Why a Hacked Xbox 360 is STILL awesome in 2023.

It's weird how a retro system like Xbox 360 doesn't have softmodding.

So I have a modded 360 I haven’t done much. I’d like to know how well it can be used to emulate older systems and stuff like MAME. Is there a decent front end available on the 360? Or at least retroarch?

I bought my first RGH a few months ago and im having a blast. Really wish i bought one 10 years ago in its prime

If an OG xbox game isn't playable on an xbox 360, will that make it unplayable on a RGH modded 360 as well?

I modded my Wii and it's awesome! 😂

I'm telling you right now. They better not shut down the store. At the very least, they should do what PlayStation did. Which is leave the store open, but if you want to buy stuff, you need to add credit elsewhere first. I could live with that. I just got a 360 again recently, after about 10 years or so only to learn the store is gonna be shut down soon? That sucks. I had quite a few games I was wanting to get. There are quite a few digital only games on there. On top of this, there is DLC I was wanting to get. Namely the True Ending to Asuras Wrath and Maps for COD.

So again. I hope that when they shut down the store. I can still get stuff off of there, even if I go and do it in a round about way, like on the PS3.

If i buy a premodded 360 does it come with games?

MVG can you help me do this plz ;(

Wow. Second gand 360's are expensive over there.

My local 'Cash Converters' has them for around £30. That's with a guarantee too.

I still have both of mine. They were fun back in 2015 big time.

PlayStation > trashbox

Crazy i just thought of doing this a few days ago.
My soldering iron and brain have been cold too long lol.

Guys can u download mods just like u do on pc?

Xbox 360 is my favorite console, I absolutely love everything from it, it is the peak of the Xbox brand. Maybe I will buy a hacked Slim just for fun.

Indie games too. Like 70% garbage, but there's gems there too. That support modded* online MP too.

Is it anywhere possible to earn achievements and gamerscore? It would be nice.

Does anyone recommend any particular controller? or setup that allows you to use a new controller?

Sodder

apparently you can flash a blades dashboard to an rgh xbox360 which i've never really seen the process of but it would be a cool video idea

Hello MVG
You clearly state that the game engine has been built from scratch as id tech would have been too heavy on memory, doesn't that make it not a port but instead a game of its own? Great video as always, love the story and lore of game development! 😁

So i just pick up a xbox 360e i wont be able to llay games if they take the server?

Here's my problem with all this "Xbox 350 hacking"". you need some sort of hardware hacking. That's unrealistic to most of us. Do I want to play that GoldenEye thing? YES I DO. Do I have the ability to solder something on to my beloved 360? I DO NOT. It's frustrating ...

When Microsoft stops supporting my xbox with updates, if the community is still providing them I guess I will get them there.

So you can install games online or you have to have the disk?

Im still rocking my 360 with the XKey ODE emulator.

Short question: Is it worth doing this to a 60GB Jasper model?

Context: I've modded pretty much everything I've ever had in terms of big consoles or handhelds, but for some reason I completely stopped playing the X360 after I got bored of Forza Motorsport 4.
I want to get back into it but I've not read a single letter on modding the 360, ever, so I'll need advice on the best course of action.

What's the consensus on SSD upgrades on the Jasper model? Any limitations to using this particular Xbox to perform mods to? Anything to look out for, or things to definitely prioritize?

I was thinking of getting a second modded 360 sometime soon and i was wondering if i can put the dlc i own to the modded one like i can with my physical games or i can't

I know its not possible but I'd love if once the servers are totally shut down and XB360 is totally offline there is some sort of softmod exploit I have one RGH but It would be cool to have all of my 360s full of games in the house, one can only hope 🤣(I know its not possibly please right me a life story about 360 Hardware)

A soft mod for the 360 would be hugely welcome. I don't like tinkering that much with hardware I want to preserve.

I had 3 360s. They all died

"Which model of the 360 is the best to mod or does it not matter?"🤔

So i can do all this if I buy an RGH3 console? is there anything in particular I should look out for?

Sold my lovely Xbox 2 years ago 😘

Any links with instructions?

Can it play up to date games ? Like red dead redemption 2 and cyberpunk?

Goddamnit now I want a 360

I miss xbox 360

Had an RGH since 2013-2014 by faar the best decision of my life. I ran through countless discs but theres no need to worry

Where can I buy one of these?

You can also play the original GTA Online on a modded Xbox 360. With other players and heists and jobs and all of that

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.

how come Xboxes have always been so hard to mod compared to PlayStation the Xbox one has still not been jailbroken you would think PlayStation would use the same security features as Xbox

Interesting, I actually liked the OG Xbox back in the day, probably still have a modded one somewhere. Having said that I was never into the 360 and honestly I'd be more interested in hearing about the PS3 homebrew scene which from what I've seen looks fairly interesting indeed in terms of preservation certainly with everyone perhaps moving onto PS4 which the PS5 is also backward compatible with to a large extent.

Of course I could say it's all kind of a moot point as I write this on a PC but the console scenes are just more fun for some reason in my experience anyway. Just always seems more exciting. 10 or 20 years ago I was excited when emulation was first becoming well-known and the PC was practically the only place for it. Now it just seems a bit dull. The PS3 emulation scene also again seems the most interesting.

Good times.

For retro games I'd rather use a console that doesn't constantly eat 200W even when idle

As someone lazy enough to not want to do the whole soldering procedure I wish they could've kept updating the Series backwards compatability instead of canceling it altogether, but I guess market forces will be market forces.

Im so glad i was born in 90s , any earlier would have been too boring any later would have been too werid

Kids today have no idea how much entertainment they have at their disposal. I remember as a kid i used to acrually get bored, not sure if its just aging but i havent been bored since like junior high. there was a time where internet was prerry much just lag only people who could enjoy it would be little kids with all the time in world since it would take minutes to load any webpage or hours to download music/songs/videos at the beginning .

Thanks MVG, I saw your video and then a few days later I did it to my own R2D2 console with success. It’s really cool