number 1 reason I’ve been looking at doing this. Years ago my dad modded an original Xbox when I was about 7 or 10ish and we used to play halo 2, battlefront, and a few other things offline as we had downloaded the game to the Xbox. Now I’m an adult I can do the same thing with games that you literally can’t play anymore!
My favorite game on the OG Xbox was Quantum Redshift. The only thing that annoyed me was the soundtrack. On the Xbox it was possible to rip audio CDs to the hard disk and then choose from that library if the game supports it. If you play QR on an unmodified 360 this feature doesn’t work. While the 360 has a media library, it was always shown empty in the game menu. So is there a way to get this going on a hacked 360?
You know what's funny? All Games on Demand titles on 360 are region-free (unlike disc versions)... except Original Xbox games. I purchased Burnout 3 from US region and couldn't play it on PAL console. That was a bummer. Also, games getting delisted do not take away your ability to play them. I got plenty of delisted digital games on my 360 and they work just fine and you can also redownload them from Download History.
I have one, modded Gears Of War 3 edition slim 320gb. Out of the 9 consoles I have, i play this one the most😅I love the trainers function
I don't want to spend money buying soldering tools I'll never use again. Shame there isn't a softmod.
A list of reputable and fairly priced modders would be helpful. As you said having to know how to solder well can be a limiting factor.
most are teens or little kids. There are probably a few legends that are still around for past 10+ years or so who do it with their eyes closed
@@nathane2243I wouldn't call myself a legend but I've been doing it since 2009 🤣
Learn how to solder, it’s cheap and easy. Practice using a basic DIY electronics kit, then you’ll be ready for the Xbox modding.
@@Hornet135 sadly to to medical conditions, soldering is not something I can realistically do on a small scale such as with ic chips….
i wish you could softmod a 360 like you can w/ a PS3, the PS3's homebrew and modding community is so much more alive thanks to the ease of modding sony consoles
My understanding is that FSD and Aurora are 2 separate projects. Due to nagging issues with FSD I load Aurora on all the systems I sell. Also with a patched freeboot you can now have up to 16TB, not that you need that much space, but larger drives are now an option.
Oh I see you are dropping your business card in the comments (Genius move👍🏽) How do I get to pay for your service?
I have an RGH from consolewearhouse. Love playing custom songs for Guitar hero and DJ hero on it. Plus loads of other mods and hacked games as well. Have mine whitelisted to to play OG Xbox games. Also love that you can get all the delisted DLC and delisted games as well if you know how to do it. I will say though it’s not for everyone. It could be hard for a non tech savvy gamer to figure out how to do all of that. I’ve even had a few issues with my RGH that I have no idea what happened but it still works so I’m good
Nice vid, thanks. I recently did a Gears of war (all of them) revisit on my 360 and loved it. Suprising that there are still some really impressive visuals across the board. Even in 2006's Gears 1 (final 2 chapters) looked *REALLY* good by todays standards. Great machine. Cheers MVG!
I love these annual xbox 360 videos, they always get me to go back and hook up the 360 again lol
I ripped all of my (hundreds of) purchased physical games to my modded 360. It took several DAYS to complete this but it's absolutely worth it to load anything from my collection at any time. The whitelist feature, for original games, is also nice but as noted in the video they don't always run as they should.
Xbox 360 is a very good console machine. Some of its games during its life final phase are nothing short of amazing and can pass off as xbox one and ps4 games.
Mgs5.
Rise of the tomb raider.
Dead or alive 5 the characters skin texture is so good etc.
When a game gets delisted, it doesn't become unplayable for those that already own it. It just means it can no longer be purchased. I own many delisted games that all remain downloadable and playable.
What about the eventual day when they remove all support for the Xbox 360 from their online infrastructure? There will be a day when those purchases will no longer be downloadable. You don't really "own" digital games.
And you can still buy used games , those won’t disappear.
@@LocalAitch you own them as much as you do the physical. the online infra going down for good and having lost your digital copy is comparable to having your disc broken and seeing that the local game shops dont sell the physical game anymore.
yea if you have the disc you can make copies of it and whatever (legally gray) but people are just as able to tamper with the digital versions.
if anything, the digital game market is much more sustainable. it ofc depends on the publishers good faith but on xsx today im able to download games i bought on xbla in 2006 with updates and all. physical media doesnt compare to that at all in terms of potential
Not to mention the Xbox 360 supports 12 resolutions, 3 aspect ratios, and 6 video connection types.
Modern Xbox supports 2-4 resolutions, 1 aspect ratio, and 1 video connection type.
The only issues I have with these hacked Xbox 360s is that these custom dashboards just looked so ugly , I just want my Xbox to look like a retail model but with all the mods enabled...
To each his own.
IMO, Aurora is the best, cleanest, no bs dash ever made for any console. It takes you straight to a cloverflow view of all your games. You click on a title and you get summary, you pick updates, etc.
Almost all other dashes/Xmbs aren't even centered around your games. The games are usually buried under menus and sub-menus.
@@AR-ey1ur looks a bit ugly to me is all I'm saying
that’s why you just launch into normal dash, you don’t have to launch into it on boot lol
There is something so poetic about wearing a limited run games shirt whilst talking about not being able to purchase something ever again.
so there is no way to softmod the 360? where I live I don't know anyone that can hack my 360 like yours and im not techy, so Im kind of screwed
These videos always start off saying “really easy” and then give some insane shit
Give it some years, now that the xbox store is close maybe they’ll probably try to find a way to softmod so it’ll be easier for many people. Who knows🤷🏻♂️
@@garfieldfan925 He never said it was easy, and after completing an RGH sucessfully today, it's not "insane shit" either. I'm an ameteur at soldering, and I was able to pull it off
at the time my dad bought Xbox 360 Slim black coloured, I never knew that he bought me a modded console without any hard drive installed. Then again I still have some games on the hard drive and I wanna preserve more in the future, especially racing games.
Wow, do I miss the OG Xbox scene. The modding, XBMC, making it a linux box, it was just insane of all the possibilities. Far more fun modding the box than actually playing the games. The hours spent on Xbox-Scene are surely missed. I feel the 360 never got that much love because a softmod was never possible, well none for a dashboard that is, only for the CD ROM. The OG Xbox softmods were so easy you could practically sneeze at an OG Xbox and unlock it. I never tried the Jtag mod on the 360, but when the RGH mod became available, I was on the waiting list, and it worked flawlessly provided you had the timing adjusted right with the use of a specific resistor. The 360 was fun AF too, and I loved the original Freestyle dash, Auroa not so much in terms of its UI, but the scene was nothing like the OG days. The OG Xbox scene felt like a tight knit family, the 360 scene felt like everyone was on their own.
i have played so much 360 games in the past, more than my ps3. my first hack i have installed on it was the X-key 360, that allows you to play games on external drives on ISO format without losing online features, then on my next consoles i just install RGH and i still using my 360 to play some of the games on my collection. before the pandemic, i was able to find a lot of 360's in the thrift stores for nothing as well as games and i still own a decent collection of physical games(about 150 games). in my personal opinion and despite the software and some hardware issues Xbox 360 is the best xbox that microsoft have created so far, very simple menu, good catalog of games, and xbox live was super fun to play. thank you for this video.
Love getting to work and having a new MVG video waiting on me. Excellent as always. Thank you!
Xenia doesn't support system link. Being able to network 2 or more hacked 360s for some good, old-fashioned LAN party action is definitely an advantage original hardware has over emulation.
With games going digital it's also getting more expensive to preserve all of this media if you want to at home. But people who do want this also should think about realistic expectations where if they legit plan on playing these titles or a couple of them.
I'm personally curious MVG if you do store all these titles at your home, and if so, how do you preserve it?
Found a Xbox 360 E version next to my apartment's dumpster and power supply inside a large empty dog food bag with a couple game disks!
The HDD had been removed, but I had one handy from a faulty 360 slim. Got it up and running. Sold it for $100!
I already had a healthy running 360 Slim w/ Konnect and a bunch of physical disks.
I also have two Executer chip modded O.G. Xboxes. Both in dire need of repair. An Xbox One S. An Xbox Series S hooked up to a 144hz 24" 1080p IPS monitor. As well as a SSD internal drive upgraded PS4 Pro w/ PSVR & every related controller peripheral (Move, Hotas, Racing wheel, AIM, ect...)
I've recently heard tell of an "easy" two wire 360 mod to get it burning burned disks?!
May just have to check some of the local pawn shops for a potential test subjects, although?
I haven't really even had enough spare time to get the Series S emulation capabilities up and running.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Great content tho mate!
Cheers!
Having Aurora made me want to buy more OG games, specially for the price of the games of Xbox 360 in UK. I own a huge library now, and I NEVER thought I would own. Play almost everyday to games I thought I would never played, like After Burner Climax, World of Sensible Soccer, and Daytona USA for example, and there are not better versions of these. I love mine and thinking about getting another one for the future for when it inevitably dies. Not interested on Series X though....
Almost two months ago I did the RGH3 mod on one of my 360s, I own almost 300 physical Xbox 360 games which includes almost every game I ever wanted, but I only did it because it was a challenge, specially the point you have to scrape to get access to it to weld one of the wires to, what makes it difficult is how tiny the point is, and surrounded by tracks you should not damage.
That's not a problem on Phats, if you can get your hands on a Jasper or late Falcon
I bought a pre-modded Xbox 360 5 years ago after seeing your "Why YOU need a modded Xbox 360 in 2018" and it still runs like a champ, as of now it has 340 totally legitimately obtained games on it. 🙂
All of my games are also totally legally acquired, too!
I've been thinking about getting one for a good while. Soldering isn't my thing, though, so I'll have to buy one already done.
Quick question for those of you that have a hacked system already. Can Aurora use a dark theme for its menus? I always hates the menus since they switched them to White.
Yes you can.
Dude, i was telling my brother last night that the Xbox 360 was my next modding project, i fucking miss OG Zombies 😢
Hey, no mods man.. Xbox 360 is the last greatest console because without any internet connection or updates games just worked.
(I'm talking about the pre Wii avatar phase it went through in it's last third lifespan)
We got Doom II No Rest for the Living first, Perfect Dark remaster, Halo 3, RAGE and GTA 5
Alright the last 2 games had to be installed on the harddrive but they were amazing. No updates every week, if I bought a game for the 360 it worked.
Also Quake 4 came with a HD port of Quake II that I played more than the bonus DOOM 3 engine game.
Oh! And it had backwards compatibility to Doom 3 and Ressurection of evil!
By the way, Xbox 360 was the greatest console ever released. 😃
Also, wireless controllers!
All hail Xbox! It truly is my most played console, even though I’m mostly playing ps2 games this year. I recently got a modded ps2, so I’m playing through that library now.
My 360 gets some time off this year. :)
That title updade menu is incredible. Instantly though of a couple of games that I would love to to play the release version rather than the fully updated version.
MVG always dropping videos exactly when I need em. First time 360 player looking for one in the market!
Same here! Videos like these are so useful.
1:02 wait hold on....can u really hack a switch to play games without having to worry about getting a thing on the joycon for old models? better yet can u hack oled switch already?
The store shuts down in 23 min 😢
I've been in love with the Xbox 360 since 2005, got one in 2008, have about 400 physical games and 15 consoles (lol), and I FINALLY modded one. I RGH3'd a spare Jasper and put it in a beat up Halo 3 case I have with a 2TB HDD. I'm loving it so far. With the Proto Stealth Server, it functions exactly like retail for me, but no more disc swapping (plus ARRRRGH MATEY!).
I've been waiting and hoping for a softmod for years but finally gave up and sent it off for a RGH3 mod and honestly wish i'd done it years ago, its absolutely fantastic.
Aurora is also great but I do wish I could create custom categories. (I'm aware there are genre filters but these aren't what im looking for)
The 360 was the last hurrah for console gaming before everything became digital only. The late games were ofc pushing limits with huge patches and installs(GTA V) but overall the disc based ease was an amazing period in gaming. Now if only they had kept the beautiful blade interface instead of the tile based one they introduced with avatars
Buying my first xbox 360 phat with no HDMI(because who would ever need that) and hooking it up to a Sony triniton CRT TV with gears of war, halo 3 and forza motorsport 2, GTA IV later, red dead redemption, GTA V, is absolutely fond memories. Xbox live doing what we had been doing with ventrilo on PC for many years already and being so easy, was just great
I need this
Pretty sure I saw a Commodore Amiga screen at 11:20 time-stamp and not an Xbox :)
Love your videos! 1:40 you actually showed my listing! And again at 1:43 which is actually a system I just posted a video of. 😅 ❤ you are the best of the best! Thanks Modern Vintage Gamer! #RMGC
A hacked xbox 360 may be the last gasp platform to remember the "pre constant DLC/ micro transaction/gambling" era of gaming where you bought a game and could play it without an internet connections. It can cover classic emulation too so you can really get that full era of gaming from simple sprite based games to the huge 360 3D games.