360 Hacked To Play Backups

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 15, 2006 @05:55AM from the no-time-for-microsoft-to-enjoy-post-e3-buzz dept.

xorkid writes "Microsoft Corps ' unhackable' Xbox 360 console has been hacked. It is now possible to play copied games from recordable DVD DL discs without any soldering or hardware modification. The ingenious hack involves replacing the original 360 DVD firmware with a modified version that authenticates recorded DVD DL discs as original game discs. The hack does not require any modification devices but it requires a 1:1 copy of an original signed disc from the same region as the console. So it does not allow booting of unsigned code, yet. No Linux on the 360 for now, but its a start. There are rumours that there is an as-of-yet unreleased version that allows booting of unsigned code."

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Re:Let The Banning And Bricking Begin! by ivan256 · 2006-05-15 07:07 · Score: 0, Flamebait

More and more complex?

Please, tell me which console had an easier mod? (Disc swapping doesn't count.) The only one I can think of is Dreamcast. This hack is fairly simple compared to some I've seen (14 wire mod chips for the PS2, for example).

And many of those who do successfully implement the hack are likely to be banned from the not so optional anymore online services associated with the console

Great. So the minority of users who actually sign up for the online service won't be able to. Oh well.