Xbox Games Hacked!!!!

[Spaztic]

My friend has found the resources to burn xbox games on a dvd. The details and final touches are being worked out. Once the info is ready for public I will let you know. You will not be able to burn the games directly from another xbox game. They will have to be ripped to a dvd! The problem is that xbox uses multilayered dvd so games might have to be burned to multipal disks but since they are free who cares!

I personally don't recommend to anyone to start pirating software. I am going to use it to back up the games I already own (incase my dog breaks them...don't ask I am still ****ed!). If everyone starts burning games the xbox will fail (ex. dreamcast). I believe in supporting a company by buying their games. Once people start burning games and stop buying 2 things can happen. 1. game prices will rise to make up for the sales lost (in other words the people that do buy the games get screwed!) 2. developers will abandon support for the xbox because they can't make money on it.

so once this info is advailable please be respectful for laws established to protect customers and businesses.

so far from what I heard you need:
a high speed connection
dvd-r's
dvd burner-panisonic just had one come out that retails ~$300

this info is still a work in progress and I will let you know about the final info once advailable!

[l Maximus l]

Personally, I think that creating a back up on multiple DVDs is pretty inconvenient. I don't know...that's just me.

[JJaX]

Ill back mine up old school. On Cassette tapes.....

Do you people even know wtf im talking about?

[Chr0nik]

Come on, give me a break, how many people will actually use this technology to "back up" their games. This opens the door for poor A S S suckers to start pirating games thus sending the Xbox down the toilet as you mentioned happened with dreamcast.

Once people start pirating games, it will not be viable for developers to continue producing titles for Xbox.

[Spaztic]

I totally agree! Unfortunatly we cannot control the xbox being hacked! Every system has been hacked! So it is really up to developers to continue support.

Max....I really don't know if it will fit on one dvd or not...my friend said he thinks it will not be possible because the xbox uses multilayer dvd's but who knows! I do think that having a game on two dvd's is a pain in the ass!

[thunderkiss2k1]

No offense, bryan, but to me the "im gonna back up my games " defense doesn't wash. To me , attempting to copy any system's games for the supposed purpose of "backing them up" is just an excuse to pirate. I'm not accusing you of doing this, but there are others who are , shall we say, "less than honest" ? They would have no qualms about pirating and then selling copied xbox games. Not a good idea.

[Shadow Fox]

This is old news. Xbox games have been available for burns since the beta versions of Halo and Malice in September. Xbox games can be burned onto normal CD-r/RW's as well, since most of the data's compressed (FMV, audio). DVD-r's cost too much, and would only be the last resort if the binary code is too large. The japanese version of DOA3 (the addon disc) has been available since December on the undernet and several hacking scenes.

GCN games have been hacked as well, and have been available for download before the system even launched in Japan- July 2k1. Since Memorex, Matu****a, and Gip Photo have released 8cm DVDr's for digital cameras, the hacking has been even worse in China over the past few months.

Know this: the hack scene is ALWAYS one step ahead of the console- and this thread is a shot-out to all peeps who thought GOD's and DVD-9 were "unhackable".

-Official Ninja of XboxAddict

[Afro Aura]

Yeah all console game will be hacked I've got a friend who has all the games for the GBA on disk, Now I agree pirating will send the XBOX to oblivion, so I will support the XBOX an buy the games, even at import prices (I have an US XBOX) as I feel this machine will do well and I think it's about time the pretentious Sony have something to worry about, even if there PS2 games are being ripped left, right and centre

[Shadow Fox]

Originally posted by Afro Aura
Yeah all console game will be hacked I've got friend who has all the games for the GBA on disk, Now I agree pirating will send the XBOX to oblivion, so I will support the XBOX an buy the games, even at import prices (I have an US XBOX) as I feel this machine will do well and I think it's about time the pretentious Sony have something to worry about, even if there PS2 games are being ripped left, right and centre

Playboy, it's best that when Xbox comes out over there next month, that you trade in your US box for the PAL version- you'll get more affordable games that way. Plus, you guys get Yager first!!

-Official Ninja of XboxAddict

[Spaztic]

This is old news. Xbox games have been available for burns since the beta versions of Halo and Malice in September. Xbox games can be burned onto normal CD-r/RW's as well, since most of the data's compressed (FMV, audio). DVD-r's cost too much, and would only be the last resort if the binary code is too large. The japanese version of DOA3 (the addon disc) has been available since December on the undernet and several hacking scenes.

I don't really think that is possible since xbox games come on a multilayer dvd. their is no way a game can be ripped unless it is on several cd-r's. Besides I think if this was possible it would be very easy to find info on how to do it, and everyone would be talking about it. But then again I have really never looked to hard! Where is your sources for this! If you don't want to share with the entire forum send me a private message! And like I said before I have no intention to pirate software, I make enough to afford the games I want so I will buy everygame I play! My dog (a 80lb malamute only 7mo old!) will tear the $hit out of my cd's and has already gotten ahold of one of my games. After paying $50+ for a game I shouldn't have to buy it again if my dog tears it apart!

DVD-R's expensive....not really I have found them for resonable prices. Granted they aren't as cheep of cd-r's!

[Shadow Fox]

Originally posted by bryanhls


I don't really think that is possible since xbox games come on a multilayer dvd. their is no way a game can be ripped unless it is on several cd-r's. Besides I think if this was possible it would be very easy to find info on how to do it, and everyone would be talking about it. But then again I have really never looked to hard! Where is your sources for this! If you don't want to share with the entire forum send me a private message! And like I said before I have no intention to pirate software, I make enough to afford the games I want so I will buy everygame I play! My dog (a 80lb malamute only 7mo old!) will tear the $hit out of my cd's and has already gotten ahold of one of my games. After paying $50+ for a game I shouldn't have to buy it again if my dog tears it apart!

DVD-R's expensive....not really I have found them for resonable prices. Granted they aren't as cheep of cd-r's!

I'll put it like this:

No Xbox game has surpassed 1.5 GB worth of data, regardless of what layering methods it uses (although this is a problem when hacking GCN discs). All the files can be seen in a compatable Unix/Win2k machine, and compressed/optimized for Xbox kernel. All you need is an .exe and .bat to run the files, which is not hard. Thus, the game can be put on certain CD-r/RW's (very little will read on Xbox). Think about it: DC/PS2 games are ALOT more than 800MB; yet they are still bootlegged constantly. There is always a way...

And no, I'm not sending you undernet info, as it would land your ass in jail by the time you figured out the lingo anyways.

-Official Ninja of XboxAddict

[El Pollo Loco]

Perhaps if they brought the price down on xbox games it wouldnt be such an issue to pirate them? Some games are like $90cdn which is truckload of beer.

[Spaztic]

I really doubt that statement about going to jail....I don't even belive that you know how! I think you are pulling a infinate!
(just messing with you!) I didn't even realize that a computer could read an xbox game! That is pretty cool!

[Xbox]

The thing im waiting for is PS2 emulators on the Xbox, you know its gonne happen.

[DIGITAL]

pulling an infinte ,lol ,dooes that have to do with his raw beta,anyway no one has figured a way to copy xbox games there on dual layerd dvds ,an you cant break that code ,alot of my friends been bootlegging **** for years an xbox is the one system no one can figure out how to hack,an why would you want to steal games an make the system go under,but i heard there might be an emulator to play ps2 games an dc games plus any older systems,sort of like bleem box!

[mahalan]

Okay. For argument's sake, let's assume that you CAN hack an Xbox game. This just means that it'll take developers about 3 hours to figure out that they need to incorporate a lot of unused data within their code (to push the amount of data on the disc past the limits of CD-Rs and DVDs) and to dump memory when the disc is removed.

This just escalates things so that 13 year olds with access to hardware aren't able to copy games. Now, you'll need to have some real programming experience to read and modify the executable. Eventually, someone with nothing better to do (eg: no life or social skills) will do this.

Three other people with no lives and social skills will be in awe of that person. He'll still be telling them (and the person at the QuickTrip he buys food from) about it five years later.

[GokuX]

I don't think piracy killed the DC. PS2 killed the DC. Sega's poor business strategies killed the DC. Developers don't wanna develop for a system that is dead or looks like it will die. U can burn PS2 and PSX games and neither of those is or has been in danger of death, well at least the PS2, and the PS only because its like 6 some odd years old. I don't buy the "just to back up my games" reason as a general use for this. There's only one real reason for burning and that is to get games for free.

[Spaztic]

pulling an infinte ,lol ,dooes that have to do with his raw beta

Yes!

As far as being able to burn xbox games, I have heard that it is not possible as well. Burning games off the dreamcast killed it, and the ps2 was the nail in the coffin!

[Capt Marvel]

Piracy did not kill any game consol system.

Piracy=COST OF DOING BUSINESS...It hurt them but they plan for it..Every business does.. Look at MS XP first day MS reports 400,000 illegal copies pop online...LAst time I looked MS stocks are still going strong.. same with Sony... With sony they also have all that music being ripped or MP3'ed they still make money......CODB folks.... Sega was poorly run and in bad shape from years of competing with Nintendo and Sony...Plus everyone knew the POS2 was coming out 8mths to a year later than DC and they had many more games lined up...
Yeah maybe DC was better but hey so was beta tape....where's that now...

[Afro Aura]

Originally posted by Capt Marvel
Piracy did not kill any game consol system.

Piracy=COST OF DOING BUSINESS...It hurt them but they plan for it..Every business does.. Look at MS XP first day MS reports 400,000 illegal copies pop online...LAst time I looked MS stocks are still going strong.. same with Sony... With sony they also have all that music being ripped or MP3'ed they still make money......CODB folks.... Sega was poorly run and in bad shape from years of competing with Nintendo and Sony...Plus everyone knew the POS2 was coming out 8mths to a year later than DC and they had many more games lined up...
Yeah maybe DC was better but hey so was beta tape....where's that now...

I have to disagree the PS2 DID kill the Dreamcast, the PSX sold so many consoles because everyone new the copies were flying everywhere and with the cr@p games they had for the machine it didn't hurt them at all, was it 1 game to 100, Which set the ball rolling for the PS2 as you could still play your pirate games on it as well. No I played VF4 on a PS2 on the day it was released it was cracked so quickly, so again with the piraty back again, who knows if they started cracking XBOX games maybe it'll go the same way the DC went