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News
1 October 07 –
V3 HD IS NOW HERE!!!
It will be rolled out
this week and features FULL HI DEF skin and video resolution (720p) for LCD/PLASMA
TV’s!!!!
There are also many, many
other changes so keep an eye out!!!
1
September 06 - V2!!! New installer V2, customised to easily add
your own background slideshows, new 3d animated skins, select favourite
themes, MC360 skin plus lots more.
2 July 06 – Premodded PS2’s
available, brand new chipped slimline consoles modded with the Modbo745 modchip.
Check out the Playstation section for details.
28 May 06 – Ninja Shinobi! Its been over
6 months since the last installer, upgrades from any old software version
$40, here’s what’s new:
27 background themes or skins to choose from, ‘Personal
Backgrounds’ folder to add your own photos to make your own custom
skins
‘trainers’ to launch games with cheats
Dvd’s are now ripped in ISO mode for
smoother, faster harddrive playback
Tons of interface changes tweaks and options.
21 May 06 – Playstation2 mods available,
installs available on PS2 versions 5-14, modchip
used is ‘Modbo 745’, which gives
auto-boot of all region
PS2, PS1 and DVD originals imports and backups. $120 installed, romeo fix (v9) and Subzero/Summ0ne fixes (v12) installed
for no extra cost.
16 Feb 06 – Prices dropped for 300 and 250Gb mod packages; also if
you have a faulty controller that keeps asking to be
‘reconnected’ we can repair and refurbish your old controller for
$30.
17 Nov 05 – Finally we’ve stopped adding features and
finished the latest Promods release: ‘Ninja Shogun Gold’. A big stepup from Ninja 3, all software upgrades $40.
DVD playback with menus from hard drive.
New Skin Engine, new MAME with about 20 new arcade games.
Simpler password changing, increased options for
security, simplified and redesigned settings, game renaming, auto region for
games, sleep timer, remote control functionality increased, easier keys,
delete and rename allowed in each area, remodeled Filemanger, many interface improvements.
14 Nov 05 – 120Gb drives discontinued, replaced by 160Gb drives for
the same price. 80Gb packages available, check the cost page for updated prices.
20 Sep 05 – New tutorial ‘Xbox to Xbox FTP
guide’ available. This is for anybody with Ninja 3 or newer
that wants to copy Games/Music/Movies to another Xbox without using a
computer.
14
Aug 05 - Software
package 'Ninja 3' is complete. Lots of cool new features for this build. All
software upgrades are $40.
Xbox to Xbox copying for file transfer and streaming with autodetection.
Full security and Parental control, set and change your own passwords.
New and improved Music/Movie FastForward/Rewind,
complete rewrite of music engine, all new music visuals with autovisuals for music and playlists.
New Picture engine with auto thumb generation. Picture slideshow support in
Music.
Dynamic skin changing with conditional buttons, Internet and Network options
only appear if a valid connection is detected. Autotemp
fan control, Media Centre runs at 2% fanspeed
unless more cooling needed.
New Game backup software with Game Manager for easier Game and gamesave deletion.
Network options allow IP of networked computers to be changed,
can now copy from Xbox to PC thru FileManager. Set
your startup page, new and improved system
settings. Full widescreen and high def. 720p / 720i / 1080i support.
Better playback for DVD's from hard drive.
10 Jun 05 - New screenshots of Ninja2 software package online, 250Gb hard
drive installs available.
6 Mar 05 - Promods software package 'Ninja' is complete. Big changes in
Xbox Media Centre with a complete redesign, customisable scrolling menus and
control panel,
front LED colour changing, password protection for media and games
folders, integrated free online gaming with Xlink
Kai, new DVD player with support for HD TV, auto
temp. fan control, new custom Mame arcade games
emulator with over 70 new games, download movie trailers and listen to web
radio, improved networking to stream
media straight from your PC, support for the latest Xbox games.
1 Mar 05 - New Promods software package coming soon.
21 Dec 04 - Video game hit
"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is coming to the Xbox next June.
San Andreas, initially released for the PS2 in October, is estimated to have
sold more than 5 million units. It will be released for the Xbox on June 7
2005 in North America and June 10 in Europe.
28
Nov 04 – Updated tutorials available in PDF format, added a new
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
guide, which answers 99% of all questions I get.
24
Nov 04 - New
Promods software package finished, 'X2 Release 5'. Click on Settings / System
Info to check your Promods build number. R5 is based on Xbox Media Centre
v1.1.0 point release, lots of nice skin tweaks and features, faster menus,
volume control, perfect ffwd/rew in videos,
virtual IP changer, one multi-zone DVD player for remote and controller, new
file manager, lots more Arcade Fighters and Mortal Kombat
emulator.
Price
drop on 120 & 160Gb works packages, new screenshots of installer on
website, new tutorials and a FAQ guide coming soon.
11 Oct 04 – Halo 2, the
most anticipated game of the year, with over 2 million pre-sales, has gone Gold.
Expect it to hit NZ stores first in the world Tuesday November 9.
18 Sep 04 - Prices dropped for school holidays, click
here for details.
New version of Mame allows use of Virtual Memory,
so new installer put together with hundreds more Mame
games, all Kawa games now run in Mame so Kawa emulator
discontinued.
New proMODS software release is 'X2 Release 3'. To check your
own proMODS software release, from the main menu
click Settings, then System Info, look at the build number.
Ultimate
Xbox package for sale, this Xbox has the X-Tender case mod, with 3 x 160Gb
drives fitted for 480Gb storage space. Put your Games on one drive, movies on
another etc., checkout the link for more details.
2
Sep 04 - 160Gb drives are now stocked, 200Gb drives can be ordered for
next day installation. Check the cost page for updated prices.
3
Aug 04 - New promods software release 'X2 MameD
R2' is complete, we've been installing it for the last two weeks, main
updates include heaps of new Mame arcade games,
ability to rip MP3's straight from XBMC, also some minor skin tweaks.
X2 Mamed R2
Added Skins
Added CD ripping
Added 80 MAME Games
Added cheats to Mame
2
Aug 04 - All XBox modchip
installations have all features including large hard drive support.
proMODS has one price for
all XBox versions (1.0 - 1.6), bring any Xbox in to
be chipped, don't worry about what version it is.
Website
updated, new screenshots to show new software release, updated tutorials.
15
July 04 - The v1.6 Xbox's keep coming in, we are not having any problems
modifying them except for the limitation of not being able to fit Hard Drives
bigger than 120Gb. Good news is are now testing an Alpha release bios which
allows lba48 support for bigger drives, and have been running a 160Gb drive
all day with no problems. Hopefully this bios will
go final soon so we can release it to our customers.
8
July 04 - XBox Media Center
(XBMC) has been made final, so we've made a new proMODS
release 'X2'. Changes are as follows:
X2
XBMC Final
:)
Added Skins
Added proMODS skin and made default
Added Killer Instinct 1 & 2 Emulator
Added 1080 Snowboarding to N64 Emulator
Added 12 MAME Games & added high-score recording
Switched off Auto Turnoff
Removed Complex Tools as DVD2XBox works with all games
The SMB
shares works even easier now, you don't need to have an XBox
user on your XP machine anymore, just have any Computer Administrator logged
on, and share a folder anywhere on your PC. eg. C:\Music or E:\Vids etc., then you just select
the network option under your Videos, Music or Pictures option on your XBox, and you can stream all your media across.
8
July 04 - We have worked with the Akira team to prove the Akira2 is
fully compatible with the v1.6, so don't worry which XBox
version you bring in, they can all be modified.
7
July 04 - We have successfully modified a v1.6 XBox
with a Xenium modchip, it shouldn't be too long before the Akira2 is
compatible. The 1.6 needs a number of extra wires to be soldered so is more
labour intensive, however the new bios does not have all features yet, so all
v1.6 installs will be the same cost as older Xbox versions.
5
July 04 - XBox v1.6 is here, unfortunately
these cannot be modified yet. We have one for development (thanks Mark) and
also have some Xenium ICE chips, which will be
installed as soon as a bios is available. Check the
date of your Xbox before you buy one through the cutout
on the back of the box, avoid purchasing an XBox
made in April (our v1.6 has a manufacture date of 2004-04-12) or if you can
power it up you can goto the Settings tab, then
System info, and check the kernal number. A v1.6
has a kernal 'K:1.00.5838.01'.
14
June 04 - We can now offer 160Gb Samsung drives, get an extra 40Gb of
space for an extra $50, making the works package price $350.
8
June 04 - X1 Rev 5 finished, there was no real point releasing rev 4,
now you can stream radio stations off the net, and stream any media from your
PC via. SMB shares. Just set a WinXP username: XBOX
password: xbox, and any folders you have shared will show up. Play your
entire MP3 collection or movies without having to transfer anything, cool!
Also added the surreal emulator for Nintendo 64, and separate Street-Fighter
and Metal-Slug tabs.
X1 Release 5
Latest Build
of XBMC ( 6.6.04 )
Changed default Skin to BluSTEEL and default screensaver
to Matrix Trails
Added All Metal SLUGS to its own emulator section ( 1 2 3 4 5 & X )
Added All Street FIGHTERS to its own emulator section ( Street Fighters,
X-Men & Marvel )
Added more MAME Games
Added N64 emulator and 13 Games
Remapped Kawa-X keys
Moved shoutcasts down one directory
Fixed Video Thumbnails up
Added New Skin
Updated BluSTEEL
Updated dvd2xbox to 0.5.8
Fixed RSS NEWS feeds to all be same speed
Fixed NEWS skin positions
Added Shoutcasts to Music, now can stream radio
stations
Added skins (Including BluSTEEL)
Added more to restore settings, MS dash is now restored after a Live tab is
clicked, no more error 21
Added Frogger to MAMEoX
games :)
Set SMB windows Network Share to user account XBOX Pass
XBOX
Deleted all Save games
8
May 04 - Now using the Akira2, the Ak2 has a 512k Bios which can be
split in two for 2*256k banks, or one 512k bank. We will be using an Xecutor2 256k Bios on the Ak2, which has all the latest
features for your modified XBox.
5
May 04 - Soon to be using the 'Akira 2', this new revision of the Akira
has a 512k Bios that can be split in two, so you could for example boot Linux
on the second Bios bank. We've been testing these chips for the last 3 weeks, they work just as reliably as the trusted original
Akira.
4
May 04 - X1 Rev 3 finalised, some small changes:
X1 Release 3
Updated
skins (renamed default skin to x1)
Updated Kawa Saves
Updated to latest XBMC build
Changed small icons in x1 skin
Now music will play MS soundtracks
Updated ACL files in DVD2xbox to support latest games, now has support for
all NZ PAL released games
Added 2 more skins
3
May 04 - A new version of XBox has surfaced
in the USA,
the 'v1.6' has radical motherboard changes which at present cannot be
modified. It will be at least one month before they appear in NZ, the v1.6
can be identified by it's manufacturing date
'2004-3-19' or later. It's a good bet support for these new XBox's will be available by the time they reach us here.
29
April 04 - X1 Rev 2 finalised, following changes made:
X1 Release 2
Fixed Kawa-X King of Fighters
Removed DVD under Play the Game
Updated Visuals
Added 3 more visuals
Added 4 more skins, Project Mayhem, Black/Blue, Simple Blue and Default
Added tons more news feeds
Upgraded to DVD2XBOX 0.5.7
Added ACL patch files for V8 Supercars 2
Made Up and down scroll up and down on music when in visualiser
mode
Made it so if you click in right thumbstick for
3secs it will shut down
Reorganised settings menu
Added option to choose which DVD player you use, DVD-X, MS dash or internal
X1 player
Added Setup on DVD for different types of DVD playback
Fixed scanning in video
Added Source/Destination on files
Added Playlists to files
Added tutorials to E:
Changed Network IP to 192.168.0.10 and gateway to 192.168.0.1 to finally fix
old legacy that was wrong
Updated to 26/4 build of XBMC
Added some music to DVD
Removed lots of folders in F:/Videos and removed Albums from F:/Music
Reorganised pictures and renamed to look more professional
12 April 04 -
Website up and running, will get properly redesigned as time allows
8 April 04 -
Finalised new Installer 'X1', based on XBox Media Center, EvolutionX
discontinued.
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