Having so much fun with the OG xbox

Grimpus · Tuesday at 8:02 PM

Anyone have a modded one too? I have one crystal and a black one, The crystal one had a capacitor i didnt know existed leak but the black one had it removed so now im wiser, I love playing on it just wish insignia worked ive tried every tweak available, Guess its for offline for now, The 360 is like 21 years old now from 2005 so i guess you can call that retro and i enjoy that one too aswell as the 20 year old PS3.

Any cool games you reccomend for these? Im building a library here Hehe

Hanafuda · Wednesday at 7:42 PM

I stopped using my OG Xbox around 2004, and then played on it some more around 2012 for a while when I bought a few games for it from estarland. Since then, I haven't turned it on. Probly needs a full recap to be safe. It has never been modded even though I've been intending to for years. Always somewhere else the money needs to go.

Fien · 2026-06-12T02:39:46+0100

I bought my first Xbox OG in the end of 2022, it was one with a defective HDD but with 2 controllers and a original RGB SCART cable for only €15,-.

Back then I bought it just to try repairing it for fun. I got it running by reading the EEPROM with a Raspberry Pi and prepare/lock a fresh HDD with a softmod for it. Later on I got the TSOP flashed with Cerbios and repaired some trace corrosion on the board.

In the meantime, I joined a group of local retro enthusiasts who regularly play online games via Insignia, such as PGR2, Midtown Madness 3, Halo 2, Outrun 2, and Crimson Skies. I join the games as well, even though I am often the least skilled player.

Now, I have 5 Xbox OG's, all black ones. I modded all of them with larger IDE HDD's and Cerbios on the TSOP (one has a Modxo chip). And one has the 128MB RAM upgrade soldered. Three of them are recapped because of leaking capacitors.

Some months ago I recapped a Crystal one for a guy which stopped working because of bulged caps, he only uses it to watch movies. But he also gave me a black one with bulging caps for me to keep or scrap. I end up recapping/modding it and gave it to a friend so she can join the Insignia games when we play with the group.

My favorite Xbox OG game to play online is Midtown Madness 3 "Stayaway"/"Rabbit Mode" :wub:

Sadly, the group I'm part of only plays this game a couple times a year. Sometimes I play this game locally using LAN/System Link if a friend comes over, she also likes this game. But she plays too good, most of the time I loose.

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