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
Executer 2 and 3, Xenium, SmartXX, X-bit,
Aladdin, 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.
