/vr/ - Retro Games

Serious Sam. Pretty fun as long as i don't play more than one level per day

>>8086493
Nothing at the moment, but going to get more costumes for Helena, Kasumi and Tina in Ultimate coincidentally

Haven't touched it in a few months but the last xbox game I played was Project Gotham Racing 2. A really underrated feature of this game is that each city has its own radio stations with unique music. https://vgost.fandom.com/wiki/Project_Gotham_Racing_2 closest I've seen to that in another game is the radio stations in GTA, but that doesn't have the regional aspect like PGR2 does.

Are there any digital button mods for Xbox?
Got some nice wireless logitech controllers that require pressing the button really hard to get a full 255 analog press but not all games detect light button presses. I'd like to make it so that any press is always a full press on the face buttons.

>>8086493
As soon as I get the materials and learn to solder, I can replace the clock capacitor. Once that is done, I can't wait to catch up on all that I have missed.

>>8086669
You don't need the clock capacitor at all, just remove it and clean the area

What's the easiest way to get a USB 1.1 usb stick for softmodding the Xbox?
Alternatively, how do I figure out if a thumbdrive I already own is 1.1? I have an old-ass thumbstick I dug out of a box but I can't tell in device properties if the xbox would support it.

>>8086683
go on amazon.com, look up "splinter cell xbox" and click it to view the store page. Under the "frequently bought together" section you should see a usb to xbox adapter as well as compatible usb drives. Otherwise if you have a PSP those actually do work if you can spare a memory stick to be xbox formatted.

>>8086693
thanks anon, i forgot i also needed the adapter.

>>8086535
no idea why this game gets so much praise, its complete shit, kudos is just a way of making points system from what any decent driver should be doing anyway, 30 fps is poo compared to rallisport challenge 2 for example, the a.i is bumfuck retarded, boring low sense of speed, dont get it at all.

/vr/ keeps telling me that the xbox is a notoriously hard system to buy for because a lot of them are broken or will break soon. I see a lot of listings for reasonably priced consoles advertised as "tested, guaranteed working." Are they jewing me? How likely will it break within a year's time?

>>8086727
They have addressable issues, the biggest problem is they do need some work done. Unusual for a system that's only 20 years old or so. They were also made during the capacitor plague so sometimes you lose the capacitor library and get a shitbox. Really the only way to tell is to open it up. All clock caps must be removed however, unless it's a 1.6 model (xcalibur encoder by the AV out)

You're probably gonna be fine, just get it loading off a hard drive and modded as soon as you can.

>>8086525
>That moment in high school when you 100%d survival and unlocked all costumes
>That moment when you realized you were done the game, and had no one to play multiplayer with

>page 1
>not using the catalog exclusively

Was Blinx any good? I remember it looking interesting when it came out but I never had an Xbox original so I never played it.

>>8086761
Blinx 1 is mediocre. Very small stages, there's a 10 minute time limit per level and that's generous. Your objective is always to kill
every enemy and the enemies are rarely interesting. You just shoot them. The time gimmick is cool though.
Blinx 2 kicks ass though. Much more interesting level design with varied objectives, and you swap between the time cats and pig thief guys who have guns and gadgets.

Got my Xbox out of the closet to finally play this. I’m loving it.

Been playing this for the first time on my Xbox, really good game.

Good ol' Fromsoft delivering the goods.

My clear softmodded Xbox died on me.

>>8086525
>Unlocking outfits by actually playing the game.
I too remember when fighting games used to be fun.

>>8086732
at least you can endlessly ogle at them in some nice costumes

I'm currently busy with getting my newly bought PS2 phat off the ground but after that I need to deck out the old Xbox. Got a chip and Noctua fan inside already (it's a v1.0) but there are more upgrades to be made. Need a SATA adapter inside, replace the drive belt too. I'll also replace all the caps probably because why not.

>>8086969
played both these recently, all style no substance, boring gameplay, was really looking forward to them to.

Gunvalkyrie

why bother? isnt the ps2 just better? xbox is literally just an underpowered gaming pc of the time, wheres the nostalgia? at least the ps2 has a massive library.
Same with 5th gen, i dont get why people want the n64 or saturn over a ps1.

>>8087679
Quit being a smoothbrain.

>>8087695
How do I unsmoothened by brain? how am i wrong here?

>>8087679
>>8087701
>isnt the ps2 just better?
only for exclusives, every consoles multiplat game is best on Xbox and it's one of the few consoles with a (good) emulator

>>8087245
I bet you like clover/platshit games

>>8087709
i dont know how to play DC games on my xbox

when will they finish the trilogy?

>>8086493
Just beat NGB earlier on my 360. Played flawlessly with only the opening credits missing sound and the Magma Cavern having a graphical glitch. Love that game whole heartedly.
I've got
>Halo CE
>Halo 2
>Morrowind GotY
Installed with
>KotOR
>Jade Empire
On the way. So now I'm just trying to find some other stuff I haven't played yet or in awhile.

>>8087676
Same, playing it for the first time. It's cool, but I wish you could customize the buttons, or at least chose a different configuration. Boosting clicking the right thumbstick works, but it feels awkward.

>>8087679
I dunno, never had a PS2 and honestly, right now it feels like I don't need it at all, since most of the greatest PS2 games have ports or can be played in other consoles. Xbox still has a few games that you won't find anywhere else.

>>8088594
>since most of the greatest PS2 games have ports or can be played in other consoles
nah, most of those ports are inferior and it's very few games from the library. The most popular weren't its best. You already know this however.

>>8088615
why are you trying to console war

>>8088616
oops replied to the wrong post
>>8088616
meant for >>8088594

>>8088615
But you can still just buy a fat PS3, right?

>>8088619
what are you even trying to say? i cant even parse this
can you just like, leave to one of the many many other ps2 threads?

To be honest I really don't value the PS2 library at all. Literally everything on the PS2 that I want to play is either a Playstation game or also on Xbox. And I like Xbox's exclusives more

>>8088626
Can you? I'm the OP of this thread and don't care to see some idiot shit on another excellent console.

>>8088631
>I'm the OP of this thread
Uh, actually that would be me

>>8086669
KOTOR 2 is probably best played on PC with the restored content mod, and I can't imagine it being a particularly great interface for 1 either.
Solid selection otherwise, anon.

>>8088646
Impersonator. I created the thread.

>>8088631
>>8088646
>>8088736
Fellas, fellas, we're all just here to enjoy and celebrate the Xbox, who cares who made the thread, even if it was me, OP, but we shouldn't squabble like this.

>>8086969
I really fucking hate that Microsoft stopped the backwards compability stuff on Xbone, if they could have just made the 2 Otogi games and either DOA Ultimate 2 work that would have been so great

>>8088787
I really fucking hate that microsoft stopped the xbox from having Dreamcast backwards compatibility

>>8088646
No I'm sparticus

The HD AV box's visual output is surprisingly crisp on a CRT. Blew my fucking mind with how not shit Halo looked when compared to using composite.
Also, for any newfriends, remember to remove the Clock Compositor.

>>8088846
You don't even need the HD box. I've been using a component cable I soldered together myself from about $20 in parts and it's producing excellent results.
The HD box is the easiest way to also get optical audio out, though.

>>8087709
Not going to disagree with you as I prefer Xbox as well, but while the Kain games play smoother on Xbox the dynamic tracks are broken

>>8087709
>I bet you like clover/platshit games
Dont even know what the fuck that is.

>>8087679
>isnt the ps2 just better?
the library is overall but the xbox is miles better, every multiplat runs 10x better with much less loading times not to mention custom soundtrack ability for a lot of games, i had ps2 for many years and only recentlyish got an xbox and its easily my fav console of all time already. The mod for xbox is easy and theres a bum load of emus it runs.

>>8088846
did it a few weeks back or so, first time ever working with caps too. Kinda almost wanting to install some ram chips for the fun of it, is it possible to make games take advantage of the extra ram to fix some fps drops in certain games?

>>8089226
That's not quite universally true. There's a couple of examples where the PS2 is superior in multiplats, particularly with Japanese games. MGS2/3 are the most famous examples, since they were both initially built for the PS2 very intimately around its hardware and only later ported to Xbox.
It's generally the best choice for multiplats, though. It's why I keep mine plugged in. Zero fuss moving games onto it, near universal 480p output, often the best performance too.
>>8089239
I believe there's a few games that had patches, plus some homebrew can take advantage of it. Also allows you to play one or two arcade games that never had home conversions that were based on the same hardware.

>>8089241
yyeaahh im thinking most games were better on ps2, and that only seems to be because most of development for those specific games were tied to the ps2's fucktarded architecture so the porting job to xbox was sub par. Twinsanity is a game i burned to dvd-r recently to give it a shot, only to find out it was missing all kinds of shader effects and looked overall worse despite being crisper in 480p.

Ill have to look into the patches then, i have zero interest in homebrew and emulation since i have every physical console i'd want to emulate anyway.

>>8087709
>it's one of the few consoles with a (good) emulator
I thought Xbox emulation was in the worst state of any console. Did something happen recently?

>>8089248
I made a mistake, it's supposed to say without

>>8089223
You know, Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, MGR

>>8089247
>>8089241
Are we going to have this stupid fucking bait comments every goddamn xbox thread? You say Japanese games but it was only Konami's sorry ass that had weak ports to other systems despite the obvious fact that there's absolutely NO reason it would work better or equal on Xbox or PC.

>>8089339
*wouldn't
goddamn it

>>8089339
>It's bait to point out the factual limitations of an otherwise excellent platform
And it's not a fucking 2003 playground anon, nobody's insisting the PS2 is the overall more capable system or anything. We're talking about the games and the state of their experience on the system. And it's not even just Konami games, or just Japanese games. The 3D era GTA games are infamous for missing visual features on other systems. And that's not just a result of power differences, that's also a result of the PS2's GPU being more directly programmable to easily do certain more modern shader effects in the right hands.

>>8089339
Literally no one said "japanese games", the guy just pointed out the infamous comparison for mgs and i pointed out the possible rationale for why very few games were upgraded for xbox. there were quite a few games that either got a straight port job with no enhancements or were total downgrades, thats the only thing that kept me from really getting into xbox again until recently.
Xbox was a beast that *should* have been given better porting treatment, i can safely say that, anyone with two brain cells can see how beastly the specs were for it but unfortunately we didn't end up in that blessed timeline, and thats fine. But as someone that has a ps2 xbox literally every good console already, for xbox ill only be playing exclusives, very few ports.

>>8089353
*in infinite sleepyness i reread and noticed yes he did say japanese games, but still no need to sperg out everyone's just having a normal discussion.

>>8089351
>>8089353
>limitations
again, not limitations, uncaring/unwilling devs who rather just do a quick shit rather than take advantage of a platform.
>The 3D era GTA games are infamous for missing visual features on other systems
uuuuh

>>8089396
if all you want is to autistically spark arguments and be an insufferable faggot, you should just leave.

>>8089396
hmmmmm

>>8089406
>inb4 that fag shows up who insists the PS2 version is better because of the ugly orange filter

>>8089406
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

>>8089241
>MGS2/3 are the most famous examples, since they were both initially built for the PS2 very intimately around its hardware and only later ported to Xbox.
3 never came out on Xbox
>>8089247
>yyeaahh im thinking most games were better on ps2
They weren't. Konami was lazy
>>8089351
>The 3D era GTA games are infamous for missing visual features on other systems
Xbox versions had higher quality models.

>>8089689
You're right, between 2 being on Xbox and the HD collection being multiplat I must've gotten 3 mixed up.
And you're right, the Xbox version of the 3D games did have some higher detail assets, but they also lost a bunch of lighting and camera effects.

>>8089696
this is my first time joining a /vr/ xbox thread, and im noticing this pattern of specific xbox elitism autism where criticizing the port jobs done on most games to the xbox gets you the "YEAH WELL KONAMI/JAPANESE GAMES.." response and shitty crusty jpeg examples like this retard is posting >>8089674
Its like no one here ever even said ALL games ported to the xbox were downgrades, or that the console was even bad. What a retarded way to derail a thread that was going good.

>>8089706
it's mostly a single gay retard trying to stir shit against ps2 threads. Don't take the bait and tell him to fuck off.

>>8089339
then no? how does not liking otogi mean you must like some other shit?

>>8089749
Because it's usually the plat/clov drones that always insist that any kind combat/action that isn't like those games aren't good action games

>>8089706
Fuck you, you people started this:

>>8087679

>>8089696
>the Xbox version of the 3D games
were still superior. Please educate yourself. Pretty much every TOm Clancy game was better on Xbox or PC for instance. Max Payne 2 is glorious on Xbox/PC but unplayable on PS2.
>>8089706
And who started the argument, niggerbrain? >>8087679

>>8089792
imagine taking such broadstroke bait and asking for seconds.

>>8089792
Anon did you even read what I said? 'The 3D games' as in the GTA 3D era games. Context, dude. And at what point did I deny that games properly taking advantage of the hardware were generally better on Xbox? I'm not talking about those games. I'm talking about the ones that were not that.

>>8089794
>I was pretending to be retarded
Sure you were

>>8089796
why do you choose to be a gay retard?

>>8089798
why did you choose to be a nigger?

>>8088848
I figured 3rd party cables would be shit. Luckily though I didn't have to pay out the ass for the box since it came bundled with the console ($85 for everything). The only downside is 1 out of 2 controllers that came with it fucked up loose to broken joysticks and looks like a pain to solder on new ones.

>>8090084
A very slight bit (maybe, it's hard to tell) but I use this little thing inbetween the xbox and a direct component cable so you can get Digital Optical out of it, one thing's for sure, don't use 3rd party component packs (I mean the ones that are like the HD pack from microsoft) they are far worse when it comes to signal quality

>>8089753
ninja gaiden on the same console is essentially the same subject matter and has much more interesting weapons and infinitely better enemy design

>>8090437
Yes, but Ninja Gaiden is a good game

>>8090440
alright so we agree, no need to bring in platinum or clover, two devs that never made an original xbox game, to the original xbox thread

>>8090451
They usually shit on any action games of ANY platform though. But okay

How do you mod an xbox 360 to play downloaded roms, off an external HD?

>>8086493
I'M GONNA

>>8090084
Yeah the third party ones suck, but if you have a soldering iron it's not too difficult to snip the connector off a shitty third party cable and slap on a better quality rest of it. It doesn't have to be expensive, I'm literally just using amazonbasics component cables as my in-between. Works perfectly.
>>8090425
Now that does seem handy. My setup's only built for stereo anyway but it seems like a pretty clever tool.