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Xbox 360 Homebrew Finally Arrives

Posted by Soulskill on from the mario's-not-in-kansas-anymore dept.

Busshy writes "Tmbinc has posted a video showing Snes 9X as the first homebrew for the Xbox 360. This coincides with the upcoming release of the Free60 project, which will turn the 360 into the most powerful console for homebrew to date, hopefully with emulators for the Dreamcast, Gamecube, PS2, Xbox and possibly even the Wii."

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  1. Wii emulation on XBox360? by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the Xbox360 gets Wii emulation then MS may have an incentive not to stop homebrew on it as (obviously) it will hurt one of their competitors.

    Now, if only Wii's gaming library didn't suck for most gamers. (And mods, no, I'm not trolling--the only console I own is the Wii, and I'm disappointed).

    1. Re:Wii emulation on XBox360? by SchizoStatic · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Nintendo would just sue M$ saying it is their job to secure their platform from allowing their customers to run "pirated versions" of the WII software.

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    2. Re:Wii emulation on XBox360? by SchizoStatic · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I never stated they are required. Yet, I wouldn't be surprised if it went to court and they lost.

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    3. Re:Wii emulation on XBox360? by KDR_11k · · Score: 3, Insightful

      A real Wii won't get you banned from XBox Live?

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    4. Re:Wii emulation on XBox360? by Nursie · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If you *have* an Xbox, then why not make it do both if it's possible? The you don't have to buy a Wii, saving you money.

      That article you link to is remarkably well timed though. I've had mine from just after release date and it failed last week...

  2. Re:Not exactly simple to get running with... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'll say. You need to have an old enough kernel, patch the DVD-drives firmware, buy a specific game (King Kong), image it, patch the image, and only then will you be able to actually run any homebrew. In my case, for instance, this is a real chore, as I have one of the newer Lite-On drives, which are cumbersome to patch for someone who's new to these things. (I also suspect I don't have an old enough 360, but that's just down to luck)

  3. Re:An Unfortunate Example of Well Built DRM In Act by Nursie · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder if this update is why my 360 has started to RRoD in the last few days?

    I got one of the first ones available in the UK and it's been fine until now. On friday it started to RRoD pretty much on alternate days, with no way to persuade it not to except leaving it. A dodgy, rushed low-level code update could explain its behaviour....