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[Ecrofirt]

http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEpEFFyykEaZtHhjfS.php

Will it even make an impact, I wonder?

 

[GaimeGuy]

First modchip over three years after the system launched.

 

[Ecrofirt]

certainly says something about how the system was made.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

SELL YOUR SNAPTY ITZ ALL OVER!

 

[neptunes]

Is this the same chip I told you about Eco?

 

[Ecrofirt]

I would imagine this is the final version of it.

 

[king zell]

this sure will move alot of systems

 

[Sho Nuff]

NIN-TENDO IS ABOUT TO E X P L O D E

 

[Zerodoppler]

So can we finally put Freeloader away now?

 

[madara]

Hmm, hate break to you but doesnt do what you think it does. The drive in the gamecube hasn't changed so you still can't boot anything on it. This simply allows you to skip pso if you want to, and for people truly into homebrew I am sure it allows easier access to work on some stuff in some way.

 

[the12thplanet]

Can someone mod the thing already.

Have to hand it to Nintendo though, makes me wonder why Sony and Microsoft can't implement better anti-pirate measures? or don't they want to?

 

[neptunes]

Hmm, hate break to you but doesnt do what you think it does. The drive in the gamecube hasn't changed so you still can't boot anything on it. This simply allows you to skip pso if you want to, and for people truly into homebrew I am sure it allows easier access to work on some stuff in some way.

no, once you re-write the bios I'm sure you'll be to many other things. (seeing as how this allows people write their own bios)

Have to hand it to Nintendo though, makes me wonder why Sony and Microsoft can't implement better anti-pirate measures? or don't they want to?

I think it's an Interest and demand issue also.

 

[Bigfoot]

I think it's an Interest and demand issue also.

I've heard it before, and I don't buy this excuse. Hackers basically like the challenge of cracking a system... it has nothing to do with the demand for it. People just can't admit that Nintendo did a good job to prevent hacking.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

someone explains this to me please ..

-so ppl wo use this chip will be able to download games andburn them then play ?
-where can you get those mini-DVDs ?
-how much does this chip cost, and is it a pain in the ass to install it ?

 

[neptunes]

I've heard it before, and I don't buy this excuse. Hackers basically like the challenge of cracking a system... it has nothing to do with the demand for it. People just can't admit that Nintendo did a good job to prevent hacking.

I would like to know what seperates the disc drive found in the GC than those found in the ps2 and XB, aside from the fact that it uses mini-dvd type discs made by panasonic and the fact that the laser reads in the opposite direction. (Inner to outer IIRC)

huh?

 

[lexi]

I would like to know what seperates the disc drive found in the GC than those found in the ps2 and XB, aside from the fact that it uses mini-dvd type discs made by panasonic and the fact that the laser reads in the opposite direction. (Inner to outer IIRC)

huh?

You just listed two major compelling arguments as to why it is significantly different, but ask for it to be discounted?

 

[Kon Tiki]

No GODrecorables, no HDD. Need a PC and cables to play games, just like the PSO trick. zzzz

 

[neptunes]

You just listed two major compelling arguments as to why it is significantly different, but ask for it to be discounted?

GC DvD? = Mini Dvd (there's a variety of types)

Laser/disc read routine? = Change instructions through flash bios chip (just like ps0ne,ps2 & xbox)

Though I'm curious to know the specifics of the ps2's anti-pircay measures.
Is it similar to the ps0ne's bad sector scan? Is it shoddy as we are made to believe?

 

[The Faceless Master]

well, from what i have heard, this device just skips the step of having to use PSO...
you still would have to use a loader and stream games over the network...

:lol :lol :lol

 

[mumu]

Useless.

 

[Stryder]

I wouldn't jump to that conclusion this quickly.

From what it sounds like a homebrew bios can be loaded (and one will no doubt be available through not so official channels (probably from this Viper team themselves)) that will allow booting of recorded mini DVD's or some other storage medium that could be interfaced into the cube.

 

[amrum]

If it make my PAL gamecube region-free without the need of the Freeloader, i'll get it.

 

[gogogow]

Same for me, that freeloader is crap.

 

[GaimeGuy]

GC DvD? = Mini Dvd (there's a variety of types)

Laser/disc read routine? = Change instructions through flash bios chip (just like ps0ne,ps2 & xbox)

Though I'm curious to know the specifics of the ps2's anti-pircay measures.
Is it similar to the ps0ne's bad sector scan? Is it shoddy as we are made to believe?

the GC disk is NOT A MINI DVD! It's a custom media format designed by Panasonic. And changing the instruction of reading the disk? That wouldn't work, as the data on the disks is written differently, as well.