Thinnest Xbox Mod Is Thin
This DIY Xbox case mod puts the Nintendo Wii to shame. A member of the forums over at Xbox-Scene has taken his original Xbox, modded it with an operating system called XBMC–Xbox Media Center, and created a super thin case mod for it.
Here is a picture of the original case versus the modded case. One thing you will notice is the lack of a DVD drive and controller ports. The controller ports of the original xbox were simply custom USB ports and you can get adapters to make your controllers USB.
With XBMC you can install a larger hard drive–this modder used a 320GB) and copy your games to the hard drive via the DVD drive or over the network from your PC.
From my experience with XBMC you lose none of the capabilities of the original Xbox but gain the ability to play your games from the hard drive, stream media over your network to your TV and install emulators to play old NES, SEGA and n64 games.
My friend had an XBMC modded Xbox. He got it back in 2003 when Xbox was still at it’s peak. It was a ton of fun! His had the capability to copy games directly off of your original DVD’s, plus he had the emulators installed as well. If I could find one of these modded XBMC Xbox’s on the cheap I would buy one for sure. It is worth it just for the emulation capability really.
hey i waz wondering where you got that case because i want to mod one myself like that
Thanks
sorry for posting again i waz wondering how long it took to complete this project
thanks agian
It took Bandit5317 around 6 months of on and off work to make the mod. He custom made the case out of 3mm thick polycarbonate using household tools.
Check out the forum thread here:
http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=690166