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Week of March 14, 2004
Some New Halo 2 Pictures
>> From bungie.net
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Yup. This one's another multiplayer shot, taken at high resolution (for your edification) from a relatively recent build of the game. It's the same shot featured in a number of print video game magazines on sale and in subscribers' hands, right about now. As you can see by clicking HERE, there's a lot going on. The shot was taken in Slayer mode, and not all the graphical features are turned on, but this is pretty representative, we think. Seriously, go CHECK IT OUT
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Puctures: here
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(Saturday 20 March 2004 15:16 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Unofficial XBMC Trailer
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(Saturday 20 March 2004 15:11 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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AvaConfig 1.1
>> AvaConfig(info) 1.1
- Added drag and drop support to make the Launcher manager easier to use
- Added a multi-connection mananger. Now you can save multiple avalaunch connections
to make replication of your settings easier. Eliminated auto load settings from xbox
for the time being.
- Verified support for latest Avalaunch(info) build 0.48.64
Download: AvaConfig.v1.1.rar
News-Source: r0wdy, www.teamavalaunch.com
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(Saturday 20 March 2004 04:31 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Pandora Tomorrow Xbox Live kit for Europe
>> From gamespot.com:
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Microsoft has today announced that it will release a limited edition Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow-themed Xbox Live starter kit in Europe on March 26. The kit, which will retail for £59.99 (US$110) or 89.99 euros (US$111), contains a copy of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, a Live headset, and 12 months' subscription to the Xbox Live online gaming service.
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Python Scripts for XBMC
>> From LeGueux of gueux.net:
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As you know it, XBMC manages the python language (some scripts are provided with).
alx5962, member of our site, have developed several scripts making it possible to make XBMC even more interactive:
- a bitorrent client
- Google news in several languages
- Start XBMC in music
... etc.
A Web page was created in order to recover the many updates carried out
and to consult the news scripts.
This page is in French but certain informations are translated into English.
Moreover some scripts have an English documentation.
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Official Site: http://www.gueux.net/xbmc-scripts/
xboxdash logo contest last chance
>> From xboxdash.net:
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We are now in the last few hours of the logo contest , so if ya thinking about submitting one DO IT NOW!!.. here
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Blox System by Oblox2003
>> From readme:
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About
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So what is the Blox system all about?
It's a methodology of installation all apps emulators dashboards are stored in game saves
I think you understand the benefits of this already.
It's a way for everyone to easily install applications and add extra functionality to their Xbox.
Benefits
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Well after hearing so many cries of how do I install setup etc. I stopped to think why not create a set pattern for all the people out there who don't have time to read through tonnes of readme's.
1) There gamesaves once on the Xbox you can copy them time and time again to other memory cards, yup you read correct once on one Xbox no pc is needed, simply a memory card to copy them over to the next
2) Gamesaves again all deletable from the retail console Dashboard under the memory section
3) Thanks to the app Madhouse and The Joker made the dashboards are interchangable to the point that the first one copied over to the xbox is the one that you will boot up to.
You like Avalaunch(info) best copy that over first :)
Please always remember that you cannot play on Live without a retail disc.
Some of you have old setups where your system was installed abit strangely this (and a dashboard update for the modchip users out there should let you get back onto live! I maybe making an easy system here but we have to still support the makers, no console or no games = no fun)
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Download: n/a (built with XDK)
News-Source: maxconsole.net
Cykiller donates DreamX 1480 to XboMediaCenter
>> From Frodo on xboxmediacenter.com:
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Responding to our buy Frodo a Dream-X 733 campaign we just received a very generous donation from CyKiller.
Cykiller ( from maxconsole.net ) donates an DreamX 1480 to Frodo for further development of XBMC.
The DreamX 1480 is a modified xbox running on 1.4GHz and 128 MB RAM. It has S-Video and A/V video output and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and optical fiber audio output
We would offcourse like to thank Cykiller & maxconsole.net for there generous donation
The donations we received so far will offcourse be used for XBMC. Things on our list are:
- A Digital Receiver for testing digital output and ac3/dts passthrough
- x2vga for HDTV debugging
you can still donate to the XBMC team:
$10, $20, $50, $100 or $=other
Note! Remember there is a small fee to send payments using an PayPal account
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Xbox Price Cuts Confirmed
>> From Yahoo! News
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) plans to drop the price of its Xbox (news - websites) video game system by $30 to $149 next month according to a story in the Wall Street Journal on Friday.
Citing people familiar with the company's plans, the Journal said Microsoft may also start selling a limited-edition Xbox packaged with its Halo shooting game, for $169.
Publishers and retailers have clamored for a price cut for the Xbox and Sony Corp (news - websites).'s (6758.T) rival PlayStation 2 (news - websites) this year, to either $149 or $129. Reuters has cited senior industry executives saying they expected price cuts by May this year
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Thanks to the many people who emailed us the news :-)
SmartXX Embedded Linux builder and ED @ Chip 1.0 sources
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(Thursday 18 March 2004 16:44 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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How to tell if you bought a FAKE XENIUM Chip
>> 
Original Xenium has
1. Silver Quick Solder pads
2. Black knob on switch
3. High quality LED , white base (no extra PCB)
4. D0 white print under D0 solder pad
5. Straight ground mesh
6. Capital X in ozXodus.
Fake Chip has
1. gold quick solder pads
2. blue knob on switch
3. makeshift poor quality Led
4. no D0 print
5. semicircle in gnd mesh
6. lowercase x in ozXodus
NOTE: If you have purchased a Xenium as an original and were shipped a FAKE. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLAIM CREDIT CARD OR INTERNET FRAUD AGAINST THE DECEITFUL SITE THAT MADE THE SALE. We strongly advise you to claim full refund of your money either through the site or through your bank. Please advise us through fakes@ozXodus.com of any sites selling Fakes. We will do our best to help you obtain an original Xenium ASAP
News-Source: www.ozxodus.com
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(Thursday 18 March 2004 16:34 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xebian project requests donations
>> From xbox-linux.sourceforge.net:
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The Xebian(info) project is now taking donations towards the cost of supporting new xboxes, as well as ongoing development. If you'd like to donate, go to www.paypal.de and donate to hostmaster@ed-soft.at
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(Thursday 18 March 2004 16:33 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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The Buy Frodo a DreamX-733 campaign
>> From Gamester17 on xboxmediacenter.com:
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Currently Frodo (XBMC founder and lead developer) only has one Xbox that he has to develop/debug/use XBMC and play games on, the XBMC-Team have therefore decided to start this campaign to collect donations for Frodo so he can buy a DreamX-733 to dedicate for XBMC development. We hope to raise at least $500 (for DreamX and shipping), monetary donations are welcomed via PayPal. So come on, be generous and help out Frodo to support The XBoxMediaCenter Project.
Make a donation for Frodo's DreamX via PayPal: $10, $20, $50, $100 or $=other
Note! Remember there is a small fee to send payments using an PayPal account
More info and discussion: The Buy Frodo a DreamX-733 campaign (link)
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(Thursday 18 March 2004 16:31 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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SparkEdit 3.02 patch
>> From halomods.com
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I've released the 3.02 patch for SparkEdit(info). It addresses some minor (and maybe not so minor) issues:
-fixed scenery tag import bug
-fixed gephyrophobia save bug
-fixed xbox map compression bug
-changed rotation edit controls to separate each rotation.
Get it here:
http://files.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?p=23952#23952
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(Wednesday 17 March 2004 16:19 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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tHc LITE preview
>> From xboxdash.net:
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Well - tHc LITE is now having its first public showing!
After the hugely positive response on the chatbox, comments thingy and #xboxdash, I felt compelled to spend the entire day making calculations and scratching my head in order to bring you the most brilliant, accurate preview ever!
tHc LITE will rock!
Go check it out now in our cunningly named "previews" section
You'll like. (oh and read everything, I spent time on that dammit!)
tHc LITE preview: here
**UPDATE**
IceUK has posted a very nice little guide to skinning tHc lite. Skinners and potential skin-users out there, go check it out! very cool
tHc lite skinning: here
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(Wednesday 17 March 2004 16:14 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Xenium Clones
>> From ozxodus.com
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Well they are finally out. The clones have hit the market and many people are already speculating, gambling and arguing over them. Our stance is very clear and very concise. We have warned all consumers and re-sellers alike when we first heard of this. BE CAREFUL! DO NOT BUY THEM! WE WILL NOT SUPPORT THEM! It is pretty clean and clear cut as far as we are concerned. We will not get into a war about whether they are worth it, whether they are as good as originals etc. All we say is that we are very very clear that ORIGINAL Xenuim chips are tested and come with a guarantee should they not work. The clones DO NOT. We will update this site soon with pictures of both products pointing out the physical differences to all of you so that you can tell immediately what you are buying.
We take our name and reputation very seriously and will not allow anyone to defame us in any way whatsoever. Our duty is to protect you, the consumer, from losing your money and faith in our products. We urge you to take this warning seriously and report to us any suspicious sites that deal in these products. We will be keeping an updated report on our site of all "legitimate" Xenium stockists and "fake" stockists. If in doubt ask us we will gladly assist.
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(Wednesday 17 March 2004 15:03 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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SmartXX releases some legal xbe's
>> SmartXX updated their earlier posted 'ED @ Chip V1.0' news with some free xbe's.
From smartxx.com:
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reboot.xbe --> Software reset, Bios reloads.
power_long.xbe --> Real Power Cycle with long power off time before switching on again (SmartXX OS is entered)
power_short.xbe --> Real Power Cycle with short power off time before switching on again (SmartXX OS is entered)
Get it HERE - xbereboot
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They also added a note that the ED @ Chip V1.0 release has no support (yet) for +137gb drives (G-drive).
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(Tuesday 16 March 2004 16:59 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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tHc LITE
>> From xboxdash.net:
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with great joy I announce unto you: tHc LITE
tHc LITE is a stripped down version of tHc, but with brandspanking new features to make it far more enjoyable and easy to use.
Key Features include:
**Incredably Easy Skinning.
Its now possible to switch from one skin to another without changing xips etc., and add skins without any manual editing!
**New config.xbx file
Due to popular demand, Config Mode (which many people had problems with) has been replaced with an incredably simple and functional .xbx file, for editing from your pc
**All other features from the 12/27 patch, but without the bugs. Playlists etc...
Well, as if, after the announcment of tHc LITE and the imminent release, you thought life couldn't get any better didn't you?
WRONG.
CrackinXP posted in the chatbox this lovely, heart-warming message:
"GOOD NEWS ALL, I got a new dvd drive FINALY!, and the work on the thc auto installer is back under way, it will be done soon now that I can test it out with my new samsung drive"
tHc autoinstaller soon! And almost certanly LITE support!
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(Tuesday 16 March 2004 16:55 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Nexgen Memory Leak Found
>> From xdashos.xbox-wired.com
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It’s finally been found
Yes, you heard right, the memory leak has been located and fixed.
We would like to thank everyone that helped us track down this bug and to show our gratitude we will be sending two Xenium’s to the person that fixed the major bug (but seriously, all help was very appreciated but we have to set a limit), we will be in touch soon.
Now we can have neXgen(info) running without a reduction in memory it will be possible to enable our new features in our next release (3 hours idle and not a single 4k loss). Updated source and build will be released in the near future.
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Also, a nice followup picture:
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(Tuesday 16 March 2004 10:42 EST) - (Category: (default)) - (Posted by::
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Mxm Logo Contest Winner
>> YUYU: First of all Thank You to all the people who took time to enter the contest. It really made for alot of great entries making their way into the contest. Also, Thank You to all of you who voted in the two rounds of the contest, it was great that BenJeremy allowed me to run the contest as a public vote, which since it is open source, I thought it was fitting that the public gets to vote for the new logo, and I guess BenJeremy shared these views. Once again Thank You to the contest sponsors OzXodus and XboxChips. I would also like to extend a Thank You to KoldFuzion and the folks over at AllXboxSkins without them, the contest never could have run as smoothly as it did. Ok so on with the results.....
The New Official Logo for MXM is ::
MomDad's Entry 1
For more details.. including the runner-ups check MXM forums on XS
WalMart To Lower Price In April?
>> Taken with a camera phone is the following image from WalMart, advertising the Xbox for sale for $150.
Thanks to X-ace from our Forums & Nathan for the news/image.
New Release: ED @ Chip V1.0
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