Copying
XBOX Games
by:
Terry
Dunn
There really is no shortcut to
copying XBOX games. In fact, this
is a mightily complicated process
and has stumped some really techie
people. This is evident with the
prevalence of the question on
copying XBOX games in Internet
message boards and tech chat rooms.
But why does one need to be going
about there and copying XBOX games?
Is this not legal?
If you have an XBOX and you have
purchased original games to play
on it, chances are you must have
ran through a huge chunk of your
savings. Original games are very
expensive and because CDs are
not exactly immortal, you can
eventually wear out a game especially
if you use it every minute of
the day.
To give value to consumers, most
countries allow original CD buyers
to make back-up copies of their
XBOX games in case their original
got damaged or got lost provided
that they are aware of the law
against pirated software and that
they actually own an original
cd and are only copying XBOX games
for their personal use only.
While it is relatively easy to
do the copying of XBOX games,
the same cannot be said in actually
using the XBOX games that you
have copied. Most software contain
an encryption that must be met
when inserted in an XBOX. Copying
an XBOX game, however, does not
copy this encryption. This is
a protection system that most
XBOX consoles have as protection
against flagrant copying of XBOX
games.
To be able to run XBOX games
that you have copied, you need
to modify your XBOX. This can
be a daunting task especially
to beginners who are afraid of
destroying their XBOXes with their
tinkering.
According to most tech experts,
there are a lot of ways to modifying
your XBOX in order to accommodate
the practice of copying of XBOX
games. Some are quite complicated
and only a tech expert could do
while other ways can be expensive
but easy.
One is to buy and install a MOD-chip.
This will allow your console to
play XBOX games that you have
copied as well as play imported
games from other countries with
perfect sound and video with no
problem at all. While it may seem
that all you have to do is purchase
a MOD-Chip and then voila, you
have another think coming. There
are actually a lot of things that
you should consider when buying
a MOD-Chip. Most recommend the
Divineo Modchips, which are purported
to be really reliable. Some of
the popular brands are the Xecuter
2 and 3, Xenium, SmartXX, X-bit,
Alladin, Chameleon and Xchip.
Another way in copying and using
XBOX games is to change the BIOS
of the XBOX so that it will no
longer read the requirements of
the digitally-signed software.
This is basically reprogramming
the whole BIOS.
You might also consider purchasing
a bigger hard drive and just save
all your games inside the XBOX.
This way, you already have copy
of your favorite games inside
and would no longer need to swap
CDs.
The third way is to do the game
swapping technique, wherein you
will first boot the original CD
and then swap the copy once it
has already booted up. This might
be very complicated and will not
actually serve your purpose in
copying your XBOX games… that
is to preserve your original CDs.
