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...is this retro? (infosec.pub)
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[–] xianjam@programming.dev 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Well, it's over 20 years old now, so probably. It's also really easy to softmod recently. Last year I got one for $25 at a thrift shop and modded it, so it's also a great time to get one.

So far, I only played Banjo Kazooie and Banjo Tooie on it though, and messed around a bit with the first release of Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you get XBL Arcade games running on it? Half the games I'd want to play were on the arcade rather than disc games.

[–] xianjam@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I actually only tested XBLA games, so yeah!

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is the softmod on it persistent between reboots? Last I looked into it you had to run the exploit every time.

[–] xianjam@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, that's still true. However, you can install ABadAvatar onto a USB stick which will run the exploit automatically upon startup. It usually takes about a minute for the exploit to successfully start and occasionally crashes (only happened to me once).