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cONEction

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« on: August 09, 2002, 07:48:00 PM »
QUOTE (einhan @ May 26 2002, 03:50 PM)
ive made 5 games with my xdk already....


/me wonders if anyone will believe me ph34r.gif

                   sounds cool, can you show some of your homebrew games , or maybe tell us where to find some information/documantion about the XDK? thnx
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akumabas

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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2002, 01:32:00 AM »
QUOTE (einhan @ May 26 2002, 03:50 PM)
ive made 5 games with my xdk already....


/me wonders if anyone will believe me ph34r.gif

                   hey einhan
i wanna ask u how did u get ur DEV\machine (PC) to communicate wit ur PC or if you are using the FTP program to X-fer files from the XBOX and back
cuz if u patched ur XBE file while booting ur XBOX i wanna noe if it worked 4 u cuz dats how i ruined my 1st XBOX
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Ichijouji

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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2002, 10:43:00 AM »
Actually, Ebay most likely removed the auction.
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royalewithcheese

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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2002, 03:52:00 AM »
You have to be a licensed developer of Xbox games to legally obtain one, and for that you have to send a portfolio to MS and be approved. More info on that at http://dev.xbox.com.

I've also seen some people put them on eBay, but even if you got one on eBay you wouldn't be able to legally compile and sell games without being a licensed developer.

I'm not sure about the exact price, but what I've heard is around $20,000.

As for developing games without the SDK system itself, it's definitely possible, because Accession released the SDK programming files to the Net. The only problem is that you can't compile code using it without a license key which you have to obtain through MS. This could probably be cracked, however, so I'd say it's likely that it will be used for independent development. The modchip basically gives the consumer Xbox the only real benefit of the SDK, the ability to run unsigned code, so the only thing that needs to be figured out is how to compile this code, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's already been figured out.
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ibelimb

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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2002, 08:07:00 PM »
ahh so in the near future wed be able to make our own xbox games? hehe. would u have to burn them to DVD-R's or DVD-RW's , or would it be possible to burn em to CD-RW's?
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Alec

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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2002, 10:10:00 PM »
I doubt any *normal* person would make a game big enough to burn onto a DVD-RW. Yes CD-RW is usable for your own code.
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Zeratul

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2002, 10:50:00 PM »
So soon we'll have mame ports on our xbox? mmmm, can't wait.
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einhan

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« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2002, 09:50:00 AM »
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