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Homebrew Xbox games list - which ones are good?

jedimike

Member
Source: http://www.xbox-scene.com/software/software.php?page=games

>> Abombniballx
Abombniballx is a XBOX port,which makes use of lantus' SDLx library.
The original game was made by Martin Donlon (Akawaka), so all credits go to him.
Visit his site on http://akawaka.csn.ul.ie/abombniball.php3

>> AmphetamineX
This is a port of the 2D platformer Amphetamine. Pretty good stuff.

>> Atom-X
Atom-X is a basic puzzle/strategy game.

>> BBX
If you have played Tetrinet you should have a big head start. I assume you know how to play regular Tetris. This game is Tetris with weapons. For each line you clear, a block with a letter on it will appear in your field. These lettered blocks are weapons and can be used on your opponents or on yourself (some of them are good). When you clear a line that has a weapon in it, that weapon will go into your inventory.

>> Baku Baku X
Baku Baku is a baku baku clone written from scratch

>> Ballzy
Ballzy has been ported by Team N'Vison to the Xbox.

>> BarrageX
Barrage is a rather violent action game with the objective to kill and destroy as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. You control a gun that may either fire small or large grenades at soldiers, jeeps and tanks.

>> Battle Pong X
Battle Pong X is a port of game of same name Battle Pong. Battle Pong is a pong game with some extra features. You can view some screenshots on the official site: http://icculus.org/battlepong/.

>> Beats of RageX
This is a port of Beats of Rage, a fun beat-em-up game developed by the clever people at Senile.
http://senile.mine.nu/beatsofrage/

>> BlasteroidsX
An original game developed for the xbox, simliar to Asteroids

>> BlobWarsX
This is a port of the game Blob Wars which is another really slick/polished game from Parallel Realities. It's a platformer similar in theme to Metal Slug where you must rescue MIAs, collect weapon power-ups, etc.

>> Bubble Trouble SX
Original game was for Mac, despite popular demand to port to windows the publisher denied, denied and denied...well now it really doesnt matter because i cloned the game and its almost exactly the same (despite a few differences, eg: useless powerups ignored)

>> Connect4
Connect4 for xbox with network support.

>> Dodgin Diamond 2X
This is a little shoot'em up game and aims to be an 'old school' arcade game with low resolution graphics, top-down scroll action, energy based gameplay and different weapons with several levels of power.
Visit http://www.usebox.net/jjm for more info about this game.

>> DoomX
DoomX - Doom/Doom2 for Xbox Consoles.

>> Duke3d X
Duke Nukem 3d for Xbox.

>> ExultX
ExultX - Ultima 7 game engine for Xbox.
First you need to get Ultima 7. Either you own it already, or
you buy it somewhere. Then you must install it on a DOS/Windows machine to get the data files.
Alternatively, the 'Ultima Collection' already contains a
pre-installed version of U7.
For any questions / info about exult, please visit http://exult.sf.net

>> GladiatorX
This is a port of the game OpenGlad which is itself a port of an old DOS game called Gladiator. It's like Gauntlet and an action-RPG. It supports up to 4 players playing competitively or cooperatively.

>> GluttonX
GluttonX is an isometric view Pac-Man clone using graphics made in POV-Ray.
Visit http://kokido.sourceforge.net/glutton.html for more info about this game.

>> InvaderX
A port of the classic PC game to Xbox.

>> Jihad
Jihad is an arcade/adventure game that represents The unProfessional's first attempt at a complete Xbox title. The game is designed to be a free, fun, multiplayer homebrew game for everyone to enjoy.

>> Jump 'n BumpX
You're a cute little bunny and you have to avoid the other bunnies from stomping on you and at the same time try to stomp as many opponents as possible. Jump & bump is multiplayer only with up to four players simultaneously. Gather the local crew and have a blast.
Visit http://jumpbump.mine.nu for more info about this game.

>> K.E.T.M.X
Kill Everything That Moves (or KETMX for short) is a sprite based top scrolling shooter, with pre-rendered 3D graphics. (much in the mould of Xenon, or Radiant Silvergun).The game looks very impressive, and is even in this early stage of development quite addictive.
Visit http://www.studio-grey.com/ketm to get more info about this game.

>> KmbxTetris
KmbxTetris is simply a Tetris Like created from scratch.

>> Kobo-X
This is a port of the game Kobo Deluxe. It's a fun 8-directional retro-style shooter.

>> Maelstrom-X
This is a port of the game Maelstrom. It's like an updated Asteroids, but includes multi-player action and DeathMatches.

>> MarblesX
This is a port of the game LMarbles. It's a puzzle game similar to Boxxle/Sokoban where you must guide marbles around in a specific manner.

>> MineXweeper
The classic minesweeper game is now for the Xbox.

>> MirrorMagicX
This is a port of the game Mirror Magic. If you like puzzle games like I do, then you'll love this game.

>> OutRunX
The arcade game is back now on your Xbox, which is just as good as it was all those years ago since now you dont have to waste so many qtrs just to play the game when you want.
Features:
* Perfect Arcade Port, as good as the Orginal
* Custom Soundtrack of 3 Songs
* Analog Control
* Addictive Gameplay

>> PachiX
This is a port of the game Pachi el Marciano which is an....interesting platformer/puzzler.

>> PacmanX
Play Pacman on Xbox.

>> Pig-X
Pig-X is a fun little game with a twirling pig that stomps things.

>> PowermangaX
This is a port of the game Powermanga. It's a fun 2D shooter.

>> Quake 2X
Quake 2X is a PC port of Quake 2 to our wonderful Xbox. :)

>> Quake2x-LE
Quake2X-LE - Quake2 for Xbox Lantus Edition. This is Quake2 for Xbox consoles ported from Quake2Forge sources. The distribution comes with the shareware PAK file to get you started.
Repi already ported Quake2 over 2 years ago. However I felt there were some things missing in his port so I decided to make my own. Repi's port contains hardware rendered graphics, which look far superior to Quake2x-LE which uses SDL based software renderer. The choice is yours.

>> QuakeX
This is Quake for Xbox consoles ported from SDLQuake
Features:
- Full singleplayer
- Added TCP/IP network support.
- Experimental XLink support
- 640x480 rendering at 60fps
- Added seperate 640x480 and 320x240 builds
- Mod Menu for expansion paks/TC's etc
- Gamepad/Mouse/Keyboard support.
- Customizable inputs
- PAL60 support
- CDDA audio.
- Uses SDLx
- Source code released

>> Rise of the Triad
Rise of the Triad (a 1995 Award Winner) port to Xbox (RottX)!

>> SDL-FighterX
This is a great top down scrolling 2D shooter,which has some very nice features:
-Music playback from a playlist and sound FX
-Scrolling background,bonus items,animated explosions,2 types of weapons and 4 enemies
-5 Levels including a boss at the end of each level
visit http://mrg.risp.pl/jff/projects.php?prj_id=7 to get more info about this game.

>> SensitiveX
Get from the starting position to the Exit block destroying all blocks along the way, You may go over the animated blocks more than once, Teleporters will throw you around the level, One way blocks (blocks with solid lines running through them) will also thwart your journey. You must destroy all of the stripey Yellow blocks, including the animated ones before you can exit the level.

>> Star Wars
Star Wars is our first homebrew game by Team AfterShock, it supports a short story mode, and a death match of up to 4 humans and up to 8 players (bots).

>> StarfighterX
This is a port of the game Starfighter which is a really slick/polished 2D shooter that includes an upgrade system.
This game requires a video mode of 800x600 - which the XBox cannot do natively. Therefore the graphics are shrunk to 640x480. When this happened, the already small font used in the game became an alien language. I had to make a new (bigger) font which resulted in some cropping in certain parts of the game. If reading all of the parts of the story is important to you, you can check out the data files in the DATA directory. They're all human-readable. You'll probably want to have a copy of the "SHOP.DAT" file handy since most of the prices in the shops are cut off.

>> StepmaniaX
Stepmania is a rhythm game. Arrows pointing in different directions scroll up from the bottom of the screen and the player must hit the corresponding button in time to the music. The game can be played with your hands using the keyboard, but the real fun comes when using a sensor-laden "dance pad". StepMania has Game Modes similar to Konami's Dance Dance Revolution and Andamiro's Pump It Up, Amuseworld's EZ2Dancer, and Konami's Para Para Paradise.

>> Super Mario War
A port of the SDL Super Mario War, this game is a stomp-battle multiplayer that resembles Super Mario 3 sprites/scenery.
Features:
- Up to four players deathmatch fun
- Comes with the leveleditor so you can create your own maps
- The whole source code of the game is available
- Based on the jnrdev #2 tutorial example
- uses SDL+FMOD and is fully portable to windows/linux/macos/...

>> WormS
A homebrew game similar to old snakes game.

>> X-Marbles
Play Marbles on Xbox.

>> X-Pired
This is a port of the game X-Pired.
It's another fun puzzle game of a boxxle type nature.

>> XBOMBERBOX
Inspired the Hudson-award-winning series Bomberman.

>> XSokoban
Sokoban is a tricky puzzle game that has bedeviled computer gamers for years. Apparently it was invented by Hiroyuki Imabayashi in 1982.

>> Xbomberbox2
Homebrew game made by team tafididi based on the popular BomberMan game.

>> Xlime
Xlime is based on the popular java game "Slime" by Quin Pendragon.
Find it here: http://fractal.leet.net.au/page.php?page=slimevolleyball
Xlime supports PAL, NTSC, HDTV, and is the first homebrew game to support system link play! (using XLink)

>> Xmas Gift From XFD
The is an Xmas game made by The New XFD Team (Wishi, Noxz, MorseKode, SHiZNO).
Santa's elves have dropped all his presents! Get in the sleigh and go pick them up. But watch out, there's coal in them tha mountains!

>> Xpong
Play the classic PC game Pong on your Xbox game console!

>> noiz2saX
It's an abstract shoot'em up game. More info about noiz2sa here.

>> rRootageX
This is a port of rRootage by questor/fused.
Defeat autocreated huge battleships. Shootem up game, 'rRootage'.

>> rawX
One of my favorite Amiga games in the 90's was Another World.
raw is a re-implementation of the engine used in the game Another World. This game, released under the name Out Of This World in non-European countries, was written by Eric Chahi at the beginning of the '90s. More information can be found here : http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,564/.

>> xRick
Way before Lara Croft, back in the 1980's and early 1990's, Rick Dangerous was the Indiana Jones of computer games, running away from rolling rocks, avoiding traps, from South America to a futuristic missile base via Egypt and the Schwarzendumpf castle.
xrick is a clone of Rick Dangerous, known to run on Linux, Windows, BeOs, Amiga, QNX...
Orignal xrick website: http://www.bigorno.net/xrick/
 
XBomberBox (v1) was great... haven't tried the new one...

COnnect 4 is kind of buggy... sometimes it drops two pieces when you press A...

Super Mario War is fun when you play humans... the CPU is too formulaic...
 

jenov4

Member
Definitely get Beats of Rage. Total kick ass and it can likely pass (with some fine tuning) as commercial software.
 
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