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Amazing skins. Will the Xbox-HQ V2.0 UnleashX Theme HD Special Edition be released soon?

This website has some very impressive original UnleashX skins and also contains a large collection of community skins for many other dashboards: https://n163lph03n1x.wixsite.com/home/dashboard-themes

At first glance, I thought this meant the console was operating a bit buggy. Well, I guess it is in a way... I mean, couldn't the seller be bothered to clean it first? What type of "Captain Trips" Biohazard was this guy selling? What's even more shocking is... 4 WERE SOLD! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Xbox-Original-Video-Game-Console-only-1219-/333191076802?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l10137.c10&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true

Actually, I've had nothing but good performance from my Thompson drive and have used it (off and on) since 2001. I do rip the games to the hard drive but these are the first 2 pieces of media I've come across that haven't worked.

Hey everyone, I wanted to start a discussion/thread about games that are in perfect working condition but for some reason the DVD Drive is too old or stubborn to read the game. I of course have 2 consoles both with Thompson drives and I found (so far) that neither will read the following games: 1. Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2. Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring. Both discs are in pristine condition but UnleashX and DVD2XBOX give a "Tray Empty" message. I did a Google search for these and it seems others have the same problems with these 2 games being read on a Thompson Drive. I wanted to know what other games and drives folks are having issues with. Hope to hear from you all. Thanks, Larry

I'm trying to get through all 4 official Dungeons & Dragons branded games for OGX 1. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - COMPLETE 2. Baldur's .Gate: Dark Alliance 2 - COMPLETE 3. D&D Heroes - Partial 4. Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone - Just got it in the mail. Then there are the numerous RPG/action games that borrowed all the game mechanics from D&D like Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, Morrowind, Fable, and Bard's Tale. I used to have the light gun but sold it to a friend's son as I don't have any CRT TVs in the house any longer. My arcade cabinet does have a sensor bar light gun but it's definitely not like playing on a CRT.

Yeah, modding the Wii was just to see if I could but no one in the house ever plays with it. I'd have to say it's my very least favorite console I've ever owned. Nintendo forgoing HD in favor of the novelty nunchuk was a pretty terrible move IMO. I suppose it's great if you're 8 years old and love goofy cooking games but the only saving grace for that system is that it supports lightgun games on a modern TV. It would be awesome if the OG Xbox had a sensor bar that allowed for the same thing. I'll need to check out Metal Wolf Chaos and Gemma Onimusha but right now I am on this terrible Dungeons & Dragons kick.

Haha, thanks! I call it my...

Thanks! It's gone through a few more changes since this video. I added more LED buttons, 2 light guns, a spinner, and an HDMI/Ethernet/USB output jack in the back so I can easily connect it to the projector. I may one day add a control panel overlay and side art but it's not that important. The Marvel vs Capcom 2 came out pretty nice as well.

Hey, Everyone! I joined the a few weeks ago. I've been modding OG Xbox since the days of The Screen Savers on Tech (G4) TV. I got my first and only modchip, an Xecuter 2.3b Lite+ back in around 2003. The very first time I got the new Evolution-X Dashboard to load and a Genesis emulator to run I was over the moon thrilled and thus began my heightened interest in "modding" things. I was always perusing the Xbox-scene website. Shortly thereafter, I had quite a few folks ask me to mod their systems but they were all softmods and hard drive upgrades. I left the Xbox modding scene pretty much right after the 360 came out but, when I discovered CoinOps, Rocky5's softmod tools, and TSOP modding a couple years ago, it reignited my interest. I've been practicing my soldering skills so I figured I'd give TSOP modding a go. My model 1.0 Xbox I bought back in 2001 was the guinea pig and was successful with the TSOP on the first try. I first removed the old modchip as it was having issues staying in contact with the motherboard. This would cause it to power cycle 3 times then flash red. Once it was removed, the problem went away. I was so elated that I found someone on FB Marketplace who sold my his 1.0, 2 duke controllers, and about 12 games for $30. He said it was having issues shutting off but, after a good cleaning and a clock capacitor removal, it's working great. I TSOP modded that one as well although it took me about 6 tries to get the TSOP writeable. My next hardware venture may be into the realm of 128MB upgrades although my soldering skills are kinda crappy. I actually really enjoy playing these old games too and have recently completed Baldur's Gate I and II, Evil Dead: Regeneration, and am currently playing Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. Here are some of the other retrogaming interests I've involved myself with: Created a Arcade (LaunchBox/Hyperspin) system from a shoddy empty arcade cabinet. It now includes about 80 systems and tens of thousands of games (see slideshow below). You can view my Hyperspin contributions here: https://hyperspin-fe.com/profile/18535-malarrya/content/?type=downloads_file You can view my LaunchBox contributions here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/profile/79634-malarrya/content/?type=downloads_file (I'm very proud of the D&D Platform I created). Fully restored a Marvel vs Capcom 2 machine from non-working/shoddy status to fully working and Net DIMM expandable. The Net DIMM is a Naomi system cartridge that's network capable and contains 512MB of flash memory so many other Naomi games can be flashed to the cabinet. Soft-modded several Nintendo Wii systems installing new games, emulators, and programs with an SD card. Updated my Sega Dreamcast so games are launchable from the rear serial port using an SD card. Still own my original Sega Genesis with 32x and Sega CD and have collected about 30+ 32x games. Restored/fixed 2 ColecoVisions and amassed about 50 games Own about 60 Original Xbox games, 2 dozen Xbox 360, and about 10 Xbox One games. I've owned the following consoles (in personal chronological order): Pong, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, NES, Sega Genesis, Sega 32x, Xbox original, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, Sega Dreamcast, Xbox One S, and Sega CD. I've always been the "other system" guy. Coleco over Atari, Sega over Nintendo, Xbox over PlayStation, Samsung over Apple, Samsung over Sony (TVs), etc. My interests also include my family, snowboarding, baseball, hockey, movies, guitar, boardgames, throwing Halloween parties, and Comic-Con (conventions). I mostly listen to Celtic music, John WIlliams music, Beatles, Pop-punk, and 80s. Good to meet you all!