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November 18th, 2013, 01:41 Posted By: wraggster
 According to an email from Microsoft, the Zune Marketplace, precursor to Xbox Music, will no longer support rental, purchase or browsing of content "as early as" November 22, the same day as the Xbox One launch. Those looking to replace or transfer their content can look instead to Xbox Video, which allows for purchase or rental of content using local currency (as opposed to the recently retired Microsoft Points), or Xbox Music, which streams content. Both services will be available on the Xbox One.
If you were previously a Zune user and log into Xbox Music with your Microsoft account, the service will display your local library as a virtual collection. Any video content previously purchased from Zune will likewise transfer over to Xbox Video. If you have any remaining Microsoft Points, you can convert them to your local currency by purchasing content or redeeming a code for Microsoft Points.
Although the Zune Marketplace is on its way out, Zune hardware will remain usable. Microsoft PR confirmed to Joystiq that owners of Zune hardware will still be able to enjoy playback of previously-purchased content from their personal collection on their devices.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/16/zu...s-november-22/
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October 22nd, 2013, 00:25 Posted By: wraggster
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MAMEoXtras v1.0 Fix is released. MAMEoXtras is a port of the popular MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator) system for the XBOX. This is an update to MameDOX based on Version 1.1. Featuring new updated driver work and brand spanking new skins. Contains coding by Erik Abair, opcode, luckyMIC, superfro, XPort, bendermike, Ebsy, HK$, IQ_132, gamezfan, destronger, cbagy, And BritneysPAIRS.
This Is An Update To MameDOX Based On Version 1.1
It contains New Updated Driver Work By IQ_132 BritneysPAIRS And gamezfan
Plus Brand Spanking New Skins By destronger and cbagy
Thanks to cbagy for lightgun fixes
And bigby for the new dat file
Big Thanks To....
MadMab
+T+
Destronger
Cbagy
Bigby
IQ_132
hcf
Waal
XtecutorX73
For help guidance and support
Thx alot guys couldn't have done it without you
New Games Now playable Have Added Sound Support Or Speedhacks In This Release
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Osman (Now Playable)
Boogie Wings (Now Playable)
Double Dragon (Hacked to run fast)
Charlie Ninja (Now Playable)
Party Time : Gonta the Diver II (Now Playable)
Rohga Armor Force (Now Playable)
DJ Boy (Now Playable)
Cabal (Now Playable with 3 button for rolling)
Squash (Now Playable)
Thunder Hoop (Now Playable)
Bubble Bobble Updated rom (Now Playable)
Fix Eight bootleg (Now Playable)
Task Force Harrier (Now Playable)
Air Attack (Now Playable)
Bioship (Now with Sound)
Macross 1 and 2 (Now with Sound)
Black Heart (Now with Sound)
Gunnail (Now with Sound)
Acrobat Mission (Now with Sound)
Vandyke (Now with Sound)
Koutetsu Yousai Strahl (Now with Sound)
Exciting Hour (Now Playable)
Mat Main (Now Playable)
Mania Challenge (Now Playable)
Avenging Spirits (Now Playable)
Joe & Mac Returns (Now Playable)
Chain Reaction (Now Playable)
Magical Drop (Now Playable)
Magical Drop Plus 1 (Now Playable)
Multi Champ (Now Playable)
Multi Champ Deluxe (Now Playable)
Head Panic (Now Playable)
Tang Tang (Now Playable)
SWAT Police (Now Playable)
Dream World (Now Playable)
Diet Go Go (Now Playable)
Night Slashers (Now Playable)
Night Slashers (Uncensored Versions) with blood and gore (Now Playable)
Fighters History (Now Playable)
Skull Fang (Now Playable)
World Cup Volley 95 (Now Playable)
Hoops 96 (Now Playable)
Dunk Dream 95 (Now Playable)
Avengers In Galactic Storm (Now Playable)
Escape Kids (Now Playable)
Bonks Adventure (Now Playable)
Explosive Breaker (Now Playable)
Blood Warrior (Now Playable with a little background glitches)
Shogun Warriors (Now Playable)
Fujiyama Buster (Now Playable)
B Rap Boys (Now Playable) Some Graphic Glitches
B Rap Boys Special (Now Playable) Some Graphic Glitches
Thunder Heroes (Now Playable)
Riot (Now Playable)
Twin Action (Now Playable)
Stagger I (Now Playable)
Red Hawk (Now Playable)
Guardian Storm (Now Playable)
Sen Jin (Now Playable)
Bubble 2000 (Now Playable)
Hot Bubble (Now Playable)
Pop's Pop's (Now Playable)
Mang-Chi (Now Playable)
Spectrum 2000 (Now Playable)
Fire Hawk (Now Playable)
Mighty Warriors
Ironclad (Now Playable)
Tetris The Absolute Grand Master 2 (Now Playable)
Tetris The Absolute Grand Master 2 Plus (Now Playable)
Double Dragon 3 (Japanese and Clones Now Playable)
Cosmic Alien (Now with Sound)
Bakuretsu Breaker (Now Playable)
US Mustang (Now Fixed)
Hacha Mecha Fighter (Now Playable)
Street Fighter 1 (Hacked to run fast)
Neo Pong (Now Playable)
Gun Master (Now Playable)
Recalhorn (Now Playable)
Bang Busters (Now Playable)
Counter Run (Now Playable)
Donkey Kong 2 (Hack Added)
Donkey Kong Foundry (Hack Added)
Baryon (Now Playable)
Final Fight (Hack Added)
Virtua Fighter 1 (Playable)
Metal Slug 6 (Hack Added)
Golden Tee 3D golf (Now Playable)
Golden Tee 97 (Now Playable)
Golden Tee 98 (Now Playable)
Golden Tee 99 (Now Playable)
Golden Tee 2k (Now Playable)
Golden Tee Classic Golf (Now Playable)
Title Fight (Now Playable)
F1 Grand Prix Star 2 (Now Playable)
Twin Cobra 2 (Now Playable)
Hyper Street Fighter 2 (Now Playable)
Sound and full sample support added for......
* Vanguard
* Sasuke vs. Commander
* Satan of Saturn
* Zarzon
* Fantasy
* Pioneer Balloon
* Nibbler
Playable with some issues
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Flying Tiger (now Playable) Some Wrong Colours
Bubble Bobble 2 The Return Of Super Drunk (Now Playable) A little slow
Double Wings (No Sound Cant Add Coins) boots with coin added in game reset always adds a coin
Vamp 1/2 (Now Playable) Slow on stock xboxes maybe upgraded boxes will play it better??
Reinstated Some Drivers Which Had Support Removed like.....
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Nintendo Playchoice
Nintendo VS
Fixed The following Multi Screen Games To Load Full Screen TV Aspect
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Darius
Darius 2
Lode Runner The Dig Fight
Tecmo Bowl
The Ninja Warriors
Warrior Blade Rastan Saga 3
Vs Nintendo Dual Screen
Full VMM Testing Done
All games should now load without having to adjust the VMM settings
except for NightSlashers japan and NightSlashers Overseas Rev
Games with Analog control Fixes Button Remappings etc
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88 Games
720
APB
Arkanoid Returns
Bad Lands
Bigrun 11th Rally
Camel Try
Centipede
Championship Sprint
Chase HQ
Chequered Flag
Continental Circus
Crystal Castles
Demolition Derby
Discs Of Tron
Double Axle
Enduro Racer
Escape Planet Of The Robot Monsters
Gotcha Mini Game Festival
Grand Prix Star
F1 GP star 2
Hydra (Fixed Pedal to start Game)
Hyper Sports
Hyper Olympics
Jurassic Park
Marble Madness
Milliped
Missle Command
Numan Athletics
Night Striker
Outrun
Outrunners
Pole Position
Pole Position 2
Prebillion
Road Blasters
Road Riots Revenge
Road Runner
Sega Sonic The Hedgehog
Special Criminal Investigation
Steel Gunner
Steel Gunner 2
Super Sprint
Tempest
The irritating Maze
Thunder Ceptor
Top Speed
Track N Field
Wec-Le-Mans
Mapped some Gun Games to use the D-Pad makes controlling the crosshair with the gamepad easier
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Alien 3 The Gun
Bang
Battle Shark
Beast Busters
Chiller
Dragon Gun
Egg Venture Deluxe
Lethal Justice
Mechanised Attack
One Shot One Kill
Operation Wolf
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation wolf 3
Police Trainer
Space Gun
Steel Gunner
Steel Gunner 2
Tickee Tickets
Zero Point
Zero Point 2
Zombie Raid
Added Cheat Support For.....
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Osman
Boogie wings
Double Wings
Title Fight
Charlie Ninja
Rogha Armour Force
DJ Boy
Progear
Thunder Hoop
Joe N Mac Returns
Dream World
Diet Go Go
Bonks Adventure
Night Slashers
Skull Fang
Thunder Heroes
Riot
Swat Police
Fix Eight
Gun Master
Counter Run
Virtua Fighter 1
Golden Tee Golf Games
Twin Cobra 2
Turned On Blood/Violence in these games
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Dungeon Magic
Metal Slug Games
Night slashers Overseas Rev
Shock Troopers
Switched Bonks Adventure to English Language
Switched Ironclad from Spanish to English
Fixed The End Of Level Crash In Rampage World Tour
New Dat File Included
Updated Help File
For General Usage Tips Press Start And Choose Help
Q How do i install this emulator
A See below
First check your xbox E:\Tdata\4d414d46 folder to make sure there is no previous save file
folder inside it If there is it will be called system just remove it before booting MAME0XTRAS
for the 1st time To install on your Xbox HDD just simply pick your preferred emulator folder
and FTP it across
Q My roms dont work
A Use the dat provided in romcentre to scan against your romset
and make your roms compatable with this emulator
Q Ive used the dat and still my roms wont work
A Lucky for you ive upped a copy of my romset to my Repo Folder
Q How do i skip warnings before the games load
A In the main menu make sure all skip warning settings are enabled
Q What games does this play
A Mame arcade games only
Q Does it play console games
A Dont be a daftie
Q Does it play Final Burn Legends Arcade Games
A Nope use FBL v1.12
TODO
Add HD Support
Add Video Preview Support
100% LOCK FREE 100% RESTRICTION FREE The Way It Should Be
Enjoy
destronger and gamezfan
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September 16th, 2013, 01:11 Posted By: wraggster
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XBMC4XBOX v3.3.2 is released. XBMC is a free and open source media player software made solely for the first-generation Xbox video-game console. Other than the audio / video playback and media center functionality of XBMC4Xbox, it also has the rather unique ability to catalog and launch original Xbox games, and homebrew applications such as console emulators from the Xbox's built-in harddrive.
XBMC4XBOX v3.3.2 Changelog:
- Fixed black background issue for Confluence Lite when interface is not in English.
- Fixed a problem with the recently updated build script that didn’t package up PM3 and Confluence.
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September 16th, 2013, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/19/15) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Fix MSVC warning: Invalid data: accessing 'm_DeviceName', the readable size is '6240' bytes, but '-240' bytes might be read
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September 9th, 2013, 11:15 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx Reloaded Git (2013/09/08) is compiled. Cxbx Reloaded is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx Reloaded Main Features:
* 64-bit support!
* Able to boot and get ingame in Turok Evolution, and Futurama.
* May work with other titles, I have not yet tested much outside of these.
Differences from mainline Cxbx:
* Corrected generation of SizeOfImage field in converted executables (Fixes 0xC000007b on Windows 64-bit)
* Partial emulation of the FS register without using the LDT (Allows Xbox games to execute on Windows 64-bit)
Cxbx Reloaded Git Changelog:
* Revert "Began setting up the structure for new core"
* Revert "Began creation of new wxWidgets user interface"
* Revert "Remove unneeded .suo file. [Yes more cleanup]"
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August 27th, 2013, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/08/20) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Clarify flags to Direct3D::CreateDevice() and close out a debug DirectX runtime warning on Debug builds (it will be slower, so don't use on Retail builds)
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August 19th, 2013, 02:16 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/08/18) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Add more general support for D3DDevice: eleteVertexShader() back to XDK 3925. This is a function Xeon supported in Halo1 but which Cxbx was yet to support
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August 18th, 2013, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster
 The Zune Marketplace will close its virtual doors whenever Microsoft decides to flip the switch and convert from MS Points to local currency, which could be as soon as Thursday, August 22 according to the Zune Marketplace FAQ.
The Zune Marketplace's movie and television rental/purchasing functionalities will be taken over by the Xbox Video platform, whereas its musical feature set will become the domain of Xbox Music, provided you've got a subscription to the service that allows streaming to an Xbox 360. Microsoft recommends that you "spend your points balance prior to this change," but last we heard MS Points will be converted into an amount of local currency of equal or greater value.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/16/zu...ts-conversion/
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August 13th, 2013, 11:26 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/08/10) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Tweak support for D3D8::SetRenderState_MultiSampleRenderTargetMode() in XDK 5344. 5344 should really have own OOVP file given differences found to date -- they are currently aliased -- but duplicating the functions for now is fine
* Tweak support for D3D8::SetRenderState_MultiSampleMode() under XDK 5344, to not use an Xref (was troubesome)
* Support D3D8::SetRenderState_TwoSidedLighting() in XDK 5344
* Address duplicate OOVP pattern matching, to resolve problems with Futurama. This may adversely effect Whacked support
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July 23rd, 2013, 11:06 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/07/22) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Basic support for MmUnmapIoSpace (Kernal API 0xB7 / 183)
* Basic implementation of MmMapIoSpace (Kernel API 0xB1 / 177)
* Support D3D::Reset() in XDK 5849
* Support D3Device::InsertCallback() (basic) on XDK 5849
* Support DSBPLAY_SYNCHPLAYBACK flag to SoundBuffer::Play()
* Support additional D3DLOCK_NOOVERWRITE flag in D3DTexture::LockRect()
* Initial support for D3DDevice::SetDepthClipPlanes() in XDK 5849
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July 22nd, 2013, 14:35 Posted By: wraggster
source: xbmc4xbox.org.uk] The XBMC4Xbox team is proud to announce the release of XBMC4Xbox 3.3. Improvements include:
* New default Confluence Lite skin.
* DVDPlayer improvements.
* Updated VFS and Cache.
* Improved 128MB Ram support.
* Built-in support for recently added videos/music for skins (without the need for Python).
* Updated MythTV support.
* Better out of the box support for universal / Microsoft Media Extender remotes.
* Password Manager for Samba shares allowing different usernames/password per share.
* Skinning improvements.
* Scraper updates.
* Various other code / library updates and improvements.
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June 3rd, 2013, 00:07 Posted By: wraggster
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A new version of the multi-system emulators RetroArch (formerly known as SSNES) is released for Windows, XBOX, WII, PS3 and XBOX360.
SSNES is called RetroArch from now on, and ´libsnes´ is called ´libretro´ from now on.
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What is RetroArch?
RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight, and portable. It has features few other emulators frontends have, such as real-time rewinding and game-aware shading.
What platforms does it support?
RetroArch sets the standard on cross-platform portability right now.
Linux (x86 and x86_64)
Windows (32bit/64bit)
Mac OSX (PPC/Intel)
Playstation 3 (PS3 SDK/PSL1GHT (WIP))
Xbox 1 (XDK)
Xbox 360 (XeXDK/Libxenon)
Wii
Raspberry Pi
OpenPandora
Why is it special?
Right now RetroArch is unique in that it runs the same emulator cores on multiple systems (such as Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC, etc).
For each emulator ´core´, RetroArch makes use of a library API that we like to call ´libretro´.
Think of libretro as an interface for emulator and game ports. You can make a libretro port once and expect the same code to run on all the platforms that RetroArch supports. It´s designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind so that the porter can worry about the port at hand instead of having to wrestle with an obfuscatory API.
The purpose of the project is to help ease the work of the emulator/game porter by giving him an API that allows him to target multiple platforms at once without having to redo any code. He doesn´t have to worry about writing input/video/audio drivers - all of that is supplied to him by RetroArch. All he has to do is to have the emulator port hook into the libretro API and that´s it - we take care of the rest.
Supported game / emu cores
bNES
Libretro port is: A Nintendo Entertainment System / Nintendo Famicom emulator.
Libretro author: Themaister
Original author(s): byuu
Compatible with: RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: TBD
Github: https://github.com/libretro/bnes-libretro
bSNES
Libretro port is: A Super Nintendo/Super Famicom emulator.
Libretro author: Themaister
Original author(s): byuu
Compatible with: RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 3 (Performance/Compatibility), 4 (Accuracy)
Github: https://github.com/libretro/bsnes-libretro
Final Burn Alpha
Libretro port is: A multi-arcade system emulator.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): Various
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: TBD
Github: https://github.com/libretro/fba-libretro
FCEUmm
Libretro port is: A Nintendo Entertainment System / Nintendo Famicom emulator.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): Various
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 0
Github: https://github.com/libretro/fceu-next
Gambatte
Libretro port is: A Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulator.
Libretro author: Themaister, Twinaphex
Original author(s): Sinamas
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 0
Github: https://github.com/libretro/gambatte-libretro
Genesis Plus GX
Libretro port is: A Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000 emulator.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): Charles McDonald, Ekeeke
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 1
Github: https://github.com/libretro/genesis-next.git
iMAME4All
Libretro port is: A multi-arcade system emulator.
Libretro author: ToadKing
Original author(s): Nicola Salmoria, Various
Compatible with: RetroArch PC, RetroArch PS3, RetroArch Pi
RetroConsole Level: 0
Github: https://github.com/libretro/imame4all-libretro
Mednafen PSX
Libretro port is: A Sony PlayStation emulator.
Libretro author: Themaister
Original author(s): Ryphecha (Mednafen)
Compatible with: RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 4
Github: https://github.com/libretro/mednafen-psx-libretro
Meteor
Libretro port is: A Game Boy Advance emulator.
Libretro author: Themaister
Original author(s): Philippe Daouadi.
Compatible with: RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: TBD
Github: https://github.com/libretro/meteor-libretro
NXEngine
Libretro port is: A Cave Story/Doukutsu Monogatari engine.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): Pixel, rogueeve
Compatible with: RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: TBD
Github: https://github.com/libretro/nxengine-libretro
Prboom
Libretro port is: A Doom engine.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): id Software, Various
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 0
Github: https://github.com/libretro/libretro-prboom
SNES9x Next
Libretro port is: A Super Nintendo/Super Famicom emulator.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): Various
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 1
Github: https://github.com/libretro/snes9x-next
VBA Next
Libretro port is: A Game Boy Advance emulator.
Libretro author: Twinaphex, Themaister
Original author(s): Forgotten, VBA-M Team.
Compatible with: RetroArch PS3, RetroArch 360, RetroArch PC
RetroConsole Level: 2
Github: https://github.com/libretro/vba-next
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May 27th, 2013, 23:49 Posted By: wraggster
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XBMC4XBOX v3.3 Beta 2 is released. XBMC is a free and open source media player software made solely for the first-generation Xbox video-game console. Other than the audio / video playback and media center functionality of XBMC4Xbox, it also has the rather unique ability to catalog and launch original Xbox games, and homebrew applications such as console emulators from the Xbox's built-in harddrive.
XBMC4XBOX v3.3 Beta 2 Changelog:
Following on from Beta 1, Beta 2 is now ready for testing. Changes since 3.3 Beta 1 include
- Skin / Navigation fixes
- Some locale updates
- Workaround for Exif orientation with jpeg-turbo code
One of the changes works around an issue with skins and upper-casing accented letters for non English languages. To workaround this we now include the main navigation strings capitalised (which is how XBMC mainline will handle it for the next release as they have similar problems on some platforms). Currently this has been done for English and Spanish. If you want to help fix this for your language, please open a thread over at the forum, and I will provide instructions. I may well automate a fix for other languages before the final 3.3 release.
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April 24th, 2013, 12:14 Posted By: wraggster
Industry veterans look to improve student initiative in interactive media
Former Microsoft employees and University of Southern California (USC) alumni Kavin Bachus and Chanel Summers have donated funds to the USC School of Cinematic Arts Interactive Media & Games Division (IMGD) to create The Bachus-Summers Fund for Innovation in Interactive Entertainment. The fund will be awarded to students showing innovation and initiative in interactive media.
Bachus was one the original creators of the Xbox console, while working as the DirectX group product manager at Microsoft. He currently serves as Dave & Buster's senior vice president of entertainment & games strategy.
Summers helped designed the audio capabilities for the original Xbox and created one of the industry's first support teams for content creators. After leaving Microsoft, she founded Syndicate 17, an audio production studio based in Seattle and Los Angeles.
"There has never been a greater opportunity than there is today for talented and passionate individuals to come together and create the legendary game studios of tomorrow," said Bachus. "The Bachus-Summers Fund for Innovation in Interactive Entertainment is meant to do two things: to recognize and reward the most innovative work by a student in the Interactive Media & Games Division and to encourage that student to build their own future, for themselves and for others, after leaving school. It is our expectation that the recipients of this Fund will be provided with the tools to build lasting creative and commercial success."
"I've seen first-hand that the most meaningful work is always achieved when visionaries take risks and break boundaries," said Summers. "Creative and talented individuals must be allowed to realize their dreams, regardless of resources. When thinking about this Fund, it was critical to us that it be used directly to support the efforts of tomorrow's creative and entrepreneurial leaders."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ing-innovation
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April 13th, 2013, 23:31 Posted By: wraggster
More of the same isn't enough - and always-on could be the prelude to an utter disaster
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Sony's had the first of its big reveals - we still haven't seen a box, much to the consternation of people who clearly spend a lot more time staring at the space under their TV than I do, or a price tag, much to the consternation of everyone else - so now all attention has turned to Microsoft. After the longest hardware generation in console history, it's coming up to time for the next gauntlet to hit the floor. Having made enormous strides and gains during the past seven or eight years (although it may be pipped at the very end by Sony's installed base), Microsoft's next Xbox enters the fray with a weight of expectation on its shoulders.
Yet the next Xbox also faces a problem its predecessor didn't have to deal with - namely the fact that Sony actually has its act together this time, or so it seems. Microsoft got a lot of things right with the Xbox 360 - great controller, great online service from the outset, good developer tools - but what gave it its real head-start, papering over major cracks like the shocking hardware failure rate of the early years, was not of the company's own doing. Rather, the Xbox 360 confidently strode past every stumbling block because its major rival, the PS3, was tripping over its own feet and pratfalling off the track entirely. Arriving a year later to market, the PS3 was dogged by a ludicrous price point, daft, developer-unfriendly hardware, an anaemic approach to online services and a sense of corporate arrogance and entitlement that was soon to come painfully back down to earth.
This time, Microsoft will not enjoy the advantage of its rival shooting itself in the foot every few paces. Sony's overall corporate position may not be the healthiest it's ever been, but the company's approach with PS4 thus far has been intelligent, purposeful and has even, in a sense, felt quietly apologetic regarding the excesses of PS3's early years. There's a long way to go yet and plenty of rough ground to cover, and it's still entirely possible that Sony will trip over some obstacles (price point, price point...) but early signs are promising.
"This time, Microsoft will not enjoy the advantage of its rival shooting itself in the foot every few paces"
This begs an important question for Microsoft to answer - how will it differentiate itself? We've already seen a handful of leaked and highly credible specifications for the Microsoft box, so we know that it's not going to be more powerful than Sony's system (in fact, existing specs are less powerful, but it's unwise to rule out an eleventh-hour specification bump along the lines of Sony's surprise inclusion of ultra high-speed memory modules). Sony has effectively caught up in online services, and services like PlayStation Plus and the video integration offered by Gaikai technology give it a number of new strings to its bow. As for backwards compatibility, both PS4 and Microsoft's next Xbox are going to be based on hardware platforms so different from their previous efforts as to render backwards compatibility deeply unlikely at best.
In short, despite its success in the present generation, Microsoft is going to have to do a whole lot better than simply "the next Xbox - more of the same but better" if it wants to repeat or better its market share performance. With Xbox Live, it showed a fantastic ability to leverage its experience and knowledge of the PC and online markets in order to effectively "skate to where the puck will be, not where it is" (as NHL legend Wayne Gretzky memorably described it) - launching an online service and pushing it hard just in time to catch the rising waves of online gaming and social networking as they reached critical mass. Microsoft needs to repeat that feat in some form; at the very least, it needs to offer a vision of console gaming that's different enough from Sony's to make it distinct, memorable and appealing.
There are reasons to be concerned about that. One of them is the company's seemingly unwavering focus on Kinect, which seems set to be built in to the next generation of Xbox consoles. That's fine in itself - a motion sensing component is a handy feature to have for developers - but it had better not be pushed as the console's Big Thing. Kinect, like PlayStation Move, is great tech - but it only ever existed commercially as a response to the success of the Wii. With Nintendo's home consoles foundering at present, focusing on motion tech feels very much, to borrow Gretzky again, like skating to where the puck used to be, not where it will be in future.
"With Nintendo's home consoles foundering at present, focusing on motion tech feels very much like skating to where the puck used to be"
Then there's the heavily rumoured always-online aspect of the console. I remain in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp on this - I simply can't believe that Microsoft is prepared to look at the significant percentage of Xbox 360 owners who never connected their devices to a network and say "you know, we never liked the money those guys gave us anyway". Equally, I find it hard to believe that they're ignorant of the many usage scenarios for consoles which don't involve being in the living room of a suburban home with a comfortably large broadband pipe stuck into the back of them. I know I've banged that drum before recently - back then I was in the rural West of Ireland, without a single bar of wireless data let alone a wired broadband connection to my name, and now I'm in Tokyo, one of the world's most connected cities, and I have a gigabit broadband connection.... Which goes down, inexplicably yet regular as clockwork, for five or six seconds every 20-odd minutes. Stuff doesn't always work the way it's meant to, broadband least of all. Always-on remains a pipe dream - as in, a dream of a time when the pipes aren't broken and twisted.
Still, it could happen - Microsoft could decide to pull that switch. They could even justify it by claiming that they're skating to where the puck will be - that always-on is the future we're moving towards, and Xbox is just getting there first.
They'd be wrong, and here's why. If you think about making a consumer-focused business into an early mover, so that you're already established by the time consumers realise that they want what you're offering, then the key word in there is "consumer". You're looking for what consumer behaviour will be down the line - two, five, even ten years away - and trying to make a product that fits that demand, or better again, creates it. Again, the key word is "consumers". They're your customer - you're creating something that improves things for them, so they grow to want and eventually to expect it from the products on the market.
"Always-on remains a pipe dream - as in, a dream of a time when the pipes aren't broken and twisted"
Always-on functionality in a console does not meet that expectation. Who wants to keep a system always-on? Who benefits from it? Microsoft, mostly; after that, some publishers and developers who want to use it to stop piracy and clamp down on second-hand sales. The advantage to consumers? Very little, weighed against the major potential disadvantages. This may be the wave of the future, but it's not a wave any consumer wants to surf, no matter how often we're told by publishers and platform holders that the water is lovely.
Moreover, the idea of an always-on console - if it's true, and I maintain that that's a big "if" - would underline a basic problem with Microsoft's entire strategy. Because platform holders deal with publishers (and to a lesser extent developers) every day, it can be easy for them to forget that these people are not their customers. Their customers - and thus their actual priority - are paying consumers who buy consoles and games, and business decisions must be focused on making those people happy, not on ensuring a snuggly love-in with publishers and developers. Balances must be struck, of course, and consumer and developer interests often even align nicely - but if you're building consoles for a living, your job is to make the consumer happy, even to the extent of making third-party developers and publishers very unhappy at times.
Of course, your publisher pals will mutter darkly about going over to exclusively support The Other Side, but this is nonsense. The reality is that in many ways, publishers aren't terribly powerful players in the market, no matter how much they like to believe otherwise. If Company X releases a console with always-on functions and no second-hand sales, and Company Y releases one with no always-on DRM and full support for second-hand software, it's obvious which one publishers will prefer - but if the Company X console ends up with an installed base significantly larger than the Company Y console, publishers will fall over themselves to develop games to sell to that audience anyway. Look at the constant churning of developer and publisher dissatisfaction with Apple's iOS App Store policies; every month brings a new threat of widespread rebellion (often against a clause which, considered from a consumer perspective, is a perfectly reasonable thing), none of which matter a tuppenny damn because Apple has the lion's share of the mobile app market and nobody but a fool or a peculiar moral purist is going to give up releasing content on that platform.
"if you're building consoles for a living, your job is to make the consumer happy, even to the extent of making third-party developers and publishers very unhappy at times"
As Microsoft's big day draws near, then, this is what I'm looking for. I want to see something that differentiates the company's offering - something that isn't Kinect, something new and interesting (be it controls, software, functionality or even business model related) that gives a clear vision for the next half-decade of home console gaming. Moreover, I want to see that Microsoft hasn't forgotten who their customers actually are. The next Xbox, like every console, needs to speak not to an audience of publishers but to an audience of gamers and consumers; make a great console and sell it to tens of millions, and the publishers will dance to your tune anyway.
If always-on is to be part of the experience, then it's going to need an extraordinary, mind-blowing justification; a piece of console functionality that simply cannot be lived without and could not be done without permanent connectivity. If it's simply a half-heartedly justified cover for a DRM scheme, then it will speak volumes about a rot at the heart of Microsoft's most basic decision- making.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ox-needs-to-do
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April 9th, 2013, 11:31 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/04/08) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes Git is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Additional documentation around SetRenderState_ShadowFunc
* Correct documentation string in XFreeSectionByHandle
* Add new section to XGetSectionHandleA lookup table
* Added special case to NtQueryVirtualMemory to handle Forza Motorsport bug -- backported from Dxbx, where issue was resolved by PatrickvL
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April 8th, 2013, 01:44 Posted By: wraggster
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Cxbx correctness-fixes Git (2013/04/07) is compiled. Cxbx correctness-fixes Git is a branch of Cxbx. Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system developed by a group of programmers led by a hacker named Caustik and written in the C++ programming language. Cxbx's goal is to convert a game from an Xbox executable to a native Windows executable.
Cxbx correctness-fixes Git Changelog:
* Implement ExFreePool and bugfix for ExAllocatePoolWithTag
* More conformant implementation of ExAllocatePool and ExAllocatePoolWithTag
* Implementation of RtlAssert() when triggered within emulated program
* Initial implementation of KeSetTimerEx
* Resolve some potential confusion with 64bit pointers, and extra documentation behind the use of a magic number in KeInitializeTimer
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April 4th, 2013, 00:09 Posted By: wraggster
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Well, I spent my entire Saturday afternoon working on Cxbx for one request (now do you know how much I love you guys?) and finally got a result worth posting.
Okay, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that it's finally confirmed that Cxbx is capable of emulating Sega Chihiro games. Good thing, because it's a load off of my mind. The mystery was killing me! The bad news is that there are some parts of the JVS I/O board may have to be emulated in order for games to work. Instead of emulating the JVS, I've been skipping and ignoring the port mapped I/O access functions as well as just creating stubs for the hijacked JVS functions.
Although I'm very pleased to have reached this far with Virtua Cop 3, I'll have to further research Chihiro's JVS hardware. There's a chance that we may not have to emulate it though, since JayFoxRox's emu managed to get passed this. It's probably a matter of satisfying a few conditions.
I'll put more work/thought into this later. It's passed 1AM and I'm tired. I'm just glad it's showing something for the time being.
Shogun.
http://shogun3d-cxbx.blogspot.tw/201...tua-cop-3.html
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March 28th, 2013, 02:03 Posted By: wraggster
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Dxbx SVN r1652 is compiled. Dxbx is an Xbox emulator, written in the Delphi programming language. Dxbx is a delphi port of the original Cxbx emulator.
Dxbx SVN Changelog:
r1652
Corrected pointer usage
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March 12th, 2013, 13:44 Posted By: wraggster
An open letter from bunnie, author of Hacking the Xbox:
Dear Reader,
No Starch Press and I have decided to release this free ebook version of Hacking the Xbox in honor of Aaron Swartz. As you read this book, I hope that you’ll be reminded of how important freedom is to the hacking community and that you’ll be inclined to support the causes that Aaron believed in.
I agreed to release this book for free in part because Aaron’s treatment by MIT is not unfamiliar to me. In this book, you will find the story of when I was an MIT graduate student, extracting security keys from the original Microsoft Xbox. You’ll also read about the crushing disappointment of receiving a letter from MIT legal repudiating any association with my work, effectively leaving me on my own to face Microsoft.
The difference was that the faculty of my lab, the AI laboratory, were outraged by this treatment. They openly defied MIT legal and vowed to publish my work as an official “AI Lab Memo,” thereby granting me greater negotiating leverage with Microsoft. Microsoft, mindful of the potential backlash from the court of public opinion over suing a legitimate academic researcher, came to a civil understanding with me over the issue.
It saddens me that America’s so-called government for the people, by the people, and of the people has less compassion and enlightenment toward their fellow man than a corporation. Having been a party to subsequent legal bullying by other entities, I am all too familiar with how ugly and gut-wrenching a high-stakes lawsuit can be. Fortunately, the stakes in my cases were not as high, nor were my adversaries as formidable as Aaron’s, or I too might have succumbed to hopelessness and fear. A few years ago, I started rebuilding my life overseas, and I find a quantum of solace in the thought that my residence abroad makes it a little more difficult to be served.
While the US legal system strives for justice, the rules of the system create an asymmetric war that favors those with resources. By and far one of the most effective methods to force a conclusion, right or wrong, against a small player is to simply bleed them of resources and the will to fight through pre-trial antics. Your entire life feels like it is under an electron microscope, with every tiny blemish magnified into a pitched battle of motions, countermotions, discovery, subpoenas, and affidavits, and each action heaping tens of thousands of dollars onto your legal bill. Your friends, co-workers, employers, and family are drawn into this circus of humiliation as witnesses. Worse, you’re counseled not to speak candidly to anyone, lest they be summoned as a witness against you. Isolated and afraid, it eventually makes more sense to roll over and settle than to take the risk of losing on a technicality versus a better-funded adversary, regardless of the justice.
The US government is far and away the best-funded and fearsome enemy in the world, and copyright law has some unusually large, if not cruel, penalties associated with it. I never knew Aaron, but I feel that the magnitude of the bullying he was subjected to is reflected in his decision to end his life.
I echo Larry Lessig’s notion that the US legal system needs a sense of shame. To an outsider like me, it seems that certain prosecutors in the US government are obsessed with making a name for themselves at the expenses of the individuals they pursue. Winning cases gains them the recognition and credibility needed for promotions and assignments to ever higher profile cases. For them, it’s not about justice—it’s about victory and self-aggrandizement.
This system of incentives contributes to the shameless bullying of individuals and small entities who have the guts to stand up and do something daring. Individuals are robbed of the will and strength to fight for what they feel is right, as the mere act of prosecution can be as much a punishment as the verdict. As a result, I fear that the era of civil disobedience may be coming to a close.
As people, as individuals, as hackers, we need to oppose this trend and continue to do what we feel deep down in our hearts is right. While Aaron's story came to a tragic end, I hope that in this book you will find an encouraging story with a happy ending. Without the right to tinker and explore, we risk becoming enslaved by technology; and the more we exercise the right to hack, the harder it will be to take that right away.
bunnie
Singapore, March 2013
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- HackingTheXbox_Free.pdf
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