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Used original Xbox €20 in game-stop

  • 13-03-2008 2:18pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭mayto


    bought a few to put xbmc on and for parts. real bargain for that price especially if you install xbmc and use it as a media centre. they even have the console polished up so it looks like new.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,827 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    I'll be getting one of those...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    what exactly can you do with an original xbox? heard of media centre etc

    but like what can you do?

    i have a pc laptop 360 all in one room, watch things from the laptop and pc, or stream them through 360..

    normal xbox the same>?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,241 ✭✭✭Vic Vinegar



    normal xbox the same>?

    Better in ways, the Xbox Phat plays way more (video) file types than the 360! And it doesn't sound like Heathrow Airport when you're using it!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,814 ✭✭✭BaconZombie


    Which GameStop did you get it in?
    mayto wrote: »
    bought a few to put xbmc on and for parts. real bargain for that price especially if you install xbmc and use it as a media centre. they even have the console polished up so it looks like new.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭mayto


    got mine in game stop in Athlone. inwould be surprised if they were not €20 in all game stop stores. ring your local store and ask if they have any.


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  • Posts: 7,320 Davian Weak Trombonist


    Rang the 2 Gamestops here in Limerick and the pre-owned ones are indeed €19.99. New ones are €74.99.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Show_me_Safety


    what madness,
    i rang henry street and they have some,
    it's being collected for me now!

    erm, where can i get games and how much!?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,817 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Controllers anywhere?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Show_me_Safety


    po0k wrote: »
    Controllers anywhere?

    it comes with one already, right?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    I'd be tempted to get this if only to play Beyond Good and Evil – I bought this last year expecting a BC patch to come out for it and it's been gathering dust ever since.

    Some games I'd buy again for this;

    KOTOR
    Hulk
    GTA


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    it comes with one already, right?

    Better hope it's not the original ones, unless you've got very big hands :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭mayto


    comes with 1 controller alright, i think all mine were new type smaller pads. funny thing is they do not give you a scart block to connect composite wires to.
    maybe thats why thet are selling them cheap:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Show_me_Safety


    will i need those wires??
    my friend picked one up for me.
    he siad there's only football games for it
    the novelty has quickly worn off hahaha.
    was fun while it lasted!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    gamestop gorey is all sold out of em, wexford has a load left for 20 euro, going to pick one up in the next day or so


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 110 ✭✭Boots09


    Anyone know if they have any in Galway??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Show_me_Safety


    whoop!!!
    my one is perspex...
    with a big giant @ "titan" controller!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    you mean you got a crystal?

    im going to be a bit picky about mine because i want a certain revision


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 601 ✭✭✭mgsrocks


    Got one today in clairehall just for xbmc.

    Does anyone know of a total noob guide to set it up?


  • Posts: 7,320 Davian Weak Trombonist




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭Jay P


    I saw it for 50 in Ennis, it seems we are being ripped off...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,814 ✭✭✭BaconZombie


    Hey Weeder,

    Which Revision are you looking for?
    weeder wrote: »
    you mean you got a crystal?

    im going to be a bit picky about mine because i want a certain revision


  • Posts: 7,320 Davian Weak Trombonist


    Do you get the power lead and lead for connecting to the tv with it all for €20?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    BOFH_139 wrote: »
    Hey Weeder,

    Which Revision are you looking for?

    anything thats not a version 1.6


  • Posts: 7,320 Davian Weak Trombonist


    I think they're down to €30 in GAME also.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Cyclonius


    Rang GameStop Cavan. They're selling them for €20 a piece as well. Apparently they have 6 or 7 left in stock as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭rosboy


    I just got one in Parkway and 1 in the cresent in Limerick....they're all sold out now!

    Guy behind the counter said that they weren't accepting trade ins of old xbox from customers anymore. They have a certain ammount in the main office that they are selling off. He reckons when they are sold out, they'll be dropping the price of "new" old type xboxes.

    As for me, I'm setting up an xbox with XBMC in every room of the house:)


  • Posts: 7,320 Davian Weak Trombonist


    I'm in Limerick too...are they definitely all sold out? You as&*@e! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭rosboy


    I'm in Limerick too...are they definitely all sold out? You as&*@e! :)

    Ya. I'm so, so, so sorry ;)

    You can get the numbers for the stores here:

    http://www.gamestop.ie/store_locator.asp


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,318 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    Sold Out in Athlone, rang them today.


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  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 18,853 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kimbot


    Longford have some!!


  • Posts: 7,320 Davian Weak Trombonist


    rosboy wrote: »
    I just got one in Parkway and 1 in the cresent in Limerick....they're all sold out now!

    Guy behind the counter said that they weren't accepting trade ins of old xbox from customers anymore. They have a certain ammount in the main office that they are selling off. He reckons when they are sold out, they'll be dropping the price of "new" old type xboxes.

    As for me, I'm setting up an xbox with XBMC in every room of the house:)

    Rosboy did you get traditional xboxes or crystal ones? Did you get the giant controllers or the newer ones?

    They are indeed all sold out in Limerick. Guy on the phone did say that they might be getting more in though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,065 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Thanks guys, just bought two in Gamestop Bray. :)

    I rang before I wen't down and they didn't exactly seem to be flying out of the store or anything.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 990 ✭✭✭rosboy


    Rosboy did you get traditional xboxes or crystal ones? Did you get the giant controllers or the newer ones?

    They are indeed all sold out in Limerick. Guy on the phone did say that they might be getting more in though.

    One of each (crystal and traditional).

    Not sure about the controllers. Neither are offiicial Microsoft. Think they are the large ones.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    weeder wrote: »
    anything thats not a version 1.6
    what's wrong with a 1.6?

    you can softmod any version, it doesn't matter.

    unless you plan on a TSOP mod so you can upgrade the HDD without messing around too much cloning and swapping HDD's, but there's not really any need to do that any more with the newer tools out there.

    I actually have all the parts to do a totally silent mod, but I never got around to it. I was thinking of picking up a second xbox to do it on instead. a nice new heatsink for the GPU, an 80mm silent fan for the back of hte case, a 2.5" 20gb laptop drive with IDE converter and 3.5" to 2.5" caddy type thing so i can screw it into the case. for 20 it would be criminal not to if it means xbmc on the telly in the bedroom. :)

    Also, definitely WELL worth mentioning is that although the old xbox isn't powerful enough to decode native HD video, if you have a HDTV it still does a very respectable job of upscaling SD video from DivX's and DVD's up to 1080i if you have component cables. the XBMC GUI also has support for 1080i (if you switch it to NTSC) and there's plenty of skins and stuff out there to make it look very nice on a big HDTV.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,065 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Turns out my cousin has a spare xbox with a rake of games he'd of given to me for free.

    Ah well! I suppose I wouldn't have found out if I hadn't mentioned buying two today.

    Going to give the soft modding a go myself. Just have to buy the necessary bits and bobs on ebay.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Going to give the soft modding a go myself. Just have to buy the necessary bits and bobs on ebay.
    that only bit that will fox most people is getting the savegame used by the softmod onto the xbox memory card so you can copy it onto the HDD as unfortunately until you actually have a modded xbox there's only a limited umber of ways to do it unless you know someone who already has a modded xbox that can copy it over for you.

    one option is the xbox to usb converter cable allowing you to use a normal USB key with the standard xbox controller plug (which IS actually USB, just with a different connector). you can get these off ebay or make one uoirself (there's various guides on t'internet) if you have a spare controller you don't mind butchering and a USB extension cable with a female socket on one end.

    there's also the likes of the action replay type devices which allow you to do the same thing but the easiest and cheapest way is to find someone on here who can copy a savegame onto a memory card for you from their modded xbox.

    then you just need a copy of splinter cell, mech assault or 007 agent under fire (the originals, not the game of the year editions) and possibly others, I'm not sure and load the game and run the savegame from there to crash it into a linuxy type thing and do the softmod.

    there's lots of guides about how to do it from there, but i find the easiest ones are the "auto installer deluxe" ones where you just boot up a burned CD/DVD with their GUI mod disk with lots of "one click" install options.

    google is your friend as always, but just remember, as long as you've done the softmod and you don't specifically tell AID to remove the softmod, even if you bork it once or twice (as quite often happens the first time) you can reboot and run the disk again and start over, even if you get a RROD on the xbox.

    EVEN if you kill it that way, there's plenty of guys out there willing to do a TSOP mod on it to restore it for you, or worst case scenario a modchip if it's a v1.6, but at 20 euro it's more or less disposable anyway, so don't sweat it, just get another one. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,616 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    You dont need a save game to mod an xbox.
    Just softmod it with ndure and xboxhdm, I've two modded this way and use both as XBMC boxes and they work perfectly. No need for extra expense lads.
    Also revision doesnt matter, ALL revisions can easily be softmodded.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    picked up 2 in wexford today plenty left.
    at least one is getting the tsop treatment


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,318 ✭✭✭witnessmenow


    was 8 in galway this morning, but me and a few friends bought 6, so i guess if maths has thought me anything there should be 2 left


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,616 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    I cleaned Bray out of their last two earlier :)
    Now have one in every room with a telly.
    XBMC really is THAT good .

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 pablot


    One left in Castlebar as of this morning


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    Longfield wrote: »
    You dont need a save game to mod an xbox.
    Just softmod it with ndure and xboxhdm...
    isn't that the PC boot disk for making modded Xbox HDD's? someone mentioned that to me before, so I guess it's a case of either my way or just opening the lid of your Xbox. I did a quick google and in the screengrab they just left the HDD in the xbox and swapped the cables over to a PC sitting next to it.

    just out of curiosity, how long does it take to do?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,616 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Yep thats in a nut shell, you basically reimage the xbox hdd, the reimaging takes about 5 minutes, all in all takes about 30 mins to remove the hdd , reimage it, and then put it back together.
    And endless hours wondering how you ever did without xbmc :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,616 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    I going to put together a guide tomorrow if Amp ok's it.

    Gonna reimage the two I bought today so might as well take some pics and make a guide for anyone thats interested.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    just a quick update

    one of the wexford ones was giving me error 16 so i took it back to gorey to find they got some back into stock replaced on the spot anyway

    nowthe one i got instead was in a pre played box and was generally in better shape.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    also does anyone notice these have all been opened up?
    2 of the wexford ones had warrantee stickers over the broken ones and the replacement had both seals broken and a gamestop propiatery style sticker on it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,065 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Longfield wrote: »
    I going to put together a guide tomorrow if Amp ok's it.

    Gonna reimage the two I bought today so might as well take some pics and make a guide for anyone thats interested.

    I'd be interested in seeing that alright. :)

    Was going to do it the savefile way, but if you can save me a few quid..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,616 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    Ok, heres a guide to modding the xbox and installing XBMC for free - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055256404

    Have fun lads, its well worth the effort believe me :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,840 ✭✭✭Calibos


    Resurrecting this thread rather than starting a new one so that hopefully some of the posters in the know here will get the 'new post' thread notification emails to catch their attention.

    Currently have 4 xboxes running XBMC that I hotswap modded myself. We know need 2 more at least. Anyone know where one can still pick up the old xbox. Ultimately want to replace the lot with mac minis running OSXBMC but theres a lot of saving to be done for that. In the interim, another 2 xboxes will fill a gap :D especially if they can still be got for 20-50 euro!! :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 105 ✭✭ageary08


    Worth getting if you like old games, I modded my old xbox ages ago and filled it up with some snes/mega drive games, its absolutly class to play the old classics on the tv with a proper console controller and some of those nice graphics filters emulators have.

    Id have to admit i prefer the new xbox as a media center, I can just plug in my external hdds and play videos off that, where as i have to put stuff on discs or try and stuff something onto that tiny xbox hdd.


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